Feel like an absolute useless, worthless, colossal failure.

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Right, where do I start?

I'm 26. Male.

Working but on a zero hour contract but usually work the whole week (45 hrs).

That's where the good ends and the real crap begins.

I have no qualifications after getting two C's at A-level. Studying is something I find almost impossible.

I am socially awkward. I'm always afraid of what I said sounded stupid. I actively avoid any form of social activities.

I have zero friends. Yep nobody to hang out with.

Sure I say a few words to work colleagues and I think they genuinely like me but who really knows.

I've never had anything remotely like a romantic relationship and pretty much given up hope of ever finding anyone. I mean who would want to be with me anyway?

I'm boring, stupid, and unsuccessful.

I've tried taking to some girls online but after a a few sentences I can tell I'm being nothing but a boring drag.

I'm a nice guy but that gets me nowhere. Absolutely nowhere. I think I've gotten to the point where if I had a button that would kill every human being on the planet I'd push it.

When it comes to physical work and actually producing visible results at work I'm unstoppable. That's the main reason I'm called in to work as much as I am.

Work is the only good thing going on in my life right now. Without that I don't know what I'd do.

Not a day goes by where I don't think of committing suicide. But I know I won't do it. Not at this moment in time anyway.

My mind often ponders about what would be the best way to kill yourself.

Jump off a building, car wreck, dive off a cliff, hanging, slit wrists, overdose, gunshot to the head (overseas). That's as far as I've gotten.

The topic of death occupies a big part of my daydreaming. I find it fascinating. What happens when you die? Do you just switch off? Do you wake up elsewhere (life doesn't seem real to me, more like a dream). I hardly recognise myself in the mirror. It's more like looking at a stranger.

As if the other day I've started cutting at my arm. Self harm. I never thought I'd end up here.

I'm on anti depressants at the moment. I missed one dose and went very far down hill. Back up today but not fully there. Doubt I ever will be.

I don't even know why I've written all this. It's unlikely posting this here will have any effect for the better.

The best words to describe my current feelings:

Low/down, disconnected/detached, zero self worth, useless, worthless, failure, unwanted.

Of well. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

Regards,

X99

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    Hello.

    I know I you wrote it three years ago, but maybe you will get this.

    I am 22, female, socially akward, stupid, with an useless life, without friends. So, i would like to get to know you. And yes, I can’t speak english. 

    • Posted

      no problem i know how you feel i happy to  b eyour friend do you have MS or are you likie many on here in limbo. i live in Scotland
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    Ok, I realize your post is 3 years old but maybe my reply will help someone else. I've been messed up my whole life, which I always blamed on an abusive childhood. Last year I was diagnosed bi-polar, with - and this is the important part - "depressive tendencies".  See, most people assume bi-polar is a rollercoaster of constant ups and downs (and it can be for some people), but you can also be mostly depressed. You only have to have two manic episodes in a year to qualify for a bipolar diagnosis (which I did, but I just called them "good days", ie., full of energy, inspiration, motivation, etc). 

    Here's the thing about antidepressants:  they usually make bi-polar WORSE.  I spent over 20 years on this antidepressant or that antidepressant; nothing ever helped.

    After the bipolar diagnosis I asked for a mood stabilizing drug and was given Geodon which has made a world of difference. Be careful, some mood stabilizers will make you a zombie (seroquel, Depakote) but Geodon works well for me.  It's "smoothed me out", I don't know how else to say it. I don't have the "good days" anymore but I don't have the soul-crushing depression anymore either. I don't know when it was invented but I wish I'd had it 20 years ago. 

    Without making this post even longer, let me just say that my situation is extremely similar to yours in all other ways. I hope you're in a better place now. 

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      does the drug make you gain weight im curious to know i have disc psroblems in y neck whhc i keep in check as i'm slim. I feear puttin gon weight. Have you ever tried Holy Basil i finf it helped a lot. I have just enrolled on an IT course whihc i think maywell be above my abilities and that  sent me into a bit of downer. My two sister told someone i had learning difficluties i won't ever forgive them. my mother told me to pull myslef together. I mucked up a job interview. I reckon my anxiety is coming from the myelin damge  in the back of my head.

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      I believe Geodon is considered "weight-neutral", meaning you shouldn't gain or lose. I *have* gained weight but I think it's my sleeping pill causing that.  

      I have not tried Holy Basil. What is it used for? 

      Don't worry about the interview; just think of it as practice. You should try to get a prescription for an anti-anxiety medication. I take Klonopin, 1mg, twice a day. It's not fast-acting so it doesn't work for panic attacks, but for general anxiety it works well. It's great for job interviews.

      Hey, you should go on true "practice" interviews. Just apply for jobs that you're over-qualified for, and don't care if they hire you or not. That takes a lot of pressure off you. 

      What is this "myelin damage" in the back of your head? Did you have a traumatic head injury?

      Oh, and tell your family to stick it up their butt. Tell them if they can't be supportive then to just be quiet. Stand up for yourself. 

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    Hello! I realise you posted this 3 years ago but since I found this by telling to Google assistant how I was feeling, I feel like I need to reply. Actually right now my situation is the opposite of yours: I have great friends, a lovely family and they all support me but the school part is going really bad. Now, you are probably saying "school? What? Is this some 12 yrs old girl who thinks she is going through hard stuff" yeah well no I'm 17 and I know that I'm lucky to have friends and family who support me, however I also know how much it hurts when you don't, because I've experienced it. And I'm the proof that things do get better. someone really close to me suffered from depression so whether I like it or not, I know how that feels because I saw him saying really bad stuff to himself and I felt how he was feeling. I've always had a tendency to help people so that's why I'm writing this I think. The point is that life sometimes throws some really f****d up s**t at us and we have to learn how to deal with it somehow, we can't give up. Literally everything we do ( except for hurting others ) is better than hurting or killing ourselves. Because if you think about it we only have one life to live and after death, it's done. I don't care if there is some kind of after life or your soul stays alive or you go to hell/heaven or whatever, the point is that when you die, you die. And it's done, you don't have any other choices to make, that's it. But until that day, you can do a lot, even lots of mistakes, you can embarrass yourself and do anything you like because one day you'll be dead so what's the point anyway? You should have fun and not care. I think you'd have more friends if you tried, and all you need is really just one good friend and you are settled! Until then, be your own friend and start doing the things you want to do in life. You like your job? Cool, stick with it, get better at it. You want a girlfriend? Go meet some new people and talk, when it's right you will feel it because you wont feel anxious anymore. I hope this helped someone in some kind if way at any time.

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      Great answer! I also have come to the realization that I have one life and it's ticking away. You know that saying "there's 5 minutes of my life that I'll never get back"?  It's meant sarcastically, but it's so true. There's a song, I think it's Vanessa Carlton, and one line of it goes "life's like an hourglass glued to the table".  So true! You can't just pick it up and turn the hourglass over to restart it. Each grain is slipping through as our life slips away. My phone is old and acting up so I have to power cycle it at least once a day to reset it, and it takes a couple minutes and I'm usually just sitting there waiting for it, which makes me think of that lyric. And then I think "well, now I'm two minutes closer to death", lol. (That would be a great song or book title, wouldn't it? "Two Minutes Closer To Death". )

      Anyway, point being that I've learned to value every minute because they are not infinite and I don't want to spend them unhappily.  But it's up to me to make it happen. 

      And what you said about making mistakes is so true, too. Everybody screws up, even "perfectionists". All we can do is our best and if you make a mistake, learn from it. So many people (including me, and probably Fiona) beat ourselves up over every little hiccup, but you have to destroy that negative self-talk in the back of your head. Easier said than done, obviously. 

      Sorry for the rambling post, I'm killing time waiting for someone. But you gave a great answer to Fiona and I wanted to thank you. It helped me too. 

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      Hello! I know this was two years ago but I just read your reply now and it honestly made me smile, so I thought you deserved a reply back. I loved your take on the saying and yeah I just wanted to take a minute to appreciate your post because I think we all need a moment of positivity, especially right now. If you by any chance read this, I hope you and your family are staying safe during this pandemic. Take care and have a great day!

      Ps "Two Minutes Closer To Death" would be a great title lol and thanks for the song suggestion xx

  • Posted

    3 years later where are you now, I'm a bit of nothing 22 everything negative but at the same time okay with it all

    • Posted

      If you are feeling suicidal you should call the suicide helplinetheres no loss in it

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    I can relate to the feeling you're expressing, I'm 19 in university. I may be listed as popular, but it’s nothing due to the fact of living in a small town of 25k. Everyone essentially knew one another. I'm not socially awkward. My sister was always jealous about how everyone knew who I was, and the social status I've built. I ended having many associates and classmates, so no friends at all. Everyone knew me, yet no one actually knew the real me. I've created this exterior shell that helps cope with the loneliness. All happy inside while around people and pitch black when I'm alone in the room. Romantic relationships were never my thing, I get annoyed and irritated quickly. While I don't feel a sexual attract to either male or female, admiration of beauty is a trait I possess. Everyone is out partying, drinking, and having sex, I'm just out in the woods looking at sky and landscape. My brain tends to wonder around from boredom, it happens even if my childhood friends talk to me. The darkness is devouring me so fast I don't even feel anything anymore. My life is on a loop: wake up, eat, go to class, work, eat, sleep, and repeat. I've become so detached from reality that I started to fantasize about driving off this curve road near my home. Every day I relive this fantasy of dying over and over again. I'm nothing but a human robot performing basic functions. My eyes are basically dead now and I smile once in a blue moon. Now I wonder if cutting around the body will deliver the feeling of pain I need.

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      Have you tried to make any friends at school?There is nothing wrong with taking walks in peaceful areas, I myself love hiking because of the fresh air.You could get some hobbies if you want to disttacylt yourself from work etc.Video games, sports etc.
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    I know how you fill it is hard and I fill like the hole world is against me hates me even I want to be alone all the time just me no one else people do not understand and about cutting I do it to arms legs wear ever I can fill pain like the pathetic person I am. I cut one arm till I have blood running down my arm then cut even more on the other 
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    I know how it fills wanting to die be left alone. All the time I just want to be sure my self no o e else. I want everyone else to just die vanish go away. I cut my arms legs and any place I can fill pain. I cut one arm till I can see the blood running down my arm then cut even Moore on the other arm. I hate my self fill so alone even though that is how I like it. I isalaye my self so much. Have as little social interaction as possible. Thay is how I am just some isolated pathetic scycopath ugh
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      Just because you isolate yourself doesn't mean you are a sociopath.You should call the suicide helpline as you can get support for your troubles.Go to the hospital and see what you can do for those cuts.You know most people who jump off bridges and survive regret doing it?Talk to a family member about it

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