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

Um.. Hi.. I turned fourteen just over a month ago.... I’m really worried that I have some kind of issue though, because I can’t even bring myself to answer my name on the register at school anymore.... Since I joined secondary school, I feel like I’ve been getting worse at so many simple things... I used to be shy when I was younger, but now I can barely talk to anyone other than my friends and family... It’s getting really hard lately since one of my friends has been ill since December and no one has seen or heard from her other than her family and school... I find myself happy sometimes and then I’ll just think about something going on in my life for a second and I’ll suddenly just feel sad......
My parents are also having a divorce so I’m really stressed out at the moment.... Even just over little things... To put this into context, K like to get to school ridiculously early because I panic that I’m going to be late if I don’t arrive at least 20 minutes before the gates close.. I was walking last week and I was running one minute behind the time I like to set myself for leaving (not that my parents really agree with it because they no it is too early)... But, I was trying to put my shoe on and it wouldn’t go on... I got so stressed, panicked and angry that I ended up flinging the shoe at the ceiling and nearly hitting my Mum and my dog.... I felt so terrible I tried to leave straight away after getting my shoe, crying by this point.... I was stopped and made to calm down so I could leave.... I was really down when I got to school and my teacher for first period noticed and started asking me questions.... There are only a few teachers I feel confident quietly talking to at school, so I ask allowed to see one of them after lesson... I told them about my parents... But not really about how I feel..... I don’t feel like I can tell anyone that I’m worried about myself because I’m scared and I don’t want to upset them...... I just don’t know what to do anymore and i don’t want it getting worse because I’m worried now.........

I was reading through the comments and on some you said to talk to the school counselor... but my school counselor is my mom and I’m scared to talk to me parents and admit that I might need help. What should I do?

Hey,I have been to a therapist before and they did say i had anxiety and depression, but that was back in 6th grade (i'm in 8th now), and i stopped seeing her in 7th because i thought i was getting better, and i was, but with recent events (parents splitting up a divorce soon to follow and that we going to soon move to the other side of the country- again!) its been getting worse and worse and I've been talking to the school counselor and she says she thinks i should go see a psychiatrist and get some medication for it but the thing is she said she would call my mother to speak about to, that was 4 weeks ago and i asked her about it she said she was too busy and that i should just tell her but, i'm not sure how she'll react i'm quite sure she knows somethings wrong, but i'm not sure she knows how bad it is...

I have been depressed for maybe a month now, fairly mild but also ive found that i have most symptoms of bpd, and add/adhd
and im a bit stuck because my dad doesnt really understand any of that stuff and im scared he'll get annoyed

I already suffer from depression and anxiety...but I think that I am bipolar too. I have many people even tell me this. I am almost 16 but I don't know how to tell my mom that I think I should be tested.

Hi im 14 and i smokes weed alot but 5 days ago i smoked some weed and now i feel depressed, feel like everthing is a dream but going mental on it i cant do this anymore but i know my parents are gonne be so mad and pissed beceause i smoked weed i just need mental help

I’m never quite sure how I feel. I have been having some fall outs with my Mom so I don’t feel like I can talk to her, and my dad is out of the question. I’m 13 and my school doesn’t have any counselors I could talk to about how I have been feeling, well nothing basically. I was trying to explain how I feel, but unless I explain my life story, it wouldn’t really be possible.

Hi my name is anonymous,ever since day one I was this loud ,energetic kid who would never be quiet I experienced an awful lot such as start of yr7 I hanged with messed up girl group who practically controlled whatever I do,it took awhile but I desperately tried getting a way from the girl group I finally did I started having strong mood swings for the past six months feeling hopeless and etc . My mum is a scrict religious mother who. Won't believe a word I say.i want to tell someone and get diagnosis but my friends shut me down and I and cared to tell the school counsellor I want to tell someone please help

im 20 years old, feel genderless, have tons of mental problems yet have no one to talk with irl, parents are the over religious closed mind strict parents, when i told them about slight problem i have they turned it into religious lecture, can't talk with them about anything cuz it always turn into religious lecture, what to do? i need help, ive need that for like 10/11 years and i no longer can tolerate it anymore

Uhh hi. I'm 13, nearly 14.
I think I need help, but am still scared to do so even after reading this article.
I think I have Bipolar, and have been experiencing what i think to be quite extreme mood swings for some time. I came to this website today because I just got over a really big mood swing. This mood change made it so I've fallen out with my father and oldest sibling. I blew up. I have no idea where to turn, since my school doesn't have a counsellor. All of my friends either won't listen, won't care, or are experiencing their own mental health issues. I don't know where to turn. Frankly speaking, I've f***ed myself over.
I'm normally quite.. bland. I don't tend to show much emotion. My mood swings come positive AND negative. Sometimes I'm elated and giggly, other times I'm thinking about self harming and I don't know what to do about it.
My dad will flip out if he finds out, because he's really mad and I don't think he really cares about me, but my mum isn't in the country, and I don't live with her anymore. I have a step-mum, but I don't really know her that well, and I think she's just hanging around because my dad and her have their own 3yr old daughter.
I don't know what to do, and I'm so sick of it all.

Im 15. And ive been struggling with depression and selfharm. Now also been smoking weed. But it hasnt helped. Self harm getting worse. I still dont know how to tell my parents i need to go to a mental hospital..

I am 14 years old and I think that I have a disorder called Skin Pickung Disorder or Dermatillomania. Not many doctors have heard of it and my mum is quite scary. I am scared of my mum and i don’t want to tell her that I have it because last time she said that she didn’t believe me and that it isn’t true. I want to tell her as it is causing visible wounds on my body and scarring. What should I do?

M 22 soon turning 23 .....I have been suffering from anxiety from a long time ...I panick often ....at night I hear voices which are not really there and harm myself when I am angry from last two days its getting worst I think negatively and fight and blame others and then I can't stop crying ....I am close to my mom n tried to talk to her but she does not exactly know what to do .I need help or I ll end up my professional and personal life ...pls help

Hi I'm 16 and I've been depressed ever since I was around 11-12 and I've hurt myself in many ways over those years (cuts, burns, etc.) and attempted suicide once. I'm not close with my parents and they know about my problems and that I cut and that I attempted but they ignore it and pretend like it didn't happen. I attempted over a year ago and then I thought I got better but the past couple months I've been getting worse and I don't know what to do. I want to get help and see if there's something actually mentally wrong with me but I don't know/want them to be a part of my recovery.

umm. just like i dont know how to talk to my parents, i dont know how to start writing here. i turned 19 two days ago. and ive been attempting suicide since i was 17. sooo many fail attempts. i really want to die but firstly im scared of it a little and secondly i thinks thers still hope at the end of the tunnel. im the only child and i get REALLY LONELY in my house. theres nobody to talk to and my parents arent really interested in my life. i had wonderful friends but i showly lost them one by one as i reached Alevels. nobody showed up at my birthday party that i planned recently. im ready to cut off with everyone. feels like ive been left alone in this big quiet world full of backstabbers. ive got a really nice boyfriend who cares for me and supports me too but being with him makes me feel like im cheating on my mother. and with a heavy heart i decide to leave my super caring boyfriends for a mother who doesnt even care for me like he does

I've always felt empty inside since I was in 2nd grade. I've been attempting suicide since I was 10 yrs old (I'm 13) My parents think I'm just doing it for attention. There are times where I feel like I'm watching someone else's life. I hate my life even more because I am bisexual and my parents hate all people who are LGBTQ+ and think they should die. I can't talk to a counselor because you need permission from a parent. I don't know what to do and I'm so sick of living.

Hi I'm 14, I've been bottling up the fact that I'm think I have depression or anxiety for around half a year. I only recently spoke to a friends older sibling about it as she found me crying to my friend at a party who I had just told my worries to. They are the only people I've told, and they said I needed to tell a family member. I'm scared to tell them not because of how they'd react but because I don't know where to start as I'm not particularly close with my parents, how do you start a difficult conversation like that?

Hey my name is Luke and I'm 16 and I think I have social anxiety because I seem to have the symptoms and I feel like I may be depressed and seems it's getting worse what should I do.

I'm 14 and I feel like I'm always messing things up. My grandma hates me because I'm lazy and I don't do anything., because me and my mom and my stepdad live with her. And whenever they fight they are always blaming me. My stepdad hates me. He should because my mom and him tryed to have a baby but it died and I didn't want a sibling because I was jealous. I need help but I'm not used to telling other people.

Hi I'm 14 years old and I'm not sure what's wrong with me. I've self harmed multiple times but I have been able to stop and have been clean for a couple months but I still want to and still feel sad and I don't know I fall into despair a lot whee i feel like everything around me hates me and is just falling away and that i will never fully be happy but i don't know. But sometimes I am happy and I'm fine but I still know somethings wrong with me. I just feel like my life isn't worth it I guess. I don't know. My parents are always mad at me for something and I constantly feel like I can only disappoint people. I want help but every time I start to tell my mom she tells me that it's all okay and makes it all about her struggles which aren't really that bad. And then she tells me to pray about it. I m religious but there is a certain point when you need help and I'm there. what do i do?

I'm 13 years old and I'm showing all symptoms of schizophrenia I've tried to tell my parents that I've been showing them but they've said that there is nothing wrong with me, but I don't want to experience these hallucinations anymore but my parents won't listen or take me seriously I don't know how to ask them for help.

Hello, I'm a twelve year old. I haven't been able to sleep well for a while, I've been having major panic attacks. At school, I don't trust anyone and I always feel like someone is going to try to kill me at any moment. I don't have any friends to talk to either. I see things all the time, and when I ask someone if they saw that, they ask what I'm talking about. I feel like there's this voice telling me that I'm ugly, that I'm fat, that no one will care if I'm dead, that I'm worthless. I have tried to talk to my dad who's the more understanding parent, and he got angry at me and told me that I have a perfect life compared to the people he's seen. He said that I'm lucky to actually be living in a house. I wanted a supportive parent, but I didn't expect that. That just made me feel more depressed. I feel like dying so often, and I just don't know how to tell my parents.

Hey, I'm 12. I'm almost certain I have maladaptive daydreaming and mild social anxiety. About the daydreaming, I've had it for a while, but I always thought I just really liked writing stories. But when I saw this illness, I realized this was probably what I had. However, I plan on telling my parents about that and that's not a too big problem for me. However, about social anxiety, I feel like it's gonna be a big problem. I'm going back to school soon, and, I know it will be a nightmare because over summer break i've gone to many, I guess, club sort things, like karate lessons, or volleyball lessons, and clarinet lessons. Every time, I would get horrible stomach aches, sweating, heart racing, and a big feeling of panic. This might seem dramatic, but it's true. This is especially with volleyball and karate, I think because I have to do it with other people in a big class. I also am not that good in school in the first place, so I don't know what to do. Help please?

I'm 15 and I'm not sure what's wrong with me . I grew in a emotional and physical abusive family (dad and stepmom) but I recently came to live with my mum in a different country. And I was happy. Until I started getting really tired and stopped going to school . My mum is disabled as it is and I'm making it worse on her. I heard voices but I can't tell if they're really voices and I just want it to stop. I'm ruining my relationships with everyone. I keep thinking they'd be better without me . What do I do?

I am 13 and have been showing all the symptoms of the bipolar disorder. I don't know whether or not I am actually bipolar so I so I am to afraid to ask my parents if I can see someone to try and figure it out. I don't know what to do, and I am just afraid all the time I gonna suddenly blow in front of someone like I have done a few times. I have been extremely depressed in the past but that's been over for a few years now. But my mind and emotions have just been going back and forth from hot to cold and all over the place and I don't know what to do.

hello , i'm 16 recently i've been having all the bipolar disorder sympots i had it for a while now because by looking at what i did this past year i made a lot of troubles i pushed people away and sometimes i enjoyed hurting them but then i regret it and feel bad for them and for myself and i bring all the bad things i did back and start to have a very bad breakdown little things hurts me and i can't even cry or tell anyone my family wouldn't understand that mental illness is important and not to let it just pass as they say they think they're helping me by not talking about it but i'm felling the pain most of the time now i'm not okay i live in a community that if i went to a therapist everyone will think i'm crazy or something and i can't go alone i really messed things up with everybody i'm literally destroying my life i can't understand myself anymore what should i do.. i think i convinced myself that i'm gay and then i'm not sure anymore it's like i think about a thing and put myself in it and at like it and then boom it's not real. i never undestood myself i guess i never will

Hi I'm a 13 year old. I have very bad depression and anxiety. For the last couple of weeks I have been unable to control my emotions. I can't sleep till it's like 1 or 2 in the morning. I have thought about suicide but I would never do it and I'm starting to think I need to go to the hospital cause it's get worse where I'm inable to go a day without having many anxiety attacks. I can't think straight. I'm not sure what to do or if I should go in. Can you please help me