What causes depression in teenagers?

Question

Is it your home life, pressures from peers, or what? Help me understand. Thanks.

What happened to you that made you depressed?

Answer 1

As far as I'm aware, there is no single cause of depression for anyone. However, there seems to be a greater risk of depression if a person's parents or grandparents suffered from it.

Here's the thing. Depression - real depression, not just the off day or two - is an actual illness. It's not like being completely wacko; more like a mental cold. If someone is aware of it and knows a few ways to combat it, they can recover without any professional help. For other people, it comes and goes throughout their lifetime. And some people end up taking meds for a few months and it goes away. Anyway, like a cold, it can hit anybody, any time.

Answer 2

I have been suffering from post partum depression for the past one year when I gave birth to a baby boy. I couldn't stop thinking about how my husband loves him more than me and how things might be better if he wasn't born at all. Thus, I stayed away from him because I knew that I might do something I will regret for the rest of my life.

Almost instantly I went to a therapist and convince them that I need help. Among other things, I've tried herbal supplements and other book to treat depression but nothing works like the Depression Free Method. So now I'm proud to say I'm one of the happiest mother in the world. My husband loves us both very much and I thank the Lord for the blessing he gave us.

Depression Free Method?

Answer 3

How about all of the above? Mostly, as teenagers, engaging in the first serious relationships of your lives tend to have significant effects on what you do and how you feel. I guess, you can label it as home life, or pressures from peers, but it's more complex than that. I think it's the new, and daunting task of dealing with people and the world.

Answer 4

its pretty much everything imagine this you have to remember whos going out with who, who broke up with who, your homework, peer pressure form boys, keeping a smile on your face, mom/dad problems, try to remember who sings what on the radio, remmber every1s name and their history not only in your school but every1, who did what in history, what the steps to get to this in math, what adjectives and verbs etc are in lang arts, remember to wash your pe clothes every week, remember to do your chores and then again you cant forget to be social online at the same time: it is alot to take in and aftr a while it gets to you and u just give up = depression

Answer 5

a BUNCH of stuff. letting the sadness overwhelm you, even when it's not that big of a deal, turns into a black hole of depression. even the slightest thing could set you off. i never had full suicidal thoughts, but i was depressed for a bit; still am sometimes. it's the feeling of not being accepted, sometimes, the feeling of being too loved (weird one), the feeling of not being competent enough... the feeling of.. too many hings! it depends..

Answer 6

losing friends and parents getting on your nerves
feeling all alone and pressure to be something your not and if you dont act like that your not good enough for society to accept you. dealing with boy and not feeling loved and crap awee some much.

Answer 7

well I don't like being depressed. I'm just 16 and I'm still young. but it could be.....
parents
school
guys
girls
friends
family matters

anything, its a teen thing.

Answer 8

parents, teachers, homework, work, b.f /g.f, Peers, siblings, popularity problems u know the usual

Answer 9

Too much concern over boyfriends and girlfriends.

Answer 10

LOVE N PEERS