Hey I really need some help. I am 13 and very depressed. I have been depressed since last year and at one point tried to kill myself. I never got any help and now it has come back to haunt me. I am again severely depressed and don't know what to do
I really hate myself and the way I look
I cut myself morning and night
I don't like anything in my life
Nobody has taken a sexual interest in me in AGES
All my friends seem to go off me
I am struggling at school
I cry uncontrollably and have very bad mood swings
:mad: :(
I'm really sad and want to kill myself and I need to know I can do something about it. Please help me. And please don't say I need a therapist because I really don want one.


I hate life.

Have you talked with your mother about your feelings?

monny_hates_monny,

Stick around, please. Talk to me, let me help you. Sometimes it is easier to share with a stranger than it is to share with someone close. You have no idea what life is really like, you are so young.

I have had depression all my life since my dad committed suicide. I learned to cope with depression and I could give you some tips. But they take time to work, and you need to want them to work - you need to want to live.

Talk to me. Tell me about yourself. Tell me what you like and what you don't like about yourself.

Please seek a counselor about this. Talk to someone about your feelings. It seems as if you're holding them in and not letting anyone into your life and your problems. You need to sit down and talk to an adult about the way your feeling. Things could get really serious, when they are not needed to be.

Please do not kill yourself. Stick around. You're still so young and you have so much to offer!

Although I understand what you are trying say here but As I tell young people like you is that most of your problems are not as tough or rigid as some African children.

A normal day for some of them is waking up with no breakfeast, no water to wash they face and they have to live with it. A whole family of ten would survive on $1.00 a day, they don't have electricity which means no cell phone, T.V, Radio or most luxuries that you grow up with.

I am just trying to tell you how much your life is way better than half of the world... Being sexual active at your age is not recommend and I sure that your friends telling you that they have sex Is a lie. Wait and mature into a well build young lady than think of going all the way...

monny_hates_monny,

Hi! just been reading your post to refresh my memory. Glad to hear things are going better. It's so nice of you to care about your friend. How to help him? Honestly? Just let him know that you are there for him and that he is not alone. No amount of lectures will stop him from cutting, only love and kindness will get through. Take care of yourself too. You can't help or take care of anyone else until you can take care of yourself. As for your own depression, continue to care about others - what goes around comes around.

Take care my young friend. Stay strong and stay above the battles.