Hi Ipower , Im Mike .
I can see that Athene and "the crew" are no longer actively supporting this project and there are just few who are kind of ... visiting this place once in a while , but I think Ill have to post it anyway.


Does anyone of you has ever felt that he have failed at his own life ?
like , completely failed all of it ?
for the past half a year it is the only feeling I feel , and I just cant find a practical solution .

Well it was (and I believe still is) a long process that had started this year right after the best moments in my life .(im 18 now)

My social , logical and physical abilities were on their top ,
I could start a conversation with a complete starnger and end it with a faithful friend , or some money that I need to a buss or whatever , and make it look legit .(so it wont decrease from my social status in their eyes)
then I've did a psychometric test , and without too much learning (half a week , when normal local folks are learning for it half a year) Ive got one of the top 15% scores accross the country.
I was running at least 15 kilometers twise a week .
Ive had a hot gf , and my friends were usually looking at me as at Ghandi himself ..

BUT .
Something had happened .
It seems Ive expected too much of myself , it all just fell apart in a matter of months .
Now Im going to fail even at the upcomming "matriculation exams" ( which are really easy if you have studied enogh . Its a kind of the final exams in the high school ).
I guess it is because I've took another psychometric test this week (because I want to learn at the Technion university wich has high standards ) , and this time it went just too horible .
Ive dumped the gf , my social status at the school is kind of respected but too wierd .

Because I've acted wierd in the public - because I didnt gave a shit ,
If you have ever seen 'death note' there is a character there called 'L' , at the time I was watching the series , and eventually Ive found myself copying his body language , talking style and thinking which was very wierd for my evironment .

ok . its not the point .
I have a question for everyone who will have enough patience to read all this -
I believe that the things which may led me to this situation were mostly unpleasant coincidences , 
and that strange depression which could be caused by - me not standing at my own standards .
the thing is - when the depression got deeper , Ive started to overload myself with projects which I could never finish , eventually bringing more stress and strengthening my depression .

now I cant even do the basic things that Ive done half year ago  
(ahh yea , Ive strained my leg while running accross a mountain and since than I cant run )

And at this point I am asking for your help .
the question - I think Ive gone too far with the Idea that mental stress is just a virtual stress which exists only in my head (During my parkour trainings Ive adapted the ideology that if its physically possible - Im going to do it , while giving no weight to fear or any mental virtual limitations ... like "its all in your head" ) .
So I guess Ive pushed my abilities too far and ... you know ...

Does anyone have an idea how could I overcome this problem ?
(I cant concentrate on learning/working , Im hardly addicted to distractions , no motivation or inspiration , Ill soon have the final tests and I cant afford to fail on 'em ...and the thing with social status ... but its ok because I am pretty antisocial ... and now Im affraid that this fact may affect my self destructive behaviour ... because I didnt talked (more than a Hi-Bye chatter) with people for the last couple of months..)

and thats all ... I guess... sorry for the 'too much words Ive wrote' ... and if there are any grammer mistakes blame my parents for it.

-Mike 
P.s. If you didnt understood what Ive wrote , please dont waste your time commenting something useless and just say that you didnt understood o.o ... 

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Sorry for this late reply, this slipped my radar.

Firstly, welcome ofc

As for your worries, you're still 18 man, I'm only 20 and I've had some difficult shit to deal with and the important thing I've realised from the past few years is that things can so easily and quickly turn for the worse but getting better takes time and effort. I understand that it's hard to deal with pressure and I myself, still deny  how stressed I get but when I do, it only makes things worse.

It's good to see you've realised you're putting pressure on yourself because sometimes, it's not a good thing. Not all the best people in the world have pressured themselves into that, some people are just better at dealing with pressure and there is no shame in admitting you struggle sometimes. In fact, accepting this fact allows us to deal with it appropriately.

Say you've been progressing for sometime, you start to feel pressure to keep with that progress or you will be disappointed in yourself, this fear builds stress and eventually you snap as the levels of biochemicals that regulate stress levels shift out of balance. It's not in the mind in the sense that we have a conscience, it's in the mind physically, chemical imbalances cause stress.

As for getting out of this problematic part of your life, the best thing to do is just think of only the good things you did for yourself that you actually enjoyed. If you used to run every week, why? If you enjoyed that, why did you stop? Don't let yourself get into the point where nothing seems to make a difference.


Maybe it's time for dramatic changes, maybe it's time to reflect and change only certain things but the only way to make yourself happy is to pick only things that make you happy, even if they are not what others want for you. If you honestly feel that passing your exams with amazing grades will make you happy, then find a way to make yourself enjoy working and revising for them. If your friends give a shit about you having social status, then they aren't truly your friends, if you want to be someone else, be that person and maybe you will have to find friends for that person and not the people who were friends with your previous self. Also, you can be happy without many friends, just a few good ones. Think quality not quantity ;)


I think this post wasn't overlooked because it was just too long, but also because the formatting made it a little difficult to understand :)

Let us know in a blog how you progress!

Well yea , English isn't my native language ...

why did you stop?

because I've almost broke my leg ..


chemical imbalances cause stress.

Thank you for the answer :)

Maybe it's time for dramatic changes,

Can't now .

to pick only things that make you happy,

I don't have these .
If you honestly feel that passing your exams with amazing grades will make you happy,

Nope . I need the grades to get where I want .
But I gave up on it .
If you honestly feel that passing your exams with amazing grades will make you happy,

Too late I guess ..

then they aren't truly your friends,

my few true friends understand that it is only up to me .
you can be happy without many friends, just a few good ones.

I can be happy even without a single friend :)
if you want to be someone else,

Usually , I am not me .
Being "me" just doesn't seem to work anymore .

and thank you for the reply ...
I wish I had time to write here my progress ..

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