depression

[jomadob]

i am 12. my parents split up when i was 4 and i get bullied at college. i have suffered from moderate deppresion. i often get suicidal thoughts.

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Heello

Welcome to our site.

If you are having problems with bullying at college I would adivise that you talk to your Head Teacher or Instructor. If this does not work you could take this further by having words with the Head of Department.

Generally I understand that this type of behaviour is a criminal activity and under this assumption the Police could be brought into this and I cannot imagine the college wanting that and would prefer to deal withthe problem in House

You could also take advice with the the Students Union who would represent your interests with the College

Good Luck

BOB

[CarolineLondon]

Well done for telling some one. You are absolutely right Angel. I know it's not the male thing to do, but go to the docs explain how your feeling. Apparently according to some experts on Radio 4, if you catch depression early you have a strong chance of stopping it for good. Take it seriously and nail this on the head. You have your whole life a head of you and it could be the most fun, dont settle for less.

A quick tale about my two nephews from different families, one a boy whose mother insists on treating him like an adult and who has her eye on him 24/7 I dont know how he had time to breathe! So he became more than a little awkward socially, he like you was bullied at school. Two things changed for him (now Im not suggesting the second option but the first is a thought). First off he came clean about the bullying and his parents moved him to a new school and it stopped ( now Im not saying its a dead cert but it may help). Second he had no friends so he got online and started gaming, he now has friends all over the world. In his new school with his new online social skills he made friends, now at Uni he does Computer Science is working towards being a skilled programmer. All Im saying is he got out, he's happy has friends and even a girlfriend!.

Enter the second boy, he was born with a facial deformity which lessened over time, but he was bullied, he came clean told his parents and something (although I don't know what was done). He didn't have any friends, but because of my Mum he started playing instruments, his parents always made any friends welcome and helped him build his social skills by always having people in the house. As he played, he made more friends , increased his social skills and when he moved up to Secondary the bullying stopped. He's now just about the most popular kid in school, I never had as many friends as he has!!!

All Im saying is you can have a bad start and still turn things around, but right now you need help and there is NOTHING wrong in having a quiet word with the docs and if you cant talk to Mum and Dad at first see if you can sort this out with the Doc.

You can do this, you are much stronger than you think and this really IS NOT good enough for you, you deserve better. Slowly slowly catchy monkey, sort this on the quiet once you take a step forward you will find people will want to help you. Read up about how to beat bullies, read up about people who have made leaps in their life and know deep down inside you have great untapped power and resources.

One last thing and I will shut up, girls looooove experts, there is NOTHING sexier than confidence and confidence comes with knowledge. We don't care what you are smart at so long as you are passionate about it and so long as you know chapter and verse, so start now That's why when you are rich and maybe famous you cant turn round to the old jobless bullies and smile, you will have the last laugh.

Good Luck, keep talking and Well done for saying anything at all XX