The brit Out: There's a new (old) sheriff in town :O

[GunSlinger Boy]

Shane, I've tried to word this as gently as possible in the past, but this time I'm going to be blunt. Your parents look after you, feed you and keep a roof over your head.

If I'm totally off base here and you're having real problems - for example they're genuinely abusive towards you in some way - there are agencies you can and should contact.

If your issues are your own, for example you really are depressed or worried you may have some sort of mood disorder, you can see your doctor and if necessary explore treatment, whether that turns out to be medication, a referral to therapy or a combination of the two.

If on the other hand there's really nothing wrong and you're just complaining on the internet like a stereotypical teenager your options are to either suck it up or move out and look after yourself.

Choose your own combination of the above and go from there.

If he took that advice the situation would likely go from bad to worse.

[GunSlinger Boy]

Also as I like to say there's a reason why stereotypes exist.

[Slacker Magician]

Shane, I've tried to word this as gently as possible in the past, but this time I'm going to be blunt. Your parents look after you, feed you and keep a roof over your head.

If I'm totally off base here and you're having real problems - for example they're genuinely abusive towards you in some way - there are agencies you can and should contact.

If your issues are your own, for example you really are depressed or worried you may have some sort of mood disorder, you can see your doctor and if necessary explore treatment, whether that turns out to be medication, a referral to therapy or a combination of the two.

If on the other hand there's really nothing wrong and you're just complaining on the internet like a stereotypical teenager your options are to either suck it up or move out and look after yourself.

Choose your own combination of the above and go from there.

Dead horse, I've tried.

[Cosmic]

Yep, Simba is the name of my cat.


I did.
If my father was at home he'd have told me to chase the cat that wasn't allowed in the house, so I did what he would have asked me to do if he was at home and not at work.


Nothing works, I remember from last year when I had to get therapy because of a mood disorder. I get angry very easily, although that was mainly the faults of the idiots at high school who enjoyed tormenting me. Since then I left school, but the principal tried to get the social worker to help by having me go to Hermanus for therapy and medication. Neither worked, though, because the medication just made things worse.

There's different medication and there are different types of therapy. Neither is a magic bullet but there will be something out there that makes a positive difference for you, even if it just helps you cope with things a little better. I know some people have bad reactions to certain anti depressants though so I totally understand if you're hesitant to go that route based on past experiences.

If you don't mind me asking, what were you diagnosed with and what medication were you prescribed? You're more than welcome to PM me if you'd like to to talk about this some more.

[Cosmic]

If he took that advice the situation would likely go from bad to worse.

Which part of it?

[Ragnarök]

Nothing works, I remember from last year when I had to get therapy because of a mood disorder. I get angry very easily, although that was mainly the faults of the idiots at high school who enjoyed tormenting me. Since then I left school, but the principal tried to get the social worker to help by having me go to Hermanus for therapy and medication. Neither worked, though, because the medication just made things worse.

Yeah sometimes medicine creates an imbalance in the hormones, were you diagnosed with a specific mood disorder? My doctor thinks I may have an anxiety disorder(among other things), I always had issue with my suspicious nature, it didn't help when one of my friends shot me in the foot (metaphorically speaking). But dude don't say nothing works, until you search every single avenue, and possibility than you have the right to say nothing works.

Oh, and are you being home-schooled? Because the majority of teenagers (I am 17) can't spell quite as well as you do... I think I should rephrase it as most people I know... including adults.

[Sheik]

[GunSlinger Boy]

Which part of it?

mmmmmm, most of it. Because medication can kill you or inhibit your brain, agencies aren't guaranteed to fix things, leaving would get him arrested and sucking it up wouldn't help at all.

[Ragnarök]

mmmmmm, most of it. Because medication can kill you or inhibit your brain, agencies aren't guaranteed to fix things, leaving would get him arrested and sucking it up wouldn't help at all.

Mm, only if you overdose, oh here's a random fact, did you know that if you give cocaine to someone with ADHD(me) it would actually calm them? It took me a year to realise why they called Ritalin and Concerta, poor man's cocaine.

[Slacker Magician]

It's apparent that he's getting food, water, and electricity, I can't believe what he claims about his parents.

[Ragnarök]

It's apparent that he's getting food, water, and electricity, I can't believe what he claims about his parents.

I don't ever recall WJM state that his parents are horribly abusive... Also, when people get down in the dumps they see things utterly different to others, I used to cry about the stupidest things when I go depressed, strangely enough I usually get depressed in the summer,

[Sheik]

It seems I shouldn't even waste my time backreading.

[Slacker Magician]

I don't ever recall WJM state that his parents are horribly abusive... Also, when people get down in the dumps they see things utterly different to others, I used to cry about the stupidest things when I go depressed, strangely enough I usually get depressed in the summer,

He's made comments about not having food many times. I'm not going to waste my time digging through the HO to find the posts.

[Slacker Magician]

It seems I shouldn't even waste my time backreading.

You're shipping out tomorrow, right?

[Tassadar]

I think Cosmic's advice was very sound and would benefit him.