- Date posted
- 1y ago
After a while I’m still confused
It’s been ages since I’ve been on here but I’m still undiagnosed. I had a talk the other day with a friend since I’m autistic and she was asking if she was and I was helping her out identifying symptoms. Then I had revealed to her that I think I may have ocd. At first she didn’t believe me since I don’t seem anxious or the type to be obsessional but I told her this story about a time where I was plagued by thoughts of hurting myself in particular way to the point where I felt like killing myself just to never have those thoughts pop up again so I went to A&E (ER) and I tried my best to explain while I was sobbing and crying and they didn’t really do much to help me. I only told a select few of people that even happened so when I mentioned it casually she had no idea. Recently my thoughts have been less graphic and more existential. It’s been getting worse since I started drama school. Our course focuses on philosophical questions and creating performance as an artist and diving into yourself and I love performing but I always am thinking about everything to do with who I am as a person and I always spiral and I’m always just as confused and distressed about it. I had a breakdown yesterday when I got my acting results and one of my critiques was my low self esteem. My tutor was being helpful and saying I am intelligent and I should tell myself that more often but instead because I feel so stupid all the time I just cried and cried for hours and couldn’t get to sleep. It made me question and question a part of myself. I hate this thing in my head it’s ruined my self identity since I have no clue who I am. Is this an experience people on here have? Because I feel so alone in it and I have no idea who to turn to. Maybe I might speak to my tutor tomorrow about it