I found this quote on restlessness from the late mythologist Joseph Campbell....very interesting.

''if you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open doors for you. I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be … Wherever you are, if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.''

How do y’all go about asking your parents if you can go to therapy? Im 20 and I would be using their insurance. I’m sure they wouldn’t have a problem with it but I don’t want them getting all concerned about me.

I need to go

last chance

mind over matter

No

You can drop a wet floor sign down for the tears

Anyone here a victim of mental abuse? I grew up with very manipulative people around me and it’s taken it toll.

Yeah. I think I learned from it and do it myself without noticing, though I try not to.

let's get it over with

woke up with the desire to jump into a wood chipper

This anxiety is killlingggnggndbs me f***

I haven't had anxiety like this in so long. I almost forgot how it feels. God it's dreadful. Panic attack after panic attack

My life is a mess. I don't care about myself much. A lot of it i think comes from my lack of goals. I know I'm dope and people seem to like me. I don't want to go back to work. Because it's a minimum wage job and Im making more on unemployment. I really enjoy my job but at the same time f*** that I'm trying to do more. I just don't know what the f*** and it bothers me so much.

Yo I'm in the same boat as you

Haven't experienced anxiety in a LOOONG time but I'm literally struggling to get through the day now

Yo when I was 20, I started going to therapy and I didn't tell my parents. I just always scheduled it for straight after classes or during lunch break. They would have been fine with it if I did tell them but it was less pressure on me if I just did it without mentioning it.

In hindsight, if I were to tell them, I would probably try and make it as casual as possible. Just say that I had been feeling down or not as motivated as usual and wanted to give it a go. You might even find that you have family history of this sort of thing.

i wish i didnt have autism. i hate myself so much and its permanent

I’m so tired bro. I’m exhausted. If life just going to be one anxiety filled day after another then this s*** was a raw deal.

Literally everything I do is stressful. Even my downtime is stressful because I always feel like I could be doing more and I tear myself down because of it. I have zero emotional support from anyone.

I was going through benzo withdrawals but I cracked today and relapsed lol I'm not getting off these no way. I actually need them

I think i might have aspergers but I'm not too sure yet