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Finally told my parents
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After all this time struggling alone, on friday i finally gained the courage to tell my parents that i think i may have depression and also asked them if they could book me a doctors appointment....... i was going to ask them but i was too scared that the words just wouldnt come out of my mouth and i would just cry so instead i wrote a note to my parents and before going to bed i threw the note on my mums lap and then went to bed straight away as i didn't want to see her read the note and her reaction, she came upstairs to bed while i was struggling to sleep and she said i am fully behind you on this,i am your mum and i love you, it felt like a massive weight off my shoulders.
She has now booked me a doctors appointment and i have decided that i want my cousin to go with me as there is still something i haven't told her which is that i self harm but i have told my cousin everything, my mum is still really supportive and she said it is up to me who i want to go to the doctors with.
I would just like to tell other people who are struggling alone to just tell someone, it is so hard but once you have got over that hurdle you will feel a relief even if you just write a note like i did or tell a relative, a parent or friend......just tell anyone because at the end of the day we are all human and we can't go through this battle alone.
I hope this helps at least one person.
She has now booked me a doctors appointment and i have decided that i want my cousin to go with me as there is still something i haven't told her which is that i self harm but i have told my cousin everything, my mum is still really supportive and she said it is up to me who i want to go to the doctors with.
I would just like to tell other people who are struggling alone to just tell someone, it is so hard but once you have got over that hurdle you will feel a relief even if you just write a note like i did or tell a relative, a parent or friend......just tell anyone because at the end of the day we are all human and we can't go through this battle alone.
I hope this helps at least one person.
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Hope your appointment goes well!
I understand that you must have already been apprehensive about the appointment itself, never mind the waiting! But at the end of the day you did it and should be proud of yourself
Good luck for the CBT, I really hope things are going well!
Stay strong
Sending *hug* s