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| Topic | 'I was so gifted as a child, but now I'm depressed and a failure!' |
| darkmaian23 12/30/21 6:37:38 AM #54: | Shadow20201 posted... No one's life goes as expected though so I don't subscribe to the 'Woe is me. I could have been something.' feelings.I feel this is unfair. A bad relationship, a bad family situation, serious health problems, or sometimes even a few spectacularly bad life choices can send you into a death spiral that's difficult to recover from. The vast majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and upward social mobility in 2021 is kind of limited compared how it used to be. I think it's perfectly valid to feel like your life totally went off track, and to recognize that digging yourself out of the hole you dug for yourself (or had dug for you in some cases) is harder than society tends to admit, and is made even harder by the lack of good social programs and resources for folks in a tough spot. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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