
PrincessInWhite
I just want to sell out my funeral
- Feb 21, 2019
- 644
I am genuinely a bottomless pit.
My life has devolved into a monstrosity. I have lived in mental torment all my life, with nothing ever being "enough", everything great feels GREAT until it stops filling the hole. And when something is upsetting, I do not "Get over it" the way other people do. It does not ease with time. I perseverate and turn everything out inside and out over and frontwards backwards and forwards trying to fix it. Right now my current obsession is that I am shadowbanned on instagram and barely anyone sees my stories anymore. You read that right! I am crashing out over fucking INSTAGRAM at my big age. Not a business account, a personal one. I am freaking out because I no longer feel "perceived" enough by others and can't get the validation I crave. Before this I obsessed over money, or other situations or things. It's always something.
I am so sick of this. Between my awful genetics (mom has early onset dementia and autoimmune disease, I also have dysautonomia, hypermobility etc) and living my entire life in fight or flight, I live with a litany of physical problems. I have such severe insomnia I often average 15-20 hours of sleep a week plus a ton of parasomnias like jerkinhg awake 30+ times a night, sleep paralysis, severe muscle tension when trying to sleep, inability to breathe laying down, etc . I deal with ridiculous unexplained physical symptoms like pissing my brains out to the point of dehydration, being unable to breathe (not like a panic attack, it happens even when i'm not anxious), constant pain, headaches, infections, severe memory problems, weakness, so many inexplicable things that I've been tested repeatedly for and no one diseae explains. My body has stored every last ounce of this trauma. It is insanely, severely debilitating. My symptoms fluctuate WILDLY and make it hard predict day to day what I can even do. I used to have a respectable career. Not anymore. I am unable to work and have been for years.
I have always lived rushing to the next thing. Nothing is ever enough. I CANNOT handle uncertainty, ever. I am autistic and so inflexible to the point of hysteria and meltdowns when things deviate from the way I thought they'd be. Any variation at all doesn't feel safe. A character can change bedrooms in a TV show I'm watching and I'll silently panic over the change. And that's super fun when I'm desperate for a routine but can't stick to one due to my physical health being so up and down.
I have tried therapy, medications, intensive programs, self help books, exercise, sleep hygiene, hobbies, IRL connection, the people in my life have bent over BACKWARDS to support me for my entire life- I have SO MANY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. that's the thing. I am so lucky and loved and known and seen. None of this is because I'm alone in life or being abused or mistreated. I have connection and good things in my life. It's not enough. None of it is ever or will ever be enough.
I am exhausted. I am only here because I'm so stubborn but I also genuinely know everyone would be better off without dealing with my constant nonstop meltdowns, rigidity, hysteria, and desperate need for reassurance no matter how many times they tell me that's not the case.
I just wanted to start a dialogue because I needed to get this out of my head. Thank you for reading. <3
My life has devolved into a monstrosity. I have lived in mental torment all my life, with nothing ever being "enough", everything great feels GREAT until it stops filling the hole. And when something is upsetting, I do not "Get over it" the way other people do. It does not ease with time. I perseverate and turn everything out inside and out over and frontwards backwards and forwards trying to fix it. Right now my current obsession is that I am shadowbanned on instagram and barely anyone sees my stories anymore. You read that right! I am crashing out over fucking INSTAGRAM at my big age. Not a business account, a personal one. I am freaking out because I no longer feel "perceived" enough by others and can't get the validation I crave. Before this I obsessed over money, or other situations or things. It's always something.
I am so sick of this. Between my awful genetics (mom has early onset dementia and autoimmune disease, I also have dysautonomia, hypermobility etc) and living my entire life in fight or flight, I live with a litany of physical problems. I have such severe insomnia I often average 15-20 hours of sleep a week plus a ton of parasomnias like jerkinhg awake 30+ times a night, sleep paralysis, severe muscle tension when trying to sleep, inability to breathe laying down, etc . I deal with ridiculous unexplained physical symptoms like pissing my brains out to the point of dehydration, being unable to breathe (not like a panic attack, it happens even when i'm not anxious), constant pain, headaches, infections, severe memory problems, weakness, so many inexplicable things that I've been tested repeatedly for and no one diseae explains. My body has stored every last ounce of this trauma. It is insanely, severely debilitating. My symptoms fluctuate WILDLY and make it hard predict day to day what I can even do. I used to have a respectable career. Not anymore. I am unable to work and have been for years.
I have always lived rushing to the next thing. Nothing is ever enough. I CANNOT handle uncertainty, ever. I am autistic and so inflexible to the point of hysteria and meltdowns when things deviate from the way I thought they'd be. Any variation at all doesn't feel safe. A character can change bedrooms in a TV show I'm watching and I'll silently panic over the change. And that's super fun when I'm desperate for a routine but can't stick to one due to my physical health being so up and down.
I have tried therapy, medications, intensive programs, self help books, exercise, sleep hygiene, hobbies, IRL connection, the people in my life have bent over BACKWARDS to support me for my entire life- I have SO MANY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. that's the thing. I am so lucky and loved and known and seen. None of this is because I'm alone in life or being abused or mistreated. I have connection and good things in my life. It's not enough. None of it is ever or will ever be enough.
I am exhausted. I am only here because I'm so stubborn but I also genuinely know everyone would be better off without dealing with my constant nonstop meltdowns, rigidity, hysteria, and desperate need for reassurance no matter how many times they tell me that's not the case.
I just wanted to start a dialogue because I needed to get this out of my head. Thank you for reading. <3