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Hey, I'm Samm and I'm 15-year-old freshman at Downingtown East High School. I've got a pretty average teenage life, except I'm in no way your average person. I doubt you'll ever meet someone exactly like me.



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Before I start I'm a sixteen year old girl.

Well I have been depressed for a while. Sometimes it is better but sometimes the urge to end my life is overwhelming. I have seen many counselors, pyschologists, and mental health physicians but onthing seems to help. A lot of my friends think I'm bipolar. My counselor says I'm not but when I read about all the symptoms it makes sense. I have 10 of the fourteen symptoms that the website said. I have really good days where you can't put me down but then again I also have the excet opposite kind of days. My counselor said that if I start having more suicidal thoughts or if my appetite keeps dropping then I should get in touch with her. About three months ago my appetite basically disappeared. My friends thought I was trying to lose wieght but I just wasn't hungry. I never eat breakfast and so I constantly feel weak or sick. I'm just so confused about what I should do. Can anyone help me?

I think you should ask your mother if you would be able to see a psychiatrist. If they think something is seriously seriously wrong, they can perscribe drugs. Counselors and psychologists can't do that. Ask your psychiatrist if you could be tested or if she knows the symptoms. If they apply to you, then you should tell her you're worried, you're scared. She'll help you.

I would ignore the people who say, "Well, WHY are you depressed?" because I know that most of the times, it's nothing. Sometimes it's just lonliness or the feeling of being unloved. Here's an idea for the meantime, however.

Get a piece of paper and fold it in half. One side is for positive, the other for negative. Once you're finished with your list, rip off the negative side and put it in a safe place. Begin to work on those things until they're positive. Then post your positive things on your ceiling above your bed. It'll make you feel good waking up. It worked for me when I was depressed.

That being said, don't undergo things to change your appearance or something that doesn't really matter to you, but it matters to someone else. Learn to love you for you, not for how someone else loves you.

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(Rating: 5) Thanks. I will try what you said and I will talk to my mom about seeing a psychiatrist.
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