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   by background-user 6y ago

   Incredible work, I checked out/skimmed over a couple of your videos and kudos to you, seems like a great way to share your knowledge <3 I'll definitely checked them out fully when I feel like it :) Having said so, and I am than
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   by background-user 6y ago

   Already seeing a psychologist and a psychiatrist. They do help me out, however I find them a bit out of touch with my "real world" issues.
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   by background-user 6y ago

   Wow, awesome! I'll definitely read it over when I get some free time. Thanks ;)
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   by background-user 6y ago

   Interesting, I hadn't considered that. Indeed, I haven't traveled a lot in my life, mostly because my parents are let's just say not that well off. Indeed, if I can, I'll try to do that after the COVID-19 pandemic is ove
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   by background-user 6y ago

   Thanks for you piece of advice.
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   by background-user 6y ago

   I've already talked about this to my doctor, and I am already taking anti-anxiety meds. As I mentioned before in my post, I am already seeing both a psychiatrist and a psychologist. I also asked them if I had ADHD, and they told me tha
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   by background-user 6y ago

   Wow. 3-4 hours is little sleep indeed and I can definitely understand how that can be very detrimental to your health. Hope you are better now. For me it isn't sleep per se, but rather my sleep schedule. Simply put, because during the
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   by background-user 6y ago

   A combination of factors, actually. To start with, I cut one of my fingers and had to have surgery for it, which made me lose a month in classes while I recuperated. Secondly, there were a couple of subjects that I found myself to be "
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   by background-user 6y ago

   Indeed you are right, and I get what you mean. However this doesn't only come from peers, it comes from for example from my parents (who one could argue at the same time are influenced by "society" and so on), and it simply i
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    by background-user 6y ago

    Thanks for the supportive message, and if I am completely honest to you, I find it very hard to think like you do. In response to each of your steps: Step 1: I will try to do this, however, what I am most afraid of is that my past dictates
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    by background-user 6y ago

    Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll read it and reply back w/ what I learned. I don't know what I want to be doing in 5 years. I simply don't :/ Moreover, I am afraid of messing things up again when most of my
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    by background-user 6y ago

    Thanks for the optimism, I've been told this more than once :) However, it's hard for me not to compare myself with peers of my age who already have it figured it out so to speak, who have not failed as much as I've had and e
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    by background-user 6y ago

    Right now I am not doing anything, and I am looking for something new in my life. That's why I am asking for resources to find "my path", as I've already dropped out twice from official post-HS institutions and to put it
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