I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BLACK DOG INSTITUTE HAS FOR BREAKFAST, BUT I HAVE THE FEELING IT IS WRONG ON ITS ASSESSMENT OF DEPRESSION IN TEENAGERS. BUT WHAT DO I KNOW... YES BAD SLEEP AND HAVING TROUBLE AT HOME ARE NO HELP TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS...

BUT THERE ARE VERY VERY VERY STRONG FACTORS THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM. BAD SLEEP AND TROUBLE AT HOME ARE OFTEN ONLY SIDE-EFFECTS, NOR CENTRAL CAUSES...

SO WHAT ARE THE MAIN CAUSES:

A) DISCOVERING THAT ONE HAS BEEN LIED TO SINCE CHILDHOOD: THE SUBJECTS ARE NUMEROUS, FROM RELIGION TO POLITICS AND BEHAVIOURAL ACTIVITIES. THIS CONTINUES WITH SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH MIGHT BE ATTRACTIVE, BUT ENDS UP DISTURBING OUR SLEEP PATTERNS.

B) SEX: SEX IS NATURAL BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, TEENAGERS ARE ILL-INFORMED OR MAL-INFORMED ABOUT IT. RUTHLESS PEDDLERS SELL PORN AS A WAY TO HELP... IT'S DESTRUCTIVE.

C) AFFORDABILITY: ECONOMICS AND FIDING A JOB IS ALSO INFLUENCING WHOM WE ARE. TEENAGERS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF INCOMPETENCE. WE LEARN A LOT OF THINGS AT SCHOOL BUT THE FOCUS OF NECESSITY IS BLURRY...WE ARE ILL-MOTIVATED AND NOT EVERYONE CAN BECOME A CARTOONIST THOUGH NEARLY EVERYONE TRIES, EXCEPT THOSE ON THE PATH TO ACCOUNTANCY WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY CAN'T DRAW ANYTHING.

D) THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF DEPRESSION, INCLUDING MISMANAGEMENT OF EMOTIONS... INCLUDING LOVE. THESE DAYS, MANY OF THESE HAVE BEEN PACKAGED — BY ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA OUTLETS —  ON OFFER LIKE OLD PLASTIC WRAPPED FAST FOOD AT THE SERVER. NOT GOOD.

E) RARE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FULLY SATIFIED AT ALL TIMES... THERE ARE TIME OF ACHIEVEMENTS AND TIME OF REGRESSION. THESE ARE NATURAL SET UPS OF LIVING. EVEN THE DALAI LAMA WOULD EXPERIENCE FAILURES AND RECOGNISE SUCH.

THE CURE? REDISCOVERING THE CONCEPT OF CARE.... CARE FOR ONESELF AND CARE FOR OTHERS....

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Bad sleep and trouble at home can set adolescents on a trajectory towards depression and anxiety, says an Australian-first study aimed at predicting and protecting the teenagers at greatest risk.

But strong friendships and feelings of belonging in those first years of high school can be powerful inoculators against mental health problems, the Black Dog Institute’s Future-Proofing Study found.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/revealed-the-biggest-predictors-of-depression-anxiety-in-teenagers-20260317-p5oidu.html

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WHEN ONE IS DEPRESSED, THE CURE IS COMPLEX.

FRIENDS — AND FAMILY CAN HELP — ESPECIALLY IN THE AFFORDABILITY DEPARTMENT.

ON THE OTHER SUBJECTS, WE NEED TO REDEFINE OUR OWN STACK OF "BELIEFS". THESE "BELIEFS" ARE NOT BASED ON LEARNT RELIGION, BUT ON DISCOVERING OUR NATURAL EVOLUTION AND SEE THE WAY HUMANS HAVE TRICKED THEMSELVES INTO MISUNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF THIS LITTLE PLANET — FOR CONVENIENCE AND/OR TO MINIMISE ANGST.

AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES SEX. SEX IS THERE FOR REPRODUCTION. SIMPLE... BUT IT ALSO CREATES DEMANDS ON OUR BEHAVIOUR. THESE DEMANDS HAVE BEEN WELL/BADLY REGULATED BY VARIOUS RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL VENTURES. 

SEE ALSO: THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS... (LEONISKY LINK COMING).

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

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