I feel very lost and I don’t know what to do (I’m a guy). I’m currently attending my local college and am in a two year program with 4 semesters in total. I’m currently in semester number 5 and I’m failing miserably. I CAN NOT tell my parents. My father might understand if I really talk to him, man-to-man, but there is very little chance of that and my mother simply won’t accept failure from me again. I previously attended university for biological sciences and I failed out of that. I finally built up the courage to tell my parents that sciences weren’t my thing so I went to the local college for computer programming.( I was told by my mother quite explicitly that this was my last chance, that I’d be kicked out the house with nothing)  It was something that I thought I wanted but I quickly found that It was far too difficult for me. I just couldn’t understand it; no matter how much I studied I just couldn’t grasp it. I decided to switch programs again, I was terrified to tell my parents that I was switching programs for a third time so I didn’t. I switched to Network System Administration which went well for the first year; I understood the material and was passing; I started making friends that always wanted to hang out. Things were going great for once in my life. Then, when hanging out with some friends one night, they say they really want to have a good time and that’s when weed was introduced to me for the first time. I loved it, I loved the way it made me feel, I loved the way it made me forget. Forget about my lazy, absent father. Forget about my emotionally cold mother. Forget about the high level of pride and resultant pressure put on me to succeed, to be the first in the family to go to and finish college. I kept smoking weed, more and more and I became addicted to the feeling it gave me. I became addicted to weed. I started becoming reckless with my smoking and would smoke in the back yard while my parents were home. I would skip class to smoke weed and I fell behind. It was stupid and as a result I got caught by my mother. That was bad day but it forced me to tell my mother a lot of things that I kept bottled up. She basically spit in my face when I showed her my true feeling and it has caused me to completely hate her. It’s at the point now that I don’t hate the things she does or the things she says, I hate her, who she is as a person and I know she feels the same way about me. I wasn’t kicked out but living with her in this house is like walking on eggshells now and I can’t take it. I was able to stop smoking weed, but it doesn’t matter what I do or say she still thinks I’m smoking it and I get accused of it all the time. All I think about now is how easy suicide really is, how it is the only thing that will provide the sweet release that I need. I feel like it’s the only thing that will allow me to get out of the impossible hole that I’ve dug. I think about how easy it would be to step of the sidewalk and into a car, to swallow a hand full of pills and enter that beautiful eternal slumber, to get a gun and end it all in a flash. If my mother and father find out that I’m failing again I won’t be able to face them and I really and truly don’t think I have any other options left. I’ve turned my life into a perverted mess; I have nothing that I can show for it. I’m constantly compared to other people not much older than me; they have the education, the job, the newly started family. They are financially secure and independent and I feel like I‘ll never have any of these things. What kind of a life do I have to look forward to. A Life with parents that I hate and that hate me. A life with no family to break the fall when things get tough. A life of constant financial hardships. Suicide seems to be the only thing that will solve all my problems. It’s just too enticing to ignore.
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My friend. I’m sorry to hear that you are feeling this down. I don’t know your parents. They seem to want only the very best for you and it seems they are quite strict. But I’m certain that if they knew you had suicidal thoughts surely they would support you as parents should wen you most need them. Could I suggest you type out a letter explaining how much pressure you are under and that you have thought about suicide? Maybe they wouldn’t understand? If they don’t then please send a letter to your doctor who will be very williing to help you. You have to face the fact that you might not acheieve what your oarents want but your happiness is far more important. Humans are selfish and you should start thinking about yourself a bit more.
Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately my mother is not the type of person to understand the problems of others. I learned from a young age that the only feelings that carry any weight in the house are my mothers.
I know exactly how it feels to have people expect things from you bud, whether you can do them or not.
My parents had massive plans for my college/university times that i never particularly wanted to go to, and they FLIPPED at me when i told them i wanted to join the army. Then mum found my weed for the first time and that was another massive argument of how i’m ruining/dont deserve my life ect ect
It did indeed get to the point where mum kicked me out – i sofa surfed with friends with NO money for 3 weeks, and i can tell you it was the most liberating 3 weeks of my life.
I dunno if it’s any help for you, but for myself i found the best thing to do is free yourself from those things in your life that cause you any unnecessary pain.. If, like it was for me. living at home is THAT bad and causing you that much distress, then i personally would encourage you to get out – it sounds bad when “council housing” and “dole” are mentioned, but who gives a fuck what people think – the freedom it will give you will do you the world of good. Nobody to judge/expect anything of you, no need to report on your grades every day, and more importantly, nobody throwing your weed away ;D
That’s one of the things that scares me the most. The thought of being kicked out and having to make it on my own with nothing is very frightening. Throughout my entire life I’ve never had to worry about money, deal with money, handle money, etc. If I’m abruptly forced to live on my own I feel as though I’ll fail horribly at that like I’ve failed everything else.
There will always be someone that can help you mate, everyone has to deal with this sooner or later and im sure most people get worried sick over it but there’s always somewhere you can turn, where are you from may i ask?
I’m from Canada. I don’t have anyone. I’ve fallen out with my friends because the depression had taken over and I had no desire to talk or be around them or anyone for that matter and I became a very dark person. The shame and sheer disappointment (and anger from my very controlling mother) will kill me and I simply wont be able to go back to them. I’m the first person in my family to go to college and I’ve had an extreme amount of pressure put on me to succeed. On top of that I’m failing because of weed, laziness and depression, all very poor reasons that warrant a great amount of anger and hatred from my family. If I fail, I’ll be failing the whole family and that’s a burnt bridge that I don’t think I’ll be able to fix.
I know what it’s like to fall out from your friends for that reason, winter.
I’ve lost everyone too.
Which is probably just as well, at least to minimize hurt to others, since I can’t endure in this world.
Goodbye, fellow Canadian.
I was able to get in touch with an estranged uncle that left the family for the same reasons I want to. He agreed to let me stay with him and he got me a job with the company he works for. It actually pays pretty good. I told my parents what happened and how I felt and I left that night with nothing but my car. (I did take my TV and Video games 🙂 )
I left the school and I’m working to get my own place. My uncle is actually a really cool guy. we have Halo battles for hours sometimes. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders, I can breath. There is light at the end of the tunnel. I know this all sounds corny but I’m not in that dark place any more. It’s only been three days and I can see the full extent of the control my mother had over me and it was criminal. I feel FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!