Hello, my fellow redditor. Let me start with a question: When you are judging yourself do you compare yourself to others? Stories of famous people? Instagram people?
Recently it’s the core of depression on most of people, I mean comparing to others on social media. Their life looks fly and easy. I try to see the other side, where many people live worse life than I am. And many people in the world dream of my lifestyle. They just want to achieve peace and little stability at least. And I focus on these achievements and praise myself for them.
Then recently I started to let myself think what do I really want. Not comparing to others, not trying to get their acceptance. Some of my dreams are too hard to reach, but some are very real. And I am working on them, it brings me joy. I hope when I reach these small targets I would be able to start following my bigger dreams.
I am sharing my own humble experience. Hope it is helpful. Peace
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Reply to [discussion] What helps you combat the “I’m wasting my life” mentality? by brooke512744
Hello, my fellow redditor. Let me start with a question: When you are judging yourself do you compare yourself to others? Stories of famous people? Instagram people? Recently it’s the core of depression on most of people, I mean comparing to others on social media. Their life looks fly and easy. I try to see the other side, where many people live worse life than I am. And many people in the world dream of my lifestyle. They just want to achieve peace and little stability at least. And I focus on these achievements and praise myself for them. Then recently I started to let myself think what do I really want. Not comparing to others, not trying to get their acceptance. Some of my dreams are too hard to reach, but some are very real. And I am working on them, it brings me joy. I hope when I reach these small targets I would be able to start following my bigger dreams. I am sharing my own humble experience. Hope it is helpful. Peace