Hello, I am here for you and am happy to respond. Give me a moment to carefully read over and consider your question.

I am sorry to hear you are having such difficulty leaving your home. Can you give me some examples of the repeditive things you find yourself having to do.

I understand. Do you live with your father now?

And how about your mother?

Caregiver?

for your mum?

What illness does your mother have?

Oh my goodness. And you care for her all by yourself, dear?

This must be very stressful for you.

Do you have siblings?

And you grandmother live with you as well?

Oh, I am so very sorry. I know you miss her very much and must be very lonely now that she is gone.

How old were you when you noticed your inablility to complete things?

Was that about the time your mum began to get worse?

Yes, that makes sense. When did your parents separate?

That's a bit sad.

I see.

And what about your happiness, dear?

In addition to your mum getting worse?

Oh my, I am sorry. Were you afraid of him?

Do you believe that is part of the reason you have difficulty leaving your house?

Why are you self conscious?

I understand how that could make you feel self conscious. Are you extremely overweight?

Well, it's just that sometimes we are more critical of ourselves than we need to be.

Think that you are too critical of yourself?

Well, that it is hard to lose weight when you can't bring yourself to leave the house to even take a walk, isn't it?

How do you feel chatting with me?

Good. Have you ever thought of finding a therapist for yourself? Psychotherapy would be just like our chat, only in person.

Yes, that's true. You are in Australia?

Where is Australia?

I am in the US. Here many therapists will see some of their clients at a reduced fee if they cannot afford therapy. Since you are in a big city, there should be therapists there who could do this for you. But, I guess first, you have got to deal with being able to get out of the house.

Well, I cannot be your therapist, but I could provide you some support in taking steps (HaHa) to be able to actually find and go see someone.

Would you like this?

Well, I can only make a hypothesis. I believe there are a combination of things going on with you. First, you are living in a very stressful situation and are very depressed. Depressed people have no motivation to do anything and do not follow through. Some Depressed people also eat to comfort themselves and gain weight, others cannot eat and lose weight. You are also living in fear of your uncle and this causes a lot of anxiety.

When we are anxious it is difficult to stay on task and complete anything. So I believe you are Clinically Depressed and have related Anxiety. But remember this is not a diagnosis as I have not seen you in person for an evaluation.

Clinical Depression is most effectively treated with psychotherapy sometimes combined with anti-depressant medication. Which is why I am hoping you can bring yourself to see someone.

You need someone to talk with about your life and your feelings, a therapist.

Does this seem to fit for you?

I understand, but I mean do you feel like I am on target about you suffering from Depression and Anxiety?

Well, as I said, it is only a hypothesis.

Have you ever thought of joining an online support group for those living with someone with Schizophrenia?

Good for you. I am not keen on anti-depressants either. But I know psychotherapy works!

I know. Wishing is a good first step. I must leave the site soon for the evening. Do you have any further questions for me, dear?

It has been my pleasure! If you would like to talk again in the future, I would welcome another question from you. I think you have taken the first step tonight! I will be thinking of you, take care, Eleanor