Sooooo... after a minor/major breakdown I had a week ago I realized that I have to change something. All that self pity and ranting doesn't do me any good.
I don't know what triggered it exactly - except for being really, really drunk and having a conversation with a really, really strange guy - but after going out we went to the bank to get money for a cab. We kinda argued about something and after he said he'd leave I was standing inside the bank and couldn't hold it in anymore. I must have sat there crying for what feels like an hour (in reality it probably was only 10 minutes or so) and when I finally could calm down, I think I acknowledged for the first time out loud and in front of someone else that I do have a problem. I have maneuvered myself into a corner.
So I spent the days after (last week) in a kind of dazed state, not quite here nor there until I realized somewhere along the line that I will die if I don't stop this crap.
So for a few days now I've been trying to get my act together, start communicating again instead of shutting myself of. It kinda worked, albeit very, very slowly. After feeling angry or empty the last months or however long it was, I don't really remember, I think I took a few steps back to who I once was.
Sucky thing though is that it feels like I'm walking with baby steps, always with the risk of falling flat on my ass again.
So to keep things in perspective, I need something to concentrate on. I haven't found that thing yet but I will find it.
It's just that I feel that every minor setback I might have will be blown out of proportion and make me feel that fucked up no-future-way again. So I hope I can do it on my own. Hanging in there. Because the last thing I want to do is .. well see, I wanted to write "get help".. another thing to work on I guess. :-)
Anyway, that's my state of mind at the moment. I don't know if I can do it but there is a chance. You know, I never understood people that couldn't snap out of something but I can kind of relate to it. It's not that I had this major revelation or so... I just feel I kind of understood somethings about me. We will see how it's going to turn out.
So, thinking about all of this and having this goddamn pressure on my chest is kind of very sucky because that's the way I felt before. Which kind of makes me doubt I can do it on my own. But I really want to. I hate being dependent. I don't want to whine and cry about feeling left out and empty and alone when I know that I did this to myself, aware of the consequences. I don't want pity but I am afraid others are going to think that, since there is nothing to whine about, I am just.... I don't know, weak or attention seeking or something like that.
Another thing I thought about that even if I would tell anyone how I felt and am still feeling, how should I do that? "Hey, by the way, my life sucks and I don't know why.. wanna talk about it?" Especially since I know that every single one of the people I would consider telling have so much bigger problems.
Aww.. I just don't know. I want to get better. I really do. But it's so much easier to fall back into this well of self pity I am so used to. I need a kick in the ass. I hate risks. It's just that if I stay like this, it's kind of a safe road. It may be dark and empty but I know what to expect and where it goes. Boy, if I think back and remember how I was before all this.. sounds crazy but I didn't care about risks or injuries or stuff like that. When I was 12 (around that age anyways) I used to cross streets without looking, climb trees, jump fences, you name it. That's another thing (yeah, I've been doing a lot of thinking on the subject lately.. ;-)), I think all of this might have something to do with that crappy crap thing in my brain. It's not lifethreating nor even hindering in any way but I think that was kind of a starting point for me. Something like the fork in the road.
I've read a lot about loosing that feeling of invulnerability you have as a kid or teenager and that you loose that somewhere along the line. It might be that that's what happened and I didn't handle that all that well. Maybe that is it.
But still, it's no good to dwell on the past, looking into the future is the new path. Writing about it kinda helps so I'll continue that for the time being and hope for the best. We'll see how it turns out. :-)