Originally Posted by
SomeOtherGuy
Be cautious, getting entangled with mental health diagnoses and psych drugs is likely to make things worse.
That depends. A low dose of a mild anti-depressant is likely to help and not be too disruptive to functioning. It's only when they start suggesting things like bipolar or antipsychotic drugs that the red flags should go up.
Patriot, sometimes doors to certain goals and dreams are closed. Unfortunately, we're told that this is a land of opportunity where you can be whatever you want to be, and so if you are unable to achieve your goal, that's your own fault. That obviously doesn't help anyone, because it's simply not the truth. Sometimes, due to things out of our control, jobs or experiences we wanted to have are just never going to be an option. Other times we get the opportunities we want, only to find that we're wholly unsuited for them, or that we don't enjoy them nearly as much as we thought we would. Either way, it's not easy, because it leaves us at a loss of what we should be doing with the rest of our lives. Trust me, that's been my life for the past 20 years. I spent years working towards my first career goal, only to find out that it was going to be impossible to achieve. I then spent another 10 years trying to pursue my secondary goal, finally achieved it, and found out that I hated it. I'm just now, as of this time last year, finally finding a career path where I strongly feel I'm going to be both happy and successful.
It's a dark time when the goal you spent years focused on is washed away. But realize that there's more stuff out there than you probably noticed. If you want to know how to focus your efforts, you should ask yourself these questions:
1) What in life interests/concerns/drives me?
2) How do I engage with it/fix it/use it to advance myself and humanity?
Examples: "What lies beyond the horizon? How do I get there?" These are your traveler types. They want to make a career or lifestyle of seeing the world.
Others may ask "What does the dark side of the world look like? How do I fight it?" These types may join the military, law enforcement, medical field, social work, psychology, etc.
Others ask, "What is success and what does it look like? How do I achieve?" These are your businessmen, entertainers, etc.
Others ask, "What makes things work? How do I make them or fix the things that don't work?" These are your tradesmen, engineers, inventors, etc.
So, think about your questions and go from there.
Last edited by BoringGuy45; 09-26-20 at 12:38.
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