Is it true that im Too Young For Depression?

Question

Well i been depressed and suicidal since last year but my friend talk me out of suicide alot of times.
But i want professional help but i dont know how to tell my mom my mom dont think im depressed or suicidal she just thinks im a attention whore or im just faking it which im not.....
and i just want help im tired of staying up all night crying and just writing ways how to kill myself
i want to be better i want help.......
i told my mom i want help she just said im too young to be depressed and then she told me to leave her the hell alone

am I really to young for depression.....
cause im 15
and if i cant get professional help ill just
i dont know
just kill myself i dont think my mom wouldnt care if i was dead..... im just worthless to her

Answer 1

you need to call your community mental health center....and seek professional help immediately...

or even call 911 and get into the hospital for a few days...your mom will have to pay attention then..... just tell them you are feeling suicidal.. or go to the E.R. and tell them you are feeling suicidal.... have some stuff packed to take with you.....

you are not too young to be depressed and it is a shame that your mother won't recognize your feelings.....

my parents didn't get me help for a long time either..... or they did but they would get counselors only for the sake of trying to control me.....

good luck to you... i hope you feel better soon.... but the only way you will feel better is reaching out for help....

you could also tell a school counselor about your suicidal feelings...

Answer 2

Speaking as a mom, what kind of mom is that? And yes, you can be depressed at 15. I think 15 is a particularily hard age for girls. (Are you cutting?)

Although seeing your school counselor is a great idea, you probably aren't in school right now, try going to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood isn't just about contraception (and I presume you are sexually active or at least thinking about it cuz' that's normal at 15). There is probably a mental health clinic in your town, but they may not see you without a parent. PP will see you without a parent. When you make your appointment, just tell them you have some questions for the doctor. Money shouldn't be an issue and you will see a Nurse Practitioner or a Doctor.

You can talk to the NP/Doctor and they wil be very kind and helpful. They will be able to point you in the right direction to recieve help from providers in your community and help you talk to your mom.

AND, again speaking as a mother, she would definitely care if you were dead. I GUARANTEE YOU. You aren't worthless and you aren't worthless to her. When a person is depressed their thinking gets kind of sideways - it's part of the disease. You can get stuck on a certain situation which makes it hard for you to see the big picture. It's probably hard for you to see right now how much she really does care about you.

Finally you are 15 and you are old enough to get the help you need, even if your mom won't help you.

Good Luck Sweetie

Answer 3

Pause,,,,,,, Ok 1st of all you are not too young for depression. I felt for years that I had a deep depression over me . It goes back for as old as I am . My parents both would agree that you could have not ever meat a sadder child . It is just the way I was . as for when it started , the only thing they would say is it was from birth.. But did I every want to die , yes . several times. But I'm still here , I know how you feel . But I do feel better , and you will too. just give it some time . Right now you may feel like giving up , and could be easily taken advantage of . Please be careful . Do not do anything that would hurt your self . because time will pass and you will feel better. For right now just live one day at a time .As for your parents , they love you , regardless of how you see it . And one day when you become a mother and have children of your own , you will see how much people around you , mom dada and your husband , you will see that your life , even thru the hard time that you were loved. If you get to a place where you feel you have no way out , to keep yourself from hurting your self call 911 and tell them . Yes they will come and pick you up and you will go to the hospital , but you will get to talk to professionals that can help you . And see some other people who feel that same as you . talk with them , then you will see and know how to help your self . take care be safe , and if need be call.

Answer 4

According to the reading I have done regarding hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), the brain, when it senses that blood sugar is low, will do sometimes strange things to get the blood sugar (glucose) out of storage and into the blood stream. Adrenaline is one sure way to do this. If thinking of suiciding causes you to get a spurt of adrenaline, then low blood sugar is probably the cause.

Suggestion? The next time you start thinking about dying, go to the kitchen and get some protein, meat, a can of tuna (salmon is better) or whatever, and eat it.

Seriously. Try it.

Also have some carbohydrate, like a handful of chips, an apple, or some carrots/celery, and also some nuts or peanut butter. Eat at least 2 ounces of the protein. Then drink a glass of water and do something active for 30 minutes, such as a walk, dancing, singing. You may find your mood has changed a bit for the better.

Chronic low blood sugar can also cause self-esteem problems, anger management problems and a whole bunch of other physical and mental nasties. You may want to check out the symptoms link on www.hufa.org, and see how you check out.

Low blood sugar is an inherited condition (genetic). If your mom or dad or their families have a history of diabetes, heart trouble or low blood sugar then that is why you may have it. Why is it making you depressed now? Because your hormones are coming on line to make you a fully functioning adult and hormones are powerful emotion inducers.

The next time you get depressed, instead of writing about ways to die, may I suggest you start a food diary, indicating what and how much of which foods you snack on. You may find some are better than others.

If you need someone to write to, contact me through the Yahoo e-mail system. I care.

Answer 5

First of all, you are NOT too young to be depressed. Children have depression too. Second, I am sure that your mom would care - she just probably does not know what to do for you or the seriousness of your symptoms - she might be working on getting more information for herself or trying to 'help' by trying to make you think that you do not have depression. Sit her down, talk to her about it. Let her know that you are serious and that you seriously need help.

If your mom does not take you seriously, then you need to find yourself some help - especially if your mom is in a mindset about not helping you. You can find numbers for suicide hot lines, call the local hospital or visit them to see if you can get an immediate appointment, or ask your mom to make you an appointment for a regular physician, who can help you out with getting counseling or medicines that can help you. If your mom won't help, seek help from an aunt, uncle, grandparent, older sibling, friend's parent - Someone.

Really, you don't have to go through this alone. Seek help - there are many, many resources out there. Don't give up on yourself.

Good luck.

Answer 6

Hey,

Why do you cry at nights? is there anything you want in your life to be changed? ..or do you want to achieve something and its just not happening?

By what you said, you have great friends who understand you and anybody would be lucky to have friends like them.

I won't blame your mom because maybe she had gone through the same thing when she was your age, and she knows that you will come out of it one day.

Why don't you join a dance class ..or do painting course or take singing lessons, these hobbies will soothe your mind. If you are an athletic type then you can try sports, put your heart into it and you will be happy again in no time.

Don't waste your money on shrinks. They will put you on sedatives. And their talks might make you feel better because they are good at that ..not that they really care, they are just trying to make a living out of your miseries.

You'll be just fine :)

Answer 7

No your are not too young to be depressed your relationship with your mother and being a teen could be the cause. My son suffered a major depression at age 13 and the doc told us depression can occur at any age. Sounds like you need to either go to a public clinic yourself or try looking teen depression up on the computer and showing your mom. If she isn't convinced you can turn to school counselors they are the ones that noticed my sons problem and save his life I never saw it. Sometimes parents do not want to admit something is wrong with their child. If you go to a emergency room and tell them you want to kill yourself they have to help you. Also the phone book will have numbers for hot lines and they can help you. It is a chemical imbalance in your brain you didn't cause it and it is no one fault it is just the way your body works. Get help ASAP

Answer 8

At the age of 12 I attempted suicide 4 times and frequently cut myself with a kitchen knife.

NO! YOU ARE NOT TO YOUNG!

I know how you feel, but your mother doesn't. You aren't looking for attention. I have a psychologist now and she's helped me a lot. If your mom is worried about paying then check your health insurance.

Think about your friend. They'll care if you die. Pleeeaaase don't kill yourself. If you think I can help more email me at:
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Things get better. Old wounds heal with new love.

-alika613 (Alicia)

Answer 9

I am a lot older than you now, but when i was 15 I was in a foster home, I live with strangers, I had no family no friends. I know how you feel, i really do. I felt the same way and took a lot of sleeping pills, i got so sick. All my young life i felt worthless, before i was a foster child i was raped by my grandpa, and my mother never sent him to jail, infact he didn't even get in trouble. Now i am grown, iam glad i lived , i made it; now iam stronger, I stated helping kids that could not read, i picked up trash around the city, I helped my foster mom around the house a lot. I stayed so busy; that how i did it. I also acted like i was happy and that was just a lie, but sometimes that made me happy. Now when i feel sad and sometimes i do i draw, i draw so much that iam now getting good at it.

Answer 10

As much as I don't like to disagree with a person's parent, your mother is mistaken. Depression is not a problem of a particular age. Your mother may feel that you are too young to have "real problems" but that certainly does not mean they are not overwhelming and debilitating to you. In fact, the suicide rate among teens and pre-teens is rising. Try to talk to your mother again and explain how bad you feel and that you need her help to find help as this is very serious.

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/suicide.html

You can also call a hotline and speak with someone, but that will not be a long-term solution.

http://suicidehotlines.com/

You can find a support group online to speak with other people who have the same concerns.

http://support4hope.com/depression/index.htm

All the best to you and don't give up on yourself. You are worth it even if it doesn't feel like it right now.