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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Kay1317
Kay1317

Feeling so much regret towards a certain time in my life. And I can’t undo what’s been done. 


This is the first time I’m ever saying this out loud....now that I’m older and wiser, I feel that my past actions could’ve been started because of my mom’s warped way of thinking and how she raised me. She sheltered me. She babied me. She tried to keep me in this cocoon that avoided all conflict, which ultimately held me back from learning and growing at a normal age.


When I finally broke out of that cocoon, I went nuts. I made poor decisions, was reckless, and didn’t know who I was. I was trying to get attention from all the wrong places. I could’ve been killed. I could’ve been hurt more than I was. I could’ve gotten sick.


Im sorry.....maybe one day I’ll actually write down my confessions and tell you. But....for now....baby steps. Lord, help me to forgive myself.

arfie
arfie
Hello Kay. Welcome to DS. Sorry for what brings you here, but glad you are here.

Congratulations on finding the courage to say that out loud. May that courage lead you to healing breakthroughs.

Whatever the source of the problems, self-forgiveness is a hard process to accomplish. It's a tough measure, but I does believe it is a kajillion times easier for me to forgive other people than it is to forgive myself, even when I have done nothing wrong. Guilt is an aggressively greedy beast which looks for fatal flaws and blame in even the most benign of circumstances.

Gentle support while you find your self-forgiveness, Kay. Welcome aboard.
I_Will_Be_Successful
I_Will_Be_Successful
I myself have done horrible things to fit in, get attention, and have people like me. A few years ago I did something so horrible to a group of people and I haven't been able to forgive myself for it despite the fact that I apologized to those people for hurting them the way I did. It also doesn't help having pictures, videos, and recordings on Youtube or Facebook about what I did. Seeing them always reminds me of my mistake. However, I'm trying to heal by living each day one step at a time. It also makes me feel better when I think about how much I have grown and changed. I am older now, wiser, and more mature. I know the difference between right and wrong. The best thing we can do while we learn to forgive ourselves is to make sure we never make the same mistake again.
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