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There are a lot of sources of problems and depression for teenagers.

Hormones - Teenagers have a lot of changing hormones. This can cause them to feel things for no apparent reason at all. It can make them feel sad when there is nothing to feel sad about, and it can make already existing sadness even stronger.

Peer pressure - There is pressure to do things that they're not supposed to do. Drinking, drugs, sex, smoking, all those things that are so bad. Most teens try at least one of those things at least once, some a lot more than once. If they develop an addiction or a reputation from these things, it's nearly impossible to hide from the parents, who will only make matters worse. There's regret and mixed feelings, because of the conflict between what they want to do and what they should do.

Relationships - At this time in a person's life, they start to get really interested in developing romantic (and even sexual) relationships. They experience their first heartbreaks. And even though it's bad every time, the first few times are the worse. Add that on to the other problems, and you've got a recipe for depression all cooked up and ready to serve. Breakups, unrequited crushes and obsessions, sexual frustration, it can all contribute to a teenagers problems.

The future - This is one of the biggest stresses. "What are you going to do after high school?" so many people ask them. A lot feel pressured to go to college or a university. For those that do, it's a whole mess more of new worries. Getting good grades, doing well on the SAT, filling out applications, financial aid. And even after they get accepted, there's still a mess more of worries. How they are going to pay for it, knowing that any loans will have to be repaid later, what they should major in when they have no idea what they want to do for the rest of their life. It's all a big mess of stress.

Self-image - All of the people in magazines and on TV are thin, have perfectly clear skin, great hair. It doesn't help when people point these things out. Pretty much anyone has some flaws, and to that person, they're horribly aware of them. A slightly chubby teen could see themselves and being horribly obese, one with acne could think they're absolutely hideous and no one could ever like them, and hey, wait a minute, I'm describing myself here!

Fitting in - Everybody wants to fit in. Even those who say they don't care about what other people think still seek acceptance and can be hurt by disapproval. Teenagers are brutal to their peers. They can be completely tactless and downright cruel at times. These words can really hurt, especially when someone wants to fit in.

I don't think teenagers today are that much more depressed than those in the past were. People just like to look at the past with fond recollection, and look over the bad. Most of the problems we have these days existed back then, too. Teenagers have always been and always will be hormonal and depressed.

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Depressed teenagers.........well why not? no im kidding, but teenagers I think could just be feeling sorry for themselves because they may not have a license yet or their parents dont let them have any kind of a drink because we all know "well all my freinds parents do it", and it could be horomones as one other person said. Being a teenager myself none of my freinds are deppresed and im happy with my life I think its a matter of who you hang out with and where you come from.

hormones, plain and simple.

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teenagers are undergoing a change in their life that doesnt feel quite normal then what there used too. so instead of being happy and realizing that your body is healthy for undergoing such changes they sometimes get depressed and confused. also somtimes they don't really enjoy certain peoples company as much as they used to so they tend to act out and show some of the changes that they have been going through. also awkward social activity could be a cause of depression. visit my Exploring acne. page for details on that subject.

Well, I mean c'mon. Let's face it, a lot of teenagers are wicked depressed all the time.

But I mean it's at the point where you have just come out of being sheltered and ignorant about everything. Most people aren't fully equipped to handle what actually goes on around them.

Plus teenagers are a moody sack of hormones taking offense to everything and taking it all too seriously, or not seriously enough.

The fact that we're just kids explains so much. We don't have much life experience to know how to truly and rationally handle everything.

And yet some people were born to be sad. In all seriousness though, some people's families have had struggles with mental issue after mental issue. And that just makes it inborn to your hard drive.

And there is the fact of what did happen to you as a child. Did something totally awful happen, and how did you build upon that. Most of the children with a traumatic experience didn't handle it well. Either turning it in on themselves, or outward on everyone else.

And the horrible idea that the media influences what everyone else ays and does. The perfect object of being hot, or cool, or whatever it is you want to be.

How horrible so many people are in the world. What people are capable fof doing to one another can make a kid cringe. I mean knowing when you were really young that things were so easy and carefree, and now you have to worry about what is really happening to everyone around you due to the twisted minds of another human being.

It's always different for everyone depending on what influenced your life the most. But in the end you always end up the same way... a sad sack of pain that you just dont want to be anymore.

The part about the past thing is what I totally agree with since I'm going through it myself. I just want to fix things but after I've said all the words I wanted to say and do all the things I wanted to do in my thoughts, reality hits when I open my eyes and I have to face never being able to do none of that.

To me I think depression stems from problems. This includes family, friends, and stupid little situations that you put yourself in. Not much but I'm offically a veteran of depression...