User blog comment:Moonwing9/I don’t know if I can handle it anymore.../@comment-37780320-20200117001408

Hi Moon, I want to let you know right now that there will ALWAYS be people who care about you. If these people who call themselves your “friends” are being mean to you, then they don’t deserve your attention. I thought for a long time that having a lot of friends was the secret to happiness, but the truth is all you need is a few good ones who are close to your heart. And I’ll tell you a story: Once, I had a friend and we’d been close. Then, she started picking on me. She drove me into the bathroom to cry on more than one occasion. I talked to one of my other friends and found out the reason she was acting like that was because she was jealous of me. I had become concert master of the orchestra, and she was assistant concert master, when she’d wanted to be concert master. People can be jerks, and try to put you down, because they are jealous of you, and they want to put you down. About your brother, siblings can be real jerks sometimes. Believe me, as someone who has two siblings, both of which think they own the world, I know. But try to work through it. It’s possible they’re stressed, and siblings often take out anger on siblings when they’re stressed. Try talking to him. If that doesn’t work, involve the parents. It’ll get better. And as for your teachers, just try not to let it bother you. Be a little more careful in their classes, and other than that, there’s not much you can do. Try to involve yourself in an extracurricular activity. I know you don’t want to, but it helps, really it does. Story again: I was recently diagnosed with asthma. It’s really stressful, and I have to watch what I’m doing so I don’t trigger an attack. And the person I have a crush on, who has been super supportive and truly understands since she has asthma herself, is going through major surgery soon. It’s been really stressful, and I’ve been upset. But I threw myself into a musical, and now I’m too busy learning my lines to dwell on the stuff going on. Remember, people care. I care. So do so many people. Those people are the people who really matter. I promise, happiness is always there. Try to find the little bits of happiness in your life, and focus on those. Let them fill you up. It’ll be hard, but eventually you’ll be happy again. It works for me. And finally, if you need anything! Anything at all. Just leave a message on my wall. I’ll respond as soon as I can.