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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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@MDT hey Hamza, sorry you are feeling so bad. Think going home to talk with parents is a very good idea. I have seen a lot of extremely tough times during my MI. Every one gets bad times even without MI. Hope you can find some thing soothing tonight, like reading encouraging stories or just chill with parents. Take care.

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Atm i am home and had a shower already

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@Meowmy above

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@MDT hey Hamza, it's great that you had a shower to wind down. May be try to cook something nice or eat something a treat. No need to find answers to your worries. It will work out. Take care.

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@Meowmy 🙂
Thank you for that my friend

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hope the chat with parents went ok @MDT and your night goes ok

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Today I heard colleagues talking about people who suicide. I wasn't triggered by it but I was conscious of how I felt and how I was thinking. I disassociated from it as much as I could. It didn't help when I was thinking about it at the same time.

I was sad most of today about my life and who I am as a person. I felt sorry for myself and also ashamed. A loser.

So much has chnaged for me in the past several years. But a lot has stayed the same.

I no longer want to think like that but it is hard.

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@MDT identidy is one of the core issues of MI. Don't worry too much. It will get better.

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I am on my way to work

I guess that is progress

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@MDT hey Hamza, a lot of this is due to our MI. We have significant weakness mentally and emotionally. Can't compare with general public. You are learning to deal with it. Hope we all get through. Take care.

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