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Tranquil_Tevene

446d

Do things ever get better, or am I just so used to the bad that anything mediocre at best feels good?

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    • Bre19

      441d

      @FTW so have I

    • Tofu14

      441d

      It does get better. I found the med that works for me and honestly I feel normal most of the time. Keep up hope and keep trying to be well.

    • Bre19

      442d

      It takes time but eventually yes

      • FTW

        441d

        @Bre19 Ive been dealing with this and pills and therapy since elementary school.

    • FTW

      443d

      Been like this since elementary school. On and off meds in and out of therapy. Im 36, now. They still tell me it gets better, but it hasnt.

      • FTW

        443d

        @FTW The only thing I have gotten better with, is hiding my self harm

        • StarryAstronaut

          442d

          @FTW yeah I’ve had to become better at this

    • Thehindude

      443d

      It all depends on how you define better. You will never be always happy, you will never be always sad, you have to, accept that with the highs there will lows, and with the lows, the highest would also come. It’s about retraining, your brain, we are so used to looking for the next thing that’s gonna break us specially when we are traumatized, that we constantly keep looking in the future, and we constantly keep looking for things that are gonna make us feel sad, that way we don’t live in the present, we live in the past and future. The best way to make sure that things get better is to focus on the important things that are going on right now, what is it that you can do right now to solve the problem that’s bothering you. If you can do something to solve the problem right now, then do it, if there’s nothing you can do to solve that problem, well, then there’s no reason to be worried about it. It is extremely hard, takes a while to train your brain to do that. Especially if your brain is used of the trauma, and the stress. It just takes time.

    • StarryAstronaut

      445d

      Things can get better. Sometimes it just takes time. Don’t give up, you can get through this. Light at the end of the tunnel!

    • lou89

      445d

      Don't listen to Bambi1993. Thing's do get better with the proper support and medication etc. Please don't give up!

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