I have sad feelings because I am not quite happy with my life. I don't quite like my job. It's an office job and I studied photography. I like to move around, be stimulated intellectually and artistically, while my job is in an engineering department.. a paralegal job for a patent filing firm. I can't work in photography because I never worked in photography and it just never worked out. I need money and my job pays well. I try to do photograph on my own.. but it's expensive and I don't have a lot of time.
Also, I would like to have kids, but for now it doesn't work with my partner. Moreover, I lost this connection I had with him and I guess I just lost some of my emotional incense.
So I was just wondering how can I cope with my sad feelings. it's not quite depression but just sometimes some boredom, some anxious thoughts, some sadness.
I guess I have to somehow build a new person.
I have a journal. I also read books and do exercices in psychology. It helps.
I don't know, maybe there is something more I could do.

[Yzen]

Maybe you need more creative activities in your life - activites that bring out your emotional side and allow you to express yourself.

[Winterbritt]

Hi Emma,

That's a really pretty name.

Can I ask how old you are? I am just curious because I see similarities between us.

What kind of a journal do you have? I was able to learn how to be happy once I started a bullet journal and began writing down the gratitude, beauty and humor in each day. It totally transformed my life. I wrote about it on my blog if you're interested - This is the link

I used to feel a lot the way it sounds like you feel. Like there was nothing especially bad about my life, but it never felt good. I never felt like I was actually happy.

But I am now. I'm really happy now. And excited about life. And when I fixed that, I fell back in love with my boyfriend, and now he's really happy too.

I found that it was my thought patterns that kept me from being happy. And once I identified them and redirected myself, life got really good. So don't lose hope

[Sunflower123]

You can start building a more fulfilling life by listing all the things that would make up your ideal life, listing steps to get there and start small. A therapist or a life coach could be helpful. I’m rooting for you! I think you can do this. Sending big hugs.

[Shazerac]

All the above suggestions are very helpful. I have bipolar so I get depressed out of the blue sometimes. But I get situationally depressed from time to time when I'm not growing or changing. I begin to feel stagnant and useless.

Like the others said, make a list of what you do want in your life. If children are an important goal for you it might be time for you to consider finding another partner if your current partner does not want children.

What helps me is getting the sad feelings out, by sharing with others, writing, drawing, running, crying.. Grieving the things I've lost or that just aren't possible right now. Then redirecting my attention to things I still enjoy that are possible Good luck!

[LoneSurvivor87]

Hey Emma

I understand what you mean in the way that you may have wanted to go down a road thats filled witht he things you love and enjoy doing but then realistcally it does not pay nor is it realistic, it seems so unfair though as I see many people lucky enough to succeed in life doing the things they love. I myself had so much dreams but in my case I had lots of amazing kids way to young and find it allmost impossible 2 chase the dreams I had once thought I'd make come true, You dont have that beautiful barrior infront of you, I reckon you can get there, hard work and hard times will pay off.

Wish you well

[Thunder Bow]

I like posting my Photography on YouTube, click the link to see a video that show my photography.

It is not all that expensive to do this.