I think there is more pressure since you have to be more educated and the whole facebook individualism aspect. Also, these days people have much lower tolerance for things getting bad, at least in western countries. By that I mean that today in schools we are taught that life is meant to be good and enjoyable, but the truth is that it's only been good for like 100-200 years, before that, things were shit and life was full of suffering, people died young. That's why you have so much fucked up stuff and writings from past centuries because people were really bitter at life. So, many people today simply can't take it once they realize life doesn't match the image in their head.