What should I do?

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My dad asked me, "what are you watching?" I explained what I was watching which was a video on personality development by Carl Jung, But after my explanation, he said, "Yeah, there's a lot of videos on there that can make us sad or show us things were not supposed to see. I try to stay off of that, Love you son." The way I interpret this is 1) He is trying to explain why im not very happy via some outside source even though my therapist already said I have a tendency towards depression "not to let saying I have depression be good reasoning for explaining negative emotion because there are all kinds of reasons for being sad like lack of meaning or goals and what not." But it feels like he didnt listen or was interested in what I had to say at all, more like he wanted to say something to try to correct my behavior he doesn't understand by making enough assumption about what im doing like wasting my time on clickbait videos to validate his response. I understand his worry for me isolating my self, but my want to hang out with friends just to smoke weed and skrew off has left me. I am very extroverted when I need to be like at school but I really just like staying home and watching lectures from people like jung or jordan peterson and thinking. What should I do about this to try to bring my mind somewhat to peace and not get so angry over it all? im a teen btw (why I still live with parent)

Blessed · Answer

you read too much into what your dad said. He just said what he knows to be true. there are a lot of videos that can make you sad and show you things you should not see and he tries to stay off of those, but there are those videos that can make you smile and lift your spirits as he also knows but did not say as you were watching and he didn`t want to make you mad about having to pause too long. He loves you and only wants the best for you so stop the teenage ire.

Onlooker · Answer

Assuming he knows who Carl Jung is, I think he's basically saying in a clumsy way, "Son, you're too much in your own head." (I think he might be right.) He has his idea of what it's like to be your age, and your idea is different. Wait until he's in a good mood, and say to him, "Dad, you know I hang out with friends at school but I really like coming home and getting all this interesting education." In other words, let him know that you really are okay. Maybe he'll understand. Or, frankly, it sounds like you're the kind of person who would really like psychodynamic therapy.

Pearl L · Answer

he probably thinks you watching it can be making things worse

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