[hprotagonist]

The easiest advice i have for you is still very hard.

You must move beyond your shame and guilt that keeps you afraid and alone, and you must have a regular two-way relationship with a community of your peers and betters that you all use to help each other out of these sorts of blocking situations.

You may well fail if you try…alone. But where you’re weak, someone else is strong, and vice versa. Exploit this.

This is extremely hard to do; it’s the only thing that works.

[impendia]

May I ask where you have sought out such communities?

Not OP, but I've had limited success finding others interested in talking about mental health.

[hprotagonist]

OP seems to be in an educational context, in which you swallow your fear, go to office hours, spill your guts, and usually are pleasantly astonished to discover that the group you need is already there and you can start improving immediately.

[spaetzleesser]

"You must move beyond your shame and guilt that keeps you afraid and alone, and you must have a regular two-way relationship with a community of your peers and betters that you all use to help each other out of these sorts of blocking situations."

I'll second this. Realizing that you aren't alone is a big relief.

[hprotagonist]

noone is equipped to carry that burden alone; realizing that early is a superpower.

[delanded]

- Burner communities (centered around burning man and wordlwide around local burns) - Men's circles