Si - 19 years old

I've been getting angry with myself and others a lot more often now, I know that my mam will be okay but I can't stop worrying about everything.

I was introduced to this site by one of my Mam's friends, I've spent a while reading other people's stories and I'm touched by how supportive this site seems, so I thought I'd give it a go.

My mam was diagnosed with Breast Cancer about a month ago and if I'm completely honest I don't think I'm handling it well, I've been getting angry with myself and others a lot more often now, I know that my mam will be okay but I can't stop worrying about everything. My mam has been very honest in terms of telling me and my younger sister what is wrong with her and how it will be treated, first chemotherapy, then a mastectomy, and then after that radiotherapy. My mam pretty much has the next six months of her life planned out.

I've been looking for someone to talk to for a while but I can't really talk much about it in any given situation, my friends have problems of their own and I feel that I'm just putting a downer on things when I'm around them. I've tried explaining to my tutors at university how I'm feeling but they tend to look at students as a statistic rather than actual people with thoughts and feelings.

I want to be strong for my mam and my sister but I don't think I'm strong enough.

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