I struggle with this everyday. Everyone says I'm a drama queen and my best friend just called me a drama queen.

I had 300 dollars in a drawer in my room, and my mom came home crying, hysterical, saying she had ****ed it up, I didn't know what was going on, I thought someone had died and it turns out she had taken the money and gambled it at the casino, and lost it all. She has that problem.

And she was like "I'm useless, I'm sorry, it's not fair that I do this to you, I have a problem", and I just couldn't say anything, I just hugged her and said "it's ok, it doesn't matter", I guess she thought I would go ballistic and I should've gone ballistic, I was saving that money but I couldn't do it, I was just really sad and sorry for her. I just felt really sad.

I used to hide my money because my dad would steal it in order to buy his liquor, and now it turns out I have to hide it from my mother too. That just makes me really sad.

Anyway I was telling this to my best friend and I said that I didn't see a point to living life if you are so sad, like all the members of my family are and he said like "stop being so dramatic, you have a house, you have health, you eat everyday so what's your problem???"

I was so angry at that answer. It's true and believe me I'm thankful for all those things, I really am, to God, to life for all that but I'm still really miserable. I try to have a possitive attitude and be happy but I just can't.

I don't wanna be an ungrateful horrible ***** that doesn't appreciate things but I don't know if me being sad for these situations make me one.

You are indeed an ungrateful whining ***.
If you're really this unhappy and miserable, CHANGE YOUR ****ING LIFE!!
Don't come here taking a **** at everything in your life, do something about it.
Move out, buy something WITH A LOCK to keep your money and apply for a new job.
You constantly whine about being miserable while a lot of people have less than you and they don't whine about it 24/7.
Either change what you're unhappy with or shut the **** up.

Look out! It's behind you!

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Originally Posted by LaBellaVita
The last **** I saw, was so ****ing ugly it literally sent me into a depression. I became suicidal for a week.

actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

I wish there was a function so that we could ignore your threads.

It's normal to be affected by alcoholic and gambling parents. Feeling guilt over feeling sad won't help the reality of feeling sad. Pushing grief away because maybe it hasn't been dealt with, the reality of the situation, will make one feel confused and standing next to oneself, rather than clearly understanding what is going on, becoming aware and then being able to take action.