I am me?

[browniebee]

hi guys. ima young girl who is just really overwhelemed and facing anxiety . im scared of disappointing my parents and not reaching great heights. i want to be successful and happy but i just get so pressured and face so much suffocation and im terrfied honestly. i hate life right now and idk what to do

[11_11]

hi im feeling the same way, its like you took the words right from my brain...

[Piaz11]

Hey I'm really sorry to hear this. I've been suffering from mental health issues since I was 17 so around 13 years now. I would suggest is get help from a professional. Therapy worked wonders for me also I joined this support group recently and it helped. There are some online virtual support groups you can join as well. Trust me you're not alone it's so hard but when you have someone to speak too and you learn some techniques it gets better. Hang in there.

[browniebee in reply to Piaz11]

thank you

[hypercat54]

Don't equate society's definition of success with happiness. It makes some happy but not others.

Happiness and contentment come from being able to be you and do what makes you happy. Not from others definitions as we don't all fit into those parameters.

It sounds like your parents want perfection. Well it doesn't exist and trying to live up to that just leads to the awful pressure and stress you feel under now.

Have you tried having a serious talk with them about how you are feeling? Are you in a position to be able to work and become more independent?

And what do your parents think are 'great heights'? Very few of us manage that anyway so its unrealistic.

[browniebee in reply to hypercat54]

well, they just want me to be really successful and all ig? but sometimes...its not as easy as they think and i just really .. suffer?

[mizzou7016]

do the best that you can day in and day out.....and know that you're doing the best...you don't have to prove anything to anyone else....just make sure you're making the effort

[browniebee in reply to mizzou7016]

ty