Well, today is my 21st birthday, and it sucks.

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So today I turned 21, which is normally when you have a good time. Today has been terrible. I've had to pretend to my family and friends back home that I have been having a good day when the truth is I am feeling awful and depressed right now. I hate what I have become in recent weeks, going from outgoing, having good friends, and being happy to isolated, lonely, somehow even with the social experience I've gained unable to ask for a phone number or ask to sit at a table with someone, and feeling downright depressed. Instead of enjoying a first drink (which I don't plan on ever having, I am against alcohol) I am all alone doing schoolwork I can't even focus on to begin with, with no one around to celebrate it with except my Betta fish, my plants, and my three stuffed animals who got me through all the hard times in the past and that I anticipated I may need them for a night like this.

The worst part is because even though I have met a select few people that I am getting friendly with (one of them happens to be the sole bright point of this pathetic day), I still don't feel I can turn to them in this time of need.

Here's one positive:

You could channel your depressed feelings through the characters you portray while you act.

To me, Life Experience is an essential component of good acting.

Sorry to hear that. There is a lot of pressure for "milestone" birthdays to be extravagant which can make you feel worse. Bottom line....do what makes you feel happy right now. And for what it's worth, happy birthday.

THIS.

Birthdays used to make me miserable because I couldn't "have a good birthday." In other words, throw a party and invite all my friends and have everyone get rip-roaring drunk and have a great time.

I don't mind birthdays any more, because I realized that it's just another day, just one on which it happens to be somewhat socially sanctioned for me to do, within reason, whatever the f**k I please.

I know hoe you feel man. On my 21st birthday I was depressed all day at college, and didn't even go home, I just went to a mates house and sat upstairs by myself and wrote a poem about how I hated my 21st birthday, lol.

Birthdays seem to get worse as you get older unfortunately.

A bit late, but hope you're feeling better! and here's a bday card:

http://1drv.ms/1EbzVCf

Thank you all for the posts. I did get to enjoy something for my 21st birthday when me and my dad went to a swap meet in Carlisle, PA. I pretty much filled up our cart with all sorts of neat finds, though at least 90% of what I bought is to resell. Best resale finds were

22lbs worth of Hot Wheels/Matchbox/and other brands of toy cars for $10.
6-9 headlight bezels and a glove box door for a Chevrolet Chevelle and the right grill for a Jaguar for $25.
and a box of miscellaneous parts for a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro for $5.

Best finds for me were
a fender mat with the American Motors logo on it for $20.
A vintage custom made button with a 1986 AMC Eagle on it for $1.
and a vintage Hudson emblem for my collection for $2.

Overall it was a great day of picking.

Although at 3 A.M. this morning I woke up very sick. I thought it was food poisoning at first but I feel better now so it was probably a day bug.