As a result, the problem of alcohol abuse and drinking deaths become graver among college students. Aside from lack of education, Mindy Sink seems to neglect the problem of peer pressure in her article. The influence of peer pressure is strong especially when people are still in their adolescence. Influences of peers may worsen the problem of alcohol abuse. Erik Erikson is a psychoanalyst whose eight developmental stages are very famous.
Insomnia is a common problem for people that suffer or have suffered from physical abuse. This is can be caused by fear, stress, anxiety, feelings of guilt, and inability to let go of what happened in the past. A person may be afraid to go to sleep because they may have very vivid dreams about being physical abused. Insomnia can make a person find it very hard to function during the day as
During this transition, the teen will become bored with the old games of a child and start to experiment with different things. Teen will often try to test the limitations that are set by parents and often their behavior starts to change. The adolescents are beginning to change inside and out and often have trouble with the transition. The emotional changes will often have them being moody and short tempered. During these years, the teen often pushes the limits to see just how
Studies show that a child’s brain is not fully matured which causes his/her brain to limit decision-making. Paul Thompson from The Sacramento Bee claims, “The biggest surprise in recent teen-brain research is the finding that a massive loss of brain tissue occurs in the teen years” (1). The frontal lobes that control impulses and self-control are being lost throughout the teenage years. These lobes trigger violent passions and emotions which causes kids the lack of long-term thinking. Children, including teenagers, act more irrationally and immaturely than adults.
Students who go to parties and do not drink a lot or students who do drink a lot will eventually enjoy getting drunk at one point. This leads to students’ binge drinking more often, thus leading to missing classes and the decline of their
Depression is when you are experiencing one of those feelings that won’t go away. Having this feeling will affect your day to day life, school, work, sleep, social life etc. Most commonly people can’t control their negative thoughts, which makes there depression get even worse as they get even more negative thoughts. Loss of interest is another symptom to depression, in most situations the person with depression won’t notice this but their friends/family will. There is also a large amount of self-loathing this is when you’re feeling worthless or guilty and are also harshly criticizing your mistake, choices or fault.
People with predominantly combined type have combined characteristics of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention. (APA 87) An example of hyperactivity is roaming around when they should be seated and the tendency to feel intensely restless(APA 86). People who tend not to think before they speak or act can be impulsive. Blurting out comments that are inappropriate or at inappropriate times is a problem many school age children with ADHD have. (NIMH) People with this type of ADHD may have some characteristics of hyperactivity and impulsivity but not as severely as in the Hyperactive Impulsive ADHD(APA 87).
Back then not, much punishment given to correct the problems that happen, some of the students could not tell their teachers because at times the teachers were part the problem as well. These ongoing issues seem it would never end for some students. Education can be a very scary experience for some students; the educational system has changed from back in the 60’s and 70’s. The punishment is more survive and more rules to follow. Even though the system has made a great deal of changes, it has not stopped the problems just slow them down.
They may have to wait for something to get done causing them to also fall behind because they don’t have what they need to finish their own tasks. Procrastination makes people seem unreliable and maybe even lazy. Take a student for example. Students are often given work that is to be completed at a specific time. While they may think there is no need for this why do it now when I can do it the day before its do, there is good reason for the time given.
Trying to answer the question to the best of your ability, but you stumble up your words. Feeling so dumb, you tell yourself you should not, but the feeling still lingers. Teens in high school deal with so much anxiety and depression. It is unhealthy for students in school to feel this pressure. Feeling this way can cause some to face depression and even lead to suicide.