Bros who were victims of childhood trauma and don't have enough social skills. How did you learn to socialize and get through daily life.
I am a victim myself. Though everything is going nicely since last year, like my parents (who caused it) understood this and now are providing a supporting environment for me at home (which sometimes makes me feel like I travelled to another universe where my parents are good lol)
I was academically good up until age of 17-18 , I was topper of school and got into best college of my country (in top 5000 students in entrance exam conducted throughout entire nation) until I had more than 25 mental breakdowns throughout college due to flashbacks and overwhelming thoughts which caused a huge downfall for me and I ran away from college, just dropped out.
I am in therapy now and doing quite well. Sessions are going well, I am socializing daily with people, resumed my studies in college (from which I ran away due to breakdowns). But thing is I don't know many things like:
- about boundaries with people. I cross many of them
- how people's mind function in daily life, like how they deal with sadness and anger. Cuz whenever as a child I was angry or sad I used to either hide it (cuz I was walking on eggshells) or just throw tantrums
- how people deal with failures or mistakes, I have had many failures but everytime I made a mistake or failed at something I was punished for it (physically, beaten up)
- even daily tasks like remembering to pay bills (cuz I forget many things due to overthinking)
- falling asleep as soon as I hit the bed
Many many more issues I am dealing here. But I wouldn't call them issues actually, these are just part of my life, I just want to know how can I navigate through it. Ofc others have different life than mine but learning about others' experience will help me or even inspire me to learn about managing my life better. (kindly don't suggest digital solutions like notion or google notes for to-do lists, I tried this and I even forgot to check my to do list apps)
I don't even want a normal life, I know I am far behind this dream. I just want a life where I feel fulfilled and manageable and even if I go through some stuff, I should be able to overcome that (without throwing tantrums or hiding my emotions)
Note: I said inspire cuz I feel like there is a little hope left fo me, in terms of managing emotions and life.
Thank you in advance.