I'm so sorry. Your parents shouldn't have yelled at your over the fact that you're depressed! For heavens sakes, that only makes it worse! I should think they would realize that.

Your teacher must have been really upset at what you said, honey. You must have said something fairly shocking to get her that alarmed that she felt she had to report it to the counselor. They do this ONLY to protect the student, honey, NOT to start problems. There have been TOO MANY suicides in school kids and they're trying to nip this in the bud before the kids go thru with it. They're hoping if they catch things early, that the kids will get counseling & therapy and the problem will be taken care of. It's NOT to cause problems at home.

What happened to you is really unfortunate. Some parents just don't understand. Some parents just aren't educated enough to know that some kids need counseling & therapy instead of being yelled at! Yelling at a kid that's depressed is certainly not doing any good -- it's not going to make the depression go away! It's making the depression worse, and causing the child to lose hope and resent the parents.

I doubt now that you'd want to ask your parents for any counseling, right? Or do you think that you could? You really need therapy, sweetie. You need to talk to a professional that deals with depressive teens. I know you're probably mad at your folks right now, but give it a try -- see if you can talk to them CALMLY and ask them for some counseling. Sometimes attitude can make a big difference. If you're calm & nice, you just might get what you ask for. I wish you the very best. Let us know what happens, ok? God bless sweetie, and please take care. And don't worry about school. The kids don't know what went on. Hugs, Lee