I Feel Like I Don't Fit In
I live in Northern Ireland. My friends, family, job & social life are most important to me.
Nothing really big happened. It has been ongoing for years. I feel as if I am different from everyone else and that I dont fit in anywhere. I am very self-conscious and I believe that this is because of my friends and family. My parents are constantly putting me down and criticizing me about my appearance, my friends, and my life in general, while one of my friends wants to do something every night, does not like me being friends with anyone else, etc.
I tried talking to my parents about passing judgment on everything and that they should eccept me for being myself and they said they were only giving me advice. I have been going out with other friends but feel extremely guilty.
Everything is just the same and I need some advice!!!
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When you don't feel like people respect you and accept you it is hard to enjoy life and really make the most out of it. So many times you try and measure up to people around you - only one problem: you can't live your life trying to measure up.
The main reason that doesn't work is because you aren't perfect. You or someone else will always be down on you for something. There was a guy once who went to Jesus and asked him what he needed to do to be accepted. The guy was expecting that Jesus would say something like: "Be a good person." "Don't hurt other people." But instead Jesus asked him to give up the thing that meant most to him - his money. The guy made a huge mistake. He decided that money was more important than acceptance from Jesus.
No matter what you want out of life, you will only feel truly accepted and happy when you ask Jesus to accept you first. Once you have done that he will give you the strength to deal with friends who tease you, parents who criticize, and your own internal criticism. Section 4.71 of Book of Hope
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