Teenage
pregnancy has a
                                                   big effect on you
                                             “Think twice before you do
                                               something you might
                                                      regret.”
                  Teens can                        Teens can                            Teens can
                    catch                            catch                                catch
                  HIV/AIDS                         depression                            bullying
Human immunodeficiency                    Depression is one health problem            Bullying harms both the person
virus infection and acquired              that has been reported in several           being bullied and the person doing
immune deficiency syndrome                studies that investigated teenage           the bullying. Young people who are
(HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of               pregnancy and parenthood.                   bullied can become anxious and
conditions caused by infection with       According to the psychodynamic              depressed; some young people
the human immunodeficiency virus          theory, depression is presented as a        have committed suicide because of
(HIV). Following initial infection, a     disorder that can be linked to real or
                                                                                      bullying. And bullies are more
person may not notice any                 imagined object loss. Depression is a
                                                                                      likely to have problems in the
symptoms or may experience a              consequence of an ongoing struggle
                                                                                      future, such as run-ins with the
                                          that depressed people endure in
brief period of influenza-like                                                        police. When teens become
                                          order to try and maintain emotional
illness. Typically, this is followed                                                  parents, they instantly become
                                          contact with desired objects. It
by a prolonged period with no                                                         victims of discrimination,
                                          involves a person who feels
symptoms. As the infection                dependent upon relationships with           judgment, and stereotyping. They
progresses, it interferes more with       others and who essentially grieves          are expected to drop out of high
the immune system, increasing the         over the threatened or actual loss of       school, apply for welfare, neglect
risk of common infections like            those relationships. These people           their children, and accomplish
tuberculosis, as well as other            experience intense fears of                 nothing to be proud of. For most
opportunistic infections, and             abandonment and desperately                 teen parents, expecting a child
tumors that rarely affect people          struggle to maintain direct physical        comes with stares, negative
who have working immune                   contact with the need-gratifying            comments, mistreatment, and
systems.                                  object.                                     bullying.
             Do not do                  Teens that become pregnant get             It is better for them to just enjoy
            something without           looked down upon and are judged            high school and college so they
            any protection              by so many people, which make              can have that experience.
            especially that you         things more difficult
            are still young.
                                Me as a teenager, I will not enter that pre-marital
                                sex and do something that I might regret someday.
                                I will enjoy my teenage life and my education to
                                achieve my goals. Only time will come for
                                everything in life.
                                        “Having a baby this young is not easy. Even
                                        though you might have your parents to
                                        help you, it’s still really hard. School
                                        becomes overly stressful and your friends
                                        drop really fast. And the boy who promised
                                        to be there forever finds a new girl. It
                                        changes your life and creates many
                                        obstacles” - Nicole.