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Hey everyone, I really need some advice and support right now. I feel like my mental illness has taken everything away from me and I’m struggling to see a way out. Here’s my situation:
– I’m 28 and I’ve gone from a decent job to working in fast food with no hope of escaping my severe debt
– I don’t trust myself to find a way out and I feel like I have nothing going for myself
– The only thing I enjoy is writing poetry, but even that feels empty right now
I’m feeling lost and hopeless, but I know I can’t be the only one going through this. So, what do you do when mental illness takes everything away? How do you cope when it feels like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel?
Here are some suggestions that might help:
– Reach out for professional help and therapy
– Connect with support groups and others who may be going through similar struggles
– Practice self-care activities like meditation, exercise, or journaling
– Consider pursuing your passion for poetry as a form of therapy and self-expression 📝
Please share your advice and experiences, every little bit helps. Let’s support each other in finding a way out of the darkness.
You write of list of things you need to do.
Of that list pick the top 3-5 that are of the utmost importance. These will be your goals for the following weeks/months however long it takes.
Each day focus on completing one no matter how mundane or small. This will build your discipline and habit forming skills which is what is essential for your survival.
I’m sorry OP, the system has failed us and while it may seem bleak, do not lose hope. I’ve had to start over 3 times now.. It gets easier as it goes and my Messages are open if you’d like to chat !
Have you tried medication or therapy? Mental health issues don’t have to stop you from living a fulfilling life! They can make life difficult at times but if managed properly quality of life increases drastically.
You probably have some sort of trauma weighting you down. Were you ever bullied and or maliciously overpowered especially by violence (except self defense) or another immoral act that you were made to feel bad and weak about it cause the bully made you doubt yourself abusively with it?
I’m in the same boat and I’m 31. I owned a successful online business for a while but now can’t get minimum wage jobs to call me back
My Son is Bipolar and it is a daily struggle! Talk therapy, running, prayer, meditation and in his case Marijuana! I am not a user but support those who use it for medical reasons. It does help some people.
I’m sorry you feel this way. I don’t know what you lost. I know somethings feel like they cannot be replaced. You ask what’s the point; it’s a good question. If you believe in some bigger divine thing and or good karma perhaps something is working it’s way around to you. What GOD is, is not the concern but that the spirit of GOD can work through people. Maybe there is someone out there that can help you see your potential or guide you through a period. Maybe a mentor. In the divine comedy there was Virgil. I know the mind itself can be a hell apart from the physical one we seem to exist in at times. You may have to embrace what you have like a mental illness, and fess up that some people are luckier than others. Some are born into the world with certain advantages and disadvantages. It’s a lottery. FWIW I can relate to you with similar syndromes not just mentally. I lose sight of things rather quickly and I hate that. Cannot grab life by the balls just yet, some of us just bide our time and wait, wait for hope or even death that is the reality. Some of us try to just be good people if that’s all we can do. Try to find inspiration here and there, help people maybe share this or that with people, spread love and kindness wherever you can. But then you’re still stuck inside yourself – I know it’s going to take time and we don’t like to admit that, if things will ever be made better by large efforts. With a mental illness you may feel doomed and hopeless. Now even people of ancient times wrote about doing things and even not being able to take their own advice, failing to practice or at least succeed at what they preach. That’s why i tread lightly about giving you advice. Rather I tell you, i’m right there with you in many ways. If only we could open up and connect with people on a deeper level like you wanted to in normal day to day. People have stories and things to share that could be essential to someone else. Things that we are grateful for now that exist and we thank people so dearly for them making it because it had a positive impact on our lives or maybe saved our life. I think of all the times what if that person didn’t act on that feeling or desire to fufill something and thus it wouldn’t exist. Whether a song, a movie, a book, a computer program, etc. If you could even tap into that and contribute something, help someone else. I mean your legacy will outlive you, people having done some good duty but like looking into a mcdonalds bag for that last french fry you say well is that it? Sometimes yeah that is it and not everyone is lucky to have any more significance or glamour in their lives before leaving. If you died tomorrow would you die satisfied? If that’s all we can do is to get as close as we can to answering yes then there’s nothing more you could ask for and knowing perhaps you did more good than bad. Regrets about not having done something you’re incapable of doing is out of your control bc the hand you are dealt and have.
Read some books, change your heart, be inspired wherever you can, love whenever you can, always try to be better in the long run sometimes battles cannot be won everyday and that’s okay just be honest with yourself. If you want to exchange any ideas or whatever you can reach me anytime. Sorry for the long write up and I didn’t want to paragraph things to be ostensible, only throw it out there. Like most things if even one thing resonates or hits useful maybe you can’t take everything away but only 1 thing. Anyways sorry if appears delusional, I think we all are to some degree under any number of mind spells at times and I also have a killer headache. You cannot go wrong with good actions. Good thinking is subjective i guess and matter of perspective or opinions. I want you to try and put a smile on whenever you find yourself in unpleasant situations and if you don’t like your job make it a mission to get out of it and push. It’s only temporary and you have control over that. Make it your only priority to address whatever you’re unhappy with and start making moves and it will slowly transform back in your favor I promise you.