Life Is Hell

            " Life is hell!" This comes out of the mouth of a bright, 16 year-old boy named.
             Max, who had seemed not to have a care in the world. Tim is quiet and polite- the model.
             student and son during the week but falling down drunk on Saturday night. Then there is.
             Jackie. She wrote a note to her friend saying " Life is just more than I can handle.
             sometimes." Is Jackie looking for attention or is she crying out for help? Are pressures.
             from his peers or pressures from himself bombarding Tim? Max, is he just having a bad.
             day or is there something deeper? If we take a closer look at these stories, we can realize.
             there is something that ties them all together. This is not a group of friends. They suffer.
             from a serious epidemic that affects people all over the world, depression. Depression is a.
             disorder in the brain that affects how one feels, acts, and thinks. According to a report by.
             he National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, or NAMI, millions of teens suffer from.
             depression. So, what problems come about because of teen depression? What is causing.
             teens to become depressed and how can we help these teens?.
             Most of us think of depression as something that just makes people sad and.
             withdrawn, but there are other severe problems with being depressed. Many teens lose.
             interest in things that ordinarily were a blast. According to the National Depressive and.
             Manic-Depressive Association, things such as sports, listening to music, dating, and.
             having fun with friends, diminish in a depressed teens life. They often just want to be.
             alone. Life becomes too much to handle and they feel that if they are all by themselves it.
             will all just go away. Yet, this isolation can actually cause more problems than are solved. .
             If a teen isolates themselves they are not going to deal with their problem. Some dangers.
             concerning school also surface from teen depression. Dr. David Fassler, a child and.
             adolescent psychiatrist, stated "An average episode of depression last nine months.