Ready to give up.

[Moose6149]

I have been struggling with depression for years. I never it the nerves up to talk to my parents about it until about a year ago. When I finally did, they were like oh...we'll just find you a counselor. So we found one and it did t work out. I kept asking my mom and dad if we could find another and the just kept ignoring it. Last week I tried to bring it up again to my mom because I felt like I needed more help than counseling could give me and I told her I felt like I was crazy and all she could do was laugh. I don't know what to do anymore. I can't seem to find a good support team to help me through it and I just feel so alone. Nothing I ever say matters. No one realizes how hard this is for me because they don't take the time to listen. I'm beginning to wonder if they even care and if I should even keep trying.

 

[GreatSpeckledBird]

....... Last week I tried to bring it up again to my mom because I felt like I needed more help than counseling could give me and I told her I felt like I was crazy and all she could do was laugh.....

that's really sad but I'm sure many of us on this forum can relate. It really hurts when the people who are supposed to love us are disconnected from us emotionally or just obviously really don't care. It is depressing when those who need to nurture us end up neglecting us. My Mom used to laugh at me when I was young. I won't go into the abuse that I suffered as a child on the public forum but I will tell you I understand how you feel and you are not alone. There are many neglected souls that need love & support so badly. Keep coming back here. You'll find many very kind and caring souls and young people too. I hope you hang around long enough to find some good friends here.

 

[Criada]

I'm sorry it's so difficult to find the support you need
This is a very supportive place with very understanding people - please talk to us and let us pray for you and support you.
You can get through this, sweetie

 

[gewineda]

You sound like a teenager or young enough to be in college. Your school should have a counselor that you can talk to and they may be able to help or to refer you. If you have a family doctor, the doctor may be able to prescribe or recommend a counselor who will work better for you. If you are not in church or even if you are there are often prayer groups there. No counselor, pastor, dr., etc. is for everybody, but there are many more out there who may be the ones who can help.

Do not be afraid to put yourself out there. God is not always loud but he is always there and can be heard when you can calm your own mind enough.

I am still struggling after 52 years...BUT I MADE IT THIS FAR! There are so many things inbetween that I would not give up for anything; adopting and raising my children, helping at a Christian camp, foreign study, etc. You will have things like those too.

 

[Spunkn]

There's people here who will listen and try to help and support in whatever ways we can. It's definately harder when your family or people around you won't help. I doubt you are crazy, just struggling with some hard things.

Ask God for help, He is the one who can truly bring us through the valleys in life.

 

[SMacGregor]

Depression has been described as a kind of emotional numbness.
A person may feel he or she has no laughter or joy inside because these positive emotions have been blocked by unhappy memories. Old emotional hurts inevitably lurk inside and when the new feelings try to bubble up they are filtered through these hurts. Even the most beautiful experience cannot survive if it is being filtered through a preexisting feeling of hopelessness, fear or anxiety.


Even though it can take longer and requires greater insight and courage, a depressed person can either release the inner hurt or reprogram it. He/She can learn new, more useful and effective responses to painful experiences. When this is accomplished a permanent cure usually results.

 

[Krissy Cakes]

I'm sorry it's so difficult to find the support you need
This is a very supportive place with very understanding people - please talk to us and let us pray for you and support you.

I agree with this

I'm praying for you Moose6149

God Bless you

 

[PrayingMama]

My heart goes out to you, but don't believe for one minute that your mom doesn't care. That's what the enemy would like you to believe, and those thoughts only serve to take you deeper into depression.

My son tried to tell me he needed help, which I was trying to get for him, but I also felt helpless because I felt like there was nothing I could do. All I knew how to do was pray and now he is gone. It has been almost 5 years now, and I died with him.

Believe me, your mom loves you more than anyone else in the world. She just doesn't understand what you are going through and she doesn't know how to fix it. Please don't give up. Tell her again and ask her to pray with you.

As someone else has already mentioned, Jesus is your answer. He wants you to get through this and be healthy and whole. You have your whole future ahead of you. Listen to what God says about you. Prayers going up for you <3