I'm not doing good tbh. I'm an optimistic person and naturally always happy. Even when things aren't going well, you'll never find my sulking or talking bad about it. I'm pretty bubbly and love to laugh and cheer people up. But I feel really sad lately. I mean real sadness. I just want to sleep all day.
If I had to be honest with myself as to why, it's because I work too much and because all of my once tight knit friend group is drifting away. I don't feel like I have anyone I can actually talk to. And I don't even nessesarily mean talk to about serious shit, I mean just having fun or laughing at stupid things or watching cheesy movies etc. Everyone's busy (myself included) and when we do get together, everyone just wants to talk about how much they hate work, how shit their life is, how expensive everything is, and how crazy the world is.
It bums me out to constantly talk about negative things all the time. I try to be a good friend and listen but at some point I just don't even want to socialize because it's just a non-stop whine and bitch fest. Hell, even my young nephew was annoyed at this, he mocked my family last week when we got together to hang out. He said "Wait let me pretend I'm you guys: "oooh look at me, my life sucks, I don't have any money, oooh no!" (honestly it was funny but still, it's sad that even a kid has picked up on this).
Also...I'd never admit this offline but I'm freaking lonely and wish I had someone. I'm sick of some women acting like wanting a partner makes you weak, and that you should be fulfilled without a man in your life; they say, getting a partner is something that's nice to have, but you should be okay if you never get one, and if you need a man in your life to feel happy, then there's something wrong with you. Like yeah I mostly agree but I also think it's 100% natural to want someone and to feel a sense of sadness/loneliness when you don't have anyone, and haven't for a long time. It's gotten so bad that I came close to contacting an ex I haven't talked to in years. Luckily, I'm not THAT stupid, I know reaching out with an ex, especially one that I have no feelings for nor any plans to get back with, is a shitty thing to do.
I feel so unlike myself lately and I hate this. I feel even more pathetic that I'm sharing this with trolls on a gossip forum rather than a real friend (no offense, kiwis).