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I ruined my life

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  • 11-09-2019 7:14am
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    Registered Users Posts: 1


    I don't really know where to start so I'll start from the beginning...
    I'm an only child and grew up with my single mother and her parents, I didn't like the situation we were in so much, probably because as a kid you don't want to be different so I began to lie and lie and lie so much that it's natural now.
    I was bullied as a kid both mentally and physically really hard up until the day I left school, as a very young kid I remember once pretending to play with other kids so that I wouldn't be just on my own, I eventually made a friend but I lied about my family and he found out and that was that. I was very angry too I would often break the walls and doors at home so much that they had to be replaced, I was just a bad kid really with problems that never got fixed as I have such a barrier around me and don't let anyone in ever. I had/have adhd, concentration problems so never did well in school.
    Moving on a few years I had met a group of people through work but I was lying about all sorts from having a brother and sister to where I lived, about having a girlfriend, I lied for years about having a daughter and that she died after birth...like wtf!?! I would often pretend to be on cocaine in work too just being mad hyper and really annoying and also that I had a drinking problem for a while too, I'm not sure why but something along the lines of I wanted people to feel sorry for me
    So I eventually did have a girlfriend who I moved in with and at around the same time I stopped talking to my family and we haven't spoken or seen each other since, around 3 years now. I was lying to her about cheating on her once and completely lied about my life from where I lived to my family being successful/money/jobs and my entire childhood and adulthood up until that point. Then the anger came back, I hit her twice and she left and my friends found out and that was that.
    Now a few years later, in the past year I've probably had 14 jobs in my sector, some I just never showed up to again due to having 0 motivation others I got sacked for things like turning the main power off on the switchboard or binning something important or stealing.
    I haven't had a job in 6 weeks now and in that time I've locked myself away from the world and everything outside of my room where I live, I've layed in bed fully clothed on my phone the whole time on YouTube or I was on dating sites pretending to be guys or girls and chatting with different people for weeks, which I have definitely stopped as I got a caution off the police. In the 6 weeks I showered once I think and I only leave my room to buy food or cigarettes and as I look around there's such a mess here of empty packets of all sorts.
    I've been to the doctor recently for my depression and anxiety and been given sertraline 100mg which I'm on for around 6/7 weeks now and hasn't done anything yet. I'm waiting to see a psychiatrist to figure out what's wrong inside my head and get the actual help I need but it's getting harder and harder. I have no friends or family and don't know what to do next and slowly going down further and completely lost and confused.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭B-D-P--


    You went down a wrong path, but not an indefinate path.
    Your life is not in a good place right now, but your life is not ruined.
    You can still turn things around, A good psychiatrist can help you.

    Maybe try write a letter to your family, telling them you know you did wrong, and your trying to change.
    I'm sure they will try to help you.

    I wish you all the best in your recovery!


  • Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭Roadtoad


    Knock knock.
    Who's there?
    Remember me?

    There's very little that a 'kid' could do that would cause a parent/grandparent to not welcome him back, even if they do so carefully.
    When was the last time you walked 5 miles? In hills, along beaches, wherever.
    ps bring flowers!


  • Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭Garibaldi?


    You are alive. You expressed your plight realistically. Talk to someone. In your family or elsewhere. Do not despair. Life is complicated for everyone. It's a bit of a mystery. Love yourself. As the song goes "you are a child of the universe. You've got a right to be here" You may be in a rotten place right now. It doesn't have to stay that way.


  • Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭chooey


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