Loss of Self Esteem Etc

Postby ThisGuy » Sun Jul 17, 2016 3:29 pm

Hello,

I am writing because I have been suffer for about 5 years with many mental health problems, primarily HAD, clinical depression, and lonliness. I am only nineteen but I feel much older due to the amount of struggle I have overcome and am still trying to over come. I was bullied for 4 years (verbally kind of) starting from seventh grade basically until the beginning of 11th grade.

Ive told by my mom that I was always a happy and confident kid but unfortunately I dont remember much of my life before being bullied. In addition I started smoking weed and I smoked weed for almost two and a half years until I quit 7 weeks ago. It took me a while to get to that point because I liked how it made me feel however at the spointing had many realizationes that it was making my anxiety worse and preventing any sort of treatment from being helpful, so I continued to smoke.
By the time I graduated high school (which I never thought I would do) I was smoking everyday and very heavily and the only "friends" I had were smokers. Since I moved to a new School senior year I didnt know anyone and felt outlasted and used weed to socialize even throughout the summer after I graduated and my first year of college which I didnt complete because I was smoking so much i was too depressed and tired to physically get out of bed and make it to class. I realized that the people I called my friends were really just selfish and made stupid decisions.

Thankfully I have successfully quit smoking and I feel much better physically but im very lonely because I dont really talk to anyone and I still have quite a bit if anxiety which makes it super hard to socialize normallyet alone without using weed.

I feel throughout my experiences in highschool and with smoking I lost my self esteem and that along with my constant anxiety is what is holding me back the most. I have been taking summer classes at the same school and plan to return in the fall but academics are challenging and they are even more challenging when I focus most of my energy on (unsuccessfully) making new friends. I usually dont feel any real pleasure in sexual activities which isn't really a big deal but it just adds to my profound lonliness and feelings of self doubt and general disconectivness. I realize this post is probably disjointed and hard to follow but I would appreciate any feedback or advice. Please message me instead of commenting if you can.

Thanks
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Postby ThisGuy » Sun Jul 17, 2016 4:02 pm

GAD* also disregard the pm part lol
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Postby malhar3 » Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:22 pm

Hey
I'm sorry for all that you went through and It pains to see you had help. And i want to compliment you for being brave to face all that. You're survivor and a fighter and i know fighters never quit. What has happened we can't change it but yes we can really learn from the experience. i want to let you know you are not alone and here you'll need find some help. We often feel this all emotions its part of being human and we gotta cherish this.I hope you find good help here maybe an answer that you had to go through all that and what all you can do now with your amazing life :)

I hope my reply has given you strength and motivation or at least made you feel strong and motivated.

Thank you for sharing your story
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