Teenage Depression

Never the Kind to Let Feelings Show  Sometimes I wonder if God just hated me from the beginning. I wonder other times if He meant for me to feel the way a I do. But I've realized that it was ...

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.

So ...

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 ...

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. I've recently ...

Handful of anger held in my chest  I'm not sure exactly how long I've been depressed for but it was definitely halfway through year seven so I think it's been almost three years now.

It ...

tears of pain  Hi, my name is Bella and I'm 11 years old i live in Arizona. and my life seems 2 be a night mare. c my parents have been divorced since i was born...and ...

My story...when and how it all started  Well, i'm a young teen i'm 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 ...

Cry for help  I'm not going to go into detail of why i'm depressed or whats causing it because that would probably take a lifetime to write. Maybe in the near future,...

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....

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 ...

Dead, I'm really dead, no, worse than dead, I'm alive  God! Yeah, "you're not supposed to swear under the gods name" Ha Ha Ha! Like there is a god! If there is, then why does my life * *?

I recently turned ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

My mom was the last thing I had left, but now ...

Please Just Get It Over With  I don't 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 ...

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 ...

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....

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.

In the past, I have ...

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 ...

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 "because of all the crap around me...." Now what ...

I'm getting help  A voice in my head
I have held back
For so long
Tells me theres something I lack

I feel like I am dying
Drowning in pain
I am a robot
Standing ...

No Attention from Guys  Im 15 years old, 16 next month actually and I hate my life. I have no self esteem , I hate my self for my looks , personality , lack of confidence , pretty ...

Most Shocking Thoughts  Everyday I would wake up feeling AMAZING. As i would go to school and the day would go on i would be thinking the most shocking thoughts like ways to kill ...

Self Help Tips  For whatever reason I'm even finding it hard to type this anonymously, never mind telling those close to me. I'm 18 and a lot has been building up over ...

Is there anybody out there?  This feeling has been on and off for as long as I can remember. Ever since I was around 6 i've just felt useless and like I don't belong.

My parents ...

Im lost without parents who care  My name is Ashley. I'm 15 and I am depressed I guess you would say.You would never know it though unless you stayed with me for a long time.I have friends ...

No Longer I Can Take  I Can't breath.
The tightness Fills the Air.
I Rip at my Hair.
Pulling,Tugging, they All want something,
Something thats not me.
Everybody Whispering,...

Happiness is non-existent for me  I know exactly what causes me to be depressed. I know exactly what to do to get me out of a depressive episode...

But I don't do it.

I stay depressed....

I'm different.  Where to start, I'm not really sure if I have depression, but it sounds more and more like it.
I want to die. That is it. I don't see the point in living,...

I don't know why...  I'm 13, and depressed. The problem is... I don't know why. Everything looks like hell, I cry everyday. My life sucks, everything goes wrong. I even think ...

Desperately shy with no friends at all.  I'm 17 and in my final year of school. I used to have a really close group of friends, but my best friend of many years suddenly turned against me last ...

My Dad Died  My dad died about three years ago and since then I've changed completely I was 11 years old when he died so I don't know if I've changed because he died ...

I Just Don't Know What to Do Anymore  Hi there. I'm sixteen years old. I'm a good kid, keeping good grades and always trying to find ways to help my friends with their problems when they need ...

Dying by Degrees: Turning 90 at 15  There is nothing left in my mind that I can feel anything about. In fact, for the past four and a half months, I have felt nothing. I have lazed in bed,...

What if it's all just in my head?  Hi. I have been bullied my entire life for being fat. I have struggled with feelings of self-hatred and worthlessness over the years, but it has gotten ...

Depression or just crazy?  I'm 11.
People usually think I'm 14 because I go everywhere by myself on my bike. But I've been doing that ever since my dad had a major heart attack ...

Loner  I don't have any friends. No one likes me. I want to cry but i'd just be wasting tears...
The only one who could make me feel better lives across the ...

Painful Remorse  I feel like I'm trapped in a dark room, alone and scared.
I scream but it's as if nobody hears me.
I cry for help, but get told to stop begging for ...

Scared, But Hopeful.  I don't believe I have any reason to be depressed. I don't even know if I am depressed. Who am I to say? I'm not a professional. I am only me, I have no ...

Before it's too Late  I am 14 years old.
I have serious issues, and no one I speak to wants to help me.
I see things that are abnormal, completely. Inhuman things, things ...

Parents Don't See the Symptoms in Me   Hi! I am 15 years old and I have been bullied since elementary school and it got worse in junior high and so I started to withdraw from my favorite activities,...

My Life  i'm depressed and i don't even know the reason why. it just kinda started when i was heartbroken. i got over it pretty easy but i never got over they boy ...

Depression on a Stupid Person (Me)  Hi
I read some stories about (young) people with depression and articles, but it didn't change a bit.

I'm 14 years old, and I'm quite familiar with ...

Helpless  I'm 16 and doing my A Levels at the moment. I feel that i'm not allowed to be unhappy because my life generally is stable and secure... my parents are ...

Living with depression Young (11 years old)  I'm chloe, i'm only 11 years old, and my life hasn't been very good for a long time,

I have a few stories but ill tell you them all.
about 6 months ...

There Isn't Anything Anymore  I'm 16 and have been depressed for the past 5 years. I feel as though I'll never be happy because I don't even remember what 'happy' feels like. Every ...

Isn't Worth Living  I'm only 13 but I feel like life isn't worth living.
I don't want to tell my parents because half the time they are the problem. I don't want to tell ...

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 separation from their mothers....

Clipping Dead People's Pictures from Magazines...  ... And keeping them in a folder. That should have been my first clue that I was "depressed" or "contemplating suicide" for myself. But at the time, I ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 quitting the things I loved the most such as, softball,...

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 ...

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 ...

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. I hate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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. No fatherly figure to rely on. He left my mom when ...

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....

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 ...

i cry my eyes out  I'm like most of the other posts so confused.
I'm 16.
I cry my eyes out almost every day cos I don't feel good enough for anyone — especially not my ...

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 ...

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.

i'...

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 ...

Lying, Crying and Drugs - Help Me!  Hello I'm tamara I'm 13 years old and in 7th grade. I have 2 true friends 1 with depression also.
I was adopted at 10 months old. I care a lot about the ...

Wasted Adolescence  I'm sixteen years old and I've been depressed since I was twelve. I don't think, at the age of twelve, I was able to understand what was happening to me....

I dont know what to think...  I am 13 and I always had this feeling that I didn't belong… Like someone in groups hatted me so I didn't hang out with them... I still feel the same way ...

Welcome to My Life  I'm a 16 year old male and my entire life, things have never gone the way I've wanted. I know that it sounds like I want to have a perfect life, but it ...

Teenage Depression and Sleep  Did you know that there is strong correlation between the risk of depression and short sleeping time in adolescents?

I've found an interesting article ...