Teens told The Denver Post that anything less than perfection in school or extracurriculars can feel like a failure that will affect them into adulthood.
At least 70 people in the age group died by suicide last year, which is down from 87 deaths in 2020 and 75 deaths in 2019, according to provisional death-certificate data from the Colorado health department.
Social media can make life look easy like it’s not hard to be successful because people look happy all the time, Ariane said. The focus has become so much about outcomes, so much about getting “As”, that parents and teachers aren’t teaching the lessons that can come from simply working towards a goal. This in return is setting teenagers up to think that they either succeed at something or are a failure, Glover said.
As a junior, Jolette, who has anxiety, is making decisions about her future, such as what advanced-placement classes to take, what scholarships to apply for, and where she wants to go to college. The 15-year-old is also starting to think about college and their future, which presents its own unique type of stress as Sam is a theater student, which can make them feel as though they are “always auditioning.”
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