Is it too late for you?

[MikeyC]

I just can't seem to get engaged in anything anymore. It feels like I've seen it all before and nothing is exciting anymore.

Yeah, this is a feeling I sometimes get. It's terrible.

I don't think it's too late, but I lack motivation to do anything.

 

[this_portrait]

I'm 22, and rarely have I ever let my real self show to anyone in my life. I don't think it's too late for me, though, because I'm still young and have a long time before age decides to rear its ugly head on me (assuming I don't die in an accident or get a disease that kills me young).

 

[Invisibleman]

Ive been feeling this this alot lately. I mean I always keep telling myself that it will get better and things will change ,but I mean honestly my spirits just so broken I dont know if it will ever be fixed again::

 

[Moa]

nothing easy is really worth having!

That is soooo true. The good stuff takes a lot of effort... sometimes I feel like I just don't have the energy to do it anymore, but the reality is that I just need a break. Then back to it, because you can't just give up.

I'm 33 and I didn't really start living until a few years ago when my treatment finally gave results. My main problem now isn't as much SP, but apathy. I just can't seem to get engaged in anything anymore. It feels like I've seen it all before and nothing is exciting anymore.

That can be a symptom of depression, I think. If your treatment consisted of meds, maybe they aren't working well for you anymore. Just a thought.

Ive been feeling this this alot lately. I mean I always keep telling myself that it will get better and things will change ,but I mean honestly my spirits just so broken I dont know if it will ever be fixed again::

I've been having a lot of days like that lately. I try to focus on little positive things, like the pretty female cardinal that just came to my bird feeder, or the really yummy pancakes I had for breakfast. When that doesn't work, I try to bury my head in something, maybe cleaning the house, maybe reading a good book, anything that keeps me from thinking of how bad things might be.

 

[Section_31]

i have my off days. in fact i have pretty unpleasant one coming tomorrow.

Everybody will have highs and lows, but i think its never too late. I wont give up.

 

[DeadmanWalking]

I'd like to think that it's never too late. As long as you have a breath in your body, then you still have time to act and to change. It's only too late when you're dead.

 

[razzle dazzle rose]

As time goes on the wall I need to get over seems to grow and grow.

Ah, yes. I remember when I was an awkward teenager...and how in my early twenties I would make the effort and go out but was still awkward. Well, at least I was really trying and I would have good experiences every now and then. Things have gotten to a really bad point in my life now. I am 28. Certain experiences I will never have, and I have to accept that and let it go. But as bad as things are now, I know they can get even worse.

Old self? Forget about all that! That's history. I'm looking forward to become my real self.

Same here! I don't have an old self I can really seek inspiration from. My problems started when I was a child. But I do look at the time before that, and I was happy, and outgoing and would make all sorts of jokes and stuff. That is my true self, and I will get my spirit back. I refuse to believe this is who I am.

I'm in my early 30s now... I spent a lot of my teens and 20s hiding. It's easy to look back and regret how I've spent my time, but it doesn't serve any purpose. It just makes me feel bad. So I just look forward to the future. Sometimes the only way to fix things is to change your perspective, because really when it comes down to it, all we have is the thoughts in our minds.

Very important. We just have to keep moving forward. I am hopeful my 30s will be a better, happier, healthier decade for me

I try to focus on little positive things, like the pretty female cardinal that just came to my bird feeder, or the really yummy pancakes I had for breakfast. When that doesn't work, I try to bury my head in something, maybe cleaning the house, maybe reading a good book, anything that keeps me from thinking of how bad things might be.

I do this too! Mindfulness exercises. Does help. It is about the little things sometimes, so I do try to take note of colorful sunsets, chirping birds, pretty flowers etc. Nature is very soothing.

 

[Dead_on_Arrival]

I never knew who my old self was, I was too young to ever find out who I was supposed to be. I want to be someone different to who I am now but I don't know how to begin or where to start looking for who I really am.

 

[Moa]

I do this too! Mindfulness exercises. Does help. It is about the little things sometimes, so I do try to take note of colorful sunsets, chirping birds, pretty flowers etc. Nature is very soothing.

I love nature. There's something about connecting with the earth that always makes me feel better. I hope someday I get to move out to the countryside.

 

[¯\(º_o)/¯]

Imho, its never to late for anything. Iv decided to change who I am to be who I want to be and im gonna keep trying till I succeed or I die haha

 

[ilovenoodles]

Imho, its never to late for anything. Iv decided to change who I am to be who I want to be and im gonna keep trying till I succeed or I die haha

Same here! I will not give in to SA because i know this is NOT my real self.

 

[TheRadicalAnxiousLefty]

I'm feeling that way right now, actually. I'm just getting worse and worse and I don't know how to be the person I used to be anymore. I've never been social or outgoing, but I used to be okay with my friends and lately I've been having a hard time talking to them and even they make me nervous now.

When I was a teenager, around 15 years of age, something like that, I was able to act like myself around my buddies. Life was very simple then. School was easy; we didn't have much homework, and none of us really cared about school a great deal. It was definitely far from carefree--hence my contempt for the oft repeated maxim that teenagers don't have a care in the world--but compared to now, it was by and large fairly stress-less (repeat: COMPARED TO NOW).

But I didn't spend my days wondering what I was doing with my life, where I was going, constantly comparing myself to other people, etc. I just endured school, came home, and either lost myself in a movie or played games until bedtime. The most I worried about the future was if friends had invited me over for the weekend. Or if a friend was suddenly moving to another school.

Ahhhhh....the good ol' days.