The life of a teenager is like an ant trying to climb a cliff. It’s like a pimple that comes and goes off. It is transitory. I've got various similes for describing it.
It’s filled with various emotions to know, express, and feel down there. Nothing actually seems “real” to a teenager, they feel like the world should end soon or the way the world is working should change.
Well for some, it may actually be different. They see the world filled with happiness or sometimes it is just them seeing the world with positivity. According to me, that positivity seems to be inherited from their forefathers, as I myself cannot take this world to be positive all the time. For some trying hard to be friends with the other, they feel they are not getting what they want and they end up suffering from depression and what follows is the thought of ending the current life to escape from the sufferings.
Life has got different meanings to many adolescents out there. Do you ever
find yourself getting really irritable for almost no reason? Or suddenly feeling
down without knowing why? Going from sadness to anger to joy in a matter
of minutes can make many teens feel as though they're losing their grip. But
why is the feeling of being on an emotional roller coaster so common among
teens? Dealing with constant pressure and biological changes is part of the
answer.
School, future, career choices, relationships with their friends and families are all the topics that start dominating their very own mind. Most teenagers don’t attain peace of mind just because they are new to an institution and the distress or terror of getting bullied is always on their mind.
Sometimes, their very own secrets eat them. The fear of protecting their
parents from those secrets suddenly starts spreading its roots. What’s the most important to a teenager is their self-identity and personality and to be accepted by friends and family. Sometimes they get irritated by just getting a small pimple on their face, they don’t realize that it usually goes off soon, and they get conscious about it.
However, a teenager isn’t someone who can be ignored. A teenager is a part
of the youth and future of the nation. This thought is what kills them each
day, they hope to perform better day and night and soon become a part of the
race the world is hosting. The race leads to more pressure on the mind and
the fear of losing hampers their mental health. Nobody realizes how hard it is
to wake up every morning and fighting battles with your mind.
Moving on to a scientific approach towards this topic, mood swings are a
result of biology. The onset of puberty in an adolescent leads to the formation
of sex hormones which cause physical changes in the body. But, in some
people, they also seem to cause emotional changes — the ups and downs that
sometimes feel out of control. Understanding that almost everyone goes
through mood swings during their teen years makes them easier to handle.
Most of the time teenagers indulge in practices that can risk their future.
Some teenagers begin using drugs as a way of coping with the depression and
stress in their lives, while others try them because of peer pressure. In either
case, drug use among teenagers has far-reaching consequences that
negatively affect their lives. For many teenagers, adolescence represents a
time where they will start – and sometimes end – their first serious
relationships and within these relationships, mistakes sometimes happen
which might lead to pregnancy.
Well, there are many more to it and the list is just endless. There are ways a
teen expresses themselves to avoid any mental pressure.
The https://13reasonswhy.info is an amazing website that is surely meant for
all adolescents, where they can talk to someone in times of depression
and agony. Further maintaining a private diary online can prove to be yet
another fascinating way to let out what’s inside you or what’s troubling you.
Not only this, our very own project has got a way for you to share your story
and feel comfortable.
The story will remain between us! Promise! Feel free
Now, dear readers, this is from me as a teenager to all the teenagers out there -
Get the hell out of your mind and know that you are going to rock the floor as
loud as you can.
Put on your earphones and sing as if no one is listening.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Be You, Yourself, and Yours.
You are a precious diamond, worth more than Kohinoor.
Times can be difficult but nothing is important than your very own beautiful
smile.
Remember that a bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking
because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings.
ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!
By-
~JUDE~
Srishti Gupta
Srishti Gupta is an advocate for neurodiversity with Project Inclusion'20.
This is her first blog, make sure to like and share!
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