If You’re Feeling Behind in Life Because of Your Mental Health, Watch This
Do you ever feel like everyone else is moving forward — while you’re stuck trying to catch up?
If your mental health has made you feel behind in life, this video is for you.
In this Psych2Go video, we talk about why mental health struggles can affect your sense of progress, and why comparing your timeline to others can be especially painful when you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, burnout, or trauma.
⚠️ Disclaimer:
This video is for educational and supportive purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health treatment, diagnosis, or advice. If you are struggling with your mental health or experiencing severe emotional distress, please consider reaching out to a mental health professional.
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34 Comments
That's literally me
I just dropped out from college last year due to financial problems and ive been staying at my aunts house for the past 7 months just lazing around and dont have any motivation to do something important with my life.
This helped alot, Thank you ❤
Every time I feel down, I’ll come back to this video.
Thank you for this really needed ❤
I'm not sure about this.
Ooh yeah, I've been hearing whispers in my head for days that I'm so behind and it's so stressful for real
I have been literally been talking about feeling this way for the past weeks. Not in a negative way, but just admitting that the feelings are still present (still work to do).
Its very hard to escape these feelings. With that said, I've learned that its not about escaping them but confronting and managing them…even with external help.
I've come such a long way, and know I still have a long way to go. But trust when I say, it is possible.
Past traumas don't have to take you out. There is light on the other side. It can just take a lot of time. ❤ Its worth it though. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I don't know I feel like I am making excusesin my mind to avoid study
Almost 25, still at uni and currently having difficulty landing a job. Still hanging on, in case life becomes a little better.
Trying to see this and youtube gives me a fucking ad lmao you want me to die youtube
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god this hit… this hit hard. Im already in my early 40s. I missed so much believing I wasn't worth making the effort for. Authentically knowing I don't have to believe that anymore is freeing, and terrifying at the same time. But that's ok.
If jobs stopped getting ripped away from me by circumstances i dont control i wouldnt be so damn behind.
I finally started getting good jobs 6 years ago and 3 are already gone due to the pandemic layoffs, or companies being bought out or budget issues and cuts. If that would STOP HAPPENING for even 3 years i could really build a career…now im scrambling like never before and im terrified that was it. My last shot. I'm 39 and im scared that my life is over. That I'm done.
I cant even worry about friends or love life or retirement or anything else. Im constantly in survival mode. For 6 years now.
I think ı have depression but ı cant be sure.
Sometimes ı play games with my Sister but other then her ı dont really have friends. I want to study and do something good but ı cant and ı feel emotionly dry. I mostly just feel happy from games but when ı dont play games ı dont want to do anything. I want to just get in bed and just dont do anything, let the life go on
I had to fight the same war a year ago. I thought it would be over, that I could full send it. Just for a event to fully cripple me again. I am sick of fighting. Downing in thoughts and self doubt. But there is now other way but forward
Felt this way for years when I dropped out of college in 2019. Did nothing till 2024. Almost off-ed myself 4 times. Was the worse years of my life. Now I'm 2 years in automotive classes, got a car finally (need to fix it, though), am working for Uber, and am trying to get into the Army. Still, felt like I wasted my 20s….
31 today. Still living at home. Cut all communication with my friends. Work. Shower. Sleep. Im just so tired
I dont hear at all or enough that at some point in life things can be stagnant… its not that things are going wrong, In fact everything is either good or average, but its safe to shut down and so your brain does, even though that shut down means waking up is hard, keeping up is hard, you physically cannot pick yourself up and go to work or start that assignment or even have the energy to eat for the day.
You mentioned 20's, 30's and 40's but I'm in my early 50's and I REALLY feel life has passed me by. I haven't been in a serious relationship in 20 years and I consider myself a hopeless romantic. I work in a low paying job and live in a small apartment with my cat. I have no motivation, feel ugly, and feel I'm too much of a nerd for anyone to be interested in. So how would I go about feeling less behind at this age? Please someone help…
How long still? It's been 6 years of diagnose now, never feeling better unless for a short period of time in which I don't even realize it and I forgot it anyway, it's only ups and downs, I know it's normal, but it's not the normal ones for me anymore. Never getting better, I am behind and not because of something or someone I follow in particular, I do not compare myself to anybody and I'm not in a rush to heal. I am behind because I'm not moving for and in anything, not even to enjoy my age, life or friends. I'm doing literally nothing and I don't have a why to just survive, so on pause for still how long? Why? I am just tired of not feeling anything at all or something small which is ephemeral and I CAN''T EVEN REMEMBER OF FEELING IT, WHAT'S THE F* POINT OF IT? THIS IS WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST. I JUST FEEL BROKE! A BROKEN HUMAN UNABLE TO FEEL EMOTIONS AND REMEMBER WHAT IT EXPERIENCES!
Oh yeah.
As if “being late in your 20s or teenage years” doesn’t infer not having cool romantic relationship EVER cause while you were sick and healing and bla-bla-bla everyone has grown up and matured.
As if there is something that can substitute all the best moments of youth for you.
As if being “late in your 20s” – trying to overcome your health problems while everyone else is getting a good job and promoted etc – doesn’t mean that you are broke, lonely, in the worst cases, hungry even. Cause money doesn’t grow on trees, duh.
Being left out sucks, it has devastating consequences and it only seems so nice and smooth when it is a cartoon on youtube.
Wow. This was great. I've always felt behind in everything, even though i am making progress, just a lot slower.
Often we start to feel a bit lost and strayed off of our paths. When we stop making positive meaning, we lose value in life and also value in ourselves. Mental health declines slowly and silently, leading you to believe you're okay for a while until you're not. We stay stuck in the past and we begin to become stagnant in our comfort zones. If you don't think you're far enough, just think how far you've come already. Don't put unnecessary pressure on yourself. Practice consistency and discipline. We all have setbacks and difficulties. It's about pushing on no matter what. Stop blaming and doubting yourself, it's going to derail you and demotivate you. Remember you are unique and valuable. You are worthy of a healthy mind. Your mental health matters ❤❤❤
I failed my senior year and have to do another year because ocd crushed me so I kinda feel so behind
This is the kind of video you save and come back to whenever you feel low
God bless you abundantly. Thank you for spreading hope and kindness ❤
I hate being one though. It sucks
I got a sandy hook ad before this video. (Yes, it was about the shooting.)
Anyways, my depression is killing me and I feel like it’s ruining the rest of my life before I can see what’s going on. I feel talentless, useless, and unloved.
Being autistic in an unsafe environment, emotional abuse and neglect, I don't have much motivation to pursue my goals, but I'm surviving, and I have to remind myself that that's okay
After suffering for 46 years (well, not all 46), after having missed all the opportunity, after being unable to build anything (not even a plan B or C) I feel more than a late bloomer, waiting to heal. I feel like I'm broken beyond any possibility of being fixed. Because maybe … I am the illness.
Thank you. You made me realize that, if I haven't suffered from so many mental conditions, I wouldn't want to be a psychology professor and find something I actually like and am willing to do. I probably would've been accepted that all my academic success is gonna go to the thrash bin and settled for something more average.
Tq for the vid Psych2Go🌱
both my parents had graduated college with a masters degree in the medical field at my age. i work a dead end job at a retail store and barely managed to get an associate’s degree after 8 years. this is not my brain on pause. this is not my brain trying to survive. this is a ceaseless hell
Everybody's a late bloomer and life when it comes to love romance or anything that I like Bloomberg❤❤❤