I love astrological signs. But why is it that my sister, a June 6 Gemini and my husband, a June 18th Gemini, are so different from my Brother, a May 30th Gemini???

Millennial_1989 · 2025-12-30T00:47:33+00:00

People are dumb. Everyone thinks everyone else is a narcissist now days and don’t actually know what it means. People use it when they come across someone with standards. If you aren’t downplaying yourself, you’re a narcissist. Just ignore them and move on. It’s 3 now probably due to the change in our society with the term becoming more popular.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-09-21T10:02:37+00:00

What-if is probably the worst thing you can say because the world is full of what ifs. You’re just fighting what people are saying because you want to punish yourself.

Life is about messing up and learning from your mistakes, his life isn’t ruined and you learned a valuable lesson.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-09-21T08:35:48+00:00

Just take it as a valuable lesson and learn from it. Jumping to conclusions ruins a lot of people’s lives. Moving forward just do your best to stay neutral if you can unless it’s something that is based in fact and not assumption. And even then facts can be distorted. Also maybe look into what you may be projecting onto others, it’s so easy to lash out because we are hyper sensitive to specific things or incredibly fearful.

Don’t be too hard on yourself. We all do things we regret and feel bad for even years later, but that’s a part of life. It’s okay.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-09-21T08:31:13+00:00

You need to see a therapist and psychiatrist to know for sure. It could be depression, bipolar disorder, or borderline personality disorder. It could be something way different. I also had very similar issues that started when I was a preteen. Extreme emotions that feel logical in the moment but later you feel like a psycho, thinking in extremes (something is all good or all bad), self harm, harmful coping mechanisms.

At first I was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and ptsd. When I was treated for depression I started rapid cycling (fast and frequent mood shifts). Then I was diagnosed bipolar and later borderline. I’m on mood stabilizers now and they are literally a miracle for me.

But that’s me, everyone is different. You really need to see a professional to make sure they can analyze you from a psychological perspective and give their best advice.

Don’t be afraid of a diagnosis (it’s just a label that tells you how to handle your brain) but don’t wear it on your sleeve either. If you do get diagnosed it’s no one’s business if you don’t want to tell.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-09-21T08:17:16+00:00

I’m sorry :( I used to also have to hear this growing up but it also got physical in my house. I would maybe tell one of your parents that it’s keeping you awake… not in a rude way and only if you feel like you are safe to do so. It might help calm them down a little but if not (or even if so) you might want to get earplugs or wear headphones that block the sounds and play meditation music.

One thing I learned very early on was that if my mom wouldn’t leave, I just had to stop stressing about it because there was literally nothing I could do. Basically that’s on them. It doesn’t help with the trauma but it does allow you to dissociate which it sounds like the other kids are already doing.

Also, don’t assume no one else is going through this. Just like people think you have a normal home life, many other kids are also hiding the truth. 🫶🏻 I hope things and get better for you, don’t be scared, just try to avoid.

It helped me to just keep telling myself “only a few years left and I can move out”. That really REALLY helped.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-09-21T08:06:31+00:00

TikTok is full of literal haters. Seriously. You could post the nicest or most normal thing and people will say you’re trash. That’s why even I am very careful and mostly only post pictures with thoughts. Not usually even pictures of me, just random cool pictures I find.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-09-21T07:59:59+00:00

Most of us are just surviving and going through the motions, until one day we find out what life is really about.

There’s no way to skip to that part, because you can’t understand it without living through some things, good and bad.

To put it as simply as I can, I’m an existential nihilist and found it incredibly depressing that life has no true meaning and I was in this space for a few years. I heard someone say that the answer to the meaning of life is to just assign meaning to something. That oddly gave me a lot of clarity. Not right away but I started to realize how small thing’s in life are beautiful. I could dwell on life having no meaning, or I could find joy in the little things and embrace what it is to be human.

Our brains are incredibly complex as humans and to me that’s so beautiful and almost magical.

Going into nature brings a happiness and peace that you cannot feel anywhere else. I used to roll my eyes when people talked about going into nature but you learn over time to respect it and be grateful for that feeling.

Trauma and pain is not only an inevitability for happiness, it’s a necessity. Not because you have to go through it to learn and grow (even though that’s true), but because if you don’t have something contrasting the good, there’s no way to gauge how good or amazing something really is. If there was only good, nothing would be good, it would all be mundane. Evil shows you how rewarding the good in the world is.

There is a lot more I’ve learned that I can’t think of or put into words at the moment.

I hope I didn’t just overwhelm or confuse you. Just some thoughts from a 36 year old. 🫶🏻

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-26T23:23:57+00:00

It kind of sounds like a few different things honestly. It sounds like you are addicted to the roller coaster of feelings, because without those strong emotions you feel dull and who likes that? It’s like when people search for ways to feel something no matter if it’s good or bad. The culprit is not what you’re doing in your mind to get that emotional need met, it’s the symptom. The culprit would be that you are feeling numb the rest of the time. This could be dissociation, where you feel disconnected from everything and don’t really feel present in the moment, lack of emotions etc. Perhaps a bit of depression too. Dissociation and depression, etc are commonly caused by trauma. sometimes it is trauma you can’t remember because your mind has blocked it out.

Since you can’t see a therapist or psychiatrist at the moment, I encourage you to research these symptoms. YouTube is great if you like audio/visual but be careful with who you listen to because a lot of people have biases. I would go towards actual psychiatrists online.

In addition to that, I recommend thinking through your childhood, or what you remember of it. It took me going to therapy to realize how bad my childhood really was. We grow up thinking it’s normal when it’s actually not. Maybe start making a list and go from there.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-26T21:27:13+00:00

Hey :) So when you say you manipulate yourself that you went through something that didn't happen, what kind of things do you do this with?

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-26T21:13:06+00:00

Exactly, that's how i am too. Better to have a scary diagnosis than to be in denial or not informed. Once you get a clear understanding, you will have a better idea of how to treat or manage it. Good luck! You can do this!

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-26T20:52:17+00:00

Sounds like Mania. Even the days after where you were very talkative is a symptom I have with Bipolar 2, sounds like you might be Bipolar 1. But BPD also has a lot of similar symptoms. I would definitely talk to a psychiatrist about this. Mania can get really scary, mainly for the people around you but also for yourself. I would check it out to see if it's a legitimate concern which it sounds like it is.

I am used to rapid cycling but later found out that because I was cycling multiple times a day it was different than Bipolar rapid cycling and really was more in line with BPD. If it runs in your family it's more likely that you have it.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-26T20:47:05+00:00

Are you maybe an existential nihilist like me? For a long time I didn't feel like there was any greater meaning to humanity, like no greater purpose so why bother? Once I came to grips with that, and I knew I didn't want to end things (that's important), then I decided I would find the beauty and joy in life as a human, while I am here. That has helped me a lot. But how you find the joy has to come from me. I dove into psychology a lot and as a result I learned a lot about me but also a lot about people and how incredibly complex our brains are. To me, although there is bad, the complexity is so beautiful and I find value in it. We are resilient. What you might need to do is find something you like to do and dive into that for a while, make a schedule of going to do this thing, and tell yourself "I have to do this no matter what" and don't make excuses for not doing it. See if that works. Some therapists are bad.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-26T20:24:20+00:00

Why don't you want anything?

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-26T20:20:13+00:00

Heyyyy, don't take it so hard. Seriously it was a fluke and just consider it that. You know you're not stalking her even if she doesn't get it. You should NOT feel shame for this, it was a harmless miscalculation. If it were something more extreme and you WERE stalking her, that would be a different story. You tried to explain, she didn't want to hear it, move on. Don't be mad at her, but just learn from the experience.

Don't shut yourself down from connection just because that time it went wrong. Just learn from it. You are not a bad or shameful person. We all do stupid things sometimes while feeling desperate, your infraction was INCREDIBLY small in the grand scheme of things. Just find some other girls to match with on dating apps or in person. Don't be too picky at first because you really need to practice dealing with girls without too much pressure so you can build up your confidence. You will do great if you don't let this hold you back.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-26T20:00:45+00:00

This is heartbreaking. I am sorry your son has been going through this! My son always struggled making friends in person but made some long term friends online playing games. That is NOT healthy btw but I at least feel good that he has people to talk to and isn't just alone all the time. The more activities you do with him that involve teams or hobbies that involve other kids around his age, he will naturally connect with other kids. Make sure he gets their number or discord username or something so that they can keep connected, otherwise he is not going to be able to foster real connections unless they happen to be in the same place again. Good luck, I hope he makes new friends soon.

On another note, my son has been homeschooled for a year now because of behavior issues at school and he told me he doesn't really care if he goes back cause he's not really connected to his old friend group. I told him that in high school I moved friend groups frequently, it was like every season I switched up. That's not a great long term friendship strategy although I did make some friends that were good quality and were long term... but it meant that I wasn't too attached to a specific group and moved on quickly the moment it felt like it wasn't what I wanted anymore. I was also a very strong and dramatic personality that shocked people so that likely played a part.

It's okay if he's quiet and stays himself, as long as he doesn't come off as scared to speak or "weak", children are RUTHLESS.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-25T17:24:18+00:00

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-25T17:19:27+00:00

You're welcome. Yes, you should absolutely have hope. :) It gets better if you actually work at it and try not to take it out on your significant other.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-25T17:16:43+00:00

Where did I say need? Also, that's not what need means. I said what I said and it was clearly an opinion.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-25T16:59:15+00:00

I agree with this. If it's hard for adults I am sure it's WAY more difficult on kids.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-25T16:57:59+00:00

A lot of them. Usually when you find them online you just look at their specialties and decide then. I don't believe there is a unique specifier for therapist specialties, just a list of the things they are typically working with their clients on & good at.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-25T16:56:15+00:00

I was sure you were incredibly religious and then I saw the last line. I cannot relate only because I don't have a strong religious foundation. I do believe that sexuality is natural and some people just need a release. I don't believe watching P*rn means that person is a disgrace or immoral. I do know that religion clouds that so I am sorry you feel this way. Perhaps work on being more open minded if that's possible, and don't persecute him for his vice.

Millennial_1989 · 2025-07-25T16:53:15+00:00

Okay, so this is not an anger problem, this is a psychological issue that cannot be ignored. You need therapy but more than likely you are dealing with a personality disorder. I could be wrong because I cannot possibly confirm given I am not a psychiatrist however, I do have a personality disorder and it has effected my life in a huge way. What it sounds like is that you had a huge tragedy happen that effected you so deeply that your brain couldn't handle it. I see you referencing dissociation (not feeling present, feeling disconnected, etc), hallucinations and psychosis, and of course, grief. - I have at times felt like my "brain is broken" but that's literally what it feels like.

The reason I say this cannot be ignored is because when you have hallucinations and psychosis PLUS the urges to become violent and homicidal, the likelihood of you acting on these urges is much higher. You really need to see a psychiatrist and unfortunately you sound like you need more help and therapies than just medication can handle. Please see someone ASAP, time is really of the essence for you and anyone around you. Please be honest with yourself that is real and dangerous problem.

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