I’ve been feeling so depressed lately.
I do not know what to do anymore. I do not want to kill myself, but I am just waiting for death. I am 18 and a male.
I have always been a little depressed. It all started when my grandmother passed away when I was 14. I felt like crap, I did not want to live anymore. I cried for days. The only solution I found was drugs. I felt too embarrassed to talk to my family about it. On top of that, my parents were getting a divorce at the time. I felt so much pain. Drugs were the only thing that rid me of my problems, at least for a while.
After about a year I was feeling better. By that time I was hooked on drugs though. I did not do them to relieve my pain anymore, I was just hooked. I tried letting go, but after a while of being without drugs, I would feel like all my problems would come back.
When I was 16, my mom moved to Canada with her boyfriend and left me here in the U.S. That just tore my heart. I felt so depressed that I started doing ‘harder’ drugs like Vicodin, Oxycontin, and Dextromethorphan. At 17 I was over this, but then like before, I was hooked to these drugs again.
Recently, I was in a relationship with a girl who I fell in love with last year. I thought she was the ‘one’. We had a very good relationship. I loved her. During the time I was with her, I was doing drugs. She still loved me even though she knew about my habit. She said she would be with me no matter what. Sometimes when I would go to her house, I would be so drugged up that I would pass out. I would wake up and she would be holding me and crying. I would always feel so bad and like an idiot for doing that, but I still continued to do it. Eventually she could not take it anymore and begged me, crying, to stop all drugs. I agreed, but she let me keep drinking. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do, but I did it because I knew she loved me and I loved her. The end of our relationship came when I messed up like never before. I went to a party with my sister and without my girlfriend (at the time). I got so drunk I ended up having sex with another girl. I was so drunk I ended up texting her about it. She said there, I broke her heart and said she never wanted to see or talk to me ever again. It was not until the next day that I realized what I had done. I messed up badly. I felt so horrible. I cried. Begged her for forgiveness. She cried, but in the end she said I hurt her too much and said to leave her alone. Last week, I asked her if we could at least be friends. She agreed. We have a good friendship going on so far. I asked her over a text if she ever thought she could forgive me for what I did and if maybe we could get back together. She said no.
I have been feeling so depressed. I cannot stand knowing that we will not be together anymore. Last week, I began doing drugs again. Now, when I am on them I feel so good and when I am off them I feel so terrible. Other things that are bothering me are that I am close to graduating from high school, hopefully. I have really low grades but just enough to graduate. The thing is I still have some big projects for some classes and I have been procrastinating. I have always been a procrastinator, I do not know why, but I know it’s bad. My mother will be flying here with the hope of seeing me graduate on stage. My father is feeling the same way. I know that if I do not graduate it will be so devastating for my parents and my entire family. If I see them like that, I do not know what I will do. I would feel so much guilt that I might end up hating myself even more or even hurting myself.


Hi Aero
You are going through a lot aren't you? I think in this sharepost you are truly saying that you want your life to change. You know you want to switch directions but you don't know how. You have begun some behavioral patterns...of things you may feel will give you temporary relief from pain. But in the long run these things...like the drugs...will cause you more pain and self destruction.
I think in all of us we carry two seeds in our hands...one is for self destruction and one is for growth. You need to focus on the growth right now so you can survive.
What baby steps are you willing to take today to turn things around? How about doing the school projects so that you graduate. It will take your mind off of other things perhaps. Focus one that one accomplishment...and when you have that success under your belt...tackle something else. I know things must seem so overwhelming right now but it is under your control to slow time...and focus on one task at a time.
In my opinion I think therapy would be a wonderful idea. Rehab may be helpful if you are ready and can commit to it. Don't wait until you totally bottom out before getting help okay?
You can do this!
Please keep writing...we are rooting for you!