Self-Medicating Teen
I don’t know, it’s just that when I drink I feel…well, I feel less nervous somehow. 
Teens who struggle with anxiety may find themselves drinking or using drugs to help them calm down. By nature teens develop coping mechanisms, they aren’t born with them. So there will be times your teen will happen upon poor coping skills like anorexia, drugs or even sex before they happen upon a good coping skill like talking about it. In the meantime, what it looks like to you is strange teen behavior, lack of concern for their future and laziness. If they just applied themselves then…
Teens don’t know the words for I feel anxious, or I’m nervous all the time. Instead they think they’re the only one and they figure something out. Have a bit of suspicion that something else is going on and help your teen stop dealing with a very real issue in a poor way and allow them to develop good coping skills that will last them a lifetime.
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