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StarTopic The Mental Health [ST]

What economic status do you have and how do you feel

  • Poor mentall illness

    Votes: 4 19.0%

  • Poor no mentall illness

    Votes: 1 4.8%

  • Middle class mentall illness

    Votes: 7 33.3%

  • Middle class no mental illness

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • Upper middle class mental ilness

    Votes: 5 23.8%

  • Upper middle class no mental illness

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • Jeff musk zuckerberg the 3rd mental illness

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jeff musk zuckerberg the 3rd no mental illness

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    21
  • Poll closed .
Probably not the place for this but we don't have a dating thread and it kinda has to do with my mental health. I've been dating this woman for a few weeks now and she told me tonight that she had been dating other guys as well but she's tempted to drop them all for me. I told her it was up to her but I'd like it if she chose me. She didn't say she would but we're seeing each other again on Saturday so it's positive news right? My brain says what if she doesn't and drops you instead. Even though it's like stupid brain she wouldn't have said that if she didn't mean it. It's difficult to shut the brain up sometimes.


Edit: and of course as soon as I posted this she sent me a selfie lol
 
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I have my family, as in my mom, my dad, my sister and extended family, but that's it.

Anyone else in the same position? I feel guilty because otherwise I'm privileged, but I can't help but feel friends and romance are a big part of life I'm missing out on and it gets me down sometimes.
 
Wockio said:
I have my family, as in my mom, my dad, my sister and extended family, but that's it.

Anyone else in the same position? I feel guilty because otherwise I'm privileged, but I can't help but feel friends and romance are a big part of life I'm missing out on and it gets me down sometimes.
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I'm definitely in the same position, as loneliness is a big part of my mental struggles right now. I can count the friends I really trust and love on one hand, and they're tremendous. I also feel guilty when I feel lonely because I have them and they're a huge source of comfort. But they're sort of "scattershot friends". One I met at a party in 2007 who now lives in Tokyo, one I met at a summer convention, one is my hairdresser, etc. I feel like one thing missing from my life isn't friends, but a social network and social context, or some sort of "hangout gang". And that stuff is very important in life. As for romance, well, I've been single for 15 years, and I can't say it's not eating at me sometimes, especially since my one and only relationship I've ever had was abusive.

I understand why it gets you down sometimes. Family is important, but not the be-all-end-all of one's social needs. My advice would be trying to reach out to other people more. Hard as it may be, we live in a sort of norm where reaching out can be considered pushy, yet at the same time, people tend to appreciate it.
 
I think the worst part of this more than a decade long journey has been feeling less and less inclined to talk about it with loved ones. When I try, I don't even know what to say that I haven't said before. And things just keep getting worse.
 
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