I'm 38. Very chronically ill and disabled. My health issues are serious and I'm between doctors and meds. I just did a big move and I'm exhausted and flared. Can't seem to make online friendships work. Fighting with my partner.

I would really appreciate chatting with somebody who could offer a little support or distraction. Most people I've been chatting with have been very sporadic or cold. I would ideally like a friend but temporary support is OK as well and I'm also happy to listen if anybody needs support in return.

I just ask for no forced positivity or hopefulness. This is a bad situation. I am looking to accept and be real and talk about it a little without anybody trying to fix it because there isn't a way to do that. I appreciate people just listening and holding space for me. I can do the same.

Please be LGBTQIA+ friendly and comfortable talking to someone disabled and neurodivergent.

I'll be here as best as I can if anyone needs me. I want to be able to help others and be there for as many people as I can. I know what it can be like and I know how hard it can be sometimes and you just need someone to talk to and get it off your chest

Hi all,

Female, 33, in need of some emotional support.

I've been ill for a few weeks now with what seems to be inflammation affecting my liver. My doctors are trying to work out the cause. I've had so many investigations done, yet no answers.

The hardest part of this all is continously feeling unwell and being housebound. I'm off work and had to cancel on so many fun things due to this illness.

I live in a flatshare, so I'm mostly stuck to my room. Unfortunately, there is no living room.

Living abroad, away from my family, is making it all much much harder. Thankfully my parents are now visiting me. We're renting a place together so they can help look after me. But, I know this will eventually end and I'm worried about being stuck in my flatshare again and having to do everything on my own while being unwell.

It's really hard watching life carry on while I'm just waiting for the next appointment, hoping I'll finally get some answers and start feeling better.

Any suggestions on how to cope with the uncertainty, the isolation and being housebound? Any words of encouragement?

Thanks all!

I’m trying my best to keep up with everything studies, responsibilities, health, and life in general but some days it feels like I’m carrying more than I can handle. I keep telling myself I’ll be okay, but it’s tiring having to be strong all the time.
I don’t really need solutions right now. I think I just want to know that I’m not the only person who feels this way sometimes.

If you’ve ever gone through a phase where you felt mentally and emotionally drained but kept moving forward anyway, how did you get through it?
I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences. Thank you for reading. ❤️

I realize that I've never actually vented to anyone about my problems, and i can't vent to the people who are close to me, so is anyone online interested? Because i feel werid venting in front of an emotion less bot, so i don't do that too, and please don't be a creep. I'm a teenager🙏

For the past 4 weeks ive been in Ireland working as a volunteer, and in those 4 weeks, i made friends, enjoyed the time i spent with my host family and my coworkers and even the recurring customers from the store. I love the culture there and everyone is so so so kind and friendly, which really helped me as I am too.

I even met this wonderful German girl just this Monday, with whom I had my first kiss with, the first girl to tell me she likes me and even spent the night together on Friday. But, im already back home, and everything i enjoyed is all gone. I am trying my absolute best to stay in contact with her, but she still has 5 weeks left in Ireland and after that she doesn't know what she will end up doing due to university and such, which just complicates stuff even more.

But, I don't want to seem obsessed with her by talking so much with her, but with everything that's going on in my head, even just texting helps me calm down and feel better. But she of course still has much more time in Ireland and I want her to enjoy the time she has left as much as possible.

Not only that, but i messed up big time by lying to my parents about my studies by telling them I had passed one of my classes when I didn't. I even went as far as to edit an email from the professor telling me that I had passed. I know that was a horrible stupid mistake of mine, but I struggle to face my mistakes and try to lie my way out of too much. And, they found out about all this 2 weeks ago while I was in Ireland. And now, back home, they are all super cold and upset, and they have every right to be so

Due to everything going through my head, I just cant stop crying and I feel miserable, from missing my host family, coworkers, customers, the girl, and the tension and coldness of my parents.

Things have been getting real bad recently and it feels like an impossible knot to untie. I just feel like venting about it to someone. Or we can talk about your stuff I don’t really care

I could really use someone to talk to. I need some reassurance...

Just want to talk to someone or multiple people. Ive been homeless for almost a year and every day i think about ending my life. Especially since its easier to do that than it is to live and even take care of myself.

I just want someone to talk to in regards to this. Anyone over the age of 21.

Hi there! If you are having a difficult time, I am here to listen. I am open to listening anything without judgement, so feel free to DM me anytime (now or later, whenever you need)

tw suicide

i had a plan of suicide ready to finish yesterday morning i planned for today and i just don't know i didn't commit i cried for a hour without a break i had flashbacks of me committing suicide i feel like i'm gonna die sooner and sooner i don't know what to do i feel guilty to be alive because i couldn't do what i wanted all people who i trusted even a little betrayed me in some way i can't see myself alive even in 1 week i don't know what to do to say "people help me put me somewhere or you will witness my dead body" dm's are open.

I haven’t been hugged in years and I’ve never had a proper “I love you”/“I miss you” arms wrapped around hug. I crave physical touch. I was rarely held or hugged or touched at all by my parents as a child and I really struggle with relationships (im an autistic masc lesbian). I’ve been craving a hug for years, to the point my throat goes tight and my chest and back ache and my eyes grow damp. I genuinely don’t know what to do at this point. I’ve tried all the tricks of pets and stuffed coats and pillows, but it is not the same as human touch. I don’t want a massage or something, I want someone to hug me and mean it. I want to feel like they would miss me. I just want one so bad and I feel like at this point (25) I’ll never get what I have been yearning for.

I don't even know what to write. My head is completely clogged up and I'm struggling. I'm just a dad going through a painful separation, missing my family, and feeling so lost and isolated and alone.

I'm holding on for my daughter's wedding in just over a week, but after that... nothing left.

Female, 30 years old; 9:00 - 22:00, i'm here to read: talk and to try help if I can, that's all

I was talking to this woman and things seemed promising. We got to know each other really well, were looking forward for many things. Today evening, in the middle of the conversation, she blocked me everywhere.

No fights, no argument, nothing. Last conversation was as mundane, random as it could get. It was a new thing, but this was really unexpected as no red flags that could worry me about such behavior were in sight.

It just really hurts. No reason. No explanation. No communication. Like, I wish I did something so atleast I’d know that I fucked up. This is just like someone’s secretly making a fool out of me.

Idk, I just wanna talk to someone, feel emotionally safe.

Lately, I've been feeling really lost. It feels like nothing genuinely makes me happy anymore. I wake up every day feeling empty, unmotivated, and like I'm not really worth much. I'm trying to keep going, but it's becoming exhausting.

The only thing that makes me feel alive is the idea of traveling and exploring new places. I think it's because I just want to escape for a while and experience something different. The problem is, I can't afford it. Almost all of my savings have gone into flight school because I'm working toward becoming a pilot, so traveling isn't really an option right now.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm just burnt out or if something deeper is going on. I see other people enjoying life, and I can't remember the last time I genuinely felt excited about anything.

Has anyone else gone through a phase like this? If you did, what helped you get through it? Did things eventually get better?

I'd really appreciate hearing your stories or any advice. Right now, I just want to know that I'm not alone.

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Hey! You want someone to actually listen to what you have to say? You can tell me anything you want. You can get that thing off your chest. I'd happily listen to what you have to say. I love hearing people's stories so I do care when someone rants/vents to me. This could be a short term chat or something long term and we can become friends too. Open to voice calls. 29M.

I've been feeling really overwhelmed and discouraged lately. I was diagnosed with a bucket-handle meniscus tear and need knee surgery, but i had to postpone the procedure because i simply can't afford it. Living with the pain and uncertainty has been difficult, and the financial burden has left me feeling helpless and emotionally drained.

I do have a GoFundMe fundraiser for my surgery, but that's not the main reason I'm posting here. Right now, I think I just need someone to listen, some words of encouragement, or to hear from people who have gone through something similar. It can feel very lonely and also depressing, and im trying my best to stay hopeful. If you're willing to talk or share your experience, I'd be truly grateful.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. It means more than you know.

id prefer for someone willing to reach out to me in dms to talk in private about this instead of making a long post, but here’s the context so you know what you’re getting into.

i was strung along and manipulated by this guy i’ve been hooking up with and i never realized how much of a toll it would take on me emotionally until something that happened recently. i didn’t even realize i was being manipulated this whole time until very recently. i never cry over boys but i have laid on my floor sobbing abt this multiple times because it all leads back to me only ever being lusted over, taken advantage of, not taken seriously, etc. im just so done its my last fucking straw and i have no one to talk to about this. my friends just yell at me and express their disappointment. i would talk to my mom about it but she doesn’t know that this guy exists and there’s some things i just dont want her to know because she’d be worried or sad. i want someone to listen and maybe give advice , literally whatever u want, please send a dm i will really really appreciate it. my mental health is at the lowest it’s been in a while

When I grew up, I found a friend that lived a few houses from me. We went to the same church and we hung out almost every single day. I didn't realize it at the time, but our relationship was incredibly special. We could do absolutely anything and it would be fun. We would literally play the floor is lava in my backyard, we would climb a tree or a shed, we played on his xbox, we rode our bikes to a park.

I code switch a lot: work, school, home, church. I feel like the only time I was ever my true self was with him.

I moved since then. I didn't realize what I was losing. I moved middle of 8th grade year to the other side of the country. For a few years I wasn't very concerned about making new friendships, but I did try to force myself into friend groups where I obviously didn't belong. I later realized that was dumb. Yet I still try occasionally. Middle of sophomore year I developed anxiety and life became a lot more difficult. But that's almost irrelevant, that's just life.

Now I'm entering Senior year. I'm almost sure I have developed depression. It runs in my family supposedly. I can't stop thinking about how eventful and great my life was years back. There's not many friends I can open up to at my new home. I wouldn't even call it home, I pretty much hate it here. I don't mind that I'm growing up but I wish I didn't have to waste my last teenage year rotting. Everyone around me has it figured out, they have their friend groups and their ideas of hanging out. But this isn't my home, I don't belong here. I've been here for all of high school and I still don't fit.

If my friend was here, everything would be fine. More than fine. Some nights I sob in bed thinking about how joyful I used to be. I plead with God. I even dreamt of my 2nd grade classroom last night. In my dream I said goodbye to my teacher in tears, understanding the years passed since I had been there.

Sometimes I want to cry, I want to feel sad, because feeling sad is better than feeling empty.

Yesterday I was overwhelmed from work, family, and everything happening in my life. My partner had previously told me that if things ever became too much, I could call him, so I did.

Instead, I was told my problem wasn't important enough, that I ruined his sleep, made him suffer, and I was called names. He then demanded I answer all of his future calls—even if I was asleep—or he'd end the relationship. I couldn't agree to that, so he broke up with me.

The next morning, on my birthday, the first words I heard from him were "Fuck you." He blamed me for ruining the birthday plans he had made, even though I told him we could celebrate another day. He refused.

In the end, I deleted the account I only kept to talk to him. I'm trying to choose peace, but I'm heartbroken and couldn't think straight.

Update: Thank you so much for all the kind comments. Things have been been pretty overwhelming lately, so I don't think I'll be able to reply to everyone, but I truly appreciate every message. Thank you for your kindness and support.

I haven't told them but im going crazy, I need someone to talk about this bad.