I am diagnosed with general anxiety and depression. Something I am finding incredible hard to deal with, is guilt. Sometimes I will stay up for hours cringing over mistakes that i made long ago. Things which "normal" people will just be over with after dwelling over it for 2 minutes, feels like it tears me up incredibly. A couple of days ago i overtook someone on my bike on the cycling road, forgetting to use bicycle bell, and he got so angry and yelled at me. I looked back and said "I am sorry!", but he was still mad at me. I got scared and drove off as fast as I could, and cried the whole evening while browsing /r/suicidewatch. People often tell me I am too hard on myself, but how do I learn the ability, to just let things go and "move on"? I feel like I'm living in the past constantly, and it's horrible.
EDIT: This got a lot more attention than I expected. I want to thank you all for your kind words and suggestions. It makes me happy to know that I am not the only one with these feelings.
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I am diagnosed with general anxiety and depression. Something I am finding incredible hard to deal with, is guilt. Sometimes I will stay up for hours cringing over mistakes that i made long ago. Things which "normal" people will just be over with after dwelling over it for 2 minutes, feels like it tears me up incredibly. A couple of days ago i overtook someone on my bike on the cycling road, forgetting to use bicycle bell, and he got so angry and yelled at me. I looked back and said "I am sorry!", but he was still mad at me. I got scared and drove off as fast as I could, and cried the whole evening while browsing /r/suicidewatch. People often tell me I am too hard on myself, but how do I learn the ability, to just let things go and "move on"? I feel like I'm living in the past constantly, and it's horrible.
EDIT: This got a lot more attention than I expected. I want to thank you all for your kind words and suggestions. It makes me happy to know that I am not the only one with these feelings.
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