EMOTIONAL HELP

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Hi

Thank you for your email. You said you were depressed and were having problems with your friends and parents. Is there anyone you feel you can talk to about your feelings, an older sibling perhaps, a teacher at school or an old mate out of school? It might help you to feel less isolated if you talk to someone who will actually make you feel like they're listening to you.

With your mother, have you considered that she may feel very uncomfortable with you talking about being depressed? It could be that she doesn't know how to react rather than she doesn't care. If you haven't spoken to your father in 3 years, it may be that he has no idea about how you are feeling at the moment, perhaps getting in contact with again might show you that he does care.

At school, it might help to talk to the mate that you trust the most and explain how their attitudes towards you are upsetting you and asking them if they think you've done anything to annoy the others. If you find you have no luck, consider whether you would be happier if you stopped listening to these so-called mates of yours and started hanging around with other people. It might help you improve the way you view school.

I hope things work out for you, but if you have any other worries please do not hesitate to write again at any time.

Youth2Youth