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Why can't I be happy here, what did I do wrong?
And now again, I am in a flat share situation that I cannot take any longer. My flat mate pressured me to accept a third person here after my ex-partner moved out and since then I feel miserable, terrible. She overwhelmed me, I was not even over my breakup, in a vulnerable spot. Always the people-pleaser. And I wanted to help her with her financial situation and the third person too, because she was almost homeless.
But it backfired for me, I did everything wrong. I sold the bed I had with my ex and moved to the smaller room, because I felt pressured, wanted privacy. Now I am still sleeping on the floor, on a small mattress and haven't slept well in a year. I am going crazy, there is so much chaos here now and I feel claustrophobic, I did everything wrong and I wish I had never sold the nice bed I had with my ex, I don't know why I sabotage myself like this.
And we live in a nice neighbourhood, and old flat, but still I don't manage to be happy, I feel other people would manage to be happy, I just don't know what is wrong with me. OK, this flat is very old and has many problems, maybe was not smart to move here, but the housing market in this city has become an absolute catastrophe in the last 10+ years and I get panic attacks just thinking about that.
Just why am I sabotaging myself like this, I wish I had kept the situation I had with my ex, the nice room we created, but I destroyed everything. I don't know what is wrong with me that I can't be happy, I just don't know. And yes I have therapy, but I do not feel that we advance really, I can't cope with this any longer.
Just needed to vent this and if you have any feedback and advice, I'd appreciate it. I checked out Leipzig, but cannot see myself there, did not like the vibe in my visit. I don't know any longer where I should go, I feel lost.
What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.
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