What is wrong with me?

AliceRyan

Some amazing things have happened me lately. I am 17 and have just fulfilled my biggest ambition, I should be delighted but I am not.

Sure, there are moments when I am over the moon at my achievement. But, recently, I have been frequently feeling sad.

I've lost all my grandparents in a few years and after each one the sadness I feel increases. I miss them so much my heart aches.

A few years ago my best friend moved away. We talk a lot but some weeks she might not text and I get really worried. I know we arent drifting apart because I visited her lately and it was like old times. However, I always worry that she doesn't want to be friends. She recently went through something devasting and as I am in another country, I couldn't be there for her. I felt useless.

The smallest thing can set me off recently and when it does I just want to cry. I can't talk about it to people because I don't understand it. Am I depressed.

I miss all these people so much it physically hurts.

Toast4532

OP we can't give medical advice here on Boards, but I would advise that you speak to your doctor, and your parents or siblings (if you have siblings).

If you feel you cannot talk to your parents or siblings then please speak to your doctor. There is help available to you.

Good luck OP, I hope you get the help you are looking for.

AliceRyan

I'm not looking for medical advice, I just want to know if anyone can shed some light on why I feel like this. It comes and goes. It's not serious, more annoying.

Toast4532 wrote: »

OP we can't give medical advice here on Boards, but I would advise that you speak to your doctor, and your parents or siblings (if you have siblings).

If you feel you cannot talk to your parents or siblings then please speak to your doctor. There is help available to you.

Good luck OP, I hope you get the help you are looking for.

johnnyskeleton

AliceRyan wrote: »

I'm not looking for medical advice, I just want to know if anyone can shed some light on why I feel like this. It comes and goes. It's not serious, more annoying.

If you're concerned that you might be depressed, even if you don't think it's serious now, you should still go to the doctor. If you're not then The reassurance might help you...

3DataModem

Your 17.. Life changes a lot at this time and you leave a lot of feelings and people behind. That can create feelings of loss (and exacerbate feelings of loss eg bereavement).

Just realise that this is likely to be a phase, and that we would all give our arms to be 17 again, angst and all.

Above posters advice also worth heeding

AliceRyan

I just want to know what else could be? Is it school? All the teachers ever talk about is the Leaving Cert and we have an average of 2/3 exams everyday?

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

If you're concerned that you might be depressed, even if you don't think it's serious now, you should still go to the doctor. If you're not then The reassurance might help you...

AliceRyan

So it could just be hormones and stuff going out of wack. This is very reassuring as it is logical, thank you.

3DataModem wrote: »

Your 17.. Life changes a lot at this time and you leave a lot of feelings and people behind. That can create feelings of loss (and exacerbate feelings of loss eg bereavement).

Just realise that this is likely to be a phase, and that we would all give our arms to be 17 again, angst and all.

Above posters advice also worth heeding

freshpopcorn

Hi OP,
I don't want to sound mean but that's life.
You have achieved what you wanted and you have also experienced some bad things in your life.
Everyone loses someone close to them from time to time and for some people it is helpful to talk about it and others can move on.
In your life you will often lose contact with friends. This isn't because ye don't care about one another anymore it's just because the circumstances aren't right for ye to be as close as ye used be. You can make new friends during your whole life.
If your do feel depressed, I think you should talk to your GP or maybe teenline if you just want a chat.

Toast4532

AliceRyan wrote: »

I just want to know what else could be? Is it school? All the teachers ever talk about is the Leaving Cert and we have an average of 2/3 exams everyday?

AliceRyan wrote: »

So it could just be hormones and stuff going out of wack. This is very reassuring as it is logical, thank you.

None of us here can say what it is, we can only say what we think it could be, but if you want to know for sure, the only one who can tell you is your doctor.

I'd really recommend visiting them and talking to them, they will be able to offer better advice than strangers on the internet as 1) they will have heard your situation a million times and 2) they know you, and your medical background so will be better able to decide if it is hormones, stress, school, depression, etc.

If you don't want to speak to your doctor, is there a counsellor within the school you could speak to? Or one of your teachers?

They will have seen this type of situation, and similar plenty of times so they can give better advice to you.

AliceRyan

Thanks to everybody who posted I feel much better today. I think it was just the stress of everything and missing people who I could always talk too. It only lasted a few days and it wasn't very bad but I just wanted to see if anyone had had the experience or had advice