I’m lonely too (but not depressed), but it’s because I don’t cope with it well. It really sucks to be alone and having no one to help you get back on your feet. Everyday I feel less motivated. Ever since I moved to a different state and school, I had to learn so many things. The school is stressful because I have to catch up on what they’ve already learned and memorizing thousands of names replaying it in my head makes my head hurt. I fall asleep mid-assignment because there’s a time difference. I have so many struggles, yet I never talk about it. The one that hurts the most is not knowing anyone. The school had a pep assembly the other day for homecoming, I watched in the bleachers as I sat on an entire row alone. I remembered how I didn’t have any friends here and it made me feel so awful. I text my friends from my old school, but they don’t bother answering me anymore because they’ve moved on to other people. My little sibling became friends with the neighbor’s daughter who introduced her to other school friends. It’s been a few months, and I still feel foreign. I eat lunch alone, but I’m never hungry. This is all my fault because I don’t reach out to people. I never asked to be helped. I didn’t let people help me. I don’t talk about how I feel. Most importantly, I kept waiting for people to scoop me up. I realize that I have to do something to feel less lonely. I kept on telling myself that other people needed to come to me, but I’m not a magnet because I didn’t show people what potentials I hold. I still eat lunch alone. I still watch assemblies alone. I still walk to class alone. I still haven’t come out of my shell, but I’m determined that I will remember everyone’s name by the end of 2018! I want to know people and go eat ice cream together and have Friday night bonfires again!