I've been doing a lot of thinking recently. I suppose this lifestyle lends itself to introspection; anybody posting on imageboards at all likely lives a life replete with free time. Recently, I've been spending a lot of time just sitting in thought or trying to journal/write posts to organize my thoughts. I recently stopped taking kratom after months of high doses daily, and I feel like that shit just slowed down my mind and shut off my internal monologue. Now that I'm clean, my thoughts move so fast it gets overwhelming. I've always been an overthinker, though.
One thing I think a lot about is my early childhood. Occasionally, as I'm absorbed in a task, memories will drift into my mind. Early, early memories that I had thought were forgotten. I feel pangs of nostalgia and indulge in trying to recreate those moments; I have a very indulgent mind, constantly daydreaming and thinking onanistically like a bunch of hipster faggots discussing philosophy over $5 coffees. Sometimes, I wonder if nostalgia is the only thing I can feel anymore.
Since I was 17 or 18, I started to reminisce about the media of the 2000's that I had experienced growing up. I revisited many books I had read as a kid, often to disappointment. Those things that used to be magical seemed shitty and underwhelming, but I still can't let them go. After graduating high school I became intensely depressed. It wasn't that I was suicidal like I was in high school. I just felt dead inside. I was convinced I had anhedonia and spent hours trying to figure out how to fix it.
During that time, I became a warehouse wagie, and the physical labor actually sparked something inside me. While working, I would daydream about getting home and doing things other than just sitting and staring at the ceiling. I started busting my ass just to feel something again, even if it was just brutal exhaustion. I continued this way for two years, lying to my parents about taking online classes. When I eventually came clean, I was forced to enroll in community college. Now, I pretend to go to class and sit in the library browsing Wizchan every day.
Most parents would have made me pay rent or helped me find an apartment if I didn't want to attend college, which I would have had no issue with. Instead I am forced to do this shit. I tried to move out twice before, but my dad showed up at my work and started causing problems which made me feel guilty and come back home to make him happy.
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