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Some Causes of Depression in Teenagers
Depression in Teenagers
What is the most challenging point or stage in your life? You might come up with answers like adolescence or perhaps reaching the golden age of 50 years old. Well, these stages in our lives are indeed difficult, confusing and at a point, life changing. Experts believe that these two points in our lives are considered to be challenging due to many reasons. One of these reasons is our hormones. When we talk about depression in teenagers, specialists believe that teenage depression is one of the most important disorders that parents and mentors should know about.
Have you ever gone deeper on why your teenager is acting a bit down or perhaps irritable more than what is normal? If you have noticed that your teen is acting this way, he / she may be suffering from teenage depression. Depression is considered to be a part of life. Without depression or sadness, one would not be able to truly understand true happiness.
It is vital for parents and mentors alike to know that for those children who enter the doors of adolescence, it is quite normal for him / her to suffer from mood shifts. One day, your teen is happy. On the next day, he / she are unhappy. As mentioned, this complex behavior or emotion of teens is primarily caused by hormones. Did you know that teenage depression is pretty common?
Studies reveal that there are 1 out of 8 teenagers who suffer from teenage depression. Nevertheless, just like any other disorder, there are available treatment options in order to manage teenage depression, if not completely cure it. So if ever you notice your adolescent feeling down and lonely for more than 2 weeks or if his low mood is already affecting his school life, family relations and social life, he /she might be suffering from teenage depression. Do not hesitate to seek professional help.
A Few Causes of Depression in Teenagers
Knowing the causes of depression in teens is very important for us to raise awareness and be cautious because we might not know if our teen will suffer from it. A lot of research reveals that there are numerous causes of depression in teenagers. Here are some of them:
Abuse - Abuse is one of the main causes of depression in teenagers. If your teen underwent any form of abuse (physical, mental or emotional), it may produce some feelings of helplessness as well as guilt.
A Victim of Bullying at School - Bullying is one of the most common causes of depression in teenagers. Those teens that underwent bullying will develop feelings of anxiety and fear which will increase his / her chances to experience depression. These bullied teenagers also are likely to have a strong feeling of worthlessness. There are studies about bullying and depression that say that those teens who were bullied will undergo depression during their teenage years or during their early adult years.
Genes - Those teenagers with a positive family history of depression has an increased chance of becoming depressed.
Low Self-esteem - What we should understand with low self esteem is that it can either be a cause of teenage depression or it can be an effect of it.
