How To Survive Horrible/Regreted Choices

For once, I do not have a story. Although, I do know that being a teenager, there are plenty of things I regret through my "Teen-age years" so far. Making mistakes and learning from them is practically what being a Teenager is all about, but the simplicity and even difficulty of getting over them can be sometimes difficult.

My number one regret and what guilt trips me all the time:

• Lying to my Parents.

This is a typical thing to do, even if I personally cannot stand lying. Both recieving and portraying. I end up not sleeping well, I feel awkward around my family, and I even offer to do things I most likely wouldn't do (Chores, babysit, etc). Even being in the spot I am now (My dad is blocked on my phone, I refuse to talk to him) I even feel worse now that I have a "Step-Dad" whom I refuse to lie to.

My Advice for Lying:
  Don't do it. I guess white-lies are alright, but if it's a major one like lying where you're going (Something terrible could happen and they'd have no clue where you are or something), Relationships (Boyfriend/Girlfriends) etc. 

• Past Relationships

I do regret most of my boyfriends over time. Although it's more than just being betrayed, it's the lying and the suffering I had to go through and the overwhelming feeling of happiness when the relationship would end. Although, once again, being a teenager is tough and you feel the need to find "true love" and you think it's the most wonderful thing in the world, well..

My Advice for "Getting Over Past Relationships"
It's not. The one group of people I find the most supportive are my friends. Not my family, but my friends. And if you have a best friend of the opposite sex (Which is typical), and you find you have more feelings than you'd like to admit, DON'T DO IT. Keep your relationship as friends so you don't ruin it and regret it! If your past partner was , or your current partner is, abusive (Let me state this: I have never been in an abusive relationship, I've never had a friend who was, I'm just saying this because I'm assuming it's a hard time and I'm sorry if I portray this in a wrong way) please understand you don't deserve any of that. No human deserves to "love" someone who harms you. If it's something you're going through now, either sit down and confront the situation (as scary as that sounds) or simply break up with that partner due to the lack of happiness. If that was in the past, I promise you that was just a bit of bad luck and it'll get better. No one deserves to go through that.

• Not Listening To Advice

You can receive advice from plenty of people, over plenty of different topics. I definitely regret not listening to my family and friends. There's a lot of things I did that I shouldn't have, and I now know that it was wrong of me and I was punished accordingly.

My Advice for Receiving Advice(?)
I do understand there are things you can do that can make you feel like you're on the top of the world. As an example, daring tricks such as jumping off of high surfaces, not listening to the cooking directions on a brownie box, or even  a simple thing "Don't feed the fish". (Yes I accidentally killed fish with pepper thinking it was fish food when I was about 4-5. I'm sorry). Please do whatever you can and listen to as much advice as you can. It's a funny concept because most people are like "You're nuts, I've been wanting to do this my whole life" or such and such.. It can be a serious thing to others. Please respect that. People, especially family and friends, make sure you're safe and want to know and make a promise to you to help reassure them that you'll listen. If you don't listen, well you might lost their trust, friendship, or you might be upset when the dreaded sentance some out:

"I told you so!"      

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Please ask me any questions you have, or leave me suggestions. I'd love to help you out! Thank you!