how does pressure (from anything) effect teens?
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some teens seclude themselves, others will become violent or rebel, and others will just put themselves into some kind of activity to forget about their troubles like a sport, hobby or schoolwork. I'm sure there are other reactions, but these are three of the most common and broad reactions that i have seen.
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I am going to put a "watch" on this question, so that later on my 16 year old daughter can answer it, too.  Like you she doesn't drink, or do drugs. She also has not had sex. And yes, sometimes she has felt lonely, and like the odd person, but as time has gone by she has made friends with other kids like her, though that took a little time to find them.\n\nI think, at least, I hope you know, you are not a loser. I am thinking that you and my daughter might be somewhat alone in feeling the peer pressure, though-- and you want to know why? Because in order to feel pressure, you have to resist and the ones who are all "doing it" have NOT resisted, they just gave in. Now they pressure you because the fact you resist when they didn't shows them to be the losers, the weak, the easily led. \n\nGood luck to you.  High school does end one day, but a quality life is forever.
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I'm a teenager and I think it is fun and challenging at the same time. I go under a lot of stress but I tend to consider my feelings more than other's sometimes.\n\n Like, sometimes I'll think everyone is treating me so unfair when I actually deserve how they're treating me. Also, there's so many things to deal with like: hormones, homework, after school activities, family, etc. Sometimes I just feel like blowing up! Also, I don't like when people make stereotypes like: "Those teenagers are rebellious", we're just unique individuals exploring life! Anotherthing that I don't like is feeling like I'm caught between being a kid and an adult, and most people want us to act like adults and we're not! \n\nBut, along with all these stressful things, there comes rewards such as: hanging out with friends, meeting new friends, and having new experiences. Like, last year, I met two really good friends and we have been getting together to watch movies on some Friday's and recentley I was in a play and that was a fun (and challenging) experience.\n\nSo, all in all, being a teenager is just like any other stage of life, interesting and unique!
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Teenagers experience love and heartbreak just like people of any age. They often love more passionately and hurt more deeply at the end of a relationship or friendship. Teenagers don't really see tomorrow; everything is right now and final. \n\nHormones play a more dominate role in the teenage years; this is new territory, and they're terribly insecure and yes ... horny. Their bodies are telling them yes while every authority figure is screaming no. \n\nThey often confuse sexual desire with "love", but those feelings are as real and important to them as the love felt between more mature adults. They often feel dismissed by parents ( or even their own peers ) when they confide that they're in love, so they learn to downplay their future feelings. Teenaged girls feel emotional love more deeply; teenaged boys are primarily driven by their biology.
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There are things that seem important. Those are the things most teens concentrate on-- observables: clothes, hair, "looks", money to buy the things that teen society identifies as "must haves." Just look at any teen magazine. It is filled with messages about buying things to show that you're "cool."\n\nThen there are things that are important at a deeper level. When things on this deeper level aren't right, then the pressure increases to get more of those things in the "observable" catagory, above,\n\nAt this deeper level, what is most important to teens is self-esteem and acceptance by others. We could say "self-acceptance" and "other-acceptance." Teen age years are a time of developing one's own standards and judgements independent from one's parents. It's easy to become convinced that you'll never measure up, that you'll never be smart enough, good-looking enough, capable enough. Some teens get so used to hearing the negative voices that they vercompensate for a deep-seated anxiety that they'll never be good enough. They start to become arrogant and  self-centered. You probably know kids (and adults!) just like that. You suspect that beneath their arrogance and controlling ways is a deep feeling that they're not really good enough, so they cover up by pretending the opposite.\n\nPart of the problem of self-acceptance is being accepted by others--not just for what you do, but just because you are. We all want to be accepted just for being us, without having to constantly prove ourselves to anyone. It's hard to believe you can be accepted by others if you don't feel accepted by your parents and/or your sibling(s). Some parents, unfortunately, criticize their kids constantly, forgetting that life is a first-time experience for everybody, and you don't get it completely right during your first 20 years.\n\nWhen you think that you won't be accepted by others, especially by those you admire and like, you can be driven by disappointment or depression to engage in risky behaviour that you think will get you accepted. Or, you may be driven to require more of those observables, to either prove to others that you are as good as they, or merely because having "things" brings a small measure of short-term comfort.\n\nSo, what is important to teens? Self-acceptance and Other-acceptance. When that fails, then it is things to buy.
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The biggest burden is a poor attitude. There are millions of stories about people in dire straights that manage to pull through somehow, and teens act like it is the end of the world to have to be quiet for a half hour or to have to read a few pages of a book a night.  Some kids don't know the difference between an inconvience and a crisis and have no sense of empathy.  Some also can't delay their gratification worth a darn, which results in a person getting 0/40 because of talking during a test when the teacher said anyone who talks during the test gets a zero. Put your social life on hold for just 40 minutes!
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I probably wouldn't characterize teens as always feeling depressed and upset about themselves, but it is fairly common for them to have rapid changes in mood and widely varying opinions about themselves.  The teenage years are a rough period for most of us because we're struggling with multiple issues and don't always have a good way to express how we think or feel.  Several of the key things that are going on in this stage are working out automonmy/independence issues with parents, struggling to form an individual identity while still trying to conform to our social/peer group, learning to balance academic/work demands with our need/desire to have fun and relax, etc.  With all of that, and usually lots more going on, it's actually pretty normal to have periods of depression, anxiety, irritability or general moodiness.
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You better read something on this:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure
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Do not let it bother you.  People who bully are having emotional problems themselves.  Adolescence is notorious for this because there are alot of changes both emotionally and physically and adolescents do not deal well with them...they also have major brain changes going on making them not exactly considerate of others.  While not letting it bother you is harder done than said.....remember it will pass.  I do recommend getting a hobby and new friends. Try soccer, or art. Join an after school club maybe.  I do not recommend weight lifting like the other guy said...i know some adult guys with screwed up shoulders from weight lifting too early...and 7th grade is too early.  If it is any consulation....i am now much cooler than those kids that picked on me in middle school...and much happier.  And my school has been totally paid for in college and graduate school.  Life is not over in middle school.
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yes . it has. \nmany young teen cant even think beyond that.\nit also results in excessice masturbation and homosexuality.\nit may also end up with lack of desire and passion.
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Don't worry, it could be just some kind of added stress on you with school, sports, etc.\n\nIt happens, especially when you're younger like you are.
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+Gossip\n+Staying on top of things, trying not to slack off [Procrastination & falling behind suck a lot. Your grades go WAY down.]\n+Trying to please your friends\n+DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA. Especially the girl talk. [Someone just ALWAYS feels like starting something.]\n+Social cliques [Annoying. Why can't people accept everyone?]\n+Zits -___- [They just suck.]\n+Balancing school, family life, friends, and other activities [With singing lessons, youth group band, tennis, softball, and Korean classes, it's hard.]\n+Guys [Boys are stupid. A crush on a guy can either make or break you, depending on how he feels. True Love Waits<3]\n\nThe great thing is that I only have two weeks of middle school left until high school. A new start. Hopefully, I'll not make the same mistakes I have before.
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I haven't been able to find anything about whether young teens are more prone to get it.  But below is a link that will give you a lot of information on it.
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yep its called being a teenager... we make mistakes, we do stupid things... but at the end of the day it is the individuals choice whether to do it. peer pressure can be a toughy but it's something ppl have to learn to rise above
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Nothing, it's friggin normal, especially for teens.
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1)Suicidal side effects from antidepressants for some reason affect teens more than any other age group.\n\n2)Many teenagers don't have nearly as much control over their lives as they would like, because of parents, school, boring jobs, etc., so they think of killing theirselves as a way to show everyone that they control their own lives, even in death.\n\n3)Many teens in our society today are neglected in their homes (usually because of 2 parents working or a single parent working 2 jobs) and don't have any true friends at school, so they think that committing suicide, whether successful or failed, is the only way they can get people to pay them any attention.\n\n4)Lastly, hormones fluctuate more drastically in teens than in any other age group, which combined with bad home life and/or certain antidepressants, can force some teens to make irrational and abnormal decisions, including suicide.
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Teenage suicide is an act where a teenager commits suicide. It is becoming a more common diagnosis among teenagers throughout the world. Although suicide rates significantly decreased in the mid-1990s, suicide deaths remain high in the 15 to 24 age group with 3,971 suicides in 2001 and over 132,000 suicide attempts in 2002 making it the third leading cause of death for those aged 15 to 24 in the United States . More preventive measures have been taken in the last ten years including increased understanding the risk factors and causes, spreading information to schools and parents.\n\nOverview\nPsychologists have identified the teenage years as one of the most difficult phases of human life. Although they are often seen as a time to enjoy friendship, hang out with friends and perform other activities that adults would not usually do, often this period causes adolescents a large amount of stress. Many changes in the human mind take place during pubescence. Adolescents may begin to consider spiritual or philosophical questions such as what happens after people die. To some, death may be an unknown idea and result in a great sense of worry. Others may accept death and suicide from watching news reports or from reading a novel depicting a suicidal character. Without proper parenting regarding suicide, a teenager may feel lost on the idea.\n\nHormones, peer pressure, self-esteem, expectations, and academic responsibilities all contribute in providing stress in a teenager's life. A lapse in one of these categories can result in suicidal tendencies. Often, a teenager's suicide attempt may be a cry for help, because he or she may not want to seek help personally because of fear of dishonor or shame.\n\nPopulation differences\nMale adolescents commit suicide at a rate four times greater than that of female adolescents, although suicide attempts by females are twice as frequent as those by males. A possible reason for this is because the method of suicide for males is typically that of a firearm, with a 78-90% chance of fatality. Females are more likely to try a different method, such as ingesting poison.\n\nSuicide rates vary for different ethnicities due to cultural differences. In 1998, white Americans accounted for 84% of all youth suicides, 61% male, 23% female. However, the suicide rate for Native Americans was 19.3 per 100,000, exceedingly higher than the overall rate (8.5 per 100,000). The suicide rate for African-Americans has increased more than two-fold since 1981. A national survey of high school students conducted in 1999 reported that Hispanic students are twice as likely to attempt suicide than white students.\n\nA controversial U.S. government's study, titled Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Youth Suicide, found that gay youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than other young people. Several researchers suggest that bisexual and youth uncertain of their sexual orientation may be at higher risk for suicidal behavior than self-proclaimed homosexual teenagers. However, it should be noted that many gay teenagers who commit suicide also suffer from mental illnesses or substance abuse disorders, making the connection more complicated. Further research is currently being done to explain the prevalence of suicide among homosexual youths.\n\nHigh-risk groups\nTeenagers who have attempted suicide before. Approximately a third of all teenagers who have commited suicide have made a previous suicide attempt.\nRape victims. \nVictims of substance abuse \nAdolescents who have a mental disorder, such as depression, social anxiety, or bipolar disorder. Over 90% of teen suicide victims have a mental disorder, such as depression, and/or a history of alcohol or drug abuse. \n\nSuicide prevention\nMain article: Suicide prevention \nPromoting overall mental health among adolescents is key to reducing possible suicidal thoughts. Some people argue that limiting young people's access to lethal weapon