Gopi On Why We Tend To Avoid Telling Our Parents Things
Mar 18th, 2009 by depressedteens
Hey you guys, hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this amazing weather. I don’t know about you all, but I am definitely looking forward to spring and its 60 degree weather.
I usually think of interesting questions when I’m “supposed” to be studying and today while studying for Physical Chemistry I thought to myself, “why are teenagers so scared to tell their parents how they feel?” I’m sure I can speak on behalf of all you when I say that I don’t like telling my parents because I do not want them to judge me or worry. I automatically assume that my family will judge me; however, I have improved on this. Lately I have been more open with my mom, I feel like I can tell her a lot of things that I was scared to tell her before. My family is my support system and if I can’t tell them how I feel, then there’s something wrong with that picture.
During the round tables, almost everyone said that they would never tell an adult if they were depressed or sad. I was one of them! Emily, Ryan, Chris, and I tried to think of a solution but unfortunately we could not think of one. One thing I realized is that as young adults we’ve encountered many situations where our parents have cornered us, but think about it. What was there reason for freaking out? It all comes down to, they care! I don’t think there is a simple solution, but my advice is that we all should realize that our family cares. My family is my support system and with time I am beginning to feel more comfortable about expressing my emotions. I think taking time and realizing that people care can help you be more open about your feelings.
Well I hope you guys understand when I say that time helps. Take care and enjoy this awesome weather, I think I will go for a run. =)
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Gopi, you bring up a very good point about social support and how finding out that people care can make the problems you are carrying much lighter. I think, at least from what we talked about on a few episodes and extra pondering outside of the studio, is that trust is probably the key to most of this. Who can you trust and how can you get to that level with someone?
We learned from the episode Emily, you and I tried to do that sometimes we can’t even trust our parents, or we are at least afraid to.
I will expand this idea in my next blog.