Emotional numbness, Nov motivation

Postby LostInMisery » Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:58 am

Hello

I'm 28, I came back from army training back in October of 2014. I have gained roughly 70 lbs since than. (was 195, now 265). Yes...its a lot.
Obviously, my unit has been on me about this drastic weight gain, they are not going to kick me out, but, I don't get promoted, go to classes,
get tuition money, etc. Although they could kick me out if they wanted to.

But all in all, that is not the problem here. The problem here is my mental status. Emotional numb mixed with depression and anxiety. Yes,
I know I'm not the only one dealing with this, but the fact that I don't have anybody to talk to about this with doesn't help.

Since I returned from the army, I've become such a loner, it scares me. I adopted a dog, and I mainly spend most of my off time, at home
alone, watching tv or playing video games or even walking around my house dazed and confused half the time, because I fight with myself
over doing the most simple thing such as go to the store and buy something I need, or clean my APT.

I moved about an hour away from my family, family life wasn't helping, possibly the cause of all this.
Now I can think a little bit better, but its still not enough yet.

I've quit talking to all my old friends when i came back from army training, due to bullying and lack of respect....I needed to change from that. I
was a huge victim of bullying in highschool, not so much physically but emotionally....growing up from grade school, I've always had problems talking
to people and making friends let alone getting a girl. Growing up, I haven't really had one good friend that respected me....that kind of changed recently,
ive made friends with one person who is younger than me by like 6 years, age doesn't matter but it still kind of bothers me......

This guy is a pretty good friend, but he has a fiance and takes care of her two kids, not much time to hang out, and hes whipped so that's a never unless
he has his girl and her kids with him... again, not the most ideal situation. Not that I mind every now and again, but its all the time.

I know I need to make more friends, but I don't know how, I don't even want to really. I just know I'm missing out on life and I can feel it deep down inside,
I have many issues i need to workout in my head, so many....Every time I try to be friendly with people, my brain shuts down and I got into ******* mode.
I smile and act like nothing, but deep down, I hate talking to people, its an uneasy feeling that i can't escape. I overthink conversations and it just turns into
this awkward silence...no matter who or what it is, except of course my one friend.

Anyways to wrap things up, I need to lose weight desperately, I have done a lot on my own now to lose it in the past 4 weeks, such as,
Cutting out sweets like cookies, brownies, etc, cutting down on soda, cutting out frappes and other fatty drinks and not eating out nearly as much.
I have also been going to the gym 3-4 times a week, doing a lot of cardio and high rep lifting, 6-7 exercises 3 sets of 12 each w/o session, which includes
30 min of cardio at least.

I still have not lost much weight yet, but i think that because I'm going through that muscle building stage first. I've lost 100 lbs before, so I know how that works
to an extent.

Any advise on how to get my mental status back and find myself? Therapy is out of the question right now....insurance plan sucks now beginning 2016. I was diagnosed
with PTSD from my childhood when I was seeing one. It didn't help much, just more money wasted.
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Postby JuliusFawcett » Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:12 am

Have you read "How to win friends and influence people?"

Learning to be more charming is a skill worth investing time with.

I get the feeling that you are starting to realise that the quality of your life is highly linked to the quality of your relationships
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Postby LostInMisery » Sat Feb 06, 2016 2:35 am

I feel books only work if you have self motivation. Motivation to change how you are and where your going. I, right now, have none of that. My numbness is affecting everything. I'm just living life one day at a time with no expectations and no hopes or desires...literally. me posting on here is just a shallow attempt to make a spark. Even though nobody really can offer me good advice or probably even cares about this post since there are so many people posting. I'm just one of the many, no one special. Not at all like I used to feel. I want that spark again.....I just don't know how to get it...
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Postby LostInMisery » Sat Feb 06, 2016 2:41 am

Why hope? Nobody cares what I do. Why try? Why should i? I'm not anyone special. Why fight for something when nobody is worth it. I don't want to feel responsible for anyone. I used to always want to take on responsibilities for everyone....I was a huge people pleaser to get attention, but now I don't care. I don't like anything, I don't care for anybody or anything. I have a dog that I don't feel for. I take good care of him but I literally don't feel love for anything. He's just there to me. It's sad to say. I like coming home to him but I know how it is to love or like something or someone and this isn't it at least...not strongly. I don't want to be like that. I really dont...

I always tell myself to get myself to dive through my thoughts, just to see what went wrong...but my mind literally shuts down. I block everything out automatically and I don't know how to stop. I want to cry....I want to get angry....I want to feel the damn music I listen to like I used to........
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Postby JuliusFawcett » Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:19 am

The only way to change your life is to change the way that you are thinking.

All positive change in the history of humanity was only ever one positive thought at a time.

You would like to lose the numbness and get that spark back, then care more not less.
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Postby cynthialeighton » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:07 am

LostInMisery wrote:I feel books only work if you have self motivation.


That particular book works even without self motivation!

I urge you to go to the library and talk to someone who works there about borrowing it, either on interlibrary loan or if it's in their stacks.

That way you get to practice talking to someone who is there for the purpose of helping you, too :)

By the way, I'm new here and I care.

I see other comments so I am not the only one!

ALSO: Thanks for serving.
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Postby LostInMisery » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:08 pm

JuliusFawcett wrote:The only way to change your life is to change the way that you are thinking.

All positive change in the history of humanity was only ever one positive thought at a time.

You would like to lose the numbness and get that spark back, then care more not less.


How can i? I feel it deep inside me buried,the flame that I want out so bad, but I feel it dying out everyday. I don't want to be just some guy going through depression and anxiety. I want to be someone special.

But than again, if I do care, I feel.the hurt. Like right now, my grandmother is having some heart problems. I basically grew up with her and I always tried to help her when I could. Although I know I could have done a lot more. My brotherson and I don't have a great relationship either, I barely ever talk to him. My deep hatred for my brother is so bad that I can't even look him in the eyes when I talk to him. Same with my mother. She is the most annoying and selfish person....I moved away almost a year ago and now I havery nobody I really talk to and it sucks. I don't know what I want to do.

I know.i.need to.lose.this weight, but what's my motivation? I lost it all before with high expectations...."I'm gonna land the perfect girl, I'm going to gain respect from my friends, I'm going to be popular.....etc"

But none of that happened....none of it. I basically did all that for nothing. So what's the point? To me, all women do is use me, all friends do is use me and all my family wants to do is use me....what's the point? Even my one friend I'm talking to now, I feel wants to use me. I mean I don't mind helping, but now I'm stuck helping him move...like I did with all my other friends. Although when I move, I have to pay someone to use their truck or beg my brother to help......its messed up. I just get sick of the one way treatments...I'm sick of getting hurt. I put this wall up that I cannot get down.
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Postby JuliusFawcett » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:31 pm

You would like your feelings to change, then change your thoughts, change your mindset, become the person that you would like to be by changing your thought patterns to match that fabulous vision of yourself.

Look yourself in the mirror, repeat to yourself

"I am willing to change, I am willing to be my own best friend, I am special, I am unique, I bring something to the world that only I can bring to it, I have a spark about me and as I nurture that spark, the spark grows. I eat the right amount of healthy food, I drink the right amount of healthy drinks, I take the right amount of healthy exercise, I get a wonderful balance between work, rest and play, I look after myself very well, I deserve happiness just because I exist, the more I love myself and who I am, the easier it is for me to attract a wonderful girl into my life, I forgive myself for past hurts, I forgive everyone else for past hurts, the past is over, I now decide right now to create the future I would like to live with my current thought"

Repeat this 10 times, then repeat this 3 times a day. Soak your mind in positive thought patterns, you can totally do this, only you can do this, stop blaming anyone else for your current situation and take more control over your life by realising the power of your current thought.
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Postby cynthialeighton » Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:03 pm

JuliusFawcett wrote:stop blaming anyone else for your current situation and take more control over your life by realising the power of your current thought.


It's not going to be instant.

Not easy either!

But the path is simple.

It begins with your thoughts.

Thoughts will still pass through your mind when you do the things suggested. But they won't take root and take over when you take positive steps.

If you're not willing to do these, it may be a signal that you need to see your medical doctor. You might need some medications for a few months. There may be a medical basis for what you're going through -- though even then, you'd need to make positive changes in your thoughts.

Again, you used to enjoy the GYM. One place to start is the above suggestions in front of a mirror followed each time by some exercise. You serve so maybe some of the things you did in training are possible, like those Burpee things or pushups and running in place. Exercise changes the chemistry of the brain -- and suddenly stopping probably sent you in the wrong direction. Fixing it needs to happen in SMALL consistent doses, such as the suggestions above.
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Postby LostInMisery » Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:25 am

"If you're not willing to do these, it may be a signal that you need to see your medical doctor. You might need some medications for a few months. There may be a medical basis for what you're going through -- though even then, you'd need to make positive changes in your thoughts."

I have went to a psychiatrist and I was seeing a therapist for about a year. I took a few meds but I stopped taking them after I didn't see any results. I just don't know if I want to go back...I have low expectations in those treatments because I feel it's all about money.
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Postby LostInMisery » Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:40 am

It's funny you should mention looking in the mirror. For the last 3 years. I don't see anybody in the mirror when I look it in. I literally just block it out. I feel nothing in myself.

I know the only person I can change is me, I've learned that a whIle ago. I don't acknowledge anything I do or give myself any respect. No self-respect or confidence....everything is just bottled up inside and when I do get angry I lose the emotions right away because I feel I'm not worthy of being angry. I used to let loose and let my emotions fly, but as the years went by, more and more I felt like I'm not worthy of being angry....nobody cares if I am...so what's the point?

I am very afraid of confrontation. I actually am realizing it a lot today when my supervisor at my job is trying to screw me out of money I earned. I get mad and I say I'm going to talk to them and I do but I give in after they make some lame excuse about it. Instead of fighting for what's mine. I'd rather avoid all confrontation.....I don't want to be that way..

.its because when I was younger, I'd always be afraid of people getting mad at me for whatever reason. I was so desperate for friends that I always tried to stay on their good side and in the process I got messed with a lot....so much that I've actually had a couple of those guys apologies to me before when I seen them at a bar..they would tell me that they were sorry for messing with me so much in highschool....that how bad I got it. I would get so mad and embarrassed...I don't want their damn simpathy.

I have visions of my boss yelling at me, my supervisor and my friends. Inside, I'm petrified of people being mad at me for this reason alone still for no reason. And I'm never right so why try....I used to fight this feeling everyday.........everyday I would tell myself that I would get stronger.. that one day, i would be better than all of them. Now I feel the negative is a part of me....
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Postby JuliusFawcett » Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:04 am

You will never be better than anyone.

Nobody is.

Drop your ego and be more friendly and less competitive, life is instantly more enjoyable when we do this.
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Postby cynthialeighton » Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:02 pm

LostInMisery wrote:" psychiatrist .


Oh! I didn't mean psychiatrist. I meant it in the more general sense of medical doctor, general or internal medicine, as you'd get with a wellness exam.

For example? Your medical doctor might run blood tests that suggest you're low or high in some areas of your blood chemistry. For a longer term example, if you've gained that much weight your blood sugar could be off now. There's lots of possibilities. Some might require just short term treatment with medicines that correct the problem quickly.
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Postby LostInMisery » Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:15 am

cynthialeighton wrote:
LostInMisery wrote:" psychiatrist .


Oh! I didn't mean psychiatrist. I meant it in the more general sense of medical doctor, general or internal medicine, as you'd get with a wellness exam.

For example? Your medical doctor might run blood tests that suggest you're low or high in some areas of your blood chemistry. For a longer term example, if you've gained that much weight your blood sugar could be off now. There's lots of possibilities. Some might require just short term treatment with medicines that correct the problem quickly.


I wish it was that easy. I've had 2 blood tests ran mainly for t levels and other stuff like blood sugar. Apparently all my tests came back fine. So that reason went down the drain...
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Postby LostInMisery » Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:20 am

JuliusFawcett wrote:You will never be better than anyone.

Nobody is.

Drop your ego and be more friendly and less competitive, life is instantly more enjoyable when we do this.


It's not so much feeling better than anybody, but more just confidence in myself. I feel everything is pointless, I have no interest in anything. I used to feel special in myself, but now I feel nothing. I know...I'm like a broken record
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