I am sad,
I feel fat,
I am stressed,
I feel ugly,
I am not Hungry anymore,
I am so tired of pretending,
I am just having a really Hard time, and I don't know what to do anymore.
Being a teen, these are the things I wanna express to my Parents, Friends, and to the world but being a teen, I daily struggle with self-image at this age.
Not feeling good enough for others as well as not feeling good enough about Myself also plays a part in today's generation's life. It's the daily battle of trying to feel accepted and the struggle of learning to love Myself.
Many people don't understand that depression isn't just feeling sad: it's a real disorder, and you can't cure it by saying, "Buck up, sweetie."
I want to show how most people simply don't understand depression and how people with it feel. Depression is a silent killer. It starts with feelings going numb and then not enjoying the hobbies that you once loved doing pushing loved ones, always ruining your hygiene, and staying in bed for days.
Depression isn’t sadness. It’s exhaustion, no motivation, and no desire to do what you once loved, it’s isolation, fear, negative thoughts, anger, disappointment, and irrationality. Depression and sadness are not the same thing and A lot of youths are battling depression silently Daily and it’s not even about relationships. They just wanna survive
When if I tell my parents I have depression they will tell me "it's because of your phone" or they will say "you are too young to be depressed", but the phone is not a problem because being a teen I understand, some people including me use their devices to escape reality, at least that's what I do or not our ages is a problem.
Our problem is that no one understands what we really feel, why we use our phones so much, school pressure, and fake friends. Growing up isn't easy.
If you want to really help, then I Wish people do not press us, younger, teens, and kids into their world or agendas, and insist that we teach them, Being a teenager can be tough, but it shouldn’t feel hopeless.
Tell them as a human you have to know what you love about yourself. Not what the world likes.
And last to all teens. love yourself more because no one's gonna love you as you can love yourself.