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View submission: Tuesday Check In: How's Everybody's Mental Health?
Oddly flat. Neither happy nor sad, vague but hard to explain. Yesterday was a huge personal success, and yet today I feel.. fine? I think it felt lesser because I didn't have anyone to celebrate it with, maybe.
I guess it also feels like bragging even if I worked hard. Like I want to tell everyone, but I'm still annoyingly trying to be reserved and humble. It's holding me back.
I am atrying to challenge those ingrained beliefs. Difficult with a negative insecure bias to work with.
Comment by greyfox92404 at 21/02/2025 at 18:53 UTC
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You can brag to me! Tell me about your personal success story, I want to know!
Comment by JustChaiMeMF at 18/02/2025 at 11:43 UTC
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I think feeling proud of your achievements and feeling celebratory have to come from intention, or, at least they do from my experience. Do something to celebrate by creating time to feel celebrated.
You deserve to brag! You deserve to call up a friend and get a drink or dinner to celebrate. Your friends want to hear good news right now. I'm sure they would love to hear you brag about how you're doing well.