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Just wanna switch off the negative monologue in my head

MessylifeSenior Contributor12 Feb 2026, 1:47 am AEDT

Just wanna switch off the negative monologue in my head

I can't sleep.

I feel like I'm useless at everything and the world is trying to break me.

Man troubles

Work troubles

Family troubles

Financial troubles

Study troubles

Sleep troubles

Trauma

I keep ruminating

I keep trying to work out why I'm like this

How did I get here? How do I sort this mess?

I just want to move on

I want desperately for someone to show up for me and say..."I got you, you are not falling apart on my watch".

I don't want to talk or try to explain my shit. I feel I have to. I blerr stuff out when I feel safe and every time I get burnt.

Nobody asks what I want or need, nobody cares why I'm sad and stressed. The 'why' means nothing.

Nobody wants to help make me happy, they just want me to be happy.

How do sad people get by?

I hate it that when I am happy that someone comes along and cuts me down to size. I can feel their eye rolls and good-for-you's. I don't think people care If I'm happy either.

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In response to: Just wanna switch off the negative monologue in my head

2earsModerator12 Feb 2026, 8:25 am AEDT

Re: Just wanna switch off the negative monologue in my head

Hi @Messylife , you’ve done a huge thing in sharing this and I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the troubles you’re going through right now

I can see how much you’re questioning how you got here and why you’re in the position you’re in -but I hope peers will agree with me when I say that it’s great you’re coming here to the forum when you’re in this position and you’re trying to shift your position in that way- even if it feels small. You're already moving through it, just by posting.

You deserve support - and it’s always just a little bit easier when we have other people witnessing those thoughts. Thank you for sharing and please know we will follow up with you. 🙂

In response to: Just wanna switch off the negative monologue in my head

MatchaToadPeer Guide12 Feb 2026, 3:02 pm AEDT

Re: Just wanna switch off the negative monologue in my head

Hey @Messylife

I can see that @2ears has already jumped in with some lovely support, and I thought I'd do the same.

I am so sorry things feel like they're hitting from every angle right now. It makes total sense that you'd want to switch that inner monologue off - that level of stress is exhausting.

I'm not going to ask you to explain things or 'solve it'. I just want you to know that we all care here, we all see how hard you're working to keep it together, and we're in your corner. If you need a safe space to just be without judgment or eye-rolls, then you have certainly come to the right place.

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tymeModerator12 Feb 2026, 8:25 pm AEDT

Re: Just wanna switch off the negative monologue in my head

Hey @Messylife ,

Great to see you. Feels like a while since we last connected.

Sorry to hear that there is this negative monologue going on in your head. It must be so hard to sit with these ongoing thoughts.

Having had all these thoughts and writing them down here, how are you feeling now?

What are you up tonight?

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