Can you say the same about your life??
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Mine did not but I’m okay with it.
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My life still has potential to turn out just like I wanted.
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Damn straight. It was going ok until year 3 in university. Then I failed to get my degree, and that was it basically.
Things were never the same again. I just went from being in the academic elite to surviving on my wits for the rest of my life until I was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 38.
By then the show was over and I was “retired” lol .
I’ve done my best to pick up the pieces since I was diagnosed like I did my best after falling to get my degree.
But geez. I never really got a chance.
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Mine did not turn out as I hoped, but it also did not turn out as I feared. I’m okay with landing in the middle.
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i never bothered to plan how my life would turn out. never really thought much about it even as a kid
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I definitely never thought I’d be mentally ill or get diagnosed with schizophrenia but I’d still be sitting at home all day every day watching TV even if that never happened.
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Mine didn’t plan out either. I was ready for applying to university. Then bam! Psychosis! That was 11 years ago. I was 30 years of age.
I’ve been bedridden since but do feel better these days. Less chaotic in my mind.
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And yet here you are here supporting others on their journey and helping people you don’t know. Maybe you feel like you failed but we think of you as a gift. You were the first to welcome me to this forum and I’ll always appreciate that. @everhopeful
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Thank you for this question! It brings me more appreciation for my situation. Materially nothing is as planned, but personally, things are far better than I could have ever imagined, and that’s what really matters.
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I can relate.
When I was a kid, I always pictured myself have a girlfriend or wife. Owning my own house, having lots of friends. Having my drivers license, having an above average job.
I’ve turned out to be the loser of my moms side of the family (The side I live around and see all the time. Im not close to my dads side of the family. Not 100% sure how they are doing)
I’m almost 30 years old.
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I never had any plans for my life either. Schizophrenia was a surprise at age 19, hospitals and group homes were surprises. But so was getting a job 9 months after getting out of the hospital, and then going to college soon after. When I first got sick I was severely ill, I couldn’t have planned I would have ever get out of the group home or the hospital so everything after age 21 is a bonus.
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I’m 34. I hope to do something or improve a bit, I guess. I got another 20-30 years max.
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In every way and in every aspect my life could have been so much better than what I deal with
I’m so unhappy 
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I believe it was meant to happen that I got sz. it was a lot to accept and I could be bitter about losing my career in architecture if I wanted to…but I accept everything as meant to be…so be it.
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I was too needy when I was young. I should have focused on an education. I was obsessed with romance and had a boyfriend, I shouldn’t have had. I probably would have met someone better, if I had dedicated my time to education.
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My life didn’t turn out the way I planned. My soccer career didn’t work out because of my problems. I accept my life the way it is.
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I was going really strong in my 20’s had a young family and bought a house, was working 2 jobs so my wife could stay home with the kids. Things were going great untill I turned 33 then all hell broke loose. I swallowed a whole bottle of Tylenol because voices in my head told me too. Then I was in the psych hospitals for the next 5 years but I still went back to work when I got out. Finally ended up in the state hospital for a year, my wife divorced me and I lost everything. So no my life has not gone the way I would have liked.
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My life also took a totally different direction.
I had to drop out of school. I failed.
I can’t even keep up with housework now. I’m pathetic. I guess I’m a failure now too.
I had so much “promise” lol. Whatever. Look at me now. Can’t even remember anything. Well I make the best of it. I enjoy my few friends and family as best I can on good days. I just miss myself sometimes.
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I didn’t get a degree either but I was ill way before starting University. I got diagnosed at a similar age also. At least you’ve got good taste in music @everhopeful if nothing else.
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