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08230823
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I feel the same way, I’ve been struggling with this for so long and avoiding thinking about my future. I feel a lot of shame around it sometimes. But with help from my therapist and my family, I’ve realized that I need to give myself more compassion. Life isn’t easy, and it gets even harder when you have a mental health disorder like OCD. You’re not alone and you’re not a failure. You may be struggling and that’s okay, you’re allowed to struggle. You don’t have to be perfect
FalseGodsFalseGods
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I'm 36 and I have a secret for you: nobody knows how to adult. I literally wing it every day. Nobody has it sorted out, nobody knows what they're doing. I laugh every time someone gives me responsibility. I still hang out with my friends and get too drunk and do dumb shit. Some days I barely manage to feed myself. It's all good. Whatever you do, it'll be fine. Just keep showing up every day, it's all you need to do ;)
JustmesadlyJustmesadly
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I was in that position and a year later I’m still struggling in that position. No one prepares you to be an adult and it sucks
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I just feel like such a failure:(
JustmesadlyJustmesadly
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@?? You’re not a failure. Life is freaken hard. And being an adult is even harder
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@Justmesadly I'm just having such a hard time like motivating myself and then everytime I've gotten a job I feel too stupid for it
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@?? And have anxiety attacks
JustmesadlyJustmesadly
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@?? You’re not stupid . It takes time to learn a job. And no one can motivate you but yourself. You have to find that within you
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2005grl
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- 16w
worried 😔
this is probably kinda jumbled but over the past almost year or so i've slowly realized i have ocd (i'm diagnosed audhd but over time i started feeling like those alone didn't cover the whole issue yk?), and recently i've been kinda worried i guess. it’s just that i’m turning 21 in 6 months and i’m afraid that this disorder is going to rob me of joyful adult milestones in my life. honestly being 20 has sucked, i can’t even remember wtf being 18 was like, and my childhood in general wasn't the best either, but i've been struggling a lot as of late and i don't want how i feel now to be the same as how i feel next year. my meds have helped quiet my compulsions a significant amount (i literally felt like i was going kinda cray cray when i was off them 😭) but they’re not completely gone. sometimes it just seems like this is all it's ever gonna be forever and i’m always gonna feel ashamed of myself for just like… existing. my 21 year old self deserves to be happy but idk if i’ll be able to give that to her 🥲🥲🥲
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