by hdh83 » Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:39 pm
I haven't seen a counselor for over a year,but yes,I do believe it's time to make an appointment and go see them.I experienced a ton of bullying when I was in school,and those painful memories are still with me to this day.In fact,I was even mentally abused by one of my teachers.When I was in the third grade I was physically removed from the classroom and made to sit at a desk in a dark,locked closet for about an hour,to this day I am still terrified of the dark.And yes,I have very,very poor self esteem,I view myself as inadequate in every way possible,just a complete loser and waste of oyxgen and space.I've thought about suicide many,many times,but can't do it because I'm afraid of the pain and uncertain what will happen to me when I die.The tragic thing about all of this is that I am considered talented and gifted,in fact when I was in the 2nd grade I could already read at a college level and had the vocabulary of an adult,I was even put in advanced level classes.I know if I had wanted to I could have gotten accepted into any college in the world,but I never even applied,yet another wasted opportunity on my part.I have done online research regarding people who are gifted,and have found that sometimes they are prone to worrying about every little thing in the world,and it's quite easy to seriously damage their feelings.I thought that my worrying and deep emotional sensitivities were due to my varying mental disorders,and the mentioned childhood trauma,never due to me being "gifted",if that's the case I consider it to be a curse.I want to be happy and carry on a normal,successful life,but like you mentioned I just search and ponder the negative,even when it comes to things that I enjoy.