Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
I Don't Know How to Tell People I Think I'm Depressed Posted: 11-07-07 21:04pm
For the past 2 years of so I have been a
completely different person. I lost
interest in everything I used to do! I
used to love to play soccer, swim,
basketball and gymnastics and now I'm not
involved in any sports. I used to be a
great student but now I'm failing almost
every class and I don't even care. I want
to be good and succeed but i can't be
motivated by anything. My mom has offered
me money and clothes to get me to pull up
my grades but I refuse and i don't know
why! I find myself just staying inside
almost all week, even on weekends when all
my friends are out having fun and when
they invite me, I say I have other plans,
even if i'm just sitting in my room. I get
extremely mad even at the stupidest things
and I lash out at my family and friends
for no reason, i'm like a different
person. I cry alot... for not such great
reasons. Sometime I will just come home
from school and just lay on my bed and cry
for hours, even if everything was just
fine. Sometimes I find myself completely
binge eating and other times I won't eat
for days. I will be a perfectly happy and
great person to be around one day and then
the next I wake up feeling useless and not
even worthy to go out and see the world. I
have no more confidence left in myself and
it becomes worse all the time. I'm dying
to tell my parents that I might be
depressed but I think they'll freak and
I've told my sister and she laughed at me.
I've even tried to tell my friends but
they tell me there is no way I'm depressed
because I'm such a happy person, but they
have no idea. I don't think I can keep
pretending I'm happy at school all the
time, and I just want someone to realize
that something might be wrong with me. I
don't know what to do.
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TehLonelyZ
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Escondido, Calfornia United States
Posted: 11-08-07 01:24am
Hi i know the feeling...i too get like
that the whole waking up one morning and
feeling useless, and i dont go out on the
weekends much either, its cuz i dont have
many friends and the main reason for that
is cuz im 16 years old and im in college,
i graduated high school early so i didnt
get to know many people. not many college
ppl want to hang out with a 16 year old,
so im always at home alone i live pretty
far from the city, and i dont have a car.
i have problems with eating as well, i
dont binge eat or anything like that, but
if i noticed i gained weight, then i eat
very very little like a bowl of cereal and
1 egg for the whole day then i over
excercise. its probably because i think
that mabye if i get a great body people
(girls) will talk to me more and ignore my
age...(wishful thinking but i know girls
arent that shallow but it gives me
something to work at and take my mind off
the lonliness. i havent told anyone that i
am depressed, and i too am cheery around
other people, i figured that its best not
to tell anyone, because i get the feeling
then they will start to "hang out" with me
only because im depressed and not because
they want to. i would feel more like an
obligation. anyways on to my point, if you
really want to tell someone, i think its
best to tell your closest cousin, friend,
or relative besides your parents. mainly
someone close to your age that way they
can try to help you out since they might
be dealing with similar problems. if you
want we could talk here ya kno mabye tell
me about your day and ill tell you about
mine ^.^ its nice to talk to people ya
kno. i find it relaxing, as if someone out
there realizes that you exist. anyways i
wish you best of luck and im always here
if you want to talk. i love to listen
peoples stories or daily lives. i find it
fascinating. take care
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marvel
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Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1104 Location: Toronto, Ontario (but only a private message away)
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Posted: 11-08-07 12:31pm
Coming here was a first great step,
ceightlin!
I find that depression has such an awkward
stigma associated with it. It's very hard
to tell other people about it and have
them take you seriously. I think, though,
that if you tell your parents exactly what
you have told us here, they'll understand
and they will get you help. If not, you
school could have counselling programs
where you could talk to a counsellor who
will, without a doubt, take you seriously.
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SoundBeforeLight
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 1
Posted: 11-08-07 22:13pm
I've been in the same situation. It felt
so awkward even admitting it to myself.
I'm always a jolly person. So my mom
didn't take me seriously at first. Then
she tried to put me on medication. But I
refused. However, it's good to get it out
there. Even if no one believes you.
You really want to find passion in things
again. That's the main thing. Force
yourself to go out with you friends. Even
if you come back and cry, it'll be baby
steps into the right direction.
go back to really childish pleasures. This
might help you rebuild your happiness
receptions. Go on a walk, skip rocks, do
paintings (like finger paintings).
These are still suggestions. I still feel
pretty depressed but I feel like these
might help you.
But yes, tell you parents. try writing a
letter. That's what I do when things are
hard to say.
