How do I feel better about myself?!


Question: How do I feel better about myself!?
I am a 16 year old sophomore, and I have been feeling really down about myself for about a year!. It seems like everyday after school I hit this "depression state" where I start feeling really sad/angry and negative about everything!. Sometimes I feel like their is no reason for me being sad and other times I feel like I am sad because:
I have no one to talk to!. I can't tell my parents anything because we are NOTHING alike!. I can't tell my friends anything (what few good friends I actually have) either because they are not opened minded at all!.
I am pretty much a loner, and sometimes I think that I am going to be alone my entire life, and I really don't want to!.
Their really isn't much to do in my community, so I am bored a lot!.
I think my way out of feeling this way is going to college and basically starting over, but I have two more years of school left before I can go!. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to get me out of my bad state till then!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
don't get bogged down by these kinds of things
do activities that make you happy

you can always send me an email
areyouacrazyperson@yahoo!.comWww@Answer-Health@Com

Im a teen too,
All teens go through
"OMG, no one likes me
I have no friends
life sucks and stuff"
Just talk to your parents if any one in your family suffered from depression and if you did, don't worry, you will grow out of it!. I was depressed too for sometime when I was like in 7th grade and I grew out of it, Now I have graduated from 8th grade and am attending high school!. It will pass don't worry!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Think about the future and starting over, your goals and the things you plan to do to make yourself happy!. Try and find some more friends outside of school who will make you feel better about yourself, even if only on the Internet!. Online friends can help a lot no matter what anyone says!. You just sound like you need to be around people who understand you and will make you happy and less bored and frustrated with lifeWww@Answer-Health@Com

I remember being a sophomore in high school and it was a really awful experience!. Sometimes I have dreams that I'm back in high school again - on no, not that!

Maybe if you find some kind of creative thing to do like drawing or pottery or something, that's good for people!. And I would also recommend you read "Honoring the Self" and the other books about self-esteem, written by the leading pioneer in the field, Nathaniel Branden, PhD!. Those books meant so much to me and I learned so much that really helped!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

This is a normal phase of teen years that you're going through!.

All of my 4 neices and nephews had this nihilist view of life for about a year to 18 months, then they grew out of it!.

Just don't do anything dumb and wait it out!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

i dont know about you but I feel the same alot of the time and i have decided to join the army and in doing so it has already lifted up my spirits just knowing that im going to have an exciting future and careerWww@Answer-Health@Com

You can listen to calm music!.
Go to chat rooms and take your mind off of the bad things!.
Walk around, read a book, get a girlfriend!?Www@Answer-Health@Com

i know how you feel, i used to feel the same way, promise!. i had few friends, but they were close, except it felt like they were always leaving me for othr friends, n i couldnt talk to them, but i held on to one of them, im always seen w/ her n we tell each othr evvvvvvvvrything, as long as i had only 1 friend, n othrs that i talk to here or there, i felt so good cuz i knew my life was important to her and othrs!. if you wanna start feelin good, tak to friends and try to find those ppl who you know that wont evr leave your side, i kno it helped me more than u can imagine!. wen it comes to being bored, why not try joining a school sport, band, student council, year book, etc!. something that you ebjoy that also takes place after school, i know that on moday's i walk w/ my friend 2 the public library, we grab some lattes and do homework n just hangout!. it passes the time fast!. if you home n bored, save up your money n buy ROCK BAND, it's so much fun n enjoyable as well as challenging, wen evr i play it seem like 15 mins wen it was actually an hour! hope that helped!!!! GOOD LUCK!Www@Answer-Health@Com

How you think about yourself defines your self-esteem!. How you see yourself defines your self-esteem!. If you are hard on yourself when you make a mistake, if you don't like what you see in the mirror, if you feel like a failure every time your anxiety relapses, chances are you have low self-esteem!. You probably don't like yourself all that well!. If you don't like yourself, it may be difficult to believe that recovery from your anxiety disorder is possible!.

Low self-esteem and anxiety may become a vicious cycle!. Perhaps low self-esteem is one cause of your disorder!. Perhaps years of battling your disorder have led to low self-esteem!. It really doesn't matter which came first because, either way, the two are feeding on each other now!. Eliminating one problem won't necessarily eliminate the other, but working on both will bring you further along the road to recovery!.

Low self-esteem doesn't change to high self-esteem over night!. However, the acts of being good to yourself and compassionate towards yourself will help immensely!. These are acts which you may practice every day by being conscious of how you "speak" to yourself!. If you have low self-esteem, there's a good chance that you are much harder on yourself than you are on other people!.

Would you get angry with someone else for having an anxiety relapse!? Then why get angry with yourself!? Think of the words you use to comfort your friends when they relapse and give yourself the same treatment!. This is a technique you may try whenever you are having critical thoughts towards yourself!. You might not believe those comforting words at first, but time and practice will make a difference!.

The main problem with changing low self-esteem is recognition of the problem in the first place!. You might not notice that you are being critical of yourself!. You might not see the connection between your self-criticism and your anxiety!. Take some time to notice how you talk to yourself!. You might carry a small notebook with you to write down some of these thoughts!. In the same notebook, write kind, comforting words you may say to yourself when you start to beat yourself up!.

I have been suffering from Self-Esteem and Anxiety Disorders since I was a child!. You better consult with your doctor,it will get worse with the years because next step will be "Depression" and there is not cure [yet] for mental depression!.
Depression is like a cancer,slowly will eat you up!.DEPRESSION is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization!. It costs more in treatment and lost productivity than anything but heart disease!.We need a network of depression centers, much like the cancer centers!.

Please consult with your doctor ASP,before is too late!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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