Teenage depression – a serious problem, having faced which parents often do not know how to behave. We offer several useful tips of the psychologist.
Do not disregard the teenager's problems
Depression symptoms – apathy, the increased tearfulness and irritability, loss of interest in what gave joy, isolation, restriction and refusal of communication with peers, relatives earlier. And also migraines, dizzinesses, gastric frustration, causeless "the feeling sick is simple". Having noticed similar symptoms at the teenager, it is impossible to disregard them. The teenage depression can lead not only to throwing study or sports section, but to serious problems, up to a suicide.
Softly and unostentatiously take an interest at the teenager in what the reason of his low mood. But do not hope for the distinct answer – hardly the teenager himself understands the changes happening to it. The main thing is to show support, participation, attention to the teenager's problems.
Do not abuse and do not accuse the teenager
The main mistake of parents who face manifestation of a teenage depression at the child is charge of laziness, weak character, attempts "to stir up" and appeals "to gather". It is especially heavy to have to teenage boys to whom cultural stereotypes forbid "to become limp". If to begin to shame and abuse the teenager, then it will only lead to aggravation of a depression. The teenager already feels to himself to whom not necessary, not the witness thrown. And if continuous reproaches also are added to it – then it is possible to think of squaring of accounts with life.
The teenage depression is a disease
It is important to parents to understand that the teenage depression is not an excuse, not an invention, it is really a disease as flu or a tonsillitis. And also as any disease, it can lead to complications if "to exhaust it inside", not to attach significance. It is important to understand and eliminate not so much symptoms, how many the reason.
At teenage age occurs the person. Unrequited first love, failures in study, the conflicts with peers – the teenager, without possessing protection of life experience, these factors are taken by it very painfully and any of them, against the background of physiological, hormonal, and psychological reorganization can become the cause of a depression. And, as a rule, the combination of factors works.
Therefore, besides continued support, the aspiration to understand feelings of the child, its unconditional acceptance with all its problems, parents need to resort also to experts. It is worth addressing the psychologist who owns necessary techniques to help the teenager to pass this difficult age, having found new "I" both joy and completeness of life again.