e faced with many difficult decisions, not only I school, but in normal life. Making important decisions can cause stress. In 1986, a study was done of Minnesota high school students. Results show that 39% of the students who were stressed suffer from mild depression. Many things cause stress. A breakup with a boy/girl friend, increased arguments with parents, trouble with brother or sister, change in parents' financial status, serious illness or injury of family member, or the leading cause, trouble with classmates, or grades. All of these events are centered at the places an adolescents life usually take place, home and school. When a teenaged girl was asked, Do you feel stressed out over homework? The answer was, Yes, I think about what homework I have the whole car ride home from school(An Interview).The need to fit in is a major factor to adolescent depression. When children move towards adolescence, they become more involved with their peers. This is when teens begin to discover the world. This is when peer pressure comes into place. Not all peer pressure can be bad. Some can be pressuring others to do positive things with their lives. When parents hear about the peer pressure going on, they have an automatic reaction to it. An automatic reaction can actually put negative pressure on their own child(Peer Pressure and its effect on Teens 1). A teenager was asked, do you feel the need to fit in? The response of this specific teenager was No, I personally feel that I can be my own person, but I think most teens do feel like they need to go with the flow(An Interview). Since peer pressure is such a great influence on adolescents, other disorders can easily be developed.Anorexia is a disorder that decreases the appetite. Anorexia is formed in adolescents because they feel that they need to be skinny to fit in. Western civilization has developed an image that people look better if they are not obese. 90-95% of all ad...
