I'm 18 years old, I'm optimistic. But my sister is not as fortunate. She struggles with clinical depression. Our parents and I try to help her get through it. But it's not helpful when the people you're living with don't understand, are irritated, and ignorant to what depression is. Our parents are gone working, so we stay with our guardians. They think it's just a personality, IT'S NOT A PERSONALITY. It's a severe mental disability. I have been trying to help her for a year and 3 months now. But in that year, she has attempted suicide a few times. She attempted her life last Christmas, she was hospitalized. She receives treatment every 2 weeks, but with our guardians feeling irritated that she has depression, it worsens everything. My parents are relying on me. I feel so alone, I may be my parents baby, but this responsibility they leave me with is hard. I don't know what I'll do if something happens to her. She says she doesn't want to die but I still have my doubts. I don't want to lose her. I'm scared of losing her, but I'm more scared of leaving because I fear something will happen. And our "guardians" won't listen, change, or help.