- [Caitlin] JordanFlores was in high school

when she first started to feel anxious.

She didn't like who she saw when

she looked in the mirror.

By college anxiety becamefull blown depression

fueled by what she saw on social media.

- I followed a lot of like health

at fitness accounts and through that

they just are constantly feeding you

what you're supposed to look like,

what you're supposed to be like,

how you're supposed to dress,

all of those different things,

what you're supposed to be eating.

And I let that kind ofcontrol my own lifestyle.

- [Caitlin] That resultedin an eating disorder.

- I hated myself at that point

and the moment I don't even recognize,

I wouldn't have beenable to recognize myself.

Physically I looked a little bit the same,

but I just, I wasn't happy,

I was not able to connect with people,

I had severe anxiety when it came to

even going out to dinner with people,

I wasn't able to do that anymore.

Every part of my life revolved

around my mental illness

and I was unable to actually see that.

- Millennials in Massachusetts

have the highest rate ofdepression in the entire U.S.,

specifically millennial women.

But why?

Neil Hubacker of theMassachusetts Family Institute

believes it's linked to how his state

has dealt with religion and the family.

- When we deconstructed things so much,

we've created a wholegeneration that wonders

who am I and whose amI and where am I going?

- [Caitlin] Hubacker also points out

that this depression is greatest

where many of the country's top

universities are located.

- It seems like in ourexaltation of the mind

or in our exaltationof the human, the self,

at the expense of notworshiping God anymore.

You know think of Romans 1

and what Paul describes in Romans 1,

in that I think that thereis something at work here.

There's something spiritual at play.

- [Caitlin] In dealingwith this challenge,

Boston area pastors also see generational

factors at play.

One is the desire or pressure to

achieve more than their peers.

While Pastor Adam Mabry seesit with his congregation,

he first saw it in himself.

- About late 2013, ourchurch was growing quickly.

We had a new baby thatwasn't sleeping well,

had a house that I was remodeling,

and a degree I was trying to finish

and up to that point I'd always been able

to just push past my problemswith more achievement,

put in a few more hoursand I get over them.

I was not able to push past those problems

and I sort of hit a wall

and went into a pretty deep depressive

state for a while.

- [Caitlin] Mabry knew he needed rest,

but realized he had tofirst learn that discipline.

That led him to write a book called

The Art of Rest.

- One of the things thatcame out of that experience

and one of the thingsthe Lord taught me was

that rest is how I experience joy in Him,

not just doing things for Him,

but stopping to be with Him.

- [Caitlin] Millennials need for success

is exacerbated by the ability to

follow their peers 24/7.

- Being able to see oneanother achieve things

and see one another do or not doing things

created this more intenseachievement arms race.

- [Caitlin] That's whereJordan Flores found herself.

- Society expects peopleto be a certain way

and so there was always that feeling of

I'm not good enough, I'm not good enough,

I need to be different,I need to change myself.

- [Caitlin] She was unable to break free

until turning to God.

- It wasn't until Iactually came to church

and I joined our young adult group

and I made connections with people

that really cared for me

and really wanted to see me healthier

that I started to actuallyhave change in my life.

- [Caitlin] Mabry saysthat's the church's strength.

Wading into the hard topics,the pain, and the mess.

- The Christian church should be

a hospital for sinners

and what unites us isn'tthat we're all great people

and we look great,

what unites us is that we're all

in desperate need ofGod's grace and mercy.

- [Caitlin] Jordan and her husband Marco

now lead the youth group at Metro Church

in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

She says her depression fight opened

a door to reach the upcoming generation,

70% of whom already say depression

and anxiety is a huge problem.

- We can't get rid of technology.

It is part of our life,

it is part of our world,

however community can help kind of

shape how we use our social media,

it can shape how weinteract with each other,

how we're using it,

and so I think that the key is

being around people that are just going

to be able to love on you

and show you life.

- [Caitlin] Caitlin Burke, CBN News,

Boston, Massachusetts.