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I don't know anymore and I need a break from it all

I don't know anymore and I need a break from it all

Last night I went out against my initial instinct not to. I figured I needed some social atmosphere after a dull day at work. My work is dull and there is only one place I can work at out of a possible 6 places that I actually feel accepted and appreciated - but they have me doing such meaningless work. This is all down to the fact that the workplace is boring and the work is itself boring as well. There is so much politics in the workplace because of this - more than the average workplace.

I already know that I am the subject of rumours and gossip due to a mistake I made once about mid way through last year. I accidently tagged someone in an email chain at another work station and they saw what I had written. This person has then gone on to tell others and I believe this is why I look like a fool to them and its why they have started to treat me differently in many places.

I didn't say anything bad about people and I didn't say anything horrible. I just said that they didn't train people there at that workstation and that people did not like there generally.

I will be returning to that workstation on monday and tuesday next week and I am REALLY REALLY dreading it. They tell secrets, they gossip, they play games they do all sorts of rubbish there. I will be treated like scum and I am not looking forward to it one bit.

Last night I was out and I felt bad and then good and then normal. It was very mixed. I don't have social media aside from facebook which I don't use often enough at all. I am not into that stuff even though I probably should be and could probably benefit from the interaction - but its all so fake.

Today I have spent a long time doing basic tasks for my internship because I want to make a good impression and FINALLY LEAVE MY CURRENT JOB to do something new with this company. It is relevant to my area of study and I can see myself doing it. I think I will take a huge downward turn if I don't get something out of this role. My attention is so strained by the thought of going to this place next week that I don't know how to find my way through this bad time.

I feel isolated and hated by people and I don't deserve to feel that way.

There is so much fake stuff in the world and I have had enough of it, but I don't know what to replace it with.

I feel empty and lost and I am really just done with pop psychology and BS self esteem movements that just say I need accept myself and love myself. That's not possible when I am in a bad place and surrounded by bad stuff. It's like saying "snap out of it" to someone who is depressed.

I feel like my social skills have taken a huge leap forward but then a giant leap backwards in the past 2 years. Back to where they were long ago.

I am tired. Really tired. Depressed and sad. Lonely and exhausted.

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Re: I don't know anymore and I need a break from it all

mm people change, plus w things like that its not just what is taken or why but new people and new norms that make them think that is normal, they are just different @MDT

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Good morning @TAB @MDT @BlueBay @saltandpepper @frog

Hoping you all have a great day and today goes well for you.

😊😊

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You too snow fox @Snowie
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Indeed tabs @TAB
I can say the same for people around me and everything that changes
You know I realised that all of the friends of him I liked aren't around anymore. I can say the same for another friend of mine from school. The friends of his I liked hanging around aren't around anymore.
Its a sign I think.

I was also thinking too that so much of what I have done to get to where I am now has been voluntary. Maybe that's the scariest thing of all.

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cant stay the same forever, its a luxury. Circumstances can affect who and how we are seen @MDT

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@TAB @Meowmy @oceangirl
@Bunniekins @BlueBay @frog @Clawde @Shaz51 @Snowie @Schitzo @Appleblossom @Mazarita @Adge @saltandpepper
@Judi9877

Above message to tabs

"I realsied that so much if what I have done that has got me to where I am now was voluntary"

Its a scary thing but maybe also its liberating

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A luxury not worth having I think. I think because we are nomadic creatures we need to move on - but in other avenues not just physical

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its code for being undeveloped and un tested @MDT

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Don't know what else to add here really @MDT you've got a good head and your shoulders and friendships come to an end. Doesn't have to be a bad thing, it just is.

I was perhaps on the other side of the fence here re your friendship with your mate. I lost my way a bit I guess and the friends I had that weren't into getting fu*ked up disappeared from my life. It's for the best I think. I didn't need them in my life at that point, just as they probably didn't need me in their life anymore either. I've worked my shit out for the most part and patched things up with people where I was able. Maybe it isn't the end of your friendship, maybe just need to hit pause for a while. One of my oldest mates, we had a bit of a blow up a long time ago, but after many years we reconnected and have both admitted our failings. Our friendship today is different to what it had been before, more authentic and comfortable. Better understanding of each other now. We each went different ways and think it's what was best in the long term. If we'd tried to stay friends during that time, it probably would've gotten to a point where the friendship became broken beyond repair.

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Hmm @saltandpepper
Funny old thing init?
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