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good book titles for a fantsy story?
i'm making a book and it's just for fun but it about a young girl who's parents disapeared and she tries to find them but it turns out her family lives in another world where ogres,giants,pixies and stuff like that exist and she stayed in the real world because their trying to protect her. thats really all i have i just need some help with finding a good title. and can you tell me if you like it (its meant for kids about 8-14 so it would be really good if you were able to tell me a few good titles
What am I supposed to be doing?
I'm 22 years old, I dropped out of community college(because I had no friends, no license, and my mom was taking all my money. It was incredibly depressing and I didn't feel like doing anything), and I live with my parents. I still don't have any friends and all of my days are spent on the internet. I tried looking for a job for awhile, but I botched 5 interviews and I don't even feel like looking for one anymore. Just so nobody asks, I don't have a girlfriend and I don't know where to find one or how to get one and I don't want one. I usually stay up all night and don't wake up until afternoon and sometimes late afternoon if I stay up until morning. I don't have my own car, although my parents are letting me borrow one but they're not paying for the tags and I can't do it so I can't go anywhere.
I really, really wish my life would get better but it's not happening no matter what I do. I had to close my bank account because they were charging me money and I deleted my facebook because I had no friends on there(all the ones I used to know live in different states and have moved on with their lives) and no one commented on anything I posted(not even my family). I have probably gained around 20 pounds just sitting around the house, even though I do go places with my parents and other people and I help lift and move things sometimes too.
I did however manage to get my license(although it doesn't matter now because I don't need it for anything, as opposed to when I was in college and even 16-year-old girls were driving there on their own and it took me until I was 22, which I am now) and I tried enrolling in an online college to use their transcript of my good grades to get my financial aid back and go back to community college and really try this time, but they only provided unofficial transcripts and now I owe them just under $2,000. To top it all off, I'm in student loan debt(that my mom took out for a car payment of her own) that's around $1,700 that I can't afford.
My mind fluctuates from incredible hope and happiness to severe depression each day and I have no clue what to do. The few people I used to know here I have had a falling out with or they have abandoned me because I got angry with them because of the state I'm in. I'm all alone and living with my parents and there is nowhere I can go and nothing I can do. I need help severely, but no one can help me.
Am I really sensitive? Is it wrong to be? Is this normal for everyone? What's up with me?
Well, it's pretty self explanatory. I can give some proof.
1. When my sister told me to stay out of a fight between my mom and dad, when I wanted to help, I cried because it made me feel unhelpful when I want to be.
2. When my parents told me we were moving out of my grandpa's house I cried because he's my best friend even though I'd see him everyday when he picks me up from school.
3. When my parents told me that I'd have to go to public school, I cried because I wanted to go to Private.
4. When my sister called me lazy because I didn't get my own popcorn and had my mom do it, I locked myself in my room and cried.
5. When my friend was mad at me and called me stupid. Well, not the actual word "stupid" but when I said I was confused, she responded "Yeah, I know ur confused!!" and started yelling at me, I cried in the shower because I thought that of all people she would never say that but she did.
6. When my sister was telling our family about memories of me being embarrassing, I cried because I felt guilty.
ETC.
Are these proof of me being sensitive? These might be things that you'd normally cry at, but I'm pretty grown up! People like me don't cry at these things since people try to be brave! I try, but it's hard to keep it in. So, am I like really sensitive since I start to tear up even at the slightest insult or bad remark? What is up with me? Or am I just depressed? I have a lot going on with family problems, economic problems etc. I've really considered therapy but it sounds weird and I don't think my family could afford it or would approve of it.
But, bottom line, Am I like REALLY sensitive? or just weird for assuming that people don't cry at these things..
Please Help Mey Help My Dad?
Hi, I''m in an awful situation!!!!
Anyways I don''t know what to do!! my moms away for 3 weeks (we''re in touch, but she''s not here, I have no family in this city that we moved to... we don''t have a family Doctor ( because we''re still on a waiting list after 6 years of living here)
and I''m just 17,,,, I''m so lost and conflicted because that man who has gone mentally ill is my dad, and I don''t know what to do in a situation like this please help!!! ( it scares me because this time his relationship with my mom is over... and his two kids have left/are leaving the house).....and my dad has never been close to his family and has no friends....I''m scared of what he might do in the next couple weeks..... Please help!!!!
Here is THE entire story...sorry its a bit long but it''ll make sense in the end...
Growing up with my family there was never anything wrong. But then things started to change when I was eleven........... My father had a small mid-life crisis and moved the family to another province, to a new city where we had NO ONE.
This became a sort of escape for him, because apparently for the entire first 11 years of my life he had acted untrue to his actual personality. My mother was very upset and the following years, they separated, my older brother ( and only sibling) moved out (because he finished high-school), and my father had seemed okay with what was happening, ( the separation Was''t messy and my parents remained friends.....actually due to the economic situation my dad lived downstairs and my mom upstairs with me......weird yes I know but it was okay.)
Well during the years I became close to my dad and he told me his entire life background.... always the black sheep of his family (one of six kids) my dad was always odd, but soon I found out from both him and my mom (on separate occasions) that during the first years of their marriage my father was sent to a mental hospital, and had my mother not gone to help him he would have killed himself!! ( I also think he was able to "recover" because He was just married, and he had a small son and a new baby girl to be with)
.....Present Day
My mother was in a good friendly relationship with my father and was leaving on a trip to visit her parents, she was going to leave me with him ( this isn't the first time I''ve stayed home with my dad) But the last few days before she left my father started to brake down. ( they had just finalized their divorce and this is the last few months that both my mother and I will be living as a "family" with my father.... as I''m finishing High school and will be moving out, and my mothers will also be moving out at the same time to live with her boyfriend in california... (really really good relationship,,btw))
Back to the awful situation my father went completely completely unstable the night before my mom left (she was leaving at 4 a.m).... and I have never been so frightened so Absolutely terrified in my LIFE!!!! He was out of his mind, his thoughts weren't''t straight and, he was moving oddly, he rocked back and forth in the chair talking to himself, he would run around down stair and start yelling at people that were''t even there....He went completely insane ( I''m sorry for using the word...especially to describe my father)... the actual situation is a lot worse.... as there was SO much more that he was doing that terrified both my mother and I. SO we called the police, not knowing what else to do, but they couldn't do anything because he WAS''t a threat to himself or us...just acting strangely. That night I slept over at a friends house and my mother did end up going on her trip (she''s gone for 3 weeks) and I naively hoped that I could go home in a few days, that maybe it WAS''t that bad.... sadly I was Wrong!!!!
It was worse... I called my dad to check up on him but he wasn't''t answering his phone, So I drove by the house to see if he was there ( he should have been at work, at that time) and he wasn't.
I love my father and I was so worried that A friend and I went inside to check on Him and He was 10 times worse than the night before.... absolutely out of his mind....(still not a treat) but he Wasn't''t my father....
Again........to the beginning of the situation:
I don''t know what to do!! my moms away for 3 weeks (we''re in touch, but she''s not here, I have no family in this city that we moved to... we don''t have a family Doctor ( because we''re still on a waiting list after 6 years of living here)
and I''m just 17,,,, I''m SO lost and conflicted because that man is my dad, and I don''t know what to do in a situation like this please help!!! ( it scares me because this time his
I have Sims 3 Wii, but want it for PC?
For Christmas 2 years ago, I asked for the Sims 3. My parents told my grandparents to get it for me, so they got me the Wii version.
Anyway, I love it and all, I play it a couple of times a week.
I heard the PC version is even better, and I am wondering whether or not it is worth it- I think it is.
I haven't asked my dad, but I want to add a couple of extra sentences while asking him. So he can hear what I am saying, just in case it gives him second thoughts. I was thinking of saying that I will spend less time on the internet (our internet allowance is pretty low) and that the internet will last longer. I also thought of saying that it is in some way, educational- because you look after a family and learn how life works, kind of thing.
I've seen it for $90 - $100 in most shops, but found it for only $70 in a certain shop. I have $50 to spare, the rest is going towards something else. I was hoping he would lend me $20, which if he agree's that I can get it, he will most likely pay.
I don't want to wait for Sims 4, I just feel that it won't be any good. I am not a crazed Sims fanatic, but I do enjoy playing it.
I have to admit, some of the Sims 3 expansion packs are lame. I really only want Late Night and Pets. I hope they make a Seasons, otherwise they are letting many Sims 3 users down.
Anyway, thank you reading this question, it would be great for you to answer. ;]
I don't know what to do with myself? Please take the time to read all of this?
i used to be a normal kid in elemantary school. i had lots of friends and was just really outgoing. everything changed in middle school. in 6th grade, a girl came to my school who didnt know english and i helped her out. she became friends with me and my really close friend. all three of us would hang out together and wed have a really great time, but that girl started talking bad stuff about me to my close friend, and my close friend starting believing her, so we got ina fight. she also starting telling everyone else bad stuff about me and fake stuff about how i would make fun of them, so everybody started beliving her and not me. she even told her boyfriend that i said mean stuf about him even though i never met him, and he threatened to bash my head open. so i had no friends in 7th grade for 6 months. none. that completely scarred me for life. i would sit there by myself at lunch and recess everyday crying and everyone started making fun of me. thats where my life fell apart. two years later, ive made 2 friends since this one girl had the guts to come up to me and talk to me, and both of these friends are really close to me. but truth is, i really dont know what to do with myself anymore. im socially awkward around everyone except them and my family, and its really killing me inside. i dont talk to ANYONE in high school now even though i really want to, but im afraid that if i say something weird like i usually do, they will think im weird and make fun of me. not only that, but even tho i want to talk to them, i have this weird thing inside me where i completely shut myself down from people i dont know and dont show any emotion around them, which makes me even more awkward. sometimes i dont even have the energy to try and talk to people like i used tolast year. i have recently started crying at night everyday from all this emotional stress of isolation all day in school, i feel like im dying inside. i think about suicide alot too wen i have the energy.i feel like im never completely gonna recover from all of this. ive moved on from those moments in 7th grade, but the 6 month isolation and the people making fun of me has scarred me. i really dont wanna be this person wen i grow up but all the stories on the internet ive heard of people being awkward and not happy dont change wen theyre older, and im probably gonna end up like that too. i just want to be a normal person like everyone else, to be happy and outgoing, to have lots of friends and not be weird,but i guess thats all ruined now. im never gonna get better. ive tried changing, i really have, but i just dont have the energy to try anymore. i cant even go to a physciatrist. my mom doesnt like physciatrists and says they will give me crazy medicine that will make me even sicker. my mom thinks homeopathy works and i used to take it in 6 and 7th grade, but i never saw a change in myself, and i complained to my mom to take me off of it so she did. also, i cant tell her that im socially awkard and want to kill myself. i cant because first of all she wont believe me, and if she did she wont take it seriously and tell all her friends and use that against me wen i get in an argument with her. i promised myself not to tell my dad anything either after he yelled at me for not having any friends in 7th grade and making fun of me for liking japanese stuff. my parents just arent here to support me for this. i cant belive im only 14 and my life is already gone forever....since i cant tell this to a physciatrist or my parents i just wanted to let it all out here on the internet since ive kept it in for so long... one youve dug a deep hole for yourself theres no way out..thanks if you read all of this....
Question about a genetic disease family history and how to know if there is any...?
I was reading about a certain genetic disease (genetic CJD to be more precise), and it says it is passed from mother or father to child. Now I am interested to know when can it be said there is a family history of the disease........
I know this is rare but wanted to check out with my family. I don't know anyone in my family who has it, although I have to note that I don't know all of my cousins on the mother's side (she doesn't know any genetic diseases running, but she doesn't care much either). But my parents don't have it, my grandparents don't have it (my grandparents on mother's side didn't have it, they died at ages 64 and 66 from other (common) causes), my uncles don't have it, aunts either.....brothers and sisters also don't have it.
Like I said I don't know the situation about my grand-grandparents and a number of cousins on the mother's side that I didn't even meet, but since everything else is totally clear with this data that I have, can I say that I don't have a family history of a genetic disease? Just interested to know....
One of my best friends left me for her boyfriend
my "group" in school was me and 2 other friends. i was sort of a rocker, wearing a band shirt and jeans everyday where as my friends didnt really have a defintie style. when they started to hang out with me, their style became more like mine so in a way i feel like i helped them out. So anyways, when we got to highschool(this year) my friend that i felt closest to got a boyfriend. (we were the kind of people that werent really the "girlfriend types.") we were very independant. my other friend got a boyfriend too. both of their boyfriends are juniors and i cant help but think what happens when they graduate? well both of my friends have the exact same classes with each other and i dont even have lunch with them. we are all in band so the "hangout" spot is by the bandroom. all the band kids hang out there so theres always a lot of people in that hallway. i was happy for them because like i said i never really saw them as "girlfriend type." well my friend that i felt closest to started to distance herself. the only person she hung out with was her boyfriend. ive never talked to her boyfriend so icant say if hes a good guy or not. they would kinda just stand in a corner and hug all morning. in a way it kinda bugged me cause its like really? you guys cant socialize? and when he wasnt there, she would stay in a corner listenng to her ipod looking depressed until he got there just to be hugging again. well my other friend did the exact same thing expect they would talk in a corner. i have plenty of friends but they were my BEST friends. i really miss them because im so used to it always being the 3 of us doing everything together. now ill be lucky if they say hi to me. but the friend i felt closest to is always on facebook or whatever saying how shes depressed. shes always saying how she hates going home and how she never gets any attention. but ive been to her house. i know that parents can act different when friends are over but her parents were so nice and kind and her house is big and shes close with her family. to me it just sounds like shes trying to get attention. if she really wanted to know what its like to have a bad home-life, she should come to my house. my dads an alcoholic and not the nice kind. and when hes home on the weekends, its not a walk in the park. ive never told anyone that because im not looking for attention but my friend doesnt know how good she has it. in a way i feel like some of her depressed statuses should be about me(not in a concieded way but because i havent talked to her in about 2 months and that was because that was when marching band ended and we did everything to gether for about 2 years.) sometimes i feel like they both forgot about me or just dont care anymore but i feel like they should make time for friends. if i had a boyfriend, i would make sure i hung out with friends because if they broke up, they would turn to their friends. in a way, i feel like if they break up, i have no reason to feel sorry because i was kicked to the curb and left there ever since they started dating. anyways, this is more of me venting than a question.
thanks for reading.
i forgot this part wow fail.
now they both have sleepovers that used to be the 3 of us and now its just them 2 and i always see pictures and its like really? im still here.............................................
Could I have ADHD & not know it?
I'm 15 years old & a girl.
When I was really little, my parents say I was a calm baby & never gave them trouble.
I remember being really shy and quiet in kindergarten & first grade, but I always had trouble staying on task. I had trouble with math right from the start, too.
I can't concentrate on something for too long. I also can't stand in one place for more than a few minutes, and I end up walking around when I'm trying to wait in line. Sitting for about half an hour doesn't bug me if I'm interested. In school I find it hard to do assignments because they lose my attention quickly. I am pretty impatient too.
I worry a lot & probably have some form of OCD because my whole family does. I think WAY too much. I have trouble going to sleep cause I can't stop thinking.
I'm just wondering if this could possibly be ADHD or something else? And my teachers never thought it was significant? When I was younger, I guess about 8 my mom was gonna have me tested for it but never did. I took a short online test for ADHD and failed. But I just dunno....I make As and Bs and I made D's in math. So it's not taking a HUGE toll on my life but I really wanna know.
Thanks!
I'm 16 years old, and I think I may have a true love? HELP!?
Sorry this is kinda long..But I need advice.
First off, my problem is I think to much..because I believe I have a very realistic outlook on life.
Anyways, my Boyfriend and I are both 16...and I believe we are deeply in love.
Already, I go to a boarding school 300miles away(4.5hours) from him and try to go home every other weekend or every 3 weeks..
His girlfriend used to be my best friend..but since I hung out with them he admitted he was falling in love with me, and lost interest in her. She broke up with him and I did the right thing of not talking to him(as a friend) anyways he still hung around and told me he would wait until I gave him a chance..so we kinda talked for I say 4 months, he still knew I was leaving town..
It all started with a summer romance before I went to school..it was not intended to go this far but we figured we are true soul mates.. We did crazy things like steal our parents cars (at age 15) and snuck out every night through every length..boat, bike, car...I drove a stick shift my 1st time going to get him..so Yeahh
there wasn't a night that we didn't see each other for the WHOLE 2 months of summer.
his family is rich, sometimes he flies to see me (they have 3 private planes) when i left we both cried for hours and knew we could make us work...so far the school year is half over and neither of us have had major issues...We've been officially dating for like 10 months..but really he's my best friend and I've been with him over a year..the distance is not really a problem..only affects us about 0.05% percent on our love. Our parents found out all of our "adventures" because we keep a notebook between us they found and they went crazy..so we ran away on christmas for a week to another state..in one of their many houses (in fear we would never see each other again.. because his parents wanted to ship him to a military all year academy) .his parents resent me and I've tried apologizing..everything. his dad harasses me over text and I could take it to court but i don't want to lose him and make things worse on his life...his parents bribe him saying they will give his phone and truck back if we split for good. he now supports his own phone without his parents knowing..
My concerns: He may love me more than I love him...he really wants a family together..and speaks of children and marriage and attending the same college..ect and we are only sophomores.and 16. We are both jealous people and don't like the other to be with female/male...but thats not a problem since the feeling is mutual..you could say we're like romeo & juliet..or bonnie & clyde..
both of us are so young, but yet Im very afraid to lose him in the near future..we both have bright paths..and sometimes I think his life will be better if I'm not in it..such as college..
we are going to try to attend the same college or near close and I will really go through whatever to make us work...I'm pretty sure he will too..he's a good ole country boy type of guy and wouldn't want to hurt me...i pretty much trust him but I fear either of us will meet someone else in college...thats only a small possibility though..
we have a flame of love that burns so bright, and i'm very afraid it will die down during college(because it supposedly changes people) I honestly do see him in my future. we both really want to try to make each other work
i would rather end things early and make him have a better life in college, although i couldn't go a day without thinking of him and how happy he makes me...he isn't a spoiled brat and works for him money he saved up $1000 and bought me a promise ring...(his parents wont allow him to give to me..-they have it)
..the deal with his parents..is...his dad is a pilot(he abuses my boyfriend..hitting..verbal..ect) but my boyfriend needs his dad to be a successful pilot like him because the world is very involved in politics..
my boyfriend says he couldn't ever think of us not being together and doesn't want to lose me..he would drive, walk, fly 100083939 miles to see me...
but i need to think about what's best? I kinda think we should really try, even at a young age because I have hope...and a lot of it...he does too...he wants to marry after highschool (but i'm not stupid i wold like to wait 2-3 years into college or possibly after)
I'm very realistic on most things...but this love we have..am I just being a stupid girl..or what? his love makes me so happy, i dont want to lose it..neither does he...
is it really worth trying?...i think it is..to be honest..
but i need...like opinions? experiences? do you think its stupid? do you think we have hope?
i just need a plight of light on this situation...
please stories are welcomed.
thanks!!
he is my first true love, and I am his...
I have a great option of going to medical school.(quite easily because both my parents are doctors).but i'm not sure if it would be near him...i have a very bright future..but kinda would rather "throw" some of it to be happy with love (true meaning of life)
