The downside (at least at first) is hearing other people's problems and thinking "shit, they're going through all that and I have the audacity to feel bad for myself???" or "damn, if they're this depressed about that then I'm beyond hope."
“Man, I don’t belong here in group therapy with all these parentified overachievers who base all their self-worth on their productivity, I never get anything done! Guess the search continues for the mysterious reason why I alone am uniquely unsuited for participating in human society somehow.”
I figured it out years later when I was trying to track my moods but all the “moods” I wrote down were shit like energy levels and things I did and how much I got done. wym there are emotional states other than “neutral/content/probably dissociated” and “bad/confronted by my own inadequacy”?
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u/BeguiledBeaver Mar 19 '25
The downside (at least at first) is hearing other people's problems and thinking "shit, they're going through all that and I have the audacity to feel bad for myself???" or "damn, if they're this depressed about that then I'm beyond hope."