- Date posted
- 2y
I've made mistakes
Okay. I'm close to actually completely giving up. I'm 18 and now an adult. But there are some pretty big mistakes I've made when I was 12 and when I was 15 and these haunt my present and i am currently unable to accept the past and that it cannot be changed and i currently cannot forgive myself to the point that I think that I need to die to actually pay for my mistakes but I don't want to die. I want to live and i want to love myself but the immense guilt i keep inside of me for these mistakes keep me trapped in a cycle of "I'm not normal, I'm a monster and i always will be because of those things and my life is ruined" even tho I know that at the time I didn't realize that it's wrong what I'm doing. I just want to be free of it but it keeps haunting me over and over. I forgave myself before but now I feel guilty that I even did that because it feels like I'm legitimizing to keep living even tho I'm a bad person and that I need to die. I just feel hopeless and it's been like this for the past two weeks. I feel like I'm not allowed to forgive myself and even the "i was a teen back then, i didn't know better but now I'm an adult" don't bring me ease. I keep distancing myself from everyone, thinking "all those people are normal and morally clean, they can live a life full of happiness and deserved fulfillment whereas I need to die". It makes me sick that I did these things. All i want is to love myself and to feel inner peace. And all I want is to be with that special someone i have. I know that this will pass probably but i feel like I don't deserve anything anymore. I feel like I deserve to die. I really don't want to. These mistakes don't align with my values at all. I suffer from extreme depersonalization and headaches and i stress eat and I'm gaining weight which also stresses me out more. I wish I could travel back in time. How do you forgive yourself for things that are unforgivable?