Mental Health For Teenagers

Most Common Types of Depression in America:  Major Depressive Disorder (clinical depression): The most common mental disorder in the United States with about 20% of all teens experiencing it before they reach adulthood  Persistent Depressive Disorder (dysthymia): Chronic low-level depression that that is lower in severity than major depression and lasts for at least one year. Between 10 and 15% of teens suffer from this disorder.  Manic Depressive Disorder (bipolar disorder): A mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include high emotions and lows. It is estimated that 2.9% of adolescents suffer from this disorder.     While these are the most common types of depression amongst teens in America, there are many more types of depression.  You can learn more about the different types of depression at   https://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/depression-types#1 or https://www.healthline.com/health/types-of-depression#major-dep...

Depression is a mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.  That doesn't sound too bad when you think about it like that.  It's just a loss of interests, that's not too bad, right?  But depression is much more than just a loss of interests.  It can feel like you are losing everything and you can never be happy.  Yes, that is the clinical definition of depression, but it's hard to describe how depression truly feels like.  For people who have it, it can be a struggle of just trying to get through the day.  One day at a time, one foot in front of the other.  People telling you it's just a phase, you'll get over it soon enough.  Exercise, eat healthy, read books, be with friends and family, then you will be cured.  But it's not that simple.  It can be extremely difficult to understand that you may not be the only one experienci...