How do I tell my parents that I think I'm depressed?
 

How do I tell my parents that I think I'm depressed?
For the past few years, I believe that I've been suffering from depression. I haven't been diagnosed by a doctor, but anyone else going through depression would probably agree that you can kind of tell when you are. I've also done my research and I have many to almost all of the symptoms that I've read about such as mood swings, over sleeping, decrease in appetite, decrease in mood especially in the late fall/early winter, bone/muscle aches, fatigue, and I get sick or at least feel sick very often. This would probably be my third year of having these feelings now, and they're really starting to affect my life. I've been missing a lot of school, I started smoking and using drugs, I occasionally self harm and it's recently gotten worse, and I've ruined many friendships. My parents know about my drug problem, but haven't confronted me and probably won't. I want to be able to partially explain myself, but I'll never be able to flat out confess to them that use drugs. I just couldn't. I figured if they at least knew what I was going through that they might not be so heartbroken about it and maybe I wouldn't feel as guilty(although I know I'll still feel very guilty). I want to tell them. But how do I? And also a question for parents, how would you feel if your kid told you that they thought they were depressed?
Please, anyone suggest ways. I feel like I'm stuck right now. The one thing I never wanted to do was disappoint my parents, and now I have. Please help me fix it.

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If my kid told me he/she were depressed, id get them a therapist and I would also tell my kid he can always come talk to me when he needs to.

You should go see a therapist also get a journal and write down how you feel and what caused it.
Depression is commen in teenagers. Talk to your parents, sit down with them and explain how your feeling.

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Hey there, first off I'd like to say that you are very strong for even considering telling your parents about feeling deppressed lately. Getting help is often the hardest step towards recovery, but it is also the most important.
Finding a calm time when your parents aren't busy is important, or if it's hard to catch them not busy tell them that you have something really important you want to talk to them about. Try writing a list of all the things you want to tell them such as why you think you're depressed, how you think you could get better with support, and how you'd like their support. Some things, such as the drugs and self-harm, will be hard for you to say and also for your parents to hear. Some parents have a hard time accepting these things when they find them out, but they'll come to terms with it. Keep in mind that if they have a bad first reaction it won't last forever. They should come around and support your healing process in the end.
I'm not a parent, or anywhere close to being a parent but I am a big sister. I can tell you that if any of my brothers came to me and told me that they have been depressed I would do everything in my power to support them, get them in therapy, and let them know that my door is open 24/7 for them to talk to me.
I hope that this helped and I wish you the best of luck :hug:

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I can't tell my parents because I really doubt they would care, they aren't very understanding and would probably tell me to man up or something. But yeah, if you're parents are understanding then they would surely support you, get you therapy and even some good advice they must have gone through it themselves, everyone suffers from depression at some point in their life so maybe they can give you some advice on how to deal with it too and perhaps some motivation.

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