Why did I change? I’m so tired? Last year I used to sleep for like four or five hours and I was still energetic, hyper, happy I made tons of friends at school I felt like going to parties and stuff but this year I sleep for like 8 or 9 hours and I’m always so tired, I don’t wanna do anything, I’ve distanced myself from 96% of my friends, I don’t go out anymore I rather stay at home, kinda sad or angry i feel like running away from everything and be myself for awhile, I don’t know why. I want my life back but ugh it’s so hard, I’m 17 I’m a junior but about to be a senir since school is over in a week. What’s wrong with me? Why did I change?
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Did you experience a traumatic event, or did your life become more stressful? Or it could be simply that your body is going through a hormonal change. It sounds like you could be suffering from a bout of depression. Many people experience it at some point in thier lives, it can be genetically or evironmentally induced. I would talk to your parents about the genetics of your family and let them know that you are a bit down. If you don’t feel comfortable talking to them perhaps a school counselor? The good news is that it’s ok and that it can be helped 
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I’ve just been depressed lately and I feel I just need to get this off my chest. I’m a 16 (nearly 17) year old guy, my dad died when I was around 2, all that is left is my mom and sister, they both care alot about me but they’re both extremely short tempered and order me around which get on my nerves and I feel detached from them most of the time. I had kind of a lonely childhood, I rarely get along with others and was most of the last left out, except elementary/primary 4-6 where I got along with pretty much everyone, I had couple of very close friends, I have no problems at school and it was probably the happiest time of my life.Then I went to high school, everything just dropped, my old friends were all transferred to other schools, I can’t get along with anyone, got in trouble a couple times, it was just hard. My mom asked me a couple times how I felt about the school, I just honestly said I was upset. After the first year she dropped me out of school and said she’ll apply other schools for me but that was it, she never brought it up again, and I never asked as I hated school at that time and my mom wasn’t someone who speaks her mind, I just didn’t wanted to ask. So I stayed home and disconnected from society and social life up until now. I get up, shower, lunch, internet/play games/some housework, shower, dinner, internet, sleep, that pretty much sums up my life these past years. At some point I found some of my old friends in facebook, I contacted to one whom I consider my best friend, he was pretty happy to get in touch again but eventually I stop replying cause I was embarrassed what I am now and I just couldn’t tell the truth I drop out of school all this time. I looked at my other friends facebooks and they have lives ahead them, with lots of friends and have gf/bfs, I just look at myself in the mirror and realize what a loser outcast I am. More and more, I feel my life was just going nowhere, I started to feel lifeless and the world 100 steps ahead of me, it only got worse with my mom getting financial problems that nearly took away everything and she probably couldn’t afford school for me even given the opportunity.
