Depression. Could you be suffering from it?
Self harming, suicide, anxiety. All common symptoms of
dealing with depression. Depression can occur of any gender of any age. However
as the years have gone on, the rise of depression within teenagers has
increased by 70 percent in the last 25 years.
The majority of citizens age 30 and above can agree with
the fact that the generation that teenagers now grow up in is completely
different from what they had grew up in and this has had a very big impact on
teenagers today. There were not much stresses or expectations in the olden days
in the content of what teenagers now worry about such as the brand of clothing
they have got, their friends/social life, appearance and many others. These are
common factors that teenagers now a day’s deal with.
As the years have gone on, depression has been something
has been more widely spoken about and accepted however depression within
teenagers is more common than what people think. Teenagers now a day are put
under an extense amount of pressure from parents, society and growing up in
general which can really take a toll on the way they feel. Depression can be
caused by different factors including:
- Family problems
- Finical
problems
- Divorced
parents
- Bullying at
school
- Peer pressure
- School stress
Have you ever experienced anything like this? Constantly
feeling down/sad, thinking very dark thoughts? Always thinking about the
different events that are happening in your life and wishing that it was not
happening to you and questioning as to why it has happened to you but no one
else? Why everyone around you is happy and you are just around people painting
on a smile for the sake of it? What you are feeling is normal for someone who
has symptoms of depression. I know this sounds very weird/scary and you will
get very defensive thinking that you are fine and you don’t suffer from
depression, this is something that you can’t get when you are a teenager you
only get it when you are older. But that is not the case my friend, anyone of
any age can suffer from depression due to a variety of different matters.
Now it is very hard to admit to that you may be suffering
from depression so do some research on it? Go online and research or even look
at the symptoms/problems that have been listed above and see if you are
suffering from any of them. Okay. So now you have checked, have you got a few
that you can relate to? If you don’t that is good and if you do, don’t start to
panic, take a deep breath and we will work through this together. There are a
variety of different ways you can get help such as talking to someone whether
it be family/friends/teachers but I know that isn’t always easy as you don’t particularly
want to go up to your close ones and say ‘hey I think I am suffering from
depression’ which is not very easy to say to a loved one which is very
understandable. Another option would be to go book an appointment with your
local GP, who you can talk to about how you are feeling and can help you by
going through a step by step process of what treatment you need if at all you
need any. I know this sounds scary but you need to know that there are people
who are here to help/their job to help and you don’t need to feel weak,
embarrassed about it because there is nothing to be embarrassed about. Or if
you feel that the two other options that have been briefly spoken about is not
your cup of tea why not try a online support group or chat?
Support groups are a common way from which people have
other people who have something similar/or the same thing they are suffering
with who will not judge and will understand. It is commonly used now days. Now
remember I am not saying that this won’t be the case with the two other
options, this is not the case. Whatever option you choose, it will be the right
one for you. Or there is another option from which you are able to talk to a councillor
online and everything that is spoken about within the session with the councillor
is completely confidential. Many people especially teenager’s use this method
because you often don’t want to admit that you suffer from depression and would
want to deal with what you are feeling with the least amount of people involved
and without worrying anyone. There are going to be a few links provided down
below.
The links above are some sites that you can go to get some
help if you feel that you want to. Don’t feel forced to check them out but
there is no harm in going ahead and checking them out. They may come in help
for you. There is one big thing to remember. You will get through what you are
currently feeling. Well done, if you have accepted that you may be suffering
from depression because it is not something easy to admit whether you’re a
teenager or a adult and just know if you do go and tell someone about how you
are feeling or go to a online support group you should feel very proud and
pleased with yourself because that is a very big step . You can do this.
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