When you feel overwhelmed, remind yourself that life is not as bad as it seems, even when the times get tough, there’s a way out of any feeling in life. Feelings are temporary don’t let them rule you. Things aren’t as bad focusing on yourself compared to taking the world in and embracing with concern all the problems which seemingly surround you. 

Keep your head up. One step at a time, things do get better with time but you have to put the work in to better yourself and your perspective on what troubles you whether in your life or as a direct result of some exposure in life forcing you to care when maybe not everyone cares. Your cares make you unique don’t give up caring simply because you don’t see change, have faith that things will improve, whether you can foresee what’s to come or not. 

From here until then, what are you going to do to stay positive, when in doubt or uncertain about the future. Take a step back, journal, track your thoughts and try to understand what’s holding you back in life. To move forward sometimes we need to assess ourselves, whether on our own or with the help of a doctor or a therapist. You can begin again, and believe that you can.

There’s no shame in looking back on your progress thus far, that’s not uncommon. Usually to keep going we refer to our past as benchmarks for our future selves. You are a work in progress, you are not expected to know everything or be perfect you just need to be yourself, flaws and all no one ever said you have to be like everyone else. There is beauty in variety, be someone who contributes to all, just being yourself.