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Thank you so much for helping me feel better! It's good to know that I'm not the only one feeling like I'm wasting my life. I will take your advice and try to stop beating myself up when I don't do more than what I can. That's so hard sometimes! I think my problem is that I've always been kind of a couch potato (big step in admitting what I believe to be my biggest fault :blush:). When I was a kid my sister always made me feel guilty for sitting around watching tv or even reading! She was a tomboy and I wasn't. So she always made me feel "less than" because I would rather sit and do something (or nothing) than be outside doing what she did. She used to tell me "Do something, even if it's wrong!" Now that I'm an adult, I've gotten into that rut of going to work, coming home, eating dinner and watching tv. So, when I sit and watch tv, I always hear in the back of my head that I'm wasting my life and that I'm not good enough because I'm not enjoying the world like everyone else. I try to tell myself that I need to enjoy my life for what it is and not compare it to other people, but as you know, that is so hard! It seems like I let it bug me so much that I wind up doing exactly what I'm beating myself up about and spend my time off doing nothing more than housework and sitting around watching tv. Is that really so bad? Thanks again for your support! :)
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I felt that exact same way over the Easter holiday! I was comparing myself to the neighbours, to my mother in law, even to the dog! I wanted to go here, go there, do this, do that...want to do it all and I end up doing NOTHING at all. Which in turn makes me feel worse because I had all that opporunity only to **** it all away thinking, thinking....You arent going crazy. I think there are alot of people that feel the exact same way you and I do. The key is to focus on a a couple of "key" things/items you want to accomplish on your list and do them. To feel good about what you did do and not guilty about what more you could have done. There isnt enough time in the day to " do it all"...I have decided that it what I am going to do from here on in. Plan my weekends according to what I know I can handle and not expect anything more or less from myself!
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I have been having a very hard time with anxiety the last week or so. I've always had anxiety and panic attacks. Sometimes they are worse than others and this last week has been one of those times. I had the last four days off of work for the holiday and all I could do was sit around thinking about anxiety. It's like it's in my head swirling around and nothing would get it out. Easter is one of my favorite holidays and I couldn't bring myself to enjoy it this year. I feel so depressed today! I feel like I wasted away the last four days that I had at home with my family and now I just can't seem to cheer myself up. I kept finding myself thinking, other people enjoy their time off, other people don't sit around and watch tv all day when they have a day off, other people.... other people.... other people.... I know I shouldn't compare myself to other people because it just makes it worse, but sometimes it so hard to get those thoughts out of your head! Does anyone else feel like this? Like they're just going through the motions every day? Some days I feel like if I'm just going through the motions, then aren't I just waiting around to die? Am I insane?

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