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I Just Had A Mental Breakdown

For the past week at around 8-11 I have had a mental breakdown. Yea I know this is written at 3 am but I’ve had time to process my breakdown and now I’m ready to spew about it.

I get horrible soul crushing anxiety and sadness when I think about the fact that I’m going to alone in this world. That my dad is going to die very early leaving me with only a few years left to a max of 15 years. Even if he lives to the max 15 years, I’ll only be 31 when he goes.

Being born with an older brother I never had to think about things like that, I knew I was going to have someone by my side to help me. To be by my side regardless of how much we disliked each other.
But now I’m an only child, it’s a shock. I don’t know how to be an only child. It’s all new to me. It’s all finally now surfacing through, all the anxiety, all the fear, everything.

When I tell my dad I’m going to all alone in the world he reassures me somebody will marry me, but it’s not even that. Plus, no one will marry me. I’m a horrible person.
It’s the fact that I will have no one to go to, no one to push away when I’m hating myself, no one to get mad at, I’ll once again be left to endure the cruel world by myself.
It won’t even matter if I marry, the woman always takes the mans name and if not then it’s stupidly hyphenated—no thanks. So I can’t even carry our name on, and frankly I don’t want to have children.

I don’t even have friends either, so I can’t even go to them as if they’re my family. I can’t make friends nor keep them. I self sabotage that shit too frequently. I’m at a loss. I don’t know what to do with myself. I’m hurting and then I put the cherry on top by making myself hurt some more after that. I’m really hating myself for not committing suicide before my brother.
I have absolutely zero worth in this world while my brother was legit a genius and worth more than I’ll ever be. This is so messy with thoughts and feelings but I don’t care I just needed to put this somewhere.
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Hey, welcome back! Missed seeing ya around!

Onto your post:

I am so sorry that your brother is gone and now you are dealing with survivor's guilt to some degree. And to top it off, it sounds like your dad is not in the best of health. But your dad lost someone too that he cares for deeply and to lose you before your time would devastate him more than what he is feeling now.

Your thoughts and emotions are valid, however, you have time to alter your current course. You can still make friends. You can still find love! You don't have to lose your identity when you marry if you find the right guy. You sound very intelligent and your heart is in the right place, but it sounds like you're struggling to find your way out of the dark. Lean on people here you can trust. Make friends here, try out ideas here before you venture forth offline with them. You can do it. I believe so.
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Been an only child for 21 years and am still thinking like that from time to time. You will be fine, wherever you will go you will find good people.

 
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