Is there something wrong with my mental well being?!

First thing, you have an extreme amount of stress for a 16 year old. Taking care of yourself and your sister, and listening to your parents worries is a heavy burden for someone your age. My parents split when I was young, I have a younger sister, and I also got passed from house to house on a weekly basis. It sucks, and a lot of people are going through it these days.
You need to tell your parents just how stressed you are. Tell them you know you shouldn't be worried about things like how the rent is going to get paid but because you love your mum and dad it stresses you out too.

Secondly, get yourself to the doctors and explain how you're feeling. Also if you tell your parents you want to see a doctor they will take this seriously. I know it might be difficult to talk to a complete stranger but you may need some sort of medication to help with the low moods and stress. It could be hormonal - i went through a stage in my teens where I cried everyday for no apparant reason, as soon as i got put on birth control I felt like myself again. Birth control is free in the UK (I'm not sure if this is the same where you live). It could also be mild depression, which is very common especially in young women. You can get a variety of meds for low moods.

The pressure of school is high, especially if you have aspirations for the future. Without you realising it, the stress can affect you in lots of ways. Combine that with your family situation and you're an emotional time bomb waiting to explode! Your school will have some sort of support and they will be discrete if you ask them too. Please don't bear all these worries on your own and confide in somebody who is in a position to help you.

In a couple years time you'll be living away from home and won't have to get passed from parent to parent. In a few more years you'll hopefully be able to help your parents out too. And your little sister will be able to visit you if she ever feels the strain as you do. Things can't really get any worse for you, they can only get better. Don't see your future as a negative thing, try and see the posibilities that lay before you and that things can only move up once you hit bottom.

You can't ever know what happiness is without pain. It will just make you stronger. You'll see. Once you grow up the whole event will reduce other problems in your life and make them seem trivial. Oh and your parents financial situation shouldn't bother you that much. If you do well in school and go to college, you could help your parents and strengthen your relationship with them. Just be happy with what you have and make the best of it. It's the only way to be happy under those circumstances. OOHH YEAHH.. The answer to your question is No. It is just a challenge life is throwing at you. Beat it. Good luck

This sounds like what I experienced, but worse, so I think I know to some extent what you're going through. I don't think I could say 'do this' or 'do that' to help you, because I'm not trained to do so, but I know what you mean about parents. Mine would always complain to me about the other and it would make me feel like a right b*tch as you're expected to 'take sides' sorry for the rant lol. I wish i could give you some definite advice about what to do. Maybe these might help:

-If you feel you need to cry, then cry. Just let it all out rather than bottling it all up. At least by crying when you need to you can release some of the intensity of the emotion, take the edge off it

-You could listen to your parents, but maybe tell them that you don't like being 'caught in the crossfire' I know this is hard though

-Maybe do things with your sister (e.g. cinema/skating/bowling) where you can both have fun together as two individuals and relax, without you feeling like her 'babysitter'

-Gosh do I know about the 'being a teenager' syndrome :D hopefully this one will just pass with time lol. About the financial situation; not sure what you can do about this, but I hope it works out for them

-I'm sorry about the stress in school, I really hated it. The way I dealt with it was to scrape through knowing that it will end eventually. My grades were 'ok', enough to get into uni and 'escape'. I know you probably don't want to hear it and it's probably obvious, but let your teachers know what's going on; at least you'll have someone you can talk to in confidence and get stuff off your chest (which I believe is always important)

-Maybe you should tell your parents about all the stuff that's bothering you; at least this might make them more supportive and they won't keep complaining about each other to you all the time

-From what you've said, it doesn't sound like there's anything wrong with your mental well being (although I'm no expert at all). I think anyone would be stressed in your situation :(

-The going from house to house sucks. If you really hate it, maybe you could ask to stay in one place for longer periods, or permanently?

-"I just want to escape the stress that being torn between my two parents and all my responsibilities and decisions about the future have caused" Are you struggling to decide what to do after school? I did too; though I can't say what you should do, but I made a choice (not sure if it's the right one) It might not be the best path I could have picked, but it's still changed my life for the better and I'm working with it :)

Sorry for the long rant and sorry if it just comes across as a load of semi-psychological waffle :D

Don't feel alone; other people know what going through this is like. Stick with it and you'll come out the other side eventually :)

Hope I helped x

experience

Realize that the chances of your parents getting back together are very, very slim. Take advantage of therapy, if it's offered. Most likely, you can get it at school. Even if you don't think that you need it, go for a 3 month period. If you don't talk to someone, your feelings might overwhelm you. Join an after school activity, such as music lessons or basketball, it will help take your mind off of stress. However, do not have one parent designated to paying for these activities or you may create more arguing. Have your parents split the costs.Avoid getting in the middle. If your parent starts bashing the other in front of you, walk away. Defending might get you an argument, or make your parent think you're a brat to contradict them. walking away teaches them that you won't take it. Jokes and Laughter are THE BEST ways to deal with a the stress involved in a divorce. Make sure you always talk and laugh with your friends. You could do your favorite activity for ex. basketball, guitar ex. or you could write about in poetry, books, songs, or just in a diary or journal. It is NEVER your fault. Do not blame yourself for the divorce. That will just make things worse for you.

Look at this from your little sisters point of view. You need to be there for her. Apparently, the parents aren't capable of providing for you two so maybe you need to find some outside help? (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins etc.) Talk to a therapist, possibly one from your school, because if you get all of your problems out on the table they are a lot easier to deal with.

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