Recently, I met a adolescent in my counseling session who was feeling very low. He said that he feels depressed. But depression is a strong word for his condition. Parents say that he is behaving this way ( rude and lost) from last few months and things are getting worst with each day. His social skills and academics are being impacted too. Parents thought it as a phase of adolescence, but the water has now crossed the bridge. They feel bad for their son. I had few counseling sessions and found out that this 16 years old boy has a wonderful family and loving Parents. All was going good till he got his smartphone on his birthday and he joined Instagram. Now, he is feeling left out ( FOMO, as they call it). His peers have a colourful life with so many things on their bucketlist. They are traveling, taking challenges, going for adventures, making reels etc. He started feeling that his life is nowhere close to theirs..and he felt that he doesn't have a worthy life with nothing in his bucketlist. He also felt bad that his parents are so simple with their lifestyle.
So, once a happy child who cherished his parents and simple life turned so lost and feeling low.
How about us as adults? Do we go through the same as an adult?
Share your views.
So, once a happy child who cherished his parents and simple life turned so lost and feeling low.
How about us as adults? Do we go through the same as an adult?
Share your views.
