Kindof a mix of depression and cancer...
United States
January 15, 2007 10:56pm CST
I'm 16. My dad, with whom I've never really had a good relationship, has lymphoma and he's going to die probably within the next year or so. My mom is this fun, outgoing woman that I love to death, but she refuses to take me to counseling and I'm scared that she's seriously going crazy. My 22 year old half-sister was on Girls Gone Wild and claims that she is trying to change and be a better sister. She hates my dad. My 25 year old half-sister is the root of all the 22 year old's problems but everything else she does aside from her chronic minipulating disorder (I just made up that name but she really does have issues) is perfect. My 17 year old brother doesn't like to talk about how he feels about anything and it worries me. My 7 year old sister can't figure out why Daddy lost all his hair and nobody's supposed to tell her. Meanwhile, I can't seem to have a normal relationship with any of my friends because I've been obsessing over little things so that I don't have to think about everything else that's been going on in my life. Is this reason enough for depression?
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
16 Jan 07
Yes you have reason to be depressed or upset. Can you check to see if there is a counselor at school you can talk with? It's not ideal but it might help at this point. I think at this point you do need to talk with someone outside of the family. If your parents won't take you to counseling perhaps then you need to find it yourself where ever you can. If there isn't anyone at school then perhaps a religious affiliation might be ideal. I don't know if you believe in a particular faith but often many have someone that members can talk to.
• United States
16 Jan 07
Honestly, I'm terrified of the counselors at my school. At my last school I wrote something that a teacher found and the counselor COMPARED MY HANDWRITING from a journal we were required to keep in English class with the paper. She wouldn't leave me alone for the next month and what I wrote wasn't even true. I was just expressing what I felt at the moment.
I am a devoted Catholic, however I cannot drive yet so there's no way I can contact the priest without my mom suspecting something. Thank you for the response though.
