How to ensure better future for a depressed teenager?

[Valerio89]

First off, I realize this might be the wrong forum to tale this but I'm trying to reach as many parent's as I possibly can.

Hello, my name is Valerio K. Riley. I am almost thirty years old now and doing great by any measures. But this wasn't the case always.

When I was a teenager, I used to be depressed in a major way. The depression and anxiety eventually led me into a bunch of trouble, as acting irrationally was kind of my only way to deal with all the negative emotions I was going through. It all seemed like a unbreakable cycle, I certainly thought there was absolutely no way out of it. The hardest thing must have been that I was unable to envision any type of future worth living, it felt like my life was a time bomb and running out of time already.

I figured eventually, after struggling for years, that I was the only one who could pull me out of the vicious cycle as my mother wasn't really there to help me. I formed a plan on how to alter my mind and ways of dealing with my depression. I followed that plan through for almost a decade and got healthy slowly in the process. But this begs the question: how? And why I was in this situation in the first place? Well, my depression was linked strongly to my past as a child and certain people that I feel placed me in the rabbit hole.

The plan on how to do it started formin upon the realization of a need for a future worth fighting for. This vision of that future was branded like a banner across my brain the whole time I was healing. It was on my crosshairs as soon a I woke up to the moment I closed my eyes at night. And the 'whys' of my depression I have been dealing with daily still to this day.

I am an author of a book called 'From a Problem Child to Another: And for our Shepherd's'. It is a short read depiction of my youth, how I struggled and eventually conquered my depression and life. It also contains a lot of advice and guidance for the parent's that fight everyday for their children's well-being. This book is published on Amazon Kindle with a very low price if any of you feel the need for help. Ps. I have a discount event coming up next month (22.-29.07) so you could get it almost free.

From the bottom of my heart I wish to help other's that are going through the similar experience's I had, and if I'm able to help even one person or family, I have succeeded.

Thank you for your attention, love Valerio K. Riley.