Why am I sad with my life when I have everything I could want???

i moved 2 years ago when i was 13.my life was perfect up til then-popular,happy,etc. now since i moved and am now a junior in high school i have been severely unhappy. i think the main reason is i am shy and my one close friend who goes to my school ditched me for her other friends and i only have 1 friend now. but why is this bothering me so much? i get good grades, really good at basketball, nice, and pretty iguess but the stress is taking a toll on me. whenever i am at school i am so depressed b/c of my lack of friends. i think this is the major reason i am so sad all the time...it's hard for me to make friends. im shy in class i guess but i really don't know what to do. im sad. the stress of everything is really getting to me and idon't know what to do. i feel like i cant relate to anyone at my school.ive been at this school for 2 years and it has just been hell.i cant transfer.2 years till colleg..i just am so lost and don't know what to do.i have never adjusted to it this town.

and at the same time i feel like i shouldn't be wasting my time on making new friends b/c we are all gonna go to college anyways in 2 years...and i would rather focus on my grades. but my lack of a social life really makes me depressed.
o and i am 15.

at school alot of days i stay in the library too b/c my best friend leaves at lunch for her golf games and she has a free 6th period so she leaves...

Making new friends could be the best thing for you. Look further ahead than just college. Your ability to make friends and work well in new situations could make or break a really cool job for you. You'll want to be able to work well in groups, know how to be a team player in business.

Sometimes the best way to feel adjusted when your depressed or feeling lost, is to find some way to reach out to others. Are there any handicapped people who need someone to read to them? Or what about an elementary basketball team?...coaches are always needed for community recreational teams. What about Alzheimer's residents of a nursing home... it would be very helpful if a volunteer came and helped them put puzzles together. What about volunteering as an usher in a theater...you'd get to see free shows & make a whole new set of friends while you're at it.

Try to think "out of the box" in your life right now. Think creatively here. Think of anyone other than yourself. In order to find yourself, you may have to loose your old responses to circumstances. Find new attitudes. Start new "self talk":

Say to yourself. "I'm starting a new day. I'm going to enjoy people & their sense of humor. I'm going to be thankful for the good things that I've got. I'm worthy to be a good friend. I like me!"

just be open to people, if you pretend to not be shy, nobody will know, smile and say hi at everyone you see, talk to people who sit next to you, ask them the time or if they know what the hw is, eventually convos will get brought up and you will have friends!

hey, im so sorry to hear that you are unhappy. At 15 you shouldn't be worried about stuff like that. I think u are thinking to much. try to make new friends and don't be shy. And forget about that friend that ditched you she doesn't know what friendship means. theres got to be more people you can talk to at school don't be scared your beautiful and you play basketball go for it im sure if you try to be more social you will find friends. plus YOU GOT ME ILL BE YOUR FRIEND SWEETY!

please talk to your guidance counselor, or a teacher, or the librarian, or your doctor, or an adult relative (mom, dad, aunt, uncle, grandma, etc...)
i am 28 years old, and felt much the same way you do, when i was in high school. i have recently been diagnosed with a severe depressive disorder. we have been trying different things, but talking about it seems to help the most. when i look back on my life, i realize now that the depression started in high school, but i was expected to be 'happy-go-lucky' all the time, so i ignored it...the delay in diagnosis and treatment has been very detrimental for my adulthood relationships. please don't let yourself go through what i went through. get help. talk to someone.

You say, "Why am I sad with my life when I have everything I could want???"

Without reading anything else in your details I can tell you that having everything can make you sad. Sounds weird right, well it isn't. When you have everything that means you have no goals. No reason to work, produce or achieve. You are depressed because you aren't working toward a goal. I have the same problem. I set a life goal and achieved it before my 40Th birthday. I am approaching 60 and still have nothing to replace it with. Nothing that is rooted in passion, nothing to work for. I have looked but I can't seem to establish another benchmark.

If you can find something you feel passionate about, and finding it is not necessarily an easy task, you will begin to refocus your life. Your gusto will return and you will be fine. Don't be offended but I have to add, 15 is a little young for a person to have everything. If you do indeed have everything I'll bet much of it was handed to you. You need to work and achieve to be happy.

Go search for that goal. And good luck...

sit down with the phone book and look for clubs or groups or other meetings in your town that's a start and you may even get to know a few kids from school there volunteer at the library or local hospital or do something for the community that will give you a bit more self esteem and give you the chance to meet lots of new people, before you can feel confident around others you have to be secure with yourself good luck with what ever you find