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It's crazy how people react to me nowadays. People used to enjoy my company, girls used to smirk and smile around me..
I don't know if that's because I kinda got unattractive or because I just don't smile anymore, but it's killing me.
Men look down on me while they used to respect the hell out of me and I feel women no longer are attracted to me.

I'm currently really slow on Physiotherapy, I struggle a lot and it's costly. toughest thing is that I'm always depressed and it seems that people don't take my cocerns seriously because how I present them or how unhappy or depressed I look.
I bet if someone else was asking the same questions or concerns they would be treated differently. I'm so not used to being like that and it's terrible feeling ugly, disrespectful and weak.
Man its just peaks and valleys.

There are times when i cant talk ti anyone and dont have a chance in hell at getting attention from fat ugly girls. And there are times i fuck pornstars. Its all cycles.

You should start studying how to improve yourself mentally. Jordan peterson is great on YouTube.
 
Man its just peaks and valleys.

There are times when i cant talk ti anyone and dont have a chance in hell at getting attention from fat ugly girls. And there are times i fuck pornstars. Its all cycles.

You should start studying how to improve yourself mentally. Jordan peterson is great on YouTube.

What's the point if I can't improve myself physically and if I don't feel alive? I can't move my body like my mind wants and I can't feel freedom anymore.

I checked my testosterone and it was below the low end, checked it again and it came just above.. they won't treat me and I know my depression and confidence problems is because of that shit. Obviously my health problems, sleep and all that shit probably caused my test to be low to begin with.

Havn't jerked off in months, can you believe that? HAHA
 
I get a solid 8+.

I'm 5'11 190. I'm not necessarily overweight.

These are symtpoms of sleep apnea. Wouldn't hurt to do a sleep study.
You can sleep 8 hours and still have mild apnea.. still, it's unlikely if you are not overweight, but it's possible.

It happens regularly? any idea what might trigger it, any clue?
 
These are symtpoms of sleep apnea. Wouldn't hurt to do a sleep study.
You can sleep 8 hours and still have mild apnea.. still, it's unlikely if you are not overweight, but it's possible.

It happens regularly? any idea what might trigger it, any clue?

It's always following days of stress and anxiety and it's not consistent enough to be sleep apnea.

I also have bruxtism from TMJ issues.
 
What's the point if I can't improve myself physically and if I don't feel alive? I can't move my body like my mind wants and I can't feel freedom anymore.

I checked my testosterone and it was below the low end, checked it again and it came just above.. they won't treat me and I know my depression and confidence problems is because of that shit. Obviously my health problems, sleep and all that shit probably caused my test to be low to begin with.

Havn't jerked off in months, can you believe that? HAHA
It isnt necessarily because of low testosterone and you can naturally raise it to an extent. And if its low, they can prescribe it to you.

Jordan peterson talks about nihilism and despair. Im telling you,you should watch.

But you have to focus on thr pillars of mental health which is diet exercise, sleep, trying new things, making and working towards goals (purpose. And this has a remarkable effect on your neurochemistry) and having xlose relationships.

Whatever your situatuon is, and i know its hard right now, you can work on these things and feel better. This is where you start.
 
It's always following days of stress and anxiety and it's not consistent enough to be sleep apnea.

I also have bruxtism from TMJ issues.

I also have TMJ issues, big time. It's because of my muscle spasms in my neck and shoulder. IT kills my sleep because when my jaw muscles are relaxed, my show mildly slips to the side. It creeped up on me over the years.

Have you tried a mouth guard? Bruxism happens at night right? perhaps it is a sleep problem.. muscle tension during sleep?

You should check your neck too.. neck problems cause anxiety from experience and headaches.
 
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It's always following days of stress and anxiety and it's not consistent enough to be sleep apnea.

I also have bruxtism from TMJ issues.
I know with me a stressful day creates excess stomach acid and the day after I have stomach issues, used to think it was food poisoning until I made the link. Headaches linked to the jam and neck sound right to me
 
I know with me a stressful day creates excess stomach acid and the day after I have stomach issues, used to think it was food poisoning until I made the link. Headaches linked to the jam and neck sound right to me

Yeah, check your pillow and how you sleep.
Are you a back, side or stomach sleeper? can be a tigh trapeziust muscle causing headaches or even some kind of a mild nerve compression from narrowing of the space between your neck vertabraes during sleep because of head positioning.
 
What if you guys were all to just find some really difficult long term challenge to take on and maybe all this bullshit would fade a little bit?

Is that possible? I feel like this sounds kind of like something a cult leader would say, but some of this shit I'm reading sounds like stuff that wouldn't be as big of a deal if someone was to say...go out and hike some really difficult trails, or get a black belt...or just...anything.

I just feel like a lot of the health problems I read that people are having sound like stuff that people are getting in their own heads about and thinking too much. Maybe I'm thinking completely wrong about this.
 
What if you guys were all to just find some really difficult long term challenge to take on and maybe all this bullshit would fade a little bit?

Is that possible? I feel like this sounds kind of like something a cult leader would say, but some of this shit I'm reading sounds like stuff that wouldn't be as big of a deal if someone was to say...go out and hike some really difficult trails, or get a black belt...or just...anything.

I just feel like a lot of the health problems I read that people are having sound like stuff that people are getting in their own heads about and thinking too much. Maybe I'm thinking completely wrong about this.
Youte not.

People isolate and get in their head.
 
What if you guys were all to just find some really difficult long term challenge to take on and maybe all this bullshit would fade a little bit?

Is that possible? I feel like this sounds kind of like something a cult leader would say, but some of this shit I'm reading sounds like stuff that wouldn't be as big of a deal if someone was to say...go out and hike some really difficult trails, or get a black belt...or just...anything.

I just feel like a lot of the health problems I read that people are having sound like stuff that people are getting in their own heads about and thinking too much. Maybe I'm thinking completely wrong about this.

Yep. Oi Vey Wrong.

Some problems are jusst like that and others are much more complex.
I feel like people that say these sort of things are people that never actually experienced anything close to it. Nothing wrong with that.

Nevermind the chronic health problems, have you gone through depression?

Isolation is a major problem.. people in groups are factually more happy.. but a depressed person feels alone and isolated even when he is in a group.
 
Its both. Dom has some tough stuff hes dealing with, no doubt. There is chemical imbalance and hyper self criticism and there's legitimate problems which are absolutely reasonable to take issue with.

Doing your part and making sure youve handled the pillars and having a support system will clear up a lot of the former and should help significatly with the latter
 
I've been on some anxiety medications before but nothing ever really seemed to click for me. I just felt kinda numb, but albeit less anxious. My anxiety has been bad the last month solid. I can't sleep through the night. I'm even putting my phone down earlier and setting stricter bed times. Eliminating caffeine after my pre workout at 3pm.

To top that off I got dumped Thursday so in addition to worrying about 3457834560 unnecessary things I'm just wrecking myself repeatedly. Basically replaying every fight that I could've avoided. All of the things that I find wrong with myself that could have led to being let go. Just not sure if anyone has had any good experiences with anything over the counter? I tried some low doses of prozac before but didn't notice much improvement.

Hope everyone in here going through it is having a good one. You don't realize how many people are putting on a brave face and dealing with so many issues but they are.
 

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