I really need some advice. I’m writing through tears so please excuse any typos. Ds is 17, never suffered with mental health issues at all. Had a relationship with a girl who he adored. She broke up with him in may 22 by message, really took him for a ride tbh. Since then things have been getting progressively worse. At first it was just sadness, which I felt was normal. However around sept 22 I found he’d self harmed. We dealt with it and to my knowledge he hasn’t done it since.
Lately he’s been struggling to sleep, which I think is his major problem at the moment, not able to drop off until the early hours (3am) but he’s up for work at 7am. Once he’s asleep he’s fine, it’s the dropping off he’s struggling with.
Things have just come to a head as I asked him to tidy his room so I could clean it. He didn’t do it so I told him before he went anywhere he’d need to vac and dust his room. This started an almighty row, saying it wasn’t his job to do, that he doesn’t have the energy for anything, that he doesn’t want to be here, I’m talking screaming in my face at this point. He’s now gone to the gym but I’m just at my wits end and I don’t know where to turn. He’s been to the gp 3 times for help, they just give him online links so he’s refusing to go again.
I really don’t know what to do. He’s a really good lad, he has a really good apprenticeship, is fun, has plenty of friends and from the outside would seem everything is great. But it isn’t. And I need some advice or reassurance things will get better. That was very long, sorry and thanks for getting to the end if you did!