My mum doesn't understand my mental health problems
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hi, so i'm 14 and i know i seem really young and all that but recently i've had some situations that have gotten me in deep s*** and i tell my mum it's my anxiety and i worry a lot and she doesn't get it. she always says "why do you have these thoughts" and "just focus your mind on happier things" "i don't understand why you need to have these thoughts" "you don't need to care what people think" today i left school at lunch and the school phoned my mum and she found out so i told her i wasn't at school and explained to her my anxiety but she didn't understand and just said "i dont understand why it affects you" "you have too much time on your hands " even though i ask her to do stuff and she doesn't let me. "if other people don't like you then that's not your problem" "you don't need to think about people not liking you" it stresses me out because i can't explain to my mum and she doesn't understand and i don't know what to do. i have tried to tell her about this before but she just said the same things.
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shaz6098 zoe07
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Do you have another family member that you could talk to? Or is there a school counsellor? Or teacher that you could confide in? Maybe they could help you talk to your mum?
Shaz x
Aspinan zoe07
Posted
Hi Zoe, this must be awful for you, having your anxiety dismissed is not very nice, your mum just doesn't understand the illness or how it affects the sufferer, it's an invisible illness.
Your mum needs to be educated in some way on the illness as you really need your mum to understand and support you. Have you been to the DR's with her to get the treatment you need, perhaps your GP could explain it to her. Shaz has the right idea also.
I hope the penny drops for your mum and you get the support you need from her.