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Originally Posted by Gilda
Are you happy?
If so, what is it in your life that makes you happy?
If not, what is it about your life that you think is responsible? What changes in your life do you think would allow you to be happy?
I ask this because I think it might help me to gain some perspective on my own life to hear about those parts of others that do and don't work for them.
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I'm in your situation. But I spend more time being unhappy than happy.
I think I can attribute my unhappiness to a few things. The first would probably be loneliness. It's not that I don't have friends or anything, it's just that I hardly see any of them. I remember in the previous semester, I could go through the whole week without saying one word at school. It's my fault that i'm not outgoing, but that's just who I am and i'm trying to work on it.
The second is probably my ability to get frustrated with myself at the drop of a hat. I don't usually get frustrated with other people, even if i'm at a competition and my partner is doing very poorly, but I can make one error in a competition and be very angry with myself. One coach/friend used to tell me "Siege, at best, you can expect to win almost all the time. But you can't expect to give them a bagel (zero points) every time."
Hmm, well, as for the cure. I'm planning on seeing my school therapist as soon as my schedule for this semester becomes stable. I think a pretty silly answer would be "cure my loneliness." But maybe that's the answer. I guess i'll know more when I get some help.