8 Signs Your Child is Depressed (For Parents)

Consider sharing this video with your parents to help raise awareness and make childhood depression, not a stigma.

The percentage of adults who experienced any symptoms of depression was highest among those aged 18–29 (21.0%), followed by those aged 45–64 (18.4%) and 65 and over (18.4%), and lastly, by those aged 30–44 (16.8%). Up to 3% of children and 8% of adolescents in the U.S. have depression. The condition is significantly more common in boys under age 10. But by age 16, girls have a greater incidence of depression.

Just because a child seems sad doesn't necessarily mean they have significant depression. But if the sadness becomes persistent or interferes with normal social activities, interests, schoolwork, or family life, it may mean they have a depressive illness. Keep in mind that while depression is a serious illness, it’s also a treatable one.

Suicide Hotlines:
America: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Canada: 1-866-531-2600
Australia: 13 11 14
United Kingdom: [phone]
Beijing: 0800-810-1117
Hong Kong: [phone]
Japan/Tokyo: 81 (0) 3 5286 9090
Brazil: 55 11 31514109 or (91) 3223-0074
Mexico: 9453777
Germany: 0800 111 0 111
Russia: [phone]
India: 91-22-27546669
Iran: 1480
South Africa: 0800 12 13 14

This is only a short list of a few countries, however there is always somebody to reach out to.

Writer: Sara Del Villar
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[Psychgo]

Favor needed. We're trying to raise awareness of how common it could be for a child to experience depression despite the statistics. If you've personally experienced depression yourself as a child or know someone who has, could you consider sharing this video to help generate more awareness. If you did, let us know so we can thank you!

[PanDrA_]

"My child is fine."

Your child is going through photosynthesis

[slicksilentized]

I bet 99% of people here are not parents, and I bet at least 80% aren't even adults.

[ipsitasethi]

Fun fact : 99% viewers are children and not parents🙃

[TheAfterlifeParanormie]

I Hate it when you have Depression or something is bothering you and your parents just say. "You are a child just be happy" or "When I was your age I had bigger stuff to worry about"

[charming_boy]

The one dislike is the parent that says that kids are to young to have depression

[vxx]

Kid: literally depressed
Parents: yeah, thats Video Games.

[iluvmydawgsm]

“Come to me anytime you want to talk okay?”

That sentence hit me hard tbh. WAS IT REALLY THAT HARD MOM..?!

But instead of that, u decided to send me to the mental hospital just because you dont want to deal with me. You forced me to go to school. Whenever I tried to talk about my feelings, you always turned it into an argument. u never trusted me and went on my phone thinking im hiding something from you… or told me im just overreacting, then you questioned why im not talking anything with you anymore… I WONDER WHY. Whenever you saw me struggling, you always made it about yourself, you told me “you are hurting me so much, im so disappointed…” MOM, IM THE ONE WHO IS HURT. Dont make that about yourself… and then called me “ungrateful” for that. Why cant you just accept that im mentally ill and its not my fault…? Why can’t you just support me for at least once? Why?

Was it really that hard, mom?

[LizardMane]

I'm a 27 year old male. And I suffer from literally everything on this list. Life hasn't been kind to me. Don't be scared to call the cops on your abusive parents even if they threaten you after. Be brave my youngins God bless you all.

[chanciechou]

us teens are just here wishing our parents would watch this.

[iluvedhelms]

These days, you can’t say “I’m depressed’’ without someone saying “youre faking it” or “you just want attention”

[NoorjahanMulla-mpyf]

All children deserve parents but not all parents deserve a child 😢

[Arjutek]

Let’s be for real right now - there are no parents here, just kids and teenagers.

[strawkittyxoxo]

Every child deserve parents but not every parent deserve a child

[winterspice]

PARENTS: If your child is venting to complete internet strangers and not you, you did something wrong

[musicalmaster]

I am a 12 year old and when i saw this vidio pop up i couldnt help but watch it. a little while ago i did think i might have depression, but i put those thoughts out of my head. some time after i started homeschooling i felt really anxious around people and i started feeling more comfort from eating. i also found that recently i have been listening to a lot of music with names like "Anxiety" or "fake fine" and even things like "this is what sadness feels like" and "im not ok". i have also been a good artist since i learned how to use a pencil, but i have also been recently drawing ghost chibis or anime girls that are lying on ground dead. another symptom i have noticed from here is sleep. i have often, even if its past 1 am i connot fall asleep. there are two more as well. i often get grumpy when i have three pages of work that i have to do, and feel overwhelmed. i have also cried for no reason at times. i tell my parents i dont know why im crying, but really i can feel that it was built up saddness. i also tend not to cry when a great-grandparent dies. sorry i know this commentwas long and this video was meant for parents. i just needed to get this off my chest

[randoshi]

Honestly ever since I was 12, I think I got diagnosed with 3 disorders (ADHD, anxiety and depression) and honestly they are only getting worse and worse, and that was because I was way too scared to tell anyone not even my parents or friends because they'd think I'm a drama queen and way too sensitive or think that I'm faking it for attention. The main reason is because my friends have really bad family issues which kind of makes me feel spoiled and makes me even more scared. At home I would just open my laptop watch your videos and cry silently because of how relatable your depression, ADHD and anxiety videos are, I even took millions of test (PhD certified) and they all say I have those mental disorders which makes it really hard for me to believe, I even looked up if I can have any of those disorders for no reason and it says it is possible, I am still terrified and scared to this day

[frokydafroakie]

title : "for parents"
the entire audience :
90% teens/kids
9% adults who arent parents
1% parents who all disliked

EDIT : wow 2.5k likes

[lydiaaa]

what is so annoying about any person or child being depressed is that they can’t talk about it with their daily people, because they’d think they’re “overreacting” or “ur just faking it”

[wye]

I'd like to thank this channel for helping me. In middle school, I had developed depression. It ruined my life and it ruined my relationship with my friends and family. I realized what it was before my parents did, and I have no idea whether or not I would've gotten the help I needed if it weren't for videos like these. It was because of these videos that I was able to identify the cause, and I don't think my parents would have ever realized that I was dealing with depression, since it had manifested itself in extreme irritability and moodiness, which my parents had perceived as typical teenage behavior.

I'm in high school now and I've still been struggling with depression since then, but I was able to get help for it and I can imagine it would've been much worse had it not been for Psych2Go. I love what y'all do and I hope your videos can help many more people :)