Biggest struggle

[Jazzy]

What was/is your biggest struggle as a teenager?

 

[McConnaughay]

Social-Anxiety.

 

[Khalessi]

Continuously, trying to avoid getting caught by the nuns .. smoking in the girls toilets at school

 

[Nebulous]

Let's not even go into my dysfunctional childhood...

 

[Khalessi]

Let's not even go into my dysfunctional childhood...

lol. But if you shared .. some of the younger ones who read this ..might be able to avoid making the same mistakes Nebulous

 

[Nebulous]

Let's not even go into my dysfunctional childhood...

lol. But if you shared .. some of the younger ones who read this ..might be able to avoid making the same mistakes Nebulous

It wasn't really my mistakes, my parents were the dysfunctional ones. Especially my abusive alcoholic father.

 

[Khalessi]

Let's not even go into my dysfunctional childhood...

lol. But if you shared .. some of the younger ones who read this ..might be able to avoid making the same mistakes Nebulous

It wasn't really my mistakes, my parents were the dysfunctional ones. Especially my abusive alcoholic father.

Aye, I can relate. Over half my family.. live their lives through an alcoholic haze.

 

[Nebulous]

Let's not even go into my dysfunctional childhood...

lol. But if you shared .. some of the younger ones who read this ..might be able to avoid making the same mistakes Nebulous

It wasn't really my mistakes, my parents were the dysfunctional ones. Especially my abusive alcoholic father.

Aye, I can relate. Over half my family.. live their lives through an alcoholic haze.

I guess it teaches us to NOT be like them, so that's one positive thing they've contributed I suppose.

 

[Lugassy]

Not exactly a teenager anymore but the thing I found hardest to deal with was women. Due to my disease affecting my facial appearance I found it very hard to deal with the opposite sex. If I tried to be their friend they would run away thinking I was hitting on them and if I was hitting on them they'd run faster. It's hard when you're one of the guys and you have to watch them all pair up with people, eventually I stopped being invited to gatherings because they felt bad for me.

 

[Khalessi]

@Lugassy..

I have a medical background .. and I have seen so many things, both the bad and the good.

Some of my happiest memories, as far as my career goes, more often than not, involve people who are, and have been all their lives, in situations similar to yours.

It's a sweet thing to see, when all the adversity they have been through in their lives.. seems to disappear a lil, when they do finally find their someone special.

People who can see deeper than just 'skin deep', and love you for who you really are .. are the most desirable partners of all.

Beauty is always, always, in the eyes of the beholder

 

[Lugassy]

@Lugassy..

I have a medical background .. and I have seen so many things, both the bad and the good.

Some of my happiest memories, as far as my career goes, more often than not, involve people who are, and have been all their lives, in situations similar to yours.

It's a sweet thing to see, when all the adversity they have been through in their lives.. seems to disappear a lil, when they do finally find their someone special.

People who can see deeper than just 'skin deep', and love you for who you really are .. are the most desirable partners of all.

Beauty is always, always, in the eyes of the beholder

Thank you for that, I woke up in a bad mood and this was the first thing I saw when I opened up my laptop lol I know there is someone out there for me, right now I'm working on bettering myself both physically and mentally and if that someone happens to come along in the meantime I won't complain xD

 

[Raven]

Depression.

 

[DrLeftover]

I think my biggest problem was keeping things in perspective.

And now, I don't know how long it's been since I was a 'Teenager', I can tell you that some of the things that seems so overwhelmingly important then, weren't that important then, and certainly are not today.

But. Today's teens won't believe that any more than I did when I was that age.

 

[Lugassy]

I think my biggest problem was keeping things in perspective.

And now, I don't know how long it's been since I was a 'Teenager', I can tell you that some of the things that seems so overwhelmingly important then, weren't that important then, and certainly are not today.

But. Today's teens won't believe that any more than I did when I was that age.

I know exactly how you feel. I tried so hard to fit in with the friends I did manage to make, thought they were my entire world, skip forward a few years and they were completely out of my life. And now I find that I have alienated myself from my family because of how much attention I paid to people who ultimately didn't matter as much as my family.

 

[Khalessi]

@Lugassy..

I have a medical background .. and I have seen so many things, both the bad and the good.

Some of my happiest memories, as far as my career goes, more often than not, involve people who are, and have been all their lives, in situations similar to yours.

It's a sweet thing to see, when all the adversity they have been through in their lives.. seems to disappear a lil, when they do finally find their someone special.

People who can see deeper than just 'skin deep', and love you for who you really are .. are the most desirable partners of all.

Beauty is always, always, in the eyes of the beholder

Thank you for that, I woke up in a bad mood and this was the first thing I saw when I opened up my laptop lol I know there is someone out there for me, right now I'm working on bettering myself both physically and mentally and if that someone happens to come along in the meantime I won't complain xD

And if you find that person sooner rather than lata .. you can go through the healing processes together .. make that bond even stronger

Now I might answer the thread question seriously..

My mum abandoned myself, my brothers and sisters when we were still so very young. I was only 5 when she left. Ive struggled with that emotional hurt all through my childhood ..and well into my teenage years. It has affected past relationships/friendships, but like Lugassy .. currently working on these things, so future friendships can be much more healthy

It seems that everyone ..has their cross to bear in life..