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Is this normal, or am I being dramatic? — I just want to hear others opinions, and if someone else has/had similar experiences, because I feel like I'm being overdramatic about this. All advice is welcome and I would really appreciate it. I a…

A great copywriter is worth their weight in gold — I've been building brands for 15 years. If you just got your first $20k-$100k budget to build your brand/web/app, let me humbly offer you a tip: # In 2025, the #1 thing that will affect how 'pro' you…

30 year old son has just been admitted to psych hospital — My son has been treated for depression with for the past year. It seems to be helping, other than the fact that he changes jobs frequently due to conflict with coworkers. He often believes people are…

I NEED HELP !! p — I NEED HELP!!! I'm a 23 year old girl from India. And i seriously need some real life advice or help. I'm currently in my 3rd year of a 4 year Nursing undergraduate program. And I can't do it anymo…

Update: I've decided to ask for a divorce. How do you live with the guilt when they're not a bad person and it won't be mutual? — I posted earlier this week about my marriage and whether I had enough reason to leave. A lot has happened since then. I've told my mom, my best friend, and my dad this week about my decision. Every s…

Stuck in task paralysis — recently, I've gone through a tough depression, the worst I've had in a while. I'm starting to finally feel a bit better, however I'm now stuck in task paralysis and have been for a long time. it's im…

My ex broke up with me over text 4 months ago [VENT] — hello, so idk who to tell this too, so im just gonna say it on here. My ex (16M) broke up with me (16F) around 4 months ago via text. This relationship almost lasted 2 years, and it was both our firs…

(M25) Meeting my gf's (F25) father for the first time, need guidance please, as he is against our relationship? — Hey folks, posting here for the first time as the situation is getting tense, So, my gf and I have been in a relationship for the past 8 years. We both came from Gujarati families, but we have diffe…

My ex broke up with me over text 4 months ago [VENT] — ​ hello, so idk who to tell this too, so im just gonna say it on here. My ex (16M) broke up with me (16F) around 4 months ago via text. This relationship almost lasted 2 years, and it was bot…

Anyone else get attached emotionally in relationships/after sex? — So, I started talking to this girl late March in class last year, on April 6th last year I got her number and asked her out on a date... it felt so right because I was going on vacation for a week and…

how to stop being scared of my parents — hi im 18 and ive wanted to work to have my own money for about 3 years now but they wont let me work and im genuinely so scared of making them angry (mostly my mom) i applied for a job and got a call …

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I seem to can't forgive her — It's been 1 year since I did go no contact, radio silence, no any secret messages towards her or anything, I've just been silent to her. I never stalked her and I don't even have the urge, it's all go…

I genuinely don't know what to do anymore and I'm completely at my end — I've been on the verge of crying for weeks but physically unable to(trauma, testosterone usage as a trans dude, who knows), because it's so hopeless and there's nothing I can do. I work a low skill,…

I genuinely don't know what to do anymore and I'm completely at my end — I've been on the verge of crying for weeks but physically unable to(trauma, testosterone usage as a trans dude, who knows), because it's so hopeless and there's nothing I can do. I work a low skill,…

I know my current lifestyle is awful but I can't change — I'm a 23 year old woman and I'm worried the way I'm living now is destroying my body and mind in the long run, but no matter how hard I want to I can't seem to bring myself to change. I've been overw…

Surviving grief in a new country (30F/30M) — TL;DR - moved to a new country to support my partner's dying parent. Struggling with isolation & trying to save this relationship. I met my partner in country X where we were together for a year. At …

I'm 18. I'm barely an adult and these feelings I don't see myself getting rid of. Yes of course I crave that love, because no one ever gave it to me. Everyone that was supposed to, and everyone that I…

>And if they truly can’t handle it, that’s important information. This is for sure one of the things I really try to keep in mind. In most ways I'm decently secure now but one bit that sometimes stil…

I think it matters if you want to share similar lives. For example, if you enjoy traveling and dining out frequently and can afford to, but he can't, you either don't go together or help cover more of…

I feel you so much. I'm tired, I'm incredibly tired. I can't stand all of this anymore. I wish I could just fill my backpack, jump on a plane and go live somewhere remote where nobody knows me or wan…

Thanks for your reply. I really hate to hear that you feel the same way. That's a good point about time travel. Even though I know we can't, it's still difficult (at least for some people, like me) to…

Before he can ruin anything, get all of your important documents, and if you can, store them some place other than your house. In fact, everything you care about take already and get out of the house…

If points in gana and bhakoot are zero, then you should think twice before getting married , as it will create differences once you settle down. That's my personal opinion..rest it's upto you. Marriag…

Just keep at it. Some of us older folks just *cannot* let go of the idea that you're still a baby. I recall when my mother died, I was over at my sister's house with two of my three kids, and my sis…

"I'm on the spectrum worse than you I can guarantee that" no you can't, and this is a weird, unempathetic, incredibly unhelpful comment.

*Dont want to sound mean but maybe it will I'm sorry* >Part of me thinks I’m doing it because I want closure or confirmation that she moved on. She is not with you anymore, she moved on. That's it.…

I can answer that completely. Just went through this when adopting my adopted-twice-before kid.. That involved a lot of digging for different birth certificates. If you know what city/town you were …

You need to make the smart decision for yourself here, because he's clearly too blinded by emotions to think about the future. If you get married and he wants kids, but then can't, because you don't…

So don't dig. Rest a bit. It's not so bad down here. Theres...uh dirt...and cute worms...and sometimes a butterfly floats overhead. I'm not sure what happened so I'm not confident telling you that y…

I am 2nd generation Asian American so I think i can answer this really well.. I will be really straightforward and honest with you in different ways: Job: Asians are usually hired better in Engine…

Not native speaker here, so I might write little awkward. You're not doing anything wrong. That's first thing to understand. You're not failing at technique. Something else is blocking you, and it'…

> Just cause someone is “Asian” doesn’t mean Asians have political power. He would not have won if he didn't have Asian American behind him so strongly as a bloc. You complain about Asians having no…

No one is looking for perfection. But no not gonna admit i dont get everything i want. You get everything you give energy to, that includes the bad stuff. If you say you can and if you say you can't, …

Harsh but probably true. If I knew for sure, even I would manage to get my sad self out the door. It's just so baffling because in almost every other way, he is very kind, endlessly supportive, ACTUAL…

It was described to me as just like relaxing a fist and letting it go. Instead of attention being caught up in thought, it dissipates instead and you untangle yourself from it. If you set an inten…

Come to the edge," he said. "We can't, we're afraid!" they responded. "Come to the edge," he said. "We can't, We will fall!" they responded. "Come to the edge," he said. And so they came. And he pushe…

**I'm an anxious desperately obsessed with an avoidant who left and I need help** TLDR : I'm an autistic and anxious-attached lonely guy and against the odds found the girl of dreams in the best cont…

If you have to have someone sign an NDA in order to keep them from sharing deeply personal information of yours, then they aren't trustworthy enough to keep as a partner anyway. NDAs have no place in…

Would have preferred to post this, but can't, despite having enough karma comments. --- Got Stood Up and Ghosted M47 matched F43 on Hinge. She took two months to match. No fixed home, nomadic, pet …

ACIM may have been a project of the MK ULTRA CIA black ops program. We now know through the freedom of information act that Helen's co-worker and sort of frenemy (more enemy than friend much of the ti…

It's only been two months. You're fully in the thick of it. You're doing all the right things, but it's just going to take time, there's no way around that. You cannot expect yourself to rise like a p…

People can't, you truly cant experience a situation until youve been through it. You can have empathy for a situation but unless you've lived it, it's totally different. "Just leave" "you know it's…

I can't, every time I close my eyes. 10 min in, the colors start to swirl, 15 to 20, constant opening and closing of portals to random people and places. Always have it happen, need to figure out how …

OP what you are experiencing right now is called dead weight She hasn't at all truly stablish boundaries with the AP and done anything to try to work thing out as well try to regain your trust, so no…

Autoimmune disease can lead to very serious health issues, like needing an organ transplant (depending on which kind she has of course). I'm not saying you shouldn't date someone who has one, but you …

wow. I wish I had such thoughts when I was 15. but I was a total lazyass and a moron. but never too late to start. I'd suggest you start with the simplest, to decide which things in life that you can …

I have the same proplem bro when I feel the vibration I get TOO excited like really excited I try to calm myself down but I can't, I get excited bc whenever I get the Vibration feeling I begin to thin…

Yeah this is a tizzy cycle of as soon as the high from a technique fades you feel like "I must do more because I don't have". And yes, while another commenter mentioned you can just pick up the phone …

What really works for me is the classic WBTB - Wake back to bed. Of course, nothing happens when I return to bed (well, sometimes it does and I get into a sleep paralysis so I can project, but not fre…

Almost 40. I've got a strong traumatic past, and I'm still healing from it. I live on a day by day basis. Some days feel like survival for nothing. Some days feel like survival for something. Some da…

This is unforgivable, and, more importantly, unforgettable. You can never reconcile and continue your life together without constantly picturing her fucking and sucking this guy. That being said, you …

>How can I over come this with him? You can't, because he's being intentionally dishonest and manipulative to get out of doing labour. You can't get someone who deceives you on purpose to stop lying…

I can't, I'm not allowed to. It's one of the rules in our house.

I'm so sorry your going through all that it sucks. I can not really say I've been there fully so I dont know how you feel. I was in a group home that would take away anyone phones at bed time. I star…

People claim that it's easy to bend regular steel spoons and that's just silly. Sure, if you get some soft special silver spoon, or you make one out of silly putty, or you do metallurgy or friggin' s…

I'm so sorry. I can feel how much this is hurting you and I wish I could somehow make it all better. I can't, and I'm sorry. Some harsh truth. I recommend you read it if you feel able to, but I'll p…

If they hate small talk then I expect them to be able to do more than that. If they can't, well... 🤷‍♀️ Guess I unmatch.

Girl code says that you have to tell her. We can't, in the interest of health and morality, allow a sister to be cheated on. We can't allow these AHs to get away with treating us so casually. Hopefull…

Nah. You can see it yourself. If you can't, good luck to you.

Yes oh my god. Every hobby you get just dies I used to write music and poetry and now I can't, I feel like I'm blocked and have a breakdown when I try

Oh yes. I have monkey mind. I have developed some techniques that help on really mind racing days. Not everytime. I chant first. Sometimes only for 5 minutes. Sometimes 20 minutes. Then I sit. …

3 years after being told out of the blue that she can't do it anymore. It hurts still It nearly killed me Has to rebuild from the edge of self deletion She's never contacted me She won't I didn't th…

I was doing inhalents and i made realizations like the more i try the mode i can't, as in if i try to control my visuals, they fade. And other inside jokes that only i would get were made to me, and i…

I understand what you're saying, and he didn't diagnose her. A specifically said he can't, but I don't see the harm in giving an opinion. There are definitely certain traits and given the repeated nat…

I never have financially made it in life, but I did graduate high school in the top 5%. But then CPTSD caused a mental breakdown and made me avoid corporate life after college. Now I find it difficult…

5.5 month relationship, engaged (way too fast I know) and now 3 months later and I'm still not fully over her yet. Some guys can move on fast, some can't. I'm the type who can't, because when I love, …