I’ve been depressed for as long as I can remember and I feel it’s getting worse as the years go by. I’ve always been so lonely. My parents are ignorant and support me, I have no friends to talk to, I’m just dealing with my misery all by myself and it’s become too much for me to handle. I’m 17 so I go to school each day and I can honestly can’t stand it anymore. I wake up in the morning feeling the need to kill myself, that’s how bad the situation is. I’ve been telling my parents that I want to drop out of school and pursue my education online but as usual, they’re not listening to me. Do you guys think I should just do what I truly want and go for it, because eventually they can’t stop me? Should I do what’s on my mind?
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I’m not aware of the legalities of this situation, but pursing school online has its positives and negatives. I had to drop out younger than you are now. I found the online schooling to be daunting and really boring, but it was nice to be the only student. I ended up getting my ged, but if I was you I would test going to school online before you commit. If it’s something you truly want and it will help you move on in your life… discuss it like an adult with your parents. If they still say no turn up the heat a little bit and see if they crack under pressure.
Thanks for the advice. For some reason they think I won’t be able to graduate from online schooling which is further from the truth I think. Do you need to apply in advance for it or can you enroll any time you wish?
I can relate to you a lot actually. When I was in 11th grade, I had such a bad breakdown because of school. I ended up taking a few weeks off. But when I went back to school, I still had a really hard time, very similar to before. If I could go back now, I would chose to either drop out or transfer to cyber school. Sometimes you just need to do things for you. All I can say about your parents is to keep trying to persuade them, I mean really try, if they see how truly miserable you are, it would only be right to allow you to make a change. I hope you the best of luck even though I’m sure your feeling so low right now.
Thanks for the advice, I really needed that. I just feel it’s what I need to do otherwise I’ll keep getting depressed over this. My life is bad enough as it is, I really don’t need school to make it worse.
Dear friend, @ your age I too went through similar public school experiences. I was a complete loner, an outcast if you will. Miraculously I somehow made it through high school & went on to post secondary studies. Though even in post secondary I still could not fit in and eventually dropped out. However, if you believe that pursuing online ED would give you peace of my then by all means. But beware, online schooling is only a temporary shortcut, and depression follows ppl everywhere they go in life. There are no shortcuts anywhere worth going in this world! And eventually if your still alive, society will force you to interact with others.
peace of mind** damn i hate spelling errors. Consider me a grammar nazi if you will lol
You can enroll any time, but you do need to transfer your school records. I think your school should be able to tell you where to go and how to sign up. My school did.
And when you’ve signed up for online schooling, you don’t have to attend regular school anymore right? everything’s done online?
Dude if online schooling is what you feel is better suited for you then go for it….The only thing colleges judge is your test scores (S.A.T & A.C.T) and G.P.A I don’t think they care whether you have a G.E.D or a diploma both are basically saying the same thing….I know how brutal high school can be and if we had a home computer while I was in high school I would have definitely done it man….
If I think you should end your life? No. I can understand since I wake up every day with the same feeling as you. It’s like you feel a void inside and you don’t know what to do, you feel desperate. But I really hope you find something or someone that makes you feel better about life.
Yes, once you sign up you can finish high school. Not sure if you can go to graduation as I did this 5 or 6 no wait 7 years ago. Talk to someone at your school. Hope it works out for you.
You’ll be ok. Online school is what my brother wanted to do, and he had adhd real bad for three years. He’s a computer freak, he hates not being around electronics, he’ll sneak on the computer just to play some stupid space game. Anyway, when they said no, he flipped. Let’s just say he still doesn’t get on MySpace to this day cause of what they posted on there. Lol. Anyway, you’ll be okay. If you need me I’m here.