How Do I Tell My Parents I Need Mental Health Help?

Hey so I'm not sure what to do. I've always been pretty independent and more of a "Don't help me. I'm fine" Kind of person, but recently some full memories of early childhood abuse came back to me and I realized that that was why I'd always been the way I've been. I've also suffered from what I now might believe to be Bipolar Disorder and PTSD. I don't really know what to do because I don't want to sound whiny or anything, but I don't want to just keep surviving like this. I have done research and I've taken online tests wich all say that I have Bipolar Disorder and PTSD, but I just don't trust the internet. I won't have to much of a problem with my mom, I hope, but I also think she'll just brush it off. She's done it before with other, what I thought to be minor things, which are actually connected to Bipolar Disorder. I will NOT talk to the school couselor because of some connection issues I have with people. I have a problem as well because, if I do go to the doctor, and they say nothing is wrong, I'll be happy, yes, but I'll also feel kind of terrible because of how stupid and whiny I'd seem. I'm asking for a full mental health assessment tonight. I'll let you know how it goes okay?

Well, I have been sent to a few different facilities, short term and long term, so far nothing has worked. I started to get a little better after they removed a few of my medications. However a lot has been going on, like my father and step mom are getting a divorce, my mom is moving out of state and is trying to force me to go with her, school is ending sadly, and a lot of other things. I recently relapsed in self harm. I haven't told anyone in fear that that will cause my mother to take me with her, which trust me would NOT be a good thing. However I have been fighting with her a lot lately. . .and my suicidal thoughts return every now and then. It is getting bad. I am not sure how to go about this to be honest.

I'm fifteen and I have depression, social anxiety, I pull out my hair in clumps, and stress disorders. I see a psychologist and my parents know but they don't know a lot. I've recently started to self-harm and it's getting to the point where I think about it and my wrists will tingle for hours. I haven't told my therapist that. I really think I may also be slightly bipolar. I feel like I need to go to a mental facility because my therapist isn't working and I'm getting worse. I have panic attacks and emotional breakdowns way more frequently. I need more help but I don't think my parents will understand. What in the world do I do?

I am twelve years old. I am suffering from severe mood swings that I can't handle. My low mood swings include medicine overdose, self harming and suicide attempts. My ups include spending all my savings, painting my room a new colour and so on. My teacher knows I self harm and I have seen the school counsellor quite a few times. I'll be honest I don't like talking to her. I need help but I just can't tell my parents. It's impossible.

Hi,
For awhile now I have believed that I have had bipolar disorder. I know it's bad to do this but I have been taking online quizzes for a whole year all with the same result that I was highly bipolar. The only problem is 1.) they are online quizzes 2.) my parents would say it's was for attention or my hormones 3.) I am 15 so I don't think that it could be but I have all the symbols but my parents would say it's hormones but it's been well over a year and I still am the same way even worse with my mood swings. I don't know what to do. Is there any advice anyone has?

I'm a fifteen year old girl who has horrid mood swings. They come at me so quickly and I get set off by the smallest thing but I also get so happy so quickly and they change so quickly it's hard to keep up. I spoke to my mom once about it and she said it was becuase I was a teenager and stuff. But I don't feel like it is. My life suffered because of my emotions. I fight with my family and friends or I'm outgoing and in crowds which I normally hate. I can't talk to my parents it just doesn't work out for me they think in bring overdramatic and it's just because I'm a teenager. Is there anything you can do to help me?

I am a 16, almost 17, year old girl and I know, based on extremely extensive research and a counselors, that I have depression. I don't know how severe it is, but I have a feeling it's at least moderate, and I also believe that I may have an anxiety disorder. The problem is that I've tried to talk to my parents- and they do not believe me. It's almost like they just don't WANT me to have any kind of issues. I managed to put it aside and just not deal with it for awhile but I am being pressured now to get a job and I have been having more and more panic attacks and nervous breakdowns, to the point where I have had fainting spells in front of my friends because of an attack. I know (based on past conversations and experience) that my parents will not believe me and I don't know what else to do. How should I go about seeking help?

I am 16 years old. I believe that I have a depression because of online quizzes and I just had a breakdown awhile ago. I really want to seek medical help but I think my parents wouldn't approve.

Hi,
So I'm pretty sure I have depression. Severe depression. I'm twelve turning thirteen and I've felt the way I do since I was ten. I've done loads of online tests and the majority say I'm either bipolar or have severe clinical depression. I've tried to tell my dad how and that I want help but he just brushed it off with "it's just hormones it'll be over soon". I feel as though my mum would believe me and get me the help I need but then again I don't want to tell her because she also has depression and I know she cares about me so it just makes me think she'll snap and have a breakdown if she finds out that her baby has depression too. I suspect that she'll blame herself because of genetics. I really want to try and see my gp or the school counsellor but I can't pluck up the courage. All the websites I go to don't help. I'm stuck and don't know what to do or where to go. Please help me.

I'm a 15, almost 16, year old girl and I think I'm bipolar. It was my friends who first brought it to my attention that there might be something up with me so I decided to try some online quizzes, which I know are not the most accurate thing to check, and they have all diagnosed me with severe bipolar disorder. I cut, I'm suicidal, and I'm sick of feeling this way but I don't know how to tell my parents that I need help, it will tear my family apart. The websites I've looked at haven't helped me at all and the school councillor won't take me seriously. If I have to keep feeling like this, I will probably end up killing myself. Help me.

I'm 17 years old, and I think that I have depression, anxiety, and stress disorder. I have thought this for quite a while. I have never told my parents, so what should I do if i know my parents won't believe me if I do tell them. And even if I did tell them and they did believe me, that they would do nothing to help me. A lot of the time, I want to die. I could never actually bring myself to hurting myself, and I know the effect of killing myself would be far worse for everyone than most would think. Please help me.

I'm 20 years old. I'm certain that I've been struggling with depression and anxiety. I've never been clinically diagnosed because I'm terrified of needles and bloodwork (that's a panic attack waiting to happen for me). I've been dealing with this continuously since I was 13 and I still don't know how to go about getting help. I've self-harmed and contemplated suicide countless times. The self-harming has pretty much stopped. Sometimes I have relapses. But the suicidal tendencies are worse now than ever. I live with my grandparents and have since I was 11. I told my grandmother once before when I was about 15-16 about being depressed and anxious and she told me to "pray and let God handle it". I need help before I end up driving myself into a tree but how do I get help? I have no insurance and don't make enough money to afford a dr. visit. Is there a way I can get help that's affordable? And a way I don't have to have bloodwork done to tell me what I already know?

I am 17 years old. I think I have depression, anxiety, and stress disorder. Which has been affecting my health. I am now underweight and always lightheaded and have no energy. And it doesn't help that I think I have arthritis in my knees, and maybe even my hips now cause my parents won't do anything about my knees. Whenever I'm in public i feel like everyone is looking at my bowed legs, making me feel insecure. I hate myself and wish that i could wake up to a different life. I'm not as patient anymore and I worry about almost everything, and with school almost here, I'm scared what it will do to me. My parents don't know about my mental and emotional health, or even that I'm underweight, cause they won't believe me or they will do nothing about it.

I have been struggling for several years with feeling severely depressed and wanting to die. I'm 17 now gonna be a senior but I don't know how to get help. I tried to tell my mom in 8th grade and she just said "everybody gets 'the blues'" and it made me so mad and freshman year I tried again, she screamed and told me to "snap out of it" because I had been crying and couldn't hold myself together. It hurts me so much when I see other people getting help and recovering and I'm just stuck here. I cut for like 3 years but stopped because I don't even have the motivation to do that anymore. I literally cry so hard every single night and often times in the day to the point where it just feels like a complete mental breakdown and I can't stop. I then feel very numb afterwards. I act very happy around my family and friends, because I'm too scared for them to know and I hate to put that on my friends. My mom and I are very close but she just won't believe that I'm really depressed and it makes me feel absolutely worthless and I don't know what to do anymore...

Suppose you stop acting before your friends and enlist their help to see a doctor?

If that doesn't work, call a help line. Things will start rolling. Your health is your right. You don't need anyone's permission to be healthy, including your mom's. Wish you speedy recovery, Jenny.

Hello,
So, right now I'm 14 and about to go into high school. I don't know when this has started, but I've had feelings of uselessness, sadness, that would come for a couple of months and go, theb after maybe 1 or 2 months come back. I think a lot about the past and stupid things I've said from when I was say 9 and said something stupid to a girl. I also have feelings of anxiety. Along with this, I've also had problems with my social interactions with others, as when outside of school, I don't really talk to anyone. I've already talked to my mother about this twice. The first time, I told her I think I may have depression, and the second time I explained that I may have bipolar disorder. Both times have proven unsuccessful, with my mother saying that people get sad all the time and I just have to deal with it. I don't think I'll even be able to speak to my father about this, since he always refferes to mentally ill people as "sick" and "not right". I just want to know what is wrong with me, but I have no real way to get mental help, unless I either wait untill sometime in highschool to talk to a school nurse (which in my opinion is rather risky as they may tell my parents),or wait until I'm 18. Right now, waiting until 18 seems to be the best option, but I'm not sure I can wait that long for a proper diagnosis.

I'm 12 years old in middle school (yr8) and think I might have bipolar disorder, I'm also a cutter and my friends are worried about me and say I should get a psychologist, but I need to tell my parents and I think they might say I'm just going in my teens or that I'm making things up. I think about suicide and death a lot and my parents don't even realize my scars. I've been feeling sad, hopeless, useless and depressed all this year. I'm not sure if I even have bipolar but I took some quizzes on the Internet maybe not the best thing but it said I did. I just know I need help even though I don't want to.
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Uh, hi there.
I'm 13 and I'm pretty sure I may be suffering from one of the below:
-Anxiety
-Depression
-Bipolar Disorder
I've only taken online tests, which is why I'm still questioning it, but I've taken at least 50 and they have all said that I most likely have all of them (plus possibly ADD).
I've been testing myself for these and feeling the symptoms since a bit after I turned 12, so it's not just a recent thing.
I'm pretty sure that my parents would react badly (my mom would probably blame it on puberty and my dad would most likely just ignore me) so I'm not sure if I should try to tell them.
Being 13, I'm probably too young to just call myself in to any sort of doctor's office.
Please help...

I have struggled with extreme anxiety my whole entire life. I have never been relaxed, and able to enjoy anything because I am always so nervous. I also suffer from social anxiety, which makes things even worse. I have always had very low self esteem, and no confidence. I started taking medicine to reduce my anxiety, and it helped a little, but I still never feel relaxed or at peace. I also went to therapy for about a year and a half, it helped a little, but it didn't do much. I need help, I do not want to go to a therapist twice a week, I would like to go to a inpatient rehab for anxiety and depression. I am afraid to tell my mom because I do not know if we have enough money. I have been struggling with several issues that she does not know about, she does not know my anxiety has gotten worse, and that I am severely depressed. I would like to go to an inpatient rehab because I want to get away, and have time to focus on me, and nothing else. What do I do? How do I tell my mom?

Hi, my name is Mohamed, im 14 and 9 months old if that helps, and I'm pretty sure somethings wrong with me. Ever since I was a kid I've was a little bit off as people would say, people have said to my parents, even in argument they have said it, I was just a abnormal child growing up. I always knew that something was off but I've never really taken a second to think about it until about last month when had a panic attack at schooI
I got home and I started taking surveys, I took a total of i think 18 surveys. I took some about anxiety, some about depression, and some about bipolar disorder. I've gotten all positive for all of them, every single bipolar disorder survey I took I got that I had symptoms of bipolar 2, It said that I have severe depression, and severe anxiety along with hypomania and possible PSTD from my past experiences. Now I know they are just surveys, i didn't take them to seriously. I tried to tell my parents, but more indirectly, i asked them questions about maybe having these disorders in our bloodline so it would make more sense gonna be these things, but they answered and said absolutely no. I tried telling my mom she told me that it was just horemones, i know for a fact that all these emotions I'm felling are not because I'm maturing in anyway. I know its deeper than that, I know it's not me becoming a man rather it was actually something wrong with me. I want medical help because my condition is getting worse and my parents don't believe me. it's getting bad, my parents come from a culture where these type of things are dissmesed because they believe it's because im not a man, my parents tell me to pray more but I still fell not okay. It's gotten so bad that I can LITTERALY my thoughts in my head, i can fell my emotions in my hands, and my parents think that it's because I don't pray. I really want help from a councillor to get medication so I don't end up doing something. My depression anxiety and my bipolarty is hard to hide because it takes a huge gap in my life. My friends looks at me weird they don't understand what wrong with me because I'm to afraid to tell them. I be told one of my friends and he told me to man up, andnthat triggered me to not teust antone about it. I can't tell my school councillor because I don't know her and I can't trust her to not tell my parents. I don't know what to do but in need help.

I'm 15 and I don't know what's wrong with me. I think I have depression but in truth nothing traumatic has ever happened to me though I have tried to kill myself at least ten times, half when I was twelve and half now. I'm trying so hard to keep it in and tell no one but it hurts. I don't know if I'm making it up in my head or its real. I have dark thoughts almost all the time and am sooo tired. I still think of killing myself but get all freaked out about if it would work or not. Do I seek help from a psychiatrist or do I tell my mom I need to go to a hospital? Help me please.

And how do I tell my mom?

I'm thirteen and am showing signs of schizophrenia, but I'm also a hypochondriac and problems I've shared with my parents in the past always die out, change nothing or was me be over exaggerative. But symptoms have been worrying and plaguing me for a while, growing worse even, and I'm scared of my parents dismissing me as being a hypochondriac again.

Uh, hello there
So, I'm 15 and I'm starting to think I may have a anxitey disorder, which is really weird to me since I can be a pretty laid back and relaxed person at times. For the past few months though I have been feeling more uncomfortable around people, and staring to have shortness of breath and nausea. Really want to get help, but don't know how to go about it, I mean I don't want to waste people's time thinking I have a disorder when I probably don't, but I also want to get help, because I'm scared that it might get worst. Anyways, was hoping you may have some advice on what to do.

Hi,
I'm 13 and i think i suffer from one of these: depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder.
My parents are the type of parents that laugh at everything. I've hurt my self (by accident) a couple of times and they have done nothing. I think if i'd broken my arm parents wouldn't take me to the hospital. I have European parents and they think everything is a joke. It's also pretty clear i have OCD. I have to do thing an even amount of times ( for example: i have to take four sips of water four times to be satisfied). I told my mom i think i have OCD and my mom laughd at me. I suffer from a lot of mood swings i can get very aggressive at times and yell consistently at my parents and this has been happening for the past couple of years, last night i got terrible mad for no reason and ended up punching through a wall. I've also attempted to kill myself once and consistently having thoughts about suicide. Any tips i can get for telling my parents about this as soon as possible, i want them to take this seriously.

Hi.
I'm twelve.I have simtoms of psyhosis,anxiety and some more.My mom doesn't get me.She thinks it get just get better over night and I think she does not get how serious mental health is.
She has sat me down and talked to me.But,she makes me feel bad.She says I'm hurting her with my behavoiur.And that makes me feel even worst.I have dellusions,and she said if I stopped she would be happy and buy me stuff.
I think I need proffessional help.If I started explaining my simptoms and everything this page would be too long.It is also really hard for me to concetrate on school for me.
I need advice on how to tell my mom I need help.She thinks this is just an faze and its becouse puberty and hormons.I thought to write her an letter.What is your advice?

Hi, I am almost 15 years old and I think something isn't normal with me. I constantly see things that aren't there and I can get defensive or panicked for no good reason. I told my mom that I see things and I can't sleep because bugs are crawling all over me, but she just laughs it off. Often she says she has the same problems but she's just fine. I can't talk to my dad because he gets angry a lot. Any suggestions on how I can handle my situation? Thanks!

Hello,
I am 12 years old and I am very sure I have Anxiety, Paranoia, ADD, OCD, Anorexia, Bipolar, Persistent Depressive Disorder, and Major Depression.
Ever since June 2014, I have researched every single one of these disorders and I am 100% I have them.
I cut and take pills, especially some ADD ones for my grandma, and they work amazing.
Of course, they're prescription for my grandma and no one knows I take them.
I remember my brother (my moms son, not my dads) once said "You will smoke weed one day, and when you do, I better be the first person you do it with, or I'll be pissed." Too bad he moved out and my Mom doesn't talk to him anymore, because if she did, I know I would be smoking weed already.
My mother did know I cut on my arm about a year ago, but I said it was my nails(when I used a razor) but she brought me to the doctors and a mental clinic. (It was too busy so we left.). She thought I stopped, but I didn't, I just did it on my thighs so she couldn't see, and I was much more careful.
I have tried to kill myself 4 times, the last time I tried I remember praying to God to forgive me and when I woke up I cried forever because I wasn't dead.
I know if I was in a mental clinic, they might be able to help me, even just a little. And even just a little could save me a lot.
But I don't want to ask my mom, and my dad (my parents are divorced, I go to their house every two days) would freak out, as my other sister (Not my moms daughter but my dads daughter) doesn't talk to him much anymore and he wants me to be his perfect little daughter. But i'm not, and he has anger issues.
And school makes it a 100 times worse.
I want my mom to figure it out, and send me to a mental clinic. I'm not one of those people who don't want help. I will never be like that. I just don't want to live my life like this, because if I do, it will be a incredibly short one. Please, help me.

I think I have bipolar disorder. But I'm so worried to tell my parents as they will think I'm lying and trying to get attention. I've been taking those online tests and they all point to the same thing that I've high possibility have bipolar. I'm thinking about talking to my school counselor but they will tell my parents.
PLEASE HELP!!
BTW I'm a 14 year old girl

So I'm a 12 year old girl and I think I have anxiety. And maybe depression, too. I've taken probably 50 online tests for both anxiety and depression and every single result I get is severe anxiety and mild depression. I first realized that I might have anxiety when we were doing a mental health unit in health class, and my health teacher found out I have these thoughts but she's not doing anything about it. I have tried so many times to tell my parents but I just can't and I don't know what to do. I worry almost all the time. If my dad is late coming home, I just assume that he's been in a car crash and that he's dead. I have panic attacks where I'm doing fine for a while, but then I get so extremely scared that I'm going to die and I don't know why it's happening to me. My heart will start beating super fast and my entire body will start shaking and I feel like I can't breathe. I also have very low self esteem, I am an introvert, and i have pretty much zero self confidence. I feel like If I tell my parents they either wont believe me or they'll just get angry/annoyed with me and I don't know what to do.

I am a 13 year old transgender male and for the longest time I've felt really strange emotions, like insanity. My friend told me I could possibly have multiple personality disorder because she was saying I was going to torture her and cause pain to myself but I referred to myself in third person and said my name was slaughter. I don't remember much after it happens but it happens a lot and I'm scared to hurt people I care about or myself, but I am also scared to tell my parents that I think I have this disorder because when I came out as transgender they weren't understanding and they still aren't. The main thing I wanted to tell them is that this has been going on for half a year and I think I need to be under care of a hospital but I also think they won't take me seriously. We have a history of the disorder in our family, my mom's sister had it and I'm scared it'll take over me if I don't get help.

Hi,
I'm a 16 year old girl and I've been noticing wierd things about myself for the past 4/5 weeks. (They've always been there but they've become more common and are affecting me a lot more) These include trouble sleeping, headaches, mood swings, loss of appetite and reacting in over-the-top ways to little things. My friend noticed too so I decided to do all of these online quizzes and they've given me a high alert for bipolar. Once I told my friend, she told her mum who thinks that I probably have it too.
The only issue is that I'm petrified of telling my parents as they don't really accept what I say, when I've told them about my headaches they say it's because of caffeine or dehydration but I know it's not. They have been worried about me when I've been depressed asking what's wrong but I've always said it's nothing because I'm too scared to tell them. I also went very happy all of a sudden to the point where I started humming and almost dancing whilst doing some ironing, this scared my siblings but my parents are unaware of it.
I feel that it's getting out of control but I don't know how to stop it or control myself when I go through these wierd moods.
How can I tell my parents?
Please help

I tried telling my parents about what was going on with me but they completely blew it off. What should I do?

Hi,
I'm almost 16, and I've been acting different then normal. I've always been a pretty outgoing person, and I talk all the time. In health class we learned about bipolar disorder, and I realized it matched what I've been feeling. I took quizzes online today, and it said I was at the very top for severe bipolar. Sometimes I'm so hyper I get out of control, and other times I can barely talk. Today in English class, my teacher asked me several times if I was okay, just because I wasn't talking much. Then at dance practice, I was talking nonstop. I've also found it very hard to sleep at night, concentrate on school, and feel motivated to do things. I don't know if I actually have bipolar, or if I'm just blowing things out of proportion.
I feel like I need to tell my parents, but they don't tend to take me seriously ever. And what if it really isn't nothing? I'm also on that time of the month, so it could honestly just be mood swings. I could also go talk to a counselor, but I really don't want to make a big deal out of it if it's really nothing.
How can I try to deal with this?

I think I might have social anxiety, I've been reading about it and I have a lot of the symptoms. I'm not sure how to bring this up to my parents. I'm not really worried about bringing it up to my mom, she'll get her masters in psychology in a few months, but I'm terrified to bring it up with my dad and step-mom but I don't know why. I can't think of any reason I have to be scared.

Help me please! I am too scared to tell my parents, but what if I text them while I am @ school? They can't come down on me then, but still, I do want help managing myself. I am a direct match to Bipolar, and I do have suicidal thoughts, but how will I tell a doctor? I have to make a move before I go to the doctor for an ear infection tomorrow...