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I’m so tired of being the therapist friend. Sometimes I want people to comfort me and ask me if I’m alright. I barely get sleep now and I’m mainly sleeping during the day. I’m kinda failing school rn because of my grades. I sometimes cry in the middle of the night because of the stuff I’m going through. My counselor provided me counseling for my mental health and emotions. My mom agreed but my dad didn’t. I’m scared to tell them how I really feel or to tell someone in school.
The term "therapist friend" isn't necessarily a healthy one. Therapy is supposed to come from professionals and the professional therapists don't treat their friends for very specific friends. Being there and being supportive are great, but once other people's problems start impacting you in a negative way, you're overdoing it. So set appropriate boundaries with your friends, let them know you care and will be there as a supportive person, but you may have to tell them when they are relying on you too much. Therapists are specifically trained in how to manage the weight of other people's problems without it impacting them and it sounds like that isn't happening with you, which makes sense since you aren't a trained therapist. It's great that you're getting some help and if you found it helpful what would it harm to tell your parents that you got something from it. Not necessarily the details since therapy is private, but just that it was something that you found helpful. Maybe they don't know how much you are struggling. Also, in most cases you can speak to a school counselor in private without them telling anyone unless you say you're going to hurt yourself, someone else or that you are being abused in some way. Call or chat with us anytime to discuss this further.
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