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Depression & Dealing with Divorce - Leslie's Story

Dealing with divorce can be extremely difficult for anyone, especially the children that often times feel the brunt of the situation. In this episode, Leslie talks about some of the pros and cons of having several therapists as a child.

Depression & Dealing with Divorce - Leslie's Story Transcript

Hi, I'm Leslie. I'm 19, I'm from Toronto, Canada and I have had many psychologists. From the time I was about 5 years old, my parents got a divorce and they thought the best way for me to deal with it was to have a psychologist and I had many - couldn't seem to really connect with any so I took a break, kept going back to it and for about like 10 years, I saw 4 or 5 psychologists. For someone that was so young, it made me feel different from everyone else cause I was the only person who had a psychologist that I knew. And I just felt like I had issues with myself and I was really self conscience about it. What helped me most from having a psychologist was actually dealing with my parents. I couldn't talk to them one on one and I would bring my parents in for therapy with me so that I could effectively communicate with them because we were having issues trying to understand each other. And I think it really did help me because now I don't find myself having issues later on in life with the divorce and I don't really think about it anymore and I've kind of grown past it. Being a victim of divorce at a very young age can be very difficult at the time but for me, I've grown to over come it and even as bad as it was then, it's really good now and I can really communicate with my parents better; I'm living my life and it doesn't effect me like it use to.

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