My mental health 2022

Hello all,

I have been having poor mental health since January, and I have anxiety and I think I may have depression sometimes. The anxiety gives me headaches sometimes too. I sometimes think I have done something wrong and illegal too when I know I haven't. I also think about death and what happens after death every day.

I am also sensitive to light so I wear sunglasses, but my parents sometimes tells me to take them off. Wearing sunglasses makes me comfortable for some reason. I am also sensitive to noise, and I don't like fire alarms.

I like walking slowly because when I walk fast I get out of breath quickly. My mum also rushes me everywhere, like to Youth Club on Tuesdays, and I don't like rushing all the time. Mum says she is in a rush, and after she drops me off at Youth Club, she just sits in their carpark, so there is no need to rush. Mum also says when I walk slowly it's embarrassing her.

Names also get to me and some words, and it makes me upset too.

Today, my Mum rushed me from the train station to the car, and I accidently dropped my earphone in the road. A car came and broke my earphone that I just got last week. The next thing I knew, as Mum was speeding down the road walking, I then had to cross a road. I have problems crossing roads because they are busy and when something is coming I just wait for it to pass, as it makes it easier for everyone.

Whenever this gets too much for me, I get depressed and I think about suicide, which I know isn't good. I just can't take this any more.

Thanks in advance,

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  • Hi Liam, sorry to read about the hard times that you are having.

    It's difficult but try to explain to your mum what the effects of her behaviour are having on you and also explain why you have the sensitivities you have and why you must do things in a certain way ("your way") in order to manage yourself and make your life more comfortable.

    You can set healthy boundaries in this way: at the moment you probably feel that everything is one-way traffic that negatively impacts on you....

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  • Hi Liam, sorry to read about the hard times that you are having.

    It's difficult but try to explain to your mum what the effects of her behaviour are having on you and also explain why you have the sensitivities you have and why you must do things in a certain way ("your way") in order to manage yourself and make your life more comfortable.

    You can set healthy boundaries in this way: at the moment you probably feel that everything is one-way traffic that negatively impacts on you....

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