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My "Perfect" Life

I'm a 15 year old girl who has what most people would consider the perfect life. I live in a big house with nice cars. Though I'm not particularly materialistic, I have a lot of pretty things; and, in essence...

Nobody Understands Me

Im 13 year old girl who is completely misundrestood. I draw bloody pictures, listen to music because i like it, but also because it eases the pain i feel. I am horribly stressed because...

I cant stop thinking about it, because its alwasy there

About 7 months ago I was in a relationship with this guy. He was 19 and I had just turned 16. He changed; I hate how that always happens. He turned into...

My Battles with Depression

I am not stranger with depression. I came from a big italian family. I went to catholic school and all was well for a while...

Depiboy

I think I suffer from depression. Since 8 years, give or take. It started in high school, by isolating myself totally from my classmates (no speaking at all to any degree, with anyone), I avoided all sorts of communication with them...

My Story

I had a normal teens life until everything changed , my mom got sick and i barley got to see my dad. I was not close to either one if I had a problem I would never tell nobody I would always right it down in a notebook and be the time somebody found out it would already be solve by somebody bullied me at school , people say word don't hurt let me let you that is the baddest pain I have ever been thought . I sometimes wish I was never born I really dont do nothing but live with my mom and sister go to school come home and do nothing just think what is my goal in this world really there not one for me . i've only had one boyfriend in my whole live and i'm 13 but i never told no one because he told me not too sometimes i think he was embarrassed to tell his friend but when me and my mom get to arguing to always try to kill my self but i think of the few good times i had in my live and realize that live is important and should live it cause one of my older brothers already die and i don't think my family wants another one gone . my parents always call me names that are very hurtful but i just try to hold it in until im alone so i can cry and tell myself that i'm just not worth nothing . I never thought i would be here telling this to nobody but this is the first time in my whole live tell anybody my live story . none of my friends now how i really feel in the inside . hopefully you understand where i'm coming from . Thanks for taking your time to read this

In the Past

I've been cutting since 7th grade. I am in college now. Everyone always assumes my life is so horrible. "Why don't you just kill yourself?!". "Why do you hate yourself". It was never like that for me. Cutting was my way to relieve stress, and it just felt good. Someone might write poetry, kickbox, cry. But me..I cut myself. No different from what you do. I actually think I have a pretty good life. I am so tired of people assuming I am in some deep depression. I haven't needed to cut in awhile, but I am starting to feel myself get overwhelmed. I have been trying to find other activities. If you cut yourself because you really do want to cause yourself harm, I highly suggest getting help. It is only going to get worse, and pretty soon cutting won't be enough. Please don't try to handle whatever you are going through alone. Peace.

I have no story

Nothing is really wrong with anything. Not the world, maybe myself, but... To me it all means nothing. Why try when death will come and clean away your efforts from the memory of the world anyway...

General PoWhy do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?ndering

So I'm not quite sure what I should write. My counselor says it could help but I don't know where to start. I'm just not happy, man. Ever since I was younger I've been fixated on death. Even then I was okay, you know? Didn't feel sad. Just liked death. I'm almost 18 now, and I've had depression for about four years, a little more. Sometimes I just wish I could end it and kill myself, but I feel like that wouldn't solve anything. I usually give up on everything I do, but my life was never one of those things, no matter how bad I wanted to. My best friend and my parents are standing in my way. So I made a promise I can hardly keep, and it sucks. I've been to about four counselors and not one can figure anything out. I have a good family, good friends, and good grades. Why in the hell am I feeling like this? It's nights like these that I want to take a hatchet to my arms and neck and anywhere else that may hurt. I guess I'm not looking for answers anymore. I just want a reason. But I also know I won't get that. So in actuality, I'm looking for nothing? That sounds about right.

I am a cutter

I was abused by my ex boyfriend, yet i cant get over him. When im alone i cant help but be upset. I act different around my friends i try to be cheerful and happy. But at home im miserable its my fault. I dont want to tell anyone. Very few people know i cut, and even fewer people know why. I wont have people pity me for what i have been through. Im scared that im not strong enough to keep going on sometimes. I feel like i cant handle my problems and cutting makes me feel better for a couple of minutes. I hide it, I cover it up with band aids sometimes they get infected but i don't know what to do anymore. I hope someone can give me just a bit of advice. I don't know what to do with life now..

Should I be Ashamed

I’m a 13 year old girl, and I’m a cocaine baby. I have some issues. I like to cut myself, I’m thin but I still like to starve ,myself so I can get thinner, pulse I am suicidal...

The pain beneath my smile

Hi i am 17 years old going on 18. I had a good childhood unlike a few on here. I was very fortunate but i feel i have a story to tell...

General Pondering

What i can firstly say is, there are ways to beat "the big black hole". I call it that, cos that's the most aptly name i can give it...

He saved me

I started cutting about late last year, it relieved my pain, all the pain I felt inside, but I didn't cut my wrists, I cut on my stomach, why? Because I didn't want anyone to help me. why? because nobody would understand. As much as people say they do, they honestly don't. Nobody knows the things I go through. That's why. I felt so alone inside, I had to let my feelings out somehow, because nobody will listen. The only person who listened was my bestfriend. He is so amazing. I'm in love with him. But he left me for his girlfriend. Me and him made a promise that we would both never cut again. I haven't since Feburary the start of this year. He saved me.

How I comfort myself with depression

I'm 21 and I haven't had any "experiences" yet. I hate it when guys are only nice to me to get closer to my pretty female friends...

I use rusty nail sissors

I have been cutting myself since I was 17. Im 29 now and still cut myself about once a month. Im worried because I cut myself much deeper than I used to. The cutting I do now requires stitching which of course I wont get because I am so ashamed! I wish I could stop but it seems to be the only way to deal with my despair. I used to use razor blade and now I use rusty nail sissors, it just seems to get worse.

But I HATE Life

I have not been diagnosed with depression yet and I am only 11 but I HATE life I dont get why people even love life I accidently told my best friend that I wanted to commit suicide...

I feel like people judge me all the time

Accounting is a great profession to study but the only thing is that I can’t really understand it very well in terms of many things. Man shit this is so stupid...

I want to stop

I'm thirteen and I go to an all girls school. I used to be really confident and bubbly but when I was 6 kids started beating me up and saying that I was worthless...

And I lift my hands and pray

I've always tried to make myself understand that there are people out there that have it worse than me. But saying these words to myself didn't stop me from crying myself to sleep almost every night...

Help, I'm Alive

I've been in the hospital for trying to kill myself before and promised i'd never end up back there because surviving what i tried was horrible...

can't concentrate on anything

I had lost my dear friend 2 years before. But from my childhood i would be calm, sensitive child& i won't talk too much to others..When i lost her t,he problem became serious problem.I'm friend with her only 3year..But i was so close to her..She suicide herself,And i'm the person on that day with her...till afternoon and after that she end her life..After this i get anger unnecessarily.. stomach pain...i get faint often..On those days i was doing graduation...and some how i finish...Then now i'm doing post graduation...the thought is growing .......i'm avoiding others..actualy i can't do what i'm thinking..sleepless nights..i would woke at 2am...Then i feel tired...even i can't see a tv, or system... I'm not interested in anything..Even when i went for a purchase i won't be happy... i'll be just similing always to hide it..but till know i have no peace...i didn't share even to my parents..And then when my friends are busy or doing some other work without noticing me...i will be getting angry. i know they are busy but i can't compramise..Actually nowdays i can't do what i think.

Please guide me what to do my mail id is shobshobana@gmail.com

my mind is no longer my friend...

My name is cassie, and for the past year my life has been gradualy getting perfect. my boyfriend was the most amazing person in the world, he really truelly loved me, cared for me, protected me...everything. it was unreal, i could hardly believe it myself at times...

Don't know were to go from here...

Im 12 years old and ive been cutting for about 3-4 months.. The reason i do cut is i have lowself esteem. I always look in the mirror and i think im ugly and sometimes, i think im to dumb to be part of my family. Sometimes i get really sad to be around my friends cause there all really pretty.. Then i started to cry myself to sleep so i started to cut even more.. Only 2 of my friendS know and one of them cuts also. If i told all my other friends they wouldnt talk to me anymore or they would think that i was a freak. Cutting for makes the pain go away. At one point i stopped because one of my other friends knew i did and he told me until i stop he would cut too. But turns out he was lieing to me so knowing he would lie about something like that mad me really sad and mad so i started again... I guess now i dont know were to go from here... Im completly lost and i feel im along in this except for my really good friend.. She helps sometimes but not all the time..

Cutting is not an adult behavior

I'm 18 years old and I've been a cutter for 4 years. I've been on and off it. I used to cut my wrists but since I live in Australia it was difficult to hide under long sleeves, especially in summer, so I started cutting the tops of my legs so no-one would notice. This year I told myself I would stop because I knew it was time to grow up. I was going to uni and I didn't think it was an adult behavior. But recently I've been having trouble sleeping and having awful headaches. Last night I broke my razor and cut my legs again. Those of you who cut know how it feels. I slept the best I have in months last night. I'm like a smoker and it was an even better feeling than going for a week without a cigarette and then smoking. It's scary because it's so addictive.

No Light at the End of the Tunnel

My Name's Nathan, I'm 18 and I've suffered depression on and off for several years, but it's gotten a lot worse lately, i spend everyday writing lists of which friends will miss me...

IT WILL GET BETTER

HI I am a girl in highschool. all of my LIFE I have been bullied because of my dsiability i get call fat stupid girl retard ugly i have a freckless mess up teeth i am short all of my...

I'm just so confused

Um, hi. I'll probably delete this as soon as I'm done writing it, but I don't know. Maybe I'll post it. I didn't even realize people could blog here...

The hell im living maybe u can understand it

I feel so alone and sad and depressed i feel helpless, neglected, mistreated, abused in 3 ways (sexually, physically, emotionally). Lately I have been having so many problems at home its not me who causes but...

Depression at age 60 after death of parents

I am a 60 year old woman who lost her father 8/18/2010 and her mother 4/19/2011 only 8 months apart. My father died unexpectedly and my mother had been ill for a number of years...

I'm so pathetic

Everyone has a reason to be depressed on this site, well i haven't. I have super good school results, a few friends, love to learn languages, my parents are still together..'the happy' life...

I'm not a horrible person

I know I'm not a horrible person. But more and more often I find myself telling myself that I am. I cry whenever I'm alone. I'm paranoid...

Mental Health Test

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Handful of anger held in my chest

I'm not sure exactly how long I've been depressed for but it was definately halfway through year seven so I think it's been almost three years now. It was February and my mom was...

A dog is definately better than a blade

im 16 and have been dealing with depression since i was 13. the first sign of it to me was when i began quiting the things i loved the most such as, softball, basketball, and volleyball. i know it might not seem like much but it was to me...

How should I know

My life is messed up. My parents fight constantly And my dad hates me. And guess what else? I cut myself. I am a lesbian and I am bipolar...

What is wrong with me?

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..

A picture into cutting

im a cutter 13 year old girl 8th grade . cytting for a year and a half i think. i cover the cuts with bracelets and makeup . im sick of being sick .i want to be me i dont know who that is anymore alll i am is a mess. cutting makes me feel better for a lil moment i feel reileved when im stressed or sad or wen im angry i take the hate out .i try to stop but i cant climb out of my whole .no1 can help me they only make it worse . i just want to be happy for the pain of life to tranform into happpiness .right now life is hard ! a mental hospital willl kill me .watever at school tomorow ill put a smile on and pertend to be happy im soo good at it now i could be an actor no1 notices my despair no1 notices the cuts on my arm and legs either that or they dont care .if ur not like me and u dont understad y a young teen like me would cut and u think im stupid i admire u and be glad u dont understand y i do it i hope u never have to understand what im going through .

It's my punishment that I give myself

I'm in college now. I started cutting just a few months back. My life has always been, in a way, perfect. I'm an accident, a teen pregnancy...

Don't know where to find help

I feel so worthless. I have suffered from depression since my early teens. No longer can take it. I have nothing to live for. I have no friends, no siblings, no family...

The Razor of Sadness

I'm a 12 year old girl who had a perfectly good life... but I have recently found out I have major depression. I slit my wrists and carve things into my body. (I have done this since i was 6) I thought this would help me... that it would get me out of this deep black hole that I am being suffercated from. My friend, who i met at the start of high school used to do this aswell... I belived that she was the only one who understood me. She finally forced me to get help and it was the best thing I ever did, I hope that nobody else feels as bad as I did/do...It's probally the worst feeling anyone can expirience.

I have a perfect life, but I am depressed

I feel like there is no point to living. I know this is a type of depression, but I have absolutely no thoughts whatsoever to end my life. I am a very strange case of depression...

Why I did cutting and why I stopped

When I was thirteen, my brother got married and in just a few short months his wife was pregnant. I was very close to my brother, when my parents would fight...

I just dont know what to do anymore

My biological parents got in a lot of fights and many were violent. I sometimes even got hit. So my parents ended up getting divorced when I turned 7. I remember the night my mom left...

Am I out?

i started in 7th grade. i wasnt sure why, but it helped me escape. cutting was my way of escaping from the life i no longger wanted to live. i continued on to 8th grade. but only when something would happend. well i slipped into a deep depression...

i am young and stupid

im only 14 years old you all might say i am young and stupid i have tried to commit suicide 10 times, yeah its alot but each time my brother has walked in and tried to stop me he succeed but only for that night, i cut myself almost every say i hide it from everyone. i have bipolar and i hate my life. i get a feeling i will never be good enough for my parents the truth is i never will. cutting myself brings all the pain away and feels great.

I just love to see the blood running down

At the age of 12, I was first introduced to the action "cutting" from a friend. I did not do it but he did, and at the moment I had no idea what he meant when he said "I Love Cutting". I never asked him what it was but I always found it interesting...

I try to change everything back to how it was

Hi my name is Sophie Sixtos.,Im 12 Yrs old every year i get made fun of my last name my teeth and everything, my life is more complicated than everyone else's my life has changed to bad and to good...

My story of cutting

My name is Angie and I'm 12 years old. I started cutting about 2 months ago, and now I can't stop. I'm not sure,but I think I have depression. I get depressed for no reason sometimes, and sometimes for little reasons. Then I want to cut myself, I don't know why, It's like an urge, My wrist has a bunch of small cuts on them, I have to wear wrist bands to hide them. I don't know what to do,I want to stop. But I can't.

I am very lonely

Well here i am, 49 years old, had what I thought was a good family, my wife while not loving at all for the past 10 years, i still thought i would live with her forever and as faithful to her the entire 22 years...

Broken and i dont know why

I see a counselor once a week. i also see a doctor. but they don't work. i just feel broken...

Cutting and more in my despair

Im a young child, but yet i already have a terriable problem. i sit in my room , screaming , with blood dripping down my arms and ankels , while still cutting more. i feel as though i've died inside, already. im no where close to suicide, why kill myself if al ive lived for is to be bullied , cut , other stuff i dont want to mention, and anexeria. I go to mental hostpitals , and ive even sat in the sponge rooms before, aat this young of my age. its not right for me to have gone threw the bullshit i have, already . i have a feeling its only gonna get worse. i cant imagine how much worse it can get.

I just want it to end :'(

It all started with a boy. A stupid boy. I had fallen in love with him and he was a typical 14 year old boy so of course he took advantage of me an used me for his sexual needs. At first it didnt bother me when we 'got together', but then he forced me to...

That Smile Is Fake

I am currently 17. I just graduated high school. Those were supposed to be the best 4 years of my life, but they were far from it. I was a freshman when my depression really took hold of me...

I'm not as happy as everyone thinks

I'm 16 and at school, I'm known as the happy and hyper one. But I'm not. I cut every week and I've gotten so good at hiding my cuts, i'm able to wear short sleeves and no one has noticed yet. I think. My life is screwed up. I don't wear make up or bother with my hair. I don't take many showers either, I know it seems bad but yeah, I get way too depressed and I have to leave the house for a few hours, since it seems like running away from the house and everyone there will be like running away from my problems. But they never leave.

i hate my life

Im 14 and it seem like I can't do anything right , I really can't take it all. I stay in trouble over stuff like boys. If a boy call my phone, can be my gay bestfriend my mom would go crazy , like I only have two friends that's girls...

My one success with my depression

I've done it! well at least I like to say I have...I've stopped cutting myself...at least i think so. i haven't done it for a month and that was a one off, before that it was four months ago...

My Dad(s)

My Dad Died When I Was 2 Years Old... My mom told me he was still alive but he wasnt... I googled him and he died of murder...

Thoughts that never come into being

I can never let go, the pain is so intense, I toss and turn each night with thoughts going through my head, just begging someone to make it stop...

Leaving

I wrote here before, but im back telling about my evil step dad. I really dont like him, i just cant understand how my mother could love someone like him. He is bossy, judgmental, arrogant, and rude. sometimes i just want to die, or leave. i try to get out of of this house as much as possible, or i just cut myself when i cant go.

Depressed at 17

I'm 17 years old. i read quite a few of these other teen depression stories, mainly the ones i saw that were within my same age group. I go through these "moods" if not every day...

Mask

2 1/2 years and still counting of slashing my arm with a God Damn razor blade. i'd been hearing the voices since i was small, but they began to pressure me. it sounds crazy, but maybe i just am...

i dont know

my parents have been broken up forever... that doesnt matter... that doesnt bother me.... i used to live with my mom... she cares about me... she loves me...

Lost, confused and afraid

I am 13 now. I am afraid I have depression and don't want to admit it. I keep telling myself that it's just teenage hormones, but I am starting to think it might be true...

feeling alone, useless, and helpless

Hi my name is Ashely and i'm 13 going to be 14 in September. i've been depressed for almost 3 years now. See my depression started when i began 6th grade...

I don't know why I cut

I have friends , I'm 14, I'm not too ugly , but I think I am , I have fights with my mum all the time, I feel fat all the time, people tend to screw arOund with me so now I can't trust anybody. My best friend knows I cut myself, she does too, i watched her once and I cried it was scary... I just can't stop thinking of harming myself, I just want to cry it all out, I blame everything on me and I feel like noone likes me..I've been to a counceller. It helps. but cutting i can't stop . I don't want to commit suicide. I just want to hurt myself because I'm disciplining myself.... I'm so confused...i feel like I'm going crazy..

I deserve the pain

My first time was in 7th grade. I was home alone a lot because my mom was having an affair with her married boss and would stay at work till midnight almost every single night. I was angry because I felt so worthless...

Talk without seeing my face

I guess posting this doesn't really make a difference or matter but it is a place where i can talk without anyone seeing my face...

Life's Nothing But Pain

i been depressed for 4 years now...i have totally given up on myself,its hard to live without the one's u love :( the reason i even got depressed becuz i was molested by my brother when i was 9 years old and molested by my grandpa at 13 till almost 15...

I dont think anybody understands

I'm just going to write how I feel and It's probably going to be mostly composed of contradictions in my feelings and what not. I'm just really confused and I constantly think about dying...

I feel like crying

I see all this stuff on the Internet about how people are worthless if they cut. And it hurts me. Is that really how people feel when they see my scars? I feel worse than anything. Ive been cutting for 5 years and I've stopped completely but I would do ANYTHING to go back to it. But I can't because my parents know now. And they know because I told them. I'm scared and hurt. People just don't know what it's like to constantly have that need to get feelings out. When no matter what else you do, it's never the same. Never. Unless you have personal experience with self-harm, NEVER talk ill of anyone who struggles with it. You won't understand.

Trapped

I'm 14. I feel constantly down. Once in a while my friend will craCk a joke that's so funny you have to laugh, but after a few seconds I stop laughing. I feel empty. I feel worthless and constantly worry. I feel paranoid. They must be laughing at me, They're talking about me I know it. I can't trust. I want help but I don't want to ask for it. What if people laugh at me? What if I'm not depressed? What if people call me an attention seeker for faking? I'm trapped.

I fear happiness

I was a regular girl in high school. I had a great boyfriend and we shared a good relation. I found out he cheated on me and my feelings changed. I started developing very negative feelings for everyone ...

Love Bleed

I am 17 and I cut. I cut because it seems I am to small to be heard by others. My life is controlled by parents and my life ready seems to designate withing my eyes but it seems like no can see it. Relationships bring me down the most, it always seems to be my fault. I have high expectations in my life and at school we have 3 floors, the grades and home work and tests stress me out. I walk the halls as a ghost and no one sees me, at times i want to jump over the 3 floors and forget about my pain. I all i can is my faults, people pick on me because I am different. What is life worth if they can't see you. what is life worth if u can't see the good in your self. Each day I cry for help, the pain i have hurts.

It would be better if i commited suicide

Everything is so complicated... i don't know who to turn too, or what to do.... i started cutting when i was 7 and stopped.. then my best friend started cutting when i was 10 and for some reason i felt ...

Alone

i still have depression. im alone my family treats me as a freak for cutting im going give in to death...

How i tried

I have often been bullied. i dont understand it and never will. i dont think anyone will ever understand me or my feelings. all they do is shout at me and punish me for things i didnt do...

tears of pain

hi my name is bella and im 11 years old i live in arizona. and my life seems 2 be a night mare...

Depression Static

Riding on a wayward star, Travelling the states of my mind. Looking for a place to land, Ignoring the warning signs...

Im Dieing, I Need Major Help, Please

Im 13 and ive been depressed for about 7 months now. And I cut my self alot. When i dont cut i burn my self. I have a ton of lighters and knives...

I cut to relieve my pain

I'm a cutter...I cut myself when I'm down (I'm always down) but I try not to when I want it. I'm kinda bullied in school, I have friends but...

how to heal

I have secrets, things that happened when i was young. i have let them make me afraid, afraid of men, of everything. I found my refuge in music and my 2 best friends...

Humpty Dumpty - A poem about Depression

Sometimes I feel like I'm falling apart. And nothing will ever be able to put me back together. Like Humpty Dumpty, I'll be crushed on the floor...

Depression makes life lonely

I go to sleep crying and wake up crying. I'm lonely without friends or close family members...unless they want something from me. I am unloved, unmarried and childless as the age of 55. I've worked for over 32 years and finally retired because I had problems getting up on time or concentrating while there. Life is painful for me and I think of suicide everyday...all day long and have not done it because I'm fearful of going to a hell worst than the one I'm in.

I want to die

i feel like i dont want to live no more what should i do...

I cant Stop

i hate being alive, and i want to die. and i have tried and tried and this is as close as i get everyime...

my story...when and how it all started

Well.. im a young teen im gonna give you the basics of me first before I start. Im 14 years old , my name is Krystal , I live in a small town called Wallaceburg...

Stolen Innocence

From the age of 6 until 9 years old i was sexually assaulted on a very regular basis by my brothers best friend...

Whats their to live for after everything turns on you

So im 16 im from Hawaii, junior in highschool. I wouldnt say i was popular in school, but i was very well known for me being me. Happiest person you could meet...

Cry for help

Im not going to go into detail of why im depressed or whats causing it because that would probably take a lifetime to write...

I wish time would end

My Story... Where to start? My life was a child's dream. Except for the part that I never had a Dad...

There's nobody out there...

I'll be 21 in August, I think I've been depressed since I was about 13 or 14. I used to cut in the beginning, I've cut a few times recently but not within the past year or so...

I am Ill

I'm ill. I know I am, in fact, had been ill for a long time...

Young Cutting

I have been cutting since I was 7 (I am now 12), and have been depressed since I was 3, nothing has been done to help, no one cares enough to lift a finger, people have always bullied me and looked down on me, I have attempted suicide but obviously failed, I have not yet been to see anyone because everyone seems to fail to realize what I'm doing. (I will not say the rest as it will spam you).

I'm a cutter too

Hey I'm Brianna and I'm 14 years old...and i'm a cutter. My Family always seems to have issues...

WE CAN TO CHEER UP AND BE HAPPY TOGETHER BECAUSE YOUR NOT ALONE

No matter who you are where you live what you do whoever your with if you wait too long for the perfect moment, the perfect moment will pass you by...

Be a Winner

I was depressed for a year, and it sucks. When my mom found out, she didn't get scared or freak out. She smiled and said "my poor poor Tina". Later she yelled at me because I told a friend. I started scratching after that, and my bestie found out then showe me her scars. We were going to hang ourselves after the first week of school, but decided not to. We're going to outlast everyone, we're going to be stronger than everyone. So if you think that way, you'll be a winner.

I die every day

I'm 14, I've been depressed for a long time. It seems like forever. I feel like every day I am desperately seeking answers but I will never find them. I have been stuck in what I call a "rut"...

Dead, I'm really dead, no, worse than dead, I'm alive

I recently turned 13 and I am depressed! Sometimes, I am just overwhelmingly sad, sometimes overwhelmingly mad, or just plain old numb to the world...

Just Another Story

i am afriad to ask for help. i'm not sure i want it. i want to die but am afraid to kill myself myself. i have dreams but their fading away. i hate being told that the solution is that your a teenager; you'll get over it. i want to hurt something or someone. i chose myself.

i'm a cutter :/

okay, so i'm cutter i'm 12 about to be 13 and i've been cutting for almost a year... nobody knew and nobdy suspected.. that is until this year...

my parents divorcing and family is fu**ed up

For some reason all my life i have just been sad ive never realy had a real friend in growing up... im 14 i have gotten a few and everyone thinks i am a happy kid and that i can take what everyone is saying bout me.. the truth is that i think about every way to commit suicide i miss my mom and i just hate life...im sick of it my aunt is divorced my uncles divorced and they all had one kid...so i wonder if i want to put someone through my life

Just For Today

Having a bad day - first one in a long time. Menopause influence? Quite likely as it's been two weeks of slight spotting. Life influence? Changing Graduate Schools and have five weeks off, so struggling with going from intense pace to nothing... I don't know. Just feeling bad today and struggling with why as the sun is out and the temperatures are finally turning. Help... Gwen

Do not cut too deep

I started cutting out of sadness, sort of. Maybe I just wanted people to see how much pain the really were causing me. Then, I realized that I hadn't bled enough...

Going Under

I am 16 years old and have been bullied for almost 10 years now and last year I attempted suicide. I tied shoelaces around my neck and tried to choke myself. I didn't succeed. I think I am suffering from teen depression but no one seems to believe me.

The Monster Inside

I'm an adopted child so sometimes I wonder if that could be the main reason for my depression. It's said that infants can sense seperation from their mothers. I never thought about my adoption but that could be denial...

Why not me?

I'm 40 years old , a mother of 2 girls 17 and 21. I've been married 3 times. Thought I was walking on a steel platform at the age of 24 divorced for the first time. I was raising the girls on my own working as a full time masseuse owned my home...

Release The Pain

I used to get when I was hurting or when I was upset. I'd vent to my friends about it, but they never made me feel better -- they never took away the anger. The sadness. I never cut deep enough to hit anything or cause any damage. Just enough to bleed. It felt like all my problems were bottling up inside of me. Physically opening a wound would release everything like the wind rushing out of a balloon. For the next day or so I would feel amazing. Like the world was just lifted off my shoulders.

Almost, but not really...

i've come to find out that i have moderate depression and let me tell ya it's affected me, my family, and my friends. i just need help.. i need advice.. something to get me going... i feel like i'm fat, like i'm worthless, i hate having fun now,and i hate people sometimes..most of the time really.. please help me. i need someone to rescue me because everyone else has failed.

Screwed since birth

I've had depression for about 10 years now. Ya, I'm freakin 14. It definitely isn't easy. I'm always tired, always sad, always antisocial. everyone thinks it's normal. Hell no it isn't! It sucks...

I'm not as strong as you think i am

On the outside i seem like any other 17 year old teenage girl...spending time with friends and going to parties...but inside, it’s not all peaches and cream...

I just need someone to care

I started cutting in about Jan 2011. Honestly I started because my parents said that they saw every little change every little thing...

Never picked up a blade again

it all started back in grade 7, i was never the one to have many friends and by than i really didnt have many, they just didnt seem to like me. one day i was shaving my legs...

I just don't know what to do with myself anymore

So my depression started mabye five years ago when my mum and dada were working in a hostel and we all were going to go to Perth for a holiday but I refused...

Razor Blades and Vomit with a Hint of Suicide

So this is my story. I've never had the guts to spill my life out to anyone (except my therapist) so i thought doing so over the internet would be a better idea...

My parents are getting divorced

im depressed because of my dad and all the things he did in the past and stuff. im scrared to tell my mom cause they still together and he told me "if me and your mom ever get divorced its all your fault" and i went to bed crying...

Broken girl

I've been depressed for about 6 years now and i feel like nothing. Nobody understands me. Nobody cares about me, life sucks, I don't get the point, and why live if you're gonna die...

Screaming So Silent

I never told anyone my story. I realized i had a depression problem at the beginning of high school. I was bullied, my parents never cared they were to busy getting drunk with their friends...

I'm finding out what makes me wanna live

They don't see what I'm hiding behind this pretty little smile. Everyone has there moments when there unhappy, miserable, mistreated and so on. It just seems like my moment is never ending...

Please Just Get It Over With

i dont know what to do...i feel...trapped . as if none would, could, or even wanted to help me. i used to be an intelligent kid, but then my family kept on pressurizing me with more and more and it was like, i was suffocating...

I am in control of my life

I'm a sophomore girl in high school and have been in a battle with my depression since the beginning of the year. What I have been through is overwhelming...

Sad

I am just sad. Depressed. I recently failed to be a doctor. I became fat while studying. I lost my friends while studying. I put all I had to studying...

This pain will be the end of me

Mom don't leave, i need you here with me.. i'll never leave sweety, i promise i'll always be with you....

Blackened Rainbow

I'm a gay teen. People tell me these years are going to be my worse. I didn't use to cut...

A Teenager's Depression

Being depressed is never easy. I've been depressed for about 2 years now and i feel like crap. I can't concentrate, i can't sleep properly, i've been eating too much, gaining too much weight, and loads of other stuff...

Am I Depressed?

For the past 3 years I've asked myself that question. Ever since 7th grade I've just dealt with feelings of emptiness, like there was just a gaping hole in my life...

Life As I See It

I don't know what will happen anymore. I don't feel like I have any real friends at school. Every day my homework seems like it's written in an alien language. Nobody compliments me, but avoids me...

I am to scared to tell

I am 14 years old. Sometimes I'm hyper and happy. My friends say I act a little crazy and childish when I'm like that. Other times I'm sad, mad, or depressed. I use to cut myself...

i cry my eyes out

im like most of the other posts so confused im 16 i cry my eyes out almost every day cos i dotn feel good enough for anyone- especially not my parents...

He Wouldn't

We'd just broken up. I knew he had had psychiatric problems, but I tried not to let that get to me. I knew he would be upset, but I didn't know how upset...

Harder Than You Know

I used to be just a normal teenager and loving life,but in February 2009 i met a boy who I will leave unknown and i know I may sound like some silly girl sad over an ex boyfriend but it really isn't that easy for me...

Lost

My whole life there have been issues with my world there ins't a time in my entire life so far that I can think that something has gone perfectly right...

I'm Confused

I'm confused. I can be happy and hyper and a normal teenager, but I also can be withdrawn, isolated, quiet, and very very sad... Read more

On The Inside

Since middle school, i've been feeling so alone. the only person who understands me in this world is my best friend. i never thought i would find me cutting myself ... Read more

Harry Truman

12 Years ago I lived an active lifestyle. I was an advanced scuba diving instructor, played tournament badminton, white water rafting guide trainee. Basicaly an adrenaline junky... Read more

A man with troubling dreams

A man suffering from troubling dreams goes to a psychologist.

He says, "Doctor, I'm having the strangest recurring dreams. One night I dream I'm a wigwam. The next night I dream I'm a tepee. The next night I dream I'm a wigwam. The next night I dream I'm a tepee."

The Doctor looks at the man and says, "I know what your problem is. You're too tense."

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Behind a smile

When I was in middle school I would of never thought I would end up cutting myself. Now I'm 16 and after my parents got divorce,a bad relationship with my mother, and being abused by a boyfriend I now find myself in this situation... Read more

Am I the only numb?

I don't even know if what I have is depression. When your happy, truly happy, you feel it in pit of your stomach. I have not experienced this feeling, or any feeling except anger, in a loooong time... Read more

You can do it if you try

The first time I suffered depression was a year ago,I was only 13. my friends were all in a fight, I didnt know what to do. I thought I was fine until they started to turn on me... Read more

Desperately want to die

I've been feeling miserable and numb for about 6 months now. I'm 16 and desperately want to die... Read more

Stuck in this life I didn't ask for

I'm 14, and I've been pretty sad for sometime, but I just recently started getting majorly depressed... Read more

Huge pain in my chest

let me see. well i've always seemed like a happy girl. i've been known to smile and laugh. but behind all that, all i was, was a bunch of sadness... Read more

Losing My Battle

I am 48 year old female with a very painful disease. Iv'e had over 75 operations almost dying 5 to 8 times in the past 5 years... Read more

Blinded by Ignorance

Growing up I've always thought that the way my family was and the way our household was run was normal, but now as a teenager i realize its definitely NOT... Read more

Teen Suicide

What happens after a teen suicide? You will not get rid of pain and suffering even if you are dead.

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I am a Joke

I'm not 100% sure whether I'm depressed or not, but I would trade places with anybody, and I'm dead serious.... Read more

Life my Way

Ello! my name is Allie, 13 and my life is like well.. hell. people ask me "Why are so depressed?" I say "becuase of all the crap around me...." Now what is this crap? Read more

I Hate Everything

Waking up is the hardest part of my day, I can't sleep at night and have trouble waking up in the morning. I feel sad all the time, even when I smile, it's my mask I hide behind, and no one's bothered to take it from me. But cutting.... Read more

Gloomy Life

So I'm 11 and sometimes when I'm alone I kind of feel that life is kind of gloomy nowadays... Read more

Alone on a neverending christmas break

it started on wednesday when i had a dream. ive been reading books and most had a dark male charater who fell in love. when i woke up i felt like my boyfriend waasnt good for me. so,over a text i broke up with him... Read more