Bereft

What is it like to have your life plans change? To try so hard, to slip and discover you have not just scraped you knee, but you have fallen off the cliff. Who knew you were so close? Something so simple where you can't even look into people's eyes. You can't tell your friends, but you can't hide it. I wonder what that would be like. I have a cousin who is pregnant and due in September. She's keeping the baby, but has already lost her respect and her parent's acceptance. I have a friend who has been bulemic, anorexic, and addicted to drugs since we were 14. She's lost plenty of pounds but gained lots of problems. And what would you say if you were them, it's not so bad, it's horrible, it's no one's fault, it's mine, it's my parents, it's over, it's only just begun? What would you say if you knew them? What could you?