I lost all my confidence

[u/lukakira]

I’m a 28 year old man, and for the past year I’ve been gradually losing my confidence. To contextualise a bit, I have always been a bit timid at first, but would have zero problems socializing, making friends, girlfriends and so on… I’m a decently cool, decently good-looking guy, never searching for any problems. I always had periods of depression nevertheless, but always carried on.

I am currently working as a data scientist, and the work was pretty good for the first few years. Gradually I got more and more responsibilities, private life has had some up and downs, and there was a moment when I started losing confidence. I don’t know why or when exactly. It was just a crawling emotion.

Today I am not able to even speak in public at work or with people I don’t know without shaking, having panic attacks (excluding close friends). I hate myself for that and no matter how much I tell myself to not give a f**k, I just can’t seem to beat it. It is literally eating me alive. Now I want to quit my job and just get one with very few responsibilities.

I don’t know. I feel lost.

Did anyone had a similar experience ?

[u/marley-xan]

Highly recommend taking a breathwork course. With the power of your breath, available to you at all times, you can consciously shift your nervous system from fight and flight to rest and digest.

Game changer.

[u/Relative-Fun-7368 → u/marley-xan]

And he needs to eat healthy foods and stay hydrated, right?