My family can’t seem to grasp the fact that I have a problem. They all think that I am making myself sad and basically faking everything. For what? I have no idea. Maybe they think I’m trying to get attention or to be rebellious. I am, however, 100% clinically depressed and in no way “faking” this or making myself sad. If I liked being sad, why would I be constantly thinking about suicide? I would try to stay here as long as possible to wallow in my own self pity, but I want to leave as soon as possible. I went to see a therapist, and after a couple of months, they were angry that I wasn’t totally fixed. Now, my family has pushed me away, even though they are all claiming it was my fault. My fault because I’m not happy even though they have given me plenty of chances to “get better”. They all see me as a problem child and I’m not sure I can change their minds.
My question to you all is how do I make them understand? What can I say to them that I already haven’t said?
Is it even possible for them to understand?
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It is better to concentrate on yourself and not what they think even though it is easier said than done.
You can try to talk to them more about your problems, but idk if they will understand or not. My parents are the same. I’ve told my problems to them and they ignore it. There has been times where they actually saw me bring a knife to my room to try to commit suicide and they pretend that nothing is happening. I think you should live for yourself. If there’s something wrong, talk to people here. Talk to me if you want. I’ve been through a lot of depressing things in my life that many wouldn’t even realize or recognize, so I’ll understand quite a lot. After it all, and with this one even several months ago, I decided to just live. If you need someone you needa talk to, just let me know. :3
I see what you mean. I haven’t told it to my family in fear that they wont understand either. I stick to my friends for now. But like Deep abyss say you can talk to us on here. I just made an account, but I’m still here willing to help you and others. Here all of us have problems and can relate more to each other and understand each other. It is easier to help then. Hope that helped you in some way.
Btw, Deep abyss. You mention you’re to help LegitApplePie if he needs it. I was wondering if you were willing to be helping me also, because I really need someone to talk to right now.
seems like your parents don’t really give a shit about you- you should find someone who does: a friend, an aunt or uncle, a teacher, a hobo at a bus stop- someone, anyone that you can talk to and really spill your guts withou having to worry about them putting you in a padded cell. That is the only good thing a therapist will do for you- they will not give you any profound answers that can be applied to fix your life, they won’t teach you a special excersize that will purge all the angry shit out of your head, they won’t do anything except listen to you talk. I grew up 180 degrees oppisite of you- my parents would call an ambulance and have me sent to the psych ward if I came home stoned when I was a teenager.. it sucked, and it didn’t help anything, I still feel and think pretty much exactly the same as I did then.
Well it is possible that they well never understand and that sucks