Someone please help! I don’t have the courage to tell my parents I self harm and think of suicide. I can’t ask to see a therapist because I’m scared they’ll think something’s up. This isn’t the normal fear of telling your parents, my parents and their best friend (who they tell everything about me to) have no idea how mental illness works. They think it’s a good idea to call depressed teens lazy for not getting out of bed and that it will help motivate them. This same best friend thinks her daughter is dramatic and blames her anxiety on her not socializing with other people enough. These people only make me feel worse! They think I’m dramatic when I have panic attacks. All they do is hate on mental illness and blame the sufferer for being the way they are.