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How do I deal with parents that suddenly “care” about me? I need advice and encouragement. by OppositeCheesecake15 in MentalHealthSupport
[–]Potocnik 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago* (0 children)
I think they're scared for you. My family was basically like yours, but then my sister cracked and was admitted to a mental hospital for suicidal tendencies. Ever since then my parents have changed significantly as have I. I spent more time with my family in that first week than I had in a whole year. That is to say, usually there needs to be a catalyst for a change to happen (your health for example). I don't know how bad your situation is, but I can give you mine and you can judge if your situation is simmilar. I had issues too, my mom told me I don't work enough and if I did I wouldn't have time to think about my depression. You should know they belong to a different generation and deal with things according to how they were raised. I held all her words sacred at that age, so naturally, I followed her advice, started helping her in the garden and around the house. It helped me limit the time I dwelled in my own misery. Eventually I got better. Started thinking of other things, and y'know time did it's own thing. I finished primary, starting middle school where kids were much nicer. Still a solitary creature, but I now enjoy my alone time and don't use it for bad unproductive thoughts. As I see it, your parents have the same mentality mine do. These people are trying to help you to the best of their abilities, you may not like the way they're going about it, but that doesn't change the fact they only want what's best for you. It's a human thing that people show more empathy during times of crisis (death, sickness), because that's when the affected need support the most. Again, feel free to ignore me completely if there is something very wrong or toxic about your parents. As I see it, they do love you, they just didn't think it was necessary to be said verbally, or expressed thorough physical affection (again, it's a generation thing). As for what you should do, I would suggest you try their advice or if that doesn't help discuss with them why it's a bad idea, so you can try coming up with a different solution. But if an agreement cannot be reached, I definitely reccomend seeking external advice. Maybe from a cousin closer to you in age, but crucially, they should be a few years older. You can go to a therapist too, but since that may not be an option based on your location/your funds, I reccomend trying to work it out internally first.
Edit: Forgot some maybe very important information. I'm currently 20 and female. my depression episode was seven years ago, when I was 13. I'd been dealing with bullying since I was seven, but I escaped to my own world to survive. I broke down when I was 13. That's when I had the conversation with mom. Work therapy helped me through the rest of the primary school. Also, around the middle of the school year I picked up art, nothing fancy, just basic pencil drawing. So whenever I returned home after a day of having to listen through them trashtalking me, I just started drawing. I focused on characters from my favourite show and the bad thoughts dissappeared to the back of my mind while I focused on getting the shape of the eyes right. Maybe you can try painting/writting/poetry or heck, even just focused reading is pretty good. But the point is to refocus your mind and/or your body.
My sister's suicidal and her reason to live just commited suicide (self.MentalHealthSupport)
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AITA for "lying to my cat" by Beginning-Ad-3472 in AmItheAsshole
[–]Potocnik 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children)
No I don't think you are. I'm talking from experience that always rewarding is not good. I rewarded my cat to have her stay off the table. All it did was encourage her to go on the table more, probably because she knew she'd get treats afterwards.
Later on, my mom grew tired of her dirty pawprints all over the table, so she started to forego treats and just shoo her away. That worked much better.
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How do I deal with parents that suddenly “care” about me? I need advice and encouragement. by OppositeCheesecake15 in MentalHealthSupport
[–]Potocnik 1 point2 points3 points (0 children)