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😢 Feeling Depressed • 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Kicked Out of College, Crushed by Depression: A 20-Year-Old's Heartbreaking Struggle to Find Help I’ve been kicked out of college and life feels miserable right now. I’m about 20. I’ve been dealing with depression for years, honestly since high school. High school itself was rough. The first half of it I was stuck in a really bad relationship, and it went way beyond normal teenage drama. I don’t even want to get into the details. It took a lot out of me. Eventually I built up the courage to leave that relationship, partly because I met… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

☹ Feeling Sad • 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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The Secret Life of a 19-Year-Old College Student: The Unspoken Reality of Paying My Way While Keeping My Parents' Pride My parents would disown me if they knew how I actually pay for college. I’m 19 and in college. My parents think I’m getting by on a part time job and scholarships. They tell people how proud they are that I’m independent and responsible, that I’m doing it on my own. That version of my life is only half true. A big part of how I pay my bills is by going on dates with older men who pay me for my time. I don’t sleep with them. I don’t h… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

☹ Feeling Sad • 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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Unpacking the Trauma: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse and Incest I am Navigating a Painful Past and trying to Unpack Childhood Trauma and Confusion. I’m grappling with a heavy question that has haunted me for years: was what my father did to me considered sexual abuse, or am I misremembering my own childhood? The confusion is its own special kind of torment. One of the most vivid and humiliating memories of my life involves a simple accident. I was a child, taking too long to get ready, and my dad was slam… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

🤞 Feeling Hopeful • 3 months ago

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Burnt Out on Empathy: When Men's Rights Become Men's Wrongs It’s taking everything in me not to become a misandrist I’ve always tried to stay fair. I really did. I wanted to understand the male experience, so I read, I listened, and I even joined men’s rights spaces online just to see where they were coming from. I wanted to see the human side the pain, the unfairness, the stories that don’t get told. I didn’t go there to argue or judge. I went to learn. Some spaces were fine, even compassionate. B… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

😆 Feeling amused • 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The Secret Life of a Road Sign Rebel: How I Spent 13 Years Changing the Rules and No One Ever Noticed I changed a road sign to make my commute easier thirteen years ago, and somehow nobody ever noticed. On my daily commute there was this incredibly inconvenient “no right turn between 7am and 9:30am” sign. The problem was that I needed to make that right turn around 7:20 every single morning. For a long time, I just broke the rule. Sometimes I’d take the turn anyway and hope no one was watching. Other times I’d loop around if there were too ma… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

☹ Feeling Sad • 3 months ago

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When Being 'Passing' Isn't Enough: The Exhausting Truth of Existing as a Trans Woman in a World That Demands Constant Explanation Trans and Friendships I don’t even know where to start with this one. Maybe I just need to say it out loud to people who might actually get it. I’m a trans woman male-to-female and everyone who follows me on social media already knows. I’ve been trying so hard to build real friendships lately, but I think I’ve finally hit the wall. I’ve tried connecting with other women, but most of them are deep in mom life now. They’ve got kids, partn… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

☹ Feeling Sad • 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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The Silent Thief: How Stealing Became My Survival Strategy I steal small things because it feels easier than admitting how bad things really are. I don’t look like someone who’s struggling. I shower. I go to work. I blend in just fine. From the outside, nothing looks wrong. But financially, I’m barely holding it together. Over the past year, I’ve started taking little things. Food at self checkout when I know no one is paying attention. A phone charger left behind at a café. Toilet paper from w… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

😕 Feeling Confused • 4 weeks ago

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15 and Lost: The Confusing Dance of Unrequited Love and Blurred Boundaries This happened months ago I’m 15, and so is she. We take the same bus to school since we live nearby, and I’ve liked her for a while. Her signals are mixed sometimes she’ll hug me or be flirty, but other times she’ll say we’re just friends, which leaves me confused. On one of those bus rides, I slowly reached over and placed my hand on her thigh. She seemed surprised, let out a nervous laugh, and said, “What are you doing?” I immediately apol… …Read more Now

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kavya_dalal

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😊 Feeling Joyous • 3 months, 1 week ago

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Breaking the Curse: How We Transcended Generational Shame and Created a Home Where Love Trumps Mistakes We really broke the generational curse, and I’m so proud of us. Last night something small happened, but it made me realize just how far we’ve come as a family. My youngest daughter, she’s 25, went out with her friends and had a bit too much to drink. She called us late at night asking for a ride home. Her dad went to pick her up because I had an early meeting in the morning. On the way home, she got sick and threw up all over his new truc… …Read more Now

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🕰️📷 Feeling Nostalgic • 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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From Laughter to Longing: The Silent Signals of Self-Doubt and the Power of Healthy Boundaries Remembering how we used to laugh makes me miss who I was. Sometimes silence is the loudest signal of all. I'm learning to say no without feeling guilty. I've been reading about signs of healthy relationship and found some helpful tips. …Read more Now

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💌 Feeling Romantic • 4 months ago

Trob

I'm Not Alone: The Power of Small Gestures & Setting Boundaries in Relationships I imagine small gestures that mean a lot — a hand in mine, surprise tea. Searching how to deal with setting boundaries helped me understand I'm not alone. …Read more Now

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🤞 Feeling Hopeful • 3 months ago

Trob

The Masochist's Confession: I'm a Needy Lover, and I'm Finally Finding Someone Who Gets Me I’m starting to realize that I’m a really needy person when it comes to love. People call it “clingy” or “attention seeking,” but honestly, I just want to feel wanted. I crave connection. I want to be someone’s person, the one they actually think about during the day. Today I met this girl, and something about her hit me right in the chest. She’s funny, easy to talk to, and she actually said she likes needy guys. That alone blew my mind beca… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

💪 Feeling Confident • 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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My Secret Life as a 'Houseboy': The Unconventional Path to Stability and Self-Discovery I was a “houseboy” for a couple for about five years, from ages 19 to 24. I was born in America but spent most of my childhood in England. Home life wasn’t great, so the moment I turned 18, I left. I moved back to the US with a small amount of money saved from birthdays and a part time job and absolutely no real plan beyond survival. I got a server job at an upscale restaurant and barely scraped by. If I’m honest, I’m pretty sure the only… …Read more Now

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Anonymous

😆 Feeling amused • 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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I Automated My Job: The Unsettling Truth Behind My 'Efficiency' and the Future of Work I automated my entire job and no one at work knows. I work for a very large IT support company. On paper, my role is to investigate when something breaks in a client’s system, figure out what went wrong, and then write clear instructions explaining how they should fix it. I don’t actually fix anything myself. I analyze, document, and advise. At least, that’s what the job used to be. About a month ago, something clicked. I already pay fo… …Read more Now

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🤞 Feeling Hopeful • 5 months ago

Trob

I Made a Tiny Change That Felt Like a Giant Leap: The Power of Quiet Progress Today I made a small future-facing choice and it felt like progress. I tried explaining it to someone and it sounded trivial. …Read more Now

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Anonymous

😢 Feeling Depressed • 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Trob

Dumped on my 24th Birthday: The Cruel Timing of Heartbreak I was dumped on my 24th birthday I got dumped on my 24th birthday and I honestly don’t even know how to process it. We’d already been fighting for two weeks because he started getting close to another woman at work. Again. The second time this year. We had a huge argument about it and he swore he wanted to stay, that he wanted to try and figure things out. I believed him because I always do. I wanted to believe that what we had was sti… …Read more Now

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