Social Isolation - Lonliness

PersistantHope
Community Member

i dont know any other way to structure this than bullet points...
-im 18
-i crave love, affection, attention and sex
-reasons why is because i havent ever had a best friend, parents never paid me enough attention or love (they have admitted), sex and relationships are all around me and in society... i cant escape the constant exposure to what life is...
-anxiety, depression and self hatred writhe inside me constantly, its hard to keep myself sane and in control.
-this hatred of myself and my image is induced from what my life has amounted to so far, im overweight, ugly, constantly anxious and "too friendly"
-i dont have the oppurtunity to fix my image or how i look, i cant lose weight because im not happy and i dont feel life is worth living let alone losing weight, and im not happy because im alone and i know i cant do anything about it...
-im not even overly bad looking, i still have hope and think i have a slight chance... but no one will take the chance, no one wants to care about me, love me or even like me...
i dont know what to do, i dont know who to go to, i have no one left

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geoff
Champion Alumni
hello PH, I can hear a lot of hurt, lack of confidence, no self esteem and so much pain coming from you, it must be terrible for you to go from day to day just jumping up and down in the same spot, with no one who wants to listen to you, I'm so sorry for you.
You haven't been brought in a loving family, with no respect for what you are capable of doing, so there has never been any encouragement to help you along, so naturally this is what is going to happen, and as you begin to mature none of life's pleasures will ever come your way.
I can feel so much negativity in what you are saying, but really that's not any fault of yours, it's happened by so many unfortunate circumstances, which were beyond your control, but now we have to make you feel better, that's our job and whether we succeed or whether we don't, I can tell you that we are trying our very best.
There are a couple of issues to begin with, firstly you should go to your doctor, I was going to say 'must', but that's how I feel is a way to begin, secondly are you able to rent a small flat/unit by yourself and before you go 'I don't have the money', centrelink will help you with the bond money, plus they will give you 'rent assistance, and maybe there could be someone who could share the flat with you.
You have to realise that it's a slow process and once you can recognise this then you will be able to move forward, because if you stay with your parents you won't be able to improve.
I would also like you to contact ReachOut.com, or the Black Dog Institute, Anglicare or other such venues who will be able to start you off.
Please get back to us. Geoff.

hi thank you for replying...
about your plan to move out, i honestly feel like that is impossible, for many reasons. firstly, support payments would not be enough to support me properly, especially in my last year of school. i dont hae a job to help support myself, nor do i have the support to help me find a job. finding and keeping a job for me is a world war with my anxiety... my parents are slowly seeing their mistakes and trying to "support" and "understand" me better, but its always met with laughing, sarcasm and threats when i try and tlak about what is happening and how it makes me feel. how can they think i am normal when in comparison to the average of people my age, is depressing in itself. in spite of all this, they would not let me move out and undertake those things that even i think - past my anxiety - would actually help me...
in the end, moving out would mean i lose the ability to go places and goto the gym to make my image better once life starts to get on the upside. im not lazy, i just have no motivation because this life doesnt feel worth living.

my mother, doesnt understand how so many things affect me the way they do, or maybe she just denies it, she wants me to be a nroml person... im by far from normal on so many levels.

and my father cant accept anything fullstop. he hates who i am for being so alone, for being different...

i just want somone to care, someone to love me... i keep reiterating this, only because it plays over so often in my head