Teen Depression Teen Depression is a reality and one of the most alarming facts is that it is affecting younger and younger children everyday. During our Psychological Awakening with teens and depression, it was first thought that a teenager who was having verbal outbursts, crying all the time or hiding in their rooms away from family and friends was just a “stage” that the child was going through. Now days most of these symptoms would be diagnosed as a child have clinical depression. What is clinical depression? There are many symptoms of clinical depression. A strong feeling of being sad that will not go away, a sense of worthlessness. Sleeping to much or not getting enough sleep, lack of appetite or a tendency to overeat, the inability to think or concentrate, crying for no reason, getting irritated at the smallest things. All of these are symptoms of depression. Sometimes teens get seriously depressed after something like a divorce in the family, major financial problems, someone you love dying, a messed up home life, or breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend. Other times, depression just happens. Often teenagers react to the pain of depression by getting into trouble: trouble with alcohol, drugs, or sex; trouble with school or bad grades; problems with family or friends. This is another reason why it's important to get treatment for depression before it leads to other trouble. Getting help is easy. Talk with someone. There are many different avenues to take on the road to recovery: School counselors, family members, religious staff, or your family doctors. Often medicine can be prescribed to help a teenagers get over the feeling of depression. Everyone is different so no one thing will work for everyone; the most important thing is to put a stop to it. Tell someone and get the help you need.
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