My son and his friend, Eric Harris, were apart of that statistic. The number of teenagers suffering with depression is too high. It is crucial to know that depression is not sadness or moodiness. According to the American Psychiatric Association, Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how a person feel, the way a person thinks and how they act. I often would find Dylan acting different. Depression can be treatable. If we saw it earlier, we could have found treatment for him. Even though he went to a counselor, they found nothing wrong with him. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities. At one point Dylan became detached and started building his own computers, I just thought that was him being smart. Depression can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work and at home. Teenage depression is more than moodiness, or teen angst. There are many pressures of the world for teens. Teens are trying to figure out who they are and how they fit into society. Trying to fit into a certain group, or even find what group to belong in, causes stress. Instead of being who they are, they try to conform to society’s social standards. Dylan felt like an outcast. I will never know if he liked that or not. I don’t know if he enjoyed feeling different. Many suggest that he had a God complex. Maybe he wanted to kill those kids because they weren’t like him, or because he knew he wasn’t like them. I believe he felt the pressures of the world. He became depressed from not getting what he wanted in life. In the end, he wanted a legacy, and that was his only cure for his own
My son and his friend, Eric Harris, were apart of that statistic. The number of teenagers suffering with depression is too high. It is crucial to know that depression is not sadness or moodiness. According to the American Psychiatric Association, Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how a person feel, the way a person thinks and how they act. I often would find Dylan acting different. Depression can be treatable. If we saw it earlier, we could have found treatment for him. Even though he went to a counselor, they found nothing wrong with him. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities. At one point Dylan became detached and started building his own computers, I just thought that was him being smart. Depression can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work and at home. Teenage depression is more than moodiness, or teen angst. There are many pressures of the world for teens. Teens are trying to figure out who they are and how they fit into society. Trying to fit into a certain group, or even find what group to belong in, causes stress. Instead of being who they are, they try to conform to society’s social standards. Dylan felt like an outcast. I will never know if he liked that or not. I don’t know if he enjoyed feeling different. Many suggest that he had a God complex. Maybe he wanted to kill those kids because they weren’t like him, or because he knew he wasn’t like them. I believe he felt the pressures of the world. He became depressed from not getting what he wanted in life. In the end, he wanted a legacy, and that was his only cure for his own