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Feeling lost and ALONE

dazedanconfusedd
dazedanconfusedd
How can I be around all these people in my life and yet still feel so ALONE????? I had all this energy to start some online classes and prepare to work somewhere other than petsmart...and now I am just lost!

How can I prepare for a new job field when I own no clothes, I have no job, no training, nobody to support me in my efforts? NOBODY has any confidence in me...including myself!!!!!

Is this a pity trip...well maybe it is, I really don't know anymore! Things are better with my BF...I love him very much and I love my friends very much too, but I still feel like nobody wants to TRULY listen! They say they want to, but ya know how it is...everybody has their own issues to deal with!

My self esteem has NEVER been good, I am not a go getter, nor do I really even have the desire to be some big career woman. Yes, I know I have to work and I would prefer to not work at petsmart or McDonalds, but to say I want to go to some long lengthed school to learn a new field would be lying to myself and everybody around me.

Seems like all my friends are hard working go getters and they just do not understand why I am not. Well, because I AM NOT! Just because I am different then you, doesn't mean I am wrong, does it?

grrr...I am rambling and I should put the rest of this in my journal so I don't bore ya all half to death! thanks for listening!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well last time I read your journal you said dad would put you down soon as you tried.So yes it's a bit harder for you you were never taught to believe in yourself,but you can do it xx
deleted_user
deleted_user
ur not boring us........its best 2 let it owt. n NO different doesnt make u wrong.......in actual fact in a lot of cases bein different can make u right ! its true that every1 has their own issues - ppl r naturally a little self absorbed, n it tends 2 be the ones who r feelin RLY down that r better listeners. im sure ur friends n ur bf do truly want 2 listen.......maybe they just dont realise how much u NEED them 2 listen ?xxxx
deleted_user
deleted_user
Not bored, hun. Sorry things are so frustrating, but maybe if you give yourself some more timeyou just finished with a big move and are trying to get used to a new place. Just don't get down on yourself. Not all your friend are "hard-working go-getters"look at me. :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
bump
deleted_user
deleted_user
Watch it, Repo. It stings when you bump with those antennae. :(
deleted_user
deleted_user
don't be so hard on yourself. maybe if you want to change jobs you could go to a tech school or get a one year certificate in something you're interested in.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Not everybody can be go-getters and career orientated,if they're true friends they shouldn't judge you. So what if you work in Petsmart-good for you, at least you're working. I only work part-time. You do what you can cope with, thats what i keep telling myself, no-one really knows how we feel and its hard to explain it to them and unless they've been through depression etc, they haven't got a clue anyway. I'd love to work in petsmart, all those little animals to pick up and cuddle..ahhhh
dazedanconfusedd
dazedanconfusedd
maridon...you ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH...
maggsb...THANKS DARLIN" I don;t work at petsmart anymore,but your point was well taken! Wish all my friends were as supportive as that comment you made was...

susy...THANKS...I think you are exactly RIGHT!
ChiTownBear
ChiTownBear
There is a false sense of reality that leads us to believe, if we go to school, be "go getters", "Siege the day" ... that we will lead great lives.

I think we lead great lives as long as we have good friends and people around us that love us as much as we love them.

Everyone values things in life differently.
deleted_user
deleted_user
U r not alone in your feeling it just make it clear that there r others like u and i out there!!!keep your chin up and do what will make u truley happy and i mean truley happy.
sending u hug and wishes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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