Hello, I'm a fourteen year old girl, and I was thinking about getting therapy. My OCD has been really bad since June, and I have problems with my family. I want to take a step up and try residential therapy, where I go and live where I'm getting therapy. I desperately want out of my house, not because quarantine is making me miss going out, but my family has been causing me great amounts of stress and loss of motivation. I wanna get on track with my life, I wanna be able to not let my anxiety and low motivation get in the way of my dreams. If you're reading this, do you think that taking this step would be good? I need some major advice, I'm really desperate.

You're right, I'm just worried about what my parents will think if I ask them :/

@Jo That’s very understandable. I would be nervous, too. However, I think it’s worth giving it a shot. It will uncomfortable to ask them, but you have to advocate for what you think is best for you.

@henry.omar Thank you, I think I'll make a presentation or something maybe it'll show them that I did my research idk

@𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐜 Wow...you read my mind about my worries haha. Have you ever gone through therapy? If you have, and you're comfortable sharing, how old were you? Is it to young for me to start?

@𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐜 I've been on antidepressants too for a few months now, they havent seemed to help much :/ Should I stay on them longer and see what happens?

@𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐜 I'm not sure, my parents didn't tell me

@𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐜 you're right, I havent been professionally prescribed. my dad is a doctor, got the medicine from costco and gave it to me. I know how trashy and ignorant that sounds, I'm kinda clueless and just want to improve in my mental health

Oh my god thank you so much for this, thank you for taking the time out of your day to do this I appreciate it so much ((: