I'm glad you were able to get the help you need, and that you're doing better!
How did you go to the hospital? Did you just show up there? I don't think it's gotten to that point yet for me, but just in case.
Thanks for your response :)
Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate it :)
Yeah, it was a lot to put out there. I'm really nervous. But thank you for answering my questions and giving me advice without judgement. I'll definitely be using these! Have a great day.
Over a year ago, my younger cousin (M14?15?) would wake up super early, maybe around 2-4:30am and touch me (F15) while I was asleep. I don't know how long he was doing it for, but I suspect it started either earlier that summer or even before then (which is worse because I only see him once a...
Oh my god, this is literally exactly how I feel! Growing up, I was always torn between feeling alone in this but also wondering if what I was experiencing was normal.
As for the whole getting in trouble thing, I totally get that. It was kind of a vicious cycle, in a way, because on one hand, I...
sorry about this in advance. no one has to read this or even respond. i just don't have a support system and need to get this off my chest before i explode.
i've always kept my parents at a distance (partly because i think it's what they want (if the way they dismiss and invalidate my feelings...
i'm sorry that my situation sounds familiar to you. it's not a great experience, and i'm glad you're able to get the support you need :)
you might be right. my parents simply might not be able to handle the stress of their daughter being mentally ill over everything else they have to worry...
i haven't really ever had a good relationship with my mom. she's overprotective (to the point where i'm reduced to being a helpless child without her, and i am already 16 years old), is a perfectionist, is a helicopter parent, and, worse, refuses to believe that my depression, anxiety, and PTSD...
i agree with that. i'm hoping that i'll be able to change the mindset i've been conditioned to have sooner than later because it's only thanks to you and @Wonder Woman that i've been able to recognize the effect it has had on my life so far. i'll have to spend a lot of time working on it. thanks...
that's true. i keep a lot of this tightly locked inside me and try as much as possible to avoid thinking about it or dealing with it. probably not a good thing.
that's a good idea; i'm going to spend some time doing that today. hopefully i'll be able to identify with having more healthy...
i suppose so. it's hard to juggle all of these things at the same time, especially since most of them all pretty much happened back to back. i hope i will be able to get past this eventually. knowing that others understand this feeling is comforting, which helps. :)
yes! i have my therapist's...
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thank you for your response. yeah they're pretty big chunks. when i talk about stuff like this i tend to ramble on and on and on and on... sorry about that haha!
hope you are doing well too :)
that makes a lot of sense, actually. i don't think i've ever actually felt overwhelmed...
i'm going to be completely honest, since i've been kind of deflecting the reality of this in a way, but i am doing so. bad. PTSD has been getting worse, anxiety is pretty high despite spending all of my time at home in my room, and i've been spiraling into a depressive episode of sorts (in fact...
thank you everyone so much for your replies. i appreciate your help so much, and i really needed to hear a lot of what everybody said. i feel much better about this whole situation.
i have a therapist that i see regularly, but i think talking to the guiding counselor at school will help too...
so as i mentioned briefly on a previous thread, i don't have the best relationship with my parents (would like to clarify here that they were never abusive).
if i went into my entire life story and how invalidating of my emotions my parents have been, we'd be here all day, so instead i'll just...