I'm feeling particularly sad and depressed today, more so than I have in quite a while, so just felt I should try venting a little as it might help. I hope you don't mind.
I've been feeling kinda rough for about a month now, and I haven't really been on top form this entire year so far. I'm not entirely sure why, but I have a few suspicions.
I feel like I've been trying really hard in my life and doing really well, but nobody seems to be noticing. I feel like, when you were in school, the harder you worked the greater the reward would normally be. The reward being not only the grade but the way the teacher and your parents praised you. But nowadays I just feel like the pay off never really comes.
I feel like this is exasperated by my social deficiencies. A part of me wants to connect to people, to have them see the real me, to see what I'm all about, and I'm sure they'd like what they see and I'd feel a little of that sense of payoff. Except I'm not sure. There's another part of me that feels like, what's the point in getting to know people, because as soon as they see how much I differ from them it'll just cause problems and awkwardness between us, and is just doomed to fail. And the latter part of me tends to win because it's the part that doesn't require action.
I'm having real problems at work because I can't figure out how to say hello properly. Just everyday greetings cause me so much distress. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's how I feel. If I don't do it properly, or at all, I worry that the person may think I'm rude and dislike me. I pretty much worry about other people's opinions of me all the time. I keep convincing myself that people hate me, or have no sympathy for my quiet nature. I feel like everybody is angry at me. I cycle a lot, but all day I feel like car drivers hate me and pedestrians hate me.
I feel like I just need a little love, a little support. Somebody to notice the hard work I've been putting in. Somebody who believes in me. Somebody who actually likes me.
I'm usually pretty good at practising gratitude and believing in myself whether others do or not......but I guess lately it's got the better of me a bit. I'm sure I just need a few days off to recuperate and reflect and get my mind in order again.
But right now I just feel sad.