I cannot Enjoy Anything

[lifesnotfair]

I am at the point where everything i have to take as serious. There is no fun in my life. I am so serious that i can't even laugh at my own jokes. Basically I have a lot of problems that are going on in my life right now, family member is sick, I am losing my Job right after christmas, so its making life very unbearable right now. I am so afraid of going out and trying to find work in this economy, i am so anxious about everything and anything. I am always grumpy and very moody, i really do not want to be around people at all. What i hate most of all though is people talking about relationships and sex around me. This drives me to the point of going nuts.. I am really afraid, and i really do not have anyone to turn to talk about this. My family is too busy, my "friends" don't care, people are tired of me complaining and being grumpy, so they have nothing to do with me. So I am just about ready to call it quits with everything .

 

[thor01]

I know how you feel. The only advice I can give, which is to myself aswell, is just to keep going, and somewhere down the line things might improve. Life can sometimes bring its biggest gifts disguised as your worst nightmares I guess. And to try your best to block out people talking about that, I know its hard, it makes me feel inadequate too, but just try and focus on things or thoughts that make you feel better whenever you can. This is advice to myself just as much as it is to you. It is hard to put this thinking into action.

 

[FOR REAL]

can i recommend "drop dead fred" it always makes me feel a bit better

 

[Anubis]

I would really suggest going to your local library or Borders and just searching for books about social anxiety, depression, people-pleasing, assertiveness, etc. They have some really nice tips and they make you feel like you're not alone.

3-4 of those books actually gave me huge epiphanies in my life.

 

[recluse]

I don't know what to suggest because i'm in the same situation. I feel as if my personality has been sucked out of me...I'm like a shell of my self::