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Self Improvement
A community which focusses on improving yourself. This can be in many different ways - from improving physical health or appearance, to improving mental health, creating better habits, overcoming addictions, etc.
While material circumstances beyond our control do govern much of our daily lives, people do have agency and choices to make, whether that is as "simple" as disciplining yourself to not doomscroll, to as complex as recreating yourself to have many different hobbies and habits.
This is not a place where all we do is talk about improving "productivity" (in a workplace context) and similar terms and harmful lifestyles like "grindset". Self-improvement here is intended to make you a generally better and happier person, as well as a better communist, and any other roles you may have in your life.
Rules and guidelines:
- Posts should be about self-improvement. This is obviously a wide category, and can range from advice, to finding resources, to self-posts about needing to improve in a certain area, or how you have improved, and many other things.
- Use content warnings when discussing difficult subjects.
- Do not make medical decisions solely because of a discussion you have had with any person here (e.g. whether to take or not take medications; diagnoses; etc.) as we do not vet people. All medical problems should be discussed with a real-life medical professional.
- Do not post harmful advice here. If this is seen, then please report it and we shall remove it. If you are unsure about whether it's precisely harmful advice or not but feel uneasy about it, please report it anyway.
- Do not insult other users and their lifestyles or their habits (unless they ask, I suppose). This is a place for self-improvement. Critique and discussion about a course of action is encouraged over shit-flinging. Don't talk down to people.
Things have been getting better and better for me! I started on sertraline two months ago and the difference it's made is insane. The only downside is that I can't cum nearly as often but that's a small price to pay. Also I want to give credit to myself as well. I've been going to therapy and getting a lot out of it, I've been talking about mental health with my friends and family and I've been having a healthier diet and exercise routine.
Which brings me to what went really well for me last week, which is that I did a 3km walk into college and then did a workout or a swim four days last week. And I felt really really good about it, and I'm very motivated to go again. I had some muscle pain after the first day but I didn't let that stop me, and it went away very quickly as I kept exercising. I've also been eating better. I've cut out a lot of snacks, and I'm having breakfast nearly every day now.
Mentally, I've realised just how depressed I was for the last few years, and I've only noticed that because I'm not that depressed anymore. I can recognize that the ways I was just passing time until the end of the day were unhealthy coping mechanisms, and I feel much fresher and have more energy now. I still have ADHD, obviously, and I'm not a productivity freak like some of my neurotypical friends, but I've felt like I can take more actions in a day now. One thing I noticed is that I'm not inexhaustible even when I feel great. I went for an early walk and swim yesterday and had to lie down all afternoon because I just had no energy. But I'm glad I was using yo my energy at least
One of the most profoundly melancholic feelings I have felt. Realizing how bad things were is a very strange feeling to me. It’s not bad, it’s not good, it just is, and I don’t the like the is that it is.