Okay umm my story? So i am 16 i have been bullied since i was very little then got worse in high school and i fell badly into depression then i tried to kill myself a few times. Now i go to online school and it has gotten better the bullying has become less and truly i am now sharing my story with others and reaching out to other teens. if you want watch my video i made when i first told my story about that i have been bullied. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGzEdNb_m2I
Truly it gets better even though at times it seems like it never will!!!

my story, i am 17. i have dealt with depression on my own for five years because my parents didnt want to admit it was possible. growing up my sister was verbally abusive. i have been trained from infancy to be a perfect little christian and therefore now hate church. i cant cry, i cant show my real emotions to anyone. i feel like a total screw-up, and every time i start talking about whats going on with me i feel selfish and like i'm having a pity-party. my family doesn't accept me unless i play the roles they want me to play and im terrified of people. even on here i feel like im complaining too much. for a while i was ok, but now im getting so tired. im weary in heart, soul, mind, and body. i go to bed praying that God release me from this life, then i wake up in the morning, put on my mask, and just push through the day. im getting to the point where i don't know if i can do this anymore. anyway, thats my story. this discussion group was a great idea ineedyou137, thanks.

I'm 14 years old and my parenats are sepetated, my brothers insults me everytime i see them. My mom doesnt care about my brothers bullying me or pushing me around. She doesnt allow me to see my best friend, and everytime i get into a fight woth her she ignores me until i apologize. Eveytime my dad would visit us, she would always say something about me and that something would be reason why she would yell at me. She had tried to kick me out several times. When i was still in elementary, a group of guys would always call me names. Now that im in high school, they dont bully me anymore because i went to a different school. One guy posted a bad word referring to me on my fb wall.

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Age 15, parent that suffers with SAD, i don't know my dad hut miss him dearly I get bullied at school I am a lesbian which doesn't help matters I feel stressed out a hell of a lot I've tried to end all 5 times and I hate phycyatrists because of a past experience

so, i'm 18 years old. I've had depression since i was 12 which led to me to start cutting. at age 14, i started heavily drinking which numbed everything for two years. i attempted suicide three times, which so obviously didnt work. I say God just wasnt ready for me yet; he still has to prepare his self and everyone else lol. I watched a great family friend die on my kitchen floor due to an overdose of heroin. he took to much and something in his brain exploded or something in his heart did; didnt ask for the details. when i was 15 i had a miscarriage and again when i was 17 which contributes to the depression greatly. i also suffer with eating disorders.

this discussion was a great ideaa!!

My story. Im 15 years old. Ever since i was little my parents had on and off relationships. there was always fighting. I loved school, it was my get away. When i was ten my mom got cancer, and my did litterally threw us out. he changed the locks and put our stuff in the shed for us. i moved 400 miles away. I lived with my mom, sister, and grandmother, My mom got better after 8 surgeries. Then my grandmother got cancer. I went with her to every treatment. The doctors said she was better, she died a week later. It spread to her bones and her brain. after that the depression got really bad. I started cutting. now i feel like im in a dark hole and i cant get out. i dont go to school, i get bullied so bad that i went to the hospital twice for it. I ended up breaking down in school several times because of the bullying. Noone helped. My mom took me out. Now im behind in my cyber school.
I feel i have no hope. I hope things get better.

So here goes nothing;
I really don't know what led to my depression. But my story- I lived with my mom until she died of something... I was never really sure what it was, when I was 8. I moved in with my dad & step mom. Her two sons hated me, she hated me. Dad and her got a divorce, and I hardly ever get to see my two little half sisters. I have anorexia, but I'm not really able to tell the world, they'll have to figure it out on their own. I know that's awful. Three of my best friends cut. One is an alcoholic, and on suicide watch. I live with my dad and older sister in a trailer, and I have a 20-something year old brother I've never met. He was given up for adoption when my mom and dad were in college, or high school, I don't know. My family doesn't really get along that great.
There you go. My story. And, I don't deal with my depression. It's consumed me pretty much.

So glad you posted this. I always feel like this teen depression group is so dead and unhelpful. It should be more of a group, where we all join in to discuss the stuff we all are struggling with. I really need some support lately, so if anyone wants to add me as a friend, please do. I promise I'm nice. :)

Thank you all so much for all the responses. I want you all to know I am here personally to offer advice and listen. I also want you to know that wherever you guys are in your situations-all of which are extremely difficult-things will get better. You have to keep pushing through life and attempt to be optimistic. I know that's one of the hardest things to do in life, so I will gladly help. :) You all are so strong to still be here fighting.