Putting pressure on yourself

[Dav1ss]

I've always had a few anxiety issues and problems with self worth I always put huge amounts of pressure on myself and I always try to manage my stress properly but it doesn't always work.

So much of the pressure I feel is just from me not being good enough for myself not from others.

It's not healthy you can't stab yourself every day and expect to live happy.

How technology effects my mental health it is great to communicate and it's easy to ignore feelings but it's not health to hide like that it's just so confusing that our lives are being made easier and easier but our stress levels go up.

The stress it is a strange relationship it makes me feel needed but it kills me at the same time.

I get into that thing where I compare myself to others constantly I'm constantly stressed because of that.

It always feels like whatever I do its never going to be enough and I push myself so hard just to be good enough but I'm never going to be "good enough" because the moment I am that bar gets raised so it becomes this vicious cycle when everything gets hard I hit the edge of a mental breakdown and I can't keep living in this way it doesn't work eventually your going to crash.

It's a strange paradox I mean you feel like you are trying and putting in effort and you need to be doing that but if you aren't doing it healthily it's a waste.

[YHL6965]

Why do you feel the need to compare yourself to others? By the way, to me it's not that strange that our stress level increased as life got easier, it's linked to a lot of factors.

Sure life got easier, but now we need to rely less on others because of the many tools we have. By not needing to rely on others, we spend much less time forming connection with others and, generally, there is a tendency to "avoid" others and human contact in modern times compared to old times. Forming meaningful social connections is a good way to relieve stress and modern people struggle more and more with that.

Also, so many things are expected out of people nowadays that it puts a tremendous amount of pressure on a lot of people if they actually care about these expectations. That's why I chose not to care about them because these expectations bring me nothing but unnecessary stress.

Also, I don't know about you, but everything in the news screams our world is slowly corroding and going down, the future tends to look dark so it adds up to the stress. Besides, medias do everything to spread fear, outrage and other negative emotions to get a lot of views.

There are probably other factors but that's a few of them.

[LankyGerman]

I know this feeling all too well when I was out injuried I put pressure on myself to get fit despite the doctors telling me i am unlikely to play again. Its the burden when you receive some life changing news you put pressure on yourself to improve because your view of yourself has changed.

[LankyGerman]

Thanks for the MHO

[LowSelfSteem]

As a former athlet, I can relate, I was pressured into playing soccer by my step-dad as I kinda looked like a boy, he said Boys play sports. I've always wanted to be singer as I loved our schools talent show and would sing my own songs.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

What a timing. That's what I'm doing right now and I get yelled often. Its worth it he say but it's up to me to believe it or not. I'm highly sensitive tbh.

[CharlotteNoivern]

If you ask me the pressure is artifical by your faith and industry. Would you feel any better if you walked away from the band for while.

[Lman3000]

Yeah that's the saying, "beating yourself up to hard" It's cause how people make you feel, We care what others think and then it eats away at us I used to think about stuff like that, and it's the worst

[Anonymous]

The only pressure is the one you put on yourself saying you aren't good enough and you will be dropped.

[LemiaOfThunder]

Stop comparing yourself to the others and play to your strengths.

[LemiaOfChampions]

Putting to much pressure will only make you fall.