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I feel sad but I don't know why

Discussion in 'Coming Out Advice' started by sunnii, Dec 17, 2012.

  1. sunnii

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    I felt really down yesterday because I had a crap night out on Saturday and being hungover and sleep deprived didn't help either. I thought once I went to bed got a good sleep I'd feel better but I don't. But I don't really know why I feel down. But i just have a whole negative
    vibe going on.

    I remember feeling this way after a night out (but this was a good night out) and I felt like this for a month until the next night out. What's really crap about it is I was having a good week and my attitude was great. Ie at work I had a couple of stressful and busy days but I just powered through. Also I was really noticing my self esteem going up.

    There is one thing that I can put my finger on what bothers me and that's my crush on one of my best friends. He knows and is cool with me being gay but I just wish I could just see him as my hot friend not my crush. It's been going on for a year now I have a habit of prolonged crushes. I don't believe in time heals all wounds but I believe distance does but we're friends and we work together so that can't work.

    I don't want to have this down in the dumps attitude I know we all get bad days but I don't want this to drag over a long period of time.
     
  2. Argentwing

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    Hmm, it's pretty rare you hear of having a crush on somebody on a deep level, and yet your rational brain wants just to be friends.

    I would suggest that you determine which is the stronger urge-- to date him, or to be friends? However you come up with an answer, you'll at least be able to justify a decision one way or another and be more at peace with yourself.

    If I may ask, why are you actively resisting a crush on him? If it's because you think it'll break your friendship, that's not necessarily true. I broke up with my first ex after two years, but it was a gentle enough split that we are still friends. :slight_smile:
     
  3. is he gay?then u should date him ?whats wrong with that.........if hes straight i would suggest u that coz i dont wanna break ure frndship coz i see u r very much attached to him...be strong dude:slight_smile:
     
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    Sorry I forgot to add the very important detail that he is straight.
     
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    Well, what happened the last time you went out and felt like crap for the month afterwards?
     
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    Sorry what do you mean by what happened the last time? Do you mean like what caused me feeling crap? What stopped it or what was I like when I felt crap?

    To answer all 3 I had a great night and I think I just felt so empty afterwards and I was just in a rut I couldn't get out. I even contacted old friends from school and college to arrange something which I did (they both eventuality cancelled but I was out of that slump so I didnt take it too bad. Then about a month later we had another night and it was great and I was fine afterwards
     
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    Is this an ongoing feeling? Are you talking with a counsellor/therapist/whoever about it?
     
  8. sunnii

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    I talk to one of my friends about feeling shit like she also can start feeling crap and told me she was on anti depressants a few months ago. I've still to tell her I'm gay but I don't want to tell her at work because if Wed go into it I'd get upset and I don't want to get upset at work. Especiallu in this mood I'm in now
     
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    i can be prone to vague unhappyness. i mean ive had the best year of my life but overall throughout that year i have been "unhappy". I know we dont feel 100% happy all the time but I rarely felt content with myself and my life. I was beginning to but I think I may have felt too high too fast and ive came crashing back to reality which has made me feel shit.
     
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    I felt better today. I got rid of that sad sluggish feeling there was even a period of the day where I was on a high. But the past couple of hours I've realised how much this crush is bothering me. But it just feels weird to feel this way over the sake of a crush.



    Like you may/may not know I've been single my whole life and I've wanted to date for a while now. But they say you shouldnt look for a relationship. I don't have that "a man will find me and we will fall in love and all my problems will go away" idea anymore but I'm out (sort of now) shouldn't I be like grabbing life by the balls (pardon the pun)