Personal Experiences, Struggles and Setbacks Around Health
Health and wellbeing rarely improve in a straight line. In these stories, people share what they went through while trying to take care of their body or their mind: a fitness routine that didn't hold, a diet that backfired, a recovery that took longer than expected, a complicated relationship with their appearance, or simply the exhaustion of trying to do everything right.
Some stories are about setbacks and frustration, others about small victories. Many ask the same question: is it just me? Reading how others lived a similar situation can make it feel less isolating, and sharing your own can help you put words on it.
These stories are personal experiences and opinions, not medical advice. For a health problem, a doctor or another qualified professional remains the right person to talk to.
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I keep typing "how do i stop thinking?" into my notes app and then deleting it because the whole thing sounds ridiculous when I see it written down. At 6:10 p.m., I was standing inside a packed train near the center doors, holding a paper bag with soup leaking through the bottom. A woman beside me, maybe around my…
For the past three months, I have been carrying my dad's appointment folder to clinics, covering Maya's shifts at the store, and trying to make my apartment livable after the upstairs pipe burst. I keep doing the next obvious thing, yet the question in my head is why life is so hard? A cardiology visit, a closing…
Yesterday at 8:40, I was standing in my kitchen waiting for toast and scrolling grocery coupons. The dishwasher was humming, Mabel was asleep by the table, and nothing weird had happened. Then this impending feeling of doom dropped over me so hard I grabbed the counter. It was not a thought about work or money. It…
i was bullied in 1st to 6th grade i thought it didnt affect me but as time passes i understand more and more how it inpacts me i feel the effects more and more
yesterday i just cried for 6 hours straight at this point i domt even know what the point of living is i havent felt happiness in over 3 years i just fake it…
My older brother died three weeks ago, and I have not cried since the call that told us he was gone. At the funeral, I stood beside his dark blue casket with my jaw aching and my eyes completely dry, even while my mother soaked the shoulder of my jacket. Now the pressure shows up whenever I am alone in my apartment…
Hi, I'm an 18 year old guy struggling with social issues, depression, OCD, loneliness, etc. My struggles began in Grade 9 when two boys started bullying me. They humiliated and degraded me to my face. I was too shy to fight back, so I pretended like it didn't bother me. They also pretended that we were friends and…
i got home with my badge still clipped to my scrub pocket and found my roommate waiting by the kitchen counter. before i had even set down my lunch bag, they asked if i could listen to what happened with their manager. i said, "i dont want to talk, i need quiet for a while," and went toward my room. they followed me…
So I have this little dream that it’s growing inside of me and I don’t know if it’s too big to be true. A classmate made a similar path career as me, as a bilingual recruiter, and now he lives in another country as a coordinator and I was wondering if maybe in some seven or eight years I can do the same thing. And…
alright so here's the deal. lately i've been noticing my mental health doing its own weird dance and honestly, it's getting real annoying. one day i'm feeling just fine, energy's up, focus is sharp... everything's in place. but then outta nowhere, BAM! a fog rolls into my brain and it sticks around like an unwanted…
I know how to deal with some of them. I’m not going into details. I just wanna know if one day they’re going to stop. The main reason it’s because november and december sometimes represents hard times for me. Those months were the beginning of a traumatic event.
I’m fine but from time to time they’re back and I…
joining a new gym has not been the seamless transition i had envisioned. in fact, it feels like i'm an uninvited guest at a party where everyone else knows the theme and i'm just trying to figure out how to blend in. i see people who lift weights with such ease, their muscles seem to be effortlessly sculpted by every…
I think that I have some issues when it comes to try to sleep easily. Maybe since I was a teenanger but I’m not very sure to be honest. And I’ve been doing exercise at night and I think that it’s not working pretty well so now I’ll be swimming at morning, and for that I need to sleep early lol. And also I wanna take a…
sitting at the kitchen table, I found myself locked in a staring contest with a mug of coffee that was practically mocking me. hours dragged on, and my focus was still nowhere to be found. my mind felt like an overcrowded file cabinet: thoughts jumbled, and who knows where the important files went. the to-do list was…
i feel like i'm losing it; work just keeps piling on, each task seems more urgent than the last. how am i supposed to keep up? deadlines are looming and no one seems to care about the pressure they're putting on me! my boss is relentless with his emails and calls expecting me to drop everything else and only focus on…
How am I supposed to carry the burden of wanting to do something new or trying something new, or achieving what I want when I know I’m just too pathetic to actually do it, see it through, or even figure out how to begin?
So, what am I supposed to do, then? Just go on living this boring life, accomplishing nothing…