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How can i tell my parents that im suffering of depression and severe paranoia?
I have been like this for a year now. Im way to paranoid, i think everyone hates me and that no one wants to listen to me. And for a while i have been suicidal. Im tired of everyone thinking im perfectly happy, what can i say to initiate the conversation and tell them how i feel?
or what can i do myself to get better?
7 Answers
- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
there's plenty of things you can do to cure depression and paranoia. I was a long time sufferer of depression, and held it in for years thinking that I could deal with it and everything would be ok. Eventually it got the point where I was so unhappy that I to tried to find a way to bring up the subject with my parents. I knew something had to change, because I didn't wanna keep living like I was. As hard as it was, I just said to myself I had to suck it up, tell my parents i'd had a tough time of things lately, and get them to ask why. Then I was able to tell them. I was suprised at their reaction.
I thought they'd call me a baby and telll me to get over it. But both of them went out of their way to find me the best councillors around. It changed my life. After a stint of therapy, I realised how stupid i'd been for feeling so depressed when I realised how curable it was.. Just take a deep breath and just do it. You won't regret it. I hope it can change your life too.
- DustInCarrollLv 410 years ago
Well, just judging from your questions I can assure you that many people don't hate you and do love listening to you :-) !!!
So are you still like under 18, and going to school? If you are, and you don't feel like talking to your parents about it, talk to the guidance counselor at school or something, or even a teacher, they might be able to point you in the right direction! Or just be honest with your parents, they hopefully would be reasonable and get you some help. I suffer from slight paranoia, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), depression, and sever anxiety, and I'm doing much better by just taking one medicine called Effexor. Paxil is also good, and there are many others!
If your parents are religious nuts or something, then I'd suggest trying to talk to someone at school first. Good luck! It's not so bad and can be relatively easy to treat!
- ?Lv 610 years ago
Write down these paranoid thoughts and rank, on a scale of 1-100, how certain you are of them. Write down alternate thoughts or explanations and rate those 1-100. Go back to your paranoid thoughts and re-evaluate your convictions, 1-100. This is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy technique. Employ the Technique For Reprogramming Negative Thoughts: Negative thoughts often occur before negative emotions *. It's important to regularly monitor, and deal with a negative internal monologue (self talk), or mental process, such as disturbing thoughts, images, impulses, etc., by the process of (a): recognising it, and (b): challenging it immediately. Use the "Technique For Re-Programming Negative Thoughts" - When you notice something negative, such as: "I can't do this/ am never going to get over this!" or: "Why am I always so useless/such a loser?" or even an image, emotion, or a memory; recognise that it is being generated from the negative part of your mind. After identifying and labelling it, visualise a large, red, flashing, "STOP!" sign, and/or possibly a stern faced person wagging an index finger at you in a negative manner, then say to yourself as forcefully as you can, even aloud in a big voice, if alone: "I know this tactic: GO AWAY FOR A WHILE !!!" You may want to use either: "ruse", "ploy", "game", or "trick". In the case of an image, visualise a large "STOP" sign, or your preferred version.
Some people go so far as to keep a wide rubber band in their pocket, then put it around their wrist, when they catch themselves backsliding, stretch and release it, as a method of reprogramming their mind sooner, but I don't regard it as being strictly necessary. Remember to remove it, afterwards, if you use this method. Try replacing a negative thought with a positive affirmation of your choice, like: "I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside" - Dr. Wayne Dyer. Check out: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-... such as: The Paranoia Switch: How Terror Rewires Our Brains and Reshapes Our Behavior--and How We Can Reclaim Our Courage by Martha Stout, & The Paranoia of Everyday Life: Escaping the Enemy Within by Gerald Alper, &
Overcoming Paranoid and Suspicious Thoughts: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques by Daniel Freeman. Hypnosis is merely a heightened state of suggestibility, in which you are better able to communicate with your subconscious mind; view http://myfavoriteinterests.com/hypnosis/ about what it is, and isn't. 85% of people are suggestible to some degree; 15% - 20% highly so, and 15% - 20% aren't much at all, so you could either preferably seek professional hypnotherapy, or, if not an option, hypnosisdownloads.com has ones about stopping paranoid thoughts, & overcoming fear and anxiety. Professional advice is to use preferably only 1, or a maximum of 2 at any one time. View my previous answer about effective natural treatments for depression at: http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201... Print the completed quiz; either leave for them to find, or visit your school counselor with it.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
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- 10 years ago
You need to be honest with them. Sit them down then tell them why you are depressed, without actually saying the word depressed. Then you could say you think your depressed, you also need to mention the suicidal part too. If you truley are depressed, then you need to talk to someone, it would only get worse if you hold off.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
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- Anonymous10 years ago
Tell them you need to talk to someone to sort out your feelings and make an appointment with a therapist.