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teen depression

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queenmumm · 23/12/2020 12:46

so my daughter has told me she's feeling really empty and emotionless and as her mother i feel like i have failed her. i really don't know what to do as she tells me nothing has been causing her to feel this way but i just feel like i've failed her and i just want to help her but i really don't know how. her sleeping schedule is also really bad and she goes to sleep at around 4am or 5am. i have made her talk to a doctor b ur they haven't really been any help to her and they have just suggested a councillor and this app called kooth. my daughter doesn't like councillors as i think she finds it hard to open up to people about how she's feeling. i've also noticed recently that she pushes everyone away (her family/friends). She used to go out every week and then these past months she hasn't gone out at all and keeps herself locked up in her bedroom. i honestly don't know what to do i could really use anyone's suggestions/support thank you

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Fastforwardtospring · 23/12/2020 13:01

Is she being bullied? This is my first thought as my DD started to withdraw and turned out she was being bullied by one particular boy and his gang, verbally at school and social media, she became very isolated, school have been fantastic, the main bully excluded, and she is slowly building friendships but she is wary, wary that new friends will turn on her. It’s awful not knowing how to help 💐

queenmumm · 23/12/2020 15:26

@Fastforwardtospring

Is she being bullied? This is my first thought as my DD started to withdraw and turned out she was being bullied by one particular boy and his gang, verbally at school and social media, she became very isolated, school have been fantastic, the main bully excluded, and she is slowly building friendships but she is wary, wary that new friends will turn on her. It’s awful not knowing how to help 💐
omg that's horrible i'm so sorry to hear that. i've tried to ask my daughter this before but she has just said nothing is bothering her at all and there's no reason for her feeling numb and sad but i feel like maybe it's small things building up that may be causing this. i have told her many times before if anything happens like bullying she should tell me but she always says that nothing is going on and she's not being bullied and i trust her but i'm still not sure
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JingleJohnsJulie · 23/12/2020 22:17

If she's not motivated to speak to a Councillor do you think she'd agree to going out fir a daily walk with you for just half an hour?

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