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[ SECRET POST #1691 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1691 ⌋

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Holy crap I cannot believe a few of these comments. No it's not the worst thing to ever happen in the entire world, but that doesn't mean you don't have a right to feel badly about it.

Anon, that does suck. I get where you're coming from in that you're frustrated that your parents thought you could just 'snap' out of your depression. My parents tried to help me, but kind of just gave up when I resisted a bit. I think sometimes they are in denial and not realizing what kind of problem it really is.

My parents tried to help me, but kind of just gave up when I resisted a bit.

Understandable. No one likes putting in the effort to help someone who doesn't even act like they want any help.

Yeah, my 15 year old depressed, deeply embarrassed self was just a complete cunt who didn't deserve help :D

Pretty much. :D

It's not about wether you deserved it. It's about how it's completely understandable that people won't help someone who consistently refuses help or acts like they don't want to get better. When it comes to mental issues it's useless to help someone who puts up a fight and hurt's you in the process, because in the end they won't get better unless they're willing to try and change. It sounds like you werent willing to change or meet them half-way in which case I wouldn't have bothered wither. 15 is old enough to know that you should appreciate people's help.

FYI: Shut up. You are a) jumping to a lot of conclusions when you were given one sentence of information and b) ignorant so c) sign in next time you want to try and tear someone down because d) it's not working :D

[Oh and e) as I said above to someone else, I'm done with this now!]

Wow, I am so sorry people are saying such ridiculous things to you. You are handling it with grace tbh. I'd guess they probably don't know what it's like to be a teenager with internalized prejudice against mental illness.

I'd guess they probably don't know what it's like to be a teenager with internalized prejudice against mental illness.

You'd be guessing wrong, but go ahead and make assumptions. It's fun how people on f_s always assume that if you have an unpopular opinion it's because you never experienced it.

It's not an unpopular opinion, sadly enough. It is a hurtful opinion. A kid's parents should always be trying to help them, wtf.

It's an unpopular opinion on f_s, yeah.

And the age of the kid doesn't matter? A 15 year old is not a child and if they refused help and didn't seem all that sick it's not rare not to help. You expect a 15-year old to ask for help if they want it.

Well, when I was fifteen I was desperately telling myself that I was just lazy and I needed to try harder, because if I had ADHD then I was a freak and there was something wrong with me. Same with my depression & anxiety. Kids are more likely to have these beliefs than adults, I think. Fifteen-year-olds in particular are desperate to conform.

People who tell us to just 'snap out of it', are ignorant and ableist. They're not being cruel on purpose, but we have a right to get upset about it. Unfortunately, f_s is not the world and people say these kinds of things to me all the time.

I'm not passing judgment on the parents, just saying the kids have the right to be upset and wish they'd gotten help when they needed it.

You seem to have a chip on your shoulder. I don't know your story and I'm sorry if I or the OP offended you.

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Thanks (: [I've had a few completely emotionally illogical people who have tried to turn it around on me in my life, so I've learned =P]

Really I am massively confused by the whole exchange, it's this weird kind of ignornace where they're expecting people to be over the whole stigma of mental illness now because we are a more well-informed society. Except, that doesn't work.

Also, yay Nana Visitor!

Seems like F!S attracts anons with grudges, but this is seriously weird, I agree.

Yay Nana! The DS9 crew would not put up with this bullshit. ♥

Oh and hey, are you the person with the awesome icon over on _p? (I think it's Sia?) Because I always admired that icon :)

I wish I was, because I adore Sia [I just saw her in concert last month (I went last year as well), it was awesome, but also bittersweet because it was her last tour.]

I totally agree, fellow anon. :D

Because people have so much clarity and perspective when they're breaking down. I do think that there's only so much people can do, but I think you're really over-simplifying the matter with very little information.

Not to mention, this isn't just anyone they were talking about. It's their parents. There's only so much even they can do, too, but it's still all too common for even parents to run away and stop when it gets difficult, because it's easier to shove it all back on the person having the problems that a lot of people still don't conceive of as "real".

Sure. Maybe they should have tried harder. However parents are just human. If they have a child that is old enough to take care of themselves and who acts whiny/silent/sad etc and they try to help but only get shot down it's much easier to think she's just being "emo" than having a mental ilness. It's human to make mistakes. Lots of teenagers are moody. And if said teenager in addition to this refuses any help and puts up resistance I think I'd assume she was just a teenager being, well, a difficult, hormonal teenager. Especially assuming that her illness had no severe outer signs. For example; someone with severe panic attacks would be easier to spot because it looks like they can't breathe and it's really physical. Someone with a mild to moderate depression could be quite mentally ill without it ever showing. I don't think there is a big character flaw of someone's parents to not want to help someone who does not appear in dire need of help and that in addition acts childish by refusing the help offered.

someone with severe panic attacks would be easier to spot because it looks like they can't breathe and it's really physical.

My friend has severe panic attacks, sometimes very publicly. Even the people related to him tell him to "get over it", and fervently believe that it's something he can control. His depression has always been pretty severe, and sometimes I think he may have more problems than just that.

I wish I were making this up, but I am not, and again, it's really not that simple. Sometimes dealing with him isn't fun, and sometimes it makes me really mad at him even though I know it's nothing he really has any control over, but I stick by him.

He has had really unpleasant experiences with psychologists and psychiatrists alike, and his family only seems to take it seriously as a last resort for when they don't know what else to do with him. Other than that, he acts somewhat "normal" most of the time, but visible severity isn't always the biggest issue, especially if the people around you do NOT believe you.

I am willing to give the users above a lot more credit for what went unsaid as well as with what was said, and am also willing to bet that they didn't even mean their comments to be taken to this extreme to begin with.

Whatever. I think it's a character flaw for parents to just give up because someone puts up a "bit" of resistance, tbh. What I think is human is when they are at the end of their ropes, don't know what to do, and might not be able to do anything to the point where they have to withdraw for the sake of dealing with their own stress.

Maybe I just have ridiculous expectations.

Where did I ever claim it doesn't happen to people with panic attacks and similar things? Oh, wait, I didn't. What I did say is that it's more understandable to not take seriously an illness with no real outer signs. If your kid had severe panic attacks and you didn't try and help them even if you saw them lying on the ground struggling to breathe I would judge you WAY more than someone who did nothing when their teenager seemed moody or sad. That's all. Not helping someone who put up resistance when having a mental illness like depression is extremely understandable.

THANK YOU ANON.

I'm sorry that someone pooped in your Cheerios this morning, anon.

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I think it's difficult for older generations to handle this new influx of information and diagnoses when they haven't experienced it themselves, or there was no real history of it in their families. There wasn't enough education, let alone knowledge, of these things until recent decades, as far as I can tell. Same can go for certain physical or neurological illnesses or disorders.

I have a friend whose parents are in complete denial over her epilepsy, general anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder, all of which have been diagnosed by professionals. They think she's faking it and try to get her to stop taking her medications because she's a dependent and has no drug coverage of her own. They think it's something she can just "get over," particularly because her mom had epilepsy as a child and eventually stopped having symptoms or episodes, so she's stuck with this idea that it can't be permanent.

I wish there was more I could do to get her out of there.

They're trying to make their daughter stop taking life-saving epilepsy meds? From your wording, I take it the daughter is no longer a child, but if she were...that would totally be child abuse in my opinion. How awful. ): You'd think the mom, with her memories of epilepsy, would be more sympathetic!

She's no longer a child, but remains financially dependent out of necessity. But yeah, as non-judgmental as I try to be, her parents are dicks, and there are endless stories of said dickery. I do my best to be there for her and be as good of a life coach as I can when she needs me; she needs the self-esteem boost. I can relate to a lesser extent, with a critical, old-fashioned dad, but at least he can be reasoned with at times and we get along better now that I can deal with him confidently. We're very similar people, my friend and I, but she's going through a far, far rougher time than I am, so I'm glad I can be one of her bffs at least. She's a wonderful person.

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