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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so unsure how to help my teen. He is 16 and overwhelmed with school work but also just not doing what he needs to do to keep up. He opened up to me last night and said the stress was a lot more than school, nothing too awful but nothing that can be immediately "fixed" either. He is a junior and literally has a week left in the quarter. His grades are awful and they have never been awful but there is time to salvage them if he can study for the next fe days of tests. He has college goals that he will literally throw away with 1st quarter grades he can't recover from.

Instead of working, he is choosing to writhe around on the couch like a child and do nothing. I am worried, sad for him, and also angry. There is not any time to not study but if this is a true mental health crisis there is not time to wait there either. He refuses therapy and instead insists that odd off label things he finds online will make him feel better. (things like anti depressants, but that are not fda approved). I am trying not to loose my shit bc there is sports practice soon which will help him if I can make him go and 2 tests tomorrow that can't be missed, and he is now asleep. (today was a 1/2 day so home early.) I do not know how to help.[/quote]

OP, what does “the stress is a lot more than school” mean? Girlfriend problems? Other friend problems? We need to know more about this to help you. [/quote]

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