How often do you question your WORTH? How you feel when you look at yourself into the mirror. Scared. Miserable. Broken. Today teen depression is a serious and debilitating issue. It may change the way they think, feel, and function in their daily lives, causing grievous problems at home, school, and social lives. They find it impossible to construct or even envision a future – and felt shockingly helpless as a result.
In today’s hectic world, the enlarged academic pressures, social challenges, and hormonal changes of the teenage years mean that about one in five of them suffer from depression in their teens. Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. As per the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 17.3 million adults in the United States had at least one major depressive episode. This number represented 7.1% of all U.S. adults. The prevalence of adults with a major depressive episode was highest among individuals aged 18-25 (13.1%). In 2017, an estimated 11 million U.S. adults aged 18 or more had at least one major depressive episode with severe incapacitation. This number represented 4.5% of all U.S. adults.
According to Harvard Medical School, the most prominent symptom of major depression is “a severe and persistent low mood, profound sadness, or a sense of despair.’’
So what’s the reason for this constant depression? Rising peer pressure, unrealistic expectations of parents, FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), mounting stress level, lack of society and family support, less outdoor activities, no casual and unstructured technology-free play, less exposure to nature, and more computer -factors into the equation. Not to forget to mention the irregular food habits also increase the chances of depression. Consuming processed fast foods is one major contributing factor to depression. Today’s millennial continuously feels irritated, sad, or angry. Depression is a daily struggle for people, and sometimes it gets so overpowering that they can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. But there is always a way out.
Take baby steps—half a day at a time, then one day a week, then two, then three. Work on building up your resilience and trust in yourself until you’re able to return to full-time hours. Indulge yourself into some productive work, develop a hobby, go out with friends, surround yourself with positive people, spend some time with nature, and take medical help. Start taking Esketamine Nasal Spray, which helps to reduce depression symptoms in adults with treatment-resistant depression when used along with oral antidepressants. Those who underwent this treatment experienced more significant reductions of depression symptoms at four weeks compared to those who received a placebo plus an oral antidepressant.
