Hi

After being a lurker for a couple of years i finally decided to join up. I used to just look at threads concerning sci-fi technologies such as time travel/UFO's, but over the past 6-12 months I have become interested in a variety of subjects. The main subject that has caught my attention is the current state of politics in the US. It may seem silly but I am actually more interested in US politics than I am in my own country,England.

I am 19 and I was predicted straight A's in my exams in year 11 in 2010 (after a quick google search i think thats the equivalent of 10th Grade in the US) but after stupidly thinking i was too smart to fail my exams, I stopped going to school and sat at home playing video games. In the end i never took my exams. (Yes I know lol. Stupid move.)

Over the last couple of years I became depressed after realising the mistake i made and am currently trying to
get myself sociable again (I also stopped going out of my house through fear of ridicule from my peers. I was always confident about my intelligence until I dropped out.Then i became upset that i threw it all away.)

My dream was always to become an astronaut but that of course is now near impossible through my lack of qualifications, however, I have always been somewhat lazy so I don't personally think it would have happened either way.

The only sport i really like is Football (soccer) and i support Manchester United. I did watch the recent superbowl for the first time and thought it was enjoyable apart from the power going out lol.

I don't claim to know everything, and like most of you, I am here to learn.


Hope it wasn't too long. Thanks for reading.

Welcome Man city fan here
Heck dude we are all astronauts in an odd way we are all travelers in space and time and heck with an imagination we can all go where ever we want.
I was on a small moon located in Saturn's rings an hour ago thanks to a thread on ATS.
Welcome again and good luck

Welcome to ATS. Don't worry about what people think of what you did in your past. I can relate to what you've said. I didn't drop out of school, but I slacked off a lot in my last year and I really haven't done anything with the 2+ years of college I took. I struggle with wondering if I've made the best decisions in life, but it's what I have to deal with. I can only do my best from today on. Same with you, it seems like you've learned a valuable lesson at a young age.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy participating with us here at ATS.

I'm not actually from Manchester. I'm from Bradford. I support Man Utd I guess because my dad and older brother have supported them their whole life so i became a supporter and now couldn't see myself supporting any other club. I understand that people may see me as a "glory supporter" because I come from Bradford but I think supporting a football club should be about which teams' football you enjoy watching and enjoy paying money buying shirts/tickets to improve, not about a decision in which you had no choice (ie, where you were born). And I hope Man City have a great future competing with Man United. Anything to stop Liverpool from winning anything again lol.

Enjoy your life, enjoy your time here on the forum, you will find many young fresh minds to help you remember who you are and your potential for reclaiming your independent thoughts, ideas and goals.

It sounds as if you have already taken the first steps in reclaiming your your future. BTS is a wonderful and safe place to meet other young people with out the sometimes seriousness found on the main forum.

Have fun, keep it light!

You are still YOUNG. The whole world is open to your piece of the puzzle. You can still become ANYTHING you chose to become, follow your heart, follow your dreams and believe that you are absolutely PERFECT exactly as you are.

Nothing to stress over, nothing to feel guilt about, this is your time, and when you have lived to a ripe old age you will look back at this time in your life as the point where you truly stepped up to the plate and became a man.

When you live for another 30-80+ years, you will remember 19 as having been the point where you broke the continuity with the identification of childhood. You will see yourself in many years from now as having still been just a child at age 19.

Everything is going to be alright, you have so much to be grateful for.

Originally posted by antar
You are still YOUNG. The whole world is open to your piece of the puzzle. You can still become ANYTHING you chose to become, follow your heart, follow your dreams and believe that you are absolutely PERFECT exactly as you are.

Thanks. I have never really had anyone to talk to about my life with so it's nice to finally hear some positive words. I have always been a somewhat angry person so i find it hard to talk about my feelings even when i know it's for the best. My friends don't even know i have been depressed. I just kept it bottled up.