Real Life Teens: Deep Depression & Suicide

Streaming video - 2005

Real Life Teens is an unbiased and realistic look from the perspective of teens, at the wide variety of issues teens face today featuring young teenagers telling their real stories, in their own words. The series discusses significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice and information. Teen suicide is a complex situation mostly of deep depression where a Teen develops feelings that they are un-wanted, misunderstood, angry, ashamed, abused, unloved or victimized. Other Teens that commit suicide may be feeling guilty about disappointing family, friends or they feel an overwhelming sense that they are too much of a burden on others. Deep Depression can affect Teens where they believe... that suicide is the only solution. If a Teen commits suicide, everyone is affected. Sometimes even those who barely know the Teen develop feelings of guilt, confusion and the sense they could have done something themselves to prevent the suicide. // Subjects Covered Include: What is Deep Depression • How Deep Depression is recognized • Attempted suicide • Substance abuse • Warning signs • Coping with Teen problems • Where to turn to if you or a friend needs help. more