“Figuring out what you want to do with your life, which brings it back to studies ... getting a job, money, potentially the wider world,” 22-year-old Katherine Whitmore said. 

She does think, however, young people are being better prepared for real world pressures. 

“Because we now talk a lot more than we used to about our emotions ... and really try to encourage that talking space about emotional pressure, mental health, depression, stress, anxiety and those sorts of problems,” Ms Whitmore said. 

The Mission Australia Youth Survey Report also identified body image as a big concern among young women, something Ms Whitmore sees often in her peer groups. 

“I’d probably see it four out of five times, just like the comments to say, ‘Oh I’m ugly’, ‘Oh I look fat in this dress’ or ‘I need to put my face on today before I look pretty’, and just those sorts of comments,” she said. 

Also on the list of key concerns was depression, particularly for young males. 

Gina Cubitt, 24-years-old, said depression is very evident in her peer group. 

“Most people close to me do have experience of depression,” she said. 

Ms Cubitt agrees there is often a greater stigma associated with young men experiencing mental health issues.

“Men don't feel comfortable to show I guess what they see as a weakness,” she said.

“I know my male friends who have depression and even though they know it’s a serious issue they laugh it off, which can mean they don't seek help.”

Ms Cubitt said young people also feel powerless, which contributes to stress and depression. 

“I feel like we are going to inherit a future that we have not created ourselves that is going to be really difficult to deal with,” she said. 

“[Young people] feel ignored and governments just don't take them seriously.”

Many of these concerns are echoed across Australia. 

Canberra local, 24-year-old Sophie Hope said body image has had an impact on her mental health. 

“I personally am unhappy about my body image - so much so that it is on my mind a lot of the day,” she said. 

“I don't want to be thinking about it, but I get intrusive thoughts and images about how I am 'gross' or 'fat' or 'ugly', and they are really distressing.”

Ms Hope believes media and societal pressures around body image from a young age lead to a subconscious belief system enforcing unhealthy body image. 

“Society has been talking for ages about how the media and society stereotypes encourage unhealthy body types and looks and I think this is still true, there is a lot of pressure to look certain ways,” Ms Hope said. 

“It's 2016, I just think we are taking too long to fix the media and society's views on body image.”

Trent Caldwell, 24-years-old, from Broome said stress can lead to young people developing depression. He believes the community is more aware of mental illness, but a stigma still remains especially for young men. 

“I think a lot of young men are realising, ‘Hey it is alright, this does exist, it is alright to come out’, but still the stigma is there that they are weak for doing so,” he said.

Mr Caldwell has battled depression himself after an accident left him with post traumatic stress disorder. 

“I just really want to encourage young people and young men in particular to seek help letting them know that it is alright to seek help and they're not weak in the eyes of society,” he said.