I’ve talked with so many people whose lives look amazing on Facebook and Instagram who tell me, “I feel sad. We can end up feeling like we don’t have an awesome enough life, like, if we don’t have a glamorous event to photograph and share, we suck.īut people share the highlights, not the lowlights. We can feel anxious, sad, and unhappy after going on Facebook or Instagram. People share the highlights, not the lowlights. I said to her, “Some days I just feel so alone, like nothing is okay.” She said: “Me too.” It made me feel better, and less alone. She was someone who always seemed positive and upbeat. And, people who read Tiny Buddha-just like you-have felt that way. Family members of mine have felt that way. All of my closest friends have felt that way. If you’re feeling like I felt then, here are ten things to remember. Why wasn’t that my life?Īnd then, one day, I decided to see what else was possible. I’d lie awake and wonder why I didn’t feel better, wish I could feel like everyone else seemed to-content, confident, happy. One day running straight into the next, and the next, and the next. I’d started using sleeping pills in my last semester of university, having begged my doctor for a prescription to stop the torture of lying awake night after night.

I’d pop it under my tongue to slide from the shackles of adrenaline. Wrenching myself from my love affair with the tiny white disc. Hot milk with honey, yoga postures with my feet above my head, no chocolate after three in the afternoon-I had tried it all. I would lie awake at night aching for rest and relief from my racing mind. “Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.” ~Sonia Ricotti

I am completely and utterly alone