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I was planning on going to the gym earlier today but my anxiety said “what if something bad happens” & then my depression said “there’s no point anyway”. But I pushed through and went by myself for the first time today. Later than I planned, but I did it!
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And this isn’t just a “oh I’m a little sad and nervous” it’s more like this depression and anxiety is something I’ve been struggling with since middle school. And I have a deeply ingrained fear of going anywhere because my mother says stuff constantly like “women shouldn’t be going anywhere by themselves” but then also expects me to get a job soon like how does that work?? But since I’ve moved in with my husband everything’s been less stressful and seems less impossible.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

I genuinely don’t think I could’ve done something like this today if I was still living at home. I mean it’s still a struggle, like I said I got there later than planned/ I wanted to get there earlier but for once in like 3 years I was out and about by myself. I wasn’t even struggling with this kind of thing in college, but like soon after I graduated my brain just shut down and my whole mentality was like “damned if I do damned if I don’t”.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

I genuinely feel like I lost about 2 years of my life having to move back in with my parents right after college. It just destroyed my mental health. But like I said it’s already better, clearly my biggest problem was situational depression. But holy fucking shit I wish I could have taken back those 2 years that I was living at home right after college, because those 2 years kinda temporarily decimated my mental health. But it’s getting better already in just this past week like genuinely

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