Did you ever stop and think to yourself "what have I become"?

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ClaircognizantEmpath · Accepted Answer

hey, this simple saying i heard and it took fifty years to find me... if you get on the wrong train, you better get off at the first stop, because if you dont its just going to take you a great deal longer to get back on the right track... and i would like to add here, it matters not if you even keep getting on that train, and get off at stop one or two... as long as we hold onto the core knowing its the wrong track... what have i become right now, this very moment, is probably the best version of knowing myself I've ever been, and six years ago i would be vomiting into a bin at five in the morning... and spending the next 24 hours sick... my choices my inner beliefs leading to self destructive, self harming, lack of self respect behaviours... there is a wicked darker side of energy in the universe just as their is light and good, it is a choice... my fuck it 50's is teaching me... no, not anymore, im not pandering to others... and I've lived quite a off track life but you what? im gonna pull it off with the help of my provider, the universe, im gonna create my retreat to help people come and heal... people who are lost and haven't quite yet found the way like i am... and with that intent how could it ever fail... because the universe is each and every one of us... so what have i become?/ what have we become?

ShellyB · Accepted Answer

Yes, I was a Miss Perfect high school student and then went to college and v. quickly ended up as a sex toy or however you want to describe it, sex slave, slut or whatever, where it was like I was mind controlled and did whatever he wanted, I was kind of egotistical in high school and my ego was destroyed in this situation, I am more in balance now I think. But anyway I had many moments where, for example I am in a grocery store with a bare midriff tank top no bra, butt cheeks hanging out of shorts and I saw a little girl staring at me and then her mom whisper to her and they left the aisle real quick and I’m like, what have I become? I thought about that a lot and it made me think about what harm I was doing and how I could make up for it.

Finchie40 · Accepted Answer

Yes I have and I realized my life isn’t the same as it use to be , the older I get the more I realize life isn’t really that exciting to me anymore , it’s sadly pretty lame mainly because nothing really appeals to me much anymore , I feel like I already witnessed and experienced a lot of it , so to get me really excited and happy takes a lot more effort on my part. I still would like to travel and go places I never been to before and experience different things but it’s something I will be fine without as well. When I was younger I was way more outgoing and happier about things , now it’s like I am not that excited about it like I use to be. But I still try to make the best of it best I can. I would like to experience true love before I pass away

Sonorous · Accepted Answer

Not really. I think it's because I don't tend to make decisions on autopilot. I am a person who puts great attention to detail on everything. It's why I'm often never genuinely surprised unless I've been thrown into a scenario with not much to go off of before a big reveal or pattern switch happens. But life doesn't tend to be like that when it comes to my perception of myself & how I've progressed.

midnightmoon05 · Answer

I have become so much… hard to believe.
an older sister after being the youngest for 11-12 years. I became her new care taker since my parents had to work.

i became a teacher, a girlfriend, a wife, a mom, a single mom, a wife again.
now… I feel I have become so free… I am still all those… the difference… I have become free. That is the best.

ohsheeT · Answer

No I haven't but I have witnessed out of control people and I just shake my head and think to myself what is going on in this world what makes people do that and that also teaches me that's not even a part of my life I don't ever want to think about that going there I could never be like basically anybody in this world but some of the things I've seen would blow you away and I don't know how people can get their mind to even go there

DrPepper12 · Answer

Everyone has! When you look at that person you don't recognize in the mirror with shock, shame, horror and aghast at what a ghoul you were. If you haven't, you're lying!

SeriouslyNotSerious · Answer

Sometimes. It has been a journey for me for the past 2 years. After pandemic, everything changed. I had more freedom to do what I love, and experience new things. I loved my past self, but I'm also loving the newer and bolder version of me. 💖

ChiTown33 · Answer

That depends when I say "what have I become". Do you mean that in a negative way? Or do you mean that as an introspective question? Because I think every conscientious person does self evaluations from time to time. It's just a sign that you want to meet your full potential.

"The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates

Zack-Bann · Answer

I do And for a long time I hated the answer  It’s only recently that I began to truly be proud of the man Im becoming

Account · Answer

Yes, I scold myself often. But I often think of the positive shit I have achieved and fixed and I pat myself on the back.

MoonFace2 · Answer

Every day, if I allowed myself to do so. I have mental health issues, so I stay at home and there were lots of things I could’ve and would’ve probably done had I not had these issues.

PeachyPie93 · Answer

Nah Im a pretty normal person and haven't done anything evil or big enough to regret, to the point I would be asking myself that.

spartan55 · Answer

"After all that I have done I hate myself for what I have become"  Nine Inch Nails  'Gave Up'

NathanDavis · Answer

no... no reason to self-introspection is a thing in my life, it makes you aware exactly of that...

JesseP1nk · Answer

Yes, i have. If i look at my life from young age to todays. My life has been so different that it seems i have had multiple lives. Meaning If i think about some period of time it looks so different that it might be someone elses story.

blueonblack22 · Answer

Done this big time in the recent couple years.

sawno · Answer

No, I am very aligned with who I am personality wise.

Crimsyjo · Answer

Yeah.. I've no idea if I'm good or bad right now with how i am being.

Nikki1989 · Answer

No, I passed the self-reflection and existential questioning stage a long time ago.

exitseven · Answer

Yeah, sometimes. in some respects I have exceeded expectations in other ways not so much.

Alex-Snow · Answer

I think it is always a work in progress. So far so good!

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Not particularly... I have always lived a very intentional life.

jamesgoldman · Answer

No, I know I'm a bastard and happily will wear the badge

WhatsYourZodiac · Answer

Yes I do. I had a not so good past. Made stupid mistakes in life. Now I am improving I feel...

Agape93 · Answer

Yeap, more akin to what am I now?

Phoenix98 · Answer

Many years ago yes.

Malwi93 · Answer

nah, why would i fuck myself up

DerekC321 · Answer

Totally. And not in a good way.

JoeRob67 · Answer

All the time I think that.

SpaceGalaxy · Answer

Yes, every time I am on GAG

Jpie555 · Answer

Not if I can help it, lol 😝

RageBabe · Answer

A few times.

MicahRaine · Answer

Literally me today.

jojouzumaki · Answer

Most of the time

swettannie · Answer

not anymore

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