Sorry to hear about what happened to GM1's friend.
Also, sorry I've been inactive lately. I've been more active on this other forum and I've been really stressed out lately thanks to a combination of real life problems and my mental illnesses.
A few months ago, I was expelled from school because of failed grades, but these failed grades were because I couldn't focus at all on my studies and the fact that my anxiety and depression got to the point that I couldn't physically get myself to go to school. It was bad enough already panicking when I have to go up in front of everyone to present something, but it got to the point that every time I go near school, I feel sick about it and just avoided it. I could've gotten help, but my therapist at the time was a bigot thinking that me being gay was the root of all my mental problems. Because I was too scared to speak up, I stopped going there. It became a downward spiral from there. I have been self harming a lot and everyday I think about killing my parents. Yes, I want them dead. If it weren't for them, I would've never ever been in this situation to begin with. Because they are such homophobes, I can't explain about my sexuality, something that is discussed in therapy, so I have to bottle it up. And they're also shitty parents. I've been showing signs of social anxiety since I was a toddler, and they did shit to help me. The only things they ever say is "We'll pray for you." and "Just think about what your therapist said" as if that solves everything. Also the fact that they scolded me in the past for even dropping to an average grade, and the fact that they kept saying that they keep saying I need to be more like the oldest sister with the perfect grades and shit. Because she's the "standard". Also, did I mention about the maid my family had? That maid constantly nagged at all of us, but especially me. And the parents don't even care about it. In fact, the one time I spoke up about her being a bitch to us, I had to apologize and she got off scot free. I feel like I've been abused. I still am.