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Extreme envy and imposter syndrome

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ChangeMyWorld · 02/06/2019 13:23

Dont know how to deal with it and it's really getting me down. We do well enough for ourselves, for a couple of our age and live a comfortable life. But I am absolutely consumed by a feeling that the majority of people my age out there are achieving more - earning more, travelling more, seizing opportunities, getting more impressive job titles, having more sex and better social lives. Of course I'm aware comparing myself is pointless and ridiculous but I find it so hard not to, it consumes me and eats me up inside. Not just random people on social media- all my friends, family. Everybody just seems to be doing life better than me. And whenever I think about trying to do better or do more, applying for a new job etc, the Imposter Syndrome kicks in telling me I'm not capable, I'll be making my family sacrifice how things are for me to push myself forward, that there are so many more eligible people than me, that I'll never be anything. My mind is full of these thoughts, my sleep disturbed by them. It's exhausting and I don't know how to make it stop, I know it makes me a vile person to be around as I can never be happy for anyone else.

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