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Understanding Teen Depression

By Christopher Lukas, Health Guide Saturday, June 28, 2008
The other day my daughter asked me what I was going to write next. I told her that I had no idea, that I'd actually written everything I had to say about depression.   Horse-pucky, she said, using a wonderful family euphemism.  You have lots more to say about depression.   Okay...
7/ 1/08 11:18am

HI , I FOUND YOUR SHAREPOST SO INTERESTING, IT MADE ME THINK BACK( WAY BACK ) I,M 64 YEARS OLD NOW.....I THINK I WAS DEPRESSED AS A TEEN AND MAYBE EVEN WHEN I WAS A CHILD...I HAD A BROTHER THAT DIED WHEN HE WAS 9 YRS. OLD, AND I WAS ONLY 5...I KNOW I FELT GUILTY BEING THE CHILD THAT LIVED AND MY BROTHER DIED. I REMEMBER MY MOTHER SAYING AFTER HIS DEATH, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITHOUT GARRY? I KNOW I SAID TO HER...YOU STILL HAVE ME....WHICH I DONT RECALL WHAT SHE SAID TO THAT...IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN WITH ME ALL MY LIFE...I WAS 5 YRS. OLD, AND HE WAS 4 YRS. OLDER AND HE WOULD TEASE ME, I REMEMBER, BEING MAD AT HIM, AND SLAMMING THE FRONT DOOR, SAYING, GARRY, I HATE YOU. I WISH YOU WOULD DIE...WELL, HE DID, AND I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT OVER THE YEARS. THE WAY MY MOTHER TALKED ABOUT HIM, MADE HIM SEEM PERFECT, AND I FELT LIKE I WAS,NT AS GOOD AS HE WAS.ANYWAY, I WAS A VERY SHY KID, AND WELL, I,M STILL VERY SHY....I,M NOT SURE WHY I AM WRITING ALL THIS TO YOU...I GUESS, YOU JUST MADE ME STOP AND THINK, AND I REALLY THINK I HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED FOR YEARS AND I DID,NT KNOW IT....THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU...JENNIFER TURNER 

7/ 1/08 11:35am

HI, MY WEBTV, JUST DELETED MY ENTIRE REPLY TO YOU. I,LL TRY AGAIN. YOUR SHAREPOST WAS INTERESTING TO ME. I THOUGHT BACK ABOUT 60 YEARS AGO, WHEN MY 9 YEAR OLD BROTHER DIED.I WAS ALMOST OR 5 AT THE TIME. I THINK I HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED JUS ABOUT ALL MY LIFE. MY MOTHER SAID AT THAT TIME..WHAT AMI GOING TO DO WITHOUT GARRY...AND I REMEMBER SAYING ..YOU STILL HAVE ME...MY BROTHER ALWAYS TEASED ME AND ONE TIME I SAID..I HATE YOU AND I WISH YOU WOULD DIE...WHICH HE DID...MY WEB RECEIVER IS ABOUT TO SHUT DOWN..SO THANKS FOR YOUR POST....GOD BLESS YOU.....JENNIFER TURNER

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By Christopher Lukas, Health Guide— Last Modified: 06/18/12, First Published: 06/28/08