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I Am a Teen With Depression

My parents don't understand, they haven't since the day I started having these problems when I was 5. Never once in my whole 16 years of life have they ever been supportive. Just recently I got accepted into an early college program through my local community college. The school district pays for the tuition, all we have to pay for is the books. Instead of showing even an ounce of being proud of me the only things they talk to me about is getting a job so I can pay for my books. They keep nagging me about a class I'm taking and how I have to hurry up and finish it so I can take the test. They don't get that I can't always function like a normal person. They don't even try to understand, they just dismiss the fact that I have both depression and anxiety. They say it's just a phase and I'm over-reacting. It's been 11 years and they really think this is just a phase. I've always had to depend on outside sources for support and it's not easy finding people my age that stick around when you start talking about the heavy stuff. Why can't I be just a little bit older so I can leave them?
loveryley15
leaving them wont fix anything because they are who they are but i get it i waqs depressed to so badly that i self harmed and no one understood and i wish they did but they dont and thats life unfourtunately but remember its not about them its about you and i may not know you but im very proud of you

 
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