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Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Hi all.

I have made a new thread here. I need to do this to make it feel real and important or else it'll just be another comment I make on an already existing thread. There are many areas in my life where I feel like giving up. I don't really care how irrational it may sound. I don't care if it's silly. It's just how it is for me at the moment.

I've never been as good as what I am now (on paper) and I put that down to the supportive environment here on the forums.


But I am struggling again.

There are many things on my mind and in my life that are causing me to rethink a lot of what I thought I knew about family and friends. I need to review some things again.

I am also getting lazy around my physical health and diet. I eat a lot more rubbish and I've put on some weight (in the bad way). I used to be quite skinny but then I went to the gym and sorted that out. But lately I have had 0 motivation for exercise because I find it so boring. It's just really boring. I have no enjoyment in it anymore. I think I never really did, but I did it just to be healthy. Now I just don't care. I don't see any utility in doing it anymore.

I feel like giving up on dating. There are just too many fake people in the world and I am exhausted by it. I am also thinking that my lack of relationship in early 20s and late teens is a turn off for many girls my age. I'm trying to see the benefits in my situation but I don't believe there are any.

My sister's health is progressively getting worse. So is her social health. She is having fights with her friends. Mum babies her about a lot. It's not helping. Dad has given up I think. And he is also likely doing "things" behind my mum's back and she is turning a blind eye to it. I have no input on any of that so I simply have to sit by and watch it go down.

I hate my job but getting money is important. I had this conversation with my parents the other day. They seem to have the belief that I can get into something I want to do. I don't. I am trying to find the light and the way forward with that but I don't know how they can see it. I have a desire to go into journalism/writing. But that environment is so political and I don't think I'm able to "pick a side". My internship taught me how I can do it. But it's just such an effort. I don't know if I have the stamina to get there.

I think that's all I can think of for now. I am sitting here on my pc playing a videogame and waiting for food to arrive. I am worried I will just get worse if nothing is done. But that urgency seems small compared to anything else I can do.

In a nutshell - I am not well.

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

@MDT How are you fren, Hope the day has been good for your thus far

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Hi @DJMasters
Nice to see you and thanks for dropping by.
So far it's okay. Still trying to navigate the workplace. Like anything really. Last night I went to sleep thinking about about how much more learning of new things I need to do before I get somewhere in life. Then I had a dream about snakes. There were snakes hiding under cupboards, in shoes, in bushes... Then one of them got killed and everyone was sad.
Maybe it was a way of my brain trying to tell me that challenges (snakes) are scary but necessary parts of life... And if they weren't 11qaathere then we would be sadder for it (the snake that was killed). But i remember thinking that a dead snake is better... It was an odd dream.. but maybe relevant.

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Good afternoon all. I'm out for lunch as I needed space from the work environment.
I actually feel exhausted and depressed. I'm thinking my sleep arrangement needs some editing before work days as wheneve I am tired I feel depressed.

I'm also going to have to put up barriers for a while with some people because I am finding some of their behaviour insufferable and immature. But it's accurate to say I need space or some form of reprieve from it.

The workplace environment is still a bit foreign to me but I'm tried and worn out.

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

That's not good you feel exhausted and depressed, @MDT ...

Good luck getting through the day...and then do you have a psych appointment tonight?

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Hams its not for you to define others behaviour .. it is what is as you say ... @MDT

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Hey @MDT hope your hard day ends up ok and you can really prioritise sleep tonight. What you got planned this evening? Thinking of you.

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Hi @NatureLover @frog @TAB

Thanks for replying.
Done for another week.

My mantra of "jus t wanting to do what's right and good" helped me I guess. Taking up the responsible role. At the end of the day where we process the work from the day (which I need to be trained for) I said I could help if someone showed me what to do. My work colleague did and I helped a bit. But i sort of made a joke about it and that if I left i would look bad (lol) so it worked. But i also had a quick word to boss about where I'm up to and just to touch base after my month away. I thought this was good of me.

I guess the fact that I felt terrible at lunch but bounced back for the afternoon was good. I made it clear that I wasn't escaping but that I was not any help as I didn't have the skills yet. Maybe it was awkward but idk. It is what it is. No time left to worry. Its work. ..

Anyway.

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

It's good that you bounced back this afternoon - good for you, @MDT 🙂

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Hey @MDT I sometimes think it is what it is can be a super powerful statement. Your reflections have resonated with me tonight Sounds like you're being really authentic in your approach at work and living the values of your mantra, huge props.

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well done @MDT but you cant be worrying about every little thing .. no-one can cope with that..

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