You are not helping....
I'm not a psychiatrist, nor do I play one on TV, but I am very certain that when a teenager is struggling with his emotions you don't play the I'm gonna be an asshole game and point out the raw obvious facts of his actions. His girlfriend is in the hospital and the Drs have still having a hard time figuring out all that is wrong with her. His mother, who is now dead, had a lot of dr uncertainty around her illness and how to help her. His new mom if suffering on the outside from some unknown illness and he's worried about her too You don't look at this kid and say "Does your hurting and depression help her get better?" You don't tell him that "other student learning is being impaired by his sadness" and you sure as heck don't make a 14 yr old boy do breathing games if they don't help him. Hard love doesn't work on this type of kid. But hey what do I know....I'm not a psychiatrist...I'm only his mom. Why not just ask s