I know my problems probably don't compare
to most of the people who post here. but i
have absolutely no one to talk to atm.
The last 4 years of my life have just
completely messed me up mentally and
physically.
I lost my dad at the start of my junior
year to a pulminary embelis at home.
Watching my dad stop breathing wrecked me.
Then after that everything just kept
spiralling. I lost my virginity later that
school year (i don't even know why, i was
really adament about waiting till
marriage) which led to another series of
problems i.e. the girl faking a pregnancy
on me (gaining weight and wearing sweats
to school, the whole 9 yards). a year
later she finally told me that she had
gotten her period 2 weeks late and was
afraid to tell me after she had said she
was pregnant. i understand that its
somthing that happens when you are
sexually active. but my mom is an OBGYN
and my dad was the parent i confided in so
i wasn't left with anyone to go to (in my
mind). My junior year i was lucky if i
slept an hour a night. I'd lay down and
try to sleep and my mind would just race
for hours and hours and then it'd be time
to go to school. Turns out i was lucky
enough to pick a sociopath to share my
first experience with as it really didn't
stop w/ the preg. thing, then it turned
into 'u need to go get checked' etc etc
i know this a lot of explanation for a few
things but bare with me its pretty much
what messed up everything else.
Coming into this whole thing i was a 4.0
student who excelled musically on several
instruments. I managed to hold my 4.0
junior year, but things started slipping
hard as i turned to downers to get away
from everything. Even though i almost
dropped the ball my senior year i ended up
a National Merit Finalist which landed me
a full ride for college. which i then blew
like an fool when i got really depressed
at school adn started sleeping through
classes and becoming a recluse. I then
proceeded to repeat teh process at another
school which now means i cant get gov
loans for school, which doesn't really
matter i guess considering most colleges
will look at my previous performance and
assume that i am incompetent. In the
middle of this i managed to get myself
tied to someone who was very emotionally
abusive towards me. I was so stupid
looking back. I was pretty much used for 2
years or the 2 and a half. The sad thing
about it is i was so 'in love' (or so i
thought) that i woudl have married her. I
changed a lot about hwo i was for her and
that combined with me letting my future
slip through my fingers haunts me. There
is a lot of other caca im leaving out but
i'll just cut to the summary.
I just feel so useless anymore. Nothing is
fun. Not even music is fun for me anymore.
Hanging out with friends is just a chore.
I have a hopeless romantic desire to be
with someone. but at the same time i hate
people w/ a passion. No one is real with
anyone it seems. Everything is a veil of
lies (and i know what ur thinking 'welcome
to life') I've had suicidal thoughts from
time to time over the last few years,
unfortunately quite a bit recently. it
scares me to be able to play otu killing
myself in my head w/ a hint of feeling
wrong. But at teh same time I have
literally thrown my life down the drain. I
should be almost out of college on the way
to grad school but im a doing it dead beat
with a dead end job and no hopes of
changing anything. My existance really
isn't worth anything to me adn i can't
seem to shake myself of it.
I'm not putting this out here as a sob
story which is probably what it looks
like. I just don't get anything out of
life anymore and I have no idea how to
change it. I mean if nothing is exciting
or fun what reason do we have to live?
[[on a side note, i haven't talked to
anyone about some of this so be gentle]]
crazy , ive been there and went through
some of that. I would probably try and
seek counceling of some sort, especially
before you get into any relationships with
anyone in the future. You may not see it
right now because you are too depressed
but once you are mentally and physically
better you will see the reasons to live,
Its not normal to have thoughts of suicide
either , that should be a red flag to seek
counceling. Losing loved ones is the
hardest , i can see how it affected you so
much sicne you pretty much watched them
die. I was in the same boat with my
grandfather. Signs of depression are , no
longer enjoying things u used to enjoy,
changes in apetite and sleep patterns.
suicidial thoughts, weight loss or gain
etc there are a bunch more but to me it
sounds like youve gone down the path of
depression and medication and counceling
can help you out alot. but you definately
have to stick with seeing a counseler to
benefit from it 100%
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imaginary
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 62 Location: ,
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Posted: 02-26-07 06:11am
Yah!I too think that you must go for
counselling..
Nothing is impossible in our life.You dont
feel that you are lost..I could find that
you are really depressed..Even if we say
anything also..it wont go into ur mind..So
I plea U to better go for a counselling..
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catswold
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Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 404 Location: Flint, Michigan
Posted: 02-28-07 13:05pm
Hi Echos....
I'm not a doctor, but it really appears to
me that your father's death affected you
much more so than you may think. I would
say you seem depressed, as the others
said. Depression is a chemical change in
your body. The changes probably occurred
when your father died. Since you lost
your confidant with his death, I believe
you need to talk with either a doctor,
counselor or pastor. Someone you feel
comfortable with. If you don't like the
first person you try, don't give up. Keep
trying until you find the right confidant
for you. Either this doctor or your
family doctor might consider prescribing
an anti-depressant to correct your
chemical imbalance. There are so many
different kinds of medications out there
that you, again, can't give up if the
first one doesn't seem to work.
I'm hearing good things about the new
anti-d called Cymbalta. I may be trying
it myself. I currently take Prozac for
pain relief and depression. I've been
very happy with it, but it just doesn't
seem to work as well anymore.
Life can be very confusing and
interesting. You are too young to think
that you have messed up your life. So
life didn't go the way you thought it
would right after high school. Accept
that and now get to work on "fixing" what
you feel is wrong. That is actually what
life is. We are constantly having to
"fix" things. That makes life interesting
(and so very frustrating and irritating
too).
I understand your hate feelings towards
people. This is something I struggle
with. But in your case the chemical
imbalance may be the main problem. Work
with the medications and see how that
helps.
Please take care of yourself. Internet
support sites can be a great resource for
support, so it is good that you wrote. I
hope to hear from you again.