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uChasingxSafetyo
September 9th, 2015, 02:20 AM
I don't have any friends and I feel like crap

Hi. I'm 19 and just started my fifth year of high school. I'm going to this inner city Campus that's sort of like a college on training wheels.
There's no lockers, no cafeteria, no arts programs, no music or drama programs, no Culinary arts or home economics, and pretty much very minimal school spirit.
There's bloaks from all corners of my big city attending this upgrading school.
Ironically I don't know a soul.
Today I saw 2, no 3 people that to my recollection I recognize; but to be completely honest I'd rather wish I did not know these people. You know how it is, bad memories and identity of shame...If I can identify with them at all.
My classes are great and the teachers seem very determined and committed, but for a poor bloak like myself... It's a nightmare.
This institution makes me really envy and appreciate my old high school. Grade 12 was one of the most absolute best years of my life no doubt, although I'm still haunted by the memory of a time in my life when the balances of nature decided to shove a cast-iron foot up my ass and prevent me from graduating.
I flew with flying colors in my first semester of grade 12, and really got to pursue a lot of my passions and talents and discovered so many things about myself that I didn't know I was capable of; seemingly enough this was a memory that will last a lifetime.
I know I'm getting off track here but to finish off basically my dad who I lived with at the time got really sick and had to go to the hospital, and I had nobody around to help me get through the cold winter months of a 2nd term approaching Edmonton winter.
I manages to finish my first semester of senior year with an average of 73%
and this in itself made me feel like I could achieve anything. any goal. any dream.
Even though I was 17 and on my own, I was determined to have a swell final semester of high school and determined to get my life on the bandwagon to success.
Sadly... My father's illness got much much worse, and he returned home from the hospital with absolute horrid demons of pain and anguish and insufficiency...and animosity.
There was nothing much that I could do for him because this was a very crucial time in my life! right? ... :/
To ease your curiosity he had deep vein thrombosis, blood clots, heart problems, circulation issues, and very high blood pressure. I should mention that my dad is 70 years old and I was an uncle the instant I was born.
How does a 17 year old deal with such a discomfort. It's so hard to describe what it's like to go through something like this to somebody who hasn't.
The household became a disaster. Quite disgusting really, If this was God's way of burning me for my past and future sins he sure did one hell of a job; and that's what this was: Living in hell.
I couldn't contain my charisma and confidence to pursue my potential to the best of my abilities. I was broke, hungry, cold and desperate.
I dropped out of high school in February of 2014, just a few weeks shy of my 18th birthday.
Soon after came the inevitable spring and summer following my failure to pass my reluctant final exams; which, I'm so glad that I got to attempt.
Fast Forward to September 2014, I register for my fourth year of high school at an academic centre and then... I caught the flu had to drop out, not because I got the flu, but because my dad went in for some major surgeries.
What was thought to be a calm walk down the hill of the convex hump of what was a tragedy to be blunt - seemed to be nothing more than a sinister temptation from the devil to feel like myself again only to have this surprise surgery become yet again the highlight of my life.
Fast Forward to today, It's September 2015, I'm 19 years old and currently live in my mother's basement.
Dad's living on his own, which makes me feel like such a horrible person for not being there to take care of him.
My first day of school was today and well... it was a shitshow.
I suppose I wanted to vent out my life because for the past year and a half I feel like I have not satisfied myself. It is like I'm stuck at the age of 17, two years later, I feel so lame as I sit here in the basement. I've abandoned all of my passion at my father's house. my music, my arts, and my tranquil namasté. I gave up my life to start a new chapter here at mom's in hopes for a better future. Life man...
You know how when you're in elementary school they say "If you put your mind to it you can achieve anything", you know what that was? that was a fucking lie. you can't achieve anything, nobody can, don't get ahead of yourself. But that's what we're built on in western society... Dreams. What happens when dreams don't come true? " wahh I'm not happy I wanna kill myself ". The continent of America has a higher suicide rate than Africa. Think about that for a second. Every day kids are dying from aids and starvation, yet they're happier than you. Want to know what a dream sounds like in Africa? "I wish I won't die today". But not us! We were taught to dream. You should never give up on your dreams but let's be real, You get a dream, and if it happens then you dream again. nobody ever completed all their dreams.
Since I was a little boy all I ever wanted to do was go on stage and sing songs and play drums and the piano and guitar for people... well I did that, and now I want to be an instrument technician.
My father destroyed all of my dreams in a way.
In may of 2014 I tried to kill myself 3 times. I just went to the High-Level bridge here in Edmonton and tried to jump to my death... three times. Each time I was stopped by a wonderful soul. However the third time I reached out for help and ended up going to a mental hospital for a month.
I'm proud to say that I quit smoking cigarettes for 93 days today.
I really hope this Downtown academic institution thing works out for me.
My self esteem is so low, I have nothing to live for anymore. All of my dreams are down in the gutter. I'm so jaded.
Today I got so stressed out that I bought a pack of cigarettes and guess what? I just smoked one.
I smoked one because I have no friends; and I feel like the only way that I know how to make temporary friends is through smoking.
Today I felt like such a loser at school. All alone and miserable. Since I have literally nobody in my life anymore, I suppose cigarettes will be my companion.
I had so many friends in high school, You could say I was Mr. Popular, but you never know what you have until its gone, and... You'll never miss what you never had.

'Keep on dreaming America'
~Goodnight.

ObliviousCat
September 9th, 2015, 06:40 AM
Wow. This was, to say the least, heartbreaking to read. I won't say I understand how you're feeling in regards to your father because I have never been in a similar situation, at least with the person I live(d) with. I can say, however, that you are not alone. I do understand, maybe even more so in an unfortunate way, how it feels to be where you are right now. Social isolation, contemplating "kicking your own bucket"...all while trying to find yourself and establish who you are, what your purpose is, how to follow and complete your dreams...perhaps it is true that we are shaped by society and our environment to follow our dreams with high hopes but it is not the same climax for everyone. For some people, failure breaks them while it will build up another. Sometimes hope is all we can hold on to.
Furthermore, don't beat yourself up for the indulgence and don't consider it some form of failure. You're going through a rough time in your life and you felt like it was the only way to cope with it...I'm here to tell you it's not. There are so many things you can do to improve the situation you're in right now.
I read that you're rather disappointed in the lack of music and I also read how passionate you seem to be about it. Music is a great way to cope for most people. Besides listening, learning how to and playing an instrument is not only positively time consuming but a good way to distract yourself from the hardship you're going through at the moment. I strongly recommend this. From personal experience, I can say that learning how to play the piano has helped me. It distracted me from my most intense self-loathing episodes until I gave up on it.

Also, I know that finding a friend or someone to talk to online won't be as fulfilling as having a friend to hang out with in real life, but if you ever want to talk, I'm here. I don't even attend a public school - I study independently - so I don't have any (real life) friends, either. I think you and I could get along great. I hope we can talk more. :)

Hyper
September 18th, 2015, 07:53 PM
I think you should add to your list of dreams creative writing.

I don't mean that just ironically... I hope you log on this site again and post again.

The webs you've tangled yourself into are so familiar to me and right now reading your post has touched up a lot of my own problems in subtle ways so I am a bit too distraught to try and write you a proper response.

So if you do read my post please message me privately I think we have a lot in common and I'd like to talk to you in private.

Kiogaout
September 22nd, 2015, 08:17 AM
Man i am sorry for what you are going through ,it seems that everybody is suferring alone in this world , myself included, i think you need to find just one thing to hold on , a person , an memory , just one thing , it is not easy i know , just dont give up , live is what it is , so we need to understand that and survive for just another day