Depressed and Bored

[plant16]

So I’ve been feeling sad for a couple of months now. I think the reason is because of boredom of a weekly routine that repeats itself without having anything to look forward to or be excited about, not even my own birthday (which is in a couple of weeks). It’s also because I struggle to get close to my parents and when I do they get angry and blame me for feeling sad and I sometimes hear them say how much a burden I am and they don’t notice how hurtful it feels to hear that, they expect me to happy without any motivation and don’t make an effort to cheer me up. I think I have depression but have not been properly diagnosed, yet I do tend to have harmful thoughts pop in my head quite frequently now.

I’ve been seeing a therapist for a short period of time and am working on my depressed feelings and anxiety with her and I hope this really helps me. I’m a teenager and was wondering if anyone felt the same way and if so, could you give me some advice on how to deal with it.

Thanks

[geoff]

Hello Plant, can I welcome you to the site.

I am terribly sorry that that's how your parents are feeling and what they have said to you, it won't give you much confidence and that's why you are afraid to do anything different, in fear from what have to say.

I do think that you need to be diagnosed and if you don't want to ask your parents to take you to the doctor then maybe someone else, a sibling who is over 18, an auntie/uncle or perhaps a grandparent.

This needs to be done because these harmful thoughts are annoying you and that's a great concern.

Under the depression label, there are so many different types which all of us have, and one of mine is anxiety, and with this, I have OCD which will make these harmful thoughts come to your mind.

If this is so then please let us know as I'm interested, but also can you book an appointment with a doctor. Geoff.