About work, my son, my husband, finances and feeling sad and anxious all the time.

the pressure of fitting into the norm

I worry that I will never get better no matter how hard I try. I feel so alone and its the worst feeling in the world.

I’m worried you’ll leave me. You’ll give up on me. Im never good enough. I don’t deserve to be happy. I’m afraid to be alone.

I worry about having to live up to my parents expectations. ” Get 80%, 90%, and 100% in school, nothing less or else your grounded,” “Graduate and go straight to university,” “Become something great like a doctor,” “Be happy, even though we always yell at you for not being good enough,” “Eat healthy and be active,” “Do all your homework even though you have a social life and I make you do a million other things in the run of a day,” “Get enough sleep,” “Never get mad,” “Never yell back at us when we always yell at you,” “Make friends, but not those ones because I don’t like them,” And the list goes on! I’m only a teenager! I can’t be the perfect child like you want me to be!

My parents always yell at me

Everyday I feel worse about myself

That my daughters shyness will prevent her from getting the most out of life

I need to talk to someone…but who?

I wonder and think.. Will I win this battle?