Why is my teenager depressed?
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Why is my teenager depressed?
For many teens, symptoms of depression are a reflection of troubles in the family. When parents are struggling over marital or career problems, teens may feel the tension and try to distract their parents. One powerful option that teens possess is to blatantly express severe depressive or suicidal feelings; they do this so the parents can clearly see that they are still needed in their primary role as parents. Teen-agers may be trying to help their parents in the only way they know how.
(Innoculating Against Depression by Richard Louv Senior Editor)
Comments
7/10/2006 12:54:43 PMi garrett said:
Parents are usually the last to know or understand the level of depression a teen is going through. We have been given the information that depression is a normal part of adolescence. I believe more research is needed before you can say that depression and suicide are just a way a teen expresses their need for their parents to still be a part of their life if divorce or career challenges happens. With the brain formalizing itself and cells dying, some that contain seratonin, it could be a multitude of reasons teens act/react the way they do.
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