Is it the parents' responsibility to make sure their child gets mental healtg help if they need it and is it considered...

is it the parents' responsibility to make sure their child gets mental healtg help if they need it and is it considered neglect if they ignore it?

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Why would that be the parents' responsibility? Deal with your shit like everyone else.

>Little Timmy is schizophrenic but we'll let him figure it out on his own

Of course. Do you seriously think that a child is intelligent enough to assess his own mental health? Hell, most adults can't even do it themselves, what makes you think a child can?

You can't tell me that isn't a good joke to play on someone.

this is literally my situation, an entire childhood and teenage years of displaying multiple signs of mental issues and nothing being done about it other than being called variations of "stupid" and being told to "get my shit together"
am i in the right feeling like i was done wrong by my parents?

Same fucking shit here, dude. Can I sue?

>mum asks me multiple times if I'm depressed or want to talk to someone
>"no mum I'm fine"
Why do I do this to myself

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>having serius depression for several years (at least 5)
>parents say to think possitive

i did this. serious non-meme depression too. my grades hit the shitter and i'd always go in the bathroom to bawl my eyes out. most days brought intense bullying anyways. i came close to suicide countless times, i'd sit with a rope around my neck and pussy out. each time i'd tell myself "quit being a pussy, you aren't really 'depressed'". also, parents noticed but refused to believe it probably. they just wanted their simple okay lives to continue. i didn't want them to worry about me, i still don't. a part of me realizes that things could have been different though. it's too late now.

now i'm just apathetic but at least i don't want to kill myself like all through high school. it still cracks my mind every now and then. that's probably how i'll die.
sorry for the sob story

>depressed as a teen and into my early twenties
>parents would always just tell me to get help
>couldn't get help because under 18
>parents refused to do necessary paperwork
t-thanks

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>be me
>teen years were the shitties
>regularly questioned my mental health to myself
>always vented my feelings and frustrations to myself due to serious trust issues
>also had a history of suicidal thoughts dating to 3rd fucking grade
>never told my parents about it since 5th because they always manage to fuck everything up in the past when my suicidal tendencies were brought to light
>"why arent you happy user you have a roof over your head and free education"
>the fucking nerve they have to just chalk it up to utter bogusness
>always felt as if my friends are ready to cut all ties with me at any second and the world would just turn on me in the snap of a finger
>also wondering whether my family has had a history of bipolar
>grades were so low at all times
>they would always blame it on my laptop and video games
>they are pretty fucking grab happy with the only escape i have left
>this always left me a bad impression of my parents
>still feel this way
>tfw afraid of breaking one day
>tfw afraid that i'll end it all one day

phoenix wright fire emblem and youtube is all that keeps me alive at this point

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forgot to mention that our relationships are hanging by a fucking thread at this point. there is not one day spent without at least someone getting the entire family
caught in a shitstorm and im afraid my little brother os gonna come out as fucked up as i am, if not worse because of how poorly they raise him. i try my best to raise him to be a decent person, but i feel as if the constant arguing and shouting is gonna get to him, and again parents are a problem
what do?

pretty much my situation as well
let me guess: no physical abuse, it's all just emotional manipulation and neglect
it fucks you up a lot and the fucked thing is that when you grow up you have no idea what the actuao root or cause is
physical pain has a place, emotional doesn't, it leaves you in limbo

Yes, because stupid and lazy parents being stupid and lazy is how we end up with robots, school shooters, petty thugs, most regular criminals, druggies, this massive wave of depressed young people, and a multitude of other demographics who're fucked up and end up either killing themselves, others or end up being some sort of strain on society as a whole. Hell, even if you're at the age of fucking 25 or under, most of the time a good 75% of your issues and shortcomings can be attributed to your parents' shit abilities at parenting, regardless of what society and normie rhetoric would have you believe.

Parents owe it not only to their child but to the world as a whole to give a fuck about their kids and people like are going to end up spawning school shooters.

I feel the same, user. I don't know if you're a poorfag/have parents with addictions but I can relate to the part about having only vented to yourself due to trust issues because my mum always told me if I ever told anyone, even a friend at school, about my home life that I'd be taken into foster care and get molested or beaten or something much worse than home so I didn't even have friends because I always delegated myself to just being a walking joke machine who would be afraid to relate to other people so every friend I ever had soon grew tired or bored of me. I spent half of my high school years homeless/living in the apartments of random people my mum knew, got yelled at/threatened every day and had to listen to my dad get drunk and them scream at each other all day and my mum still to this day blames "the internet" for the reason I got depressed and dropped out.
Emotional/mental abuse is a serious thing that no one gives a shit about, unfortunately.

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they used to spank us when we misbehaved, but i guess they stopped doing it for the sake of saving face for some reason. and honestly, i really am left wondering where it all went wrong, sometimes wondering if it all started with me. the fact that my dad is pretty homophobic doesnt help things either since i have this looming fear that if he found out i was bi he'd kick me out of the house at best

we havent really struggled financially from what i can tell desu, and i cant exactly say im suffereing from emotional abuse, but i can say that what i went through was utter parental incompetence combined with absolute stubborness or straight up neglect at best. all the schools and mass media are giving their attention to bullying and physical abuse while nobody pays attention to the emotiobally abused are left to bite the dust just because they didnt have a dick in every hole or bruises from daily whippings and it honestly pisses me the fuck off because they act like our problems are insignificant and petty write us off as a bunch of snowflakes

I hate how some parents with autistic kids are never blamed for they way they became autistic-- 9/10 of the time their parents were complete shitheads. I have 3 cousins from the same family that are all autistic because my uncle yelled and screamed at them 24/7 for any reason you could think of and he was never emotionally available.

yikes, i didn't know it was possible to abuse your kids into autism

It's their legal obligation here.

>Do you seriously think that a child is intelligent enough to assess his own mental health?

When I was an adult, I spoke to a parent about my mental health struggles as a child due to the things I experienced (which they were completely aware of). I still struggle with mental health issues to this day, trauma based mental health issues.

I was literally told to my face, that I was an intelligent child so I should have been able to figure out how to deal with my problems myself.

I get this a lot too. I fix electronics and computers and I guess they think that because I can fix a microwave, I'm qualified to assess and fix my own mental health problems. Mental health problems they caused with 20 years of emotional and physical abuse.

>have all the signs of mild autism
>"he's just a bit shy, he'll come out of his shell soon enough"

If you don't develop their speech and motor skills properly they will, especially if you forcefully hinder their ability to do so.

Ayyy I'm and I'm a bifag too. Also neglect and voluntary/willing incompetence is still a form of emotional abuse, friend.

Arguably so is homophobia but let's not go there

>I was literally told to my face, that I was an intelligent child so I should have been able to figure out how to deal with my problems myself.

Being "gifted" and having neglectful/irresponsible parents is truly an awful combination.

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Yeah, parents should just drop their newborn children in the woods and leave them to figure it out.

When I was 2-6 I exhibited signs of rage and anger issues associated with autistic behavior.

Doctors offered my parents to send me to a special school where I could get the correct care and learn to control and properly vent my anger.

My mum didn't send me to that school, she wanted me to be normal.

I never developed an outlet for my anger, chronic childhood bullying and a psychologically abusive monster of a sister made me silent, self-destructive and self abusive.

My sister just bought a house on the coast, nice utilitarian desk job, she's getting married next year in cyprus too.

yay my turn

>23
>KHHV
>work in a warehouse
>dont drive
>public housing
>debt
>no friends
>rely on drugs to get through my pathetic excuse for a life


Thanks mum, you vain cunt

What about not caring? My dad died 10 years ago but my mom never bothered to talk to me about it, or when 2 of my friends died or that i dont have any friends, gfs and spend most of my time in my room.

Does she not notice or does she just not care?

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Because back then autism schools were warehouses you rot in all day and were basically taught nothing.