Ever had your dream(s) crushed?

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I'm a young man, not even in my 30s but I find myself already bogged down with mild depression because theres not a day that goes by where I dont reflect on the dreams/goals I had and will never accomplish.

Planned on becoming a fighter, everyone saw enormous potential in me and I had huge self belief, then boom. Motorcycle accident and physically I've never been the same. One dream dashed. My backup dream was to be a police officer. That accident/injuries also turned me onto opiates and massive drug addiction. Not only would I cause a polygraph machine to melt, even if I did fool it somehow I'm sure it would come up during background the multiple times I overdosed. What police department is going to hire a guy that has done 30 different types of illegal drugs?

One incident. Two dreams demolished. I guess we have no choice but to evolve/choose new dreams..but I cant help but be bummed out.
 
I hoped to try my luck at boxing but getting diagnosed with Epilepsy saw and end to that.

And polygraphs are easy as hell to beat.
 
IloveTHIS said:
I'm a young man, not even in my 30s but I find myself already bogged down with mild depression because theres not a day that goes by where I dont reflect on the dreams/goals I had and will never accomplish.

Planned on becoming a fighter, everyone saw enormous potential in me and I had huge self belief, then boom. Motorcycle accident and physically I've never been the same. One dream dashed. My backup dream was to be a police officer. That accident/injuries also turned me onto opiates and massive drug addiction. Not only would I cause a polygraph machine to melt, even if I did fool it somehow I'm sure it would come up during background the multiple times I overdosed. What police department is going to hire a guy that has done 30 different types of illegal drugs?

One incident. Two dreams demolished. I guess we have no choice but to evolve/choose new dreams..but I cant help but be bummed out.
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Stop being a pussy.
 
When I got out of college, I go no offer from all the companies I interviewed. But then I got this opportunity to make a shit load of money out of nowhere, and my own facking parents screw it up.

To this day, I think about that fateful day. I am so angry I fantasize about no being there when my idiot parents are living their final days. I want them to feel just as bad as I do. I want them to be alone when they die.
 
MadSquabbles500 said:
When I got out of college, I go no offer from all the companies I interviewed. But then I got this opportunity to make a shit load of money out of nowhere, and my own facking parents screw it up.

To this day, I think about that fateful day. I am so angry I fantasize about no being there when my idiot parents are living their final days. I want them to feel just as bad as I do. I want them to be alone when they die.
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What did they do?
 
IloveTHIS said:
I'm a young man, not even in my 30s but I find myself already bogged down with mild depression because theres not a day that goes by where I dont reflect on the dreams/goals I had and will never accomplish.

Planned on becoming a fighter, everyone saw enormous potential in me and I had huge self belief, then boom. Motorcycle accident and physically I've never been the same. One dream dashed. My backup dream was to be a police officer. That accident/injuries also turned me onto opiates and massive drug addiction. Not only would I cause a polygraph machine to melt, even if I did fool it somehow I'm sure it would come up during background the multiple times I overdosed. What police department is going to hire a guy that has done 30 different types of illegal drugs?

One incident. Two dreams demolished. I guess we have no choice but to evolve/choose new dreams..but I cant help but be bummed out.
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You're in a really tough spot but you have to look forward rather than things that happened or could have been. You're still young, plenty of time and life ahead. Take a couple days and do an assessment of what skills, assets and abilities you have, then set some goals and plans for the coming six weeks and six months
 
Pugilistic said:
You could say that was a...sober awakening
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It's not like being a cop was a lofty goal. It was a pretty steady and noble job at some point, but now it's just most of the country hates you for a pretty paltry income. Still in your 20s, you still have plenty chance to do better than your original goal.

When I was younger, I figured I'd be a pro athlete. Did for a spell, but it was tennis and that's really expensive and unstable if you aren't rich and just staying afloat isn't much of a goal once you get to the back end of your 20s. Good for being well-traveled, but nobody wants to get into their 30s with no savings. Just take wherever you are and make the best of it rather than burning calories regretting things. There's never any situation that you couldn't make worse, and very few that you couldn't make better by taking inventory and adjusting your plan.
 
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