I hated school. My teenage years were the worst years of my life, to be sure. I remember thinking it was 'teenage angst' stuff.. Knowing it doesn't help heaps, though.

I think the hardest thing is not feeling like you have anyone to talk to. It can help a lot to feel like... You can say whatever is on your mind... And the other person will listen to it and... Not hate you for it. Not judge you. Not think any less of you. Maybe... Help you recast it in a way that helps you feel better and brighter.

Unfortunately... These gems of people are so very rare... In most people's lives... Most people are struggling with their own crap and most people aren't so great in helping you reframe things in helpful more positive ways.

One of the things I like about boards like this is that lots of different people can try... And you can take what works and leave the rest. And different people can be more or less helpful as they resonate in slightly different ways.

Anyway... I wish I had a place like this when I was in High School. I think it would have made a world of difference to me. I had a therapist... But I couldn't talk to them because they had to write hospital file notes and nurses werent' appropriately respectful of confidentiality when it came to those with respect to issues I was having with people who would visit me in hospital... And they made things worse...

Anyway... Life will get better. For reals.