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One word to describe how I feel today is....

User Profile: Laura
Laura October 27th, 2018

One word to describe how I feel today is....



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User Profile: SaleemF
SaleemF October 27th, 2018

Failure

What hurts me more than any physical damage that can possibly be struck upon me is knowing that I failed someone. Failing myself is something that's difficult but knowingly redeemable in the future. Failing someone else stings me to the deepest of my core. Today i failed someone and it's someone that I so happen to have been trying to ensure that we still had a balanced relationship to a strong extent. Now, I don't know how they think or feel about me, and trust me when I say, they're not the type of person that invites that sort of questioning. I feel like an idiot because I made a mistake that could've potentially destroyed our lives.

It was the type of mistakes that i normally would never make, but this was one of those perfect storm situations where my mind at the time just wasn't fully processing what I was potentially doing. Accident or not, I felt terrible and completely idiotic. So for now, I'd say "failure" is the shining feeling of the day. The amount of care that I put into others is what leads to this immensely deep feeling of self hatred whenever I fail someone (especially someone close to me). Not sure how to handle this. Some might say it's good that I put so much emotion into thinking about others while some may also say that I shouldn't as it's clearly affecting me too much in life.

Thoughts????

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User Profile: indigoJet762
indigoJet762 October 27th, 2018

@SaleemF I think the most important thing to consider is how best to move forward with this person. If you guys are close, they will want to show you compassion and continue having this good relationship with you, despite whatever happened. Do you see some ways to start moving forward with them?

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User Profile: SaleemF
SaleemF October 28th, 2018

@indigoJet762

I think i'm in a position of simply waiting to see what they say the next time we chat about something. I'll hope for the best.

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User Profile: indigoJet762
indigoJet762 October 30th, 2018

@SaleemF Good luck to you in that case, hopefully things stay strong between you both (: (but you know, sometimes it doesn't hurt to reach out first!)

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User Profile: feathersofhope
feathersofhope October 28th, 2018

@SaleemF Hi Saleem.. You are not a failure even if you feel like that.. And you are strong enough to put others before you... Be a lit bit stronger and include self love and self compassion in your heart.. I hope that you will workout things between you and them soon... smiley

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User Profile: SaleemF
SaleemF February 3rd, 2019

You have no idea how positively powerful those words are to me right now in my life. Thank you very much for the thoughtful and caring words.

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User Profile: Marythestranger
Marythestranger April 24th, 2019

@SaleemF

I hope things get better. I hope you feel better one day.

User Profile: soufy
soufy October 29th, 2019

@SaleemF

I respect who feel bad about letting someone down.You don't have to exaggerate though, if you try to fix your mistakes then you're not a failure, just put efforts in fixing your mistake towards that person and show them how much you care. If you do your part then you don't need to beet yourself up.

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User Profile: originallifer
originallifer October 27th, 2018

@Laura overwhelmed

User Profile: indigoJet762
indigoJet762 October 27th, 2018

Restless

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User Profile: fluffyUnicorns84
fluffyUnicorns84 October 27th, 2018

Irritated

User Profile: originallifer
originallifer October 27th, 2018

@indigoJet762

User Profile: originallifer
originallifer October 27th, 2018

@indigoJet762 i totally get it!

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User Profile: MariaVictoria00
MariaVictoria00 October 27th, 2018

Lonely

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User Profile: RaveAfterRave
RaveAfterRave October 27th, 2018

@MariaVictoria00 it eats me up, alive, slowely.

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User Profile: BrokenButterfly515
BrokenButterfly515 October 27th, 2018

I feel lost and sad, but I am able to keep a smile on my face..biggest clown here.

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User Profile: decisiveCucumber3315
decisiveCucumber3315 November 11th, 2019

@BrokenButterfly515 I know the feeling oh to well

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User Profile: Hereforyou0330
Hereforyou0330 October 27th, 2018

@Laura I feel relaxed

User Profile: Sanddorn
Sanddorn October 27th, 2018

Lonely and lost

Even if I am surrounded by friends and family.

User Profile: dashtolchek
dashtolchek October 27th, 2018

worthless.

User Profile: Haylstorm666
Haylstorm666 October 27th, 2018

Glamorize

User Profile: Hope2come
Hope2come October 27th, 2018

@Laura

discusting