Teenage Depression Causes

Q: I think this is...actually the most serious moment in my life, even though it might not seem so? For just a little while ago I stood infront of the mirror in my little bathroom trying to wash my face in cold water.Those red eyes, swollen from crying such a long time.I just came from the shower.I stood there on the floor and let water drip down on the floor and couldnt help feeling this strong helplessness and I slowly put the wet towel up to my right shin to use it like a pillow.How long have this been going on?I can almost remember the time when I was sad and taking a shower would wash away my sadness and give me piece for a little while, the water was my tears.I know I soon might be without words again and stop writing...left to emptyness once again.It isnt always that easy, and that my english isnt always that great either will have to make me forgive myself.It might be hard to understand even if I could speak english perfectly fine.I find myself begging for help, maybe for the last time ever, this time to the world.I could tell everything about me, cause there is nothing for me to hide...I could let you read me like I was an open book, Im begging for help.Im just 19...maybe it isnt possible to even understand how much I have gone through even though Im young and you know, all teenagers are going through a hard time in their life.Atleast thats what I have been told, and that is what I believe too.It is a hard world.

A:Yes. The causes aren't always so easy, but people like to make them seem as though they are. Yes. It took courage to do that. I am glad for you that she took it well. I am not an authority, but I hope you come to terms with it-- I expect you will (I can't think of a better way to say that). None of us can completely hit the nail on the head. We try, but we all feel that we are missing something. Little bits of it come out the way you want, but the whole big thing doesn't sometimes. That's okay. Keep speaking, and bits will come out. "Having a depressive episode as a teen more than doubled the risk of having another depressive episode in young adulthood," says Ian H. Gotlib, PhD, co-author of the study. The study also found that only about one in four people who had been diagnosed with depression as teens said they remained free of psychiatric illness in early adulthood. "As a general rule of thumb, depression in adolescence seems to be underdiagnosed and underappreciated," says Robert L. Findling, MD, of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, who commented on the study for WebMD. "We are quite aware that this is a malignant and potentially lethal disorder. The leading cause of death in young people is suicide. But the earlier the disorder is caught, the less malignant it is, just like any disorder in medicine. "There's a lack of appreciation that depression is a dysregulation of mood, just as diabetes is a dysregulation of blood sugar," Findling says. "We see youngsters with profound disturbances in function who suffer needlessly because parents or other well-meaning adults say it's part of being a teen-ager or it's just a phase." Depression should be distinguished from common sadness, says Gotlib: "Some warning signs are loss of interest, sadness, fatigue, concentration difficulties, sleep disturbances, and appetite problems that last for at least two weeks." But, he cautions, "it's important not to overreact if you see sadness for a few days in an adolescent."

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