I don't normally say anything about my past, but I also had a quite crappy life so far. When I was 8, my parents got a divorce, they knew they weren't right for each other, but decided to stay together for my brothers and I. It ended with my dad in jail and my mom in the ER. My mom fell into depression and started drinking, she went through rehab 3 times within 1 year and went through multiple jobs. When I was 12, my mom was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and the next fall we had a house fire, and over Christmas, I got Shingles, extremely painful, I was out of school for an entire week because of my pain medications.

I'm now 19 and life still sucks. I don't have a boyfriend or anything like that, but I've been having severe problems with anxiety and depression, as well as bi-polar disorder, ADD, and signs of early Schizophrenia.

As for your troublesome boyfriend, if he ever seems serious about his threats, I would suggest getting in contact with the police. Threatening to send those pictures and preventing you from seeing your friends is blackmail and harassment. As for those threats about self harm, if he has a therapist, I would recommend telling letting them know, and if he doesn't, try to convince him to get one.

I know it's hard, and it seems like there's no way that you can continue, but I would like to assure you that it will get better if you let it.

I'm no longer close with either of my parents, but I've been getting through my issues on my own.