Coming soon - Get a detailed view of why an account is flagged as spam!
view details

This post has been de-listed

It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.

1
I feel so miserable every day but idk why
Post Body

Does anybody know if thereā€™s a specific mental illness that this sounds like?

Ever since I was a little kid, Iā€™ve had bad self esteem issues. I remember as far back as kindergarten and first grade I was convincing myself that nobody liked or cared about me, and that I was just a nuisance to every single person around me. Iā€™d go to recess and walk around asking kids if they considered me their friend and if they actually cared about me. Regardless of doing this, I still felt that everyone hated me and that there was something wrong with me that I wasnā€™t aware of. When I was in third grade, Iā€™d stand in front of the mirror trying to figure out if there was something wrong with my looks that made people hate me. Iā€™d sit there wondering what I was doing wrong, because I felt like none of the kids actually liked me and stayed away but I didnā€™t know why. By 4th or 5th grade, I very vividly remember sitting at home telling myself things like ā€œIt seems like my only purpose in life is to bother everyone, so I wish I could disappear or something, nobody would care. Theyā€™d probably be happyā€

Even now like 10 years later, Iā€™m still constantly convinced that everyone hates me and that I ruin everyoneā€™s day just by being around them and talking to them. I have a girlfriend, but ever since I met her, I always worry that sheā€™s gonna suddenly leave me one day. Iā€™ve had breakdowns over the tiniest things that make me overthink because Iā€™m so terrified that sheā€™s going to suddenly leave. I have so so so much trouble wrapping my head around the fact that she truly cares about me. I know she does, she can tell me over and over, but Iā€™m so deep in self hatred itā€™s very hard for me to comprehend it.

I have several friends that will reach out to me and itā€™s clear they like talking to me but I tend to have trouble being able to open up to them so our friendships progress very slowly. I just feel very disconnected from them, itā€™s almost like they just donā€™t even matter to me because iā€™m scared somethings gonna go wrong in our friendship so it feels pointless to try to progress it. I just feel very disconnected from everyone and life in general atp. Yet at the same time, I feel very lonely and wish for more friends.

Iā€™ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out what this all could possibly be, it affects me every single day. I wonder if itā€™s something like BPD? Or a combination of things. I heard the term ā€œquiet BPDā€ which really made sense to me in a lot of ways. But maybe itā€™s a combination of things. IdkšŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

Comments

sounds like depression, homie.

why not go to a professional and get diagnosed?

[not loaded or deleted]

Youā€™re going to have to push and push hard on seeing a doctor to get diagnosed.

You could spend another few miserable years doing nothingā€¦ or seek help. Pretty much the only options, outside of trying to treat it at homeā€¦ which doesnā€™t appear to be working.

And ESP push to get the ADHD diagnosed. Go check out /r/adhd and ask for advice there. Seriously. I wouldā€™ve Killed to have a diagnosis as a child, as many others wouldā€™ve.

Look, youā€™ve at least identified the problems going on. Now itā€™s time to treat them.

Author
Account Strength
60%
Account Age
2 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
115
Link Karma
56
Comment Karma
59
Profile updated: 2 days ago

Subreddit

Post Details

We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
Posted
8 months ago