What will happen to me if I choose to run away?

Don’t run away. Anything could happen. There’ll be nowhere for you to go and you’ll be ruining your whole life. Running away isn’t going to solve anything hon, it’ll just make you feel worse. It doesn’t matter how far you run away, the problems will still be there and all of a sudden you’ll get a new problem-guilt.

The first step to solving this problem is reducing the amount of stress you’re under. Talk to someone, tell them about the problems you’re facing, what you’re scared of, what you don’t like. Let them support you, let them give you a shoulder to lean on. If you can’t talk to someone right now, then start a diary and write down everything you feel. You don’t have to write in it everyday, maybe just write in it when you feel overwhelmed because of either the good or the bad. Plan ahead, because that’ll reduce your stress. Think positively. Don’t be pessimistic. Be optimistic! Breathe in deeply, count to ten whenever you’re in a situation you can’t handle. Increase your self confidence. Be kind to yourself. CRY!!! If you need to!!! Don’t hold it back, don’t bottle up your feelings. That won’t help.Relax after you’ve had a hard day at school. If you need a break, do something that makes you happy, whatever it is…listen to music, dance, sing, draw-whatever. Just don’t run away. It won’t get you anywhere.

IF there’s a problem with your parents then I would suggest calling the social services. If you get caught, the first time, they drive you back home and walk you to your door. Second time, they talk to you and drive you back home. Third time, they give you a criminal record and that doesn’t go away until you’re 18. Also, it’ll upset whoever finds out.

Life isn’t easy hon. But running away isn’t the answer. The longer you don’t face your problems, the longer they’ll haunt you. So work on the problems-the stress, taking baby steps, don’t try to do too much at one. Just whatever you do, don’t run away.

Hope this helps and I hope everything works out.

Best Wishes, CM x

I dont think you should run away. Its not the wisest choice to make. You might get hurt or your parents will worry. You cant live on the street ethier. If your really getting stress talk to whoever is making you stressed. Maybe it really is your boyfriend. So if you think hes too overwhelming to you, talk to him about it. Im sure if your honest, he’ll understand. Or if its not that and its your grades stay for extra help after school. You’ll get better grades and your teacher/teachers will know that your strugling and will let you maybe sit in the front of the room and on hard tests they’ll come over and ask you how your doing. Or if its your parents then just understand that they want the best for you and they care and there looking out for you. But if its stress from pain then massage it away. Ask your boyfriend to or if he says no or if its too awkard to ask, then go to a massaging place. Everything will work out in the end. Im sure of it. Hoped I helped :)

Thanks, take care

You think that being caught is the worst thing that could happen to you? First of all, where do you plan on sleeping? You’re in canada, so for about 9 months of the year, outside isnt really an option. Then, what exactly do you plan on doing for food, clothes, a bath, brushing your teeth, etc etc. And exactly how are you planning on making sure you dont get robbed, kidnapped, raped, sold into the sex slave market etc… Just out of curiosity? I know it’s nice to think about getting away. Everyone needs a break once in a while. But no matter how nice it is to fantasize about it, reality is not that nice to girls on the street. Who often turn to prostitution to survive, and then to drugs to deal with having to have sex with random men. Of course this wont happen to you. It just happens to everyone else. You’re special. And if you think you’re going to get away to a friend’s house, think again. I doubt anyone wants to be charged with kidnapping a minor.

I do not know if your parents might beat you, otherwise nothing much, BUT DO NOT RUN AWAY YOU CAN BE MURDERED ABDUCTED if you must go to some nuns

A cousin of mine ran away and ended up in court. The police will get very into your business. And no matter how much you want things to stop stressing you out, I gaurantee that running away will only make things worse. You’ll be found, either that or abducted by aliens. Who knows. Afterwards there’s a lot of paperwork, counseling, sessions to find out why you left.. It’s just a big mess. Running away will only make things worse.

hi, I was thinking the same thing a few weeks ago with my frinds. but another person (my oldest friend) found out. she made me stop. I cut myself and now im addicted, DONT be like me please, stay at home and talk to a friend, please cutting and running away are the worst things, and now I’ve realsied its even worse because of this addiction and the stress I already had. tell someone please dont do it.

if you run away you get get stolen or raped or killed or starve or anything! just stay at home and tell your mom you are freaking out and need a personal days from school. she mite not understande,but it is so much better than running away.

It’s not a matter of if you will get robbed, raped, cold, tired and hungry, but all a question of when. Not to mention all of the things that you might find yourself doing to survive once on your own.

I would make a short list of the things you feel you need to run from, and then figure out what is the greatest pressure. If it is your parents, try to stay at a friend’s house (where there is extra space) for a week, so that you can still attend school, but will be away from your parents.

If school is the main pressure, you might be able to work out an individualized plan like I used to have so that you can attend a few electives if you want, but do the other work on your own. Or you could consider homeschooling all together.

If your own mind is what is tormenting you and your meds are not working at all, and if you have insurance, you could try going to a short term stay mental health break where they could experiment with new meds, or a different combination of meds, while having you in a fairly controlled enviroment.

If everything seems overwhelming to you, then a short term mental health vacation might be really what you need. If you cannot afford that, possibly you could take a week off of school and stay home, like a sick week, with minimal responsibilities, and with the obligation to do your homework each day with a friend comming over who did go to school helping you. You better buy that friend a nice pressy when you can though if you do this, since they really will be going the extra mile for you.

Simply running from everything will result in your life being in even more chaos than it is now though. I know it might not seem like it, but it really will every time.