Welcome to the forum. The reflective nature can be burden; it is also a blessing.

I think it's significant that Macbeth utters those words of despair immediately after hearing that his wife the queen is dead. True they can be taken out of that context and made into a sort of existentialist quip; something Camus probably quoted somewhere in this fashion. I have quoted it myself in this fashion but the original context is that they are the words of a King who has just lost his Queen. I'm not intending to correct you or say that you used it wrongly or anything like that. This is just something that came to mind when I read it in your introduction so forgive me for going on like this. Shakespeare was one of the great philosophers and I by no means want to discourage the quoting him whether it be in or out of context. By the way, it's "sound and fury, signifying nothing." Welcome to the forum!

Seventeen, huh? I was there once, ha! It seems like yesterday. Don't get to philosophically bogged down if you can help it. As it relates to life, observe more and be silent when in the presence of "I" people and then you will observe what "not" to do. This preserves the innate you. If you do this then when you do offer, it will be from you; a unique, ongoing soul of the universe and others will hear. Welcome Chris,

William here.

That you have read some of the important philosophers, and that you wish to improve both your philosophical knowledge as well as attempt to "do" philosophy by participating in the discussions here seems to belie your "immaturity" or "naivity" at least compared to the normal youth of your age.
I hope you will want to contribute to the discussions, even it is only to ask a question or for clarification of someone's position. The more you attempt to articulate your thinking in a lucid manner, the better you will be able to think, and thinking in this modern age is as important as it is rare.
Welcome to Philforum!
Regards,
John

Hello, welcome to the forum. There are plenty of other young folks and college students around here. Do you know what you are going to major in yet?

Thank you guys for the greetings; I'm sorry about the Shakespeare misquote, I intended it existenitally but I guess it's orginal context holds true as well, without a woman (though thankfully never murdered), I start to fall into even more of an existential vaccuum. Each time one slips away I dig myself deeper into philosophy, so to speak, and further see the romantic use of women as nill until I find the right one, which is pretty depressing in itself because with the thought of 'true' love being so scarce, the idea of nihilism really seems to seep in (though I try to battle valiantly against purposelessness, which basically I have God and love in general to thank.) So, for the most part, I basically try to stay quiet and observe, occasionally having a few lines of banter with some friends (who are generally good company, but I still sometimes can't help feeling misunderstood [again, I have been getting by suspecting that it's just a regular part of adolescense.]) I'd also like to mention that sometimes I feel as if most things other than philosophy are pretty pointless, which is foolish, but it is also a pretty big existenial problem I deal with every so often. I plan on majoring in philosophy in college without a doubt, it's my only real passion aside from writing.

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Also, thank you guys for the advice!