Teenage Depression

Depression in Teenagers

Have you experienced teenage depression? Do you know teenagers in depression?

Almost without exception teenagers go through periods of being moody and antisocial.

Are you an exception?

I was not an exception. It can be difficult to spot the difference between what is normal and what is teenage depression.

Look out for the signs of teenage depression. One or two signs in the last two weeks could be a passing phase but three, four or more mean you should seek help:

• being much more moody and irritable than normal
  

• becoming withdrawn, giving up on friends and hobbies
  

• losing interest in or not doing well at school
  

• taking no interest in hair, clothes, music
  

• not eating enough, even anorexia, or eating too much, even bulimia
  

• having low self-esteem
  

• not being able to get out of bed until mid-day
  

• getting into bad habits and bad company
  

• taking drugs
  

• getting drunk
  

• becoming preoccupied with thoughts of death
  

• harming themselves by cutting their skin.

I feel like no one can hear my scream, I feel like no one can see me cry, I feel like anyone can make me bleed, I feel like anyone can make me die, I feel like there's nothing left in me to love anyone, I feel like this pain will be the end of me...Rika (blog post)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you doubt, test yourself with our online teenage depression test.

You should know that teenage depression is not like adult depression. By themselves, teenagers simply can't make sense of feeling depressed; they feel helpless.

Depressed kids need a caring adult to take a loving interest in them and show understanding. Loving, caring attention is a very powerful medicine for every depressed teens.

Good parents, good teachers encourage their children to talk about their worries from a very early age. (What is your experience? Share it!)

Listening and offering help is a good practice, because kids quickly feel isolated, misunderstood and ignored if parents are preoccupied with their own problems.

You should be aware of the risk factors:

 

• Everyday watching of television;

• Everyday playing of computer games (especially aggressive games);

• Being wired (MP3 music players);

• Being glued to mobile phone;

• Being lazy;

• Not having ideals.

What do you think what are the real risk factors?

Abuse of alcohol is often associated with depression among teenagers but it can be stopped before getting addictive.

What is Depression?

• Is Depression an Illness?
• Short Depression Symptoms
• Detailed Depression Symptoms

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