I have one big unresolved issue that I probably could use some therapy about and it’s whenever my mental health is good enough that I don’t want to die I start to obsess over how short life is and how much of it I wasted when I did
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Spent so long not expecting to make it to 20… 25… 30, then realized I had to start planning for a long life and still wind up falling deep into “what I could’ve done” thoughts about all those years. All we can do is make the most of what’s left, however much it is
Accomplishments wise I’m fine. I have a good job. I’ve traveled the world. I’ve done whatever. but I wasted a lot of time not enjoying being alive that I will never get back and that is really painful to me
This comes up constantly in sobriety. I will pass along the best advice I received about it that helped me, which is that it’s a real and reasonable emotion to acknowledge. And then to do my best to ground myself in the present. Some days that’s easier than others.
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