• ma1w4re@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    No idea. I can just say that at least for me it wasn’t voluntary. 17 through 21 tried dating some people, only one agreed and then made fun of me publically and sent me photos of fucking other dudes. Since then I got depressed really hard and gained a lot of weight and lost a lot of hair, still trying my best to recover and lose weight. I somehow missed that one girl in college that gave me signs that she likes me, and it made me even more depressed, thinking that I lost my only hope. Idk why I wrote this, sorry if you read it, just had something stuck in my throat and needed to type it out.

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      It happens, the ‘did I miss a cue’ can be brutal if it keeps replaying. Only real answer I know is being content with your own self and if someone also happens to fall into that same space all the better. People get so inundated with images of what’s ‘possible’ which a good chunk of it’s enhanced with selective posting and filters, so we get some unrealistic view of what a normal happy life is supposed to be.

      As for the sending pics, shitty people aren’t worth the brain space to stress over, you dodged a bullet there.

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        I just heard in a song something similar to “being content with your own self” and I see your comment, what a nice coincidence. Totally agree, trying to help myself from living in my head where I made an ideal of what should everything be. Came to it only recently, after drinking bit too much and crying a lot. I think I got a piece of my hope back because of that, so it’s easier going forward now.

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      2 days ago

      Just keep working on yourself friend. Only way things don’t work out in the long run is if you stop trying

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        Blues Traveler song I love has a very similar line; “There’s no such thing as a failure who keeps trying. Coasting to the bottom is the only mistake.”. I heard it at a young age, when I absolutely needed to hear it. I have done my best to teach my children and close friends this. You can do it. What “it” is may change in the effort… But if you keep trying, you will never be a failure.

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      In life there are an infinite number of connections we’ll miss, the positive is we don’t need to make nearly that many.

      The first step is to work on yourself, but you don’t need to drastically change who you are just learn to love yourself as you are.

      Once you can manage that, it’s a lot easier to find connections.

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        Jee, I nearly choked on my ramen when I read your name 😂😂. Yea, totally agree, thank you