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Hi guys,
Love to see people helping each other here. I'm 23, turning 24 next month. So I am not much of a people person. But I do like to spend time, party with friends, be around some people, which I wasn't able to do much of in my college life. I have quite strict parents and plus due to certain conditions at my home, me and my elder brother have to take care of our mom, so I had to miss out a lot. But with time I accepted the inevitable, and didn't paid much attention to it.
Now, I have recently graduated, and I missed my only graduation ceremony, plus the party after that, due to the fact that any of us cannot afford any infection or so. Now I see them enjoying, living their lives so damn easily, I feel terrible, cause probably thats never gonna happen again.
Now, I am reflecting upon my life as a sad, studious and workaholic person who will end up as a pathetic loner in future if I kept on missing out things.
I might be overthinking, but I cannot get this out of my head. I am aware of the responsibilities, and I feel selfish and guilty to even want some fun with friends. But I get sad, depressed, feel helpless, even cry. I feel like my life has come to a halt, which will never ever change. I am destined to live like this.
I just want to feel great again. Just bury these feelings, accept that I have to miss out, and just get on with whatever I have. How do I do this?
P.S Pardon if this is the wrong thread. I'm new here :)
@agreeableHickory9108 You can sure change your life. You missed a lot of things, but you still have opportunities. Whatever your life will be, you will miss a lot of things. Choose what important to you and work on it. You are not like before. You don't have to depend on your parents as much as you did. Try sending your friends some messages or you can make new friends. You will meet many people in your life ahead. Don't let the past stops you. I also missed out a lot in my life (my graduation ceremony too). Sadly enough, I am still missing out. But your situation is different, I hope you have the courage to choose what important to you.
@NguyenHoangLong
I try my best to put aside these petty things and just focus on whats now in my hands. I understand fretting over things which are out of my hands can only give me stress I dont need, but they sure make me feel helpless. Now that's past me, I hope I get more of such opportunities to have fun in life. I frequently loose this optimism whenever such things happen. I hope to have enough strength to endure all this in future.
Thank you for reading ♥️