I'm new here.....

[mistystarshine]

Well, this isn't my first post, but I'm new on the forums. I've used forums before, several times actually, and I'm a member of many different ones.

Anyways, my story is: Once upon a time, I was a very shy girl. I barely had friends, yet I enjoyed my life. I loved playing alone, and it was fun.

Then one day (about 5 months ago), I woke up very upset and unhappy. I continued like this for the entire day, not knowing what was wrong with me, and ignoring all my friends. I'm a very quiet person in school anyways, so no one really noticed. This unhappy, unmotivated, and upset attitude kept going for the next few days. I was very negitive in my skating, and I kept saying things like, "That's too hard for me to do," or "I can't do that, it's impossible for me," and things like that. My mom thinks that I'm being too negitive, and that I need to try harder. Apparently she thinks that I'm not trying hard enough, and that I hate skating, which isn't true. I love skating, and I don't want to quit. So I tell her this, and she replies to me, "Well, get a positive attitude." So then I put on a smile all the time, even though on the inside, I'm having anger management problems.

Yes, I know that the story above wasn't really anything compared to everyone else's stories, but I need to put something in the story. I can't just say, "One day I woke up sad, and it stayed that way for 5 months."

So now, I'm like an on-off switch. When I'm on, I'm a happy-go-lucky person, and I'm really childish and immature. I'm really laughy (is that a word?), and people think I ate too much sugar for breakfast. When it's the off switch, I'm very depressed, and sad, and unhappy. The cycles aren't realy that fast; I'm happy for a week, I'm sad for a week.

Also, I have two online friends who are severely depressed, and have already gotten proffessional help. One of them has social anxiety, and the other one has hallucinations of her loved ones saying that she is worthless and deserves to die. I am currently trying to convince them not to commit suicide, but one of them has already tried to do it several times. Since they are not my friends in real life, I can't really help them. I'd like some advice for how to help these people. Thank you.

And that's it. Thank you for reading, I am new on these forums, and have a nice day!
(If you didn't notice, I was happy while posting this.)

[fallen]

you seem like a nice person i'm sorry your going through some highs and lows.
its pretty normal when your young.
as to helping your online friends all you can do is be supportive of them and accepting of who they are, which you are doing .
there is no magic wand to depression or anything else in life.
life is beautiful and worth struggling through the bad times to get to the good ones.
take care

[dougsan]

mistystarshine, what an interesting name. Does it have a history?

Your depression is too common among people of your age but that doesn't it is to be ignored. Nor should the depression of your peers be ignored. For you, I suggest you do some reading on this forum. The stories of other depressed people might give you some insights into your challenges. For your friends who are depressed, I suggest you keep as close to them as possible and tell them how much you love them and how much they mean to you.

Hope the forum is a positive for you.

[mistystarshine]

you seem like a nice person i'm sorry your going through some highs and lows.
its pretty normal when your young.
as to helping your online friends all you can do is be supportive of them and accepting of who they are, which you are doing .
there is no magic wand to depression or anything else in life.
life is beautiful and worth struggling through the bad times to get to the good ones.
take care

Thanks. I'll continue to support my friends.

mistystarshine, what an interesting name. Does it have a history?

Your depression is too common among people of your age but that doesn't it is to be ignored. Nor should the depression of your peers be ignored. For you, I suggest you do some reading on this forum. The stories of other depressed people might give you some insights into your challenges. For your friends who are depressed, I suggest you keep as close to them as possible and tell them how much you love them and how much they mean to you.

Hope the forum is a positive for you.

Thank you. And no, the name doesn't really have much of a history. I like the name though.

I'll start reading some topics in the different places. I'll keep telling my friends that they are important. Thanks.