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lyf2021
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PathStep 26 Compassion hearts26 Forum posts44 Forum upvotes44 Current upvotes44 Age GroupAdult Last activeSeptember, 2021 Member sinceFebruary 21, 2021
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The anxiety never goes away
Anxiety Support / by lyf2021
Last post
 September 5th, 2021
...See more I feel like I am trying to work past my anxiety. For me its mainly my workload and work stress that causes it. I still get up everyday with the same anxious feelings, heart racing and nausea eventhough I get on with my work and do my best. Can't help but feel something just isn't clicking. Its been months of feeling like this and it just doens't get any better. How do I ever move past this?
How do I bring up to mu family that I think I might be depressed
Depression Support / by lyf2021
Last post
 September 2nd, 2021
...See more I'm from a south east asian country and although my family is loving and supportive, we just never really talk about feelings or mental health all that much. I don't really know how to bring it up to them that I think I might be depressed. I have been working with a therapist and am getting screened for depression and anxiety soon. Feel like I am kind of stuck, I just don't know what to say to my family about this.
Career break?
Depression Support / by lyf2021
Last post
 June 22nd, 2023
...See more Wondering if anyone on here has had similar experiences. I got a new job earlier this year but it is still kind of high pressure and stressful. I noticed myself becoming even more fatigued and depressed than normal most days even though i get enough sleep. I dont really know how to help myself anymore...i seem to have tried everything from exercising more to taking supplements but it just doesnt seem to work. My counselor is suggesting i take a career break and to be honest i feel its a pretty valid plan but as usual i guess i am just scared of taking the plunge. Has gone on a mental health career break before and did it help?
Trying to find some happiness in life
Depression Support / by lyf2021
Last post
 October 28th, 2021
...See more Hi everyone, just wanted to put my thoughts out here. Have been in kind of a low mood for the week. I've struggled with depression and anxiety for the past couple of months. I started a new job in the beginning of the year but my unhappiness about my career path in general isn't letting me feel any sense of accomplishment from it. It's even harder to find little spots of joy in life when I've had to give up a lot of what I like doing because of the pandemic. Started seeing a therapist a month ago, so I'm still new in my journey towards getting better. What have all of you been doing to find some joy in your lives?
Soul searching in 2021
Journals & Diaries / by lyf2021
Last post
 April 18th, 2021
...See more Anxiety and a quarter life crisis. Deciding to put my thoughts somewhere since I also started journalling everyday. Felt that I could try it out as a form of release and maybe people on the forum may resonate or find some comfort. Some background of why I'm on 7 cups was basically me looking for a way to reduce the anxiety I find myself facing almost everyday. Now I'm wondering if I always was an anxiety ridden person and it became more apparent when I came to the conclusion that I could no longer deal with it on my own anymore. I left my job in public accounting/audit for an accountant postion pretty recently (2 months ago). I was never really happy there and the dissatisfaction started to build as more time went by. I started to have doubts about why I was just continuing to work without feeling any sort of will to continue anymore. It was getting harder to feel happy or satisfied even if I completed a task. Why do I even work overtime for people who don't care about me? Why do I work so hard when I don't really have any drive to have a career? So I left my job for a new one that offered me some stability and a pretty reasonable pay although it does get busy around the start of every month. At first I felt ok, the nerves and the jitters were to be expected. Everything was new and we are all working from home due to the pandemic. After the 2nd month, the anxiety decided to settle for a more permanent position in my life. I wake up every Monday - Friday with a racing heart and dry heaving. I spend the rest of the day quietly performing my tasks but the anxiety never abates completely. I spent more time hiding in my phone and overall just feeling really meh. I just keep waiting for the end of the day but feeling horrible that I can't seem to find any release of anxiety regardless. This was when I finally realised, well...looks like something is really wrong. I still feel purposeless, I still feel like I'm using up so much of my life for work that I will never care for. Deciding to reach out to a therapist was pretty hard too and waiting for therapy, even harder. After my first session, I was asked about my purpose with my career. And I just....realised I can't answer this question. I never loved accounting and never felt much passion for any subject at school. Oh i did well academically anyway but left school and university with no love for any subject in particular. All I wanted was to have a stable, happy, simple life. i didn't need to be a millionaire or a CEO. I just want to be happy. I just wanted peace. I thought I could do that by spending my time on things I did like outside of work. But life isn't ever that easy...is it?.... And so this is where I'm deciding to start my soul searching... Maybe I will never like this new job but I'm willing to stick it out for a year to learn what I can and that's ok. Maybe I end up not being able to stick it out and that's ok. I just started therapy, I just started trying to be better. Its probably too soon to look for any results.... and that's ok. Keep going, keep learning and be kind to myself. Stick to my exercise plan and I might not be able to keep up with it everyday. Hey that's ok. Journal everyday and reduce using my phone as a coping tool. Spend time learning how to live my life more purposefully. That's definately not going to be easy but I can do hard things. I might falter some days and that's also ok. Goodnight world. It'll still be a beautiful day to do hard things tomorrow too.
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