why is life so punishing?

Question

well... i am not too sure what to put here but well i been depressed for about 9 years now i am 17 yrs. old now i know it was a young age to start being i guess "emo" but alot of bad stuff has happened in my life.. umm... if there is any other questions just email me...?

Answer 1

i dunno. but it gets better over time. Focus on developing yourself right now. Get a hobby or how about a mentor through a big brothers program or something. You need to see a different side of life you know? What you are doing now is not working so maybe try something different. You'll learn more about yourself.

Answer 2

Why is life so punishing?
well... i am not too sure what to put here but well i been depressed for about 9 years now i am 17 yrs. old now i know it was a young age to start being i guess "emo" but alot of bad stuff has happened in my life.. umm... if there is any other questions just email me...?

You posted the above question and to make things more complicated ! You dont allow anybody to e-mail you as it is in your profile. SIGH

Answer 3

None of us who answer on Y/A are truly qualified to answer your question. There's a lot more going on behind your question and you deserve more than a few flippant remarks. Even the well-meant comments of most answers fall below the level of need you are wanting to express.

I know you are in a lot of emotional pain. You would really benefit from talking to someone who could counsel/mentor you. You may even be clinically (meaning physically) depressed but this is not something we can really speak to. We're not qualified. But I do understand what it is like to really hurt and not know what to do about it. So here's my story.

By age 18 I was very depressed from the severe abuse that went on in my family. I was ready to commit suicide, but called a crisis line to see if they could help me. They got me in touch with a Christian group. After hanging around with them for a while I decided I wanted what they had. They were peaceful and treated each other well. They showed me how to pray and ask Jesus Christ to take over the management of my affairs. This relationship with Jesus was the first love I'd ever had. It's the one, single biggest good thing that's ever happened to me. But, I also needed some help for the depression and post traumatic stress disorder that resulted from all the junk I went through.

We're all special to God. He truly cares about us. So, I know God cares what is happening to you. I believe He has a desire to help you feel better and find some peace in life. Prayer is just talking to God and listening to the thoughts he sends into your mind. Maybe you should try this; I don't know, maybe you allready do....

I don't know exactly what will lift the burden of your pain. But, I do know there is a God who cares for you. I will pray you find what you need sooner, not later. Take Care.

Answer 4

You are only 17 and already so depressed? that is truly sad----My life wasn't all that good either but I learned at a VERY EARLY AGE to make the best of everything... and to always put a smile on MY face and TRY to give one to someone else....I have SEVERAL physical deformities, I was shunned in school, taunted and teased MOST of my live, never went on a real date in my life.... NEVER went to a dance with a boy, I have numerous internal problems and organ deficiencies and have spent MANY weeks of my life in the hospital ---having gone through 37 medically necessary surgeries.... I DID manage to get married and have a perfectly normal and healthy son who is now 29, and to tell you the truth, except for the taunting and teasing, I've had a WONDERFUL LIFE...!!!! I have SO many friends and am so busy traveling and doing things that I was NEVER supposed to be able to do.... Life wasn't easy but I NEVER gave up and NEVER let it get me down... Today, I am a 57 year old woman who just last year became TERMINALLY ILL... I haven't got long in this world but I fight EACH AND EVERY DAY to stay alive because life TRULY IS WORTH LIVING... even as sick as I AM... I still manage to go out in my boat or take small trips and visit friends and have a ball. I'll fight to the very END to keep living...and still to this day, I try to make EVERY DAY as special as it really is.... and I still like to make people laugh ....THAT makes my day!!!! You have to find something in life that makes YOU happy as well.. as BAD as you THINK you have it, there is ALWAYS somebody much worse then you.... forget the bad stuff from your past.... life is too good to waste it being depressed and unhappy....

Answer 5

heyyy. you know i havent been depressed as long as you, but i am now and am on medication. i know what a trapping feeling it is. its hard as hell to deal with day in and day out, especially when you cant help but dwell on the sh*ttiness of life. if you can, go to a dr and get a prescription, it helps because it actually makes you feel normal. like you actually have happiness and remember what it feels like to not constantly have a darkness over everything you do. if you need to tallk to just email me. itll be ok. just keep on truckin. try to keep so busy that you have no spare time, it helps.

Answer 6

Depression is a disease where the glial cells in the brain start disappearing. Get help. Willpower will not fix it. You wouldn't tell a diabetic to make the beta cells in his pancreas come back, so why do people think you can make the brain start working again?

Answer 7

I can tell that you are smarter than your age, people like you are considered clever because they are too organized and well knowledge, and the world around you is not satisfying you, because you are thinking in a better way than those around you, you have two choices, first work against your cleverness and act like the others (Stupidly), or keep your own organized way and suffer, good luck…

Answer 8

the same here.teenagers feel that watever we do is right..get rid of the feeling by forgeting it.u r a young blood don't forget that life changes every second.we can bring down a huge mountain in one night.we have the potential for that too if we hav determination.

Answer 9

I also suffer from depression and anxiety attacks...but the way I think of it is if you weren't depressed..then it would be hard to be sympathetic for those who have it o.O..or know what they're going through, and be able to help them =D

Answer 10

well don't be emo and you must enjoy life go out side to a park with tree's a calm place if you don't have a girl friend get one don't do bad choices live life see your family all that don't wast your life