I will try to be as short as possible, please bear with me. My daughter, my oldest 13, of my four children. Has suddenly said she has been depressed for a long time and she is done pretending to be happy. She is cutting on herself and talking to her friends about suicide and her counselor, but seem's at home and during activities to be lively. It's killing me. I know all about cutting, I did it too, I know all about depression and suicide attempts I did one and was depressed a major part of my adolescent years. We just the past four years have gone through hell and back because of her stepfather. Then we get out lives together, I stitch what I can of myself back together for the kids. We have a tough family, a daughter who is 100 percent disabled, a boy who has ADHD and PTSD and processing disorder, then a 13 yo who is suicidal and a 5 year old who is relatively happy and healthy !!! what a bunch we are. Im trying desperately to hold myself together and doing ok, but Im clueless. Everything that I ever wanted someone to do when I was depressed at 16-22 doesn't work with her. She doesn't talk, I try to be the cool mom, understanding mom, not working. Sometimes I think that I should hand the kids over to Cps because there must be some reason why everyone sucks so bad, yet I have alot of success to talk about too. Im at a loss of what to do for my daughter. How to be there for her, what to do to help her. Im trying not to fall into the big black ocean myself. Thanks for the help :8o:
