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emily47017
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i decided a long time ago that the best way to get through adolescence was medically-induced coma.
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KephasAugustine
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You sound like you’re right where I was at your age. Alone, left out, invisible, confused, frustrated…but mostly wondering why God–Whom I learned was a loving, kind, benevolent God–was making me go through all of this. I eventually turned away from all things holy, got into some really awful stuff, then went through a very hard, painful reversion process. While I’m glad Christ called me back, I would rather spare others the same trouble that I went through as a result of my own failings. As of late, I have begun to realize that God is kind, loving, benevolent, merciful…and He is also strong, powerful, and just. And His Will will be done.
God does allow people to go through hard times. He lets us have free will, and because we are fallen, we choose evil over Him sometimes. The world would have you believe that evil is the only choice but that’s not true! Jesus certainly didn’t cave in when He went through hard times–He trusted, hoped in, and loved God the Father even as He was beaten, bruised, crushed, broken, and killed on a Cross. Abraham trusted in God when He asked him to kill his son, Isaac. Mary, the Mother of Jesus trusted in the Father and loved Him and hoped in Him while suffering through life as the woman who had gotten pregnant out of wedlock, and whose Son eventually became reviled, hated, and brutally killed as she watched it all happen. And you and I, and lots and lots of other people, we aren’t asked by God to kill our children (mind you, He didn’t even want Isaac killed…it was just a test of faith). God doesn’t ask us to watch as our children get crucified…and certainly, God doesn’t ask us to be crucified. I’ve come to consider myself lucky and blessed to have only gone through some confusion, resentment, and reversion. We all have to go through hard times–some of us are even called to be killed–but this is all in order to work with God to fulfill His Plan for humanity. I’m not going to second guess the Almighty, not anymore. If He wants me to do something, I’m going to do it. I’ll fall and fail and stumble, and so will you, and so did Abraham, Moses, Peter and the Apostles, and all great men and women…but what makes us great is that we continue to hope in the Lord, especially during hard times.
Sometimes, faith, hope, and trust are put to the test. If they weren’t, though, how genuine would they actually be? You can’t say you trust your friend, and then never tell him any secrets. That doesn’t make any sense. You have to put your heart, reputation, and deep dark secret on the line to actually know that you can trust that friend. Jesus is your Best Friend. You may have to put your heart and soul on the line, and that’s never easy, but once you see Him come through for you you’ll know it was worth the worry.
God will never let you down. I promise.
You are in my prayers, Image of God. (By the way, NEVER FORGET that that’s what you are!!!
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God does allow people to go through hard times. He lets us have free will, and because we are fallen, we choose evil over Him sometimes. The world would have you believe that evil is the only choice but that’s not true! Jesus certainly didn’t cave in when He went through hard times–He trusted, hoped in, and loved God the Father even as He was beaten, bruised, crushed, broken, and killed on a Cross. Abraham trusted in God when He asked him to kill his son, Isaac. Mary, the Mother of Jesus trusted in the Father and loved Him and hoped in Him while suffering through life as the woman who had gotten pregnant out of wedlock, and whose Son eventually became reviled, hated, and brutally killed as she watched it all happen. And you and I, and lots and lots of other people, we aren’t asked by God to kill our children (mind you, He didn’t even want Isaac killed…it was just a test of faith). God doesn’t ask us to watch as our children get crucified…and certainly, God doesn’t ask us to be crucified. I’ve come to consider myself lucky and blessed to have only gone through some confusion, resentment, and reversion. We all have to go through hard times–some of us are even called to be killed–but this is all in order to work with God to fulfill His Plan for humanity. I’m not going to second guess the Almighty, not anymore. If He wants me to do something, I’m going to do it. I’ll fall and fail and stumble, and so will you, and so did Abraham, Moses, Peter and the Apostles, and all great men and women…but what makes us great is that we continue to hope in the Lord, especially during hard times.
Sometimes, faith, hope, and trust are put to the test. If they weren’t, though, how genuine would they actually be? You can’t say you trust your friend, and then never tell him any secrets. That doesn’t make any sense. You have to put your heart, reputation, and deep dark secret on the line to actually know that you can trust that friend. Jesus is your Best Friend. You may have to put your heart and soul on the line, and that’s never easy, but once you see Him come through for you you’ll know it was worth the worry.
God will never let you down. I promise.
You are in my prayers, Image of God. (By the way, NEVER FORGET that that’s what you are!!!
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Prague
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You say you have no friends, but can you try and be a friend to someone at school that is lonesome too. To have friends you have to be a friend.
Even though you are 15, look into finding something you can do for others. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, join the scouts, check for anything at church you can help with.
Call retirement homes and ask if they would like someone to come and read to the elderly there.
Are you close to any veteran’s hospitals. Maybe the vet’s could use someone to help visit with the vets.
Yes, it has been sometime since I was 15, but it was difficult for me back then too, and I finally started looking into helping other’s and found that other’s were more important to me than my thoughts of me, me, and I, I.
God Be With You and May His Mother Hold You Close
Prague
Even though you are 15, look into finding something you can do for others. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, join the scouts, check for anything at church you can help with.
Call retirement homes and ask if they would like someone to come and read to the elderly there.
Are you close to any veteran’s hospitals. Maybe the vet’s could use someone to help visit with the vets.
Yes, it has been sometime since I was 15, but it was difficult for me back then too, and I finally started looking into helping other’s and found that other’s were more important to me than my thoughts of me, me, and I, I.
God Be With You and May His Mother Hold You Close
Prague
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nablaise
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"On then, my soul, on with head uplifted above earthly things, always satisfied with God, with everything He does, or makes you do. Take good care not to imprudently entertain a crowd of anxious reflexions which, like so many trackless ways, carry our footsteps far and wide until we are hopelessly astray. Let us go through that labyrinth of self-love by leaping over it, instead of traversing its interminable windings.
On, my soul, through despondency, illness, aridity, uncertain tempers, weakness of disposition, snares of the devil and of men; through suspicions, jealousies, evil imaginations and prejudices. Let us soar like the eagle above all these clouds with eyes always fixed on the sun, and on its ways, which represent our obligations. All this we must needs feel, but we must, at the same time, remember that ours is not a life of mere sentiment, and that it does not depend upon us either to feel, or to be callous.
Let us live in the higher regions of the soul in which God and His will form an eternity ever equal, ever the same, ever unchanging. In this dwelling entirely spiritual, wherein the uncreated, immeasurable and ineffable holds the soul at an infinite distance from all that is specific in shadows and created atoms, it remains calm, even when the senses are tossed about by tempests. It has become independent of the senses; their troubles and agitations and innumerable vicissitudes no more affect it, than the clouds that obscure the sky for a moment and then fade away, affect the sun.
We know that all passes away like clouds blown along by the wind, and nothing is consecutive nor ordered, but everything is in a state of perpetual change. In the state of faith, as in that of glory, God and His will is the eternal object that captivates the heart, and will one day form its true happiness, and this glorious state of the soul will influence the material part which at present is the prey of monsters and savage beasts."
Abandonment to Divine Providence by Fr Jean-Pierre de Caussade, SJ
On, my soul, through despondency, illness, aridity, uncertain tempers, weakness of disposition, snares of the devil and of men; through suspicions, jealousies, evil imaginations and prejudices. Let us soar like the eagle above all these clouds with eyes always fixed on the sun, and on its ways, which represent our obligations. All this we must needs feel, but we must, at the same time, remember that ours is not a life of mere sentiment, and that it does not depend upon us either to feel, or to be callous.
Let us live in the higher regions of the soul in which God and His will form an eternity ever equal, ever the same, ever unchanging. In this dwelling entirely spiritual, wherein the uncreated, immeasurable and ineffable holds the soul at an infinite distance from all that is specific in shadows and created atoms, it remains calm, even when the senses are tossed about by tempests. It has become independent of the senses; their troubles and agitations and innumerable vicissitudes no more affect it, than the clouds that obscure the sky for a moment and then fade away, affect the sun.
We know that all passes away like clouds blown along by the wind, and nothing is consecutive nor ordered, but everything is in a state of perpetual change. In the state of faith, as in that of glory, God and His will is the eternal object that captivates the heart, and will one day form its true happiness, and this glorious state of the soul will influence the material part which at present is the prey of monsters and savage beasts."
Abandonment to Divine Providence by Fr Jean-Pierre de Caussade, SJ
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Image_of_God
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Thank you all. I will certainly take all this information to heart. It will take time to soak it all in. I still feel hopeless, but I am going to try.
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Catholig
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Image of God,
Yep. I feel the same - or at least I think I do. I have the problem w/ not being able to do any decent “secular” things. I mean - I want to do lots of church stuff, but I also want to do “regular” stuff. It just seems that every movie or whatever has something objectionable in it.
And I have the same problem w/ my thoughts - every single day I feel I need to go to confession. And I just can’t shake it. I feel angry as a result…
If you want to PM me - I’ll be glad to talk. BTW - I am on the second day of a novena to St. Jude - hopefully it’ll do some good.
Catholig
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Gamera
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Because then you wouldn’t be you. You possess your own unique set of attributes that nobody else possesses. Remember the Joydrop lyric, “I’m not beautiful like you, I’m beautiful like me.”
Comparing yourself to other people is a self-esteem death trap. As soon as you start, you’ve already lost, because there’ll always be somebody who outdoes you in one category or another. There’ll always be someone smarter, or someone handsomer, or someone funnier, or someone friendlier, or someone richer, someone whatever-er. So the moment you start evaluating your worth by comparing yourself to other people, you’re 100% guaranteed to lose.
Your worth has nothing to do with anybody else’s worth. Someone else’s intelligence doesn’t make you any more or less intelligent than you already were. Someone else’s kindness doesn’t make you more or less kind. Someone else’s appearance doesn’t make you more or less attractive. Your traits are your inherent values, and they don’t rise or fall based on somebody else’s traits — that’s just illogical.
Confidence has nothing to do with feeling that you’re “as good as” the other guy. Confidence is about recognizing your own worth and value regardless of what anybody else does or doesn’t have going for them.
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Kevin42
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I would go a little farther with what the above poster said, and ask what you mean by “like the other guys”? While masculinity is certainly something that men should have, the perverted and horribly distorted version of masculinity that secular society portrays is nothing that any Christian should be a part of. Our culture today seems to be under the impression that masculinity includes many anti-Christian immoralities that it indeed does not. I would ask you to be sure that this is not what you are looking to be a part of. While it may be more difficult to “fit in” if society’s perverse view of masculinity is what it takes, then I want NO part in that. True manhood is found in Christ, so as long as you are trying to follow him, do not worry about how the rest of the world perceives you.
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Crumpy
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I went through something like you describe, and I didn’t have a website to express myself and my doubts.
I’m not sure what particular order this must be done, but do this: Accept yourself and orient yourself to what you know is right. Yes, you’re looking for acceptance and approval from people your age, but that’s a fickle standard to go by. don’t assume everybody else is right and you’re wrong. Do what you know is right, don’t ruin your life by taking some big chance or dare to see if anybody really cares. They’re WAY too much into themselves. Don’t count that as your problem.
You can’t imagine what problems others will have in the next several years, because they are they way they are now.
You are the one who has to live with you, for the rest of your life. Make peace and get on with things.
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Image_of_God
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No.I would go a little farther with what the above poster said, and ask what you mean by “like the other guys”? While masculinity is certainly something that men should have, the perverted and horribly distorted version of masculinity that secular society portrays is nothing that any Christian should be a part of. Our culture today seems to be under the impression that masculinity includes many anti-Christian immoralities that it indeed does not. I would ask you to be sure that this is not what you are looking to be a part of. While it may be more difficult to “fit in” if society’s perverse view of masculinity is what it takes, then I want NO part in that. True manhood is found in Christ, so as long as you are trying to follow him, do not worry about how the rest of the world perceives you.
Can I just take the good virtues they have and throw away the vices.
I know they talk about girls. I try not to hear it, but I do. I don’t think their activities are innocuous.
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Techno2000
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The Golden Arrow Prayer:
May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most mysterious and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified in heaven, on earth and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ in the most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
This prayer was revealed by Our Lord to a Carmelite Nun of Tours in 1843 as a reparation for blasphemy.
“This Golden Arrow will wound My Heart delightfully,” He said, “and heal the wounds inflicted by blasphemy.”
Imprimatur
- T. J. Toolen, Archbishop of Mobile-Birm.
angelfire.com/ca3/rafaelmarie/ThePieta/zhgoldern.html
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Theodora
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Hello,
Everyone here has given you wonderful and very good advice, but one thing I have not seen mentioned: have you gone to Confession lately?
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Kathrin
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Hello Image of God,
I just feel I have to add something here too. I can relate very much to what you are feeling. Your original post is almost like a poem. Poetry is one of the ways I have dealt with my confusing emotions. Just let it all out…
Some of us are more sensitive than others. It can be scary, it can be really almost unbearable at times, but on the other hand it can also be, really, a blessing.
I am 32 now and I feel I have grown a lot and I like who I am now. All the difficulties during adolescnece (being mobbed, all those MOODS, and then an eating disorder… the emptiness I felt sometimes… the questioning, the extreme fears…) I feel now in some way that is had all been worth it.
You may know the words, God gives us only so much as He knows we can handle.
Well, He must think you can handle a lot. Does that mean He thinks you are a very strong, a very GOOD person? Could be!
The sins that you mention… this is something I could particularly relate to, the question: How can this ever be forgiven???
But you know, God is soooooo amazingly merciful (you know the song “Amazing Grace”? Ah, has it helped me!!!). And you really CAN arrive at a point where you can forgive yourself as well. because you know God has forgiven you. Have you been to confession? If not, go! I remember feeling so freed after confession, like a brand new start.
As for mental illness… personally, I have thought many times that I might suffer from a mild mood disorder on top of the OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) that I have actually been diagnosed with. OCD goes along with scrupulosity. I feel VERY guilty sometimes over things other people would not even think of feeling guilty about. It almost feels like once my thoughts “hook on” to a guilt feeling (or a worry, too, for example) they start to spin in circles and I don’t know how to ever let go of the worry again.
But it passes. It always does.
The feelings of emptiness… you know, when I was younger, I went through phases when i was so afraid I might never be happy, never feel free, again. Sometimes they were very long phases. When I did feel better again, the relief was almost incredible, a real “high”. And then I should have learned, the first time even, right? But no, it happened again. I sunk down into another will-I-ever-get-out-of-this hole.
But now, having gone through this more than once, I know this: There is always HOPE. There is no such thing as really really hopeless. The feelings of emtiness for example… they pass. WHILE you are in them, it is hard to even imagine feeling excited about something again, am I right?
But then, it does pass anyway. I think those feelings are part of life. And during adolescnece, it is especially hard. Things start to change in some ways, all the childhood stuff becomes less important, you are trying to find out who you are…
Hey, you have something that a lot of adolescnents these days don’t have to help them: Your faith!! Now how’s that for a start?
You know, all this aside, I really do agree with those people who have suggested talking to somebody. I don’t know how your relationship with your parents is. It would be great if you could talk to them. And if you feel you might need professional help (especially if you EVER start feeling you don’t want to live anymore!!) then please do talk to a profesisonal.
And I like the suggestion of talking to a priest. Especially about the guilt feelings.
And remember: God DOES forgive our sins. He really does. He knows we are not perfect.
Bye for now and best to you!
Kathrin
I just feel I have to add something here too. I can relate very much to what you are feeling. Your original post is almost like a poem. Poetry is one of the ways I have dealt with my confusing emotions. Just let it all out…
Some of us are more sensitive than others. It can be scary, it can be really almost unbearable at times, but on the other hand it can also be, really, a blessing.
I am 32 now and I feel I have grown a lot and I like who I am now. All the difficulties during adolescnece (being mobbed, all those MOODS, and then an eating disorder… the emptiness I felt sometimes… the questioning, the extreme fears…) I feel now in some way that is had all been worth it.
You may know the words, God gives us only so much as He knows we can handle.
Well, He must think you can handle a lot. Does that mean He thinks you are a very strong, a very GOOD person? Could be!
The sins that you mention… this is something I could particularly relate to, the question: How can this ever be forgiven???
But you know, God is soooooo amazingly merciful (you know the song “Amazing Grace”? Ah, has it helped me!!!). And you really CAN arrive at a point where you can forgive yourself as well. because you know God has forgiven you. Have you been to confession? If not, go! I remember feeling so freed after confession, like a brand new start.
As for mental illness… personally, I have thought many times that I might suffer from a mild mood disorder on top of the OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) that I have actually been diagnosed with. OCD goes along with scrupulosity. I feel VERY guilty sometimes over things other people would not even think of feeling guilty about. It almost feels like once my thoughts “hook on” to a guilt feeling (or a worry, too, for example) they start to spin in circles and I don’t know how to ever let go of the worry again.
But it passes. It always does.
The feelings of emptiness… you know, when I was younger, I went through phases when i was so afraid I might never be happy, never feel free, again. Sometimes they were very long phases. When I did feel better again, the relief was almost incredible, a real “high”.
And then I should have learned, the first time even, right? But no, it happened again. I sunk down into another will-I-ever-get-out-of-this hole.But now, having gone through this more than once, I know this: There is always HOPE. There is no such thing as really really hopeless. The feelings of emtiness for example… they pass. WHILE you are in them, it is hard to even imagine feeling excited about something again, am I right?
But then, it does pass anyway. I think those feelings are part of life. And during adolescnece, it is especially hard. Things start to change in some ways, all the childhood stuff becomes less important, you are trying to find out who you are…
Hey, you have something that a lot of adolescnents these days don’t have to help them: Your faith!! Now how’s that for a start?
You know, all this aside, I really do agree with those people who have suggested talking to somebody. I don’t know how your relationship with your parents is. It would be great if you could talk to them. And if you feel you might need professional help (especially if you EVER start feeling you don’t want to live anymore!!) then please do talk to a profesisonal.
And I like the suggestion of talking to a priest. Especially about the guilt feelings.
And remember: God DOES forgive our sins. He really does. He knows we are not perfect.
Bye for now and best to you!
Kathrin
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Auntie_A
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You may be overwhelmed by all of the offered responses so far, but I will dare to add my two cents:
Many of your initial comments or laments are things which I asked myself at 15 and still ask myself at age 52. The difference now is that I am more settled and “in my skin” at this point…the past suffering makes more sense now and I have learned to move on through the suffering so that my experience of life, love, and God will fill the deep, dark spaces with some honest and true joy for a change, not the sugarcoated stuff. If I could go back and talk to myself at 15 I would say to myself, “Keep asking questions, kid, and know that there will be some answers and moments of satisfaction and contentment, and then more questions will, of course, appear.”
I would also tell myself seek good help and take good care of my body; adolescence is tough stuff physically and our bodies get depleted nutritionally with all of the inner and outer growing. The brain alone burns big calories and transmits incredible energy when you are moving from dependent to independent (or better said, to interdependent). Shutting off excess inner noise can be a problem at times. Self-criticism may be on overdrive, confidence at an all-time low. Even the spiritual quest can go to extremes. Some of these feelings are anxiety related and can be treated nutritionally, cognitively by a counsellor, and/or medically. I hate the belief that adolescence must be miserable. There may be misery at times but it does not have to be a constant, intolerable, pain. You’lll know if this angst is too much; it will impact your studies, your leisure, your regular functioning (eat, sleep, work, etc.) There is help. And you will not be the only teen seeking help. My teen’s counsellor told her that people who have these struggles in their teens and learn to seek help become stronger adults than those who deny their problems or don’t appear to have any problems… I know a 60 year old man who fell apart at the first big tragedy of his life (his father’s death) because, he explained, he had lived a “charmed” life up until then. I think he had lived an isolated or unexamined life and the “falling apart” was the breaking of a sugarcoated illusion. After 60 years, that’s a hard coated shell.
I am not a big believer in rebelling against parents. It’s like trying to swat a fly with a bazooka-too much effort to break a few ties. But to stand back from them at times and really question how you believe, what you think, and what you perceive is very important. You can still obey and honor them, even when you differ. We change from children, who frequently mimic their parents, to teens, who must prepare to step out on their own. God must certainly approve of the rough struggles that occur as our parents learn to trust our independence more and we learn to be trustworthy in that independence. I have been the teen who was afraid to burden my parents with the news that I was different than them (They already knew) and I have been the parent who has had to trust that if my teen did not do things my way, she’d still be all right. (I am still working on that one.) God understands this process and in our spiritual formation, all of us feel like adolescents throughout our lives.
It 's a hard time to be an adolescent in some ways: not much privacy, the blind lead the blind, the stupid appear strong and the strong doubt themselves. An 80 year old recently said to me, “Everyone talks about how important peers are for kids these days but peers can’t help them through the roughest patches. They’re still growing up themselves. Adults are much better help for kids.” I would amend her statement to say that RESPONSIBLE and TRUSTWORTHY adults are better help; some adults have no clue.
Pray, dream, play, rest, heal, study, develop your talents, remember you have a soul, even if others forget this fact. Fit in when it’s right and step back when it’s wrong and know that some other teens may actually feel the same or similar as you do. Some 15 year old girl might totally be admiring you from afar. I was one of those girls and I raised one of those girls. You seem really cool. Now try to relax and breathe.
Many of your initial comments or laments are things which I asked myself at 15 and still ask myself at age 52. The difference now is that I am more settled and “in my skin” at this point…the past suffering makes more sense now and I have learned to move on through the suffering so that my experience of life, love, and God will fill the deep, dark spaces with some honest and true joy for a change, not the sugarcoated stuff. If I could go back and talk to myself at 15 I would say to myself, “Keep asking questions, kid, and know that there will be some answers and moments of satisfaction and contentment, and then more questions will, of course, appear.”
I would also tell myself seek good help and take good care of my body; adolescence is tough stuff physically and our bodies get depleted nutritionally with all of the inner and outer growing. The brain alone burns big calories and transmits incredible energy when you are moving from dependent to independent (or better said, to interdependent). Shutting off excess inner noise can be a problem at times. Self-criticism may be on overdrive, confidence at an all-time low. Even the spiritual quest can go to extremes. Some of these feelings are anxiety related and can be treated nutritionally, cognitively by a counsellor, and/or medically. I hate the belief that adolescence must be miserable. There may be misery at times but it does not have to be a constant, intolerable, pain. You’lll know if this angst is too much; it will impact your studies, your leisure, your regular functioning (eat, sleep, work, etc.) There is help. And you will not be the only teen seeking help. My teen’s counsellor told her that people who have these struggles in their teens and learn to seek help become stronger adults than those who deny their problems or don’t appear to have any problems… I know a 60 year old man who fell apart at the first big tragedy of his life (his father’s death) because, he explained, he had lived a “charmed” life up until then. I think he had lived an isolated or unexamined life and the “falling apart” was the breaking of a sugarcoated illusion. After 60 years, that’s a hard coated shell.
I am not a big believer in rebelling against parents. It’s like trying to swat a fly with a bazooka-too much effort to break a few ties. But to stand back from them at times and really question how you believe, what you think, and what you perceive is very important. You can still obey and honor them, even when you differ. We change from children, who frequently mimic their parents, to teens, who must prepare to step out on their own. God must certainly approve of the rough struggles that occur as our parents learn to trust our independence more and we learn to be trustworthy in that independence. I have been the teen who was afraid to burden my parents with the news that I was different than them (They already knew) and I have been the parent who has had to trust that if my teen did not do things my way, she’d still be all right. (I am still working on that one.) God understands this process and in our spiritual formation, all of us feel like adolescents throughout our lives.
It 's a hard time to be an adolescent in some ways: not much privacy, the blind lead the blind, the stupid appear strong and the strong doubt themselves. An 80 year old recently said to me, “Everyone talks about how important peers are for kids these days but peers can’t help them through the roughest patches. They’re still growing up themselves. Adults are much better help for kids.” I would amend her statement to say that RESPONSIBLE and TRUSTWORTHY adults are better help; some adults have no clue.
Pray, dream, play, rest, heal, study, develop your talents, remember you have a soul, even if others forget this fact. Fit in when it’s right and step back when it’s wrong and know that some other teens may actually feel the same or similar as you do. Some 15 year old girl might totally be admiring you from afar. I was one of those girls and I raised one of those girls. You seem really cool. Now try to relax and breathe.
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Teeliumtrozzle
Guest
Im an adolescent too and trust me, theres really no need to be sad and despondent.Look at all the wonderful stuff God created!Just give God your life and trust him in everything.It works for me.I think you should pray the Rosary because its really fun and if you concentrate on it you will experience Lecto Divina and not want to sin any more.Hope this helps.Oh and do you like my website?
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Acts29
Guest
Hey ImageofGod,
I’m about a year older than you and I have gone through some of the same sort of questions. The best thing for me was to go to confession face-to-face and just straight up tell the priest “I don’t understand how …” and then he could explain. I encourage you to put the picture of the Virgin Mary back up in your room. Also try not to be alone in your room if you get tempted easily. Always be out in the living room or another populated room and only go to your room at night when you are extremely tired. Message me if you want to talk. You are made for Heaven!
I’m about a year older than you and I have gone through some of the same sort of questions. The best thing for me was to go to confession face-to-face and just straight up tell the priest “I don’t understand how …” and then he could explain. I encourage you to put the picture of the Virgin Mary back up in your room. Also try not to be alone in your room if you get tempted easily. Always be out in the living room or another populated room and only go to your room at night when you are extremely tired. Message me if you want to talk. You are made for Heaven!
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Image_of_God
Guest
I have another thing to state. Everytime I pray, I feel like I’m being insincere and therefore lying to the Lord. That is why I stopped praying. It is very difficult to get into the habit again.
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Kathrin
Guest
Why do you think you are lying to the Lord?
Can you try to just talk to Him from the heart?
God bless you!
Kathrin
Can you try to just talk to Him from the heart?
God bless you!
Kathrin
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Catholig
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Image of God,
Feelings can sometimes be deceptive. If I were you I’d pray. Again - you don’t have to say anything profound. Just the Hail Mary, or Our Father. You might even try some prayers from the Raccolata (I only mention this because I’m using it now.
). I could e-mail you some or PM you some prayers that are “new” to help you if you want . I doubt that prayers can be copyrighted, right? 
Catholig
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I do, but then I think my heart is lying.
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