Going through a really hard time mentally.
Hi all, i’m new here & wanted to share my thoughts on my life lately. I’m in my mid-twenties & i’m not happy with my job, my relationship, or where i am in life. In HS & college i was the typical movie-screen pretty/popular girl who went to parties, had many friends, got lots of male men, joined a sorority, etc... now my life feels so different. I realized most of my friends at the time were just my friends bc we liked to get wasted on the weekends together & now i only have like 3 good friends i talk to from time to time. I’m unhappy in my 5 yr relationship. It’s a constant cycle of breaking up/getting back together.. i know i don’t see a future with him & I don’t want to waste either of our times any longer but after feeling so lonely for so long it’s like he’s all I have & i don’t want to lose my best friend. I hate my boring 9-5 office job. I wake up everyday to go to an office to deal with a workload of stress while barely being able to concentrate bc we work in an open floor plan where there’s 20 side conversations & boss that acts like michael scott.. (a blessing & a curse). Yes i’ve tried to switch jobs but the job market rn is insane I’ve done countless of job applications/interviews i’m starting to lose hope. I’m just really struggling to hold it all together & find meaning in life right now. I’d love to hear your thought & comments…
I am so sorry to not see your message until today. You are so in need of some love and support right now.
That sounds like a lot to be trying to work through. One key is to not see the pile as giant, but to see it as lots of little steps.
It is also great to come here for some extra support. If you add onto this thread, I will respond every day or two.
It can be really good to just let out some of that frustration. We can also work up a plan to make things feel more like they are something that you can control.
What would you most want to work on first if you could choose?@GiveLifeLemons
thank you for the support. right now i’m really just trying to get through life one day at a time. i’m really into manifesting & something that i’ve notice help me, is writing small affirmations like “good things are always happening to me” or “positive outcomes are coming my way” & it’s helped me find some gratitude in life.. baby steps
That is an awesome thing to be doing! Positive affirmations in multiple locations can be really helpful for lots of people.
One thing that you could try to connect to that is a sensory moment for each day. One thing that mental illness does is cause you to step away from being really present in the moment. When you tell yourself that you need to have sensory connection then your brain starts to wake back up. Keep them simple, but remember them or write them down at the end of the day. Mine today was seeing a small bird feather sticking up weirdly out of the pavement. I couldn't imagine how it had gotten there.
What did you see, taste, hear, smell or feel today?
