YOUTH VOICE
“"I didn't feel like I had any mental support, I didn't really dare to say what I was thinking, because suddenly I would be put in a mental institution."”
“The evil/thoughtless side of me took over, I almost threw a chair at my parent and threw away things that were important to me.”
“It was embarrassing to ask for help.”
“You are most vulnerable at night, that's when I would like to talk.”
“I don’t really have anyone to turn to or who is waiting for me.” (young person in foster care)
“I have to cope on my own, it's not easy for me and I don't want to make others worry”
“The anxiety is so great that I'm afraid, but I also don't want to be a burden.”
“I don't trust anyone, that's why I don't have any real friends.”
“"Everyone takes care of themselves, they don't really want to help those who are in trouble"”
“As if nothing changes.”
“"We were constantly arguing with our parents, we haven't really talked about it until now."”
“I didn't feel like anyone was crazy worried about me.”
“I knew I shouldn't act like that, but I felt like I had nothing to lose.”
“"Even though I tried to ask and signal that I needed help, I couldn't say out loud that I needed help."”
“I felt like I was different from others. More mature than others. I wasn’t interested in the things that people my age were.”
“Adults wouldn't have understood – my dad didn't tell me why I was hurting myself. They didn't know what depression was”
“That no one really listens to what I have to say. Why do you listen to others? What is it about me that you don't believe me?”
“"No one believes me anyway - I don't say anything anymore.".
”"I had nowhere to go, I lived in a shelter, I wanted to go back to my mother, but I couldn't. There was a process, if I can't do it this way, then I'll live like this."”
"I've always been weird, different."”
“"Estonian gray society doesn't like people who are different.".
“"I was branded a "bad" kid from school - the teachers had such a strong attitude towards me that I couldn't tell them what was really going on with me"“
“"The people I trusted were other young people, but they couldn't help me either"”
