I need to relocate from my current country or I'll lose my mind. I feel I'm a total stranger to every single person in my life. Culturally, you are stuck living with your family. So I wanna go far away to be alone instead of being lonely but surrounded by lots of people. I lived abroad for 2 years in an eastern European country studying and got back after getting my diploma but mainly because my visa expired. My passport is disgustingly weak and I'm unable to apply for a student visa anymore I'm tired of studying. I work remotely my salary isn't the best but not too bad I can barely survive on it in a different country.

Could you please gimme advice on how to just start a new life. I need a reset button because I really can't do it anymore.

How do I re view it????? I really neeed to omg pizzazz tell me

Writing this alone is giving me so much anxiety. I been married to my wife for over 17 years. I was raised here in the U.S, my english is not fluid as i do have an accent. We are both bilingual but ever since we started dating i just got used to speaking to her in Spanish as i have always been very self conscious about my accent. In the 17+ years that we been together, i have never talked english in front of her. Over the years, this just became more dificult, the fear of being judged grew strong and strong. Long story short, my daughter recently started dating, and she is now dating a white guy. Today her boyfriend will be coming over for dinner for the first time as my daughter wants us to meet him. She said she want us to talk to him to get to know him. Moments like this i often stay quiet and avoid talking to feel comfortable. Today i dont think i can do that as i do not want to be rude. I want to face this fear but i just feel so afraid of how much ill be judged by my wife. I need advice :(

Hello guys, so my man has sickle cell disease (24M) and I've been convincing him for treatment (transplant) whatsoever transfusions whatever helps I can't see him like this :( but he have been dealing with this from a long time he's scared perhaps he got his own reasons not to get it I respect it but it aches me alot he gets crises episodes every day and screams in pain daily he is trying his best but his health keeps deteriorating

And I heard in come cases transplant goes wrong and cuz of the reaction the patient dies in so scared I js want him to live :( I js end up crying everyday this is too painful his meds don't even work much I'm concerned about his organs and what not. He lives miles away and I feel awful I can't do anything about it.

I can't bear it I'll just collapse after he dies I can't deal with his absence at all everything is so scary and now my attachment is at the stage it feels awful horrible when we don't talk he's in pain 24/7 :/

Hello everyone I recently got ghosted by a girl I was going out with for a few months and it was great during that time I felt actually wanted for once. I felt like all the work I put in to myself and keep putting in, going to the gym a few times a week, studying Japanese to proficiency, and taking the leap to work an ocean away was finally paying off. But then suddenly I just got ghosted and now I feel more empty than I did before when I was single. Partly because I will need to go back home for grad school, partly because I just got ghosted like that, and partly because the job I thought would be great wasn’t for me. I just don’t know what to do anymore or if I can even find someone again when I get back. The difference between talking to girls at home and here has been night and day, where at home I have been told to my face time and time again “I don’t date guys who come up to here”, “You’d be great if you were a few inches taller”, etc. But here women seem genuinely interested in me and it feels like I don’t know if I can find this again back home or not. I’m sure that sounds super dumb to say but it’s also my lived experience and I know I should talk to my therapist about this too, but I want to know what else I can do.

I don’t even feel like my life is bad at all, but for some reason I feel like I’m unable to be happy and I don’t understand why. Like lll be fine for a month or 2, then feel like I spiral again and grow distant from everyone in my life. For a little context of who I am, I’m 18. I lost my mother 2 almost 3 years ago. I have a wonderful girlfriend who I can’t express my love for thru words. She helps me a lot, but I’d like an outside perspective or anyone else may know what my problem is. Any advice is more than welcome, any questions are too.

I'm a coward and im not able to tell this girl I really like her, and I cannot find the space or even the moment when I can tell her what I feel. What should I do, I am desperate.

I’ve been at an all time low for the past 6 months, I’ve been burnt out, overworked and mentally exhausted, I just feel nothing at all anymore. I struggle to get out of bed and can’t remember the last time I was happy. I haven’t spoken to any of my friends for almost the same time. I couldn’t even talk to my boyfriend anymore because of how morose it’s been and eventually our relationship just ended without a breakup, he had every right to step back and move on. My meds don’t work, just make me numb. I’m a doctor and have tried my best to make my parents happy, I’m always guilty and the feeling of being indebted to my parents is the only thing keeping me here. The last month has been the worst and I haven’t left home the whole month. I do not even know who I am or how to find myself.

Hello this is my first post here so hope I’m doing this right.

One of my best friends (F27) is going through a really rough time and I dont know how to help. She has always suffered from anxiety and depression she goes to therapy takes her meds.

Some months ago her boyfriend left her just two weeks before buying a house together. They’ve been together for years they were really good together they were best friends it was very unexpected. He told her he loved her a lot but that his principles wouldn’t let him continue and he left and started no contact.

My friend tried moving on, she rented her own apartment, she went to more therapy sessions she started new hobbies…. But she just can’t move on… She still tells me she tries but he loves him too much.

Its been 5 days she is stuck in bed in her bedroom she refuses to get up, barely eats. She says she knows he wont come back but she just can’t do it without him.

I don’t know how to help her. Should I call him?

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I sadly just broke up with who I most definitely could call the love of my life and it's really hard. I don't know how to function from now on.

We moved in together a month and half ago and it was the first time for both of us that we lived away from our families. Now that we broke up she's going back to her house but I have to stay here bc of work.

This is not my first break up but it's definitely the one that is hurting the most and it's happening in a moment when I am too lonely and full of responsibilities that I don't know how to handle.

I need some support or I would like to know about a group, page or app where I could talk to people whenever I feel too lonely or desperate.

My parents and I live in the same house. I love them both so much, they are my whole world. But we’re falling apart.
Dad is 60. Life’s been hard on him. He’s worked his whole life, and still works. He has to work till he’s 65 because his pension isn’t enough.
He’s a wonderful person and an amazing dad. But now he’s almost always angry because I know he suffers from depression. We can’t convince him to take meds. He’s angry that he couldn’t give my mom and I a better life, even though we never expected more from him, he takes care of us.

This is making my mom depressed as well. She won’t talk to my dad about it because she says he gets mad. She feels trapped and alone. She works herself to death in the house and garden, and does nothing for herself.

I’m in the middle of it all. I try to help wherever I can. Because of where we live, finding a job is pretty much impossible, so I try to do whatever I can, but it isn’t nearly enough.
I don’t know what to do. How do I help them?

TLDR; Both parents are depressed and won’t talk it out with each other. I’m at the end of my rope.

Hi, we had guests over the other day and whenever we do, my Mom feels shitty because she's jealous of them. She usually takes it out on me by screaming at me and usually, I don't care.

She barged into my room during the middle of the night a couple days ago and started screaming at me. I was scared and tried hiding under my blanket, but she kept ripping it off of me.

It was even more embarrassing because I usually sleep naked for comfort and felt really vulnerable.

I waited forever, but I was tired and in a bad mood too. I just wanted her to go away and let me sleep. I couldn't take it anymore.

I didn't fight when she tried to rip the blanket away from me and I got up and put my hands on her shoulders. I pushed her out of my room and locked the door behind me. I went back to sleep.

She was saying, "Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God." She was crying and I never heard her more terrified in my life. She's been terrified of me ever since and has barely talked to me.

What do I do?

Hello

So this is gonna be a confusing post so kinda backstory i used to have a tumblr but it got hacked and i cant get on because of australia's 16+ laws. So i have to use a website called tumgag and i clicked on a tag and it showed tags that were recently seen. And it showed a tag called ickyteen were there was a i believe a teen taking a selfie and i deleted the history without thinking and reported the tag to the cybertipline and tumblr. Is this all i should do?

Thank you

I have a lot going on, I work, have school, multiple art commissions, and theatre in my community. Lately Ive felt really crushed and stressed, it’s made a lot of bad thoughts easily squirm in. The aforementioned theatre is a rendition of Clue where I’ve met tons of interesting people. I am in this play with my brother, he invited me and this is my first show. He is more familiar with a lot of people there, specifically a person that I’ll call John. They’re a great person, funny, kind, and puts their all into theatre. I like them and get why everyone else also enjoys their presence. I have always been an anxious person, I really struggle with feeling loved. My brother has always tried to make me feel better. We’re very close and I used to follow him like a shadow when I was a kid. He will always try to be around John, during rehearsal he’s always joking around with them. He often ends up ignoring my presence to talk to them. During the day he loves to talk about John and how similar we are, whenever he gets the chance he’ll talk about them. It’s not in a romantic way, he has a girlfriend and is very happy with her, he just really likes them. I can’t help but wish I was John, really anyone other than myself. No matter how many positive affirmations I get, I hate myself. I really just wish I was John. They’re so much funnier than me, being around them is so fun. I really wish that was me, I wish my brother enjoyed my presence that much. I feel like John is replacing me.

I never want to dwell on my problems. I always try to ignore the negative aspects, because I know that if I focus on them, I won't be able to get them out of my head. Things that affect me physically, like my stunted growth and the inability to address it during the pandemic. I'm still the same height as I was in the fourth grade. This has likely impacted my self-esteem, but I'm also significantly below average. Furthermore, I suffer from phimosis. However, I know that I won't be able to use it in the near future. But putting aside these issues, I know that this isn't normal for someone my age. But to be honest, this is the norm for everyone. Thinking about the people around me only makes me feel more inadequate. People who make me feel incredibly self-conscious about having or not having what is considered "normal." Yes, I feel like a failure.Despite having a group of friends who are all good with women, are tall, attractive, or skilled in something, I still feel like I'm not good enough. I consider myself funny, but sometimes I'm just too afraid to tell jokes for fear of what people might say. I know they appreciate me, but it still doesn't feel like enough. I want to be someone, not just another face in the crowd, but how do I achieve that when I'm the most average person possible? I know I need to work hard in life, but I lack the skills to stand out in anything. I don't know what to do. I think I'll just spend Halloween alone. On the 30th, my friends are having a party, and I won't be able to join them. I just can't seem to socialize well, so I don't know how to talk to them or be around them. If they come to say hello to my friends, the most I can do is stand there like an idiot, waiting for them to finish talking so I can go back to being alone.I'm just... there. And there's no way I could go to the party. I could ask my best friend to tell them, but it just makes me uncomfortable. I don't like to intrude or go somewhere where I'm not invited, and I don't know if I'd be treated well. I know I'm not my best friend's favorite person, and I'm not anyone's first choice. I've always felt like an outsider. But lately, I've been ignoring it, even though I know it's true. But the party made me realize the reality. I don't know nearly as many people as I thought, and no one knows me. I'm not included in anything, and I can see that things are only going to get worse. I'll never be seen with a woman alone. Either because I don't know anyone, or because they've never shown any interest in talking to me. Am I really that boring? At this point, I don't even know what to do.

TW: mentions of sh

for context: in the past I did sh, I’m in a better place mentally now.

got assigned an easy in class and we have to write about oedipus rex and why he Took out his own eyes and every time I start writing I start spiraling Becouse what does this revele about me, I don’t want my English teacher knowing about my problems but monster what I write i feel like she can tell and I do t want her telling my parants becouse they still don’t know and if I tell them than they will start prying into my personal life and I don’t want them to

am I over thinking this?

please

It hurts so much but I can't stop... The heat is addictive as it is painful... I'm so lost...

About a month or 2 ago my girlfriend confronted me about things I did, among them the one that most hurt her was that I look at other girls. I was the one who confessed that I looked at other girls because I promised her I would no longer lie to her, and I have gotten better on all the things whe confronted me about. But I am still looking on accident, and I told her this too, and now I ask, how do I stop for good, how do I finally fix this. I honestly don't care if "it's natural" or if "all men do it" because that's not the standard I hold for myself or the standard she deserves. I wanna be a good man and an even better partner. Please any help or feed back would be amazing.