Have you ever gone to a party with your friends and drink alcohol because they did? Or have you ever skipped school because you believed that your friends would think of you as "un cool" if you didn't? Or have you ever done something because you you thought that everyone else was doing it? These are all examples of peer pressure. Peer pressure can affect a person's health in many ways. Peer pressure can cause physical, emotional, and mental distress.
First, peer pressure can affect a person's health. Many students on the collegiate level begin to test drugs because their friends or classmates encourage them to do so. Most of these drugs are extreme and very dangerous, such as, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, etc. When students begin to experiment with drugs, they sometimes get addicted, which could result in serious side effects. These side effects could include: hair loss, extreme weight loss, nausea, etc. The side effects of drugs are endless and can affect a person's physical health tremendously.
Equally important, peer pressure can not only affect a person's health physically but also emotionally. Many young ladies and gentlemen decide to be sexually active because they that everyone is doing "it". A lot of times young ladies are pressured into having sex with their partners because they feel as though they have to "prove" that they love that person. Accidents such as pregnancy orcontraction of a sexually transimitted disease or infection could cause enormous emotional distress. This could cause a person to contemplate suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and could cause serious depression. Peer pressure is not only dangerous to a person's body health; peer pressure also has a lot to do with a person's wellbeing.
Finally, peer pressure can have a negative influence of a person's mental health. Many people believe that if "everyone" is doing something then it's ok to do it. For this reason, many people steal, kill, and commit many treacherous crimes. by committing these crimes, a person could be incarcerated and in turn lose their sanity. Moreover, experimentation with drugs causes memory loss, death of brain cells, drowsiness, etc. Peer pressure is extremely deadly to a person's mental health.
Peer pressure occurs worldwide. Kathi Hudson once said, "No child is immune to peer pressure". Peer pressure can affect a person's health physically, emotionally, and mentally. Peer pressure is, in many ways, ignored or overshadowed. Peer pressure is a a globalwide problem and must be dealt with; it is dangerous and can destroy a child's wellbeing and can even result in death. Peer pressure can no longer be overlooked; we must do something about it before it's too late!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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