If there's one advice I could give to my younger college going self, I would say, "The world doesn't revolve around you, nobody is plotting against you. Everyone has their own life and they care too much about themselves to give a damn about you. So, just chill and do what you do and stop overthinking that how the whole world might have an agenda against you." I used to have a roommate who used to tell me how at a particular place my friends were talking behind my back and many things along those lines. Over time, I started hating them and ended up alone. After years, I just feel that it would've been better if I never had known about a lot of gossips and things that went behind my back. Sometimes, ignorance is a bliss. And maybe, had I acted normal there opinion of me would have been changed. I would have lived in an overall better head space. And they're all just kids as well, which means nothing was really that serious or important anyways. So, kids, just chill and live life, have some sex ( if you and your partner is legal) and use protection, drink a bit and go get that career you want. It's not worth it to be part of drama and politics in day to day life. Adios.
This is interesting! I was a self centered and self absorbed person by nature. And what gave me a reality check from thinking the world revolved around me, or that people were even Anti-Me, was a girlfriend of mines who called me out on and at the time I wasn't even self aware to it! Then I realized most people aren't Anti-Me but more Pro-themselves. Most people are pro-themselves at the end of the day. They'll chase their dreams at the cost of friends. They'll break up with partners for their own benefits. They'll do this and that. Simply because it's how human nature be! So you gotta do you, my African American. One thing that helped me overcome overthinking, Was actually being the opposite of self centered, self absorbed and selfish! I can be an obsessive person Most of my overthinking revolved obsessively around me. And when I stopped thinking about me. Started Thinking about others. Helping others Connecting with them Appreciating them All my overthinking, fears, and all that shit went away! And that was when my true growth as a person began Good read! Great thread! It brought me some fond memories!!