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I'm in a weird place I guess, but good overall. A lot of the struggles you anons have posted resonate with me. I had some traumatic events as a kid and was not so good mentally for most of my early life. I more or less escaped depression in 2014, but of course I have downswings here and there like us all. I lost a lot of weight and got my shit together, etc. I'm doing great but some different things here and there and I could have thrown my life away, or it might look a lot different.
I'm currently studying postgrad overseas, I'm not enjoying the course so much, it didn't really meet my expectations and made me realise academia is full of people looking out for themselves and other motives, when previously I thought of it as quite a pure field. Oh well. I've made some good friends here though, because the cohort is international and we were all in the same boat.
Fortunately I've got a great girl I've been talking to and if it keeps going this way we'll end up in a relationship. I've got a good job lined up back in my home country, but not 100% guaranteed yet, bureaucratic stuff. I'm currently kind of stuck in limbo, waiting to see what comes of that job because that will determine my next move. I've been exercising a lot and I'm in the best shape of my life right now. I guess since I'm stuck in limbo right now with the job thing, I've been searching for some meanings, so I've found myself on this board quite often in the last couple of weeks. Browsing wallpapers and reading paragraphs giving me a little slice of somebody's life is just so calming. I'm just a guy who knows what it's like to feel hopeless. It gets better. Just take it day by day with a long term mindset in terms of your goals and stuff.
Best of luck to you all.