My teenage son aged 15 seems very low at the moment. How do you decide when depression is a problem?
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It's a really tough one. Many teenagers do suffer from mood swings, and many are under huge amounts of stress with exams, as well as all the other issues such as girlfriends / boyfriends, peer pressure etc. If you have a good open relationship, talk to him, see if he'll open up to you. If you are really concerned, suggest you go to your GP together to find out if he needs a bit of extra support right now.
You could also find out if his school has a counsellor, and suggest gently to him that he might like to go and see him / her, just to 'offload'.
Otherwise, all you can do is 'be there' for him and let him know that you will always be prepared to support him and listen to him.
tell him to snap out of it, lay off the drugs and get back to his homework or he'll be out on the streets
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