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I live in a very, very rural part of the UK. My village has approximately 50 people in it, none of whom are younger than 21 besides my sister and I. I spent my whole life homeschooled and I now work remotely as a content creator for a sports analytics company.

Recently I have been finding it extremely hard to deal with being so completely isolated - I have tried making friends online (via discord etc) but have not really found that particularly fruitful since most modern teens hold views that are, while for the most part ones that I agree with, also include ones that are based entirely on atheism. As for in-person socialising places for young people, there are none within a distance that I can regularly travel.
In terms of Muslim communities near me, there are also none - there is a town about 50 minutes’ drive away which has a small community, but at Jumuah prayer I very rarely see anyone my age. On the very rare occasions I do see people my age - usually on holiday hundreds of miles away - I have no issues with talking to people and I find social interaction comes to me naturally.

I feel that, at my age especially, social isolation is very difficult to deal with and an extremely inconvenient hurdle at this point in my life. I feel like most of the things I’m doing to try and build myself a future are just to try and dig a way out of this place so that I can finally see people again instead of actually trying to think about the long term.

I make du’a very regularly and alhamdulillah I was blessed with this job quite recently - it doesn’t unfortunately pay enough for me to move out and live somewhere else on my own terms, but it is a great stepping stone for the future. I have all my faith in Allah for what he’s blessed me with, but my patience and mental strength have been steadily wearing thinner and thinner over the last few months.

What can I do to try and at least ease this slow, dull suffering except continuing to try and bore through it? I am coming close to my wit’s end.

I’m 17 years old, male, and I live in a very, very rural part of the UK. My village has approximately 50 people in it, none of whom are younger than 21 besides my sister and I. I spent my whole life homeschooled and I now work remotely as a content creator for a sports analytics company.

Recently I have been finding it extremely hard to deal with being so completely isolated - I have tried making friends online (via discord etc) but have not really found that particularly fruitful since most modern teens hold views that are, while for the most part ones that I agree with, also include ones that are based entirely on atheism. As for in-person socialising places for young people, there are none within a distance that I can regularly travel.
In terms of Muslim communities near me, there are also none - there is a town about 50 minutes’ drive away which has a small community, but at Jumuah prayer I very rarely see anyone my age. On the very rare occasions I do see people my age - usually on holiday hundreds of miles away - I have no issues with talking to people and I find social interaction comes to me naturally.

I feel that, at my age especially, social isolation is very difficult to deal with and an extremely inconvenient hurdle at this point in my life. I feel like most of the things I’m doing to try and build myself a future are just to try and dig a way out of this place so that I can finally see people again instead of actually trying to think about the long term.

I make du’a very regularly and alhamdulillah I was blessed with this job quite recently - it doesn’t unfortunately pay enough for me to move out and live somewhere else on my own terms, but it is a great stepping stone for the future. I have all my faith in Allah for what he’s blessed me with, but my patience and mental strength have been steadily wearing thinner and thinner over the last few months.

What can I do to try and at least ease this slow, dull suffering except continuing to try and bore through it? I am coming close to my wit’s end.

I’m 17 years old, male, and I live in a very, very rural part of the UK. My village has approximately 50 people in it, none of whom are younger than 21 besides my sister and I. I spent my whole life homeschooled and I now work remotely as a content creator for a sports analytics company.

Recently I have been finding it extremely hard to deal with being so completely isolated - I have tried making friends online (via discord etc) but have not really found that particularly fruitful since most modern teens hold views that are, while for the most part ones that I agree with, also include ones that are based entirely on atheism. As for in-person socialising places for young people, there are none within a distance that I can regularly travel.
In terms of Muslim communities near me, there are also none - there is a town about 50 minutes’ drive away which has a small community, but at Jumuah prayer I very rarely see anyone my age. On the very rare occasions I do see people my age - usually on holiday hundreds of miles away - I have no issues with talking to people and I find social interaction comes to me naturally.

I feel that, at my age especially, social isolation is very difficult to deal with and an extremely inconvenient hurdle at this point in my life. I feel like most of the things I’m doing to try and build myself a future are just to try and dig a way out of this place so that I can finally see people again instead of actually trying to think about the long term.

I make du’a very regularly and alhamdulillah I was blessed with this job quite recently - it doesn’t unfortunately pay enough for me to move out and live somewhere else on my own terms, but it is a great stepping stone for the future. I have all my faith in Allah for what he’s blessed me with, but my patience and mental strength have been steadily wearing thinner and thinner over the last few months.

What can I do to try and at least ease this slow, dull suffering except continuing to try and bore through it? I am coming close to my wit’s end.

Whenever I head the ball, no matter where I am aiming or how much power I put on it, it is impossible to control where it goes. I play on the second-highest difficulty level and yet I still haven’t got the hang of this. Even on the “headers and volleys” training session, even with Erling Haaland, every single header either bounces harmlessly wide or over. There is no control whatsoever. How do I make it work like it would in real life?

So, I live in a very, very secluded village in the UK. In this village, my sister and I are the only teenagers. My sister is homeschooled, as was I until I completed my GCSEs and I now freelance remotely. I can’t drive, but I have applied for numerous instructors (all of whom say I am too far away and/or they are booked up for months and months) and I have my theory test coming up.
Anyway, all I have in terms of socialising is online socialising, which is not fulfilling for me. When I go to places that have people my age in them (for instance on holiday), I do not feel remotely uncomfortable around other people and I have no issues whatsoever with socialising. I used to live in a neighbouring country, where I was surrounded by people my age, but as I did not have a phone then I am only in contact with one of them now, who I occasionally am able to visit every couple of years or so. I am Muslim, so I go to the mosque in town, but that has only around 10 people and none are anywhere near my age. The next-nearest mosque, about an hour’s drive away, occasionally has a men’s football activity, so I go to that when my dad is free to drive me there. Again though, nobody is my age, and most speak Arabic, which I don’t.
I have been living here for 5 years now, and the complete isolation has - especially recently - been starting to affect my mental health. I feel totally boxed in and powerless to do anything about my situation. What little I can make up for the emptiness - online socialising and very, very occasional holidays, when we can afford them - helps in the short term, but in the long term it just makes me pine for real socialising opportunities more once it’s over.
Anyway, I’m kind of at my wit’s end here. I have made it clear to my parents how I’m feeling, but they have said it’s not currently possible to move house and that all I can do is wait to be able to drive, which will possibly open new small temporary opportunities, which is going to be in a very long time at this rate.

So, I live in a very, very secluded village in the UK. In this village, my sister and I are the only teenagers. My sister is homeschooled, as was I until I completed my GCSEs and I now freelance remotely. I can’t drive, but I have applied for numerous instructors (all of whom say I am too far away and/or they are booked up for months and months) and I have my theory test coming up. Anyway, all I have in terms of socialising is online socialising, which is not fulfilling for me. When I go to places that have people my age in them (for instance on holiday), I do not feel remotely uncomfortable around other people and I have no issues whatsoever with socialising. I used to live in a neighbouring country, where I was surrounded by people my age, but as I did not have a phone then I am only in contact with one of them now, who I occasionally am able to visit every couple of years or so. I am Muslim, so I go to the mosque in town, but that has only around 10 people and none are anywhere near my age. The next-nearest mosque, about an hour’s drive away, occasionally has a men’s football activity, so I go to that when my dad is free to drive me there. Again though, nobody is my age, and most speak Arabic, which I don’t.
I have been living here for 5 years now, and the complete isolation has - especially recently - been starting to affect my mental health. I feel totally boxed in and powerless to do anything about my situation. What little I can make up for the emptiness - online socialising and very, very occasional holidays, when we can afford them - helps in the short term, but in the long term it just makes me pine for real socialising opportunities more once it’s over.
Anyway, I’m kind of at my wit’s end here. I have made it clear to my parents how I’m feeling, but they have said it’s not currently possible to move house and that all I can do is wait to be able to drive, which will possibly open new small temporary opportunities, which is going to be in a very long time at this rate.

Every time I play or sim a match (super cup final), the game freezes shortly after the calendar moves to the next game. One person I have found who had the same problem, and they said changing the stadium worked, but it hasn’t for me. Another person tried using the stadium checker tool, but that also didn’t work. Since there is no way to sim past the match, I can’t play my master league career because I can’t get past this one game. Does anyone have any fixes?