terrified knowing i’ll be utterly alone for my eighteenth birthday

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i don’t even know what to say. i’ve made no friends since school started & i just feel so miserable every day. i’m getting bad again & i just wanna go to the physch ward again & not have to talk to anybody for 2 weeks.

Comments

  1. StarPetal_ Avatar

    ngl 18 feels huge but the ppl u have around u rn wont even matter in a yr or 2 like life opens up crazy after high school

  2. Old_Voice_2562 Avatar

    I’ve spent many birthdays alone. It’s not a reflection on you. You have a whole life ahead of you. Make friends that you would throw parties for and throw parties for them. They will throw them back. Happy Birthday!

  3. CorpseDefiled Avatar

    There is a strength and a dignity in silence and solitude.

    Like it’s nice to have people around you but a vast majority of those relationships are superficial and only work while things are good and simple it’s when the shit hits the fan and the house is metaphorically on fire that we learn who we can rely on… for most of us it honestly is no one.

    Find peace with your own company and let the people around you come and go… never invest more in them than they do in you. Once you have that solid foundation within yourself people will gravitate to that stability and you’ll find your people…

    Don’t try to force life man you’ll only exhaust yourself

  4. Sairam3010 Avatar

    I know it feels safer to post here, but if you can, try saying these feelings out loud to someone you trust in person, It might feel terrifying at first, but talking to real people about what you’re going through can ease the loneliness in ways Reddit can’t

  5. NovaPlumeXo Avatar

    Talking here is a solid step. It’s totally okay to need a break and seek peace. You’re not alone even if it feels that way.. many of us have been there too. Hang in there.

  6. FuzzyShadowPeach Avatar

    When is your birthday? I’d love a reminder to wish you a happy birthday.

    I can’t help you other than being words in a screen but I’d love to be words on a screen for you, happy early birthday.

  7. aintnothang90 Avatar

    I’ve spent many birthdays alone and the Christmas after my mama died? In the hospital, homeless and just shitty all around. Life gets better; shitty things come in waves.
    Sometimes birthdays are best suited with a hostess cupcake and your favorite show

  8. National-Debt-43 Avatar

    It’s never too late to start making friends! Imm sure alot of people are like you and open to meeting new friends

  9. Flaky-Ambassador467 Avatar

    It’s tough the first year. As an adult I’ve spent about the last 13 birthdays alone. No cake, no friends, no family. It gets easier I promise. In the words of a wise man “Your birthdays not the most important”

    Also once you hit the age of around 28-30yo people wishing you a happy birthday is just a reminder that you’re getting old & your body is not working like it used to. Now I get depressed when I’m reminded it’s my birthday and I’m just one year closer to croaking like a 🐸

  10. InevitableView2975 Avatar

    its alright, i was totally alone on my 17th. 18th i was with my parents so if u can spend it with them. Ull find friends do not worry about them. Life brings good things

  11. Suspicious-Ratio-458 Avatar

    Welcome to adulthood.
    And now stop crying.
    No one cares.