- You are often invalidated at home.

- You feel responsible for your mother and/or father's feelings, happiness, anger, disappointment etc.

- Your mother/father blames you for things.

- Your mother/father makes you feel worthless and sometimes even hated.

- You are told you don't deserve things.

- You have trouble sleeping at night.

- You care about your friends.

- You would rather spend time with your friends than studying.

- You would rather spend time with your friends than your family or parents.

- You don't receive satisfying answers to your questions.

- You are told things like "As long as you live in my house you will follow my rules."

- You have learned that it is dangerous to tell the truth about how you feel or about other things.

- You feel over-controlled or trapped.

- Your parents seldom or never apologize for hurting you or making mistakes.

- There are secrets which no one but you knows.

- You don't have anyone you can totally trust.

-You have been betrayed by friends, teachers, and school counselors.

- You have been put on medication and it hasn't helped.

- You don't have anyone who hugs you and just listens to you when you are very sad or crying.

- You often feel totally alone.

- You cry yourself to sleep at night.

- You have been told or taught that it is weak to cry.

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If many of these are true for you, you might want to consider joining our teen suicide prevention chat support group.