Depression is eating away at my loved ones

[Mocha007]

 We used to live a very family orientated life, however about a year and a half ago my dad was diagnosed with PTSD. A lot of stuff came up about his childhood upbringing, and how his parents treated him, and it caused him to break down completely. Even now we can see that he struggles  to do the simplest of tasks, but since he had to quite his job, home life has been really stressful. And then, what seemed like completely out of the blue, the pressure began to hit mum. She began breaking down at work and would spend almost every night crying herself to sleep. And when she went to the doctors, they told her that she too has depression. Both of my parents are going to psychiatrists, but dad has been going for nearly 1.5 years, and he seems to be barely improving. Having both parents go through something that I feel like I can't help them with, hurts so much. It is tearing my family apart, and I feel like there is nothing I can do to make it better for them. All I want is for my family to go back to the way it was before, when everyone was happy and loved life. But now, nothing is the same.

So I want to know if there is anything that I can do to help them! Anything at all!!!

Cheers

[Lori]

Hi Mocha007,

Wow! I can only imagine the struggle and how hard it must be to have to see both of your parents going through such a hard time, it really sucks.

I know that it hard for you also because you want to help but don't know how ? Supporting people who are facing these hard times isn't an easy task but the best thing you could do to help would to be there for both of them as much as you possibly can while also looking after yourself.  Being there for someone who is going through a rough patch at the time it really helps ease their mind. I'm not saying that this is quick easy and simple it's definitely not, but i think if you parents can see how strong their child is and how supportive they are of them it will give them some sort of hope and faith to work as hard as they possibly can to recover.

The good thing is that both of your parents are getting the right help, Even though you dad has been seeing them for 1.5 years at least he is talking to someone and after time he will gradually get better these issues can take alot of time to get better its not a quick easy fix unfortunately but your parents will get there!

In time your family will go back to the way it was and you'll all be happy again it's just going to take some time that's all but it won't be like this forever.

As i said previously it's great that your parents are getting the right help, but i can only imagine how hard it is for you please look after yourself also you are important!

Stay strong

- Lori 🙂