You've got some really great comments to read here that say a lot more than I can offer to you. I just want you to know that just because you're a teenager doesn't mean that your feelings are any less important... A feeling, is a feeling, is a feeling - at any stage in your life they way that you feel about yourself and how you feel about the world is very important because the way you feel affects the way you behave and act.

I imagine that your Mum is trying to contextualise your experience within the grand scheme of life (forgetting that she is quite a bit further down the road of life than you are), and perhaps she's putting your feelings of depression down as a symptom of puberty. And she might not be totally inaccurate in thinking that. But it's not helpful for you or anyone to deny that you're feeling depressed - how are you supposed to learn how to move on from a depressive stage if it's not even acknowledged as real?

Nope pal, you deserve better help. If you can't get the blessing or support from your mum to get the help that you feel you need then this is something you might have to do for yourself. I had to do the same when I was a teen. My parents didn't believe in depression and anxiety either. Then my Dad committed suicide when I was 20. Go figure.

Please get the mental health support and teaching that you need because it will help.