Peterthegreatworrier
13-04-20, 01:31
Hey everyone.
It seems this virus business has taken its toll on me, but not in a way I expected. For the past few weeks, I've been having intense but fruitless battles with myself, my head telling me every waking minute that everything I do is not a true expression of myself and that I just put different masks on and act like people I know or fictional characters I like. Do I really think this is the case? Not really. I know we all take from others and from fiction to some extent and I know that different aspects of one's personality may be more prominent in some situations compared to others. However, this feeling is hard to shake and is starting to get me down, and has even distracted me from things I really need to do. I think this quarantine has just given me too much time to ruminate and such.
I hope someone would kindly be able to offer me some advice about this.
Hope you're all staying safe.
~ Peter.
It seems this virus business has taken its toll on me, but not in a way I expected. For the past few weeks, I've been having intense but fruitless battles with myself, my head telling me every waking minute that everything I do is not a true expression of myself and that I just put different masks on and act like people I know or fictional characters I like. Do I really think this is the case? Not really. I know we all take from others and from fiction to some extent and I know that different aspects of one's personality may be more prominent in some situations compared to others. However, this feeling is hard to shake and is starting to get me down, and has even distracted me from things I really need to do. I think this quarantine has just given me too much time to ruminate and such.
I hope someone would kindly be able to offer me some advice about this.
Hope you're all staying safe.
~ Peter.