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Teenage depression is much like depression for adults. The difference lies in the surrounding influences, factors and triggers. Teens have a lot to deal with, not to say that adults don’t have stress or crises but the teenage years are trademarked by a search for oneself, being surrounded by peers and making important and often stressful decisions.

Stress at school, not being accepted by their peers, having to choose a college or university, extra curricular activities and pressure to perform can all lead to teenage depression. Sometimes it starts during childhood and progresses during the teenage years.

Teenage depression is best solved by love, support and therapy. Don’t tell a teen to suck it up or pull together. Depression just doesn’t allow that. They experience the same symptoms as adults and those depression symptoms are just as debilitating.

Depression can be overcome, by a healthy diet, exercise and a step by step positive attitude. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a good option as well especially when supported by family members and friends. Its very important that teenage depression is treated very seriously, since left unchecked it will continue to get worse as teens get older and become adults. They longer the depression develops the harder it can be to take care of it.

Medication is also an option, but it should be used last. There are many side effects involved, and a dependency is often developed, taking weeks or months to get over safely. Besides that, the effect is limited, making people feel more numb than happy, while often still remaining sad and down in mood. Medication is usually only helpful with severe depression where it can bring the mood up a little so therapy is more useful. It is rarely if ever a solution and is more about making money than it actually is about helping people.

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Take care,

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