I want to cry so hard rn, I genuinely don’t know why, but I’ve developed severe anxiety this summer, and I don’t know how I’m going to live my life like this, please help.
So the problem is, well.. The thought of dying, literally the idea of not existing, is making me depressed, and that one day I will be on my deathbed. I can’t even enjoy anything anymore without thinking that one day I will die. Even worse, I can’t even talk to my friends normally, and yet that’s not all, I’m also scared of old age and my adult life- Everything feels useless, nothing matters anymore, because I’m going to die. I tell myself that it is inevitable and happens to everybody, but I still feel depressed and meaningless. I’m so jealous of the people my age or years older than me who live happily, because not even old people think like this. This is stupid, and I feel like an idiot who has gone insane. I feel like when you become old, life just becomes boring and meaningless with no goals, and that’s scary to me.
Please help I need I am crying as I type this. I need help now
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you’ve got depression and anxiety love. nothing is wrong with you. you’re not any different or any less important. you have a chemical imbalance in your brain, which billions of people also have. i felt the same way when i was your age. i got in to see a therapist and got prescribed antidepressants. they saved me.
This sounds like existential depression/anxiety. Most people feel those worries sometimes but it’s an actual mental health condition when it impacts your life this way.
I really encourage you to speak with a doctor or school counsellor to see about getting referred to a therapist. In the meantime, there are actually some decent resources online that provide general coping strategies and ways to minimize the pain of those thoughts.
Please do your best not to isolate yourself. You are suffering with a medical condition and having love, support, and safety around you is something you deserve.
Yes I totally agree! I have the same thing and meds changed my life!
It might help to live more in the moment so you do think about things that might upset you about your future life, definitely talk to your parents/guardians about how you have been feeling. Try to find a good therapist that you feel comfortable talking to and you may want to try and contact a psychiatrist to get diagnoses for possible any mental illnesses and if you end up needing medications.
Let’s say you’re going to die 6 months from now, what do you do now?
Well these sounds like intrusive thoughts to me.
I had battled ocd before and this thoughts are about the same thing that causes anxiety. The only way to relief it is to breathe in and out for each about 3 seconds. It’ll be more calming if you breathe out with an exhale.
Take a walk in sunlight and eat and drink water well. I hope this eventually gets better for you.
ok, heres what to do:
1- stop worrying, you are still young and its normal to feel this way.
2- this life is temproary, the one in heaven is eternal.
3- pray to god that you do end up in heaven
start before its too late.
If money is an issue, you can get free therapy from chatgpt. I’ve tried it, and strangely enough, it’s worth it.
Dude 14 is a harsh age, don’t be down on yourself. 24 year old you understands- just gotta make it there champ