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ok, I think I will take your advice....but now I'm scared out of my mind!!! My mom is like, crazy about these sorts of things! Any advice how to, you know, tell her?
Thank you sooooo much. If you ever need any help, ask me, and I'll try to figure something out.
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Are you talking about the therapy question?
If so, I think that the best thing to do is to bring it up slowly, don't just dump the whole idea onto her since you just said that she freaks out about these kind of things. My mom is kind of the same way. I know if I said that I needed to go to therapy, my mom would start asking questions like a madman [or woman in this case]. Start by casually bringing it up while she's dropping you off at the school, while you are at the grocery store with her, some casual places. A bad time would be at a cousin's birthday party with all of your family members around.
This is an idea for a conversation:
"Hey Mom, I really want to talk to you about something, but you have to promise not to get mad. I've been feeling really down lately, and I really want to get help so that I can feel better. I want you to understand that not everything has been working in my best interest so far, and I want to make things better for me, and [family members names here]".
Of course, it doesn't have to sound that 'professional', but you get what I'm saying. Take it little by little. I hope that your mom will listen to you, and I'm sure that she would if you really took the time to explain the situation instead of just rushing through with it.
Message me if you need more advice.
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