Hi I need desperate help I'm 13 (pretty young I know)i feel horrible I think I may have depprsion I've been like this all 7th grade and I have most of the symptoms of deppresion I went to the hospital because my headaches were sooo bad and they couldn't find anything etc... I told my mom I think I have deppresion she told me to snap out(I told her the symptoms as well... of it it was sooo cruel .it took allot of courage for me to get the guts to tell her... I've tried to kill myself cutting I'm a mess and I know something's not right with me... how do I tell her about my suicide and cutting??

Maybe you don't tell her directly. It's VERY possible she doesn't know what to think or what to say and so she brushes you off, tells you to snap out of it. She may also be afraid and know what to do.

Is there an adult you can talk to? Perhaps an aunt or a teacher or a clergyperson? Perhaps a Doctor? Tell them how you feel and ask them to speak to your mother, perhaps in your presence.

There is no need to feel depressed and upset and you already know how harmful cutting can be.

You really need to speak to someone - the question is who will listen to you and understand. Do you have any thoughts about that?

Like Judy asked you, is there an adult in your life you would trust to talk to about this? If nothing else, stay here with us and we can talk with you.

Oh! Would you be willing to call the suicide hot-line and talk with someone who's trained in these things? Here is one for suicide and one just for talking about stuff like the cutting. They are really cool people who will help you figure out what to do next --

1-800-SUICIDE
1-800-784-2433

1-800-273-TALK
1-800-273-8255

My dads worse than my mom I don't feel comfterable telin him... its summer wer I live(no school) the rest o my family lives far away and thinks I'm perfect can't tell them either .but thankue both I will call 1 of the numbers when I get a chance

Please do - and please come back and let us know how you are, how things are going for you.

I ended up telling my mom everything down to the last detail I don't think I shouldve told her at all I'm driving her crazy I don't wanth to be a bother for them... yesterday when my mom thaught I wasn't listening she was saying I drove her crazy and other stuff I'm bilingual and I can't translate what else she said to english but it wasn't very nice (again she didn't know I heard her... I really didn't mean to cause sooo much trouble my parents have no clue what to do... my dad beleves its hormones my mom thinks something is wrong with me... not to mention the fact I'm terrified I'm going to end up in a mental place... unfortunatly things haven't gotten better sorry I didn't answer back it took a long time for me to tell my mom... sorry