My mother was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in my first year of high school which was pretty much a slap to the face. I have had to deal with many friends not understanding what I have been through, which limits the list of having people to talk to about it. I feel as though I cannot talk to mum about how I feel because to me it seems like I am putting the blame for my depression and stress on her, when I do not blame her at all. Last year I found out that mums cancer had spread and she then had four brain tumors. She got the surgery done but only got two of the four removed. Only recently I was vaguely told that her cancer had spread not only to her brain but liver and lungs as well and that her breast cancer has become secondary breast cancer. Trying to cope with mum's cancer and year 12, HSC, at the same time is extremely difficult I feel as though I am being pulled in two seperate directions. At times I wish I could be alone and just cry but then I feel bad at spending those moments crying by myself when I could be with mum. I feel flustered in these moments. I just dont know what to do and understand why. Can I even ask why? ... View more