u/AppleBunny125

I'm 16 and I've been homeschooled since this September due to school causing me some health complications. Even before I enrolled into online schooling I only really had one friend in public school who I don't even talk to anymore. To add onto my unluckiness, I live in a neighborhood where there are more elderly adults compared to people my age so it's been pretty much impossible for me to find anyone to interact with

If you wanna know more about me, I like retro games but specifically RPGS, turn-based ones like Shin Megami Tensei and more... I have a discord applebunny12 if anyone wants to reach out... thank youu

I'm so tired of being in this situation and I have no one to talk to, so this is a last resort for me.

I'm 16 and I've been homeschooled since this September due to school causing me some health complications. Even before I enrolled into online schooling I only really had one friend in public school who I don't even talk to anymore. To add onto my unluckiness, I live in a neighborhood where there are more elderly adults compared to people my age so it's been pretty much impossible for me to find anyone to interact with.

I also have pretty severe social anxiety and agoraphobia, and I'm not sure how to make friends. It's starting to get really lonely for me and I don't know how much longer I can isolate. My dad's been telling me that it's unhealthy for me to stay inside and not talk to anyone but I don't know what to do.

I've been thinking about consulting to online spaces but I also have a really hard time making friends online too. I've had people in the past tell me I come off too "blunt", although to me I think it's just because of my awkwardness. I try my best to be kind to others but I'm not sure if it's really effective.

If anyone has suggestions on how I could ease into making friends or make the process a little less difficult, I'd appreciate anything I can get

Hi, I don't use Reddit, but I'd like to ask about some symptoms I've been experiencing.

I'm 16 F, 5'4 and 120 lbs. I just came home from staying over a relative's house for 3 days, as to where I was perfectly fine. I should add that I also had a doctor's appointment then (where I was perfectly fine aside from slightly high blood pressure. I was tested for anemia and things like that and I came back just fine), and I had gotten my meningitis vaccine.

On the first day back, which was Sunday afternoon of this week, I was immediately hit with a horrible migraine (for starters, I've been getting migraines for a good while now) that I felt the effects of leading into the morning. Initially I thought it was because I started my period, but for the rest of the week (it's now early Friday morning as of me writing this and my period is over), I've started experiencing a bigger list of symptoms and I'm slightly worried. Symptoms are as stated:

- Headache on either side of my head only when I lay down on my side. I can lie on my back and be fine, but if I lay on my left or right side, I'll get horrible pain on either side.
- Mild nausea, only in the morning.
- Occasional black spots in my vision, a little similar to if you were to have an aura migraine but not as severe. It comes and goes.
- Sudden waking up in the middle of the night.
- Listening to music with headphones, depending on what the song is, gives me a headache and I either have to turn the music down, or turn it off all together.
- One swollen lymph node on the right side of my neck.

Whenever I open a window or step outside, I feel fine. I'm going to be taking a trip away from home in a day or two, so could it just be something in our house making me sick..? Or is it some kind of neurological problem I should go see a doctor for? Or maybe it's just side effects of my meningitis vaccine?

My dad already thinks some of my symptoms aren't that serious especially since I have really severe medical anxiety, so I don't want to take the leap and ask to go see a doctor immediately if I'm not too sure myself.