Academic Stress Social Anxiety or Peer Pressure Romantic Problems

Stressing over classes, grades Popularity is important to most teens, and a lack From breakups to unrequited
and tests can cause you to of it can be very upsetting. The appearance of affection, there are a plethora
become depressed, especially peer pressure to try illicit drugs, drinking or other of ways in which budding love
if you’re expected to excel at experimental behavior can also be traumatic for lives can cause teens to
all costs or are beginning to teens that aren’t eager to give in, but are afraid become depressed.
struggle with your course load. of damaging their reputation through refusal.

Physical or Heredity Separating or Traumatic Events

Emotional Neglect If a parent or Divorcing Parents The death of a loved
Lack of parental close relative has The dissolution of the family one, instances of abuse
attention on either level issues with unit or even the divorce of a or other traumatic event
can lead to feelings of depression, a parent and step-parent can can have a very real
depression. person may also be very upsetting for teens, impact on anyone that
suffer from it. often leading to depression. could cause depression.

Family Financial Low Self-Esteem Feelings of Helplessness

Struggles Being a teenager isn’t easy on Feelings of helplessness and
Knowing that money is tight the self-esteem. When the self- powerlessness often go hand in
can be a very upsetting esteem level drops below a hand with the struggle with
because it makes someone certain point, it’s not uncommon depression, and can make the
worried about losing to become depressed. existing condition even more
something he/she have. severe.

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