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Feeling very unsatisfied leading to depression

With life in general. I don't get any satisfaction from my daily activities that I just don't do anything and I wouldn't know what to do.

I'll admit I'm quite nervous about going out these days because in the past I never had any attention from the public so I'd just go about my days without any hassle. Now when girls ask for my number I do feel quite good about myself, but that's only matched with hate from boys my age who usually follow me around town or throw things at my shoes to try and trip me up. Believe me, it is not as bad as it sounds though because it only happens on the odd occasion. They are not stalkers and it doesn't have very often but it bothers me. I do notice when I see some nasty stares off of other boys and I just think "why? what's the point?" so I don't bother going out for a while or feel a bit self conscious when doing so. I'm a small guy which also leads me to think "why would anyone be jealous or hate me?"

Because I don't go out much, I don't do anything. I'm at home all the time apart from school so one would think I get all my work done asap right? I don't. I should but I have no motivation to work.

My daily routine is very pathetic. I get up on the rare morning for school, shower, get to school, listen to my new friends have a laugh, sometimes join in, go to my lessons, come home around 3-4, jump straight on the pc, and then I lose track of time and hop from pc to tv all night long. I remember my work around 10pm and think "oh ****". This happens everyday.

I lift weights 3 days a week but this week have just given up because I feel so rushed for time because I have never been so stressed or depressed with my life. It is really pointless. And it's making me depressed now. My friends are noticing I'm down a lot, but I tell them I'm really happy and I don't think I'm depressed, and I usually then cover up everything by having a laugh. This does the trick for a while, but as soon as I remember things that bother me and how much I lie it just gets me down.

I don't really know what advice I could get, but would just like to put this out there anonymously and see if anyone can offer me anything.
Reply 1
Anonymous
With life in general. I don't get any satisfaction from my daily activities that I just don't do anything and I wouldn't know what to do.

I'll admit I'm quite nervous about going out these days because in the past I never had any attention from the public so I'd just go about my days without any hassle. Now when girls ask for my number I do feel quite good about myself, but that's only matched with hate from boys my age who usually follow me around town or throw things at my shoes to try and trip me up. Believe me, it is not as bad as it sounds though because it only happens on the odd occasion. They are not stalkers and it doesn't have very often but it bothers me. I do notice when I see some nasty stares off of other boys and I just think "why? what's the point?" so I don't bother going out for a while or feel a bit self conscious when doing so. I'm a small guy which also leads me to think "why would anyone be jealous or hate me?"

Because I don't go out much, I don't do anything. I'm at home all the time apart from school so one would think I get all my work done asap right? I don't. I should but I have no motivation to work.

My daily routine is very pathetic. I get up on the rare morning for school, shower, get to school, listen to my new friends have a laugh, sometimes join in, go to my lessons, come home around 3-4, jump straight on the pc, and then I lose track of time and hop from pc to tv all night long. I remember my work around 10pm and think "oh ****". This happens everyday.

I lift weights 3 days a week but this week have just given up because I feel so rushed for time because I have never been so stressed or depressed with my life. It is really pointless. And it's making me depressed now. My friends are noticing I'm down a lot, but I tell them I'm really happy and I don't think I'm depressed, and I usually then cover up everything by having a laugh. This does the trick for a while, but as soon as I remember things that bother me and how much I lie it just gets me down.

I don't really know what advice I could get, but would just like to put this out there anonymously and see if anyone can offer me anything.


Listen, there will be always people like those boys you described triping to trip you up, make your day that much worse. I know you're a small guy and all but try IGNORE them, i know this is hard but trust me...i feel that showing people you're affected by their silly insults/behaviour is the worst thing to do, it tells them they have a certain degree of power over you.

Why don't you try after school doing homework instead of jumping straight onto the PC/TV? Then after that talk to a friend/go to a friend's house or do something varied, if you have a ps2/xbox etc play on that, try on do your weights! anything that keeps you from falling into "your typical rountine"...it helps!

And try talking to your closet friend, someone you know will listen to you and won't try to shrug off your problems!...talking does help, i'm not sure whether you're the talkative type but just releasing how you feel can be the difference between just being a bit down and depressed...

Well i hope that helps...i'm not practically good when it comes to giving advice to boys :s-smilie:
Reply 2
Chin up sweetie, lifes never as bad as it seems. As said above, those boys are just bullies, ignore them and they will get bored. In fact, the advice above makes a lot of sense. Organise a boys day out to thorpe park or summin, have a laugh with ur mates and try to forget about anything that's troubling u. Take a step back, and ask urself is it as bad as im hyping it up to be? Are u making summin small into summin big? If so, forget about it. Make changes, giv urself a bit of variety. Things will be ok!
Reply 3
This may sound cheesy, but how about starting something new? There are clubs and societies and things out and about everywhere and I'm sure you could find something interesting to liven up your week and give you something to think about. If walking places bothers you because of these guys then maybe take a friend or something?

Even if your at home there are loads of things you can do which would make you feel better about yourself than internet... take up creative writing or read something or learn some craft or something?? Learn to play guitar??

Maybe none of these are really your type of thing... but all the best anyway