Should i get help and tell my parents?!
Question: I have really bad anger issues, i'm tempermental, my friends think i have adhd, i think i have ocd, i have bdd (body disfiguration disorder), i have severe depression, paranoia and a lot more. I know I really should get it checked out. But I don't want to tell my parents because then they will treat me like I am going to go blow up a school or kill myself but I won't. I don't want to be treated like a suicidal person if I tell them this. But I really should get things checked out. So should I tell them or let it wear off and try to help myself?
Answers: I have really bad anger issues, i'm tempermental, my friends think i have adhd, i think i have ocd, i have bdd (body disfiguration disorder), i have severe depression, paranoia and a lot more. I know I really should get it checked out. But I don't want to tell my parents because then they will treat me like I am going to go blow up a school or kill myself but I won't. I don't want to be treated like a suicidal person if I tell them this. But I really should get things checked out. So should I tell them or let it wear off and try to help myself?
let me tell you, I am in the same boat that you are. I am too nervous to get help because of what my family will think of me.
I DID try to get help at one point when I was really down and feeling really suicidal. I was on anti-depressants for a bit and it did help, but it ended up making me feel worse, I probably could of gone for just a change in meds but I just stopped taking them because I felt like I was being "watched" by my parents, like they were always wondering what I was feeling and that kind of thing. I couldn't stand it so I just stopped taking the pills.
I ended up getting worse until around December/January when I started to just force the thoughts out and make myself "happy". It worked and I still feel kind of normal but things are turning for the worse. I know it won't be long until I am completely down again.
So... to answer the question... it's kind of a trade-off. You get professional help and your parents WILL think of you differently, or else you just deal and things will be a rollercoaster, and not a very fun one.
I would suggest telling them, you'll probably have to in order to get the help you require. Just sit them down and explain that you don't want to kill yourself or anything, you just have some issues that you'd like to talk about with a doctor or psychiatrist.
always keep the lines of communication open