2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
Psychology of adolescents
Adolescence, or ages 13 (sometimes 12) to 19 years old, is a time of change. Changes are fast, impetuous, and seemingly occurring "on all fronts." This article will be about these fronts, about certain aspects of adolescence. And also about how to help teenagers experiencing certain difficulties.
And the first front is hormonal. Is it possible to explain human behavior by thinking of it only as "hormonally unstable" or "hormonally stable"? The adolescent is faced with hormonal changes that, in addition to bodily transformations, affect emotions and mood, making the adolescent more aggressive, anxious, or prone to frequent mood swings. However, a person is not only hormones and emotions caused by them. Personality is largely determined by how she copes with these emotions, suppresses or directs her aggression at others, whether she can cope with periodic sadness, etc. And this is about psychology.
The second front is psychological. Here a teenager is faced with an intense and complex search for himself, his identity, that is, ideas about himself, the answer to the question "who am I". This is one of the psychological challenges of this age. A healthy teenager follows the path of psychological separation from the family, looking for himself in the companies of his peers. Often this search for oneself can be troubling for parents. However, this is necessary for the adolescent to understand himself, his place in life, through such experiments he asserts himself.
The third front is the teenager's family. At this age, it should be the place that withstands the young man without being destroyed by his antics. At the same time, the family also sets certain boundaries of what is permissible, the rules of behavior that the teenager attacks, but which at the same time he needs in order to resist internal uncertainty. By separating psychologically and passing through the storm stage, the boy or girl becomes capable of new, more mature relationships with parents and others.
The fourth is the big world. For the first time, young people are able to grasp the difficulties and conflicts of the adult world. They are also capable of new experiences of attachment, attraction, expectation of approval. A teenager, as I wrote above, experiments with this world, often and inevitably making mistakes. He is looking for examples for identification and copying, he is looking for whom to resemble and whom not. All these searches can cause problems for both the teenager and those around him.
The fifth is sexuality. Faced with such intense sexual attraction, the teenager is confused. Especially if we take into account the fact that sexuality is still only being formed and there is a place for both heterosexual and homosexual fantasies and experiences. Until the age of 20, a person experiments, trying to understand what suits him and what does not. Difficulties are added by both parents and peers who expect the teenager to finally decide and "make the right choice."
Finally, the sixth front is mental health. Several psychiatric disorders begin in adolescence, including depression, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. Don't forget eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and addictions. Many adolescents, having certain symptoms and even turning to their parents for help, do not receive support and help from a specialist. Subsequently, they still come to the attention of mental health professionals, but with more serious symptoms.
Puberty is a challenge. The way it will be completed has a lot to do with the life of an adult. Timely counseling ensures well-being and the ability to enjoy sufficient life satisfaction.
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