Teenagers and insecurities

Health

Many teenagers in your community feel insecure about the way they look. Write an article to be published in a youth magazine in which you outline the reasons why teenagers have these insecurities and suggest solutions.

Teenagers and insecurities

         It is not a rare case for a teenager to have insecurities. At this age, most teens are still confused and searching for their identity. Perfection for them is an objective view that is determined by their family background, physical and circle of friends. However, these teenager has to know that insecurities can be a barrier for them to grow. Therefore, fighting against their insecurities is a must.

          From the survey made by the youth magazine committee, the most prominent reason that caused insecurities among teenagers in our community is caused by lack of confidence because of social media. Social media is now a platform for teenagers to express themselves. Most of them make their personal life public in social media. Seeing some other teenagers living a good life – beautiful, cool friends and luxurious lifestyle caused some teenagers to have a sort of jealousy, or feel bad about themselves. This is when the fear of being evaluated exist among teenagers. Living in that fear, teenagers who do not live a ‘good life’ tend to isolate themselves and insecure. If this is the case, these teenager has to constantly remind themselves that perfection does not exist, they need to talk to their inner critics and remind themselves of all the reasons that they can be interesting and fun or would be a good friend or partner.

          Next, the second most voted reason is insecurities caused by rejection or failure. Sometimes, teenagers can’t accept being rejected because they take it as a failure. It can be as simple as being rejected in a club to make them feel like a loser. This resulted in some them being shy and quit trying. Even worse, it can cause depression. To defeat the insecurity, teenagers have to surround themselves with positivity. They need a supportive circle of friends and advice from adults on how to adapt to this situation. This is because being rejected in a club doesn’t necessarily means that they are useless, it’s just the fact that their skills or contribution is not needed in that group.

           As a conclusion, insecurities can be the biggest problem to teenagers. If it is not handled well, it might cause a worse problem in the future. Therefore as a smart teenager, we have to see insecurity as our enemy, and a chance to improve ourselves!