By aianmoo16 - 31/05/2016 01:00 - United States - Baltimore
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I'm so sorry, this is so sad. The thing with being a parent is it doesn't necessarily mean you're smart, you can still be ignorant about some things. I know having no support from your parents is probably really hard, and if you're a minor getting help will probably be much more difficult without them, but still continue to open up about your depression with more supportive people and try to seek help. When you can find the right treatment and surround yourself with good people, it makes a world of difference. Don't be discouraged by your parents' idiotic ignorance, depression is an illness just like any other, and you need to get some kind of treatment for it.
Some parents just don't have what it takes. I feel ya, OP. I confessed a traumatic experience that I go to therapy for to my mother. It's now the source of endless joke material. :/
I've been there. I literally had to speak about my depression for 4 years before they started listening. The first year I was ignored and since I had the means, I moved out of the house for 3 years. The first thing I talked about when I came back was the need to be treated with respect and to hear what I have to say. My dad still thinks that I make it up, but because my story doesn't change it makes him look like the idiot for insisting I'm the liar.
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I'm so sorry, this is so sad. The thing with being a parent is it doesn't necessarily mean you're smart, you can still be ignorant about some things. I know having no support from your parents is probably really hard, and if you're a minor getting help will probably be much more difficult without them, but still continue to open up about your depression with more supportive people and try to seek help. When you can find the right treatment and surround yourself with good people, it makes a world of difference. Don't be discouraged by your parents' idiotic ignorance, depression is an illness just like any other, and you need to get some kind of treatment for it.
Some parents just don't have what it takes. I feel ya, OP. I confessed a traumatic experience that I go to therapy for to my mother. It's now the source of endless joke material. :/