I’ve struggled with social anxiety since i can remember, and now going after my mental and physical health (which made me feel alot better tbh) i find myself still a prisoner to people’s emotions, i loved like this my entire life now i don’t even know who i am because i always love other people’s lives. I read the Art Of Not Giving A F*ck, The Courage To Be Disliked, but their spark has withered.
by ThrilledStoic
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It’s not a self-help book, but have you read The Tao of Pooh? It’s an exploration of Taoist philosophy through the lens of Winnie the Pooh. I loved it as a depressed teenager.
Hold up
Are you saying that you feel like you are a prisoner to other people’s emotions? That their emotions and dictate how you feel?
If so, that makes you a highly sensitive person. This means that you are very sensitive to the emotions and people and things going on around you. I’m not calling you a bad word, I’m saying that you notice these things.
There is a book out there for people like you called the empaths survival guide.
I actually found it very helpful to watch YouTube videos where the author is interviewed and she talks about how she came about writing this book, talking to other people who were very sensitive, and usually, the horrible horrible reason that they were so sensitive, as a byproduct of their environment and just trying to survive.
What helps me was the book called The subtle art of giving a f***, getting on anxiety medication, getting my health in order, and then different techniques from this book to help ground myself and calm myself from others.