Hi,
I’m an 18-year-old Indian student living in Germany, and I’ve been on my own since October 2025. For a while earlier this year, around January and February, I felt like I was handling things well. Lately though, my thoughts have been getting harder to manage, and I’ve been feeling more anxious than usual.
I think some of it might be loneliness building up over time. It’s not overwhelming to the point where I feel stuck forever, but it’s enough that I don’t want it to start affecting the discipline and routine I’ve been trying to maintain. I’ve been working on manifestation and visualization, and I do believe in the law of attraction. I’ve had moments in my life where things worked out almost exactly the way I hoped, sometimes without even realizing it at the time.
Right now, what I’m struggling with is staying emotionally steady. I find it hard to calm myself down, breathe normally, and feel fully confident that things will work out. My biggest issue is overthinking, especially getting caught up in “how will this happen” and then immediately thinking of all the ways it could go wrong.
I want to be able to pull myself out of that spiral. How do you deal with that kind of fear when it lingers? How do you stay grounded and keep believing things will work out, even when your mind keeps showing you the opposite?
In moments where it feels like there’s no way out, how do you keep going and still move toward what you want?
Any advice, personal experiences, or perspectives would really mean a lot.
Hope you’re having a good day or night :)