Teen Depression: Signs And Symptoms To Watch For
Author: Bertil Hjert

Teen depression is very common these days. The reason is that
teenagers need to face a lot of problems such as difficulty in
studies, abusive relationships, problem in relationships, tiff
with parents and family due to generation gap and much more.

Most of these problem results in to teen depression in an
individual. A real depression in teens might be difficult to
diagnose because normal behavior includes both up and down
moods. Different period with alternating feelings that 'this is
great' or 'it sucks' are usual. These moods may alternate over a
period of hours or days.

There are also many misconceptions about the subject of teen
depression. Teen years are really tough and one needs to balance
out the problems in order to enjoy this golden period.

Occasional blues and mood swing are common among teenagers.
However, when it comes to depression, it is quite different from
mood swing and occasional period of feeling blue.

Depression can be really serious and even destroy the essence
of a teenager's overall personality. This ultimately results in
a sense of despair, sadness and anger. Early treatment and
expert professional advice will help you in combating this
problem.

In order to detect signs of teen depression at early stages, it
is important to keep tabs on the symptoms of this disorder. You
need to learn all the significant symptoms, a teenager may have
to face when going through the stage of teen depression. This
would also let you provide some assistance to the patient.

First, you need to understand that as a teenager, one has to
face a lot of pressures such as changes of puberty, questions
related to who they are and where they fit in. The sudden
transition from being a child to an adult also brings along a
lot of conflicts from the parental side as the teen starts
demanding more amount of freedom.

With so much changes going on inside the body and external
environments, a teenager tends to face a lot of problems and
this sometimes lead in to sudden moodiness or depression. It is
very important to be able to differentiate between moodiness and
depression in order to save the individual from facing any
further problems.

Here are certain symptoms you need to watch for in order to
identify depression in a teenager.

a)Sadness; Hopelessness; Frequent crying

b)Irritability; Anger

c)Hostility; Agitation

d)Withdrawal from friends and family; Efforts to run away from
home

e)Sudden changes in eating and sleeping habits

f)Restlessness; Loss of interest in enjoyable activities

g)Feeling of guilt; Feeling of worthlessness

h)Fatigue; Lack of energy; Difficulty in concentrating;
Persistent boredom

i)Thoughts of death; Thoughts of committing Suicide

j)Self injury; Self abuse; Self destructive behavior; Frequent
fearfulness

k)Poor communication; Difficulty in maintaining relationships;
Criticizing others

l)Low self-esteem; Extremely self critical; Extreme sensitivity
to failure

m)Frequent absence from school; Poor performance in school

n)Alcohol or drug abuse

Medical experts have found that early diagnosis and medical
treatment will help in curing this disorder.

Hence, you need to watch out for the symptoms mentioned above.


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