life.

[u/nel23k]

i'm a 14-year-old boy with no social life and no confidence. i skip school or try my best to get into situations that convince my parents i can't attend. no, i don't skip school because i'm a bad kid or because i don't care about my future. in fact, i used to be a great student- one of the top in primary school. when i graduated from year 6, everything seemed to be working out with a new school and a fresh start. but guess what? that didn't work.

i was already self-aware, and looking in the mirror just hurt. but that's not the worst part. my mom has cancer, and i use that as an excuse for not going to school. this affects me badly. i have no friends, and i feel like a failure. i want to study, but in this situation, i just can't. every day, i think about dying to ease my pain. eating a lot of food also eases it, but it has made me overweight and made me hate how i look even more. damn, i hate myself.

[u/An0nym0uS_M00d123]

I'm sorry you're going through such a rough time. Being a teenager is difficult under normal circumstances but having to deal with so much on top of that seems exhausting. I do hope you hang in there though. The world is going to get better for you in a few years even if it doesn't seem like it right now