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There’s always a reason worth living. No matter how obscured, or hidden or plain non-existent it may seem, it’s always there. And what I’m about to say may not seem like anything new you’ve heard before, but you gotta’ be strong. I know that may be a lot to ask of right now just because of how unbearable life feels, but you can and will make it through this.

I think it will help if you look at being strong like this. Strength is the resilience to not stay down. To always get back up and push forward no matter what life throws at you, no matter how hard it may be, to just keep going. Set small goals to make it through this many hours, or until this or that happens, or something else you can use as a benchmark. Then focus on meeting that benchmark; then after you reach it, do that again.

Another thing that may help would be to find something that makes you laugh or smile, I’m sure there’s at least one or two things that fit that category, right? Incorporate those things into hobbies after school, and partake in them until you feel life is bearable, or until you feel alright with things. For me, personally, music and art related stuff helped a lot. I noticed you said you “don’t do art anymore”, why don’t you give it another shot? Or even music? Find some songs with lyrics that relate to you the most and what you’re going through and let that be your crutch to get through this.

Every hole you find yourself in in life is possible of climbing out of.

i think almost everyone experiences depression at some point in their lives. there are no feelings that people feel that are so remote and so foreign that other’s can’t slightly comprehend or identify with. many people know what it’s like to be lonely, to not trust a soul, to be losing faith and identity. to be afraid and feel helpless and hopeless. you’re not alone, and people don’t think as little of you as you think.