What it’s Like to be Me
Originally published on the author’s blog on March 12, 2023.
Random comment the other day: what is it like to be me?
It’s stressful, that’s what it’s like.
You get to solve everyone’s problems and be empathetic, but rarely do you receive the same in return. Partially because others cannot comprehend the workings of your mind…because it doesn’t work like most people’s. And when that stress becomes too much, you’re labeled as dramatic, negative, pessimistic, or, the one that personally pisses me off, a “whiner.” This is your entire life.
Everyone has simple solutions to all of your problems, except they are things you’ve already tried and didn’t work. They work for others, but not you because your mind works differently.
You are usually expected to do what is best for everyone else, regardless of how that affects you. And you do it because you’re the hero.
Nothing you do is ever good enough, so eventually you just stop trying. And when you finally crack because you’ve been under far too much pressure, no one will help you put yourself back together. No one CAN help because they don’t think like you. And the ones that do are struggling to keep themselves sane.
You are supposed to magically get better by pretending you are fine or reading books that are…
