I think I have teenage depression

i just want to feel okay, i want to feel like normal people my age! Thats all i want i hate feeling so out of control. And to make matters worse my mum has just gon into hospital, i know i dont have the best relationship with my parents but i still love her and my dad is getting more and more stressed and it just seems like he cant cope with things.

It's hard when your parents - the ones you look too - aren't handling things well! So you are not only dealing with your own feelings all of a sudden you are seeing these PILLARS start crumbling! It is an awful situation for ANY teenager to be in under regular circumstances, never mind when you have MAJOR stresses! I know you don't feel close to your parents, but I have a feeling that your dad NEEDS to be able to talk to someone too! How would it be for you to talk to your dad and let him and yourself PURGE what is building up in your lives!

It takes a lot for a young person to let their inner strength out to help them get through c**p! And it is 10 times harder when things are falling apart around them! So you have to decide what to do honey, either you need to talk to them - or your dad - and let them know how TRULY DOWN you are! OR you have to distance yourself from them and try to pull out that strength that we all have we just question it! I think you need to have professional help - even temporary anti depressants (just know that you DON'T have to be on them forever) And your parents need to know that ALL of this worry and going into the hospital etc. IS frightening you too and they need to be able to be understanding that you have needs too!

I also suffer from depression. I haven't told anyone or seen a therapist. I do know that the human body is one hell of a thing. I am now 15 and i have been depressed for about five or six years. Over that time I found that a lot of depression in teens is mostly mental . But it's not on the surface it's more of a deeper thing. I found, in my case, that when you find something that you think reflects your own feelings and/or ideas that you will start to feel better. I would suggest that you find a hobby that is like thar, but is always around you. I found that mine is a type of music. I found songs that I like, that also helped reduce my suicidal feeling. All you really have to do is find something you like that is around you. Mine for example was my guitar. After I realized that that was what made me the happiest, I found music I like and that had that feeling made me think I'm not alone. But it's hard to discribe a feelingin so many words. I know that some of my friends have tried this and it worked for them. If this doesn't work for you (then this is only fixing the top layer of things) then I would hi to a therapist.

My greatest hobby is music too, its the one thing that makes me truely happy sometimes, i find songs and artists that i love and lose myself in the lyrics and the music. I sing an write songs to get out my emotions and i also play the piano when im upset. But i cant constantly listen to music and sooner or later i have to take my earphones out and pretend im fine again. I have tried talking to my dad but he is quite a proud person so he wont share what hes feeling with me and he tries to act like he can cope when i can see he cant.