Is Your Teenager Struggling With School and Friends? Could Be Depression

TO BETTY BOOP IF YOU ARE READING.

SUICIDE IS NOT DEPRESSION. IT IS DESPAIR. THE TWO ARE NOT THE SAME. ONE CAN ASK FOR ATTENTION FOR YEARS ON END AND WITH NO RESULT, FEEL DESPAIR THEN DO THE UNTHINKABLE ACT. I AMN NOT SAYING THAT PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL DESPARATE AND WILL NEFER DO THAT. I AM SAYING KIDS RARELY ARE DEPRESSED. THEY HAVE NO REASON FOR DEPRESSION UNLESS THEY ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS DYSFUNCTIONAL HOME LIFE AS PARENT ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE AND SO ON, WITH NO OUTLET, NOBODY TO TALK WITH. BUT THE AVERAGE TEEN IS NOT DEPRESSED BUT SEEKING ATTENTION AND WHEN THEY DO NOT OBTAIN WHAT THEY SET OUT FOR, THAT ATTENTION, THEY TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES TO GET IT. AND THATS WHERE PARENTING COMES IN AND SHOULD BE THERE FROM DAY ONE, NOT WHEN THE CHILD ACTS OUT.

RICHARD WARE of CA 3:36AM September 22, 2009

as far as mental illness goes, its over rated...in all areas..people use this in general to benefit their wrong doing, their bad behavior and if this country would hold accountable those who did wrong things, there would be alot less handing out meds and time outs or groundings instead....and a few good old fashioned spankings when appropriate, are a good thing. its those who were never disiplined, now older, come to us and ask why is wrong, hoping for a lablel to be pinned to them for life, and yes, to avoid following rules.

do not believe in social sciences..the human race has really dumbfuonded the authoriies into thinking they are sick when they are just people who buck the eystem.....and the parents use the label too, to avoid being held responsinle for their kids behabior. i say kids are kids, they will misbehave but when the system starts labeling my kids and drugging them up, thats when its parenting time.......BIG TIME to avoid my kids having a life of uselessness.....unemployment....hanging on the streets aimlessly......and on welfare......do you really want that for your kids? stop blaming ADD and such......and start beig a parent.

Karen of ID 3:25AM September 22, 2009

AMEN TO "ADD SPELLS BRATS"....WE WORK WITH ALOT OF KIDS AND THESE KIDS HAVE ALOT MORE POTENIAL THAN THEY WANT YOU OR MOM AND DAD TO KNOW.....WE SEE THEM 6 DAYS A WEEK, AND I CAN TELL YOU, THEY ARE BRATS AND I CANT SAY A WORD FOR ITS MY JOB BUT IF I WERE THEIR PARENT, THEY WOULDNT BE SITTING IN AN OFFICE,WASTING MY MONEY, THEY'D BE OUT WORKING, TAKING THEIR MIND OFF WHAT TEHY WANT......ATTENTION......AND LVING IN THE REAL WORLD....EAT ANYTHING.......NOTHING CAUSES THIS ADD...THATS BS, WHEN YOU HAVE WORKED THE FIELD AS LONG AS I AND NEVER SAW AS MANY ADD KIDS AS NOW A DAYS, IT GOES BACK TO THE OLD LABEL....BRATS AND THATS JUST WHAT THEY ARE....BUT MOM AND DAD WONT ADMIT IT AND SO PEOPLE AS ME GET PAID TO WRTITE LIES HOW THEIR KID HAS PROBELMS ONLY I CAN SOLVE. THATS OK, IM NOT OUTTA WORK. AND NO, I WONT SIGN MY NAME. I NEED MY BS JOB.

MEKEKSODNMFNIOE JIFJSNFSK of NV 2:57AM September 22, 2009

this is for marlow..i just read what you said, you are so right. imagine this everyone......picture:

your brain....it has school work in it, then your sister comes in and takes your favorite dvd saying its hers, you know its not......then your mother yells at you to take out the garbage and says how you are lazy....you took it out but she wont take the time to notice.....then she tells your dad when he calls how you are being lazy so he gets home and comes in your room, renting more space in your head.......the kids at the bus stop are being total jerks.....more space gone worrying over not being liked.....then you feel so messed up in your brain, you cant think,.well....take those people out......make it their problem, as long as you arent doing anything wrong....be sure first......now,can you think more clearly?

sometimes we do make our own heads cluttered......when we rebel and us teens are good at it....but if you want my advise, i jsut dont let anyone in my head who doenst belong there....and the jerks at school ate one who dont.....so i went to guidance and turne them in, said they were harrassing me, making me suicial....and I thought they would brush it off but they didnt, they really listened and now things are alot better....and those bullies? well, they eneded up getting expelled for spray painting the school front walkway......yeah!

Jeanne of MI 2:43AM September 22, 2009