Is it normal that i have nothing going for me in my life

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Every day is exactly the same for me. I wake up, watch tv, play video games, or stay on my laptop for hours at a time until I get bored. There is no excitement in my life. I'm 19 years old and haven't even finish high school yet. My life hasn't changed at all over the years.

I have no friends at all. The only people that I talk to are either my mom, or friends that I've met over the internet. I'm so socially awkward that I cannot for the life of me strike up a normal conversation with anyone without it being extremely awkward. I have group therapy to help me come out of my shell more, but it had been almost completely useless so far and it's been over a year since I started.

It feels like I'm running out options.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago | pl

    Unplug yourself from you technological 'security blanket'. Immerse yourself in the real world. Join clubs. Take classes. Get a job. Or, if you can't get a job, volunteer.

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    • NeuroNeptunian
      10 years ago

      OP, this is some of the most valid, practical and almost guaranteed success if you follow this advice I have seen on this site and I have been here for over a year now.

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  • Aliceee93
    10 years ago

    I used to be very socially awkward, I've got better a lot better over the years. Maybe get a job? And try to put yourself out there more. I know it's hard when you have no friends and you feel you can't fit in.

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  • disthing
    10 years ago

    This song was made for you:

    NIN - Every Day Is Exactly The Same
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3K1t0669no

    Play it loud.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    Everyday becomes the same for a lot of us. It can be hard to find friends, excitement, etc. You should def finish school and get a job/volunteer if u can't. Your young and still have a lot of options, hope thinks get better.

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  • thegypsysailor
    10 years ago

    By the time I was your age, I'd fished crab in Alaska, Salmon from SF to BC, been in a shitty little war in SE Asia and sailed to Hawaii and back several times, just to name a very few things. What's holding YOU back?
    Certainly don't take drugs like noid says; that's just stupid; get off your butt and go do something instead. It doesn't have to be anything radical; how about volunteering at an animal or homeless shelter. Go around with a garbage bag and clean up your neighborhood. Get out of the house, off the computer and make a life for yourself. Just what exactly do you think you have to lose; your life sounds like it really sucks, big time.

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      I don't know why you were thumbed down.
      I agree there is always stuff to do when you look for it. Nobody has ever gotten anywhere by sitting at home.

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    • Shrunk
      10 years ago

      So does yours, bro. why else do you have to be here saying negative things all the time? If your life is so great why are you so bitter and hateful? Makes me wonder how much of what you say is actually true, or if you are just a complete troll.

      "What's holding you back?" Newsflash- not everyone is 'blessed' with a 'normal' mind like yours (to put it in simple words even you could understand).

      [not the OP]

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      • thegypsysailor
        10 years ago

        Well if my post is hurtful to the OP, the let HIM speak up. Perhaps YOU are the troll here, not I, because everything I posted was to help him, not hurt him. If your life is 1/2 as terrible as the OP makes his out to be, then perhaps you should do a lot more reading here (if you are 'blessed' with a 'normal' mind") than criticizing. Of course, he could follow the idiotic advice to get on drugs and become a zombie as well as having "nothing going for me In my life".
        I don't like to label people on here, but you, and you are NOT MY bro, are a jerk.

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        • Shrunk
          10 years ago

          Doesn't mean much coming from you, the mother of all jerks.

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      Haha this is one of the most boastful introductions I have ever seen here, and for some reason it surprises me to see it coming from you. For some reason I thought you were humble, not the type to list off your great achievements in attempt to shame others and make them feel like shit about themselves.

      I've seen you around, and it seems like the only thing you are captain of is the S.S. Sarcasm.

      You do have great things to say, don't get me wrong, but I can see why your comment got thumbed down. You sound like a boastful dick in the beginning. Yes yes, you are impressive, all hail thegypsysailor and his mighty sea adventures. Even you admitted you have been lucky and fortunate in life. Well others might not be the same, and they DO have things holding them back.

      Would it piss you off even more if I added no offense at the end of this? I think so.

      No offense.

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      • thegypsysailor
        10 years ago

        I understand that this post came off that way, and I saw the criticism coming. But I really could not see any other way to get my point across. I don't see these things I mentioned as achievements, only experiences. And mentioned only to give inspiration and hope to someone who, in his own words, "I have nothing going for me In my life".
        I am very sorry that my post was taken as boastful and egotistical; it certainly was not meant in that way. The OP needs to understand that there are alternatives to "I have nothing going for me In my life", and by giving my true experiences, rather than generalized preaching, perhaps he can take heart and move out of the seemingly bottomless pit he is in now.
        Anyway, no offense taken.

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        • [Old Memory]
          10 years ago

          Alright. That makes more sense with the meaning written out like this. It's one of those things where YOU know you mean well, but others like myself don't see it at first.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    When I get bored I just leave the house and I always find some sort of adventure. You have to make those things yourself instead of waiting for them to come to you.
    Don't worry about being socially awkward either. I say stupid shit all the time and people actually like me for it because I'm funny.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    I am cooking a comment, but first I need to stop procrastinating and go write a paper. I'll be back to this.

    *slowly fades into the shadows*

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    • kingofcarrotflowers
      10 years ago

      I can't tell, have you just turned to the dark side?

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      • [Old Memory]
        10 years ago

        XD I have not. I merely went into the shadows of hyperglycemia ignorance and attempted to battle my way into enlightenment

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  • green_boogers
    10 years ago

    Once upon a time, I peeked outside my shell. Things looked unfamiliar so I went back inside. Being lazy inside my shell is a comforting experience.

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  • handsignals
    10 years ago

    Every day the same
    a parade of blank faces
    the cold indiferance of the rock

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  • Saycheese
    10 years ago

    Like what everybody else is saying, get out of your comfort zone and get out there. Find ways to lift yourself from that dullness.

    What do you enjoy or find interesting?

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  • noid
    10 years ago

    Get an antidepressant for social anxiety.

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