u/Overall_Cherry_8571

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Why do I feel this way .. ??

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​I (19)have been a top student since I was a child, as well as an all-rounder in both sports and extracurricular activities. I used to be a really extroverted kid who participated in almost everything. However, after I turned 14, everything went downhill. The pandemic hit, and my life has not been the same since. I became incredibly self-conscious about my body after developing fungal acne all over my face and body, which made me feel deeply insecure.i felt everybody around me was so beautiful and I felt like an ugly ass pig.

Around that time, I lost all of my childhood friends, moved to a different place, and experienced bullying. Everyone began to view me as weird, and I transformed into the quietest kid in the class. Had gone through some trauma that made me extremely introverted and I also cut my self one at 14.[tried multipe suicide attempts from age 14 to 16, never after that ]

​Now, I feel entirely numb. I have lost interest in all of my hobbies and no longer participate in any social activities. Nothing romantically interesting has ever happened in my life—I haven’t even had a crush. I have never felt attracted to anyone because I constantly feel like I am not good enough, which makes me feel like I might be asexual. Every single thing feels completely overwhelming to me, and I find myself thinking from very detached, different perspectives. Simply existing in a physical body is so difficult. I just feel like I want to die because my life feels incredibly bland, boring, and devoid of purpose.

​Even though I have very loving parents, I still feel a strong urge to leave them, erase my identity as their daughter, and move away to the woods to live alone until I die. I don't feel happy in this crowded city surrounded by walls instead of nature; everything here feels toxic, and I deeply long to live in the forest.

​Recently, my grandfather—who I was incredibly close to and grew up with—passed away. I didn’t even feel pain or cry; I have truly lost all of my emotions.

​Another thing is that after a certain age, I started creating different personalities for every situation and person in my life. For example, if you were to ask my pre-college friends from a year ago about me, and then ask my current college classmates, you would get two completely different answers.Not only college and school,  but for every single situation.

​Ultimately, life feels so empty yet simultaneously overwhelming.I have somewhat convinced myself that staying like this is normal , and now i am used to this.I just want to die.I wouldn't say I am actively suicidal, but if a vehicle were coming straight toward me, I wouldn't move out of the way.

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