So a few months have passed and I'm now back to square 1

Adam1303

Member
Hey,

My last post was in May and since then, I tried to get over my anxiety and trust issues with those around me. I never did, but I pretended that I did. I told myself I trusted people without actually trusting them, I told myself I could talk to people but never actually spoke to them (about personal matters.) All seemed well until basically the illusion I was putting myself under came back and hit me, I wasn't happy.. I was pretending to be.

This happens pretty much every year, I'll be happy and trying to get on with my life.. Attempting to socialize. I'll be like this for 2-3 months then I'm back to square 1 for a couple of months until I try to pick myself up again. It's just a battle I can't win, because I seem to be my own worst enemy.

On top of all of that, no matter how close I feel I am to someone or how much I like someone I can never feel like I'm worth their time.. Or if I like a girl, I always feel she can and deserves better. I basically mess up every chance I get, because I want people to be happy and it just seems to me that misery follows me where ever I go. I'd feel like I'm burdening her with myself, because as you've probably guessed.. I'm not the easiest of people to understand..

I also have a tendency to be quite a 'cold' person. I just don't feel like I can connect with others. I just seem to have a wall blocking off my emotions every time I feel I'm bonding with someone so eventually, everyone gets fed up and walks away.

To top it all off, I've been having some really strange dreams and upon talking to someone online who's a dream translator..(Haven't told this person about my anxiety or any personal matters) He told me that my dreams translate into me being very self conscious and that I have a lot of emotional healing involved, and that there's a time in my life and/or an experience that I can't let go, but will only heal when I do.

I already know what that experience is, but letting go something you don't feel you can, something that haunts you every day of your life.. Is horribly difficult.

I know this is a mixture of different feelings and emotions, but it's basically what's going on in my head. I don't know what to feel, or why I'm feeling. All I know is I feel lonely and empty, but incapable of repairing the empty feeling.
 

neohorizon

Well-known member
after 3 years with my life frozen, this is my first attempt to change the things (the same problems as you), i'm trying so hard that its impossible to me get back to step 1, even if i fail!

if you were living a illusion its because you weren't facing your problems, i mean , i dont have time to live a ilusion cause every day i'm trying to get better and i'm always worried about it! remember, there is no growth without suffering! Take more risks, try new things, learn new things...

its a WAR not a single battle, you can lose many battles but you still fighting the war, dont give up! good luck

***Look for professional HELP***
 

Adam1303

Member
after 3 years with my life frozen, this is my first attempt to change the things (the same problems as you), i'm trying so hard that its impossible to me get back to step 1, even if i fail!

if you were living a illusion its because you weren't facing your problems, i mean , i dont have time to live a ilusion cause every day i'm trying to get better and i'm always worried about it! remember, there is no growth without suffering! Take more risks, try new things, learn new things...

its a WAR not a single battle, you can lose many battles but you still fighting the war, dont give up! good luck

***Look for professional HELP***

The thing is, I don't know where to start to get over it. It seems no matter where I start, there's always something else that gets in the way..

Like I said, it's like I'm fighting a losing battle.. I can go a couple of months being fine, then I'll just go back to the way I always am.. I'll make friends, then I lose them all because I'll just ignore them and not bother with them for months at a time. I really don't know why I do it.

I'd like to get professional help, but I really don't like talking about my life.. I guess the saying goes.. You can only be helped if you want to be, and I'm just not ready to face my own problems yet.
 

hardy

Well-known member
I read only 2 paragraphs...but here is a point of view....

I think people don't make progress when they don't have a good solution. You are in the same vicious cycle for so long...some thing is going wrong.

What could be the solution to tackle your social anxiety and low self-esteem? Look deep into the problem.

Here is an article that suggests why we suffer and also discusses how to overcome it ....please take some time to read this...believe me it wont be a waste of time. I made decent improvements in my social life from being very very awkward.I suffered due to my Ignorance....one really needs to understand life....the social awareness...it takes patience. We fall down and we have to get up again and again. But first one needs to have hope....to get that hope back please read this article below:

The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation
 
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