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I am 23 years old. I have a daughter who is about to turn six ( I was 17 when i gave birth to her) and i am 3 months pregnant. I have never been married. I would like to let you know that my advice is genuine. I have been through alot in my life. From childhood problems, relationship problems, family problems. I have done my share of experiencing with drugs and alcohol. I have had suicide thoughts as a teenager. I have autistic triplet brothers and a sister with multiple sclerosis. I have not seen or spoken to my father in 12 years. I hope that i can help you and will do my best.
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Ok, I'm 13 and I get really bad depression. I've had it for like over a year now. I forgot what its like to actually have true happiness. And I know most teens go throug this, but mines pretty severe. Like I never want to do anything anymore, I just dont care, I hate life, And most of the time I just feel like dieing. And like ver since I got it, its screwed up my life. I lost all my friends and havent really had any in like a year. It seems easy when people just say "start making new friends" or "find an activity you like doing" or try to be happy or whatever, but its so hard. I don't know what to do about my depression. Please help?
Medications arent always the answer. I used to be so depressed when i was 14, that i would stick needles through my skin and give my self eraser burns. I saw a counselor twice. That kind of helped. My counselor atleast got me to realize what it was that bothered me. We talked about every member of my family and what they were like and how my relationship was with each one. We talked about friends and school and relationships. It made me realize that i was depressed because i felt my family didnt understand me and i always felt pressured to do things for other people. I was depressed because i thought i would never live up to what people wanted me to be. Then one night, an old friend called me and said she was on the verge of killing herself. I mean, she was ready at that moment. I talked to her from 11:00pm to 7:00am the next morning. I talked to her about the things i talked about with my counselor. For 8 hours i made her realize how much more imortant life was than she was seeing. I had the chance to chance someones life...and i did. Learn from your experiences, think more about the things you want to do or be. Think about your family and friends and what makes you really happy. Also remember that only you can change things and make them better. So true happiness comes from you. Good luck and God bless you.
(Rating: 5) Hey, thanks for the advice. It was really good and I'm sure it will help.