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  • November 4, 2017 at 8:26 am #176467
    Aimee
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    Hello,

    I am a new member of the community and was hoping for some support or insight.

    I am 28 and have lived a nice lifestyle with a caring home and brilliant parents. All of which I am very thankful for.

    I studied at university, moved from my small countryside town and lived in London for 6 years, working in a fun and social job. Although I was never happy. Always looking to chase the next dream.

    Anyway, at 25 I had a ‘quarter life crisis’ and moved back in with my parents, re-trained as a teacher, worked in my small town for a year, and then moved to Portugal. Where I gave been for 3 months .

    Through none of this, I do not feel happy. I feel numb to everything. When I lived at home I was bored and miserable, I know live in a beautiful country surrounded by nee experiences and culture, and I feel nothing. Today I even started looking at new locations for a job nect year.

    I never seem satisfied with anything or happy with anything. I don’t understand why this is and how I can stop it. Why do I not feel content? Am I destined to be miserable?

    Am I just running away from something?

    November 4, 2017 at 8:50 am #176479
    Anonymous
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    Dear Aimee:

    We can explore different possibilities to answer your question “Why do I not feel content?”-

    “Am I just running away from something?” is one possibility. We can look into that, if you’d like. You wrote that you lived in a ” a caring home and brilliant parents”- will you elaborate on the caring part, and then, the brilliant part?

    anita

    November 5, 2017 at 5:23 am #176529
    Aimee
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    Hi anita,

     

    Thank you for your response so quickly.

     

    In terms of ‘caring’, I had a lovely childhood, my parents have always supported me emotionally and financially through university (twice) through school and exams and have helped with any problem I have had. I have always felt secure and lover by my parents and am very close to them both.

    I’m sad I don’t have a partner to share these feelings with, I want someone to make me  feel the same sense of calm and security that I have at home. However I know that living in my small town would never satisfy me, hence why I left multiple times.

     

    I worry that I am never satisfied with what I have, I live in a beautiful country surrounded by new experiences, yet am even starting to think about where to move next or what my next move in life will be.

     

    Why can I not be content with what I have?

     

    I’m sorry for rambling!

     

     

    November 5, 2017 at 5:35 am #176533
    Anonymous
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    Dear Aimee:

    We can continue the exploration, if you want. It will take some time and back and forth communication. Persist with it and we may get an understanding.

    In your original post you wrote: “When I lived at home I was bored and miserable”- can you describe the nature of the “bored and miserable”, how you communicated that boredom and misery to your parents, and in turn how they tried (and failed) to help you?

    anita

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