- Date posted
- 46w
Thinking about the past
(TRIGGER WARNING FOR 21+ PLEASE) My mind has been my worst enemy lately. I can’t seem to move on with my life because of it. I keep thinking back about mistakes that I’ve made in the past and comparing them to people that have been called out or “cancelled” lately and I’ve convinced myself that I’m the worst—that I’m a monster. I’ve talked about it when it happened but essentially, I worked a summer job with a coworker that was underaged—I was 21 and they were 17 at the time. I don’t exactly remember what we talked about—most of it was about music and school but I’m afraid that we might’ve talked about other things that would be deemed as inappropriate. I just can’t remember the details, for the life of me. But I do remember a horrible joke I made at the time where i asked if I could go grab food and he told me that I didn’t need his permission, that I wasn’t his daughter and I jokingly responded with “ok, dad!. It was awful and I deeply regret making it and thinking about it, I want to die. I don’t think I deserve to have a future. I no longer work with that person and want nothing to do with them, but I keep wondering if I had done anything else to make them uncomfortable or how else I could’ve harassed or assaulted them in any way. I’m lowkey spiraling over this and I don’t know what to do with myself.