I understand how tough it must be for you,
losing the friend you were close with, or even
that romantic partner you were with.

Whatever was the reason why, regardless, I want
to share this with you, and although this might be a
message you don’t want to hear, I share this with you
because if you open your mind and hear me out, this
can be one of the most valuable lessons you’ll ever learn:

Don’t depend on someone wholeheartedly....

For 6 years I have been battling self-harm, relapsing every couple of months. It was never something I thought I would turn to but is what I ended up using. In the past year, I have been working on myself more but the self-harming habit was one I could not get rid of. At a Christian camp called Soul Survivor this year I was praying about it and felt that God was telling me to get rid of my tools and that I could cope without them. I did not believe him so ignored him, but he would not leave it and...

You know what I’m talking about.

Your life’s in turmoil.

There’s no escape, everything is all dark
and there’s no light at the end of the tunnel.

You feel as though your life’s going down
the drain no matter what kind of situation
you’re currently in right now.

Your relationships are turning bitter.

And you can’t help but cry, feeling sad, lonely
and depressed because you think to yourself:...

TeenHelp Newsletter

TeenHelp Newsletter #113 - August 23rd 2019 - http://www.teenhelp.org

Welcome to the TeenHelp Newsletter! Our Newsletter contains a lot of useful information about our current work, including updates to our site and services, new resources, details of upcoming events, short bits of advice, interesting links and more!

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Let me explain.

I notice lots of people seek advice from others
when something happens in their life.

This could be about anything.

What blows me away is people will spend an
enormous amount of time seeking help, seeking
advice from other people, and even when they
do get that advice, they never take it to heart
and keep repeating the same problems again and again.

Some of the advice one gets can be the...

What does the word “friend” mean?

Generally speaking, we’ve used this word
so loosely that we lack an understanding
of the true definition behind this word.

Growing up as little kids in school, our teachers
would tell us that everyone in our class is
all friends here, but are they really your friends?

Because no one ever taught us the true
meaning of what it means to be a friend to
someone, we have a skewed definition...

I remember a time when I first joined TeenHelp
that my ambition and goal was to help people
solve their life problems, no matter what it was.

Why I had that ambition was I was moved and
saddened to hear about stories of teenagers,
people like me who didn’t want to live anymore.

So I made it a duty at the time that I was going
to devote my time to helping those in need,
to be that source of inspiration through the dark times....

So I have just started a new job and am currently half way through it. It is event catering and this job is a 4 day event. Being new not knowing anyone is definetly not helping. Almost everyone here smokes and drinks.and it seems like that is the only way to socialise I don't drink or smoke so feel left out. I am also not as quick today while serving after having my confidence knock yesterday and I have gotten pretty good at knowing when people are talking about me behind my back and seeing my...

Not too long ago, I met a girl online who
I thought at the time was worth getting to know.
She sounded like she could relate to me,
she sounded like we had a similar way of thinking,
and at the time, I felt like I was “falling in love.”

We texted each other almost every day,
and we even had a few meaningful video chat
conversations and spent hours talking to each other.

I thought she was the one.

After a month...

In a world where technology has become
so advanced and programmed to be in an
instant gratification kind of mentality, we’ve
been so spoiled with that mentality.

When we want an item we can’t find in store,
no problem. Order it on Amazon, and it shows
up within the next day, fast and easy.

You want to order some food but don’t
want to get in your car and drive all the
way to the food place to get it to go, no problem....