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Jan 02, 2012, 04:49 PM
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Member Since: Dec 2003
Location: Coram Deo
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 It's very adult of you to be reaching out for help, and yes, I would begin with your guidance counselor. Share what you just shared with us, and include your concerns about not wanting to live this way. Try not to talk about suicide as she/he may have guidelines they have to follow as to response to that. I think she'll understand how bad you feel without having to threaten (they take any mention as a threat I think, over react and all that  )
Being afraid to reach out means you are assuming (I think) blame for how bad you're feeling. Well, that doesn't really make sense does it? I mean, if you were causing your bad feelings, you'd just change them to good right? So you do need help with this.
What can a guidance counselor do? She can help you figure out what is causing your depression, and whether working on it with talk (psychotherapy) only is enough or that maybe you do need to take some medication for a while (usually 6 months of talk therapy and 6 months of medication end up with the same good results...go figure). She can help you learn to look at life from a different angle, and learn to prevent taking things personally that aren't yours to worry about. Stuff like that. These are all skills that should be taught in the classroom, as everyone needs them.
You don't really want to die, you don't want your life to end (totally) but I believe you do want and need your life to change from the way it is. Reaching out, no matter how scary it feels, is the first, good step. 
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