Hi, Chinpal here (or Pepijn), im a 16 yo dutchie and i came here from Zak's discord and his YouTube channel before that because i need help and just want to improve myself in general. Im struggling with lust addiction, am not confident at all, gotten bullied all my life as far as i can remember, and just want to get myself on the right track. I like gaming and animals and yea thats abt it. Nice to meet you all!

The teenage angst hits hard doesnt it? I personally feel the effects of it very much. As a male, im particularly sensitive, and that makes me rather more soft and empathetic, but I also understand boundaries and the limits I would take from others. That said, My main issue is that, i find myself distracting my mind by scrolling and gaming, its been going on for quite a while and i dont like it. I just came back from one of the best school trips of my life where i was lively and social. However, now life pulls me back into my reality, where im quite lonely and closed in. I start to realise i don't really initiate conversations now through texts and i also don't like that. The crash from almost full joy, back to my depressing cave makes me mad, I want to do something about this. I dont wanna be doing the same shit i had been doing before. I have done some research and i find that maybe its because my body is so tired that scrolling is the only thing that stimulates the mind awake or something. Im not sure but, my question is: How do I start living a boring life into a more meaningful one? I have hobbies but i keep putting them aside, how do i grab myself by the neck to do things that i Like to do?

Hello my name is Edwin I am 18 years old live in the Netherlands. My hobbies are football(soccer) and clash. I also enjoy going outside. I am here to improve myself but also meet new people and just having a good time.

Good morning! How are you all doing today? I’ve had quite a tough weekend — I stayed up all night on Friday to work on the Skool and youtube, and feel like i’m not doing enough. Yet I also know I need to take a step back and focus on the mental health habits and spend more time in nature, not thinking about the youtube or skool. Something I remind myself of in these times is when ai’m just not “feeling” good one day, I just tell myself that this feeling is temporary. I’m not chronically stressed, depressed, anxious, unhappy; any negative feeling i’m getting is temporary, and even then there’s things I can do to negate that. Perhaps I wasn’t mindful because I haven’t been meditating as much. Perhaps I ate poorly that day, or am overthinking and idolizing work. There are many reasons for feeling such a way — take action to fix it and/or just remember that the feeling will go away. You can feel bad right now if you know that it isn’t lasting forever. You can sit with it better when you remember that. Second picture is me going on an evening mindful drive + walk to clear my head of work and stress. :)