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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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@outlander @Shaz51 @Zoe7 @TAB @Bunniekins @BlueBay @Meowmy @Everan @Appleblossom @frog @eth @Gazza75 @Angels333 @Sophia1 @Faith-and-Hope @CheerBear
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Hi all.

A shite day over. A shite week over.
Here's hoping that next week is better.
The thing that bugged me today most was one person just acting like I didn't exist. Then another constantly telling me how to do a knot properly. Like that was the end of the world. Condescending.
Don't have time for it. Take it with a grain of salt. I've even noticed thst some staff just seem to have the poos all the time.

I don't regret going somewhere else for the month because I needed a chnage to something else but it had to be something I knew how to do. If the cost of that is to go somewhere I find uncomfortable then it's worth it.
I don't have the patience or mindset to learn new things yet. I think next month I will leave though. If i can find a positive in the day it was that I spoke to a colleague about some memories of school and the memes we remember.

While I am here I will try to find a positive in each day even if it's a day from hell.

Anyway it's done. I don't care if they back chat about me or gossip. I'm not immature like that.

Honestly I think some people need to get a handle on themselves and quit acting so spoilt. At least they have a job..

Any way I am off to my friends for dinner. Indian food homemade. Shouod be good to catch up.

Thanks for your patience and support forumites. I am needing it more than ever.

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

Take it easy @MDT

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Hi @MDT

I'm sorry to hear that you have been feeling exhausted and have been feeling so low. I guess you must be feeling a bit concerned as it seems you have been eating and sleeping okay. I wonder if it is worth getting a consultation with your GP if this exhaustion continues.

Please try not to feel like a burden on those around you. It must make you feel sad having those thoughts but sometimes they could be far from the truth.

It's great that you are going out for dinner tonight and doing something nice for yourself this evening to take your mind of these thoughts. So good to see that you have reached out to the forums for support and I hope you feel better very soon.

Take care,

Mika

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

hugs my @MDT

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Just a brief update.

Was good to see my friend and the food was delish.

I'll say goodnight now and catch you tomorrow.

Thanks again 🙂

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Glad you had good food and working through all the interpersonal stuff about friends and work colleagues, and the various levels of getting along with ... is a complicated part of life. @MDT Today my son said that everyone is having difficulty with friendships and I think it is true ... there is so much .. about what we think or like, before it was just which footie team, or music, or pollie ... but with all the identity politics, everyone seems to walking on egg shells ... that is why in some ways my teen years were hard ... and not always legal, but it was a simpler and friendlier world. People were not so darned paranoid, about everything. Protect your image of yourself a little. Watch how you use language that might be undermining your own confidence. Tbh I hated the break and lunch. Doing the work was always easier than all the social hoo has.

You are a reasonably good guy. Hams .. not sucking up ... the world sorely needs approximately good guys ... just dont go ape with the white goods when you move out ... transitioning into adulthood .. is in bits, then giant leaps, then back again ... you know all that.

Cheers Mate

Apple

Its not just Covid. There is a lot of political and social uncertainty in the world.

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You're so right @Appleblossom

Watch how you use language that might be undermining your own confidence.

Yes. This is huge for me. This is important to remember at all times.

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Hey if anyone is about let me know. Not feeling good atm.

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Oh Hams Im sorry Hope you are asleep now @MDT

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Sending warm wishes @MDT and hoping today is a better day for you.

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