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Life's hard, but I've come to the conclusion that we're never faced with anything we can't handle - It's not easy, but there's nothing to say that it isn't possible.  Even if you can't do anything about the storms flying around you, you can learn and grow from it.  Don't let the crap weigh you down, and don't think on it too much.  A lot of artists, authors, and famous folk had some hard teenage years, and things turned out pretty nice for them.

I highly recommend spending time with your mom, as you'll find a lot of comfort in comforting someone else.  If she's not around much, you might spend some time in a public library - Lots of people to meet, and lots of books to read.  Sitting around doing nothing isn't going to get you anywhere, so find an outlet.  I don't have anything against pessimism, but sometimes you have to force yourself to be optimistic, even when it's not realistic.  You generally get what you expect.

Worse comes to worse, you'll become famous later on and have a pretty cool biography to sell.

Good point - My grandpa retired from the Air Force, joined Boeing and retired from them, too, so he's got two retirement plans supporting him right now.  It took a while, but he hasn't had to consider getting a job since.

I don't know about a full physical - The doctor would probably overcharge and just give you the same basic advice.  "Eat right, exercise."  It's when those things fail you should consider throwing in the ante for the doctor, because he'd have to actually look into the problem.  A vast majority of the time basic life style changes will solve the problem.

Even if that's the way you've always eaten, you should consider throwing some variety in your diet, especially some fruits and vegetables (I recommend frozen stuff, since it's easy to heat up and tastier than canned junk).  Even if you've always eaten that way, your body isn't getting any younger and has a harder time rebuilding itself with things you could get away with when you were younger.  This is true even if you're relatively young.  Throw some whole grains in there if you're feeling particularly experimental.  You could be suffering from a minor vitamin deficiency, but I wouldn't recommend pills unless you literally don't have vitamins available in your diet.

Ramen and cereals potentially contain a lot of preservatives, which wouldn't help either.

Alas, if we could stay young forever...

I'd recommend heading off to a college to do ROTC and become an officer.  I'm pretty sure the military has psychologists to take care of their less-than-sane population, so that may be a good thing to hop into if you want to make a difference.  If not, recruiting might be fun.  Judging from your language, you won't be torn to shreds like a sissy boy like me would, so there's one thing going for you.  The military has a basic requirement for a hard will, and if you don't have it, they'll drill it into you.

I'm just tired of dealing with lying pieces of tax-evading dirtbags who think I'm fucking stupid and don't know they're a bunch of thieves.

Wait, and you want to join the military? 

I kind of get the same thing, just with more depression.  Regular exercise usually helps me (Running, lifting weights), but it's easy to fall out of it; it takes willpower to keep going on the hard days.  I picked up a simple way of meditating that seems to help, too, so you could look into that (Or I could explain it, either way).  The worst it could be is that you just don't have enough mental stimulation - If you're not already in school, you might think about picking up a class or two, even if you've already graduated from college.  Studying keeps the brain younger.

This is mostly from self-observation, so you may have to find your own jive.

Also, check your diet.  You'd be surprised how much your brain is affected by what you eat.

The lack of bird puns is rather larking, but I guess if we kept at it, it'd make us a little jayded.

I've bought a game every day since this sale came out.  I feel like a bibliophile locked in the Library of Congress.  A very guilty, compulsive bibliophile.