Hello, thank you for taking time to read this. I read many articles / posts on similar problems i have been facing the past year or two (more recently 4 months)

So from what ive been told, i seem like the average kid. 16, 5 foot 10-1/2 inches, not so basic family though. Divorced parents. 1 blood brother, 12, my step dads daughter, 21, and my step mom has 3 kids, ages 22, 24, and 26 (yes, kinda weird) Id tell you about all of them, but only one of them resorts to any problem what-so-ever.

But im feeling very down at this time. Im just going to skip the junk and get to the reasons i can think of.

My mother and step-father.

They're good parents, but they argue, alot right now, and my mom seems to be a little *****y (sorry if thats too explit, all that i could think of) and i have always kinda stood up to my step dad, because hes not my real dad. My mom has been over the top lately, saying if i keep going on this path i will be like my cousin. 24, overweight, living at home still. and i took great offence to that, but didnt say anything. Talking to her is somthing i never really did as a child, and i dont really plan to for some reason.

My step sister got pregnant at 19, and we now have my 2 year old niece Ava. Shes been a trouble maker as long as i can remember. Drinking young, drugs, you name it. Totally stupid and weak to peer pressure i can imagine. Shes not doing so well now, and all the parents had a small intervention thing with her. and the arguements were horrific, and with my mom mad and stressed, she loads it onto me with the littlest things like leaving my plate on the counter and not in the sink or somthing real small.

A new friend i met in math this year. She was real nice, i learned she was a year older, but had mutual friends with me in my grade. after about a month of in-class/school friendship, we started hanging out. I dont want to brag, but im kinda good at reading people, and i knew she liked me, she even told me eventually. I did ask her out, but one morning i kinda took a joke too seriously due to my parents yelling at eachother in the background, which made me mad. She didnt really talk to me for about 2 weeks, then she kinda said i was always down and emo-like, and she could never make me happy. Then there was somthing else, but i still dont know. I figure its her best friend being jealous of me because he likes her too, but never expressed his feelings. Its real hard on me right now.

I dont really talk to anybody about this but her, and she does the same with me.

Another thing thats gotten me down is due to my familys and friends beliefs, i feel like im being forced into christianity, when i dont know what to think anymore.

Right now i feel depressed, but i enjoy most parts of life, but i really notice how much sadness im in right now,

Im writing this post not only to ask for some opinions and/ or constructive critisizm, but it relieves my stress as well.

Be aware some edits might be made due to leaving some parts out.

Thank you for your generous time.