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= Teen Depression and Eating Disorders =

Teen Depression is a important topic that can lead into many other disorders. For teens who cannot cope emotionally, self harm is a distraction. Teen Depression can also lead to suicide, in a major case. Every two hours and fifteen minutes, a person under the age of twenty-five completes a suicide. Suicide is one of the leading death causes for people between the ages fifteen and nineteen. Teen Depression can start out as just a small problem, like school work, peer pressure, stress with family, stress from no free time, and social networking websites (Facebook, Formspring, and Twitter). Social networking websites is where a lot of bullying goes on. In the matter of minutes, rumors can spread. Cyberbullying has been found to cause higher depression rates, compared to other forms of bullying. Teen Depression could lead to eating disorders with a low self esteem, body image, and being insecure about yourself.

Eating disorders are very serious problems that can permanently damage a person's mind and body. They mostly stem from a distorted perceptive of what a good body image should be. There are two main types of eating disorders, they are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The former is a disorder where the victim is pathologically afraid of gaining weight or being "fat". Anoerxics starve themselves in order to maintain a thin figure. However, it is extremely dangerous and unhealthy to do so. Bulimia is another disorder where the bulimic does eat, but usually more than their stomachs can hold, then they purge. Both anorexics and bulimics, most likely have a mental problem that revolves around food and eating. A lot of people who have eating disorders are teenagers.