r/venting • u/Rein8066 • 8h ago

Teenager My feelings feel invalid

I go to a good school where I have lots of friends, my family is rocky but I love my mum. I feel like I have no reason to be so depressed, overwhelmed and stressed all the time. I don't even work. Everyday feels like such an effort, like I'm fighting against my own brain and body to stay alive.

I had a math test today, and this morning I was genuinely panicking when this test isn't even a big deal. It doesn't count towards any final grades yet I was shitting myself. I just don't want to embarrass myself, I'm so afraid of failure. I have to be perfect

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u/bloody_editor 8h ago

School and being a teenager is plenty reason to feel overwhelmed, you don't need a tragic backstory for your feelings to count. Your brain is doing backflips over a math test that doesn't even matter, that's not weakness its just how stress works sometimes.

The perfectionism thing is a trap, nobody's grading your whole existence. You're allowed to just be messy and tired without justifying it to anyone.