Things Are Never Going To Get Better

[The Albatross]

Okay so it's just what?

 

[The Albatross]

Okay so it's resentment?

 

[The Albatross]

I think I would examine my blessings/things to be grateful for... versus my feelings.

 

[FindingMyself88]

No, its the fact that I feel like I am doing everything possible to get better and it isn't enough.

 

[The Albatross]

If you are doing everything possible, why is it not enough to you?

 

[FindingMyself88]

Because I still feel like Im drowning. I feel like things will never get better. If it was a matter of trying- Im doing it. I cannot keep going like this.

 

[The Albatross]

Feelings aren't facts. What direct evidence do you have that things will not get better. Being tired is one thing, but giving up is another entirely... I would recommend you do a self evaluation about what your life would be if/should you "give up". You are right, you can not do this because your present perspective does not serve you. Do/will/can you find another?

 

[FindingMyself88]

I have tried the whole positive perspective- it never lasts. If I could "think" myself better I would! It's like I get better for a while and then everything comes crashing back down..

I wish I had never said anything now..

 

[The Albatross]

I didn't ask you to "think yourself better". I asked other things.

 

[The Albatross]

You can retrieve absolutely NOTHING, nothing that gives you a reason to persevere? Not your school, not the dog you already have?

 

[Neverthesame]

Of course you can't think yourself better. Would be awesome though wouldn't it?


The idea then is to challenge those thoughts that reoccurring to make you feel miserable. They are only thoughts, but they are thoughts which carry alot of weight. Therefore we must give different, better thoughts more weight. It's hard, and often feels pointless. But it isn't.

 

[The Albatross]

You've been gracious... I've been challenging. Disengaging now. I would though suggest that hopelessness is not "more generally beneficial" though I certainly understand "tired". Hell I'm tired. We have to attend to a lot... we have to manage a lot. More than likely than do others... but I can't or won't wave the white flag.