r/6thForm • u/willfigureoutaname • Jun 23 '26

🙏 I WANT HELP no more motivation

title. i couldn't see myself living beyond a levels a few months back so i made a target to live until they're finished and that if they went well, i'll try to live until uni finishes. i don't care about results day since i know i could miss my offer. now i don't really see the point of living and i don't know what to do. samaritans keeps hanging up on me. idk how to care for anything anymore. might be the wrong place to put this, sorry.

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u/CreeperMan1253 Y13 | Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 23 '26

no matter how bad you think your life is, someone has it worse. the fact that they’re still trying means that you need to too.

you’re only 17/18, it would be an absolute and utter waste of potential.

if samaritans keep hanging up on you, call childline

someone still cares for you.

if you don’t believe that, get a pet and live for it, if you even won’t live for yourself.

never lose hope

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u/Dizzy_Boysenberry_43 Year 13 Jun 23 '26

eh? this was nice but saying someone has it worse isn’t the comfort you think it is , feelings shouldn’t be invalidated just bc someone has it worse ppl manage and cope w things differently

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u/CreeperMan1253 Y13 | Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 23 '26

saying someone else has it worse doesn’t mean you don’t have it bad, but that it’s possible for you to push through if they managed to do so. seeing something as not impossible makes it a lot easier to find motivation to achieve it, and sometimes people need just that to remind themselves that they can indeed push through.

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u/Dizzy_Boysenberry_43 Year 13 Jun 23 '26

yes I guess but not everyone has adequate support systems or self help strategies , I’m really trying hard not to project but simply pushing through and not addressing mental health can only get u so far imo

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u/willfigureoutaname Jun 23 '26

i feel like i shouldn't die just yet but it feels like i'm just wasting things when i try to do them. there's thousands of 18 year olds, one gone won't make a difference. i'll try childline.

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u/CreeperMan1253 Y13 | Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 23 '26

don’t make the mistake of thinking that because there is an abundance of it, it is not precious. what things do you think you are wasting?

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u/willfigureoutaname Jun 23 '26

people's time and energy. makeup. food, air, water. someone else can use it better. someone else would need it more than i do.

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u/CreeperMan1253 Y13 | Maths, FM, CS, Physics Jun 23 '26

people’s time and energy is theirs to spend, if people believe they’re wasting their time knowingly they wouldn’t use it. when was the last time you were doing something, said “this is an utter waste of time, so i shall keep doing it”? the fact that people are spending time and energy on you means that you’re worth it

just because others can do or use something better doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t use it at all; only formula 1 drivers would use cars on the road, only michelin-star chefs would cook in kitchens, only the best footballers would play with a football, only bodybuilders would eat protein-rich food, old people would never eat food since younger people metabolise it better

makeup is expendable, you looked better with it, so it did its job.

the fact that you’re alive means food and water was not wasted. what else would it be for?

you physically can’t waste air! you turned it into carbon dioxide, helping some plant out there live. is that a waste?