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Family and friends

i feel so alone and i feel like killing myself. i want to do something but i am scared. my mom doesnt understand me its hard to live with people who dont even KNOW you. i hate this i wont to die and i think i just might kill myself one of these days !!!!!! i dont think anybody can help me AT ALL

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Low mood

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i feeling really low, i have tried so many times to end my life. what is wrong with me why can't i be happy

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Emotions

ive just started year 7 and i goo to a all girls school i was nervous about startin but wen i met my friends i felt happier.in my prious skool in primary my friendships were not great and i used to be dessapointed alot but my friends, they feel out with me and turned all my friend against me i was upset and sad i dont know wat to do 2 find out if theyre my proper friend

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Unsure

 Recently, since I was two and my mum+dad split, i have depression problems. My mum has been in some bad relationships, that I usually get caught in the middle of. since I start secoundary school. I feel angry and upset, all the time. I think it may just be hormones. But I awlays feel like it. :S

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Hi

Hi I've been feeling very low for a very long time now and I just cant cope any longer. I started self harming over a year ago. I thought things couldnt get any worse but I've stopped eating as much and I know I have lost a lot of weight. I know my family are just trying to get me to eat but they constantly tell me how ugly I am now because Ive lost weight. I feel stressed because of school and exams. Im also pushing everyone around me away. Im not blaming my sister for my feeling like this but everybody always likes her. I cant talk to anyone and hurt my mum if she knew I was hurting myself. Im very scared at the moment.Thank you 

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Feeling low self and family

Dear Sam,

I have written to you about 3 times as I really need you help. I understand you can't read every letter though!

I self harm and have done for 4 1/2 years. I am nearly 16. Also I am adopted and even though i pretend it doesn't bother me it really does and I need your advice on this please. I was bullied which lead me to first self harm and then I just continued whenever I had any problem. Please please help me Sam.

I really want to stop but I am too addicted to stop now. Sorry thank youuu xxx 

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Scared depressed low and suicidal

My Mum's away to visit my sick granny and dad has 'man flu' which makes him even more difficult than ever. i'm struggling with recurring nightmares. i just want everything to be alright.. someone to tell me that its going to get better. someone to give me a hug. but there's nobody here. I am responsible for everything at home while mum's away. I also have a lot of coursework and revision to do this week.I don't think I can handle much more, both physically and emotionally.
Following going back to school in September, losing a lot of 'friends', experiencing a fair amount of bullying. then my brother split up with his fiancée this caused my parents to row a lot. I can't cope much more, i have begun to self harm as well.

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Me and my mum

I am 12 years old and I am extremly worried about my mum. She is in alot of debt and we have three days before the council take her wages. We are avoiding most people because they are asking for money and I am scared to open mail in case it's another bill. I don't know what to do.

I am not speaking to my father he is beingselfish and not letting me see my little sister. I feel that he is excluding me from his 'New' family and his wife is not being helpful either, bullying me behind his back calling me names and making me look stupid.

All of these issues are making me feel very depressed and angry,I just come home and draw, play my guitar and write songs about how I feel. I think these are the only things that are keeping me sane at the moment. I hope that you can give advice because I have nowhere else to turn. 

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Running away

my mum and dad have just split up again and my dad is saying its my fault they split up and my mum is blaming everything on me, and i also have school problems and there is just no one to talk to, and i would think of running away before but after i had a realy bad dream im think diffrent cause it cant be any worse on the outside please help

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Please help

Im a 14 year old, and i feel really depressed. I dont know what brought my depression on. I think it may be the lack of friends, the lack of confidence and the loss of someone very close to me a couple of years back. And also with my GCSEs coming up it just puts more pressure on me. I write my feeling down and make them into poems, which helps me at the time but when i look back at them it just makes me more upset to think i wrote this stuff and no-one understands me or listens to me. I dont feel ready to talk to anyone, but i dont know what i should do. Because i just feel it is going to get worse.

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Please help I feel lost

I just feel so lost and lonely. I either feel really angry or really sad, its like there is no inbetween. I can be fine one minute and then just want to cry the next. Ánd then I just get really angry because I feel like that and its frustrating. I just want it to stop.I have taken a few tablets before but I managed to stop before taking to many. My dad is always shouting at me and I feel like everything that goes wrong and is my fault. I want it to stop. I dont want to always think of suicide. I dont want to always be sad and then angry. Please, what can I do?

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School

I get so scared about everyday. I worry about the slightest things. I spend all my time at home worrying and i have talked to mum alot about worry, she used to suffer so she helped me. but now she saying its getting silly, and i need to grow up. I cant though. Its so hard, Im to scared to talk to my mates in the morning and stuff becuase im worrying so much. Whats wrong with me? i feel sick before each lessons and i had to go to the school nurse once when i actually almost  was sick with fear. What can i do tohelp my fears? Im hating school all becuase of this.

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Money worry

hi, i wanted to talk to you. im 14 and im worried about money, my dad got made redundent and since then my families life has gone down hill. now we have so little money that i cant afford new school uniform and mine doesnt fit me any more. Also , it has made my mum and dad get stressed really bad, and its affecting me loads.im not even allowed m8s round coz we dont have enough money to feed them. Thanks . ):

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My parents arent involving me

i need help cause when i get depressed i talk 2 my mum/ dad and they don't listen 2 me or just say 'awwww,okaii' i have no idea whant 2 do can you give me advice cause i have no one who's giving me any support and i just need someone 2 talk 2!!! help!!

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Cutting

i have gont through a lot of abuse since i was little by family and friends but i never learned a way2deal with stress so i started cutting when i was 13 i cnt seem2stop i need help i am ashamed of it but it makes me feel better and it feels good2feel pain on the outside rather than just the inside what should i do i need help i am desprate

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