Hello Camilagrace, and thanks for posting your comment and a warm welcome.
I'm just so sorry that your condition wasn't accepted by your parents by saying it's only 'hormonal and normal teenage behaviour', but being a teenager means so much because there is so many different thoughts come into mind, your school work, your mates, and developing an attraction towards another person and possibly being afraid of what may happen, all of these, whether they are all joined together or singular makes a huge difference for you.
It's even hard to decide when to open up to your parents, maybe today, tomorrow or even on the spur of the moment, that's even difficult and of course, increases your anxiety.
When you’re anxious, it maybe embarrassing to admit that things seem to be easy for other people aren't for you when you're depressed, spending a lot of time in your room, avoiding the family and telling you just to 'snap out of it', you can't do this.
Don't forget that they may not be feeling happy if you’re not happy but are hiding it, hoping that doing this may change how you are feeling, but it doesn't seem to work that way, because you want to tell them so much about your anxiety, however, if you say to them that you really need to speak to your doctor, then take your mum, because what the doctor tells them carries a lot of weight and will wake them up.
Remember you can always talk to an aunt/uncle, grandmother or even your school counsellor or perhaps a teacher, sorry I'm only trying to open up all the avenues possible, but don't let this sit, if you do then it's going to get worse, we don't want this to happen.
Best wishes and please let us know.
Geoff.
