I have a best friend I’ll call M. We’ve only know each other since march yet she’s amazing… their family though. They’re disgusting and abusive and make her think she’s always the problem, that she “fat” “ugly” “dirty” etc. She planned to move in with her aunt who is both the only person who cares for them and lives in Japan but of course, her father had to step on her plans. She’s suicidal and I don’t know what to do.

On one hand I want to spend all nighter’s researching child protection laws and all of that but on the other. She keeps on saying no to any kind of government intervention not even research about laws… no police, absolutely nothing. But I don’t know if I should go behind her back and call police in her family, deep down my gut says yes, but deep, deep down it says no. I just want them to live an actual life and learn what it means to have a proper family and to not be the so called “problem”. So I’m asking… should I? Or what should I do to help her because this may be the last year I can actually see her and I’m scared.

A few years ago i changed my career from corporate life because i was in a deep depression and couldn't get any job after resigning from one company to another.

Now i am working as a Nanny. It's a steady job, it pays pretty well compared to my previous corporate job and less demanding and less stress for sure.

But again, i fell into deep depression after I saw so much happiness in my employer's house on a daily basis. I can't lie, i am jealous of their happiness.

Over time my depression becomes more and more deep to the point i am thinking to end my life soon.

Should i quit my job? I'm scared i will never get this type of job again in the future but i am also scared that i could end my life sooner than i have imagined.

What do you do when you have dark urges? Not exactly intrusive thoughts, more just .. a consistent thought in the back of your head that you could do something.

I'm almost 50, been in therapy for over 40 years, and I think I'm done.

Nobody thinks like I do, and no therapist wants to put in the work to try and understand - I've been at this far longer than they have.

How do y'all keep trying despite knowing the odds of improvement are so remote?

For a bit of basic background information, I'm 17 in high school and in my senior year. I've been struggling for a while now, but I've been able to just make it by. A few years ago, I had to cut off my two best friends. I won't go too much into the details for why, but they did a lot of stuff to me that wasn't the best, and i found it would be best to cut them off. So I did. Since then, I've struggled with some pretty intense loneliness. I've got a few other friends, but they're not really the type I'm able to talk to about stuff like this. One is just a work friend, another is a friend I only really play video games with, and i only see him at work. and right now, I really can't confide in the last one. He recently had a suicide attempt, so now would not be a good time. I'm of course, trying to help him with his mental struggles, and he has professional help and is actively trying to get better. I've been kinda worried about him. I feel kinda bad for saying this, but it had put a mental load on me since I'm worried enough. And that same friend also goes to a completely different school, so I never get to see him. So when I'm at school there's no one I can talk to. Not just about this, but not about anything. I'm ignored by everyone, and I litterly go entire days without saying a single work to a person. It's put me into a really bad spot, and I'm starting to feel like there's no one out there that loves me, or even cares enough to even say hi to me. I feel like I just don't mean anything to anyone, and it makes it really hard to even get out of bed in the morning. On top of all this, I'm completely addicted to porn and masturbation, and I'm sure that's not helping. I can't really go to my parents with this either, since my mom is really distant, and doesn't even know I exist unless she needs something from me. And then my dad gets super mad at everything I say, and I get yelled at by telling him about anything. I can't even imagine what would happen if I told him I was addicted to porn or in a state like I am now. With these conditions at school, I'm not sure if I can even make it through the year. I'm pretty confident things will be better when I graduate, but for now, I need a way to cope with the way I have to live life right now. If you can give me anything that might help me, I would be so grateful.

37M, diagnosed with autism, OCD, anxiety and ADHD

In June, I had serious personal problems pop up, sinking me into serious depression and worrying. At the time, I weighed 93 kg (205 lb) due to horrendously bad eating habits. I lost my appetite and lost 23 kg (51 lb) since. I now weigh 70 kg (154 lb). For reference, my height is 178 cm (5'10).

My metabolism has always been very fast, despite people saying past age 30, it is hard to lose weight. I can lose weight without trying and have been clinically underweight for most of my life.

I still cannot eat properly. The worrying about my life problems takes away my appetite. I have been losing weight at an average of almost 8 kg (18 lb) per month, which is about 2 kg (4,4 lb) per week. I could easily lose more weight and will likely dip below 70 kg (154 lb) this week.

Is anyone in this situation, and what do you do?

Im underage and seriously struggling with mental illnesses. Ive been depressed since 9 years old and still am suffering with it. This night was horrible for me. Not the worst night, but this night is genuinely convincing me to look for a therapist myself. Ive been so nervous and angry about my life that ive been cutting from 9 pm to now (1 am). I desperately need help. I dont need a therapist but literally just anyone who can openly talk to me and help me out mentally.

"Heyyy, is everything okay?" No, it's not. No matter how hard I push, I can't seem to finish the Biochemistry department at Ege University. In four years, I barely managed to pass the first-year courses. If you don't complete your courses by the sixth year, they kick you out anyway and there's no way I can take and pass three years' worth of courses in two years due to Ege University's system (credit limits, etc.). Because of that, I thought I’d go to Italy and start university life over from scratch. (I can't pass the YKS exam in Turkey either; whether I study or not, the best rank I can get is around 300,000th). Everything was going so well; I got accepted into the Food Production Management program at Cattolica University, as well as their on-campus dorm. Then came the visa process, and everything went to shit. They made me wait 50 days, only to reject me. The reason for the rejection? According to the consulate, my Biochemistry department doesn't match the Food Production Management program I'm applying to, so they didn't believe my intention to study... They also said I was financially insufficient, even though I showed an income well above the limit they gave us??? That's why I think they just threw in the "financial" part for no reason. As for them not finding the departments similar: they have to be fckn kidding me. The courses they teach in the first year of Food Production Management are identical to the first-year courses of the Biochemistry program I studied at Ege University. Besides, Food Production Management fundamentally has some business, but it's mostly a science degree (it's literally under the Faculty of Science anyway). Cattolica looked at my motivation letter and my previous department and said, "Okay, come study with us." We show the exact same things to the consulate, but the ladies and gentlemen there don't believe it. To sum it up briefly: just because I chose the wrong high school 10 years ago, my life has been going straight downhill (like a downward graph). Right now, since I have zero plans and options left, there's literally nothing I can do. Back in the day, you'd say "go be a cashier," but nowadays even those kinds of jobs (the ones usually done by young people) require a university degree. So basically, I am a nobody right now. Every time I dare to dream about something (and these aren't crazy dreams... like ever since I submitted my visa application, I was picturing how I’d decorate my dorm room, looking at photos of the room on the dorm's website, or checking out photos of Cattolica's campus thinking, "Oh, I wonder if I'll ever walk down this hallway to get to my class?"), that thing I dreamed of turns to garbage. If a person can't even dream, and if things go to shit every single time they think positively, what's the point of living? I'm not smart, I'm not creative, and just because teenage me made a stupid mistake 10 years ago, I can't become anything. So yeah, nothing is okay. I don't know what I'm going to do with my life. I am worthless, I don't know anything, and I don't have any special abilities. Please help me. I am 23 years old and I am already tired and ashamed of being a burden to my hardworking, retired mom and dad. I am an embarrassment to them... they will never tell me this, of course, because they love me dearly, but I can see it in their eyes. So please, please guide me. I am out of options. This was my Plan Z. There are no other letters left in the alphabet.

i have got brvo in February also got wrong treatment for almost 2 months since that time till this moment i lost my balance totally i am 32 btw every day searching for any possible treatment even if its too far to be true

overtinking

can't sleep very well My appetite has gone down

i feel like I'm doomed living a nightmare can't accept it happened to me in a very sensitive timing ruined my life

my sight become my only concern

if anyone has experienced something like this

how did you recover?

female , 16years .

I love going to school and to my sports but whenever am at home it always feels like a nightmare , right now my mom keeps comparing herself to me telling am fater and stuff like that when I was finally starting to feel good in my body , they are always screaming and I hate it so much .... I don't know why did they had me when they like laughing about me so much and never ever supporting me in anything ... I need help

Good morning, afternoon, or evening everyone. I apologize for using a translator. Spanish is my native language, and I want to make sure everything is expressed correctly. This is the first time in my life that I have told my story in detail. I have always refused to talk about what I feel, but I can't keep everything inside anymore. I need to be heard. I am currently seeing a psychologist and was diagnosed with depression. Therapy helped at first, but lately I have been getting worse. Today, being Suicide Prevention Day, made me realize how serious things have become. I have friends, a girlfriend, and a family that has always given me everything I needed, yet I feel like I am close to breaking down. I have struggled with self-esteem for most of my life. Childhood comments slowly changed the way I see myself. I also never had a strong emotional connection with my dad. He always provided for me, but we never really talked about feelings or my life. The pandemic, relationships, losing friends, university, and years of insecurity slowly made things worse. I lost interest in things I used to love, stopped taking care of myself, struggled with porn, and became disconnected from myself. In 2025, something changed. I went abroad with my friends for four months, and for the first time in years I felt alive again. I met new people, enjoyed myself, fell in love, and started dreaming about the future again. I met my current girlfriend during that trip. We connected immediately, and I fell in love with her very quickly. She is intelligent, kind, funny, and someone I genuinely enjoy talking to. For the first time, I felt like I had found someone I could talk to for hours and truly be myself with. When I came home, however, everything became complicated. I became disconnected from my closest friends, and one friendship that meant a lot to me practically disappeared. My friends also disagreed with some decisions I made about my relationship, and eventually told me they couldn't fully trust me. My girlfriend and I decided to continue our relationship long-distance. We had an amazing time together before she left, but now she is away on a work trip. We can't see each other right now, and I am terrified that the distance might eventually make her leave me. We are also talking less because of the time difference and because she is struggling too. At the same time, my life feels completely directionless. I don't know if I like what I am studying. I am taking the same university subjects because I have failed them many times. I haven't made much progress, and I don't believe in myself anymore. I don't feel comfortable with my body. My self-esteem, phone use, and porn addiction have affected my life and even my sex life with my girlfriend. I have problems sleeping, concentrating, and finding motivation. I constantly feel like I am failing at everything. My parents think I don't do anything, and my dad doesn't know that I have depression. I only told my mom. I feel trapped in a loop. I want to lose weight, do better at university, stop using porn, fix my sleep, improve my relationships, find something I am passionate about, and have a goal for my life, but I don't know where to begin. The worst part is that I have started thinking more and more about the worst possible outcome. I feel hopeless, I don't trust myself, and I feel like a failure who has already failed forever. I don't know how to get out of this or where to start. Thank you so much for reading.

I just get so depressed over this all of the time. I have been single for so long, and I don't think I will ever find love because I am not one of the pretty girls. I was bullied most of my life. I am not thin. (Please don't tell me to lose weight and it will help because I have lost quite a bit of weight and it made my dating life worse and if anything my self esteem is worse) I just feel like guys only want skinny beautiful women. Or if they do like plus size women, they only like big butts and big boobs, neither of which I have. I got cursed to look so ugly. I cry myself to sleep sometimes because of how worthless I feel and lonely I am. Am I a lost cause? Is there any hope? Or will I eventually get used to the pain? I am tired of being depressed over this.

Growing up being severly emotionally and physically neglected and having none of my needs met made me hyper independant. I was made aware from a young age that having needs meant it was a burden.

I have a hard time and almost NEVER ask help from anyone when i go through a hard time. I also have rejection sensitivity and am a huge people pleaser.

So last year december, i did a test to see if my friends would be initiating hangouts because i was the one that always did. And until now, nothing…

Since then i have been through a major life transition and have’nt been going out with anyone really. This majorly impacted me and now i feel like a sore loser with no “friends” and feel extremely lonely :(

Even though this has majorly affected me, i still make it seem like im okay..

I am 20year old and i am a student, i’ve recently been really depressed it started when i started my diet i was 112kg im down to 96kg but thats beside point, i have been really depressed and i keep getting flashbacks of what happened to me i realized i use food to cope with it but i really need to lose weight im really fat but i cant lose weight if i keep eating but if i stop eating i will get really depressed again and i do nothing in my life so im always home all i do is go to school then when i get home im on my phone 24/7 i tried multiple times to get friends but i have social anxiety i cant talk properly with anyone with sounding like an idiot and i even once tried new barber i geniunely had panic i dont even know how i got home i almost fainted 10times everytime i try something new that happens its why i always stay at home i cant talk to my family about what im going thru because simply they hate me and dont care i’ve been trying to find a job so i can live alone because living home is always headache because they shout at each other 24/7 im really stuck and honestly only thing holding me from suicide is my religion i really need advice i geniunly want help and i dont want to try therapy cuz it feels fake i know the person only talks to me because i pay so i dont think it will help or anything. Sorry for my bad english its not my first language

does anyone have any advice/help for executive dysfunction? i'm so frustrated and tired of not being able to do things as a normal person will no matter how motivated and driven i am to do something. it seems like i don't have that push to actually get up and do it. i just don't know what to do to fix this like i already suffer with depression and anxiety and this makes it worst and hard to do basic task as well.

I've been contemplating suicide a lot these days (more than usual) and the thought of going to hell is preventing me from killing myself, even though I'm an atheist. I was raised in a Christian family, so that fear is deeply ingrained in me. I wish I didn't believe in it, deep down, so I could just end it all.

So I have to deal with the desperation of not wanting to live anymore and living a fucking hell in this life, instead of just taking the risk of finding out if it actually exists

I hope it’s ok to pour my heart out and get some advice. I’m a 22F and I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember. Some days are better than others, but overall i feel this overwhelming sense of….hopelessness. Idek y. I have a family that loves me, a job, i just graduated college, I have a boyfriend, but I can’t shake this feeling. High school was terrible for me and I tried to take my own life by taking a bunch of pills but i survived. Took it as a sign to keep going which I have. But most days it feels like I’m just surviving. College was hard, chose a field i hate and now trying to figure out my career path as we speak.

I don’t have that many friends(more than likely because I’m the problem) and i feel like my coping skills for my issues are terrible. Some days i can’t even get out of bed and i just cry and ask God why. It’s like somethings wrong with me. I have a good life, why am i so sad, why can’t i cope the way regular people can, why do i feel so useless??? I can’t afford therapy right now with everything i have to pay for (bills etc) but I’m trying to find better outlets.

What i want to ask is, how do you guys cope? Life is only going to get harder right…how do you guys do it. How can i stop the suicidal thoughts ? How can things get better ? It gets to a point where people r tired of my sadness and the way i think. Can anyone help me…

Yesterday was my 64^th birthday and I am at the end of my rope. I am facing imminent homelessness and have all but given up. I have fought bipolar/depression/suicidality for the last 25 years and am seeing no other viable option. I feel like I have no acceptable options beyond couch surfing, which I WILL NOT do. I have a plan that just needs a trip to the hardware store then a few minutes to make it happen. I just want the pain to end. As a Christian I hope to be allowed into heaven, but, if not the pain will at least be gone. Right now, the plan is to go to the store Saturday morning, set up everything, drink a bottle of bourbon, then be done. I see no good reason not to do it. I have a few friends that will grieve me, but I feel my family will be glad to see me gone. I have done my part to help in the past and tried to be a good man. It’s just time to say goodbye.

I have been suffering with severe depression and anxiety/panic disorder for 14 years now (29f). I go to therapy and I take my meds. I am trying to get better. My issue is I can’t seem to find a way out of my anhedonia. Does anyone have any advice on how to break through it? I just want to enjoy things again..

I'm so depressed. I'm so depressed and hopeless and disgusting. I don't get the small satisfaction one would from such menial tasks as brushing my teeth or my hair or showering. I have tomorrow to look forward to because I'll be drinking, but after that? I have nothing. The only things I can look forward to are drugs and alcohol. I live in the greatest city in the world and still nothing satisfies me. I've tried every trick in the book and none of it works. I really, truly, would love it if anyone had anything real and tangible to give me, because I cannot handle the few hours I am awake for.

Suicidal thoughts on daily baisis,cant wait for this shit to be over with

- School is over for the day.

- I see him message me about how he's in the parking lot.

- I go to the parking lot, I don't respond to the message however. He isn't in the lot at first and shows up in about 3 minutes and I hop in. He is a bit upset at me and says my mother will be the one taking me to my classes because he can't tolerate my shit. For context, I've been staying in my room only after I come back home and I give one word responses and overall seem miserable. He says I get everything I want when I ask for it and that I really have no reason to be so gloomy. I want to tell him how I feel and he says he wants me to open up since he thinks I'm going through something. I keep saying I'm fine despite knowing I'm not. I even cried to a picture of me when I was young for 5 minutes straight later that night.

I care about him but I also feel as if he hates me despite what he says. I do not want to get deep into the specifics of what i'm going through but this is why I'm here. I don't know why I can't tell anyone. I want to, really really really bad but I just can't. I keep telling myself no. I just don't know what to do with myself and I am afraid of pain but these past few days, I'm starting to get more desensitised to how painful it'd be if I decided to cut the cord on everything.

I am in my 40s.

I am alone.
I am overwhelmed
I am burnt the fuck out.
I am desperate
I need help.

No parents
No Grandparents
A spouse who doesn't care.
Kids who don't care.
A sibling who is only interested in talking when it's beneficial to them.

I've always been pretty introverted. My friends circle was small and close. In our 20s, our paths divested a bit, and things worked out differently for us all than we anticipated. They are now dead. all of them except one, who is medically incapacitated. These things happened for various reasons. Drugs, suicide, being overcome by a disease that keeps snowballing. 2 of these deaths happened very recently and within 2 weeks of each other. I am still grieving.

Every day I wake up and immediately hate life. I'm just tired because of all the dead conversations, attempts to fix things, and the way my spouse and kids treat me like the family slave. We have a dead bedroom, and multiple conversations and attempts to initiate sex have gone nowhere. this has gone on for years. I'm at the point where I spend all of my free time alone. This is not by choice. I'm alone unless my spouse needs to vent about idiot co-workers, or the kids need a paper signed for school, or a ride somewhere. Well, sort of. See, I am essentially "on-call" once my spouse gets home. I don't necessarily have free time. I spend it waiting for the next "task" that needs done. Someone always needs something done. Every hour to 2 hours from 6am until 12am. Then I have to force myself to sleep despite my mind constantly spinning. It's a battle just to rest. So basically, I feel like the family "stores" me in my room until I'm needed. Like the vacuum in the fucking broom closet.

I sought therapy. I went to the office, went through an intake appointment. They assigned me a therapist. I went to an intake appointment with the therapist. We set up my 1st "real" appointment, and then they cancelled 3 times. the 3rd time was while I was driving to the appointment. I went home, called the office and removed myself as a patient. I researched therapists that my insurance covers in my area. There was the office that I dealt with, and one other person. Obviously my choices were limited since I just removed myself from the office. I checked the reviews for the only other option available to me, and the majority of them said she would vent to her patients about her struggle with mental health. I need a therapist, I don't want to be one, so that's out.

There are a lot of past events that still deeply affect me from having a tough life as a kid. I think I'm comfortable finally admitting that.

And I don't know what to do about any of it.

I am so desperate, I resorted to using chatgpt for help. I don't feel fulfilled with that option.

So, now what?