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Old Jan 30, 2014, 02:47 PM
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Hello & Welcome, Nameko345.
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My step dad is trying to motivate me by saying harsh things on purpose. He's expecting me to get angry at his statements and work myself to prove what he claimed are wrong. And they both think my depression will go away once I get a job and make myself busy.
I think you understand your parents well. It is possible there is nothing you can say to them to get them to view sympathetically what you are experiencing.

Does your situation permit relocating away from your parents and then trying to establish your independence and health from there?
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