Hi,
I have just finished a 12 month+ run on E2 and have recently switched to my next sub, LTU.
Towards the end of E2 I was having strong destructive thought loops that have plagued me emotionally and mentally for a long time. They are not productive and make me feel like I've missed out on life, been left behind and feeling dejected, sad and lonely.
They usually appear in the morning, and the leave me with a gut wrenching emptiness. However by the time I'm ready for work and out of the door I'm normally starting to feel better. These are the main things that are bringing me down:
Currently things are not really improving, I thought switching onto LTU would start to get things back on track. Towards the end of E2 I strongly believed that subs do not work for me, and ultimately they have not left me in a better state than when I started.
In terms of my current situation, motivation, well being, happiness and future plans its true, I'm really in a worse or at least same place to where I started. Is this just some hardcore resistance, or am I now starting to be realistic about subs not working for me? I could say that any progress I have made has been down to getting older and gaining experience in life.
** OK, rant over - not sure where that came from but its been brewing for a while and I have been meaning to start an LTU thread so will use this as the starting point. **
I have just finished a 12 month+ run on E2 and have recently switched to my next sub, LTU.
Towards the end of E2 I was having strong destructive thought loops that have plagued me emotionally and mentally for a long time. They are not productive and make me feel like I've missed out on life, been left behind and feeling dejected, sad and lonely.
They usually appear in the morning, and the leave me with a gut wrenching emptiness. However by the time I'm ready for work and out of the door I'm normally starting to feel better. These are the main things that are bringing me down:
- I've been having strong anger pangs, extreme frustration and wanting to smash something, normally brought on when my phone is really slow or crashes, or I'm trying to fix something and cant get it to work.
- Have suicidal thought pangs, nothing serious but they do pop in my head
- I've been having a lot more aggressive conflicts with people typically in service staff, customer service, waiters, etc. My patience is low and I react negatively much quicker
- I'm 38 and feel like the last 10 years have got me nowhere, most people I work with are late 20s/30s, they are all buying houses and getting married. I'm almost 40 and feel like I have nothing, and I'm now 10 years behind.
- Still renting as house prices are ridiculous in the UK, I didn't buy 8 years ago when I had an opportunity and now prices have almost doubled.
- I'm single, and have been for almost 2 years now and never properly rebounded from my last girlfriend. When she split up with me there didn't seem to be any reason for it -, she just said she thinks we should split up and I never got an explanation. So I felt lost afterwards but just held my chin up and made sure she was able to move out and find a new place, we stayed together for 2 months after we split up (separate rooms) and we carried on as friends, I think that killed something off in me without me even realizing.
- I struggle to meet women and rarely do - (I even getting lots of matches on tinder), and when I do I can never get a new relationship to start or the I do something to quickly sabotage the chances of anything else happening.
- I work a job that is entry level (although I'm over qualified for the role) mainly due to me quitting a previous role a few years ago, which in hindsight had amazing potential.
- I'm loosing interest in my job and getting frustrated at work, starting to give less of a fk - don't really care if my contract is renewed or if I loose my job (however not through misconduct).
- My family all own houses and have children, which my parents have helped them build and raise - which has been hard work for the parents - and my siblings have profited from greatly. However I'm now an outsider really as I don't have kids or a house, and that's all the family really talk about. I now resenting my family for this as they have made a ton of money from the properties and childcare!
Currently things are not really improving, I thought switching onto LTU would start to get things back on track. Towards the end of E2 I strongly believed that subs do not work for me, and ultimately they have not left me in a better state than when I started.
In terms of my current situation, motivation, well being, happiness and future plans its true, I'm really in a worse or at least same place to where I started. Is this just some hardcore resistance, or am I now starting to be realistic about subs not working for me? I could say that any progress I have made has been down to getting older and gaining experience in life.
** OK, rant over - not sure where that came from but its been brewing for a while and I have been meaning to start an LTU thread so will use this as the starting point. **
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