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Depressed Junior
I'm a junior in high school, all my life I went to a private school until I left in the middle of 10th grade because I was being bullied there. Things are way better at public school. The only problem is it is really hard for me to actually get up and go to school, When my alarm clock goes off and wakes me up I notice I feel worthless, I think this is mainly because I don't really have any best friends and no one would even notice if I came to school or not. I have friends that are more like acquaintances, its really hard for me to make friends because I'm so shy. I noticed I do things to try to motivate me to go to school like dye my hair or pierce my lip to make me feel more excited that something has changed the way I look, It's not the healthiest thing and I know that because I've been considering getting a tattoo as my next motivation to get me out of bed in the morning and I'm scared things like that are going to get out of hand. I've been to counseling for depression but that didn't help, it made me more depressed and now I hate counselors. The only time I don't feel worthless is on the weekends when I can hangout with my best friend who doesn't go to my school and I think that's what gets me through the week knowing I will see her on the weekend. For some reason on the days I can sleep in I don't feel worthless whish seems really weird to me? But I was wondering if anyone else has ever felt this way? What should I do?
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Well I'm glad you came to us and to answer your question I have felt like this before. I'm a junior in high school as well and I still feel that way sometimes.
But getting tattoos and piercings won't help because what you're doing is hiding who you really are. When you go to school, you have to go as you are and not as someone you're not. I try to remind myself of this everyday that my life is my life and if it was meant to be different then I would change it for myself and nobody else.
YOU ARE SPECIAL! Everyone has something they're good at. You just need to find what you like to do and DO IT.
Now about making friends. To this day I am still very shy. But you have to take a risk and put yourself out there. Join some clubs that you are interested in. If you ever want people to notice you, you have to take down those walls that you built up and let people SEE and KNOW who YOU ARE!
I hope this helps.
~Andrew~
P.S: And remember, no one can make you feel inferior. DON'T EVER LET ANYONE'S WORDS GET YOU DOWN.
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