What is wrong with me?
Posted by Rachel August 16, 2011
My name is Rachel. I'm 16 and I don't know whats wrong with me... For about 2 years now I've been..lonely, irritable, sad, tired, worthless, and upset. From the outside I look like I have it made; only child, parents that have been married 25 yrs, two dogs, lots of friends, I'm a straight A student, a cheerleader. But I can't help but feel the way I do. I don't have any reason to feel this way... Well when I was 13 years old I started getting into things I shouldn't have. I smoked. I partied. I smoked weed once. In the middle of all of that I was abused my 16 year old boyfriend. I have never told anyone. I thought I had gotten over it on my own. But I guess not. I started dating a guy last year..I thought he was the one. I thought he was Mr Perfect, Mr Right. But then he started pressuring me into things. First he would make me feel guilty. Then he..he would force me. Before long I just wasn't good enough. He didn't hesitate to tell me either. I was physically and verbally abused for about 5 months. We broke after 11 months. He had cheated on me. It ruined me. Towards the end of our relationship I became bulimic. I still am today. A month ago I started having extreme thoughts of suicide, thankfully they have stopped. I have been holding everything in since then. No one knows the full extent of my past. Now I just feel very sad, esily angered, alone... No one knows what I'm feeling. Even if I have been through some crap I have to be brave. I have to fake a smile. I've been hiding behind a mask for the past 2 years. I just wanted to find out if I had a real problem and I guess I am depressed. ..now what..