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Pressures from friendships, family and school are making me feel so alone.

hellohi
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Hi,

I feel very alone and I feel nobody wants to hear me. I try to talk to my parents as much as I can about everything stupid to important, but they don’t understand or respect my opinion. They always taunt me and they are never satisfied with whatever I do. I can't talk to them about how I feel. They would never show me their affection, they never hug me, or give me a proper response for my special moments or properly spend time with me. They avoid me. I don't have a strong relationship with anyone.

I know I am very overweight and extremely ugly, I have to put up with it myself every day of my life. I hate the way I walk, talk and I am dumb in everything I do. So many times I have known the answer or have an idea, but I cannot say it out loud in class. I am fine with sharing things with my friends and sometimes other students in my class, but even with them I feel ignored and alone, as I cannot keep up with things going on in their lives, they all have social media and I don’t and they go all travelling and I have never been out the house except to go to school. Or they simply don’t want to talk to me because of my ugly looks and lack of popularity. There are students in my class who everyone respects because they are good-looking not caring how rude they can be, everyone tells me being beautiful in the inside is more important, but no one cares about being kind. I feel so out of place.

I try my hardest to look skinny, I wear clothes that I think will help me do that, I try to keep my things clean and tidy and I try to be nice as much as I can. Nothing works, I always feel the same; alone and stupid. I don’t want any of my friends and family to know about how I feel. But with my parents, my younger brother and my friends ignoring me and making me feel alone, make me think about suicide and I can't sleep during the night or wake up early in the morning.

I don’t feel loved, happy or accepted in the people I am surrounded with.

I feel weak, alone, misunderstood, ugly, sad, confused and a burden on everyone. I feel confused as I got no idea where I want to work. I feel stupid and sad because my grandma has breast cancer and I haven’t seen her, all I have done is make her miserable, I want to talk to her which I can’t do it through a phone call, because at that moment I don’t want to say and I don't know if she wants to talk to me.

Maybe I am overreacting because so many other people go through worse things than me, but this is how I feel

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Hi Neerja

You are so very right in your explanation of doing painting, it really does get you in touch with your feelings and is very much like a visual diary, I love that analogy. I am glad you like my rabbit, I am proud and seeing that I have not really done anything like that before I do feel like I have achieved something.

I hope that the web chat proves to be successful and you feel supported and that you felt a connection and that you could share openly and honestly and get some good advice and some tools to help you through this really hard time.

Keep talking sweet girl, get these feelings out and thoughts out and we are here to support you on your way to feeling good about you, there is so very much to feel good about.

Hugs

Sarah

hellohi
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Hi Sarah,

Thank you for your kind words and support, I really appreciate it.

I tried Kid Helpline Webchat today, but there were too many people trying to talk to a counsellor so they won't taking any more people, so I didn't get a chance to talk to them.

Neerja

Hugs to you too

Hi Neerja,

Hope you're smiling.

You can always give the Beyondblue helpline a call.

Just a thought.

Stay safe.

Doz

hellohi
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Hi Doz,

I don't feel comfortable calling people. But I have I used Beyondblue chat, they said to use kids helpline as its more for my age.

Hope you are smiling too and thank you for kind words and reply.

Neerja

eight
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waiting times are awful and especially on weekends and i feel like anzac days probably also a contributing factor. i know you can be gotten to faster if you list wanting to talk to a specific person but if you're just. generally waiting to be picked up that's going to take a long time. if you can make it early on weekdays is a bit better

hellohi
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Hi eight,

You are right, waiting times are awful, and weekends there are more people using webchat counselling. I will try waking up early, probably the coming Monday or another weekday. I have trouble waking up early as I can't sleep at night.

Thanks eight, I really appreciate it. 🙂

Hi Neerja

One of the best things about writing is to immerse yourself in your own world. I do this when I need to meditate.

LITTLE FEATHER

Little feather left and right

as it falls slowly in the night

coming from a nest above

a world of beauty and infinate love

Down it falls to the ground

a gust of wind to toss it around

then the sun shines to dry it out

the lighter it was to get out and about

Then as feather lies their alone

Mother magpie swoops around

to take little feather back to her nest

to warm the heart where baby bird rests...

You can go to your own world.

TonyWK

Hi,

That is so true about writing, it is a beautiful way to use your imagination and go into your own world.

Your poems are outstanding, I really think you should enter a competition. I found a website for writing competitions. Here's the link: https://fawnsw.org.au/writing-competitions/. There is one competition called Jean Stone 2020 Poetry Award and the due date for entry is 31st of August.

I love the way you use things that aren't really talked about in everyday life and then give them your own touch to it, and write it in a poem in its perspective and its life. That is very creative and unique.

Neerja

Hi again

I would really encourage you to read “poetry corner” on this forum

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/bb-social-zone/the-poetry-corner---post-your...

or put poetry corner in search. Many of my poems are there

Currently about to build our house but once settled we might enter some competitions

TonyWK

Hi,

I will definitely look at the poetry corner.

Keep writing your beautiful, meaningful and heart-warming poems! I hope you enter a competition one day, I know you would win! 😃

Neerja