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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If it were easy, I really would be doing it. I am undergoing therapy, socializing more than I have ever been. Still, I just can't get rid of this void inside me.

[–] wioum@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Things take time, hang in there!

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, speaking as someone who has processed their own 'void' - I came to the conclusion that not referring to it as some spectral thing really helped.

It's not a void, my Dad was a drunk and I needed him to be my Dad. He wasn't, and I have to fill in the gaps.

When I started addressing these things as they were, rather than as the unknowable void within my dark soul, they stopped being unknowable voids. Arguably my soul stopped being so dark, as well. Food for thought, YMMV.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you so much. I will try that.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I wish you luck on finding your path :). Don't ever let anyone tell you that it should be easy - it isn't. That doesn't mean life isn't worth it, that your life isn't worth it. Even if it might be hard to see, sometimes.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 11 months ago

Well I never suggested it was easy. Everything takes effort, no matter who you are. The important thing is just to do something and not nothing.