If you aren’t familiar with the warning signs of depression in teens, these accounts from teens whose depression led to attempted suicide might provide a needed eye-opener. Please check out the excerpt below, and click through for the full story. And if you feel like a teen in your life might be depressed, give us a call.
“I just didn’t feel like myself. Down in the dumps and all gloomy. Nothing really seemed happy. Life wasn’t meaningful for me and I had no clue why and that bothered me the most,” said Jack Saunders, about his depression which started in 7th grade.
Will Rau traces his depression to an awkward adolescent problem in 6th grade. He says, “When I had to hide the deodorant in the waste basket at Spring Hill Elementary so I could apply it in the bathroom because I smelled bad.”
That repeated experience led to self- doubt, anxiety, and eventually depression when Will entered Langley High School. “When I got to High School, it was elevated even more because high school stress is just ridiculous.”
Now a senior, Will is finally getting help for his depression, but he learned the hard way and almost died.
“It was one night, I was feeling terrible. I was feeling very impulsive. And I stole my brother’s car keys and went out on the freeway and crashed going 95 (mph) and I survived…After it I was like, wow, I just tried to kill myself,” recalled Will.