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is it possible to hide away depression?
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I'm 14 and 99.9% certain that I have depression. Thing is im not as depressed as I used to be. I've stopped self harming, 3/4 of a year now I think, and my high moments are a lot happier. But my down moments are hell.
I end up screaming and shouting and nobody understands why. Neither do I really.
I was wondering if it is possible that by stopping self harming I've started to get over my depression a little, or whether it is just making other parts more drastic.
I've been sleeping a lot less, I'm ill most of the time and not eating much. I'm pretty sure I've had depression ever since my dad left(i was 9, and it was a very hard time) so I never have really had a social life so I can't really be missing out on activities. Help?
I end up screaming and shouting and nobody understands why. Neither do I really.
I was wondering if it is possible that by stopping self harming I've started to get over my depression a little, or whether it is just making other parts more drastic.
I've been sleeping a lot less, I'm ill most of the time and not eating much. I'm pretty sure I've had depression ever since my dad left(i was 9, and it was a very hard time) so I never have really had a social life so I can't really be missing out on activities. Help?
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It's best not to diagnose yourself, as it can have an massive impact on how you treat yourself, and feel. Have you considered getting a diagnosis for depression?
Often, the amount you sleep, and eat can also have an emotional impact on how you're feeling, and it's about getting the eating to a healthy level, and slowly setting yourself times to sleep, and wake, do you know what's getting in the way of you sleeping? You also mentioned not having a social life, have you thought about getting yourself more involved in things, for example, a Youth Club, or even Guides, as a young leader, etc?
Best wishes,
WhispersOfTheHeart
Self harm is usually a way of coping with something, so by stopping self harming it's not usually a way to help you 'get over' the way you're feeling. Maybe it's because you want to feel better? It's an amazing step and you should be proud of yourself :yes:
Keep posting and let us know how you're doing.
I don't know why I don't sleep much. I guess I like being by myself and I don't get any time to myself in the day and so I can just sit and be quit instead of sleeping. Also, I always feel sick but still have to eat because do don't want my Mum to worry.
I got shouted at by a girl at school today after talking privately to my friend about why I looked upset. I was telling her how I haven't been feeling myself recently, and then this girl comes up to me and has a huge go at me telling me that I can feel depressed unless I'm medically diagnosed, bearing in mind I hadn't even said that I had felt depressed. Then in PE her and her friends where gossiping about me and I sat out because I didn't want to start crying whilst playing netball. They called me lazy and fat, I was already crying when they said this. My supply PE teacher came to check that I was alright, so did my friend. The teacher told the girls top bullying my mate' and they stopped for a while. I'm in year 10 for goodness sake. I haven't had an easy couple of months, let alone life, and now I have to put up with another school year of this. Every year I have this problem and that's one of the reasons I started to harm myself. It was a way that I could control how I felt. I just don't know whether I have enough strength to not harm again. I've been trying so hard but so much has been happening. Can you help me with different ways to control these feelings pleasexx