stress & emotional wellbeing

How do you turn around a life that appears to be getting worse each day?

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  • someone who replied

    You don’t :(

  • the person who asked

    Hum. I don’t want to believe that! I feel like I can. I’ve done it before. But right now I feel helpless again. Drowning

  • someone who replied, again

    Me too

  • someone who replied

    Baby steps. Maybe even smaller than that. I’m easily overwhelmed by like everything lately, but it usually helps me if I focus on something I can right away that I think will make me feel better. Why do you feel helpless?

  • the person who asked

    I just feel like I and nothing matters. It’s just the same boring thing all the time never really working or going in the right direction

  • someone who replied

    I’ve gone in and out of waves of that feeling my whole life. But when things are rough I try to just put one foot in front of the next and keep going. Also writing a gratitude journal every night helps keep things in perspective.

  • the person who asked

    Thank you. I know. That’s how life is. Sometimes I just think duck. That’s all how life is. So what’s the point. And others, I recognize that others are involved. Still it feels heavy. Like a burden

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