It seems like a lot right now, but you will get through it. I sent this instagram link to my boys because it's so true. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkPRBmHrFF8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= I wish you all the best. Everyone telling you to seek help is right, counseling can help so much with perspective and give you necessary tools to help you all through your whole life. This is bigger in your mind because your are going through it right now. It's embarrassing and that is hard but you can chalk it up to being young. EVERYONE makes mistakes, and you have a long life ahead to make more. Get those tools to help you cope and learn to not take yourself too seriously. You will benefit from it, it's more of a blessing than you know.

Cutting is an unhealthy coping skill. Your parents and/or teachers are there to help guide you to safer and healthier ways to deal with stress and anxiety. Doing this on your own is obviously not working, so take that burden and let the people that love and care for you help you carry it. Be honest, insist on counseling and please don't feel alone.

I'm hoping your parents are less upset about you leaving school, and more concerned about your mental health. You need some help. I've been there as a teen, and seeing a doctor literally changed my life. Depression and anxiety are awful.

You're young stop being so hard on yourself.

And whatever has pushed you to starting cutting needs to be addressed. You're young and already chosen the worst method of dealing with a problem. Life will get hard, but hurting yourself doesn't make it easier. IF you cut yourself because you blame yourself for something, then you need to learn to cut yourself some slack and start having self respect for yourself.

Seek professional help.

Google “distress tolerance skills” and “emotional regulation skills” to help you in those moments

Running away from school is far less concerning than the anxiety and self harm. Please seek help from a therapist or psychiatrist. Life gets better but you're going to need to get help to make that happen.

You aren't the first and won't be the last kid to run away from school. You're okay, and perfectly normal

Talk to the people, talk to your friends, use your support group, and if you dont have one look them up in your area. It will help a lot. If you still cant find one, hell message me I will talk as I can.

Sounds like you are overwhelmed and need some help. Ask for it.

You are from the first kid to do something like this and you certainly will not be the last. Do not let it get you down so much. Make the decision that you will be well and you will excel. You're young and so many young, nowadays and even back in my day, go through this so know you're not alone and make yourself proud.

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I’m so sorry you deserve so much better. Teenagers are assholes and don’t think about how much their actions can affect someone so just ignore their dumbasses. Ask him directly for the necklace back if he refuses start being petty like him and ask his little group of friends why a “straight” guy dated you for three months and kissed you multiple times. Stay safe kiddo I know how hard it can be sometimes dealing with homophobes ❤️

This may come off as a bit rude but it gives me the vibe from the comic heartstoppers or something but like the bad ending. I'm sorry this happened but hopefully things get better!

Considering how his original post said he's from a small town community the school might honestly just dgaf

It's a good lesson to learn now when you're young

Public shaming for scamming you out of x-hundred dollars. If he keeps it, publicly label him a scammer. He made you trust him to gift him something valuable. That's the same tactic used by phone scammers. "Skyler is a scammer", he scammed you. Yes, you were naive, but so are all scamming victims. Sometimes we are vulnerable and guillable and stupid. Please don't victim blame yourself or let others do that to you.

Public shaming for scamming you out of x-hundred dollars. If he keeps it, publicly label him a scammer. He made you trust him to gift him something valuable. That's the same tactic used by phone scammers. "Skyler is a scammer", he scammed you. Yes, you were naive, but so are all scamming victims. Sometimes we are vulnerable and guillable and stupid. Please don't victim blame yourself or let others do that to you.

How is everyone missing that this kid Skyler is gay or bi?

There's no way a straight kid commits to this con this much. He maybe decided op isn't for him and reacted by pulling back, or something, but this kid is just not 100% straight.

He probably is and just afraid to come out so that whole "bet" is his BS to get out.

Or a conservative anti-LGBTQ politician.

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With Respect To getting your necklace back, talk to a lawyer.

Assuming you are in the US, your state bar association will have a referral system. Check their website. The referral consultation will be low cost or free, depending on the state (and the attorney may charge less given you're a minor). If you are outside the US, your region's/country's/equivalent's professional attorney's association probably runs a similar referral service.

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Given that the necklace was a gift, you cannot claim it as stolen property. However, I believe that you are a minor. As such, you have some ability to back out of contracts and agreements, and those agreements and contracts can be cancelled by your parents. You may have a right to back out of this gift and demand it back; that will be state and circumstance dependent.

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You may also have a claim under a theory of Fraud by False Pretenses. Your ex was materially enriched, and you were emotionally and materially harmed by your ex telling you things that he knew to be untrue. You may have a right to recover things you gave him that were premised upon you being in a real relationshop. Again, this will be state and circumstance dependent.

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Finally, assuming your ex is a minor, his mother may be wrong. She probably can (legally, if not morally) force your ex to give you the necklace back (depending on the custody agreement between your ex's parents). Certainly, if your ex's parents agree, they can force him to return it. If they don't, it will depend on the custody agreement and state law.

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It is entirely possible that you have no claim and are screwed. It is entirely possible that your claim to get it back is incredibly strong. No one on reddit who is qualified to make that judgement is going to respond to you in a public forum, as it could be professionally problematic. In the unlikely event someone qualified offers to you advise via messaging, it is going to be after a discussion about specifics, and they are going to need to know where you live (within state/city precision).

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In short, talk to a lawyer. Ask them if they think this is something that is worth bringing to small claims court, and what the process to do that will be. Also ask under what circumstances a custodial parent could force their child to return it, if a non-custodial parent could do the same thing, and if so, see if the attorney is willing to draft a letter to your ex's mother informing her of this.

I’ll try to update you guys! Thanks for the kind words

Skyler is definitely in denial about his own sexuality lol. Let this chapter of your life slide past, choose happiness. Literally no one actually cares about high school.

Omgosh - high school would have been so much less horrible if I had your brain!

Haha these are all awesome <3