Somtimes I look at my life and I think "wow how did I get into this shit hole?" But then I look around and realize I haven't had to deal with anything compared to some people. I read some of the posts people have but in and wonder what's keeping them alive. I don't think that I'm a particularly weak person but when I open my eyes I hve to ask how I can complain. The only person I've ever lost that was truly close to me was my cat, my parents are divored but still get along, and I suffer from depression but was lucky and recognized it and got treatment. I haven't had to dig myself out of any holes. Millions of people have been through absolute torture their entire life but they function on the same level I do. I have great admiration for these people and just want to tell them to hold on. And if your reading this with absolutly nothing to live for and thinking "what in the hell is she doing telling me to hold on?! She has no idea what it's like!" I'm sorry in no way was I trying to imply I understand what you're going through. I'm not sure what this thread is meant to be so just mold it into whatever you want.

yes, the point is good. But:



I shall mould this thread into a tiny lesson on typefaces, or letter-styles. On my comp, the type-face you have chosen is UTTLERLY impossible to read.

Big thick lines + small holes + not much space between leters and lines = the wrong font for anything but titles ....

It's a good perspective to be optimistic like that Psycho.....keep it up...

This Reminds me of the M*A*S*H Theme song

wow.. I thought I was the only person in the world who knew the theme song to MASH.. you know that song made a big stink when it first came out... back then no one really talked about Suicide.. let alone sang about...

I've been trying to hold on for the past 13 years living in this house. ;

Holding on some more, I guess. Maybe I'll wait until I'm 18. Maybe.

that's a long way off honey...what if you can't get out when your 18??

*shudders* that thought haunts me...GAH

(on pab's note, i do like the orange though!)

Whining is my favourite hobby.

I hate Singapore. I can't believe I've spent my entire life in a country I hate so much. Even when I leave I'll still be upset about this because I wasted my whole childhood and adolescence here when I could have been out having fun if I'd been somewhere else. I should have grown up in Canada but I didn't because my parents had the bright idea of staying here for fourteen years. This is a sad excuse for a country. By the time I get out of here and finally have the chance to do all the stupid things I should be doing now, I'll probably know better.

Gah...

I often feel like this when I get down. Ya know, why me and then I remember there are starving homeless people out there. It puts it into perspective. HOWEVER, that does not mean to say that you can't ever feel sorry for yourself or the situation you are in. It's all about how it affects you personally. I mean my parents getting divorced was the best thing they could ever do. Yeah at the time it hurt but now I'm better friends with both of them than I ever was. I can't say the divorce did that but it must have contributed somehow. Anyway, my point is.....er.....to me divorce was not a bad thing but to some it is. It all depends on how you look and deal with it obviously.

There is nothing wrong with complaining, moaning, etc. as long as you are prepared to accept the situation and deal with it and help yourself as best you can. Some people can't do this by themselves and that's cool. Just remember who your friends are and who you can trust to help you and you'll be fine.

Yeah, "Hold On" as Good Charlotte said in one of their teen punk efforts.....I'm not slating them...I quite like them.....energetic pop punk with a large slab of cheese

Sorry rambling.....

When I'm upset over stupid things I try to think of homeless people or children in Cambodia so my problems won't seem so bad, but it just makes me feel worse. I end up feeling so guilty for being miserable when I sort of do have a perfect life. I'm so selfish. Overall my problems aren't significant but I can't help but be affected by them anyway... it sucks. Everyone around me enforces that too. It's always "don't be depressed because you have everything" and "you're selfish and delusional" and guilt guilt guilt guilt guilt.

Like I said, whining is my favourite hobby.

awww. now i feel bad cos i get out of this hell-hole before everyone else. ah well, chin up, as they say. and oddly enough i think of the chim chimmery song. yes, back on topic.

its nice to hear soemoen actually admit they dont have it as bad as others. it gets annoying after you hear time after time "my life is the worst life ever, its worse than yours!" blah blah f*cking blah!

no! im not oging to rant! gahh!

this post wasnt intended to insult anyone, and im sorry for you if you took it that way.

hope things get better for everyone!

love you all muchly!

indeed, the perpetual thought that their life is worse than ANYONE else's does annoy me in some people. especially when they have friends that are going through worse but they're too busy wrapped up in this boy not liking them and it ruining their life to see through it and be there for them.....grrrr. as one of my friends constantly does when another of my friends is upset over losing an aunt she was really close to. she just doesn't moan because she thinks we don't want to hear it (which we do, if she wants to talk about it) but the other girl is ALWAYS going on about "craig who said he fancied me but went and slept with stacey and i don't know why because he said he really liked me"

oh dear. i'm all angry. i'm sorry peoples but it really gets to me!

don't let anything get you down! you can make it through! Your life may not be that hot, but think about it. It could be a lot worse.

ive neverheard of it. my class had to learn it in year 8 and none of us had heard of it. trying to play a song youve never heard of it way hard.

I love that song I'm sure it's saved a few peoples' lives, but then again The Happiest Day Of My Life probobly killed double that number

Well yeah I guess but you have to ask yourself if people are stupid enough to listen to a song and act it out word for word then they deserve everything they get. Actually....that's a bit harsh.....but do you get my drift? It's like blaming all the bad stuff in the world on 'ROCK' music or some other such type of music. It's just daft. It's like we don't have our own brains!

I think music should inspire you to do good and help you through the bad times not make you wanna kill yourself or anyone else for that matter!

Anyway, I'm babbling again....

I don't understand people who blame music for people's suicides and all that. Personally, when I was really depressed, listening to so-called "suicide music" actually helped me a lot because it made me realize that I wasn't the only one who felt that way.

Me either. My dad keeps on hating my music because "a while ago there were so many suicides from people who listened to metal"! What the humbugs?!

I don't have much talent. Why is it so hard to draw? I mean, I have lots of control over my fingers when I'm playing TIE FIGHTER or REBEL STRIKE and it always seems so hard just to draw well. I never took art class, so I mostly only do line drwings with a ruler. It really annoys me to see I have to much pottential so wasted. ARGH!

Also, It pisses me off like BUGGERY when politicians blame killings on video games and music. They don't now jack sh!t about the stuff, and they criticize it. Those bloody fools at Columbine were screwed up already, it's not like they were normal, not to mention that all the students used to pick on them. it was adding wood to the fire. Stop blaming video games on the dumb sh!t that people do. The media is always looking for a Scapegoat to blame crimes on, and they NEVER think of blaming the criminal him\herself. GAH!

Don't eve get me started on how much I think life sucks... ...but here's a funny/depressing song! (depending on how ya look at it )

Life's Gonna Suck - Dennis Leary
This one's for all you kids out there . . .

Life's gonna suck when you grow up, when you grow up, when you grow up.
Life's gonna suck when you grow up, it sucks pretty bad right now.

Hey, if you know the words, sing along.

You're gonna have to mow the lawn, do the dishes, make your bed.
You're gonna have to go to school until you're seventeen.

It's gonna seem about three times as long as that.

You might have to go to war, shoot a gun, kill a nun.
You might have to go to war when you get out of school.

Hey cheer up kids, it gets a lot worse.

You're gonna have to deal with stress, deal with stress, deal with stress.
You're gonna be a giant mess when you get back from the war.

Santa Claus does not exist, and there is no Easter Bunny.
You'll find out when you grow up that Big Bird isn't funny. Funny ahahahaha

Life's gonna suck when you grow up, when you grow up, when you grow up.
Life's gonna suck when you grow up, it sucks pretty bad right now.

You're gonna end up smoking crack, on your back, face the fact.
You're gonna end up hooked on smack and then you're gonna die.

And then you're gonna die!
...and it's to the tune of "the wheels on the bus..." ......

It's both. I'm crying on one side and pissing with laughter on the other.

Speaking of suicide music... I think I'll listen to some now. God I'm lonely.

Dude, i just wrote an article on this. Funny thing, that. Here we go... *yay for copy and paste* It was for English - I intend to rewrite it more scathingly.

My Life Sucks.

Opinions are like mouths – everyone’s got one and they can all inhale vigorously.
I’m getting really tired of hearing all this “teenage angst”. It seems to be “in” these days to be depressed and suicidal, and to whine about how bad life is. Today’s general attitude toward life is that nothing can make it better.
Every day I see and hear students in this school saying that nobody likes them, they have no friends, their life “sucks” because they don’t have the latest computer game or brand of sneakers.
If you look at people our age (roughly 15-16, I’ve noticed that in many people this whining decreases with age) around the world, many would give anything to live the way we do. When you really think about it, we’re handed everything on a silver platter – television, computers, books, an education. Our way of life is, if anything, extravagant.
I realize that I am being hypocritical. I’m just as whiney as everyone else, but at least I realize that I sound pitiful when I complain about my life. I also realize that my life is pretty good, and whining about it has no worth or merit, and in fact only serves to cheapen the experience of life itself. I am, despite my complaints, grateful for the way I live.
But many kids out there aren’t. They truly believe that their lives are second-rate, and because that they aren’t perfect they need to be depressed. Newsflash, everyone – nothing is ever perfect. If you look for flaws, you will find them – in anything and everything.
Most people have pretty good lives. Everyone goes through bad times, but most won’t ruin your life. Try to be grateful for all you have – a home, regular meals, and the opportunity to be a successful human being.
And please – stop whining!! I’ll try if you will.

November 13, 2003

exatly. be happy. You were born with a frigging silver spoon in your mouth, and you make up suicide poetry or dress in black and say your life sucks just because you didn't get your IPOD or you Sneakers or your Computer or what have you. I try not to whine, when I don't get something, I take a deep breath, and remember that other people have it WORSE. Far worse.

I know that life will never be perfect, so when people ask me how my day way, I say sh!tty. Sh!tty, sh!tty, sh!tty. Because there's not going to be ONE day in your life when all is perfect-but that doesn't mean you should cry and whine. Live life to it's fullest instead, because life's far too short to be whining. Go outside! Jump around! Breath in the fresh air! Dance in the glory of life!

I've found that there's nothing like taking a leisurely climb up a rocky hillock. It's even better than the telly our your computer.

Hey, I *like* teen angst all right? ...for now at least. I like teen angst music. But it's probably the punk sound of it I like rather than the lyrics. And I'm not complaning about not getting something I want...well I *do* complain about it sometimes, (it's a nice hobby) but that's not why I get depressed. I've been diagnosed with depression. I'm very sensitive, and one small thing can ruin my day. But it's not completely my fault. It's a chemical imbalance, and I'm on medz for it. I know my life compared to lives of others is pretty good (which is why I feel like a b**** sometimes). And I find people who say how great life is to be incredibly annoying ...but then again, that's probably how depressed people sound to happy people. Oh...and I don't dress in black for those reasons...I like the look...it's easy to match...it's slimming...and...black's a cool color. It's not like I wear all black everyday. And as for the media/politicians blaming killings on video games/music/tv...grrr! So annoying...not even going to go into that one.

I may have a perfect life, but I'm also manic-depressive and I get punished for that every single day. It's not my fault that I get depressed, it's a chemical imbalance and it's genetic. People are constantly telling me that I should be happy because I have so much, even though I really have no control over my depression.

This is what I mean when I talk about guilt. We're taught to feel guilty for being depressed when our lives are supposedly perfect - and that doesn't make us feel any better.

/me hugs all depressed people

I know how awful it is when someone tells you to cheer up and tells you that it could be worse. Especially if you get depressed because of a chemical imbalance.

I may be naieve, but I don't think that money buys happiness. Just because someone seems to have a great life on the outside, that doesn't mean that they don't suffer as well. It's best to remember that you don't truly know what most people's home lifes are like or what they could be going through at the moment.

I don't think that any life is "perfect." We all have reasons to be down sometimes. We can't be happy-go-lucky every waking second just because we aren't homeless or in poverty. So just lay off of the angsty people, okay?

*grabs Candice in a bonesnapping hug*

Well that made me feel better.

I love me.

Urgh... I didn't mean to trivilaize anyone's problems with the essay. That was written on the bus while thinking about my whiney emogoth suicide boy friend who calls himself white trash, yet lives in a house three times as big as mine, has a pool AND a hot tub, and whose parents really care about him. Barg.

Many people's lives do suck. Mine sucks at times. Everyone has the right to complain sometimes. Just not ALLL THE TIME. That's irritating.

i agree, hyp. if your having trouble...talk to someone (a note, if you need someone to talk to, im ALWAYS willing to hear what you have to say. usually, even if i dont know what im saying, i tend to say the right thing). there are a lot of people out there who care about you (all of you). (its 11:11...make a wish!) i...i cant think of anything else to say right now, but i want oyu all to know that i am always here for you, and ill talk to you about whatever is troubling you.

...and he calls himself white trash? ...is he like a wigger? Sounds kind of like one of my exes ...Eeeek!
..... I *do* understand how "angsty people" can get annoying. I'm not that way *all* the time.

...also..Thank you, Candice!! I feel like you have made a alliance between the "happy" and "depressed" people. *hugglez*