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I worry for my sister. She's under a lot of stress and is very depressed. She believes that talking cannot fix her issues and just needs medicine. She has a lot of anxiety as well.
I worry for her because sometimes, she gets really stressed and just lashes out (Not physically, and if it is it's usually just a singular punch or something.) I have tried to help her but, as I stated before, she thinks talking is useless and it will not be strong enough to combat her mental issues.
This is a problem since she has a therapist but really only humours her with her problems, not expecting change.
I am fairly sure that this attitude stemmed from my father taking us back after a nasty divorce with my mom. I was only 4 or 5 at the time but she was 8. I only remember tidbits but that was her life. And that life was stolen for one of horror.
What I mean by horror is that, my father is a druggie, my step mom is only with him because we'd be on the streets without her and she pities us, my mother is going to die from a parasite in her body soon, etc.
We're both going through this. No one understands us. I love her, I unserstand her, and I want to help her. She's the light of my life and I'd be completely lost without her.
I want to help her. Any advice? I don't want to force her or make an awkward situation.
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As someone with an older sister, confrontation about the issue helped. I hid my mental health problems from her, and it ate me up hard. She walked in on me having a mental breakdown, and it went really badly. I have anxiety that easily blows up, and I am always stressed. I experienced depressive episodes, but the way I coped with them was by talking. Medicine doesn't always help, and some antidepressants can make you gain weight. This isn't a wrong way to treat depression, if your sister is facing it severely. However, it isn't a surefire way to get better. Depression is a horrible thing to go through, and it makes you feel alone and helpless. I believe that confronting her needs to be done. Remind her that you understand her problems, and that she means a lot to you. During depressive episodes, people may forget that their loved ones love them. Let her know about the side effects of antidepressants before she tries them. One relative I know had a horrible experience with them for years.
ReplyThanks for the advice :) She's gotten a therapist (same one as me) and I think that's helping so far. And yeah, the medicine wasn't for her to say the least. Her issues are genetic and taking the medicine ended up making the problem work.
ReplyI meant worse at the end. Autocorrect :/
ReplyThey married each other and left each other
You had no say or fault people can be rock heads and not think
About the child who will go through a divorce too
Right now is your time take control of your life's
Understand the drug thing all the more to start now
Your future is at hand
Give her a problem you have let her help you
Try to volunteer helping people
See will get stronger
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