Feeling very unstable after losing both parents by the age of 23.

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Hey everyone, not sure if it's the right place to post but I'm kind of desperate so here it goes.

I lost my mom nearly 4 years ago (in 9 days it will be her 4th death anniversary), my dad passed away 2 weeks ago. They both died suddenly. I'm 23 currently and an only child.

I lost my appetite, lost 5 kilos in 2 weeks, I also feel guilty when I eat (was sad about gaining weight just before my dad passed away and I was getting pretty obsessed about losing it, kind of afraid of developing an ED), one part of me just wants to keep on losing weight.

I'm on sleeping pills but I can't sleep correctly, I'm very tired but I keep waking up early and have trouble going back to sleep. I can't focus on the things I like to do normally, I make plans to do them and just keep postponding.

I'm a college freshman (dropped out when I was a sophomore after my mom died, moved abroad to my dad's country, learned the language and started a degree this past fall similar to what I was studying few years ago), I feel like I hate what I'm studying now and I hate the small town I live in, I feel like I'm missing out. I'll finish the 2nd semester but I want to go to a big city and major in something that actually interests me next fall. It's the college application time, I should start doing things but I'm too tired (will try to take an appointment with the reorientation center in my college to figure things out).

It's not even about wanting, I feel like I MUST start new. I hate where I'm at so much, I can't stand being at the same place or doing the same thing next year. This place makes me nauseous, the courses disgust me, I keep having mental breakdowns in classes (stopped studying, I don't even do my assignments anymore), seeing the students around me just having a fun time and enjoying themselves fills me with inexplicable anger.

I feel like I'm starting to develop a victim complex (I hate it), I want to change my life around so bad and make a fresh start but I'm terrified of things not working out. I'm afraid of colleges refusing me and being stuck in this small town studying the thing I hate so much. One part of me also wonders what will change even if I manage to turn my life around, it's not like it will bring my parents back. I'm so afraid of the future.

I can't focus on anything else besides my grief, and there are still moments I'm just hit by the fact that I really have no parents left. I struggle with suicidal ideation (don't plan on going through with it), I look at things from a very black and white perspective. I have to change, I have to become someone else, someone completely new, otherwise I feel like I won't be able to make it.

Does anyone feel the same, did any of you go through something similar?

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