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Desperate help at school

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Can you talk to your parents? If not, is there another adult you can talk with, maybe a teacher, relative? High school can be so confusing. Sounds like you may be a little depressed, which can be common in the teen years. There's so much going on it becomes overwhelming. Don't give up school. You can get through it. College will be a whole new world. You'll meet new people there and even maybe a nice girl. You are still so young. Don't worry about getting a girlfriend just yet. Take care of yourself first. Find out what's going on inside you. Sort out all of the things that are bothering you right now. If you've got a guidance counselor or maybe someone at church that can help you do that. Oh, and the school work, maybe finding a tutor. Just hang in there. It's a tough time, but you can get through it. I will be praying for you.
 
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:wave: My dear boy, bless your heart. You sound just like my son. He is 18 - still working on his diploma through correspondence school - all he wants is a girlfriend. I will tell you exactly what I tell him....pray for God to give you the patience to wait on Him. The right one will come along when she is supposed to. You need to concentrate on getting your education finished, deciding on what you want to do in your life to be able to furnish a home for this woman that God brings to you.

Our teenage years can be a truly trying time. We learn an awful lot from it - something we don't really see until we're grown up. You will pull through this time of your life. Keep living for the Lord and you will be blessed for it.

I hope you don't think I'm terrible for talking to you the same way I do my own boy - but sweetheart, trust me, God will get you through this time. Believe me, "she" will come along. You don't want just anybody - you want the real thing.

You are in my prayers, dear. :hug: :prayer:
 
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You do sound a lot like my sons too. High school is such a crazy, confusing time in one's life. I have vivid memories of feeling the same way you describe.

In addition to seeking an adult you can talk to, you may want to consider getting involved in your church, especially if they have a youth group. Most importantly, you need to work on your relationship with Christ. Friends come and go. Girlfriends come and go. Christ will never leave you nor forsake you.

Hugs,
Trish
 
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You seem to be a bit mentally unstable, remember God wants us to bring Order in Chaos, with your life constantly not having the things that you want, you sure don't seem happy. However all these things that seem important to you are trivial, you see nothing in the universe can make you happy ,exept LOVE. Therefore if you become a loving and helping person who has a loving intereaction with his fellow people and puts love and light into the lives of the people that he meets, then your future is garenteed to be succesfull from a spiritual perspective, focus on that and put God on the throne of your life.
 
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Is there something else going on mentally that is troubling you?
Having a girlfriend/boyfriend doesn't make our lives much better-
Mine commit suicide.If you stand on your own two feet and worry about
your future in school then you shouldn't have a girlfriend situation
anyways.We can't live through other people ya know.They don't complete
us.I just said a prayer for God to atleast open your world a bit here,get you
the help I think you may be asking for;then everything else will fall into place.
What do you think? Is there mentally something changing in you?
 
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