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  • I hate asking for help, but I also know I need it.

    I think I might have undiagnosed ADHD, and I'm almost certainly depressed.

    I'm failing out of college because 1 - I f***ing hate it, and 2 - I can't actually focus and do the work.
    I can't motivate myself to leave the house let alone college work that I hate.

    I've also applied for law enforcement (not American, we don't even carry guns).
    It's a varied, interesting, stable career but I'm still not convinced I actually want to go into it.

    At the same time I'm worried that seeking help for my mental health could jeopardise my chances of getting into the police, which it very well could.

    I have no friends, I have some coworkers at my part time job who I talk to at work and over snapchat but that's honestly it..
    Without them I'm just left with my parents and siblings...

    I'm 24, living at home with my parents in the countryside, with nothing to do and no one to meet.
    I'm obviously having no luck meeting women, haven't for years..

    I'm so deeply unhappy in my current situation, I really feel like my life has gone wrong somehow and it's just ended me up here..

    I hate college, there's nothing I'd actually want to change into and study, even if there was I couldn't afford it.

    I'm really not one for physical labour, so I don't think learning a trade is the right step for me.

    I don't know what to do..
    I don't see a way out..

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    You sound weak. You have one life, it’s worth attempting the s*** that scares you.

  • Aug 9, 2021

    What do you want. I mean like what do you want to do, where do you wanna live etc.
    I ask because if you can figure that out you can start striving towards it and that focus can help lift your depression
    Your gonna have to step out your comfort zone

  • Aug 9, 2021

    Life is about riding waves, you might be down right now but if you're open to making your life better it can only go up.

    Don't let this feeling discourage you.

  • ghosting ®️
    Aug 9, 2021
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    only up from here my bro

  • plants 🌻
    Aug 9, 2021

    It's okay to simply float through life. Lie down.

  • Aug 9, 2021
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    I felt this way until I discovered socialism and realized that maybe I wasn’t 100% to blame for every last one of my struggles and that a better world IS possible

  • Aug 9, 2021

    Im also unhappy with my life. If you wanna speak about it hit me up on pm. Sometimes someone who can relate and listen is all we need

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    • Take a chance on a job (whether law enforcement or a trade, even just start waiting or something) even if it’s hard you have to do this

    • Move out (using money from said job perhaps)

    • As you have moved out, you now have to excuse not to take action to improve your social life

    • Finish college because a degree is useful even if you don’t end up using it

    • Either keep at your job if you like it or try something new, there’s nothing wrong with doing a couple entirely different jobs as you figure out what’s best for you

  • PIMP 💿
    Aug 9, 2021
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    Try some s*** out of your comfort level

    People hate this but - you sound weak.

  • Aug 9, 2021
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    venus

    You sound weak. You have one life, it’s worth attempting the s*** that scares you.

    The fact that I haven't offed myself yet is a testament to my strength

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    PIMP

    Try some s*** out of your comfort level

    People hate this but - you sound weak.

    It's easy to sound weak when you're saying how sick, fed up and unhappy you are in life.

  • Aug 9, 2021
    ghosting

    only up from here my bro

    You say that but I've found lower points

  • PIMP 💿
    Aug 9, 2021
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    SeanLaurentParis

    It's easy to sound weak when you're saying how sick, fed up and unhappy you are in life.

    Right but you say you CAN'T motivate yourself to start doing stuff

    Why is the CAN'T there, can't for what?

    At some point people gon stop caring about u cause u not even trying for yourself, why would they try for u?

    Think in every perspective

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    PIMP

    Right but you say you CAN'T motivate yourself to start doing stuff

    Why is the CAN'T there, can't for what?

    At some point people gon stop caring about u cause u not even trying for yourself, why would they try for u?

    Think in every perspective

    Because despite my best efforts I can't sit down to grind away at a logistics software based college project, that's what I'm talking about.

    I can't find anything I actually enjoy anymore.

    I've been trying.

  • Aug 9, 2021

    talk to your professors, ask for some lenience or extra work you can do. i almost failed out of school cause i just wanted to have fun all the time but just pulled it together my last year

    explore a new hobby, walk a different path, go into that store you always just walk by, listen to different music, idk do something different.

    everyones social necessities are different but imo family and my so is all i really need. friends are just an added benefit of life and i think that mindset has helped me maintain friends and a good circle

    theres a korean saying 고생 끝에 낙이 온다 (at the end of hardship comes happiness) you're already there just keep pushing

    as cliche as it sounds it really is all about your mindset

  • PIMP 💿
    Aug 9, 2021
    SeanLaurentParis

    Because despite my best efforts I can't sit down to grind away at a logistics software based college project, that's what I'm talking about.

    I can't find anything I actually enjoy anymore.

    I've been trying.

    Quit it then. Do something else.

    Me, for everything I have had a Plan B, for everything literally.

    Did engineering, did McDonald's, did dispatching for trucks, it's all just trying things out.

    If you stuck in that college thing that you can't get away from, then it's on you.

    We can't help you - this a forum

  • Aug 9, 2021

    you applied to be 12?
    oh hell naw

  • Aug 9, 2021

    OP right now don't worry about where you are suppose to be or what you should be doing. This is not a race.

    Accept your current situation and that you are down bad. That is ok and what you are describing is what so many young people go through. Especially in their mid 20's. Everyone is clueless, some just take more time to blossom.

    Drop your expectations or what your ideal self is and just start small man. Like aim really low for a while and progressively go up from there

    Life is hard and painful but when you truly realize this you stop trying to fight it and learn to go with the flow

  • Aug 9, 2021

    Also finish your course and then worry about whatever or not you like it.

    Doesn't matter, just push through it

  • Nuja 🫶🏾
    Aug 9, 2021
    venus

    You sound weak. You have one life, it’s worth attempting the s*** that scares you.

    “You sound weak” is a weak statement within itself. Especially telling someone that who is clearly having a hard time. It’s okay to have low points, it’s okay to struggle mentally with what you want to do and feel hopeless.

  • Nuja 🫶🏾
    Aug 9, 2021
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    Sometimes you just have to float until s*** comes together. Handle your business always because nobody else is going to. What I mean by that is make sure you’re doing enough to survive. The rest will take care of itself when you can mentally pull yourself together to figure it out. There is no shame in taking or asking for help. There is no shame in feeling low or not having the answers. Majority of us 20 somethings don’t. The world is hell. Figure this s*** out at your own pace there is no rush. 24 is hella young. Most people don’t have it figured until their 30s

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    Nuja

    Sometimes you just have to float until s*** comes together. Handle your business always because nobody else is going to. What I mean by that is make sure you’re doing enough to survive. The rest will take care of itself when you can mentally pull yourself together to figure it out. There is no shame in taking or asking for help. There is no shame in feeling low or not having the answers. Majority of us 20 somethings don’t. The world is hell. Figure this s*** out at your own pace there is no rush. 24 is hella young. Most people don’t have it figured until their 30s

    It's a bullshit remark, they're just implying they're superior because in their eyes I'm weak and thus inferior.

  • Aug 9, 2021
    SeanLaurentParis

    The fact that I haven't offed myself yet is a testament to my strength

    talk your s***!!!!

  • Aug 9, 2021

    do something new, take a minute to breathe