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| Depression in Teens |
It
is not uncommon for teenagers to feel unhappy occasionally but when the
unhappiness continues for over 2 weeks, and the teen also shows some of
the other symptoms of depression mentioned above, then we can say he or
she is suffering from teen or adolescent depression.
According
to a research study, an estimate of 1 of every 33 children and 1 of
every 8 adolescents are affected by teen depression. Find out if your
teen suffers from this type of depression and follow the recommended
treatment discussed on this blog or seek help from a depression expert.
If
you have an unhappy or irritable teenager, have you ever wondered why
he or she is like that? He or she might really be having teen
depression! At times, most of our teens feel unhappy of course. But when
the effect of hormone havoc is added to the several other changes
taking place in their lives, we can easily understand why teens’ moods
swing very often. Yet researches have shown that 1 out of every 8
teenagers has adolescent depression. Fortunately, depression and its
associated tons of problems can be treated. Therefore if you notice your
teenager’s unhappiness is lasting over 2 weeks and he or she also shows
other depression symptoms mentioned earlier, please follow the
recommended treatment discussed on this blog or seek help from a
depression expert.
Why do teenagers get adolescent depression?
There
are various reasons why your teenager might have adolescent depression.
For example, he or she can develop feelings of inadequacy or
worthlessness over his or her grades. Performance in school, social
status with their peers, their sexual orientation, or even family life
can have a serious effect on the feelings of a teenager. Sometimes,
environmental stress can be the cause of adolescent depression. Well,
whatever might be the cause, when family, friends or something that a
teenager often enjoys is unable to make any improvement in his or her
unhappiness or isolation, we can conclude that the teen has adolescent
depression.
Adolescent Depression symptoms, warning signs and effects.
Very
often, you will notice a change in the behavior or thinking of children
having adolescent depression. They may be unmotivated and often become
withdrawn, lock themselves up in their bedrooms after school and stay
there for several hours.
Kids
having adolescent depression enjoy excessive sleep, have eating habit
changes, and may even show criminal behaviors like shoplifting or DUI
(driving under the influence of alcohol). I list below some more
symptoms, warning signs and effects of adolescent depression. Please
note that teens may not show all the listed:
- Loss of memory.
- Lack of enthusiasm or emotion.
- Feelings of pains, such as stomach aches, headaches, fatigue or lower back pain.
- Difficulty in concentrating.
- Difficulty in decision making.
- Inappropriate or excessive guilt.
- Irresponsibility, bad behaviors, forgetting of obligations, getting late for classes, skipping of school.
- Very little or no interest in food leading to weight loss.
- Compulsive overeating leading to rapid weight gain.
- Preoccupation with ideas of death or dying.
- Act of Rebellion.
- Anxiety, sadness, or a hopelessness feeling.
- Staying up late into the night or sleeping during the day.
- Sharp drop in school grades.
- Use of drug or alcohol.
- Promiscuous sexual activity.
- Withdrawing from peers or friends.
