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My Mother is Depressed and I Don't Know What to Do
In the last few years it has become apparent that my mother has signs of depression. I'm in college now, I don't live at home, but it still affects me. Nobody in the family seems to want to admit it. My mother has no real friends and no real hobbies and I was the last kid to leave. When I talk to her on the phone she always seems sad that I will not be coming home for the summer, etc. Things like that. It hurts me that I can't be there for her but it also depresses me when I have to worry about maybe making matters worse by doing things I want to do with my life. It's a tough spot to be in when it's your mother who is depressed and it has been really hard on me. I don't know how to deal with it.
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My friend's father suffers from bad depression, and now so does my friend - but I am always there for her - so that helps her out a little bit.
You should talk to your mother about it, and suggests getting some antidepressants and seeing whether her doctor knows of any groups where she can go to get her feelings out in the open and off her chest. That way, she will meet new people whilst sorting it out.
Also, a good way to get past depression is to try something new. A new hobby I mean. It could be anything relaxing like, painting to something more active like rock climbing. See what she says :)
- Fornorina
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Tell your mother that you've become concerned that
she's depressed and say that it's affecting you & isn't allowing you to focus on college suggest to her that she see's a doctor they could give her anti depressants if they feel it's needed or tell her to go see a therapist your mother keeping her thoughts to herself isn't healthy it's better to get
everything she's feeling out in the open or say that
she could try and do more things that way she'll have some hobbies and she could meet new people that
way she'll have friends(:
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