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How did you stop giving a shit and feel good about yourself?

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WeAllMakeChoices · 12/08/2024 09:14

Bit of a self indulgent whiny moan if I'm honest, I'm afraid.

I'm 50 and I've been in a relationship with a man about 10 years older for nearly 4 years.

In every respect, it's the best relationship I've ever had but I'm just so unhappy in myself.

I keep waiting for the day to come I keep reading about when I just don't give a shit anymore but I'm plagued with the same neuroses and insecurities teenage me was. I don't feel any differently. I'm just older and in an older body with more to feel insecure about and life experiences that have shown me all the things I was insecure and worried about were the big deal I thought they were back then.

I've lost my mojo, my motivation and my hope. I've posted in relationships because it's affecting my relationship.

I just wondered if anyone else feels similarly and if you got yourself into the "fuck it" zone, how did you do it?"

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MuckFusk · 23/07/2025 01:31

Sorry to hear your inner critic is still an issue. Good on you for your healthy lifestyle. Can you at least be proud of that?

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