So What’s Next? Great question; no one knows. People speculate all of the time about what happens next. There are several thoughts you may have about this part of your plan. After all, many who commit suicide have thought about it, ruminated on it, and played it out in their mind over and over before... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Others Do Not Define Who You Are Or Will Be
Who Are You and Do you Like Who You Are? What makes up a person is a combination of three things: Self-Identify, Personality, and Character. Now granted this is very simplified, but bear with me. Your self-identity encompasses your self-worth (what you believe your value to be), self-esteem (how much you like yourself), and self-image... Continue Reading →
TEENS – There Is Hope
Maybe your life up to this point has been a feeling of despair, a sense of hopelessness, believing that there is no way out, with no expectation that anything will ever change. One thing social media and 24-hour news have done is help us to appreciate that everyone is touched by a tragedy of one... Continue Reading →
TEENS – There Is Help
Both physicians and mental health professionals will tell you a little stress is a good thing and can be healthy. However, excessive long-term stress can be physically and psychologically harmful, which can contribute to your spiraling into a bout of depression. Some stress-related factors that have contributed to teen depression are academic overload, overly high... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Things will Change Soon
It seems that you are often troubled on all sides, and yes it may be frustrating even painful, but you should never be in despair or feel crushed. Maybe your peers are bullying you, or your family is abusing you. However, you are never without friends. Yes, this life can badly hurt you at times;... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Why I Struggle with Having Friends
You find yourself on Facebook, looking at a friend’s profile, and you see all these pictures of a party. As you click on each one, you see that all of your friends are there, looking like they are having a great time. However, something is missing; you are not in any of the pictures. Your... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Where Do I Fit In?
The teen movies from the 1980s forward are a reality of how teens form different clicks. These clicks are a group of 2 to 12 (averaging 5 or 6) “who interact with each other more regularly and intensely than others in the same setting.”[1] The most common are the geeks or nerds, or jocks, mean... Continue Reading →
TEENS – The Truth about Sexual Assault
Sexual assault is to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act or sexual contact by force or threat. This can even be the case of a person in any position of authority, who uses his or her authority to make sexual advances on a subordinate, such as a teacher on a... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Coping With Constant Sexual Thoughts?
“We do not talk about our sexual thoughts to our parents or adults because we don't want to disappoint them, or get yelled at.”–Bethany. In a detailed study of 283 students between the ages of 18 and 25 for a one-week period, the median number of sexual thoughts for men every 24 hours was 18.6... Continue Reading →