Young depressive girls

is this normal that there are so many young (around 14 years old) girls with a depreesive mood and suicidal poem-writing in america?

tell me whats wrong

well.. all of my poems are depressing/strange/weird. but that's not to say i am those things. poems (and song lyrics) shouldnt be taken so seriously. i mean, c'mon people!! they're JUST WORDS!!! .... just APPRECIATE them and move on..

~learn of me, live through me, love only me: INNA

i dont think poetry is just words. who said it? poetry is language in its best form

and what is language? is language the threshold to the soul? i dont think so.

how many young, 14 year old girls are there in the world? How many are on this site? Many creative people also have a tendency to have their darker moods; many are more sensitive than those who do not write poetry/creative works.*

*Large generalization, so don't bust me on it, I already know there are many exceptions

well put

some people write about their emotions, some people write about their past, and some just write, for example I write funny poem just to have fun ;) but personally I think poetry is at its best when it comes from the heart :)

yeah, Im with you on that one sparkenbroke ;) its is said that New Zealand has the highest teen suicide rate :S ....I almost became a statistic, lucky Im still here :D:D:D

Is it normal? Probably not ... Is it common? Yes. I'm 15 and I write suicidal/sad poems, and I know many of my friends write them as well. So do many teenaged girls on this site ...

I'm only 14, and ive written suicidal and depressing poems, it's very common i think.

maybe now i am really out of this age...

so, im 14, i have depression, i write depessing poems. its definately normal for 14 y/o girls to be so negative. think of all we have to deal with and how emotional we are. plus artistic people are very sensative and aware of their feelings and i know that sounds silly but its true, and we also use our emotions to our advantage

its a way t get out depression out and all the depressed people come here....and we exagerate...

im english so not american lol

deadnalone

Ok.. i just read a few posts in this topic. but poetry is NOT!!! and i mean NOT!!!! as in N-O-T just words. its an expressions of ones feelings through a type of litterature. if poetry is just words. then i suppose my life is just paper. is that correct?

I agree with yah, poetry is not just words, poetry is the exact feeling at a certain time, a deep dark secret you hold concealed, a bad day at work/school, Pain that you need to get out...well thats why i write. Poetry is an expression of every emotion known to man kind...its the darker days, the sunny ones, the hurt, tears, everything....i pour everything out on paper...so if my life i just a paper....so be it...then my words are confined to that paper....
***with smiles***
Scooby

I never really had a chance to be a kid... my dad always sort of pushed me... and sometimes a bit to hard. A childs smile is just as evil as innocent. As was mine. :\

I totally agree with Scooby...with the bad day at work/school and that is true 'Poetry' is an expression of every emotion known to man kind!!! Everyone expresses with just writing down the feels that they had in the past and just thought to write about!!!
*If a person is depressed and writes about killing him/herself then that's bad of course.. but if someone comments on they're poem that it's so stupid and lame..that doesn't help the situation, now does it!!!
I've seen people in the site that say some harm words for poems that won't meant to be said.. And I think whatever I person writes it's they're own feels that I 'Just Felt Like Sharing' ...Not caring about what people would say:)
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Yeah, your definatly right there, Bob. But my innocent days are long forgotten, i have a horrible memory thats tainted with mistakes and bad choices, but for some reason if i could do it all over again and make my life perfect... i guess i wouldn't.. '.'

to answer your question from my point of view which its your choice to agree or not... i write poems about depression because it helps me to feel better. its better than cutting. and some people probably just write because it comes to them. some of my poems are way exagerated but they were how i felt at the time and i had the feeling i needed to express that. i also have noticed that in a lot of the comments people say they know how i feel which in a way helps. i know im not alone. though it seems like everyone is always upset thats not how it is. it is and expression and whether you write about yourself or something totally not you most people i know write because they need to relax and express a feeling or because they like to know that someone out there cares. just some thoughts.
~cort~

Well put bob, I wont argue with you there. but i'v only been around for just over a decade. but your right, i get very very little if any quality time with my mom or dad. mom tries but i honestly don't think my dad gives a crap for me. he doesn't like any of my true writing. he just likes my 'happy-go-lucky' poetry, and i only have 2 of those kinds. and dim light. i hit puberty way before most of my peers, 3rd grade if i remember correctly. because i remember haveing horrible acne and bad cramps. i also matured faster mentaly, I'm sort of a kill-joy when it comes to childish behavior, my old friend San is about sick of me becuase i'v become so uptight, Uhg... i'm just like my mom.. :S but i'm getting kind of off subject here.

nothings wrong, they just like to put their suicidal feelings onto paper, then when that doesnt work anymore,they act upon it...look at the families, all the moms and dads in america, can you really, truly blame the kids...its a depressing thought all in its own, and then sometimes others poetry can help others...just realizing someone can feel similar to you, can be heartbreaking and take on a life of its own...its a monster...
no one can change the way mothers and fathers choose to molest and break in their children, but the kids can write about it and feel talented...
lee nicole

on this site there are a lot of poems about cutting one's wrist. no worries, though. it is meerly a fad. it will die out. (the fad, not the girls lol).

huh, just a fad? thas a little narrow minded i think. many people do it for REAL. and by belittleing that, is ignorant, do u not think?