u/ImpossibleReach

Hi, Im new here and I really need some advice on how to get my life back on track. When I was 18 something snapped in me and I fell in a deep depression and depersonalization, which has lasted till now that I'm 26. In these years I've mostly been living like a hermit, too anxious and depressed to do almost anything, even hobbies I used to enjoy by myself.

The last year and a half I'm finally feeling a bit of progress. I managed to get myself through 2 years of uni, and with some therapy and meds I feel renewed energy to start living again.

The problem is that I don't know how. I feel like I was teleported from when I was 18 to today. I've never in my adulthood had a social life, never had a relationship, and barely dragged myself through uni. I'm still anxious the whole day and even watching a movie feels difficult.

I feel very insecure and anxious around people in my uni, because they feel much more "adult" than me despite being years younger.

It feels so scary to go out and do things again, because I feel so incompetent in normal things that others my age have already been doing for years. Next year is my last in university, and I'm dreading going into the "real" world feeling so incompetent and underdeveloped as I do now.

Any advice on how I can make progress from where I am?

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u/ImpossibleReach — 13 days ago