Views : 582,117
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Aug 9, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.97 (231/30,322 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-04-29T09:46:43.013083Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I'm 45 now, but when I was a teenager, I was severely depressed. I tried talking to my mom about it, and her reaction was devastating. She actually got angry with me, told me I was thinking too negatively, said I was a "stinkin thinker", said I needed to read more books about positive thinking. Toxic positivity was a huge thing in our home growing up. After that day, I learned that I could never talk to my mom about anything deep - I felt betrayed. My dad is dismissive about anything emotional or anything having to do with anyone else but himself. I kept to myself. To this day, I still have depression and anxiety, but I know now I can talk to my sister. I'm coming to understand that I can only have a superficial relationship with my parents.
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I gotta say: my depression years started when I was 9, not surprisingly, my parents didn't care about it and said I was thinking about it too much, I'm16 now (soon to be 17 in 3 months) and it never left me. Personally, I'm an introvert, so I don't say anything about it anymore, but it has stuck with me throughout these few years
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My parents love comparing me and my childhood to themselves and what they went through always telling me that I'm lucky and others have it worse. They didn't take my depression seriously for 3 years and even after being diagnosed still don't fully support me and my mom often puts down my mental illness. Started crying watching this because my mom has literally told me several times that me being anxious or upset is ruining my families time doing things. My mom often makes me the scapegoat too lol. I can't wait to move out
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I remember my mom saying "I tried giving you the best life I could, but you still ended up with depression." She didn't mean it in a hurtful way, and she was more frustrated with herself than anything else, as she also has depression, but it still made me feel really bad. Thankfully I still felt like I could talk to my parents, which definitely helped. One thing that is super important is having a good support system, even if it's just one or two people. My friend helped me out of the darkest time in my life, and I am so grateful to have a friend like her. Even if you're parents aren't there for you, intentionally or not, please reach out to someone you can trust
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Thank you for this video. Having parents that donât understand mental health & depression is also a lot more complicated when theyâre from other countries that stigmatize mental illnesses. While my parents are good people and arenât strict, they do have a tendency to compare with other when I feel bad and they donât know have to actually help with my struggle with depression.
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Iâm 12, and I have really bad depression, and itâs surprising to see that this video basically covers all of what my parents have been doing. Every single time something is mentioned in this video I would be like âya, thatâs my parents, all right.â I honestly wish that I could show them this video.
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What hurts more is the fact that that don't compare you with others. They compare you with yourself. Your past self which doesn't have depression.
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@Psych2go
8 months ago
How was your experience like when you told your parents about having depression?
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