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I love having bare feet and walking on wooden surfaces, marble floors, and carpets, crunching the leaves between my toes, they are painted orange for the autumn and right now because it is getting cold, I am tucking them into suede, gray, kneehigh boots. i am a mother, sister, daughter, wife, and friend. i love reading, sewing, crocheting, writing, walking my dog, and photography, right now I am into the books, A game of thrones by George rr martin and waiting to watch the tv series when it comes out on dvd. I love Neil Gaiman. and my dog is waiting now to go for a walk, so I will be back later....

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well both my grandparents died last week and i missed five days of school... im a freshman and im 15.ive made good grades most of my life without tryin much but now im in advanced and im flunking like 3 classes and handing in blank papers. it seems since then i just go and fuck everything up now.i cant study, cant drum anymore, cant write songs, can barelt tlk to people without pissing them off or saying something stupid. i just dont care anymore and ive lost all confidence and self esteem.. i just all out hate myself. i went to my dad to get a pep talk but all he did was call me lazy and told me i suck so that didnt help any. i cant even look in the mirror without hating what i see look back at me. please help me , if i keep this up i could ruin my life or something. i just want to feel whole again

First of all I am sorry about the loss of you grand parents, this is a very hard time for you. You need to give yourself time to grieve. But soon you will feel better. Five days out of school is a long time, you may need to get a tutor to help you back on track. You should go to your school guidance counselor and tell them what has happened and see what kind of help they have to offer you. Right now you can't do all of the things you usually do because you are grieving. It's ok to take some time off and just feel your emotions, but try and stay on track at school as you don't want to fall farther behind. Your Dad sounds like he has some problems of his own, I am sorry you cannot find the love and support that you need in him, this is sad. You need to find someone who treats you with respect, love and care at this time in your life. In time you will feel better, this is all a normal part of grieving. Find someone you can trust and who respects you to talk to. Schools and churches offer these services.

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I'm Male/16. I'm in 11th grade. I feel like I have lost my motivation. In 9th grade I was really motivated, I actually did my work with no problems, I slept fine and kinda talked to more people. Now, I just don't feel like doing anything, I always feel tired and sluggish. I miss work or hand it in late. I can't sleep right and I don't talk to much people anymore. It seems like everything is pointless nowadays, nothing is fun or exiting like it used to be. I miss feeling good about everything. I have no idea what's causing this but its pissing me off. What's wrong with me? It feels like I'll never progress and enjoy things again. I'm really tired and disapointed with myself. What is it?

I think this is quite normal behavior for your age and your body is going through alot of changes. I too remember feeling this way, you start to look at the world differently and you realize that adults don't always do and say the right things. This will pass. I would suggest finding some interest and joining a group, be it the gym, basketball, football or music, find something that you like to do and get involved with people your age, they too are feeling the same way. Find a support group and don't be afraid to let other people know how you feel, they may be able to help you through this hard time. Talk to an adult at your school, church or home, an ucle or someone in your family that you feel you can talk to and try and find a role model, someone you would like to be like when you grow up. Things will get better soon enough and your feeling will change. Even a part time job will get you out and doing things.

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