I just gave up
14 year old female
I have been struggling with stress, self harm, bullying and family problems for basically all my life. I was never the pretty, skinny, popular girl and the people in my high school were determined to let me know that.
In year 7, I went through the good old 'emo' phase - they began to call me names, horrible, nasty, mean names behind my back and to my face. I told the teachers, principal and my deputy, but they just simply did nothing about it. My parents think I'm just saying this for attention, so it hurt more that no one believed me at all.
That's when I started to hurt myself. I just gave up and didn't go to school for the whole of year 8. I got so low on the way I looked. I just had enough of my appearance, so I cut all my hair off and cried myself to sleep praying that I'd wake up one morning and at least look slightly decent. I was recommended to the Kids Helpline, and I'm currently speaking to a counsellor through email.
It does feel extremely good to get everything off my chest and to have some one listen to me for once in my life about my problems. Kids Helpline have encouraged me to become a counsellor and help when I'm older so I can help other children\teens with any problems :) xxx
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