And we are a caring group.

when I was a teenager I saw my dad in hospital after electric shock treatment, and he did not know who I was

That's horrible. I can't imagine what that was like for you.

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I was overseas....I came home from school and my dad was gone and we had to move back to the states...so then the house was gone, my school, my friends - and the next thing I know, I'm split from my family, going to school in freaking IOWA and sleeping on my aunt's couch....it is hard to lose everything, and I always wonder what it is like for people (especially the kids) who don't even know the language of the country.....

for you to identify with them. When everything in front of you is strange and unknown with no clear connection and no way to turn back - you are a refugee.

while I was with relatives I didn't know them very well, we never lived near family....my aunt and uncle were alcoholics but they weren't the mean kind, so it wasn't all bad....still, whenever I read about the "angst" of the teenage years I almost laugh, considering what I had to put up with!

When a family member of mine went through this treatment, a friend who is a psychologist pointed out that 50 years ago, people might spend closer to a year in a hospital being treated for depression but more insurance and other considerations make that impossible and there are questions about whether that is desirable.

My point here is you will improve. It will take time but each day you will get stronger.

tell me if this makes you laugh

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UoS72uw5-Kg?feature=share

Are just propaganda is tough. I know I have gone through so much only to find that when I sought out help, it was not there. Usually due to a lack of wealth, since those who offer actual mental help do not take insurance. But, I can say that from this position it seems as if they are more guessing than spouting facts when they offer these ideas for 'treatment'. I hope you can find something that will help you. I am still looking and it pains me that so many others are in the same boat. Or, drowning outside of one...