I'm so hopeless, I don't know what to do
Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well, anyone reading this. It's my first post here so I'm a little anxious.
I would like to share a little of how I feel.
I won't share much of my personal information, but I am a girl. I'm in my second semester of college, and so far I'm doing very well.
The thing is, about 5 years ago I started to develop low self-esteem. But it's something I was able to control. But over time, everything got worse. I looked for support from my friends and other people and those things.
Everything was going well. But about 4-5 months ago I started to suffer from something similar to anhedonia. My life has always been one of constant stress because of the fear of disappointing my parents with my grades. I developed gastritis at an early age.Well, getting back to the topic of my supposed anhedonia, I feel weird. I'm being honest. I feel bad and very weird.Before, (I mean about a year),I was a very compassionate and emotional person. I spent a lot of time playing my favorite video games and characters, enjoying my hobbies and spending time with my friends. A lot.I have always been a good student, daughter, and daugther. I was passionate about mysterious things and magical, medieval vibes.I had a talent. Yes, I did. I loved drawing since I was little. I have an art account on ***, but I haven't posted anything there for a month.I feel hopeless. For a couple of years now I guess I really was suffering from depression.
Nothing matters to me. I stopped talking to many friends. I have a void in my chest. I can't cry the way I'd like to. I've never been completely happy for long in my life. I'm always going from here to there. I've always felt like I'm weird. I'm not happy with myself. The last few months have been about getting through my day to day life.
I have a music playlist. I loved that music and it made me feel things and feel good, wanting to fight for my passions.
But now I don't feel anything. I listen to them and I don't feel anything. I've been looking into this a lot and I think it's "emotional burnout".
But I'm not interested. I don't want to go outside.
I miss how I used to feel. With my tastes and my passions and the things I loved.
I used to have a lot of projects with my art and stuff like that.
I've tried to convince myself that I'm supposed to grow up.
But adults are also happy and feel things, right?
I guess I've ruined my life with my pessimism. I'll never feel anything again, I think.All my pleasures for which I fought three years are not worth it.I have been looking for new interests in case you are wondering. Yes, this year I discovered a sport that I love and that did not affect my other interests. But now I no longer feel that spark when I watch my favorite sports.
I can't really talk to my parents for help right now because they are in a difficult situation with their jobs. And I can't get a therapist at the moment...
I miss my video games, talking to my friends, enjoying my art and my favorite characters.I miss my emotions.
I miss being sentimental.. I miss everything. And I blame myself every day.. it's hard to cope with all this.. for all these years.. All these four years of holding on and thinking that the next day will be better. All those nights I cried because I wished I wasn't here.All these years doubting everything.
I've been miserable.I'm the oldest sister, so I don't want my little brother to go through what I've been going through. My chest hurts. I feel lost. I feel bad.I don't care about myself. I miss everything.
That's all.I don't feel well enough to give more details. I'm sorry if you read all this and thank you for reading it. Thank you for your patience and your valuable time.I would appreciate if anyone could leave a comment if they could. Just wanted to share this. Thanks
and have a nice day.
Zae I haven't been doing well myself depression is really bad right now especially around Christmas but I wanted to check on you and make sure you were ok. I worry and think about how you are doing and just wanted to pop in and see how you were
Hello @wjglory
I'm so sorry you feel bad :( but it's good to see you're still here and that you at least care about me.
I hope you recover soon. You deserve it.
I... I'm actually in good health. But I don't care much about things, and I don't care much about things that used to be valuable to me or important... like my hobbies and etc.
But don't worry about me.
I haven't been visiting this medium because I don't have anyone to talk to and sometimes I feel indifferent to seeing posts here from time to time.
I hope you have a nice day/afternoon/evening. Thank you for worrying about me.
I hope you have a merry Christmas. Please take care of yourself. I'll be here if you need anything.
@Zae1 Merry Christmas to you as well I will message you on Christmas Day. Thanks for the kind words and I will try and make it through the weekend :)
@Zae1 Hello! Although I can't fully understand your feelings, I can more or less empathise.
I'm in a long-distance relationship, and this dependence on the relationship seems to have become the whole of my life – take a look at my post for details. So, I also have this feeling of not being interested in ‘doing anything’.
I'm trying to change this situation, and I'm thinking about what I can do to achieve my goal - to get close to her. So I'll think about how I can give myself more opportunities to get close to her, what I can do in the short term, and what I can do in the long term. In short, it's about exploring the root cause of your sadness and trying to solve it.
Of course, this method does not apply to everyone - obviously, for some people, the root cause of their sadness cannot be solved quickly or there is no way to solve it, which makes such thinking exacerbate the situation. I'm not sure what your situation is like, so I'm not sure I can give you any advice.
You could think about the last time you felt happy or at least less sad. Would it make you feel better to do that again?
I don't know if my advice is helpful, or if just talking to me is enough.