Teenage is an important phase of life. It consists of several physical and psychological changes in the body. Perception about every aspect of life and self undergoes change. There is confusion, stress and frustration amidst novel experiences for teenagers in this period. The article presents the top ten signs of troubled teenagers.
Top Ten Signs of Troubled Teenagers:
1. Teenage Isolation:
Friends play a very important role in the life of average teenagers. If they instead prefer to be alone, then it is a cause of worry.
2. Concealment:
Lack of faith in elders and feeling of guilt can easily makes teenagers conceal many wrong doings which frustrates them further.
3. Eccentricity:
There are some typical signs to exhibit at every stage of life. Teenage also has its own share of typical traits. Absence of these signs mean that the child is eccentric and may be in the early stages of a mental disorder.
4. Drugs and Alcohol:
Bad company in high schools and colleges mostly results in teenagers indulging in harmful practices like smoking and taking drugs and alcohol.
5. Anxiety and Depression:
Constant focus and scrutiny of actions, followed by criticisms and comparisons make the teenagers become anxious. Sensitive people get depressed easily.
6. Violence:
It is a destructive avenue to let go the bottle up emotions, typical of teenage. Unfortunately it turns out to be stress buster for an ignorant and misguided teenager.
7. Body Image:
Teenagers are extremely conscious of their looks and the perception they develop about their body ensures maintaining of a healthy self esteem.
8. Nervous Breakdown:
Inability to deal with the day to day life activities, criticisms from elders and humiliation from friends can cause nervous breakdown in a teenager.
9. Mood Swings:
Emotional immaturity and lack of self knowledge causes mood swings in teenagers. But excess of it can hint towards an unfit mental health of the child.
10. Peer Pressure:
The stress developed by this factor on the psyche of a teenager is unparalleled when compared to others signs of troubled teenagers. It is neither easy for the teenager to disown his friends nor tolerate this mental torture, especially when the child is sensitive.
“1. Teenage Isolation:
Friends play a very important role in the life of average teenagers. If they instead prefer to be alone, then it is a cause of worry.”
OR they are just introverts…. :\