Depression and young girls

December 12, 2007 lindsfauch

Meghan Meir was like any typical 13 year old girl. She worried about what people thought of her, she wanted to be the best at sports, the cutest girl, the coolest friend, etc. However a terrbile hoax through a failed Myspace romance made her hurt turn into death. The parents of a 13-year-old Missouri girl, Meghan found her hanging from her closet. News articles tell us that Megan had suffered from depression and ADD (attention deficit disorder). She had been talking to ”Josh” for more than a month before he abruptly ended their friendship, telling her he had heard she was a cruel friend.

So is this what society has come to? Women of all ages are dumped all the time by men, and vice versa. A thirteen year old girl was so hurt over this that she truely felt the rest of her years weren’t worth living? Depression is very common and affects as many as 1 in 8 people in their teen years. Depression is effecting more younger people of every color, race, economic status, or age; however, studies have proven time and time again that depression effects more girls than guys. There are many reasons for this, however one main reason is how the media is portraying women and telling everyday teens what they are supposed to dress like, the food they are to put into their mouths, the cars they should be driving, the way to treat their men, etc. Essentially the media is telling these girls how to live.