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Lemoncake · Dec 03, 2019, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by chihirochild

I am just a miserable person. I'm miserable at work because I hate work, I'm miserable when I'm not at work because I don't know what to do with myself. I suck.

ETA: TW for numbers (that's a thing, right?)

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Also I weigh almost 20 lbs more than I did when I started residency. A lot of that has to do with the psych meds I'm on -- they changed during my intern year -- but also I am always stressed out and eat like total crap. I don't know how to change my eating habits. I guess I should try WW or something. But eating is better than SH or drinking or some of the other stuff I end up wanting to do when I feel awful, so on the one hand it's like a harm reduction thing... God, I hate this.

It's okay to feel the way you do. You're struggling with an awful lot and you just can't magically snap out of it.

I've felt the same way- like I don't know how to be happy. You're doing your best that's all that matters.

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At the moment I'm pretty much doing the same thing. I've stopped self harming but I've been eating a lot of chocolate mainly. More when I have exams. I don't have any real tips but chewing gum and flavored cold tea helps a bit, but you need to face the underlying issue= you just want comfort.
which is a perfectly normal thing to want.