“Don’t be hard on yourself, you’re doing okay!”
The text that called my attention the most from the New York Times link provided was “Is Teen Mental Health in a State of Crisis?”. The reason why this article called so much of my attention was because I myself as a young adult worry about others’ mental health more than my own. Mental health is something very big to me because I have lost two very important people in my life due to not having enough support and not being able to handle certain situations on their own.
This article begins with statistics indicating that teenagers in the United States are experiencing a mental health crisis. From my personal standpoint yes this is something that I have observed throughout my own life. As a teenager, I have struggled a lot to stay on task. I get easily distracted as a young teenager I get easily influenced into doing things I am not used to doing. After I do these actions I get into a panic stage, where I doubt my actions and I feel like I lost myself due to peer pressure. In my opinion, I think that teenagers are struggling with mental health because we as teenagers don’t have a strong mental capacity to deal with certain things or situations. Factors like the pandemic have made a difference because the pandemic has caused a lot of trauma to a lot of us. Other factors that we should pay attention to are our family treatments and the support we get from our loved ones.
I think that the advice in this article is beneficial for teenagers experiencing anxiety and depression. No, this advice isn’t in line with how my friends and I support each other. We have our own method of understanding and advising each other depending on the situation. From my standpoint, I would add putting myself in other people’s predicaments to find the best way to support them and find a safe way to guide them to the correct decisions. I am a very conserved person I cope with anxiety and depression on my own. I don’t like to talk about my problems with anyone if it’s not my mother. I cope with anxiety, stress, and stress challenges by writing down my problems on paper and finding a solution within myself. I do this because the more you retell your problems out loud to others the more it concerns you and the more you think about it. I think adults in power should pay more attention to mental health among young people, especially in school environments. Some changes I would make in my life, are the way I go about certain situations. I tend to take things very personally I take everything to the heart!
