What is holding you back in life?

[Anonymous]

[petitedollbabee]

Physical illnesses. I would love to get a part time or full time job, but my disabilities hold me back. I’m slowly working towards that goal. I’ve gone from being bedridden and unable to work at all, to being able to work 2-4 hours per week and be on my feet for more than a few hours.

[Asker]

so many congrats to you for your perseverance.🙏🏻 i have a chronic illness as well and know how debilitating it can be.

[Anonymous]

Souring mortgage interest rates, surging housing costs, I can't get enough sleep due to my job, I make almost nothing at my job but I'll be kicked out of my parents home if I leave it.

Renting an apartment is out of the question as well as the cheapest one in the region is $1,200/mo not including utilities. Due to my inability to get adequate sleep, I can't get time for exercise or even showering. I'm so drained every day that I find it hard to even stand up, I'm so sick of it, I want to die

[Asker]

i can relate

[Sevenpointfive]

i'm not sure anything. if i want to do more i will. at that point there are obstacles. they could be anything but it certainly wouldn't be myself, money or education holding me back

[Asker]

glad to see you’re feeling solid

[Rosexøxø]

The only emotion that holds me back, is fear. I'm just about done with it.

The main thing that would hold me back temporarily, would be my own mindset. It's more of a 'delay.' It's the coming up with plans, or just going, and timing it all.

[Asker]

life comes at you fast and it certainly is hard to be conscientious and process it all

[Rosexøxø]

Yes! There’s truth to what you say ☝️😊🤝

[Mamaganja]

Myself. I have a good thing going but I also know how to always fk up a good thing. Currently working on becoming a nurse. Been bullshitting this entire semester.

[Asker]

may your experiences be only positive once you graduate. what area are you interested in?

[Mamaganja]

My heart says Hospice or the ER.

[Asker]

love it

[SphynxUK]

Symptoms of Autism. Just because I excel in many areas of my life, there’s a lot I struggle with. I have things I can’t do that hold me back in life.

[Asker]

What types of things?

[SphynxUK]

I have problems with directions, which heighten my anxiety, so I don’t travel or drive far. For example, it prevents me taking jobs that are too far away, or that require me to travel with the job. It stops me being able to visit friends that live across the country.

[Asker]

I see.. That is tough

[melanieeeB]

Nothing really, lack of money yet is just slowing down my way

[Asker]

very true

[Anonymous]

Since I can't be young and pretty forever, having goals in life is pointless. Oblivion is our destiny and everything we want or do, doesn't really matter.

[Asker]

that cold pessimism ha

[crossdressingrihno]

Honestly it’s all psychological for me. Mostly depression and anxiety.

[Asker]

anything in particular causing it?

[crossdressingrihno]

I have seen things…
Friends being manipulated by predators. A mother who was so lost to mental illness she would threaten her own son’s life and not remember it the next day. A child going at another with an axe. A child spraying another with pesticides. A mentally unstable mother beating on her unfaithful husband. Live footage of an attack on an American embassy. A man lose his livelihood to women faked rape accusations. Friends and family dying to cancer and other illnesses. A sister who hated and tortured her own brother just because he was his fathers son. A man murder his daughters “attacker”. A school system that didn’t care about sexual harassment if the offender is gay. A student threatening to violate a teacher. My own mother getting burnt alive because she was to heavy for me to pull her from the flames. And much much more. Sadly all these things were things that I had seen.

[crossdressingrihno]

Worth note that on multiple occasions I referred to myself as if I was someone else

[Asker]

holy moly 🫥 certainly we see these things on the news but being a witness is a whole other story

[Asker]

like multiple personalities? or just speaking in 3rd person?

[crossdressingrihno]

It’s me referring to a younger version of myself

[crossdressingrihno]

I’m hardly the same person I was then

[crossdressingrihno]

Plus it’s easier to cope with if it feels like it happened to some other incredibly unlucky guy

[Asker]

that makes sense

[crossdressingrihno]

Sadly by the time I was 14 I had known what it felt like to be in control of someone else’s fate

[crossdressingrihno]

When I was younger people liked to hurt me. Now they are afraid I might hurt them. Ironically though I really don’t like violence it just fallows me around everywhere I go

[crossdressingrihno]

Anyways point is that I have incredibly bad luck and it has led me to hate life and hate almost every human being in existence

[Asker]

Life is a matter of perspective

[crossdressingrihno]

I wish it were that simple

[Anonymous]

Low self-esteem

I struggle with little self-worth, which holds me back in every aspect of my life

[Asker]

any particular experience or reason for the low self worth?

[Opinion Owner]

I think it's due to being in a relationship with a narcissist. It totally destroyed who I used to be. In all honesty, I know i need therapy, but I can't afford it. So I turned to self-help by looking at reputable sites online. But I just feel I can't gain back any self-esteem. I struggle inside every day. It's got to the point where I can only hide my pain for so long, but then I just break down and cry for hours.

[Opinion Owner]

Even in work, I'll pretend I'm happy and put a fake happy persona on then later on I go to the restroom. and cry. I just feel I need that release at times. No one knows in work.

[Samantha_17]

Nothing holds you back if you're healthy enough to run :)

Health is the first and foremost thing. Every other thing is unimportant.

[Asker]

amen to that

[Kiaros21]

I don't know what career I would like to get into so it's holding me back from making big decisions sigh...

[exitseven]

I had some setbacks when I was in college but I did not quit and it might have taken me a lot longer to graduate than it should have but I did it and have had a pretty good career.

[Anonymous]

Right now a horrible cold

In general a lack of funds (£10,000 a month isn't hitting the market cap at the moment)

[Asker]

10k per month is low?

[Opinion Owner]

It's not enough to buy everything offered to me, I only earn a few hundred of that as profit because I'm not a scumbag

[Asker]

understood

[24_7_Amazing]

not giving up; staying motivated
I have a habit of starting but never finishing things

[Asker]

what do you think keeps you from finishing?

[24_7_Amazing]

Lack of results

[24_7_Amazing]

I’ve been trying to lose 20 pounds for over a year now. I lose 4 or 5 than give up and have to start from zero again.

[Asker]

weight loss is definitely hard.. how do you view food? do you stress eat?

[24_7_Amazing]

I definitely eat out of stress.

[Asker]

it's tough. but a solid routine will make it possible. working out isn't even so important for weight loss as quantity of food consumed. it really does come down to calories in, calories out. building muscle should come after. you really can't focus on both at the same.

[Asker]

here is a calculator that you can use to know how many calories max you should eat per day: legionathletics.com/tools/calorie-calculator/

[24_7_Amazing]

I read something interesting that did you can’t outrun your fork which while funny is also true.

[Asker]

if that's what you believe, then yeah, you never will. it's all perspective and mindset. i bet if there were an evil spirit in your room that would torture you every night while you sleep unless you change that you'd change your lifestyle.

[24_7_Amazing]

True

[24_7_Amazing]

The expression you can’t outrun your fork is saying what you said that diet (what and how much you eat) is more important to lowering weight than exercise

[Asker]

Oh i had no idea. thank you for explaining !

[24_7_Amazing]

Np! Lynn is a nice name by the way

[Asker]

why thank you

[Alex8736]

it's not really the what but more like "who" is trying to hold you back in kife". 😇

[Asker]

good point

[Alex8736]

but if it's the "what" the most common thing holding people back is procrastinating and/or second guessing a decision

[serious]

My own thought process, the way I take decision and the reason I take them. Simple.

[FilmGuy93]

In my love life; women's insecurities. In my professional life; I just haven't finished law school yet.

[NathanDavis]

I'm not holding back... joy and happiness... I spread it all over

[MCheetah]

Being short, unattractive looking, and poor.

[Tina19]

Nothing at all i am right there where i have wanted to be... living in the present moment taking actions to make the future even better

[Anonymous]

Big dick. Most women are willing to sleep with me and enjoy my big dick byt they don't want a big dick everyday of the week.

[Noahzaid]

Me,Myself and I.

[LadiesFavoriteToy]

Nothing really... Get my truck back tomorrow from Autobody shop. Ummm Finished deck and storage space under it. Then going back to work.

[BJP21]

Being loved by a loving girlfriend. My last relationship didn't end so well. Im glad there wasn't any fall out as a result.

[Karthikmoon]

Some hope its named as god, positive energy or else trust

[Anonymous]

Illness. And insurance companies.

[Asker]

Chronic?

[Opinion Owner]

It doesn’t have to be. They are causing it.

[Asker]

Insurance companies are rough

[Opinion Owner]

They are.

[Alexuselder13]

The fear of failure and other people disapproving

[Asker]

you are in good company

[LavLavLuv]

if i think about it.. it's myself tbh. lol

[Wise4myage]

Nothing at the moment.

[SnowedIn]

Fear of failure.

[Fuentes]

Nothing I just want money 💰 🤑 💸

[Anonymous]

too much. No support.

[FunkyMonkee]

A lack of money, a lack of room.

[grega239]

I need about 25 k

[Asker]

would be nice

[Fuentes]

I need another liq to hit lol

[grega239]

The little house i plan on buying will be even nicer

[BLP11520]

My wife

[Asker]

I hope this is sarcastic

[Asker]

for your sake

[BLP11520]

No she has thwarted my dreams and desires

[Asker]

... well at least you're owning it

[BLP11520]

I always tell the truth here, more in depth in messages. Have some very good friends here and a few i love.

[Asker]

do you love your wife though?

[BLP11520]

No haven't for years

[Agape93]

Trauma

[Ms_Facesitter]

Myself.

[888theGreat]

The Democrats

[AsaKyo]

My anxiety

[GreatnessBack]

Life