Am i depressed or just on a difficůt journey?

[kimboDice]

im 16, im a sophmore in high school and im just lost in life right now, i feel like i have no purpose. i play lots of basketball and im close friends with my basketball team, but im still an outlier in our group, nobody tells me about anything. sometimes the only reason i end up hanging out with them is our parents, and they have these nicknames and inside jokes and stuff like that. I have never had a girlfriend, i have hugged girls before, but they dont notice me, and i feel my friends have girls higher on their priority list than me or our group. The only place im at peace is on the basketball court, but i cant do that forever, and i didnt make the highschool team which bummed me out. I just feel like i have no identity and im a ghoost of a person. i just dont know whats going on with me right now, i feel like a loser and i quit social network because of the unnessassary stress. they say these are the best years of your life but i dont agree...

[Ben]

Look, everything you're experiencing is completely normal. In high school a lot of people feel what you feel, so they try to ape everyone else and be cool. If the alpha males all wear orange, you have to wear orange not because you like orange but because you fear being cast out of the group if you don't wear orange. You, my friend, have stopped wearing orange. That will distance you from the pack, but at least you will be able to explore your own identity and feelings. It will feel like being a ghost for a while. I went from having no friends in high school to having lots of them around my junior year. I had fun with them, but when I returned home at night I sort of felt like I was still on my own path. Now it is many years later and those who all followed each other are still stuck in that small town, sort of repeating the same things they were doing and thinking 20 years ago. On the other hand, because I didn't mind settling myself apart I have seen the world and am much more successful in many ways than they are. You are doing a right thing by taking yourself off social media. I never have and never will put myself out there like that. Don't dislike yourself because you've stepped away from the crowd. Literature and music helped me. Good luck to you.

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[Luffy]

Ik how you feel. if you think you have depression try to talk to your doctor about it asap because it gets worse over time. Don't hate who you are or let time skip by, Just do your best and just be yourself, do what you feel like, because in a few years these people wont even matter.
Highschool goes by too fast so dont let depression keep you down.

[Godislove]

Don't let people define who you are, sometimes people say and do things to hurt out of jealousy or ignorance or because they are just mean. Look for others that can tell you about god he loves you no matter, his love isn't influenced by others. Just know there are people who love you for who you are. Don't judge yourself by others. I will pray for you.