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 can no longer calmly pick up my phone to reconnect it, because then it starts to drain quickly. I feel like going out is a problem because then they might put me in the water, and I won't be there, and consequently, I'll find that no more water will come in for the rest of the week. I can't even express my problems…
Man, I'm so stressed about this whole potential layoff situation at work. It's like my job's hanging by a thread, and that giant corporate ax is just ready to drop. I've been in this industry long enough to know the signs, but honestly? This feels different. Seriously, my throat feels tight all the time... like I…
yo so i'm just gonna dive right into this mess: anxiety's a pain and it’s messing with my vision real bad. like you ever feel like your eyes are betraying you? it's crazy, right? here i am thinking everything's cool and then bam, my vision decides to go blurry. feels like my eyes got their own agenda or somethin'.…
I don't know what I'm doing in that office. I want to leave and never come back because I'm fed up with them. I always have to put up with one thing after another, always settle for sad shortcomings, with their nonsense, their pressure tactics, taking advantage of the fact that I won't say a word. I'm tired of their…
I feel so exhausted by life that I don't feel like doing anything, and I don't want to rest. I feel like I have so much to discover, so much to do. I'm getting fed up with seeing content on social media. I want to see what other people think, what other people have done—and I mean good, excellent, wonderful people…
I hope the category I chose is okay. This whole year I’ve been struggling for the first time in my life with depression. Not just feeling down but actually depression. Where thoughts of kms pop into my head and when they do they aren’t scary.
I’m so lonely. I have a partner but I don’t have any friends. I can’t seem…
I can't help but wonder sometimes if Albert Einstein might have had ADHD. You know, when you read about his life and how he was in school, it kinda makes me think about my own experiences. Like, I've always had trouble focusing on stuff that doesn't interest me, just like he supposedly did with math early on. My mind…
is anyone else struggling with drinking after work? like, i'm not saying i'm the next Hemingway with a glass in hand but seriously??!! seems like every day ends up either at the bar or at home with a drink. what's worse, i kinda feel like it’s ‘normal’ now for me and my coworkers. ever notice how there's always those…
The office is exhausting, a place where hell itself is stirred. There's no unity, only factions, so nothing is said. The important thing is to pretend we're in some bygone era, to pretend we're living under civilized conditions. It's unbelievable. I can't even get home because the water service isn't always reliable…
I've been thinking it's about time I quit smoking weed for good. My main concern is my health, both physical and mental. I've noticed some changes that aren't exactly pleasant, like feeling foggy or a bit anxious after indulging in the habit consistently. It's gotten to the point where I can't ignore these effects any…
I'll just get right to it: is OCD messing with my mind? Can it really make me believe things that aren't true?! I mean, everyone knows OCD plays tricks on your brain, but have you ever felt like reality itself starts warping because of it? It's wild, almost unreal how convincing those intrusive thoughts can be! You…
I feel like I'm outside the office. It's as if, with so much writing, I no longer feel its embrace, that which anchors me to it. Now I feel like I'm outside, amidst what I would call my office routine: cooking, walking, going about my day, my home, my strolls, and, well, the fact that my life is a complete mess, one…
Office politics haven't been easy. For quite some time now, everyone has been trying to tear my boss's team apart, by any means necessary, because his main departments, which he coordinated, have become a disaster, and that doesn't reflect well on him at all. He sought to keep those under his command subservient, by…
I feel like I've completely lost my life, that I need stimulation, the disorder, to feel like there's something to do and that not everything is already done, and therefore, that I can be kicked out somehow, that people can take advantage of the space to come and do their thing and take advantage of my order, because…
I don't know what it is but every year I get older, I start to just dislike life and get all depressed, like another year of nothing productive. It's not that I didn't do anything productive, just not really what I wanted or where I wanna be at rn.
I graduated, I've been studying, I've been driving, I have no idea…