Will life always be this stressful?

Mental Health Advice

I don’t really post stuff like this on reddit but whatever. (I hope this is the right subreddit lol(if not pls let me know))

I’m currently 15 in HS, and constantly stressed out.

First, I just have so much schoolwork to do and the school year hasn’t even started yet. I have an entire book to read for an AP class, so that doesn’t help. And I know I’m obviously gonna have a ton more stuff on top of that class when school starts.

I’m also in the band, and I have tons of music to learn, and I’ve never played this instrument before (idk why i was put on it) and lowk have no idea what to do. I’m also being pressured by my parents - and my goals to go to college for music to be a composer - to tryout for EVERYTHING when I was burnt out enough last year. My parents say I wont get music scholarships if I don’t work super hard and tryout for EVERYTHING (and they’re probably right but i’m not a very good musician/composer yet I have very ambitious dreams, and its all stressful asf).

On the topic of composition, these next issues are probably self inflicted, but I feel stressed out because I have so many unfinished projects (including a symphony) and ive only finished like 3 things, yet I have so much unfinished stuff that I see potential in but.. idk. I have a bunch of theory books I’ve barely touched bc reading is so hard for me, though I want to be better at it. Ive also signed up for a composition competition and have barely started it and have NO IDEA wtf to do with the piece.

I also have a bunch of other social issues (like nobody likes me in my school other than a handful of people), and my driving test crap which stresses me out to no end every time I look at it.

I just feel so lazy yet full of potential. I constantly beat myself up when i’m not working, yet I procrastinate like crazy, and I cannot manage my time to save my life.

This isn’t a cry for help, but the internet has a way of solving things idk. I’m just hoping for some advice on where I should go next, and I want to know if life will always be this stressful. My parents say I need counseling, yet there response to everything is just ‘you’re a teenager’ like what. Idk.

Posted Jul 13, 2025, 4:58 AM UTC

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