c/depression·Posted by u/emma_fraser·1h ago

Does the future feel like a hallway with no doors to anyone else, just more hallway?

Someone at work asked where I see myself in two years and I went blank in the break room with a yogurt in my hand. I pictured the beige hallway in my old apartment building, the one with the scuffed floor and the doors that always looked painted shut. That was the whole answer in my head. Not a job title, not a city, not even a vacation. Just more hallway. I said something vague about still being on the team and they nodded and filled the kettle. I felt behind, like other people have doors and I lost the map. I used to have a list, messy but real: a different neighborhood, a language class, maybe a dog. The list is still in a notes app. I opened it last week and it read like it belonged to a cousin. Is this familiar, the future going flat like that, and do you pretend you have a plan when people ask?

Peer discussion on askDr.app. Not therapy and not a substitute for professional care.