Anna Clendening - To My Parents Lyrics

[hopedunn]

I hate being told me I’m “too young” to be sad but I have feelings too

[lialeszczynska]

when my mom crys: i hug her and tell her how much i love her so then we watch a movie together.

when i cry: mom yells at me for being sad 'youre too young to be depressed' and when i feel suicidal she says 'i need to put you in a mental facility. your a disappointment' 😐
i swear to god my mom loves my brother more than she loves me. i know i yell and talk back and im sorry but im not the only one in the wrong..

[nort]

me: *relapsing, not eating, crying 24/7, hiding in my room, having mental breakdowns during class, having to deal with my parents abusive crap...* so yeah, quarantines going great for me

[kennybossio]

Depression is like a you either win.... or die trying

[sunny_side]

I just want my parents to be proud of me. But I always feel like I've disappointed them....

[infinitywolf]

We are "too young to be depressed/suicidal etc" yet haven't they noticed most of the time we do it because of them..? Also, most suicidal/depressed people now ARE teenagers... and I am one of them.

[yichivt]

"It's just puberty, you'll get better after."

[exlnutq]

My mum: “if I knew you’re getting suicidal I would’ve never born you” ... made my thoughts even more worse.

[crissywolf]

im sorry mom and dad for...



1. having anger issues
2. being mostly moody
3. being a weird girl
4. talking back
5. yelling
6. fighting
7. not being the nice girl u wanted me to be

[jayleewhite]

I'ma practice this and sing it at my school's talent show...so my parents can hear

[appieisnothappy]

Im sorry mom and dad for:
Being alive
Being a failure.
Being a attentionh0e
Being deppresed
Being born
Being bad at school
Being diffrent then my sister
Being such a brat
Being ungratefull
Being bi.
For not making u proud i know im a mistake.

[bitedowner]

When she sang "cutting myself up", I broke down in tears. My best friend used to cut (and she still might). She cut because of the bullies at school & on social media. She also cut because her parents were having a hard time with each other & were getting divorced so she had to choose between them. One time, she got caught with her cuts when she was doing chores. I was with her at the time because we used to always be together. I was helping her clean the bathroom. Since she was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, she needed to roll up her sleeves to clean, and her mom told her to. She refused and eventually her mother pulled up her sleeve and saw the cuts. She started screaming and yelling and asking why her daughter would cut. I got sent home early. She was grounded for such a long time and wouldn't talk to anyone when she went to school. When we finally started hanging out again, she was still cutting. She would take pills, too. She had to go to therapy three days a week, and whenever I was with her, she would cut and cut and cut. I'd yell at her and tell her not to, because I didn't want to lose her again. One night, she went to the bathroom and started overdosing on pills. I was sleeping over at her house, and woke up when she was doing it. I was pretty comfortable being at her house, so I just opened the closed door to the bathroom and walked in on her taking the pills. I started screaming and crying like her mother did. Her parents came straight upstairs, and asked what she was doing. I know she thinks I shouldn't have done this, but I told. I had to, or else my best friend could've died. She in now in a mental hospital and will be getting out very soon. I cry myself to sleep every night. I don't talk to anyone. My parents know I'm crying in my room but don't say a thing about it. I am the weird loner at school now but I was the opposite when I still had my best friend. Everyone gives me space because they know what I'm going through. When everyone was wondering what happened to her, I would tell them she moved for a little bit. They all found out I was lying when the explanation went on the announcements at school. I cried so hard that day. ALL DAY. All I cared about was the fact that I almost lost my best friend. I stopped her from dying, but I also hurt her feelings so bad by putting her in a mental hospital. This was so hard to type... I'm sorry I shared it, I just felt like I should have. Thanks so much to the people who actually read through this whole thing. I love all of you deeply and I'm sorry for being one of those people who write sob stories who everyone says are fake, but I wouldn't fake anything like this.

[heyheyyeayea]

Read this if you need some loving words from a mom:

You are not a mistake. I love you. You make me so proud everyday. You will soar when you’re ready and until then.. just keep being the amazing person you are. You got this. You’re the best thing that has ever happened to me and I am so damn proud to be your mom. I love you, baby.

[quackikei]

*parents will never understand our pain*


*they say we are too young to be depressed*


update: it is now 11/29/21, almost 12am, to those who are battling their depression or anything, you are worth it. You ARE amazing. I am proud of you, don’t give up. Feel free to vent in the comments, keep ur heads up high! We may be strangers but trust me, ending your life is permanent, it’s okay to feel sad, it’s okay to feel angry or bad! Feelings are valid. You matter so much, you are one in a million!!

Love you all! I’ll be back soon enough, I might respond to your comments:]

[balanced]

I actually cried and broke down in front of my parents, and my stepmom, who has raised me to be smarter at school and taught me to be a well mannered kid, (and also tell me education is important and I MUST get all A's) and she comforted me. Next day she said I cried like a little bitch. How nice.

[veronicatorres]

I’m the oldest child. My parents divorced when my mom was pregnant with me. I had my dad in the picture but my mom was there for me. My dad just drinks and says hi then goes to hang out with his friends. While I sit and talk to his girlfriend she knows about me more than my own father. But sometimes I feel like my mom loves my half brothers better it’s always my fault, I get in trouble for what they do, I have to take care of my brother all the time she goes to the store but then she gets me in trouble for never helping her. I just feel like I try do better but they just bring me down. It’s always me this, me that.

[maineyyyvlogs]

2020, and still listening to this. empty af

[alysiacovington]

who who else feels life their depression is getting the best of them

[amc-zdjp]

My 15 year old self used to listen to this song crying so hard my nose was running and I couldn’t breathe. 19 year old me is now sitting here wishing I knew I was worth it. To anyone struggling today, I really need you to try your absolute hardest to believe that it gets better. I need you to give it your all to recover from your struggles. Each and every one if you are all so worth it.

[nicobish]

somehow, even though listening to this again makes me feel like im being dragged right back down into the same depressive episodes i used to have, it also feels a bit freeing. knowing how far i’ve come from being that person and all.

to everyone in these comments feeling the way i did, please know that you are worthy, you are valid, and you are loved. never forget that like i and so many others did. you’re doing amazing just by being here. i’m proud of you.