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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're real issues that can actually honestly impact everything in someone's life, sometimes profoundly. The important thing -- which many newly diagnosed people (which teens often are) and many teens with these diagnoses in general by virtue of being young people can struggle with -- is to learn to manage your condition(s) while minimizing the disruptive influence it has on your life. So, yes, a lot of things are likely the result of anxiety/depression if a person has them, but that's just an explanation... it only becomes an excuse if the person lets it, and life doesn't often accept that. Teens with anxiety and/or depression need their issues acknowledged and they need to be supported, but they also need to be gently and compassionately supported in figuring out how to work around those challenges and be successful anyway. I have both, diagnosed with anxiety at 8 and depression in my early 20s (have always had it but my father didn't believe in it). They're real issues, but they shouldn't be allowed to become real excuses for not owning your own shit.[/quote]

Wonderful and thoughtful feedback. I highly recommend that parents of young teens with anxiety read it very carefully. I wish someone said something like that to me when my DC was younger. [/quote]

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