Paradise_Princess t1_jaaiv17 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:02 AM

I loved finally coming to this realization. I’ll never be famous, invent anything, or do anything that special… and that’s just fine! I always felt pressured to “become someone” growing up, and finally about age 23-24 I realized I was just normal, and that’s completely ok.

RubyTavi OP t1_jaakbtp wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:13 AM

Yes, exactly! And sometimes it's a comfort to think, I am not the only person who has experienced something (hence: support groups), or that the fate of the world does not rest upon some insight that only I have had.

I felt better once I began to understand large numbers and realized just how unlikely it was that out of 8 billion people, I should just happen to have been the one born to be the best or only whatever.