Suggest treatment to overcome depression
Patient: Hi, I have been suffering from internal struggles for close to five years now. I haven t told my parents anything, so I am not sure if I am suffering from depression or anything else. Five years ago I was sexually harassed by my older brother, and I was so confused I kept it a secret and began to watch adult videos. Since then I had a harder time trusting in people, and I also had one friend at that time use me. Four years later I finally broke down from hiding my feelings and secrets from people, so I ended up telling my friend. She accepted me and I told my other friends, but later on she had problems too and took her anger out on me. She said things like she wanted me dead and cussed me 8ut a lot, so I cried and broke under the pressure. I ve had a hard time believing anything people say, even close friends, and I constantly feel I am a disgusting, horrible, and trashy scum of a person. I have felt that if I were to die no one would be sad and they d be happy, and after I lost a loved one I wished I could switch places with them. I have had suicidal thoughts and whemever I had a lot of anger built up I silenced it by hurting myself, for example digging my nails into my skin. Ontop of all this my mind is now kind of split in two and at some points I am a normal person but then I ll switch to being extremely mad, hateful, suicidal, and depressed. When I became ike this I usually have to hae a friend calm me down. Also, I feel tired all the time, and I never really slept right, I d stayup all night and sleep for maybe a couple hours the next night. My eating habits weren t good either, and sometimes I would throw all of my food away. I feel a lot of the times that I have no happy future and happiness isn t real. I hate myself, and can t trust people. Many nights I had to either shut down my mind or cry until I was tpo emotionally and physically tired. Also, my brother got a girlfriend, and I have thoughts a lot about how I hate that he is happy while I m suffering. I haven t told my parents yet because I don t want to hurt them but I m also scared. I have had dreams of them disowning me and hating me. I ve dealt with all of this since five years ago, and I am a teenager currently. Am I depressed? Do I need to seek help? Doctor: DearWe understand your concernsI went through your details. I suggest you not to worry much. I sincerely suggest that you are victim of your own negative thinking. You cannot term your current state of mind as clinical depression. Rather, this is just disappointment. Disappointment which arises out of unforeseen life events do bring such symptoms like sadness, irritation, anger, lethargy, lack of interest, lack of appetite etc. Please understand this fact and make sure to introspect. Talking to your friends, out door activities and being creative should give you relief. Find the reason for your disappointment and consult a psychologist if need be. Psychotherapy techniques should suit your requirement. If you require more of my help in this aspect, Please post a direct question to me in this URL. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. I shall prescribe the needed psychotherapy techniques.Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.Good luck.