Allan Owens

I have to get this off my chest... its so hard to keep on going...

Sorry for the long rant in advance... i just want to get it all off my head even for a bit...Joined this group only recently. I know my problem isn't as hard as what others experience based on what ive read on this page,, but I just want to vent my feelings... A bit of background about myself: I’ve always been a good student at school, always on the honor roll, top-of-the-class stuff. Maybe because of this, the pressure to do better started to affect me. Lately, I’ve been feeling so down and exhausted.
I’ve got work piled up (club proposals I need to do, homework I don’t want to do, and quizzes I have to study for), and I try to motivate myself to push through, but I just feel so tired. Life hasn’t been easy on us after all. My dad just lost his job and reapplied for a new one, but his salary is lower than it used to be, so my mom is also working to make ends meet.
I feel so guilty that I’m not doing my best in school while my parents are doing their best to provide for me and my sister. I want to do better. i want to work hard so that in the future I can return back all their sacrifices.. I want to live a happy life where I won’t have to think about money or school, or whether I’l

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Mauricio Pedroza
Mauricio Pedroza
@greengorilla941634 · Jan 10, 2026 8:13 pm

the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here Curious how this plays out.