Why r teens so depressed?

Why is it teen's get so depressed?
why do some want so much attention?
why do they hurt others?
i dont understand.
i am depressed, well sad a lot but i know my reasons and i try not to be!

Because of society today.

Because of hormones. They don't know how to handle life and constantly f*** up. Others pretend to be depressed. "Check it out, my life is so damn hard, see I have cuts that I used a safety pin to make. Even though life is so hard I still make great grades because I'm so smart. Please pity me and wonder at my intellect."

Oh goodness I wish I knew.

The society today.. and what they put themselves into. we get ourselves in the stupidest situation that we arent able to handle and we have no place really to turn to. i mean its not all society.. but if you honestly look at how teens used to be (even just in like 1990ish)... they seemed so much happier. and they things teens are exposed to now a days... television, movies... they arent the best things to be showing kids

Im 14 and i think its b/c

they want to grow up faster and feel important but dont always feel grown up

sum people feel they r not loved-so need attention

they hurt others b/c they feel good about not having the pain(or as badly as)they caused sum one else~sum times so people understand how they feel~
they feel in control when they can hurt sum one and they feel important when they can b in control

b/c inside everone they want sum control on whats going on

The way socioty is these days, it lowers a teens selfesteem. What they see in magazines or on tv or the internet triggers their minds. Teens want to be able to fit in this world, they want to be popular and stuff like that and it's killing them emotionally if they are not..

I personally think it's kinda what teens think is the "cool" thing to be/do. I mean that's like asking why do people dress in black. Why do people pick on people. etc.

I see a lot of people saying either hormones or society... while thats ture. What about the constant pressure from family... and friends? And are we forgetting the media... and THE CRAZ with being thin...
EVERYONE is trying to reach for perfection when in reality... there truly is no perfect, we honestly need BALANCE. the good, the bad... the happy the sad... the good and evil.
ITS not one thing that makes teens depressed... its an ample of things mixed together....

Yes its hormones , but also coz we don't want to grow up we feel like we are always perfect in everything and no one understand us we have to grow our minds and our ideas also

Im depressed but that is because alot of bad stuff happend to me an it got to much for me to handle at a young age an also people should be carful saying its for attention becAuse it isnt always an if you accuse people of doing it out of attention that hurts real bad..

Im depressed but that is because alot of bad stuff happend to me an it got to much for me to handle at a young age an also people should be carful saying its for attention becAuse it isnt always an if you accuse people of doing it out of attention that hurts real bad..

Im not completely blind lol i do relise people do it for a attention im just saying you should be carful before you accuse. Look iv done it.. but i have many resons it actually takes the mental pain away,, an now im jus addicted..

^acceptance

Bloody hell i cant get away from angelia always havin so go at me..

What ever.
Im out..
im depressed leave me alone.

Actually there has been some studies that have proven that it is addictive. Basically it wasn't so much the cutting but the endorphines (sp) it released. It doesn't have to be a drug to be addictive. but i'm still undecided.

Don't know..

That is a very good question!!! Teens think because they just grow a chest, they are 'hot stuff' and should get attention. My ex-step sister was REALLY in love with herself, she had an easy life, she had everything she needed, but still made it sound to her 'friends' that her life was horrible and hard. She also was schiozphrenic, but you know. I think teens just aren't being disciplined. She (ex-step siser) use to be disciplined, but than her dad told us to leave her the hell alone, and she is smoking, drinking and doing drugs, she is 14. So in the end, I blame the parents! They are too scared of upsetting the child and allowing them to fuck up their lives. Parents just need to grow balls! Teens also need to put things into perspective! What they are doing to that person, and how they would feel. 90% of teens need to be thrown in boot camp, or shown true pain. They think because some kid at school doesn't want to 'go out with them' after 1 month, that their lives are over.

I only have one thing to say to them;

Stop it, and stop acting so stupid!!!

Because we deserve more than this s5itty world :]

That was the answer of the title

But the others,I think 'the youth' around you is out of order :P

Some teens get depressed just for attention like one of my old mates who was cuttin her self n to get the attention sent the pics to peoples phones(like mine),then you get other who are depressed cos of family problems and things like that.not all teens do it for attention.im 17 n i get depressed cos my boyfriend is in another country and family illnesses but i dnt go on about it.and people who think its all for attention dnt know what is goin on in teenagers heads.

Depression runs in my family like me and all my brothers are depressed and my mom sometimes too but we cant help it its like were traped
but anyone who wants to get deprest or cuts because they think its cool is so stupid thats the dumbest thing ive herd, here people are killing themselvs because of depression and kids want to be like that?! ahhhhh watever im over it back to the question......... i also think its society and kids feel like they have so manny standards to live up to, its on tv magazines music it just makes the ones that dont fit those standards feel unhappy with themselvs. thats not me though i dont care what people think of me and thats what more kids need to be like

I can see what you mean by kids not feelin happy with them selves just look at the telly n magazines all the celebes have great bodies and well are just ment to look perfect but its all just for show i mean theres thing on my body i aint happy with but i dont get depressed about it because thats how we were made and people changin their bodies to look better is stupid.i live in france and over the past few years loads of kids have hung themselves and no one knows why but its mostly over depression but i think if its that bad they shud see a doctor killin themselves isnt the option,parents dont really understand but doctors or someone like that could help.and people sayin its just for attention(depression i mean ) well they are wrong it is actually an illness.

I am a teen too and I don't know why they put themself through that. They should not let anything put them down or hurt them. It bugs me how they are that way.

Teenagers suck do they,well just remember that you were all teenagers once so you cnt say enythink.

This is just a bad discussion period...
Teenagers have issues that most adults cannot understand... Adults have forgotten what drama was all about... Teens are worried about pride and stuff like that...

One person said it best... Society.

Its because of all the hormones in the body and there just getting ready for growing up were just sorting out out lives and , it is also because of society its like mags and tv are like telling you how to live your life

Because of society and the media

They just haven't learned yet how to channel their emotions. plain and simple

Everyone has depression, whether they realize it or not. =D. & I hate attention lol. *waits for criticism on post* haha jk

Im depressed cause of the things i went threw durning my life...since i was 12 i took care of myself. i taught myself things that my parents should have helped me w/...so im more street smart than book smart cause i had to get myself place to place the safest and best way i could w/out being caught or seen.

People wear depression on their sleeves nowadays. in certain crowds it seems like cutting's a trend and sadness is hip. it's pretty aggravating and demeaning to the people who really do have issues or physical and psychological imbalances, but what are you gonna do?

"Why are teens so depressed?" ...It's not only teenagers who are depressed or who are the most depressed, anyone can be just as "depressed" as the next person; not more so or no less. Depression doesn't vary in degree & form... It does, but how could you justify one persons to be more shoddier (worse) than another persons or someones to be more passable (not as bad) than another's. Depression causes physical, mental, intellectual, emotional & spiritual pain. Pain is probable, suffering optional.

If you want to know why people are depressed, just ask yourself that same question the next time you feel it. Everyone's degree & form of depression is uniquely different from another's; uniquely their own. It is only you who can determine why you are depressed the way you are; which form of depression you're experiencing & at what degree.

I love Angelina, lol.

And they do it cause of hormones and attention.

Not all of them are depressed, but one of the reasons i think some are (like some of you have already mentioned) is because our society is going down hill; look around, very few people help each other, there's constant teasing about stuff that shouldn't even matter to anyone, people are being harassed or abused at home, and some are living in poverty. A lot of what goes on today never used to happen. . . that's why. . .

Seeeriously...
because everyone is different. Nobody on this forum should presume to know what another goes through, and then label whatever that is, especially as they can't know the possible consequences of whatever they presume.
The world is a hard place to live in, and teenage years are about figuring that out, and their place, and what they are going to do with their life, and who they want to spend it with -there's a hell of a lot of stuff going on and it's hard to deal with sometimes. Everyone gets overwhelmed at some stage. Some people take it better than others...
Btw, why are there so many snarky people out there?

There are many reasons i supose its just how life goes, im a depressive person but im also a very happy person with a good life so why should i be depressed.... well that i sometimes wonder -.- somtimes i think its just stress somtimes its having a really bad day were i just feel like ending it all and sometimes its just emotions running wild.

this is mainly for me but it may be true people make them self depresssed or cut them selfs for attention but if i wanted to be notised i could just do somthing crazy like standing on a table sing i want to break free with a clown outfit on.

The root being hormones, there is a cycle...i think there are a million threads on this topic.

If you ask me it's becouse of school an the community to everythings like a f**@ing contest know adays it makes me sick