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I'm ok I just really miss my cat and my grandparents. Also Covid gave me social anxiety lol

I'm ok I just really miss my cat and my grandparents. Also Covid gave me social anxiety lol | Honestly I really wish I could go back to 2017 when I didn't have social anxiety and fake friends, Covid 19 was never a thing, my grandparents and my cat were sill alive and everything felt ok; But I can't... I wish I appreciated the time I had back then more | image tagged in four corners,life sucks | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
152 views 2 upvotes Made by _Nobody 5 months ago in GroupTherapy
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3 ups, 5mo,
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You've hit on a corner stone of the human condition: we can't fully appreciate how much something means to us until it's gone. I don't know if this will help you or not but my work-arounds for this are 1) try to imagine where you'll be in 5 or 10 years and anticipate what things you'll miss about the present when you're at that future point.

The other is to flip the whole thing on its head by leaning into negativity bias and sparing a thought for all the ways things could be worse, but aren't. Like, I'm pretty stoked my legs still work, because someday they probably won't. I mean, that can only get you so far since you only know how much something means after you've lost it, but at least it's something.

If this isn't helpful, at least consider yourself in good company.
1 up, 5mo,
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great advice Hannibal, the world need more persons like you ❤️
0 ups, 5mo
Ironic, considering the world doesn't seem to know what to do with just one of me.

Thanks though! Tolerance and compassion would go far in today's world. More of that to go around would help everyone.
3 ups, 5mo,
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"Don't be sad it's over, be happy that it happened."
- idk some dude ig ?
2 ups, 5mo,
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That sounds like "it's better to have loved and lost..."
I can't find it within myself to agree, but after the fact what else can one do?
1 up, 5mo
yeah, you're right. i think someone should evaluate any possibility, even if this possibility could make a person sad. that's life after all... sometimes we have to put aside the things we like if it is no longer possible to do them, unfortunately we can't do anything about it, but just continue to live and hope in the little things that life can offer us
0 ups, 5mo,
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also Dr.seuss said it, right?
0 ups, 5mo
Idk
1 up, 5mo
jeez, relatable... i lost my dad's mom (my grandma) during the first phase of Covid in 2020, in the second week of lockdown. Unluckily old times can't return, but we should focuse on the time present. sorry my broken english (anyway i've always had social anxiety even without Covid, and i know it sucks)
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Honestly I really wish I could go back to 2017 when I didn't have social anxiety and fake friends, Covid 19 was never a thing, my grandparents and my cat were sill alive and everything felt ok; But I can't... I wish I appreciated the time I had back then more