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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:02:15

Hope this helps.

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Since you have been seeing the school psychologist already, perhaps you could first try sharing with him/her the feeling that you need more help. They can often help get a parent who's denying the need for more intensive treatment on board and put some pressure on your Mom to take it more seriously and to get involved in ways that might actually help you. It's tough when you're a kid to do things like this on your own without your parents' support and perhaps the school psychologist can persuade her to see your pain more realistically.

If that doesn't seem to be enough, talk to the school psychologist about Catholic Charities. They have counselors who can and will help you and they will adjust a fee based on what you can afford and even waive it if you cannot pay. You can even seek treatment without your parents' permission as you've indicated that telling your folks could be detrimental to your getting the help you need.

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First of all -- your psycologist is right... It is because of stress and depression, definitely not pmsing! I have heard of some tricks to stop. One is have a rubberband around your wrist and pull it when you wanna cut yourself. Another is scribble on your wrists with red pen. I haven't really been through this but I know some stuff about it so just try those two things.

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Well, I think your mom is should not tell you its just a phase, because she has probably never gone through it. I will tell you that for me, it was.BUT i was not as young as you were when you started. You need to tell your mom as maturely and calmly as possible(so hopefully shell take you seriously this time), that this is a REAL problem that you want to take control of, that teenagers DO suffer from this, its common and treatable, and please would she try to see things from your point of view. There are churches in your area wherever you are, that can point you in the right direction to a low income short term place that has counseling services available and i think that would be a great help to you. Good luck.

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Got news for you, rehab doesnt "fix" you, you have to do that yourself.