I myself have experienced this before more than once in my life and it really really sucks. To know you can be one way but something inside of you is blocking you from playing your roll. I came across the best article on the topic in search of an answer to figure out what exactly was wrong with me and i want to share it with you guys. I hope you too can learn something about yourself in reading this, here is the link.

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remember! Swag cant be lost for ever.. it will always be somewhere in you bros

Good advice. Basics like nutrition and health ARE a great place to start.

The "over-identifying" thing actually range pretty true for me. I'm just getting my swag back, and I realized that letting other peoples' emotions affect me is part of the problem.

I'm with you. If someone knows how to empathize with someone who is in a really shitty place, without getting completely sucked in, let me know. (I don't think it's in me to be completely cold to the people I care about.)

#1 is sort of the whole point. The original "cool" does have a certain coldness to it where you don't really give a shit what anybody thinks of you. (You can read stories about Miles Davis.) If you try to impress people, you usually get in your own way. You have a better shot at getting your swag back if you work on impressing yourself, and being completely fine if no one recognizes you as impressive.