Thank you so much for sharing your story, I'm in a similar place with the fact that I feel like I'm not the person I used to be and I don't really have an idea of how to work on myself moving forward, I also suffer from Anxiety and Depression xx
Thank you and I'm sorry to hear you are suffering. It's tough and with Anxiety and depression thrown into the mix, I understand that feeling of losing yourself. I sincerely hope you have access to good support. And don't worry about not being the person you used to be, this was a hard lesson for me. You are the person you are today. And will be the person you are, tomorrow. Just trust yourself that you are the best person you can be right now. By writing it shows an inner strength.. Take your time, and see who you blossom into!
@@AnxiousGregg Thank you so so much and I think that's such great helpful advice so thank you. I have been working on myself and accepting who the new version of me is and it's so much more less anxiety provoking than sort of mourning the old me. Hope you're okay ☺️
I found your video after deciding to search 'navigating a loss of identity.' Thank you for sharing so openly and vulnerably. You helped me feel less alone in this. Reading the comments is helping me as well.
Sorry my very late reply. I somehow missed your comment. Firstly thanks for watching. Im glad the videos were able to help you feel less alone. And yes there are some amazing people who have opened up in the comments, so generously willing to share their experiences. I find them an incredible source of encouragement and a wonderful community! Wishing you the best with your recovery!
Gregg, thank you for sharing your story. I found it very helpful. Earlier this year I suffered a burnout and have been trying to recover. I have also realized that I suffer from anxiety and depression and have started taking my antidepressants, which are helping a bit. Cheers.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience. I wish you a happy and healthy recovery. It can be very disorientating at first. With ups and downs. But if there is one thing I learnt, it was to take time. Feel free to ask any questions.
Thank you Laura. I sincerely appreciate you took the time to watch and commented. And I am sorry to hear you are going through the same. I can honestly say it's tough. really tough. And often we feel alone in all of this and without understanding from others. But let me assure you, you will get through this and it will be better than before. Say intouch and give yourself time, space and doing things at your pace.
I’ve been struggling with chronic neck pain for around 5 years now. It has affected me personally at the point of causing me anxiety, specially in socially demanding situations, and depression. Because of this pain I was forced to switch careers, and recently because of a new job opportunity in this new career path I moved to a different country and been struggling with the whole move as well as with a toxic work environment where my personal situation isn’t very much taken into account. What you say in your videos really resonates in me and I feel a bit less alone in my own struggles :) Thank you!
Hi Sebas, thanks for watching and for sharing your experience. I’m sorry to hear your situation and struggle. But I’m certainly glad my experience has helped in some small way. I think we all have our own unique experiences with the threads on commonality. So you should never feel alone. I wish you a healthy recovery. And hope things improve for you soon.
Hi Sebas, thanks for watching and for sharing your experience. I’m sorry to hear your situation and struggle. But I’m certainly glad my experience has helped in some small way. I think we all have our own unique experiences with the threads on commonality. So you should never feel alone. I wish you a healthy recovery. And hope things improve for you soon.
Hi Greg, I have had to deal with this as well. I don't feel like myself anymore at all. It is very hard to behave the same way people expect you to as you were or as you a regular person. What I am doing though right now is having a smaller circle of friends or family. I cannot do many a things I was able to or have the range of emotions I once had. But I am not giving up, working on it slowly and steadily. I am planning to share my story and recovery journey in a youtube channel myself.
Thanks for sharing Mark. I really believe this change is your bodies way of saying enough. Things for me have changed significantly in life. I almost don’t recognise my old life and although it’s taken awhile to accept, I really don’t mind as I know my actions are for the better now. Completely support you on doing your own channel to spread the word and share your story. I think more people need this awareness. Wishing you the best luck. Stay intouch and let us know when you launch the channel. 👍
Hi Hector. Thanks for watching and sharing. I know exactly where you are at with the feelings of wishing I was my old self. But from my experience I can assure you, I learnt so much about myself and it wasn’t easy, but on the other side of it now. Although there are sometimes little feelings of if only I was my old self, my new self is way better! More boundaries, more awareness of what works (and doesn’t) work for me, and a feeling of just standing better in this world. Try not to let these feelings overwhelm you anymore with everything else you are experiencing. I wish you a healthy and safe recovery. I hope my videos can help you some. If you ever have specific questions, do leave them in the comments. Hopefully either myself or someone here following the channel can offer some support. All the best.
Hi Preeti, sorry to hear you are going though this. I hope my experience can help in some way and you have access to support. Thank you for watching and sharing. Wishing you a healthy recovery. Hugs 🤗
Greg, I am glad your company doctor gave you the information about your Burnout. For me, I had to spend 3 years working in the same environment without it being diagnosed. I had to basically self diagnose. The only help I had from was not from regular allopathic doctors but a bit from Naturopath. How are you doing these days? You have not uploaded any new content. Please update where you are in life. Would love to connect with you.
Hi Mark, thanks for watching and commenting. Sorry to hear your story. I agree, my doctor was hugely informed and although I didn’t like what he had to say at the time, I’m very grateful now. Yes I haven’t made videos in a long time. I kinda started burning out again during the process of making these trying to keep busy not realising this was exactly what I should have been avoiding… creating more pressure for myself. It was just my comfort zone, working. Things are up and down still these days but far improved from the past. My life looks completely different to what it was before. It took a long time to adjust and I guess inna way I’m still adjusting. And even though it’s hard at times, it is all for the better. I hope to be making some new videos soon. So stay intouch :) hope you are recovering healthy.
Hi Clarisa, thanks for watching and thanks for sharing your experience. I honestly can’t answer that. I’m not a professional and only speak from my own experiences. I do hope that you have access to professional help who can really work with you to help find your true identity and cope with the trauma you have suffered. I’m so sorry to hear you feel the way you do and wish you the very best. Hugs.
Thank you so much for sharing your story, I'm in a similar place with the fact that I feel like I'm not the person I used to be and I don't really have an idea of how to work on myself moving forward, I also suffer from Anxiety and Depression xx
Thank you and I'm sorry to hear you are suffering. It's tough and with Anxiety and depression thrown into the mix, I understand that feeling of losing yourself. I sincerely hope you have access to good support. And don't worry about not being the person you used to be, this was a hard lesson for me. You are the person you are today. And will be the person you are, tomorrow. Just trust yourself that you are the best person you can be right now. By writing it shows an inner strength.. Take your time, and see who you blossom into!
@@AnxiousGregg Thank you so so much and I think that's such great helpful advice so thank you. I have been working on myself and accepting who the new version of me is and it's so much more less anxiety provoking than sort of mourning the old me. Hope you're okay ☺️
“what was i telling myself about myself that i feel like I’ve lost?”
I’ll be journaling on that one for a long time.
That’s a great question.
I found your video after deciding to search 'navigating a loss of identity.' Thank you for sharing so openly and vulnerably. You helped me feel less alone in this. Reading the comments is helping me as well.
Sorry my very late reply. I somehow missed your comment. Firstly thanks for watching. Im glad the videos were able to help you feel less alone. And yes there are some amazing people who have opened up in the comments, so generously willing to share their experiences. I find them an incredible source of encouragement and a wonderful community! Wishing you the best with your recovery!
Gregg, thank you for sharing your story. I found it very helpful. Earlier this year I suffered a burnout and have been trying to recover. I have also realized that I suffer from anxiety and depression and have started taking my antidepressants, which are helping a bit. Cheers.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience. I wish you a happy and healthy recovery. It can be very disorientating at first. With ups and downs. But if there is one thing I learnt, it was to take time. Feel free to ask any questions.
@@AnxiousGregg Thank you Gregg. Appreciate the advice and I will keep it in mind.
I so appreciate your videos, a lot of what you've said rings true in my life. Thank you for being brave enough to share your story.
Thank you Laura. I sincerely appreciate you took the time to watch and commented. And I am sorry to hear you are going through the same. I can honestly say it's tough. really tough. And often we feel alone in all of this and without understanding from others. But let me assure you, you will get through this and it will be better than before. Say intouch and give yourself time, space and doing things at your pace.
I’ve been struggling with chronic neck pain for around 5 years now. It has affected me personally at the point of causing me anxiety, specially in socially demanding situations, and depression. Because of this pain I was forced to switch careers, and recently because of a new job opportunity in this new career path I moved to a different country and been struggling with the whole move as well as with a toxic work environment where my personal situation isn’t very much taken into account. What you say in your videos really resonates in me and I feel a bit less alone in my own struggles :) Thank you!
Hi Sebas, thanks for watching and for sharing your experience. I’m sorry to hear your situation and struggle. But I’m certainly glad my experience has helped in some small way. I think we all have our own unique experiences with the threads on commonality. So you should never feel alone. I wish you a healthy recovery. And hope things improve for you soon.
Hi Sebas, thanks for watching and for sharing your experience. I’m sorry to hear your situation and struggle. But I’m certainly glad my experience has helped in some small way. I think we all have our own unique experiences with the threads on commonality. So you should never feel alone. I wish you a healthy recovery. And hope things improve for you soon.
Hi Greg, I have had to deal with this as well. I don't feel like myself anymore at all. It is very hard to behave the same way people expect you to as you were or as you a regular person.
What I am doing though right now is having a smaller circle of friends or family. I cannot do many a things I was able to or have the range of emotions I once had.
But I am not giving up, working on it slowly and steadily. I am planning to share my story and recovery journey in a youtube channel myself.
Thanks for sharing Mark. I really believe this change is your bodies way of saying enough. Things for me have changed significantly in life. I almost don’t recognise my old life and although it’s taken awhile to accept, I really don’t mind as I know my actions are for the better now. Completely support you on doing your own channel to spread the word and share your story. I think more people need this awareness. Wishing you the best luck. Stay intouch and let us know when you launch the channel. 👍
Greg, thanks for sharing your story....our stories are very similar. I’m working on creating a balanced life...best of luck to you!
dealing with this now wish i was more like my old self
Hi Hector. Thanks for watching and sharing. I know exactly where you are at with the feelings of wishing I was my old self. But from my experience I can assure you, I learnt so much about myself and it wasn’t easy, but on the other side of it now. Although there are sometimes little feelings of if only I was my old self, my new self is way better! More boundaries, more awareness of what works (and doesn’t) work for me, and a feeling of just standing better in this world. Try not to let these feelings overwhelm you anymore with everything else you are experiencing. I wish you a healthy and safe recovery. I hope my videos can help you some. If you ever have specific questions, do leave them in the comments. Hopefully either myself or someone here following the channel can offer some support. All the best.
Thank you 🙏🏽 I’m going through this identity crisis myself right now
Hi Preeti, sorry to hear you are going though this. I hope my experience can help in some way and you have access to support. Thank you for watching and sharing. Wishing you a healthy recovery. Hugs 🤗
Greg, I am glad your company doctor gave you the information about your Burnout.
For me, I had to spend 3 years working in the same environment without it being diagnosed. I had to basically self diagnose. The only help I had from was not from regular allopathic doctors but a bit from Naturopath.
How are you doing these days? You have not uploaded any new content. Please update where you are in life. Would love to connect with you.
Hi Mark, thanks for watching and commenting. Sorry to hear your story. I agree, my doctor was hugely informed and although I didn’t like what he had to say at the time, I’m very grateful now. Yes I haven’t made videos in a long time. I kinda started burning out again during the process of making these trying to keep busy not realising this was exactly what I should have been avoiding… creating more pressure for myself. It was just my comfort zone, working. Things are up and down still these days but far improved from the past. My life looks completely different to what it was before. It took a long time to adjust and I guess inna way I’m still adjusting. And even though it’s hard at times, it is all for the better. I hope to be making some new videos soon. So stay intouch :) hope you are recovering healthy.
GREG I STARTED WATCHING YOU FROM YOUR VERY FIRST VIDEO AND I FOUND YOU AGAIN
Glad you found me again! Thanks for your support! Hoping you are well.
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Thank you. Apologies my delayed reply.
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But what if you never had an identity cause trauma started as far as you remember. Idk who i am :,(
Hi Clarisa, thanks for watching and thanks for sharing your experience. I honestly can’t answer that. I’m not a professional and only speak from my own experiences. I do hope that you have access to professional help who can really work with you to help find your true identity and cope with the trauma you have suffered. I’m so sorry to hear you feel the way you do and wish you the very best. Hugs.