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I am another worried mother at a loss as to how to help her teenage son.
My son (15) has almost completely isolated himself, answers every
question with “I don’t know”, rarely leaves the house, shows no interest
in anything except video games (and he deleted all of those yesterday),
and has repeatedly posted on twitter that he wants to die. He has also
experimented with cutting, and a week ago, said to my husband, “When I
kill myself …” We were extremely grateful to find a children’s regional
crisis program that is coming to the house to provide therapy, but my son
refuses to participate. (He refused to talk, stared at the phone, left the
room, turned on the tv, etc.) He posted on twitter that he knows he is
in need of serious help, but doesn’t want it. His only means of coping
with stress, anxiety and pain is to watch video games, play video games,
or other stuff on youtube or snap chat, which of course leaves him emptier
than when he started. We have hidden all the knives, scissors, sharp
objects, medicines, and alcohol, and we never leave him alone (we even
have him sleeping in our room at night), but how long can this go on?
What on earth can we do?

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