Youth Anxiety and Depression: A Guide for Teens and Parents

Recognizing, Understanding, and Overcoming Stress in Modern Society and Social Media

By: Michael Burbank

Narrated by: Evan Traasdahl

Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Find out exactly why you’re anxious and depressed–here’s what you can do to resolve these mental health issues at their root cause:

• Do you always feel frustrated whenever you make mistakes and encounter failures?
• Do you feel like you’ll never amount to anything because you’re not confident enough to achieve your goals?
• Do you always feel invalidated by your loved ones because they don’t understand what you’re going through?

Teenage life is not easy—it comes with a lot of physical, emotional, and cognitive changes. You may often feel hurt by criticism from others, only to be told that you’re just overreacting.

Remember this: You’re not being overly sensitive. They just don’t understand why you feel the way you do, including the amount of stress you’re under.

Your feelings are valid, and a lot of factors can cause you to experience them. One of the causes could be hormonal changes, increasing your vulnerability to mental health problems.

Understanding the causes of anxiety and depression is the first step to overcoming them. Changes always start with awareness.

Fortunately, this guide will help you figure out the contributing factors to these mental health issues and provide strategies on how you can conquer them.

Inside, you will discover:

• What causes depression and anxiety—and how social media contributes to mental health issues.
• How this simple practice can help you manage and ease stress in less than five minutes.
• The link between your diet and your mental health—find out what and what not to eat to boost your mental wellbeing.
• Thirteen things that don’t define your self-worth—discover how to determine your true value so you’ll be empowered to handle frustrations and disappointments.
• How mindfulness can help you overcome depression and anxiety—and the different ways to practice mindfulness.
• Why social media is neither bad nor good—and how to balance social media and life so you can keep your sanity.
• What you can do to boost your self-esteem, even if you’ve experienced failure after failure.

And much more.

The insights and strategies presented in this guide are easy to understand so you can apply them yourself, even if you don’t have your parents by your side every step of the way.

Your mental health deserves proper care and attention, and you are the first person to help yourself. You got this!

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