Post your random thoughts/feelings etc

Gonna have to make am entry in the rejection thread....events have occurred...evidence has been gathering...

My mind is burnt out, like I should just give up right about now and go to a zoo to fling mud in my cage. I need more balance in my life.

^What's wrong?

Hi, Srijita. I'm not sure. I think I'm too hard on myself and need to relax more.

Pure happiness comes from deep within yourself it has nothing to do with looks fame or money. And it is very difficult to obtain, to be content not to be jealous and self focused, it takes years to feel at peace with one self. Why do you think Buddhism is so popular ? It eases the worry of the mind by focusing on the path to enlightenment.

Exactly, and you don’t even have to become a Buddhist.
Vipassana Guided Meditation is a good place so start this journey to nirvana via mindfulness.

hidwell said: ↑

Pure happiness comes from deep within yourself it has nothing to do with looks fame or money. And it is very difficult to obtain, to be content not to be jealous and self focused, it takes years to feel at peace with one self. Why do you think Buddhism is so popular ? It eases the worry of the mind by focusing on the path to enlightenment.

I wonder if anyone can ever reach that stage where they're truly happy with who they are? Maybe just a few can.

Nathália said: ↑

Hi, Srijita. I'm not sure. I think I'm too hard on myself and need to relax more.

I hope you feel better.

Grr, now minichat had vanished from my account using the opera browser as well. There I was in the middle of a conversation with someone last night, when the site messed up and had a "network error", when it finally came back no minichat bar...

So it wasn't bad enough it vanished from my browser, it has to vanish on my husband's browser too... I don't know if it's vanished from his account yet... Will have to wait until he gets up so he can log in and see... I think the computer is trying to tell me something... It's telling me I shouldn't even try interacting with anyone... I should just stay in my own mind, only interacting with my husband and phoning my mother once a week... Any other interacting is just silly and not meant for me...

I don't even use minichat much. I only speak to two people on there, but it's the only contact I have.

God, I need to go back to therapy.

I hate group projects for school.

drganon said: ↑

I hate group projects for school.

I have this friend who tags along for pretty much every group project I do. When we were still in high school he started trying to be a leader or thought he was one.


Well every time we're doing a project and we're discussing things and have to come up with a decision about whatever we were talking about (meeting dates, what to put on the project, etc), he steps down. When confronted with that sort of evidence he says stuff like he's a liberal leader or something, but being a leader is not deciding that the other people should make the decisions.


Even though I have a bit of shyness/social anxiety/avoidant personality I have to put that aside, step up and make the decisions myself. I guess I just hate it when people who volunteer to do something end up getting in the way of my work because of some half-baked excuse they come up with to not do it. Everyone would be better off if they didn't volunteer for it in the first place.


I don't mean to say I dislike having him in my group, I just dislike that sort of attitude.

After a brilliant January, February has been a pretty lacklustre month so far.

The worst thing is the pressure I'm facing at work, which is causing so much stress and that's bad news for my already elevated blood pressure. I'm trying to get everything done but my boss is now claiming that what I'm doing isn't good enough. She'll back later this week, and I'm dreading it, and it'll be on my mind for days.

In relation to that, I do feel I need a change. I'm not sure what to, and that makes me feel a bit stuck. What else can I do? I have no tangible qualifications, and, at the age of 26, that's not really good enough. Depression and anxiety have prevented me from doing a lot. I want to go to university and study psychology, but am I mentally ready for the waves of study that await me? At the moment, I don't think so. My feet are in cement here - can't move from my current position.

I want to get back into a healthy eating program, too, because what I'm doing now is so detrimental to my entire well-being: my physical appearance, my emotional level, my energy levels, and so on. I want to stay in shape for Fiona, too, so that the next time I see her, I'm not rotund!

Just some of my current thoughts swirling around my head and causing me some distress at this time. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far.

MikeyC said: ↑

After a brilliant January, February has been a pretty lacklustre month so far.

The worst thing is the pressure I'm facing at work, which is causing so much stress and that's bad news for my already elevated blood pressure. I'm trying to get everything done but my boss is now claiming that what I'm doing isn't good enough. She'll back later this week, and I'm dreading it, and it'll be on my mind for days.

In relation to that, I do feel I need a change. I'm not sure what to, and that makes me feel a bit stuck. What else can I do? I have no tangible qualifications, and, at the age of 26, that's not really good enough. Depression and anxiety have prevented me from doing a lot. I want to go to university and study psychology, but am I mentally ready for the waves of study that await me? At the moment, I don't think so. My feet are in cement here - can't move from my current position.

I want to get back into a healthy eating program, too, because what I'm doing now is so detrimental to my entire well-being: my physical appearance, my emotional level, my energy levels, and so on. I want to stay in shape for Fiona, too, so that the next time I see her, I'm not rotund!

Just some of my current thoughts swirling around my head and causing me some distress at this time. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far.

I really hope you go into Psychology. You give excellent advice and as a sufferer you have an inside view of what the patient may be experiencing. In fact, a great deal of Psychologists and Psychiatrists have/had mental health issues. You're young, so you have time....problem with time, it's so easy to waste.

MikeyC said: ↑

After a brilliant January, February has been a pretty lacklustre month so far.

The worst thing is the pressure I'm facing at work, which is causing so much stress and that's bad news for my already elevated blood pressure. I'm trying to get everything done but my boss is now claiming that what I'm doing isn't good enough. She'll back later this week, and I'm dreading it, and it'll be on my mind for days.

In relation to that, I do feel I need a change. I'm not sure what to, and that makes me feel a bit stuck. What else can I do? I have no tangible qualifications, and, at the age of 26, that's not really good enough. Depression and anxiety have prevented me from doing a lot. I want to go to university and study psychology, but am I mentally ready for the waves of study that await me? At the moment, I don't think so. My feet are in cement here - can't move from my current position.

I want to get back into a healthy eating program, too, because what I'm doing now is so detrimental to my entire well-being: my physical appearance, my emotional level, my energy levels, and so on. I want to stay in shape for Fiona, too, so that the next time I see her, I'm not rotund!

Just some of my current thoughts swirling around my head and causing me some distress at this time. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far.

Sorry about work stress, don't know what to say about that.

Go M-I-K-E-Y. A for apples. B for Broccoli ( Hay I'm trying)

Hope things work out.

ImNotMyIllness said: ↑

I really hope you go into Psychology. You give excellent advice and as a sufferer you have an inside view of what the patient may be experiencing. In fact, a great deal of Psychologists and Psychiatrists have/had mental health issues. You're young, so you have time....problem with time, it's so easy to waste.

Thanks, mate. I would like to do psychology and help people through the problems I'm currently facing, but I do need a university education for that.

You're absolutely right about wasting time. Too bad that's not a job. I would get a pay rise. :bigsmile:

Nathália said: ↑

Sorry about work stress, don't know what to say about that.

Go M-I-K-E-Y. A for apples. B for Broccoli ( Hay I'm trying)

Hope things work out.

Haha, thanks, Nathalia. Work is just being crap at the moment, but hopefully it'll settle down soon before I have a meltdown.

Apples and broccoli would do me some good, actually! Maybe that's a good idea for lunch tomorrow. 🙂

MikeyC said: ↑

After a brilliant January, February has been a pretty lacklustre month so far.

The worst thing is the pressure I'm facing at work, which is causing so much stress and that's bad news for my already elevated blood pressure. I'm trying to get everything done but my boss is now claiming that what I'm doing isn't good enough. She'll back later this week, and I'm dreading it, and it'll be on my mind for days.

In relation to that, I do feel I need a change. I'm not sure what to, and that makes me feel a bit stuck. What else can I do? I have no tangible qualifications, and, at the age of 26, that's not really good enough. Depression and anxiety have prevented me from doing a lot. I want to go to university and study psychology, but am I mentally ready for the waves of study that await me? At the moment, I don't think so. My feet are in cement here - can't move from my current position.

I want to get back into a healthy eating program, too, because what I'm doing now is so detrimental to my entire well-being: my physical appearance, my emotional level, my energy levels, and so on. I want to stay in shape for Fiona, too, so that the next time I see her, I'm not rotund!

Just some of my current thoughts swirling around my head and causing me some distress at this time. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far.

Do you think you'll ever feel ready? Is there ever a right time? Sometimes you've got to take the risk.

Lamb said: ↑

Do you think you'll ever feel ready? Is there ever a right time? Sometimes you've got to take the risk.

You're absolutely right, and I think anything I do will involve some kind of risk. University is expensive, though, and I want to make sure I'm at least prepared a little bit before diving in. It's too late to enrol this year, but maybe I can enrol half-way through or next year. My brother will be going next year to the local university, so maybe he and I can go together. We'll see what happens.

MikeyC said: ↑

You're absolutely right, and I think anything I do will involve some kind of risk. University is expensive, though, and I want to make sure I'm at least prepared a little bit before diving in. It's too late to enrol this year, but maybe I can enrol half-way through or next year. My brother will be going next year to the local university, so maybe he and I can go together. We'll see what happens.

Sounds good, rooting for you whatever you decision. wooot!

Lamb said: ↑

Sounds good, rooting for you whatever you decision. wooot!

Thank you, Lamb. 🙂

MikeyC said: ↑

You're absolutely right, and I think anything I do will involve some kind of risk. University is expensive, though, and I want to make sure I'm at least prepared a little bit before diving in. It's too late to enrol this year, but maybe I can enrol half-way through or next year. My brother will be going next year to the local university, so maybe he and I can go together. We'll see what happens.

I like that idea! Go for it!