#I want to stop but something kept pushing me to force me moving forward even though I'm tired

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tall vault
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Sooo i realized that i might have toxic productivity.. maybe. Ever since 10th grade, i start to feel a small guilt of me playing video games instead of doing the assignment or that one group presentation but i thought it isn't a big deal and just let it be and continue doing my own thing (playing w online friends). But that guilt, it grows... spreads through my brain like a parasite or a tumor idk and it becomes worse and worse and worse even until now. Even right now as im typing this, i feel extreme guilt and overwhelm due to a group project about making a video of some sort which i LITERALLY can do RIGHT NOW but.. I can't.. something felt like forcing my hand and body to just sit in this desk and keep staring at a screen just watching random youtube videos instead of doing some thing "productive" like studying for maths just in case i dont fall behind on the future materials and physics aswell and omfg theres so much more im gonna overwhelm myself if i mention all of them.

I want to get out of this feeling.. this horrible feeling, yes ik that rest is a good thing and i shouldnt overwork or burnout myself but i felt like even just a small rest i immediantly fall behind not a lil bit.. A LOT... like i dont understand shit at math+ at all, and like i said assignments and projects pile up immediantly... So please if you read this, help me what small steps do i need to take to get this insufferable thing out of my mind and make my life less stressful and i can get to enjoy the present and live properly instead of working like a robot 24/7 chasing on assignments having fear of being alst 😭 like my calssmates that literally get to live their life like going to mall with their friesnds DURING WEEKDAYS and STILL manage to catch up with the academics like it genuinely makes me so confused how they manageds to do that

turbid ember
# tall vault Sooo i realized that i might have toxic productivity.. maybe. Ever since 10th gr...

i get what you mean, that sounds super exhausting. you’ve been trying so hard for so long that it makes sense you’re feeling burned out.

i just wanna say you’re not lazy or anything! your brain’s literally just tired from being “on” all the time. you deserve to rest. even small breaks count, you don’t need to do everything all at once. maybe try doing one tiny thing at a time and then give yourself permission to chill for a bit 😄

you’re doing your best even if it doesn’t feel like it. taking care of yourself is still being productive btw! and if it ever gets too heavy or you feel stuck in that guilt, maybe talking to someone (like a counselor) could help. you don’t have to deal with it alone, trust me it’s much easier to bear with issues with someone’s help! tuontoHeart

tall vault
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TYYY for the advice!!

turbid ember
tall vault
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omg toronto made a vid abt it

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thank you so much tuonto

tall vault
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also the word that u dont understand is "last"

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it was typo