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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a suicidal high school kid from a wealthy, high-performing enclave. My parents were multi-millionaires many times over, I was close to valedictorian at a top school in the country, I was constantly overworked and under pressure, and my mom was still constantly worried about me. I remember thinking I’m living one of the best lives available in the world, and I hate waking up in the morning. If every other life is worse, what’s the point of this? And then I went to one of those universities everyone fawns over, and I thought this is what everyone is fawning over? Life only gets worse from here? [b]Life is awful here. I don’t want to live it anymore[/b][/quote]

I wanted you to know that I saw this and even if I don't know you, I think it's worthwhile for you to be "here", wherever that is. I have had some very dark, low moments in my life too. But I have found so much to be worth living for. If "here" is this area, there's so much more to the world than here. And there's so much more than the performance culture many of us have grown up in and that is so horribly pervasive. That is not all there is. I hope you have some people close to you that you can speak with, or reach out to others to connect. You are not alone and this is not all there is.[/quote]

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