@OpticDeviant Hard to say.
I would say what works is. Yes, acknowledge you are up keeping your responsibilities. Bills, cleaning, purchases for daily needs.
Next, learning to breathe properly. Deeply even when youre anxious.
Relax your shoulders, loosen jaw muscles.
Do what I do, meditate.
@OpticDeviant Lastly. Box breathing.
Military men do this as a stress curbing mechanism.
Close your eyes. Breathe in as much as oxygen to fill up your lungs.
Hold it. Count to five. Release.
Repeat.
@OpticDeviant Self love is when you recognize yourself as a being with emotions and needs.
Recognize that you do what you can to tend to these needs and that youre enough.
Youre still alive and you have a roof to call home and food to eat. Everything comes after.
@OpticDeviant Settle in the here and now. Imagine your mind as a body of water and negative thoughts dispersing your calmness on the surface.
Learn to limit the droplets and choose whats important in that moment.
Concentrate on what you can handle. The world will take care of the rest.
@OpticDeviant Youre male instincts tell you constantly that you need to reproduce, which the cause for you need of a woman.
Its also possible you may chase the validation of one, which you do not need.
A woman is your equal and a life partner. She will be difficult to find.
@OpticDeviant Next, realize that a woman isnt everything. Theres so many out there that hold too high of expectations.
Youre doing your best atm rn, and still can improve. But you have to do it at the right time.
A woman comes along when youre at your peak. Gold diggers and real women.
@weather0witch You've a lot to be proud of. Just because it doesnt make a lot of money doesnt mean you didnt leave a mark on the world.
I know enough from you that you should love yourself a lil more, something I need to learn to do.
@weather0witch Weather, you've done a lot these past years. Theres no doubt.
Your follower count might rise a lil but that shouldn't matter. The content of your character does.
@OpticDeviant You're art expresses too well what some of us feel. Youre amazing.
Just remember that you will always find better, life is long enough for that β₯οΈ
@OpticDeviant You regret it because you know youre better than that. And thats good.
Its okay to reflect on them once in a while, just remember you're not the same person anymore. Youre different now.
@OpticDeviant @HighLordVyrana I get this a lot nowadays. It stops my productivity way too much.
It helps talking to friends to understand what youre feeling too. Men struggle with these feelings too hard. Science backs it up.