Teens & Depression

Hard topic. What to look for is easier to answer than how to keep the lines of communication open. I think we build a lot of those channels based on our prior relationship with them. The next step is really difficult - listening while largely keeping our own mouth shut. I once started to tell my mom something monumental... something I had bottled up for 10 years, and it took me tremendous courage to even start a conversation about. Perhaps I didn't choose the right words, because she immediately started to contradict me, and I bottled right back up... and it was something I desperately needed therapy about.