My mum is suicidal, I can't take it anymore

Get a pet - a dog would be ideal.

Seriously, go out and hunt down some friends for your mother. I'm sure she'll be better after playing a few rounds of halo or something with other old folk.

I'm not sure whether you were being sarcastic or not but nevertheless that is a pretty good idea. She has always said she wants a pet but the only reason she never bought one because she can't bear to deal with the pain if it dies, so I'm not sure whether I should.

put on a bit of cliff richard to cheer up (summer holiday song)
then actually go on a summer holiday
always works

actually holiday might be a good idea

Speak to your doctor or an appropriatly qualified professional about depression and what you can do to help her.
Otherwise its just a vicious circle which isnt good for anyone. Her depression is getting everyone else down, a depressive environment wont help her so it continues, and everyone else remains down about it and so on.

If you can, it might be wise to try and get her to seek help for herself. If not, seek it out yourself.

Dogs live for years. Just don't buy one that's on it's way out.

Speak to your doctor or an appropriatly qualified professional about depression and what you can do to help her.
Otherwise its just a vicious circle which isnt good for anyone. Her depression is getting everyone else down, a depressive environment wont help her so it continues, and everyone else remains down about it and so on.

If you can, it might be wise to try and get her to seek help for herself. If not, seek it out yourself.

Getting a pet will go one way or the other. It will either give her something to focus on, love etc or it will become just another chore. Depressions a funny thing. If she for one reason or another takes the mindset that its one more thing to care for, feed, walk, clean up after it might just further depress her and in the end its only the dog loses out by not getting the care or attention it needs.

Seek help for the source of the problem rather than trying to mask/remedy it before getting a pet, that would be my advice.

True, I might get a hamster though, I think if that dies it may be less painful than a dog. Thanks.

If you buy a hamster, you're as mental as your mother. Just fork out for a dog, cheapskate.

For a good while now my mum has been severely depressed. She says she wants to kill herself all the time. I can't physically take anymore but yet I can't just leave her. She refuses to see anyone and my dad doesn't care. I have other siblings who sit there listening to her rant on and on about how depressed she is but we all feel physically exhausted from her. She is negative about everything ang is edgy and unbearable. It's so hard balancing between being a good child and putting your own sanity first. She begs my younger sis to sit downstairs with her because she is so lonely and my sis feels she can't go anywhere with her friends unless I'm there to take over with looking after mum. Really don't know how to solve this. The reasons why she is depressed are too long to go into but one is that my dad does not love her, though she would never ever ger a divorce. How do people cope in this situation?

1) See a doctor
2) She needs to establish a social group. Is she interested in politics or something? I know if you join the Labour/Tory parties they have local groups where people go weekly and sit around ranting. If not then something else, any form of social club. Join the Open University so she can study for a degree? The challenge and achievement would do her good.

If you buy a hamster, you're as mental as your mother. Just fork out for a dog, cheapskate.

Your right, but the root problem to me is unsolvable. My dad doesn't love her and he neevr will. Unless he changes she will always be depressed. It's just hard because he doesn't get it either and doesn't care enough. If anything he is fed up of her ranting and nagging and crying.