Im SO DONE. I’ve been depressed for months. I rarely ever tell my mum, but when I do, she says EVERY SINGLE time that it’s ‘hormonal’, because she did one class in endocrine or some shit. It’s so invalidating and it makes me feel like I’m over exaggerating. REGARDLESS of whether I came over my period a week ago, she STILL says it’s hormones. I asked if I could go into therapy, and she said that it’s not worth it because there isn’t anything wrong with me I just want to cry. As soon as I mention the letters OCD, she gets really short-tempered as though I’ve made it up - WHY, WHY, would I make this up. I haven’t told ANYONE other than her. I just can’t stand this. I just want help.

i can totally understand you, my mum is the same and i know how awful it is to be invalidated after building up all that courage to finally open up. it's devastating. are you at school or uni? perhaps there's a student counsellor or therapist you can see without your mom knowing. i know how bad it sounds to do stuff behind their backs but if it's the only way then welp

Talk to others who have the same trouble it will calm you from your problem when I have intrusive thoughts I tested a friend who has the same problem and he always helps me

i am so sorry to hear that. this is one of the reasons why im scared to tell my parents that i want therapy , im afraid they will invalidate me. maybe you can meet a therapist when you leave the house? im planning to do that bc i don't want my parents to know haha

I'm so sorry you are going through this. It sounds like what you are telling her Tiggers her only emotional issue. Try to not take her reaction personally. Although I understand you may need her help to get into therapy. I don't know your age. Maybe you can see a GP for some support on you seeing a therapist. If that's how it works in the US. I'm in Australia and we usually see a GP (general practitioner) first for a referral to a therapist. You definitely won't feel like this for ever. I've had depression and anxiety for years and am only coming to an OCD diagnosis, but ever thing I've already learnt has helped and I love life my life so much more than I did a few years ago. I wish you all the best.

Wow- that is so invalidating. I would see if there is another support you can talk to to convince her to get you therapy. That is absolutely ridiculous. Print out an article and make her read it.

When I was a kid my parents went through every probelm except adressing my mental health, until I got to the point where I begged them to take me a doctor to cut out the part of my brain making me have the thoughts and I aouldnt care if that meant restarting my mental life. I was only 8 but that really made them realize I needed to go to a doctor because that scared them