Depression by Gonçalo Ribeiro

Teen Depression
Nowadays when we think about teenagers, the first thing that comes to our mind is being careless, having no responsibilities, laughs, memories and so on! But id you ask a real teenager if this is true with absolutely sure they`ll tell you it isn`t! This is one of the shreds of evidence that depression in teenagers is very underrated by everyone. This is a severe mental health problem that can cause a feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities.

Some factors that can increase the risk of having depression might be associated with the academic result, the peer problems, problems in home, bullying, violence, etc. According to some studies, 11,3 % of teenagers have chronic depression. Sometimes this problem can be confused with moments of sadness or even laziness (that is my case). However, depression goes way further than this simple moments depression can really affect your everyday actions very seriously ! Having depression is something that teenagers sometimes see as a simple problem and sometimes even refuse to get help, this situation can make you lose your interest in everything in your life. Consequently, this makes you stay in an awful mood all the time. And some times is as simple as taking some pills if people don't want to go to therapy, lots of studies in those pills prove that helps a lot.

When diagnose teenagers must come back regularly to the same doctor and having some group therapy or individual. Teenagers must also learn how to manage feelings and how to deal with them, it isn't easy at all. Depression as said preciously affect also relationships, but sometimes it can impact your results in school. One evidence also is the sudden drop od grades in school, and to complicate this sometimes teachers don`t comprehend and might confuse and tell you that you didn`t study enough and had a lousy work, what is awfull because the feeling of hopeless might appear. Your stress levels in this situation will explode and might turn into chronic stress which is another mental health problem.

Academic problems, issues in the home, difficulties in relationships, hormones and a few more factors could very possibly cause for chronic stress. In many cases teenager go through a divorce, and it is excruciating for all members of the family and for closes friends, academic problems might seriously make you feel that you aren`t as intelligent as you should when it is entirely wrong, hormones is something that teenagers can`t control and they control your entire mood, all of us had already experienced some bad days ! Improving your lifestyle is very important, even if it is only to run sometimes with friends, eating better. Still, you have obviously to change your own behaviour what can be very challenging. Being more active will make you with, absolutely sure, begin to feel a little happier because when we do activities our body produce hormones that help in treating mild forms of depression and anxiety. Also, to eat healthy food and to improve your sleep is much more important than it looks!

Some remember childhood in a thrilled and colourfull way, maybe they associate with going on holidays, the beach, playing with friends at parents home to pretend to be a spy etc. But, unfortunately, that isn`t the reality for all and the way childhood is spent affects your chances of having depression or anxiety problems directly. Your experiences in ages of 0 until 7 or 8 are critical if they are bad experiences may create severe traumas. To be in therapy for this and all people is very important because when you are depressed your vision is that you will never get out of your situation and it looks like things won't get any better. But even to the worst cases, there is almost always treatment, and if people don't want the typical approach on this topic, they can also choose how the session will be. Your own physic appearance might change if it comes to a severe point.

To conclude if you want to know depression diagnosis can be based on physical exams, lab tests and physiatric evaluation! Depression and stress problems are awful to live with, and it begins to be more common between teens due to the lack of communication and some other factors! And contrarily what people usually think that is almost nothing that friends or family can do to prevent depression from happening. I sincerely hope that in the future this problem won`t be as common as it is in present-day.

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