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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would pull him out of school as necessary and get him medical treatment. That age is when I had my first bout of severe clinical depression with suicidal ideation, and just the thought of it scares me now. I didn’t know how to help myself, and was so depressed would not have gone through the motions even if I knew what I needed.

If my parents had kicked me out of the house at that time I would have gone through with it. Depressed people need HELP, not tough love.[/quote]

This.  I dated a guy like your son in college.  He failed out after his 2nd year.  His parents were more tough love than supportive.  They had no idea he was thinking about killing himself.  I forced him to sit down with them and tell them, because he needed professional help and I was just a 19 year old kid.  The down side was his parents forced him to see this therapist that was part of their fundie Christian church, so he couldn't work out all the issues he was having with the church with this guy.  Don't do that.  Find a therapist he can TALK to, and get him medicated, not someone you know.

While he's in treatment, have him live at home.  Don't send him back to college, but after he's more stable he should have a job and start taking community college courses.  [/quote]

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