Recognizing Depression in Teenagers

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Teenagers are mysterious creatures. Even though we've all been teenagers, somehow that experience doesn't amount to a hill of beans when we're trying to understand our own (speaking as the stepmother to one current and two former teenage stepchildren). Most of the time this...

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LaraTheDarkAngel
Friday, December 28, 2007 at 12:10 PM

What if the parents never realize that there's even something wrong?

I have all the symptoms that you mentioned in a depressed teen, but no one notice a thing, even in school everybody think that's how I always act, I tried to at least give my parents a hint but they always seem too busy to understand, even when they noticed some marks on the back of my hand, but they assume it was 'cause of allergy, they never get the chance to see it closely.

I can't tell them, not directly, maybe they'll notice my grades

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unknownencounter
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 12:56 PM

I hope your parents believe you. Mine haven't.

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LaraTheDarkAngel
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 01:42 PM

I only told my parents about SYMPTOMS of depression, but my mom figured it out. and since january of this year I'm being treated for depression.

Maybe you can tell a professional person, like a social councilor or a therapist in your school/college, and they might be ablre to help you and explain to your parent what's going on with your parents ^^

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unknownencounter
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:16 AM

I don't really like professional people to talk to. They actually scare me if I talk to them in person.

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LaraTheDarkAngel
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 01:27 PM

hehe You have to, if you wanna get better, don't you have a relative that you're close to, they might help, an aunt/uncle/cousin?

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unknownencounter
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 09:32 AM

Well, if any of my family were in the same state, I might've been able to talk to my aunt Bobbie, but I'm not entirely sure she would fully understand. If I ever get the chance to talk to her at all, I can give it a try.

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unknownencounter
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 12:49 PM

I also have the symptoms of a depressed teen, and my parents just think I'm being lazy or something, and I always get yelled at for it. I have also told them that I have depression, but I'm beginning to think that they don't believe me. I've had bad grades, and they thought that something else was wrong. Which leads me to ask what to do when parents know, but don't believe, and don't have the money to get to a doctor to prove it?