Peer Pressure.

I think it can be a goop and bad thing.

For example, if you were at a theme park and your really scared about going on a ride, but secretly want to, your friends can help you pressure yourself into actually doing it.

But, it can be bad when for example, your friends start doing drugs and you've said you would never do them and they try to pressure you into doing them.

It just depends on the type of pressure, if it's supportive pressure or bullying pressure.

woops i meant good not goop lol

I think if we look at it in gerard ways point of view he says that peer pressure normally you should not give into but it could be good or bad in the teenagers video it says before and after something about not doing drugs or not giving in to peer pressure i went to see Mcr with muse and gerard said things about peer pressure and not to give in to it

bob bryar is my hero:

I think if we look at it in gerard ways point of view he says that peer pressure normally you should not give into but it could be good or bad in the teenagers video it says before and after something about not doing drugs or not giving in to peer pressure i went to see Mcr with muse and gerard said things about peer pressure and not to give in to it

i think from the view he was looking through, he knows it can and wil alter you in every way possible, without you even relizing so you think, "well, if i do this then..." so before you know it your not really uniqe i guess because oyu want to be like your friend not, you.

illustrated_romance:

oh sorry i should have explained what peer pressure is, umm like when your friends are doing something and they want you to do it too, so they'll talk you into it and do it. like if your friend offers you pot, they'll say something like "don't worry it can't do anything to you. just try it." like that

accually peer pressure is more when they call you names and such just becuase your afraid of doing it too... like if they were to offer you pot and you sed no they would be alll like you wuss your not worth our time... so you would do it to stay with them ... but tbh friends like that arnt real friends so get rid of them and get some true friends.. (Y)

well if its good peer pressure then no problem there, but if you do it to fit in thats bad.
yes, we've all felt that desire to fit in but what you have to remember is that if you fitting in means doing something that you really dont want to do, then thats not a crowd that you want to be in. whether its, smoking, drinking, sex, drugs, etc. if you dont want to do it, then dont.

stockholm syndrome.:

Peer pressure is a big problem these days.
Like, what Ghostgirl191 said, anyone could be pressured into sex, drugs, drinking or smoking just because they want to fit in or to not look like a 'wuss' to their friends.

Recently, my best friend, Peter, has gotten in trouble with the law because his neighbour and a couple of other dudes, have be coming up to his window in the middle of the night and pressuring him to come out and steal cars.
The police found out on Friday what has been happening, and they all got in trouble for it.
Even though he didn't actually steal the cars himself, he's still in trouble with the cops because he was there.

The really sad thing with this is, I found out that he's too scared to sleep in his own room incase his neighbour tries to pressure him into doing it again.

well no matter where he goes it's unaviodable, like with gang wars, i live in California, and there's a big problem with that in school, my elementary school had gangs, so 5th and 6th grades were in a gang and threating to kill people all the time.would there be gangs there if there wasn't peer pressure and the need/want to fit in?

ive recenty kinda changed and am being accepted for who i am yea i dress slightly out of the ordinary but now people realise just coz i dont do certain things doesnt make me 'un-cool' i drink yea i dont smoke or do drugs i think im ready for sex when it comes but will never get pressured into ANYTHING hasent affected me yet (accept when i was like 12 but i was naive).

As much as I hate to say it. Were all effected by it. Even the strongest of us all.
Maybe im just far more weak than I have thought. But I keep finding myself somehow linked with peer-pressure-caused messes.

Yet then again I was peer-pressured out of lieing, acting insane, not being myself, and cutting.

If your friends pressure you to do something you don't wenat to do, then they aren't your friends. True friends means that they respect your decisions.

this has happened to me. If your parent knows one of your friends is doing pot or smoking anything, should your parent still allow you to be freinds? Is being friends with people like that nessecarily bad?

Its not that it changes your thinking but how much it makes you care what other people think. Most people like to folow the majority (aka whats cool) but if you realy think about it most of the majority is just minority trying to fit in so the majority isnt realy the majority but the opposite. If that makes sence. And then there is peer preasure were people come to you. It can sometimes be good if a friend preasures you not to do something bad but it all comes down to you and how much majority there is to change your mind.

hit the heartbrakes.:

Peer pressure roots down to being accepted.

I think peer pressure can affect people in different way. Like, even if peer pressure sends you in another direction, to revolt against what you are pressured to do, it means the peer pressure has still affected you.

I think people can "peer pressure" you without all the hype of "if you don't do this, you can't hang with us anymore" etc. Like if everyone else is doing it, even if the other people say "its cool if you don't" you still might feel you have too.

^ Some people don't have the ability to "just say no". It's not all about "maturity", so don't throw that into every equation. If you have to keep mentioning being mature, you aren't mature.

It truly has to do with becoming comfortable with yourself and dealing with the consequences of letting some people down, or taking a different path. I don't think that has to do with maturity, because there are adults I know who just hate the guilty feeling of not doing everything for other people.

sweet disposition.:

Peer pressure is also about being accepted.

This is the best way anyone could put it.
No matter your age, no matter your maturity level, no matter your social standing.
If people want to fit in, even if it's a 90 year old at a senior citizen's home, they will follow the crowd.