How can I tell my parents im depressed?

I cut myself and often have suicidal thoughts. I have been dropping hints to my parents for weeks, but they just don't get it. Any ideas on how i can tell them?How can I tell my parents im depressed?
you tell them: mom, dad, i have something really important to tell you. i have been depressed since . . . ; i have been cutting myself and i have suicidal thoughts and i need your help.





if they don't get that, then ask for help from your family doctor, your school counsellor, your priest, or another responsible adult.





good luckHow can I tell my parents im depressed?
I have felt depressed for a while and I tried giving them hints, like I was very sad and isolated and I got very annoyed with them easily. My counselor said that the getting annoyed thing is some sort of disorder, but I forgot. What I did is went to the school counselor and told her how I felt about my depression and how my parents weren't really getting hints. She called my mom, and my mom found out, talked to me and ow we are getting a therapist. It worked for me, but you should try it. Sometimes an extra person can really help.
A previous answer follows: In ';Handbook for Happiness - Exploding the Depression Myth';, by Lorraine West, ( ISBN 1 920923 22 5 ) she advises, and I paraphrase here: Take the responsibility for your recovery on yourself, and stop being a passive consumer of goods, and services, expecting others to make you feel better, and looking for solutions to problems in ';magic pills';. Some exceptions may apply, for those who are suicidal, or totally unable to cope with things, like feeding themselves, who may need the quicker acting antidepressants, in which case, the risks may be acceptable. Many doctors are only trained to prescribe various types, and strengths of antidepressants, and counselling. If the depression proves to be resistant, their next approach is to recommend ECT, with its 1 in 50,000 risk of death, and the possibility of permanent, partial memory loss. Talk therapy isn't very effective, when there is a medical cause, such as nutritional deficiencies, There are many other things you can do to help treat your depression. Moderate exercise for at least 20 - 30 minutes, daily, and up to an hour. Brisk walking is good, and try to be mindful of the feeling your foot makes as it hits the ground: it is a relaxation technique. Also use daily, one of the relaxation methods in sections 2, 2.c, 2.i, or 11, and/or yoga, Tai Chi, and/or the EFT, in sections 2.q, 2.o, and section 53, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris whichever works best for you.





Screening quizzes for depression are via page E, in section 1, or page J, in section 2. If positive, print, (TAKE TO YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR, OR PUT IN AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO YOUR PARENTS) and consult a doctor, to eliminate medical causes, and ask for an appropriate referral. Take 4 Omega 3 fish oil supplements, daily: (certified free of mercury) it is best if consumed with an antioxidant, such as an orange, or grapefruit, or their FRESHLY SQUEEZED juice. If vitamin E is added, it should be certified as being 100% from natural sources, or it may be synthetic: avoid it. Also take a vitamin B complex which is certified as being 100% of natural origin; a deficiency in vitamin B9 (folic acid, or folate) is known to cause depression. Around 30% - 40% of depressed people have low vitamin B12 levels. Depressed females using the contraceptive pill may benefit from vitamin B6 supplements. Occupational therapy (keeping busy allows little time for unproductive introspection, and keeps mental activity out of less desirable areas of the brain).





As options, if desired, either a known, effective herbal remedy, such as St. John's wort, (a German variety, if possible; local ones may vary in efficacy; take with a meal) or supplements, such as SAMe, Inositol, or 5HTP (from vitamin and health food stores, some supermarkets, or mail order: view section 55 at ezy-build ). Initially, at least, some form of counselling, preferably either Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavio(u)ral Therapy. Co-counselling is shown in the first 3 pages of section 2, or online therapy, or even talking with someone you feel comfortable with, and a much more detailed post is on page R. For females, also view page V: ';women to women';, and if young; young women's depression. For males, view male depression. Teens: teen depression, and there is also a page on depression in children. Eventually, read the section.





View the suggestions on what to do about self harming, in section 16, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris and contact them, when you feel the need to self harm/cut. Use one of the alternatives shown. There is much information, and useful weblinks in the website: far too much to fit in the allowable space here. Seek therapy, to help you address the actual cause of those problems, rather than using an inappropriate method of treating the symptoms, which others have found, doesn't work, in the longer term, and that leaves behind the extra problem of scarring to deal with, then. There is also a selection of treatments for scarring shown.
Say that you need to talk to them about something serious. Then tell them. They want to help you and hopefully they will get you the help you need.


There is no 'right' time, just do it tomorrow or else you will never do it.
How old are you?