by maesmans » Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:32 pm
In recent years I have had a hard time with my mental health. Last year I had, what I and my parents suspect, a burn-out. For months I had no motivation, I cried every day, I didn't want to leave my bed. Nothing mattered any more. At school everything seemed normal, I tried so hard to seem happy, but as soon as I got home all my energy was gone. The thing is now, my mother has always told me that I am an HSP (highly sensitive person). As a child I suffered from mood swings, and now they have become even worse. My mother always said that she could never predict what emotion I would have within a few hours, it could apparently turn suddenly. And that still happens now. One moment I feel I can handle anything, I want to go outside, literally run through the streets and sometimes even do dangerous and illegal things. Then suddenly a couple of hours later it's as if I've let all my energy out and then I just lie down in my bed. Even watching TV then becomes too tiring. I also suffer from anxiety (I think), especially social anxiety and I'm very, very susceptible to addictions, especially smoking and drinking. I can't concentrate well, my thoughts always wander, when someone speaks to me I often can't focus on what that person is saying and I often can't sit still. I often fiddle with my skin or my hair. Now I wonder if this is because of anxiety or perhaps ADHD (which also runs in the family) or because I am an HSP or maybe even because I have cyclothymia. I really don't know and I can't stand it anymore. I hate that I can't put a label on myself. I know I can talk to a psychologist but I don't want to because: 1, I just stopped and my parents were so happy, and 2 because I'm afraid my problems aren't serious enough. I have a feeling that mental health in my country is not that far advanced.