just joined, feeling lost
Submitted by invisible on Mon, 12/18/2006 - 2:04pmso i have been eyeballing this website for ages it seems like now. and i'm at a point where i feel like participating will help more than just witnessing.
i don't know where to start. i'm scared. i'm scared that i can't do what i've been trying so long to do, which is to get past my own stability issues. i name it so vaguely because i've been given so many different names for it, what am i do believe? what i am to identify with? if i allow myself to really identify with how i feel much of the time, i am afraid i will make the extremes manifest.
i have a job that i love. except that it makes me sweat with panic, regularly. i want so badly to be good at it though, to excel within the structure. at the same time, if i could make a living doing what i know i can do, on days that i feel i can do them, then i might be okay. would i be better off working for myself or wereit not for my attempts to fit into this structure, might i just melt into an unproductive, boundary-less blob.
i feel like i am not being clear at all, but i don't know what to focus on. i'm constantly feeling that i'm not cut out for this role - to be relied on, depended on, expected to be as capable as i was yesterday, tomorrow. i can't tell anyone what i'm going to be like tomorrow. i don't know how to take on an intellectual challenge wihtout it being surmounted by the emotional challenge not to fall off my rocker in the process of trying... and i don't know what i am looking for, other than some support i guess. some ideas. something that might make me worry less about medication and diagnosis and focus more on my actual life -- not just the limits i feel...
hey there -- thanks for
hey there -- thanks for having the courage to write!
hello there! I don't think
hello there!
I don't think you are invisible, invisible. I see a good and worthwhile person seeking support and caring. and you will find it here.
Sharing what you did was a great start. And you are being clear about your confusion and pain and fear.
**jmo**
but starting to post here is the first step in getting that focus. many times it helps to actually put these things on paper/write them out. maybe just letting your mind wander for a bit while you start feeling more comfortable might help...no one here expects perfectly zoned in posts at any time, but especially the first.
looking forward to hearing more from you
skye
thank you
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Awesome and well said thoughts.Thanks for sharing
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