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I have been taking time off to just feel like myself again, my co-founder asked me to do so since he could see my mental health worsening. Still, I am trying to read books, join a gym and see the physio. I might be making a mountain out of a molehill.
I appreciate the advice I got last week. My co-founder has been telling me to get concerta here and it takes too damn long. I met the psychiatrist second time today, she got me evaluated by the psychologist in her office, the psychologist also spoke with my parents and I have been called again in a week. I hate sending these sorta updates to my co-founder as it makes me look lazy and lethargic. I dont want to switch psychiatrists over and over again as that takes time plus most psychiatrists wanted nothing to do with ADHD stuff so sent me to this one.
My parents tried to cheer me up while I was coming back from the psychiatrists due to me being sad because of the delays, and I found that quite wholesome. My relationship with them is troubled, yet they are still my parents. 24-25 is too old to depend on your parents. I do hope that my co-founder's e-commerce gig helps me get a salary of some sort. That will be a good day when I get my first paycheck. He runs an e-commerce gig, too, so I can make money with him there.
I still feel like shit but life can be far far worse. I see people with genuinely life-altering issues in the psychiatrist's office. Good chance I have severe clinical depression too. I routinely see poor people with very bad cases of autism or down syndrome and whatnot. My mental issues have caused me problems, very real painful one though I can not imagine trading lives with the people who visit the psychiatrist's office. As long as I can get concerta and work I should be fine.
I saw some movies recently, the Oslo trilogy among them standing out. Oslo, 31 August, is a painful movie that I highly recommend; it hits way too close to home. I won't be watching any more movies for now, but I will start posting reviews of books I read and movies I watch on a substack under this name. Besides that I don't have much to add though by next week i do wish to implement some basic routine in my life like fixed bedtime, working out, reading instead of screens and meditating. As silly as it sounds, i will try to implement this stuff one at a time.
/u/Pasha made a very good point last week
This is spot on, most are not just losers financially but dating wise too, passport bros.
My main aim now is to get a source of income going (e commerce stuff) and get job ready. If I can help build a product from scratch that is deployed, i can increase my chances of landing remote jobs and then slowly work from there and still try to start my own startup. One step at a time.
Another person asked me why I post here. I post mostly because I have no one to talk to back home. Most people I know wanted different things in life, after a while it became harder for me to talk to them. People here cannot think beyond the small city, they cannot think of a world beyond India sure there are some really smart folks who have similar beliefs as me, they are not be found here since they left, like I would leave the moment I can. Posting here is a way for me to vent out stuff. I am not ready to give up on myself yet. I hope by next weeks update, I will get some meds.
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