What would you have told yourself ten years ago?

[Nerned]

Is there anything you would have told yourself ten years ago? Besides lottery numbers. What would it be, or would you rather just go through it all again?

 

[TatMend32]

They should study hard, mainly languages, forget about dreams like moving to another country, and focus on having a family urgently.

 

[Karrikin]

Put everything into NVIDIA

 

[idontknowwhatiam]

Is there anything you would have told yourself ten years ago? Besides lottery numbers. What would it be, or would you rather just go through it all again?

Save your money

 

[GodzillasBiggestFan]

i would tell myself this:

people will tell you not to follow your passion but ignore them, your passion matters even if it doesnt pay as good as what others think you should be doing with your life. if your costume doesnt fit in a weird way that makes you hold your shoulder weird, tell the costume person to mend it instead of just suffering with shoulder pain. sorry that you are so lonely. you will make friends eventually but its a long time. dont stop going to therapy if you have a good therapist. dont stop taking your meds at a random time. rehearse your lines twice a day for any skit or play you are in. its okay that you are a horrible singer, keep practicing and you wont always be horrible at it. life sucks but it gets both way better and way worse and who knows whether its all worth it or not. its okay that you dont feel like a girl. you dont have force yourself to be one and its okay if others dont understand your gender. befriend people named after paper.

 

[ScaredCutter]

tell ur parents to invest in bitcoin/buy bitcoin

 

[Forever Sleep]

You'll get partly what you want (career wise) if you keep pursuing it. (It won't ultimately be worth it- but I probably would leave that part out.)

 

[Arvayn]

Great and massive suffering is ahead, both physical and mental. You'll never fully get over it, but it will eventually improve, so don't lose hope.
At the age of 12 or 13, you'll meet someone who you will fall in love with. Be kind to them and respect their wishes. When you get angry, DO NOT lash out at them. Try not to get angry at all, because the anger will hurt YOU. If you do, you will only have massive regrets. Please, please take this to heart-- please don't ignore this. Be patient with them. They will forgive you a lot of times, but they have a limit too. You are not your feelings, your mind is much more capable than that.
Very soon, you'll start to have questions about the world and about the existence we live in. It'll be scary and you'll feel helpless, but trust the process; don't run from these, embrace them. They will open your eyes and grant you a lot of awareness in the end. Keep pursuing those questions and never let it up, but don't forget that you still have your joys in life in spite of it all. This is not to say they are sacred, but that you should, pragmatically, protect them regardless.

And, in the end, don't worry if anything goes wrong, and do not mourn or lament it. There are no true miracles or true tragedies. All of it serves to transform you into someone wiser and more capable; even the bad things. You should strive to analyze and extract the useful, beneficial information from all events in your life, and eventually, it will all feel clear and it will make sense.

I wish I could be by your side to help you every step of the way, or hear your questions so I can answer them. But this lackluster message is all I can do.
You don't have a frame of comparison, so you don't know how good you have it right now; that's fine. I won't tell you to cherish something that, in your reality, is objectively unremarkable; because you couldn't even if you tried. But just remember, in spite of everything that happens, have fun and don't let it taint what you enjoy.

 

[itsgone2]

Focus on career and money. Spend more time with family but nothing matter more than career/money for everyone in that family. It sucks life is that way but it's true

 

[Fadenself00]

Never take psych drugs.

Oh, and buy Bitcoin

 

[CutToRelease]

The world will get worse and it has yet to improve in any real way. So take heed and be ready.

Also that he can go fuck himself lol.

 

[FadingSnowFake]

That you are lovable. That love is a two-way street and you should not only give but be open to receiving it. That true love is real, to let go and trust the one person who will come your way. Don't let him stop believing in you. See through eyes of love and be in the moment, because moments are all we have. Life is not about the journey, but about the company. Don't let this one go.

 

[Caspers]

Drop out of uni. It's not for you and you've only been doing it for a few months. You should pursue what you're interested in, not what people tell you you're good at. Things will only get better if you put your wants first.

And mum will learn boundaries, you just need to prove to her that you are an adult, not a child any more. Tell her you need a counsellor, not a psychiatrist.

And to copy Fadenself00, buy bitcoin and write down the login.

 

[SummerTrip]

You should agree to an MRI when she asks, otherwise she'll die.

 

[bakenohana]

fuck you for not realising sooner and not seeking a referral. wake up before its too late or just kill yourself

 

[overmorrow]

kill yourself earlier, tbh, that's what I'd say

 

[Shadows From Hell]

Kill yourself now, because in ten years, your life will still be miserable and the world will be going straight to hell.

 

[Forveleth]

Tell my asshole partner to go to hell. Delete all of my dating profiles and live single. Leave my current career and go do what I actually wanted to do with my life. Also go have sex with people ffs.

I might still end up here but I least I would have spent my time living how I wanted.

 

[noname223]

I have been through insane shit the last 10 years. I had my first psychosis 2015. I think I would do much of it again. I think I had to make my own (hard) experiences to learn.
On the other hand, accept more. Don't try to fight against everything. Try to find solutions out of the box. There were solutions for some problems that are not optimal but way better than I expected them to be.

 

[LonelyPrince]

Is there anything you would have told yourself ten years ago? Besides lottery numbers. What would it be, or would you rather just go through it all again?

"Kill yourself as soon as possible" lol

 

[yotaka]

I don't think there's much I could change ten years ago. I might tell myself, "When you leave the country, don't ever come back. One way or another, don't come back."

There's lots more I would tell myself 25 years ago. If only.

 

[thelostautistic]

I'd tell myself to research Autism and get an assessment

 

[Tobacco]

I know it hurts, but God doesn't exist. (I was abused in a religious sect.)

 

[emotion]

I'd rather go back 20 years... or even 30?
A friend of my parents, who worked with special needs kids, told them I most likely have autism... way back when I was still young.
They never did anything with it... so my whole life I tried to be someone I could never be, no matter how hard I worked at it, and it left me with chronic pain, incredibly tense muscles that never relax, unemployed, and a constant feeling I'm not good enough/depression.
I'd tell my younger self to talk to that friend, so they could push my parents more for assessment.

10 years ago.... I'd tell myself to pick a creative skill, and get really good at it so I could start a Youtube channel and online shop specializing in that. XD

 

[TwistedNightmares]

I would have told myself that your life will never get better and to order SN while you still can.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Remember, it's your last chance, don't forget to take the chips from the table, relax, and be careful not to ride a dead horse.

 

[Pluto]

 

[Chocomel]

I think I would teach myself more technologies literacy. Because my child self would love tinkering with PC more than I already am now. Back then, I don't even know YouTube exist because I only use my PC to play pre downloaded GameHouse.

I don't think I can tell my past self that life would be in such a mess like this. I think this life is inevitable, that's why I don't want to burden him with such a psycological problem, he still an innocent human being, I don't want to ruin it.

 

[hurb]

Make a sasu account. Funny enough i didnt know bout this forum.
It would have helped me kill myself much earlier on.

 

[R-7]

"I am sorry for what you're going to feel throughout your life."