I can’t help but feel hopeless

[CilladeRoma]

A teenage girl, no matter how well meaning and well educated, should not be “helping” you through anything.
You should be talking to one priest/confessor only if you suffer from scruples and should not be seeking advice on an internet forum.

And , yes, you are coming up with excuse after excuse not to change. Someone suggested less device time, but you can’t do that because you get bored. Someone suggested a spiritual director, and you have social anxiety. Another suggested talking to a trusted adult, and you uncle’s live to far away(how about using that device- FaceTime, message, email?!).

And someone suggested your dad, who himself was a young guy once,and you can’t do that either.

If those aren’t excuses, what are they?

 

[Someboy113]

Sorry I will try not to post on this hostile forum again. God bless.

 

[CilladeRoma]

I’m sorry you think I am being hostile. I’m not I am only replying to what you write.

I am a Catechist trained to work with teens, I hear the same things you are saying every day. I know of what I am speaking.

You must realize, you posted on a public forum, not everyone will agree with you or pat you on the back and say it’s ok.
I empathize with what you are going through, I was young once too, and trust me, sinning is just as easy when you are old as it is when you are young.

Ultimately, you are responsible for your behavior. It’s not the things you watch, or the girl in yoga pants, it’s you! And the sooner you realize that people are only trying to help you and not being mean to you, and really start taking their advice, then maybe, you will start to heal.

 

[CilladeRoma]

I said nothing about sinning I am talking about behavior. The OP is absolutely the only one who can control that.

 

[Prodigal_Son]

I agree some of what you said, Cillade, but I want to disagree with this:

A teenage girl, no matter how well meaning and well educated, should not be “helping” you through anything.

I don’t think a teenager (boy or girl) could possibly be Someboy’s primary help, but I certainly think that peers could be helpful. I certainly found honest discussions about my problems with my peers to be extremely helpful, when I was a teenager.