Depression question

How to.. Tell your parents you suffer from a major depression? And that I really need help?

I can’t just sit down and be like, “mom, dad.. I have major depression..”

They’ll never take me seriously! And worse.. If they do, they’ll want to get me therapy- and we can’t afford any extra expenses! :(

Answer #1

Hmmm… I was sh*t scared about telling my mum, let alone my dad. I figured they would think I was being dumb or something. Anyhow, one day mum comes up to me and asks me Are You Doing Drugs? I said no, why? She said I seemed all different and somewhat down and didtant. Thats when I told her.

Answer #2

ya im struggling with telling my parents that too. I really want to get antidepressents but I dont want to go talk to a counciler in stuff. uhhh :/

Answer #3

First of all why are you depressed. Maybe talking to you parents about it will help tell them exactly whats wrong. Dont worry about expenses god will always make a way.

Answer #4

well if you tell them you need the only way they can help you is by gettin therapy

Answer #5

Here’s a good site on depression, maybe you could show your parents and tell them ‘I’m concerned because I’m having some of these symptoms it mentions’: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen_teenagers.htm

I wish you the very best !!

Answer #6

first of all depression pills are not the answer to the problems the problem is your parents, and YOU its callled, COMMUNICATION people help each other out. its called hard times they apparentally have problems too and it affecting you you know your parent talk and learn

Answer #7

truely I suffer from depression too, and I can’t talk to my parent’s bout it, I’ve been to couseling and therapy more times den it even helped. I would just sit your parents down, and explain to dem why your feeling depressed and tell dem that you don’t want therapy you just need a simple person to listen. trust me if you just let dis build up you’ll get even more depressed and you’ll have suicidal thoughts (or at least I do) but trust me hurting yourself more dan needed which doesn’t take much to be too much it just makes you feel more depressed. I almost o.d. because I couldn’t talk to my parents and I just took it into my own hands. but I haven’t told my parents dis. but really if you can’t talk to your parents den talk to really close friends, the friends that shut daer traps and just listen to you!

L.C

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