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I have been feeling like I'm not good enough for my family lately... I'm not sure how to stop that. I feel like I'm making up things as excuses to want to leave. I'm not going to leave because I know it's me thinking up things but still I'm pretty upset.
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Anxiety (Including GAD)
Depression
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Totally get that. I feel kids don't want to get involved or care when medical issues come up
Hey! So PTSD and depression has this self isolation symptom that's super rough. Essentially your brain tries to convince you that everyone would be better off if you weren't around by over exaggerating, and in some cases it may try to convince you that you would be better off without the people supporting you even if it's the farthest thing from the truth. Self isolation can feel good for emotional processing in short comtrolled bursts, but when done long term and because you're mental illness is trying to trick you into thinking you, or someone else, sucks it winds up being pretty harmful and progresses the condition(s) as well as potentially burning bridges that shouldn't have been burnt. Talk to supportive loved ones about your feelings, and try to combat it with self positivity or, if you cant muster it, self neutrality. If you can remind yourself of good things you've done for your family and your own positive attributes and try to essentially out think the bad thoughts to might be able to both help in the short term and potentially boost your own view of yourself. You can say positive things about yourself sarcastically as well if you feel you need the defense mechanism, as long as it's about you and not negative it's a win. Neutral thoughts are a good build up if you really feel that bad about yourself though, it can be hard to go from hate to love so neutrality can be a very important first step. Remind yourself that you're there for your loved ones when you can be and you're trying your best, you may not be perfect but your attempts at being there and being helpful are enough. You can look up positive or neutral affirmations if you need ideas or help. Meditation could also be a good idea if that's something that you think could help.
@AnimalBoy awesome thank you!!
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One of the replies suggests, "setting up boundaries with yourself about what is comfy/uncomfy to talk to your parents about." Another reply suggests that it's important to have other support networks outside of family. Additionally, one person mentioned that the first steps to believing in oneself are stopping the cycle of talking down at oneself and replacing negative self-talk with positive affirmations.
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