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Luke - 17 years old

I'm normally the fun jokey guy, now I just feel lonely and hollow. What do I do now?

Half way through my final year of college, when exam stress was begging to build my mum sat our family down and told me my brother and sister our dad had kidney cancer. My mum and sis couldn't stop crying, my younger brother didn't seem to grasp what was really going on whereas I just felt scared, my mind running through all the possibilities of how my life would never be the same again. Meanwhile my dad seemed most calm of all but I could tell that he was worried more about how my mum would cope.

Since then, being at home around my mum makes me anxious, as she is always sad. My dad spends his days in bed, sick from the chemo, while my sister is up at uni. Since we told close family and friends I've become the interface of the house as no one wants to upset my mum to ask how everythings going with my dad. Sometimes I wish they would just stop asking! I havn't properly talked to friends about how I feel as I'm normally the fun jokey guy, now I just feel lonely and hollow. What do I do now?

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