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i'm so tired

saigetic

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i feel pathetic. i came here hoping that if i asked for help online then everything in my real life would coincidentally get better. maybe my parents would magically start supporting me and i'd realize i didn't need this site. that i had been victimizing myself all along like how i'm somtimes convinced i am.

no.

it's getting worse.

i wish i could put a name what i felt and possibly help myself but it's too much to describe with one word.
it's like a cage around my chest slowly contracting just enough for me to feel like i can't breathe without killing me. it's like constantly needing to cry but i can't. i try so hard to do better yet i still fail because i try too hard. i can never go a day without irritating my parents with my behavior even though i don't know what i'm doing. i'm blind, to my own actions. i never know what i'm saying or doing, or how unhelpful or disrespectful it could be, and they know this.
they know, but they don't help. don't reach out. don't ask me how i am, don't try and give me a support system, don't take me to a therapist, don't get me diagnosed with anything.
they gloat about how responsible they are compared to me. how much larger in age and wisdom they are. and i expected them to live up to that, for my entire. life.
i do good in being responsible for a long while but one wrong mistake and suddenly i "always" make mistakes, or i "always" don't pay attention, so then what i'd done isn't enough.
and when they seem so ignorant and blind to my behaviors it makes it seem as if they purposely ignore me. suddenly, they turn off that insight and responsibility just to not have to bring up my issues or how i could possibly work on my behavior. i feel as if it completely ruins the possibility of them just "not noticing" or struggling with how they were raised. when they've talked so highly of themselves, and i've believed them. i genuinely thought they knew better, or knew when i'd be hurting.
and i don't know what to think anymore.
it's confusing.
it's painful.
and it only hurts more and more by the day when my own parents who i've looked up to and convinced myself aren't as bad as they seem, never get any better.

i don't want to blame them for things they can't control. they're my parents. but they always blame me, for the same thing. i can never speak up because it's backtalking. i can never say how i feel because it'll get dismissed. i can't have my own opinion because i'm "just a child", yet they'll also tell me I'm an adult, and i need to be mature.
for them to switch whenever it conveniences them more never gives me a clear understanding of what i am, or who i get to be at this age.

i feel trapped.
trapped, but too tired to try and give myself some freedom in my own life because i don't know if i'm old enough to have freedom or old enough to still be restrained by rules.

what am i meant to do? am i supposed to put up with this for another two years? i'm shocked i've made it this far, and i barely managed to do that without contemplating suicide or self-harm, which i had been doing.
i don't know if i should have some kind of in depth talk with them, because i've tried that and it always ends in nothing. i really feel stuck. i've tried just supporting myself and realizing my worth, because people say if you just try and do that it'll get better. i've tried going on a calorie deficit for the past (almost) week, and going outside even more than i usually do.

it hasn't helped.

i'm more tired, and i've only lost a pound. i'm too tired to even try and start working out.

if i can't support myself, and my parents can't support me, i don't know what to do anymore.
 
You could just continue digging that hole that you're in. Digging, thinking, crying that you're in a hole. Digging some more. Regrets. Focused on how bad things are. Focused on how bad you're treated. That's one approach. How's that working out for you so far? OR.. you could.. DO SOMETHING POSITIVE AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! You could say to yourself, I'm tired of feeling this way and decide all on your own to STOP. Stop digging, grit your teeth, workout, move on and find something better. CREATE something better all by yourself kiddo. Its a big world. You live in a wonderful country. There's lots of great hobbies and groups. Immerse yourself in light, goodness, and service. Have fun. Occupy your mind and use your talents for GOOD. Perhaps help other people. Stop digging and climb out of that hole all by yourself. Don't look behind you. Don't focus on the past. You're NOT headed in that direction. You're moving forward. Be a bit brave and take control of your life. You might fail. Yes it might end in disaster. But do it anyway and do it overvagain if necessary.. Your parents are there to guide you and pick you up if you fail. Then YOU start again and keep on moving forward. Find a need and fill it. You'll be just fine.
 
I think saigetic is a minor child and home schooled. He does not have much available to him such as the things infinity man suggests.

That said, it is worth focusing on what good can be wrought out of life, and minimizing the bad. It doesn’t mean the bad stuff is minimal - just that we have to get our focus off of it.

What rolls around in your head all day? You do have some control over that. If you relive the things your parents say or do to you, you are prolonging the agony. Instead, remember and relive the things that brought you joy, such as an insect you watched.
 
My mom was very difficult to please, and l realized she will never care for me as a close family manner. She had a horrible breakup with my real father, (made for TV movie break-up). I say stick it out, two more years, then get a job. A job will get you away and build your confidence. I went abroad right after high school and l found out that l am very likeable and do well with others, but it took moving away.
 
If you don't know what to do anymore, find something you WANT to do. We autistics do best when we are absorbed in something we love.
 
If you need help to support yourself or get help to manage in an emotionally unsafe environment/are not safe at home, all I can suggest is contacting a youth crisis line to see if they can advise you on how to talk to your parents, how to get some therapy without your parents knowing (not sure how it works in the USA, in Canada you could be considered a mature minor and probably access free counselling confidentially - if you were in Canada I would direct you to the Kids Help Phone for advice and because they can direct you to all kinds of resources all over the country and they do not trace calls so you'd have to give them at minimum a full name for them to report you to CPS or anyone else, it is key to their service. KHP is also staffed by actual psychologists - or was when I was a kid, so they tend to know what they're talking about and be really good at what they do). Its possible depending on the crisis line that you could get some basic therapy that way - nobody can do an autism assessment for you over the phone via anonymous crisis line, but they might be able to help you figure out some options depending on what kind of help you want.

Crisis Hotlines For Youth | Stop It Now
 
You could just continue digging that hole that you're in. Digging, thinking, crying that you're in a hole. Digging some more. Regrets. Focused on how bad things are. Focused on how bad you're treated. That's one approach. How's that working out for you so far? OR.. you could.. DO SOMETHING POSITIVE AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! You could say to yourself, I'm tired of feeling this way and decide all on your own to STOP. Stop digging, grit your teeth, workout, move on and find something better. CREATE something better all by yourself kiddo. Its a big world. You live in a wonderful country. There's lots of great hobbies and groups. Immerse yourself in light, goodness, and service. Have fun. Occupy your mind and use your talents for GOOD. Perhaps help other people. Stop digging and climb out of that hole all by yourself. Don't look behind you. Don't focus on the past. You're NOT headed in that direction. You're moving forward. Be a bit brave and take control of your life. You might fail. Yes it might end in disaster. But do it anyway and do it overvagain if necessary.. Your parents are there to guide you and pick you up if you fail. Then YOU start again and keep on moving forward. Find a need and fill it. You'll be just fine.

You could just continue digging that hole that you're in. Digging, thinking, crying that you're in a hole. Digging some more. Regrets. Focused on how bad things are. Focused on how bad you're treated. That's one approach. How's that working out for you so far? OR.. you could.. DO SOMETHING POSITIVE AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! You could say to yourself, I'm tired of feeling this way and decide all on your own to STOP. Stop digging, grit your teeth, workout, move on and find something better. CREATE something better all by yourself kiddo. Its a big world. You live in a wonderful country. There's lots of great hobbies and groups. Immerse yourself in light, goodness, and service. Have fun. Occupy your mind and use your talents for GOOD. Perhaps help other people. Stop digging and climb out of that hole all by yourself. Don't look behind you. Don't focus on the past. You're NOT headed in that direction. You're moving forward. Be a bit brave and take control of your life. You might fail. Yes it might end in disaster. But do it anyway and do it overvagain if necessary.. Your parents are there to guide you and pick you up if you fail. Then YOU start again and keep on moving forward. Find a need and fill it. You'll be just fine.
yes i appreciate the thought but i've tried that already. i have no ability to be independent or responsible besides having interests of my own and those don't nullify everything i feel. i'm past the point where it's easy to just try or whatever the heck because i've been trying for so long and now I'm exhausted because it never works anyways

thank you anyways though
 
I think saigetic is a minor child and home schooled. He does not have much available to him such as the things infinity man suggests.

That said, it is worth focusing on what good can be wrought out of life, and minimizing the bad. It doesn’t mean the bad stuff is minimal - just that we have to get our focus off of it.

What rolls around in your head all day? You do have some control over that. If you relive the things your parents say or do to you, you are prolonging the agony. Instead, remember and relive the things that brought you joy, such as an insect you watched.
Yes. Thank you and appreciated. The child appears to be 15 or 16. I said nothing that I wouldn't say to my own 15 or 16 year old expressing a need for similar guidance and truth. The minor child has access to the internet so may be able to find a positive group, constructive hobby, a soup kitchen to volunteer at... something positive to do other than focusing on the negative aspects of existence. Not downplaying their experience or feelings but, change begins by first taking action yourself. It's a lesson. A good one we all learn at some point. 15 or 16 seemed to me to be old enough to at least be told the truth and give some thought to it.
 
I think saigetic is a minor child and home schooled. He does not have much available to him such as the things infinity man suggests.

That said, it is worth focusing on what good can be wrought out of life, and minimizing the bad. It doesn’t mean the bad stuff is minimal - just that we have to get our focus off of it.

What rolls around in your head all day? You do have some control over that. If you relive the things your parents say or do to you, you are prolonging the agony. Instead, remember and relive the things that brought you joy, such as an insect you watched.
i do want to focus on those things because they make me egregiously happy but i'm also scared i'll get too distracted and end up ticking my parents off more because they've also expressed some distate for my like of bugs, or animals that aren't conventionally appealing.

they don't like how i talk gently to birds and insects, even if they can't hear or understand me, even though i adore them and i can't help but talk like that. they're living creatures, too.

i do sometimes get distracted looking at bugs when they need me for something, but even if it's just for a second that i take to stop and look and i try to keep it brief, they'll get mad at me for "looking at/playing with the dang bug".

for example, i'll take in fading or sick bees occasionally and give them some TLC (sugar water, warmth, etc) before releasing them, and a couple of times my mom said she would just squish it or kill it if she saw it.

and if i talk about a cool insect or spider i held or saw they don't even try and show interest, they just immediately play the sarcastic nod and then "i think the only cool (critter) is a dead (critter)" which i know some people dislike insects but i feel like comments like that are unnecessary.



yes, i am incredibly very intensely invested in insects, birds, reptiles (which i don't think i've mentioned yet. i love reptiles) but it's still something i try not to get too caught up in because of my parents and the fact that it might be difficult for them
 
Yes. Thank you and appreciated. The child appears to be 15 or 16. I said nothing that I wouldn't say to my own 15 or 16 year old expressing a need for similar guidance and truth. The minor child has access to the internet so may be able to find a positive group, constructive hobby, a soup kitchen to volunteer at... something positive to do other than focusing on the negative aspects of existence. Not downplaying their experience or feelings but, change begins by first taking action yourself. It's a lesson. A good one we all learn at some point. 15 or 16 seemed to me to be old enough to at least be told the truth and give some thought to it.
i don't have a soup kitchen to volunteer at and i can't drive on my own yet without a registred adult in the car. i also can't quite get a job since i do have to focus on homeschooling which has also taken it's toll (geometry, mostly, i'm so glad the things i'd like to go to college for don't heavily require knowing geometry)



i'd really like to find a nice little community but for the most part this is all i have, and even this is risking it. i'm not even on my main email right now because i've had a sinking suspicion that they have access to my main one because of how often they say they know more than i think, which is either complete bluff or it's actually true. you'd think they'd then see the amount of time's i've searched up hotlines and be concerned so i doubt it's 100% true

anyways, they are quite strict about social media. not everything, of course, I do have a youtube channel but even that's monitored often. they are very strict about me communicating with certain people though, they don't want me around the wrong people

me being here is kind of my first step at taking action myself, in my opinion anyways. if they're gonna rush me into being considered an adult when i'm at the ripe age of underdevelopedfrontallobe then i'll start doing things on my own like an adult. i'm still weary about it, and the whole self care thing, because i feel they'll be incredibly ticked off if they find out i've been on here
 

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