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Right now I'm 18 yo, studying Psychology in a respected college in this area, thanks to a government program which pays everything for me. Much better than my other situation, where I was forced to attend to a techincal course in Informatics which I absolutely hated although I loved my friends there...

Well, I learned english on my own by playing videogames when I was a kid (of course it backfired and now I play on my computer everyday the entre day) and I considered this option when I was younger, but... You see, I had a talking problem in which I couldn't prounounce the "r" in portugue...

First I'm not even sure if I'm going to college, since I don't know if I achieved the enough points in the test. Also, they passed everybody in my class, even though I wasn't a bad student at all. But I'm not going to live in the college, I'm going to be annoyed by my parents all those years. I just...

I finished High School last month. Now I'm supposed to go to College, study psychology like I think I should. But what's the use? I'm a ridiculous person without any talents or redeeming qualities, can't take care of myself for my life thanks to my overprotective mother and my absent father. And the...

Lately I have been talking to this girl on my school... or at least trying. I have problems with communicating with people, and I even think I might have problems with expressing my feelings, and always sound somewhat apathetic (and pathetic too). But deep inside me, I have this need to find a signi...

Hi ShyViolet, thank you for your words. I really hope I can get better, and I believe this place will be very helpful.

Hi, I'm XavierHP, 17 years old, living in São Paulo, Brazil. I do not know what kind of disorder I have, but I surely am in the dumps right now. I thought about studying psychology when i'm done with high school, but realized that I don't have hope in myself and in my life, and can't help myself to ...