How can I not feel so depressed?!


Question: How can I not feel so depressed?
There are a lot of things going on in my life which make me feel terrible. My parents are really strict and expect a lot of me, my grades have to be perfect and I have to be their perfect daughter. The guy I love is one of my best friends and he is dating one of my other best friends, she doesn't know I like him and always talks about them to me and I have to be happy for them. My best friend lives on the other side of the country and I don't get to talk to her that much. I hate the way I look, I live in a small town and I don't look like the other girls. The other girls all talk about me behind my back and I don't think any of my friends really like me. I don't feel like I have control over my life and to feel like I have control I have cut myself in the past, I cry myself to sleep a few times a week and I cant take much more. My life is spinning out of control and I need some advice.

Answers:

Please take a deep breath and repeat after me: This is temporary. Things are hard right now, but things won't always be this way. I grew up in a similar household, but my life changed dramatically once I was on my own. Experiencing all this will give you an even greater appreciation for what you'll have later, and will also make you a compassionate, understanding adult. I know from experience. Give it time. You will meet new people eventually..sometimes all it takes is one special friend to really turn things around. When you feel alone, write letters or emails to your best friend. I have a friend that lives 4 states away, and we've been writing each other for almost ten years now. She's like my diary, and it's extremely therapeutic to get my feelings and worries on paper. Exercise of any kind helps raise your endorphin levels, and is a natural mood lifter. All the things you are going through will make you stronger later on. Just hang in there, and focus on doing things that will make your life better when you're on your own, like making good grades and going to college. Good luck, and please try not to be too hard on yourself. Before you know it, you'll be an adult looking back on all this, and feeling proud that you handled it with grace.

Life experience.



Omg, this is actually exactly how I feel right now aswell :/



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The beautiful thing about loving the blessing we have to breathe comes when we understand most things in life we cannot ever control. You have to let go...take a deep breath, and as corny as this sounds take life one day at a time. It does help to do that though. Anxiety comes when we worry about what's going to happen and while we do that we miss all the wonderful things that are happening right now. You're alive. You have people in your life who love you. Keep God's love in your heart and watch as everything else will fall right in place.




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