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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 464833" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>I was depressed as a teen, but didn't know it. I just figured it was normal teen moods and stuff. I thought <strong>every </strong>teen thought of committing suicide, but only a very few actually did it. I honestly don't remember much, but know that I just barely functioned at times. In school this was not an issue for me. As long as I was present I absorbed enough information to get mostly A's (I get seriously bummed thinking what I could have accomplished and done with my life if I applied myself even a little bit). I know I WANTED to hang with the "cool kids" (difficult children) but they considered me too "straight laced" - I probably was. I started smoking at 14. Smokes became my constant companion - ppl were way too unreliable. I tried keeping busy - job, volleyball, other random activites. It helped in temporary spurts, but they didn't' make the constant ache go away AND the activities were my choice and initiated by me. I functioned, but I wouldn't call it living.</p><p></p><p>Son went into DEEP depression when he entered middle school. He pretty much ceased to function. He'd get up and go to school, but would just lay his head on the desk. Most times he'd zip his head into his backpack to help drown out the class. At home he'd lay on the couch, or follow me around and make himself 'comfortable' where I was. If there was no seat, he'd curl up on the floor. He HATES my smoking, but would follow me out when I went for a smoke. He would barely talk, and barely eat. Would NOT play any of his computer games, let alone do any of his school work. The only way I could get him out of his DEEP funk was to start building a kinex set. At first he'd tell me that he wasn't going to join in. I wouldn't protest. I just started building. Eventually he would actually get intrigued and join me, then take over. This would only get him out of the really deep dark places and functioning within the home. He still "wasn't right". He could go a day or two in this "medium" mode, but still not being very productive in school, and then fall back into the deep funk. I got him on medications as soon as I could. I eventually got my son back to <strong>his</strong> normal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 464833, member: 11965"] I was depressed as a teen, but didn't know it. I just figured it was normal teen moods and stuff. I thought [B]every [/B]teen thought of committing suicide, but only a very few actually did it. I honestly don't remember much, but know that I just barely functioned at times. In school this was not an issue for me. As long as I was present I absorbed enough information to get mostly A's (I get seriously bummed thinking what I could have accomplished and done with my life if I applied myself even a little bit). I know I WANTED to hang with the "cool kids" (difficult children) but they considered me too "straight laced" - I probably was. I started smoking at 14. Smokes became my constant companion - ppl were way too unreliable. I tried keeping busy - job, volleyball, other random activites. It helped in temporary spurts, but they didn't' make the constant ache go away AND the activities were my choice and initiated by me. I functioned, but I wouldn't call it living. Son went into DEEP depression when he entered middle school. He pretty much ceased to function. He'd get up and go to school, but would just lay his head on the desk. Most times he'd zip his head into his backpack to help drown out the class. At home he'd lay on the couch, or follow me around and make himself 'comfortable' where I was. If there was no seat, he'd curl up on the floor. He HATES my smoking, but would follow me out when I went for a smoke. He would barely talk, and barely eat. Would NOT play any of his computer games, let alone do any of his school work. The only way I could get him out of his DEEP funk was to start building a kinex set. At first he'd tell me that he wasn't going to join in. I wouldn't protest. I just started building. Eventually he would actually get intrigued and join me, then take over. This would only get him out of the really deep dark places and functioning within the home. He still "wasn't right". He could go a day or two in this "medium" mode, but still not being very productive in school, and then fall back into the deep funk. I got him on medications as soon as I could. I eventually got my son back to [B]his[/B] normal. [/QUOTE]
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