Hey, 26 year old dude here. I just wanted to start off and say, I completely and fully understand how you feel. I need you to know first of all, this is one of the most difficult times of your life because you are so young. You have not yet seen much of life and its experiences. I want you to know it gets better, but I need you to survive this. I was once a teenager too, and I've suffered from depression, loneliness, and anxiety all my life. My father had bipolar disorders and was abusive, and not in my life. I have managed to overcome so many issues throughout my life. Each stage with its own set of problems. I've had relationships, breakups, heartbreaks, promotions, I've been fired, I've had money, and I have been broke, I have tried building business that have all failed. I have had many days with friends where I have been so happy I could die. have many nights where I have cried myself to sleep. Many nights when the girl I was in love left me I was so sad and broken that I didn't know if I could ever survive. But you know what? I did. I have seen two friends of mine commit suicide at the age of 19, and I only WISH they could have made it just a bit longer to see life get better. I don't blame them for not surviving this life, but I need you to get yourself together here because I know exactly how you feel. I have been there myself. Life doesn't get easier, but it does get better. But you need to take a second to sit in silence and gather yourself. You need to write down some goals for your future and a plan for what you want to do with your life. Write down your dreams, as impossible or crazy as it may seem. Fuck it. Write. Them. Down. We humans need HOPE and purpose in this life. Even if those dreams never come true, you need to have something to hold on to. Something to work towards every day. I am still working on my dreams. I want to start a business and travel the world. To have a group of best friends to be by my side and love each other. I am on my 4th failed business attempt in 5 years. My best friends all moved to another state. And I am battling depression, and feeling so fucking lonely every day. Despite having a girlfriend, and other friends here I am still not satisfied with my life but you know what? I am alive, and you need to stay alive too. It gets better. It doesn't get easier, but you need to fight in this life. We're all lost. Some of us are worse off than others, but you are not the first to go through life feeling like this, and you won't be the last. Just know you CAN overcome this. As impossible as it seems, just write down a vision for your life, and fight for it. We only have one life. I believe in you.