I think I may be clinically depressed but everyone thinks it's just because I'm a teenager. But the hurt, emptiness and confusion are much too deep. What are the signs of clinical depression, specifically in teens? Thanks =)
Hurt, emptiness, and confusion are quite normal in teens and every teen that has them thinks they are much too deep. It is a normal stage of growing up. Feeling sad after a disappointment is normal and there are a lot of instances for being disappointed in your teen years.
The source link I provide gives you not only the basic symptoms but the difference between normal occurance of those symptoms and abnormal occurance of those symptoms.
There is no quick fix to these feelings even if you do have clinical depression other than to find things you do well and focus on those when you get "down". Antidepressants do not always work well in adults, and in teens and preteens they are even less effective and you only get as much out of therapy as you put into it.
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Hurt, emptiness, and confusion are quite normal in teens and every teen that has them thinks they are much too deep. It is a normal stage of growing up. Feeling sad after a disappointment is normal and there are a lot of instances for being disappointed in your teen years.
The source link I provide gives you not only the basic symptoms but the difference between normal occurance of those symptoms and abnormal occurance of those symptoms.
There is no quick fix to these feelings even if you do have clinical depression other than to find things you do well and focus on those when you get "down". Antidepressants do not always work well in adults, and in teens and preteens they are even less effective and you only get as much out of therapy as you put into it.
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http://www.familyaware.org/teens/signs.php
It really depends on what makes you deppresed. If you just kinda are, it's probably just being a teenager. Remember, your NOT the only one who thinks this way.
But if it IS for a reson, like your parents divorsing or something, tell them! They won't know unless you do, and then, they can't do anything about it, right? ♥
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