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I am not sure where to start. But I am caring for a teenage girl who is depressed and has lots of past/current trauma (which I won't go into details about so please don't ask). My problem is that she is exhausting. Constantly negative, almost everything I suggest is knocked back or she finds some way to make me feel awful for even suggesting something. I am the only one in her life truly supporting her, getting her medical help and decent counselling, schooling that works for her. And I have no back up. Her friends can't deal with her now mostly, I suspect for the same reason I struggle. One of my friends who used to take her for a weekend doesn't understand why she can't just get over her lifetime of trauma instantly now we have fixed some things. I am getting triggered due to going through some hard stuff myself in the last few years and my own mental health issues. We both have counselling and I will be linking her to a trauma informed counsellor soon. But I have no idea how we will manage in the meantime as this is not going to be a quick fix. She has major trust issues and pushes everyone away sometimes for very minor things. This includes me. I know it's not about me but I'm so tired of dealing with it solo. I do have friends but I mostly interact over Messenger or text due to numerous crises and appointments we have had. Meeting with friends even when it happens I feel like I am the one who vents now. I don't want to be that way, just want to go out and enjoy myself. It affects my work
, my health and so on. Any tips appreciated.
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