Feeling overwhelmed
Feeling overwhelmed with everything. School, unemployment, crappy Congress, media out of touch with what is important.
Sometimes I wish there was something I could do to make the world a better place but today as I look at it there is nothing I can do. Someday after I get done with school I'll be able to help other people through my ability to assist them in finding their way but that is still a couple of years away. I'm afraid my current financial difficulties will prevent me from attaining my goal of becoming a therapist. I'm afraid that I'll have another bad bout of depression that will prevent me from taking the action I need to take. Just feel like I have too much on my plate.
Sometimes I wish there was something I could do to make the world a better place but today as I look at it there is nothing I can do. Someday after I get done with school I'll be able to help other people through my ability to assist them in finding their way but that is still a couple of years away. I'm afraid my current financial difficulties will prevent me from attaining my goal of becoming a therapist. I'm afraid that I'll have another bad bout of depression that will prevent me from taking the action I need to take. Just feel like I have too much on my plate.
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Hi Gary,
I believe you are not alone with the crappy Congress and state of affairs with our country. I agree that it SEEMS as if there is no sunshine (actually snowing here, so there isn\'t lol) but in all reality, the sun is shining, or I wouldn\'t be able to see the snow!
NEVER give up on your dreams of being a counselor. You have done the hard part which is to get started. One of the things I do every morning and night to combat my depression is what some call positive affirmations. I tell myself 3 things that are going better today than yesterday. Sometimes it is as simple as my car started even though it was 24 degrees below zero. But, then I tell myself, what would have happened if my car had not started? What seems a simple thing turns out to be a great blessing that would have created more problems if it had not occurred.
Don\'t know if this helps, but it does work for me, most of the time when I let it ;) Sometimes I am my own worst critic.
Do you ever find yourself in that place; being your own worst critic?
Terri