Life Happens: A Teenager's Guide to Friends, Sexuality, Love, Rejection, Addiction, Peer Press ure, Families, Loss, Depression, Change & Other Challenges of Living

by Kathleen McCoy

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Author: Kathleen McCoy

Publisher: TarcherPerigee

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ISBN 10: 0399519874
ISBN 13: 978-0399519871

Do you:

• Often feel afraid to let anyone know how bad you feel and why you feel that way?
• Hide your feelings—pretending to be happy and that life is going along as it always did?
• Deny your feelings or cover them up with angry or impulsive behavior—lashing out at parents, family, friends, or teachers?
• Try to numb your feelings with alcohol, drugs, sex, or eating disorders—not always realizing what you're doing and why?

If you can't seem to get in touch with your emotions—and you feel that there's no one you can turn to—then you need Life Happens. Written by specialists in adolescent psychology and medicine, this reassuring guide offers information to help you understand that the way you're feeling is totally normal, even when it seems that you're depressed for no reason at all. Using the voices and letters of teens seeking help, the authors discuss some of today's most difficult situations—from the pressure to get good grades to questions concerning sexuality to dealing with your parents. You'll learn the steps you can take to help yourself, as well as how and where to get professional help, if you want it.

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Gr. 7^-12. The authors of The New Teenage Body Book (1992) expand on the discussion of feelings and emotions they inaugurated in their earlier volume. They explore what they call "common crises" and suggest, in an expanded checklist form, ways to get past problems and move on with life. Most of the topics touched on--the death of a family member, teen pregnancy, the end of a romantic relationship, being homosexual, having an alcoholic parent--have been well covered in YA literature. What makes this book valuable is its success in trimming each subject to manageable proportions without undue oversimplification. One of the best chapters concerns everyday stress--living up to parental expectations and balancing schoolwork with fun. There are also helpful, clear-cut sections explaining depression and describing what to expect from a mental health specialist, as well as continued emphasis on the benefits of being open about feelings. Stephanie Zvirin

From the Back Cover

If you can't seem to get in touch with your emotions - and you feel that there's no one you can turn to - then you need Life Happens. Written by specialists in adolescent psychology and medicine, this reassuring guide offers information to help you understand that the way you're feeling is totally normal, even when it seems that you're depressed for no reason at all. Using the voices and letters of teens seeking help, the authors discuss some of today's most difficult situations - from the pressure to get good grades to questions concerning sexuality to dealing with your parents. You'll learn the steps you can take to help yourself, as well as how and where to get professional help, if you want it.

About the Author

Kathy McCoy, Ph.D., is an award-winning author of eleven books, a psychotherapist, and Coordinator of the Clinical Ph.D. Program at the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. A former editor for 'Teen, Dr. McCoy has written hundreds of articles for such publications as Redbook, Readers' Digest, The New York Times, Family Circle, Glamour, and Ladies Home Journal. An online expert specializing in adolescent psychology, she has made numerous appearances on "The Today Show," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Hour Magazine," "Sally Jessy Raphael," and "Home and Family."