el duerino, working to numb the pain is a better suggestion than mopeing to numb the pain, or drinking to numb the pain.
'if we hide from such things we do not deal with them, eventually they will come out in one form or another'? Hiding from what, exactly? Pain? I don't see why not. Dentists don't give you a filling telling you not to hide from the pain, they make what is happening easier to deal with. Solely worrying and feeling upset seems more like hiding, like keeping a rotting tooth from the dentist.
I've found that I have thought myself into a dead miserable rut without people to talk to or work to go to.
Having friends to talk to can make you put things into perspective, give you another point of view.
After school, work is where I have made most of my close friends.
That is the main reason I suggested work, friends are the cure to loneliness, getting a life is the cure to feeling like you have no life, working is the anesthetic.