Worrying about my safety, worrying about my future, along with suffering from crippling gender dysphoria and anxiety 3:
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The world really is hostile to trans, and your very existing puts you at risk. It's a valid fear and it's ridiculous cos why should it matter to anyone how you define your gender? You don't deserve any of it
Friggin hot flashes
Also sometimes I get ideas for potentially solving random projects I have going or are toying with starting. I should get up and write that stuff down so I can clear my head to go back to sleep, but rather I tend to attempt to capitalize on the inspiration and keep fiddling with the idea until I forget what it was that was the original spark.
Haha I do that to. Sometimes I think "I'm a genius! Such brilliance!" Then I totally forget it by morning and have no clue what it was
Sometimes work relationship issues, sometimes my kids going through stuff, sometimes politics… always seems to be something. I’m thankful that it’s very very rarely about my marriage.
I’m going through some shit emotionally right now, mainly feeling like I don’t do enough/am not good enough. So my thoughts revolve around that. Hopefully it will pass soon.
Friendship...I so struggle balancing my feelings of loneliness and desire for companionship. I look to my friends for support, but don't want to be a burden or overwhelm them. I constantly think about how I can be the best friend I can for them and how I can support them while also being present for myself. I always end up neglecting my feelings, burning out, and sometimes even losing a friend as I crumble under my emotions. People are so hard sometimes 😢
People really are hard, they can say one thing and mean another. Loneliness is overwhelming, but our feelings about other peoples needs can take over sometimes. It's hard when we feel like a burden. Do you know where that burden feeling comes from?
Most likely trauma and previous friendships eroding. I'm on the spectrum and know that the world I experience is very different from most people. How I communicate, express myself, and just feel overall tends to come off as exaggerated... but for me, it's what feels normal and is fully authentic. I reach out, communicate that I'm hurting, and could use support, but it's almost always "I'll try to make time." I always ask to spend time doing things we do regularly - playing games online, chatting, shopping etc... but the moment I'm asking for that time to help me through something, it's just not there anymore. I've lost a few friendships that I really valued when I was struggling like this - it's hard to not feel like it's a 'me' problem.
the impact on my life from politics, work stress, overthinking past social interactions, etc.
Yep, past interactions soar into my mind too. I listen to podcasts to distract myself