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Hi guys Anyone just wanna chat? Share a tea or coffee? I remember there was another thread but it seems to be gone @Faith-and-Hope@utopia@Former-Member@Pepsimax@BlueBay@Owlunar@Mazarita@Former-Member@eth@CheerBear@Phoenix_Rising@Shaz51@Former-Member@Adge@Shaz51@Bimby2@Former-Member@Ney@Sans911@Former-Member@soul@Former-Member@Queenie@patrickT@embers
Good Morning @Former-Member😀 Bit hard to forget re mum. Sorry re yours. I have father troubles lol
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MDTSenior Contributor
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i really like being ignored on this forum...
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ohanaisSenior Contributor
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I hear you @MDT x
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MDTSenior Contributor
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im filled with regret and self pity over my mental health.. i keep thinking and feeling that its held me back for this long and will continue to do so..
It doesn't help when i see people around me hooking up all the time and people being happy. The psychologist i spoke to at the hospital way back when i ended up there was helpful as much as she was unhelpful. It sucks because i can agree with her - my anxiety has held me back.
I also saw some photos of me recently when i did that fun run and i really did not like the way I looked. I felt like I looked like a freak. A tall freak. I hate feeling like this. It just undermines my already small amount of confidence. Constantly being picked out for it in life does my head in. I basically learned to ignore it. But I always feel like people think I'm a freak.
I've pretty much resolved i will be single for my life now. People will start thinking all sorts of horrible things about me (they probs do anyway) and i just hate myself for letting me pushed around for this long. It really feels like I've wasted all this time. No right minded girl would want to be with me anyway. All this potential for love and intimacy is gone. I had my chance when I was younger and now it's all over. I know a defeatest attitude like that can breed problems but can you really blame me? I'm 23 for goodness sake. I haven't got any money and I probably never will. I'm just gonna be sad my whole life.
I am trying. I really am. But I just keep finding myself back where i was - the middle of the storm again. I mean I thought I was getting better and it turns out that I'm just going in circles. It's making me dizzy.
Is there seriously any point to this stuff?
😕
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ohanaisSenior Contributor
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@MDT You are still young... 23 is young. It is okay to be single - just because you may not have a girlfriend at this point in your life doesn't mean that you will never find love or intimacy. It is hard - I know. Every relationship I have been in, I have been messed over.. absued.. and abandoned. I often questioned too whether or not I will be forever alone.. as anxiety stops me from opening up or being able to make relationships with people.. But I am only young also. I found myself feeling unworthy of love.. I have been from underweight to overweight and back to underweight.
Things can change in the slightest when least expected.. Again - 23 is young. It is okay to not know what you are doing with your life. It is okay to be lost. It is okay to be single.
Sometimes we need to learn how to love ourselves before we can learn to love and accept others
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ohanaisSenior Contributor
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Btw - fun runs are great @MDT - I did The Color (American spelling..) Run this year for the second year in a row. Always felt like I had accomplished something coming out with a medal. I used to run for National's and State's and also did really well too. So - running had always been my jam but competitive running just makes me anxious and affected my performance
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Hi. Sorry that you felt ignored @MDT Stuff happens and sometimes I have to go off here in a hurry, eg school run earlier. 😀 Have you thought of joining some social groups at uni, or does anxiety stop you? Anxiety has stopped me from going forward I understand.
Hi @ohanais💜💕 Nice to see you. I had a short nap after school drop off, now I need to do things. Panic attacks during sleep causes me to wake feeling exhausted. Hope your day with your nanna will be ok. xo
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Unknown userMember
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Yes, I remember you mentioning your dad @TAB😮 Makes sense why you live far away from him. Chat another time when you're not at work, if you like. 😊🐱
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Unknown userMember
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Good morning @BlueBay👋💜💕 Thanks for call out on another thread. Easier to say hi here. 😀 I'll join other threads eventually. Find it overwhelming chatting on too many. 😮😀 But I appreciate that you thought of me. 💟 Glad you're feeling happier today. Did something good happen or dud you just wake up happy. I'llhave some, lol. 😀
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TABSenior Contributor
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Yes I'd like 😀@Former-Member hmm told self came here for work but avoiding is also part of it. The 2000 km exclusion zone lol
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