What should I do? I'm scared I'm going mad?

Question

PLEASE HELP!!! I'm scared....i missed 4 years of high school. was severely ill with depression....only no-one helped me. I then sat my GCSEs at home and got G grades(apart from a C grade in English) NO-ONE HELPED ME and having the education of a child and being SEVERELY ill with depression. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. i have been sat at home for TWO YEARS doing nothing. I'M 18. i don't have a clue what to do.I don't even know basic skills such as how to cook, how to use a bus, how to use a washing machine etc......I have no education what so ever and also my mum doesn't even CARE that i have no GCSEs. i don't have a clue how to fix this situation HELP!!! i don't have a clue what other people of my age group are doing.....I don't have any friends or any relatives to help me. there's NOONE as per usual
I don't know how to fix my education/situation. I feel like I'm begginning to lose my sanity. i've seen the doctor but they're no help. PLEASE HELP ME!!

Answer 1

For someone who is uneducated i must congratulate you on your spelling, punctuation, and grammer..behave yourself..your fine... get off your lazy backside and find a job...no basic skills? you know how to use a computer...order a pizza..look up fish 4 jobs and wait for the offers to roll in...

Answer 2

First of all you have had an education for you to be able to sit the GCSE exams. Secondly you have also got a qualification in the form of your English GCSE grade C.
You seem quite proficient using your English skills to communicate on this site and you obviously have Basic PC to be posting this question - So hey the world isn't such a bad place...

Now with the skills we know you have you can join a website where you can make friends with and chat to who are your own age. You can look on the Internet at career options and colleges that can help to train you to the standards needed for your chosen job or career...

The beauty all the above advice is that you will have achieved all this on your own and that is something to be proud of. You will be a much stronger and independent person for the experience...

Hope this helps and the best of luck for your future.

Answer 3

You can use a computer so you have some basic skills. I would try doing some searches for social services in your area and try to get some kind of a job. As far as cooking and catching a bus, I bet if you can get online then you can follow a recipe or find a bus schedule. It really sucks that there is no support from family or friends so it must be tough. If you can find some help from social services this would be good, if not you are going to have to fend for yourself, find any kind of job you can get and just keep trying. I trhink most people in your situation would probably be freaking out a little, too, so just try your best to relax and take things one step at a time. It might not be fair, but it sounds like you are going to have to take responsibility for yourself since noone else will.

Answer 4

I find it odd you are able to explain things you want to do with such clarity. There are no mysteries bothering you. You seem to have an incredible grasp of reality. BUT - I see your note has capital letters strewn about, like, HELP ME, NO_ONE HELPED ME, I DIDN"T KNOW WHAT TO DO, PLEASE HELP ME, NOONE for me, and then other things, like, I missed 4 years, I don't have a clue, I have no education, I don't have friends, I feel I'm losing sanity, I'm scared, I'm going mad, etc.

You have what I call as an 'I-disease'. I this, I that, I, I, I....Can you speak one sentense without saying "I"? You're attention is totally directed inward. Are you so bored with the outside world at such a young age? If you don't want to sit around feeling sorry for your self for the rest of your life, then do not do it.

You have the advantage of knowing the world is a tough place, nothing is fair, nothing is free, no one is just going to hand you a life. First, you know how to use a computer - you must have already have the basics of life. Do you have a bed? Do you have a toilet? Do you have food? You must. So you are already in better shape than 75% of the world. There are people who live in cardboard boxes. There are people starving TO DEATH. There are people who are being tortured.

A man asked Buddha, "How can I get relief from the hot summer sun?" Buddha said, "Jump into a blazing fire."

A woman told Buddha, "My life is just to confusing - The house needs cleaning, my children need to be taken care of, my household is chaotic, there is never enough money to complete things that need to be done, I have to work 2 jobs, my car need repair - plus dozens of other things - what should I do?" Buddha said, "How fortunate your life is to be so busy."

HAPPINESS IS 'NOT SEARCHING FOR HAPPINESS.'

Answer 5

First of all, don't panic! Find some help, it won't just come to you. Once you've found the help you need and it should relieve you of some depression and give you someone to talk to, (as it sounds like you don't have that kind of stability in your life). Find a teacher that can tell you what you need to study. Then study like crazy until you feel confident enough to re-take your GCSE's. As for basic skills well ask your mother to teach you some everyday things, this may improve your relationship with her, if you are patient and listen. Next, find a social club with people your age there, get to know a few of them and don't be tempted to divulge your life story listen instead to theirs. They will like you for being such a great listener and when you know and trust them enough tell them what you like! Also my mum always says: People don't notice when they're going nuts sooo... you must not be because you are saying you are if that makes sense! :P Good luck! Hope I helped! xxxxxx

Answer 6

Where do you live? If you add that as an extra detail I can do a search for colleges in your area. You will be able to do your GCSE's there again, in a class with other adults. They will probably have evening classes to teach you how to cook. I'll look it up. Let me know the town you are in. Ask your mum how to use the washing machine. You will be fine. You are trying to fix it, and that is the first step.

Answer 7

Well you sound educated and you know how to use the computer ,believe me most kids your age don't cook and if you look at the washing machine its usually easy to figure it out if you had to whats your mum bringing you up like?you could try night school, and go out with a map of your area and a bus time table and some money pref change and explore you will soon know how to use the bus and it will build your confidence up and you will meet people your own age that way,How do you go out now? in a car ,i take it you do go out?

Answer 8

You need to see a doctor for your mental health problems and you can call a local college and find out about doing a life skills course and you can get your education now. Don't worry. If you live with parents ask them to teach you how to use a washing machine etc. They should help you. If not try social services. Dial 192 and ask for social services. They will help you.

Answer 9

You don't know how to use a bus? Christ...

Anyway, get yourself a shrink and head back to college. You're only 18 and by no means past education. Lots of educational institutions can train you up to do something specific without the need of GCSEs, rather than go back to the traditional sitting in school learning pointless crap. Give it a try.

Answer 10

I don't know where you live but this helped me.

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Answer 11

You've just posted another question and received lots of sympathetic replies. This one is even stranger and I am starting to wonder whether you have a personality disorder - there are numerous clues to this in your question. The words "attention" and "seeking" come to mind. Hope I'm wrong.

LATER: I have checked you profile - you have asked no fewer than 80 questions, mostly in the same vein, over the past 2 months. Then you were apparently 16, now you are 18. That's very interesting. I'm now fairly confident that my first assessment was correct.