Hello, my name is Paul. I will be turning 16 soon. Today I would like to tell a little about myself and my issues. I am currently a sophomore in high school. I knew I wanted to follow a different path than the traditional path that everyone follows since I turned 15. I've been on a pursuit for quiet a while to find out what I could do. Recently in August I began building up anxiety related to the most random things in life. I felt so miserable, anxiety plagued me for a while up until I started having full blown panic attacks. That's when I felt what it was like to feel truly miserable. I never truly understood people who had anxiety. It will tear a person's life apart, for some more than others.
On my first day of school I had the worst panic attack of my life. I went to the hospital and from there I suffered continuous anxiety symptoms which were horrid for months. I was prescribed a benzodiazepine, which was a life saver. I finally felt normal for small periods of time. Lasted about 6 hours per dose which I could take once daily. Benzodiazepines are very addictive so I only took them once a day for about 2 weeks. Then everything calmed down quiet a bit. It completely screwed over my first semester of sophomore year. I failed everything. I was in school but I wasn't truly present for the first 3 months. It was brutal but somehow I got through that. I started taking antidepressants which are literally a life saver. A weird one, which I never thought I would be taking in my lifetime. A portion of my anxiety came from my inability to do anything.
I tried starting everything, but I later realized I was not equipped well enough to pursue anything. I settled down with ecommerce, dropshipping to be exact. Tried to open a watch store. I invested money which never got a cent from it. I'm sort of addicted in finding a way to get myself financially independent. I want to lead a different life from what is typically expected of myself. Going to college for four years. Slaving away for a large corporation, making money for the shareholders. I would probably have millions by the time I would be retiring. I have a very great understanding of everything that I want to do in my life. I am starting to get back on track in school. I want to be a part of the ultra-wealthy percentage of the world. I want to do it to change my family's life. My family is a normal middle class family. My family have worked their entire lives to get to where they are. My mother and father love me and want me to go to college because its a safe path. They don't support my pursuit of seeking financial independence because I should be focusing on school is what they say. I go to one of the top #50 high schools in the nation. I worked to get here but I know that this school won't get me where I want to be in life.
I'm willing to put in the work, I just need to put myself on the right path. I never finish anything all the way because I think I won't get far. I come to a road block with funds to start anything. I had a summer job which I bought an iPhone X with because I broke my phone, twice to be exact. The original and the refurbished one which came damaged. I want to live a great lifestyle, I want to do good for this world, but mentally I am getting damaged by my constant efforts to make money but it never works. It's sort of damaging me mentally. I seek advice from this community on what I should do. I seek a financially independent lifestyle as soon as possible. Thank you for taking the time to read this
To be completely honest this was a bit too vague about my experiences in my journey but I hope I can still get input.
On my first day of school I had the worst panic attack of my life. I went to the hospital and from there I suffered continuous anxiety symptoms which were horrid for months. I was prescribed a benzodiazepine, which was a life saver. I finally felt normal for small periods of time. Lasted about 6 hours per dose which I could take once daily. Benzodiazepines are very addictive so I only took them once a day for about 2 weeks. Then everything calmed down quiet a bit. It completely screwed over my first semester of sophomore year. I failed everything. I was in school but I wasn't truly present for the first 3 months. It was brutal but somehow I got through that. I started taking antidepressants which are literally a life saver. A weird one, which I never thought I would be taking in my lifetime. A portion of my anxiety came from my inability to do anything.
I tried starting everything, but I later realized I was not equipped well enough to pursue anything. I settled down with ecommerce, dropshipping to be exact. Tried to open a watch store. I invested money which never got a cent from it. I'm sort of addicted in finding a way to get myself financially independent. I want to lead a different life from what is typically expected of myself. Going to college for four years. Slaving away for a large corporation, making money for the shareholders. I would probably have millions by the time I would be retiring. I have a very great understanding of everything that I want to do in my life. I am starting to get back on track in school. I want to be a part of the ultra-wealthy percentage of the world. I want to do it to change my family's life. My family is a normal middle class family. My family have worked their entire lives to get to where they are. My mother and father love me and want me to go to college because its a safe path. They don't support my pursuit of seeking financial independence because I should be focusing on school is what they say. I go to one of the top #50 high schools in the nation. I worked to get here but I know that this school won't get me where I want to be in life.
I'm willing to put in the work, I just need to put myself on the right path. I never finish anything all the way because I think I won't get far. I come to a road block with funds to start anything. I had a summer job which I bought an iPhone X with because I broke my phone, twice to be exact. The original and the refurbished one which came damaged. I want to live a great lifestyle, I want to do good for this world, but mentally I am getting damaged by my constant efforts to make money but it never works. It's sort of damaging me mentally. I seek advice from this community on what I should do. I seek a financially independent lifestyle as soon as possible. Thank you for taking the time to read this
To be completely honest this was a bit too vague about my experiences in my journey but I hope I can still get input.
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