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I feel down :(
Hi I'm 16/f.
I get down a fair bit... I'm the worst I've felt for a long time right now :( the best week or so have been really low for me...
I work about 25-30 hours a week at the moment in a physically demanding job with long and late/early hours. I am in sixth form 5 days a week too for about the same amount of hours. A typical day for me starts at 6.45am and after commuting to college for 9am I don't get home until 10.30pm ish. it's exhausting, and I know that it's not good for me, but I like keeping busy. I don't eat properly (ready meals at work!) but I wouldn't say I'm unhealthy and I am a perfect (if not under) weight.
One of the reasons I like my job is that when I am doing physical work I'm distracted from feeling down. Don't like being alone for the same reasons.
Thing that bugs me is that I can't ever really say why I'm felling down, so if anyone ever notices I'm low then I couldn't say why, even if I wanted to.
I don't like going to college really, I feel like I'm just going for something to do, to go through the motions to please everyone else. Though I think I'd be more unhappy if I dropped out.
My periods come roughly every 8 weeks... Have done ever since I started about three years ago. Also I have really bad chest pain just recently.
Think that's everything... Anyone know how I can help myself?
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What bothers me the most about what you have written are your chest pains. For someone your age, even with a physically demanding job, you should not be having chest pains. You need to see a doctor right away. I would even recommend going to a hospital emergency room if you cannot see your family doctor within the next day. Chest pains are not something to be ignored.
I'm not a doctor and I cannot make a diagnoses. What I can say is there are a variety of reasons for chest pains. Some of them are serious and need immediate intervention. Other reasons for chest pains could be your diet of ready made fast food. Only a doctor after examining you and doing do diligence in the examination can make that determination. Depression can also be a cause.
You also talk about being in college and being 16. Here in the US a 16 year old is still in Public School in what is called High School part of their primary Education. I'm guessing you live in England or Australia and College is the equivalent of our High School. If it is then I urge you not to drop out. You gain nothing and lose a lot by not getting a good primary eduction. Today's skilled labor jobs require good primary educations in order to operate the different machines and things required to do the work.
It is also important if possible to go on to what we call college which is what I believe you call university. The more and better education you have the more money you can earn in a lifetime. The present estimate is that with a college education (Uni for you) a person will earn over a million dollars more than without one. At preset exchange rates that is 1.5 million pounds sterling.
Now as for felling low. While you are at the doctor having your chest pains checked out. As the doctor to screen you for teenage depression. Teenage depression, which many years ago was called a phase children went through, is brought on by puberty, which you are in the middle of and stress. Given everything you have told us about a typical day for you I can see you have built up a stressful day for yourself. I would not be surprised if the doctor found you are suffering from some form of teenage depression.
Don't be concerned with the diagnoses as it is not all that scary or concerning. It is a medical not mental problem in that your body is not secreting enough of one or two hormones. A simple pill and stress reduction therapy usually is the answer.
First you need to see a doctor and get a proper diagnoses. I'm not a doctor; I'm making somewhat of guess. Only your or the hospital emergency doctor can properly diagnose you so get to the doctors ASAP.
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