Any mom’s to teenage girls have any advice on them being depressed and cutting themselves? Now she likes girls. She liked boys before.

Have u considered outpatient therapy or an inpatient facility? Sometimes it’s easier for them to talk to strangers/professionals then it is their own parents. If she’s that depressed that she’s cutting that can get real bad & should def consider some form of help b4 it’s too late. I went thru the same thing with my son when he was a teenager. After his father died when he was young he kinda went off the deep end n I had to have him put n a facility where he could get help.

I’m a clinical psychologist who works with teens like her, sounds like she needs treatment. Message me if you’d like referrals. Happy to help you. Where do you live?

Definitely some sort of therapy. Good luck. I’m sure this is so hard.

I’m not a parent yet, but I was definitely this teenage girl. Please get her into treatment, and if she doesn’t have a supportive community then be that supportive community to her. I’ve had a long journey with my mental health. Looking back, my parents didn’t “do anything wrong”, but I didn’t feel comfortable confiding in them, so I isolated. If she’s likes girls now and it’s hard for you to wrap your head around because she used to like boys, whether this is or isn’t a phase doesn’t matter. It may or may not be, but being a non judgmental, safe place for her to express is so so important. My parents were resistant for me to get any time of in or out patient treatment help (which I needed) or start me on meds because I think it was hard for them to accept how much was struggling. Meds aren’t the end all answer, and they don’t have to be forever, but if she’s really struggling the right meds can help her stop treading water and actually focus on her healing.