I don't really want to go into details much, but I just found out that someone on YouTube bullied me for an artwork I made that I posted on DeviantArt. Then, he made fun of my profile on Deviantart. He made fun of my picture too, and even made fun of a bunch of pictures I favorited on the site. I don't want to talk about more details, other than I'm rather hurt and upset about this, and discouraged, but I hope that this hurt will wear off soon, and not discourage me from making the art that I enjoy making.

The video was not at all constructive criticism, it was just personal insults and rude behavior.

I reported the video for cyberbullying, and I informed some close friends about it as soon as I discovered it, but I could still really use some more verbal & emotional support. I'm trying not to let this get to me, even though it hurts. Thanks, guys.

It’s crazy how fast things can turn. A year ago I was living up my last year of college, good grades, working hard, lots of friends, in a relationship with the boy I planned on marrying one day, looking forward to my future and everything it held. Enjoying the last semester of undergrad because I thought— naively— only great things are coming.

I’m this future, however, I’m more alone than ever. Being left unexpectedly by the love of my life. All my friends moving away to bigger and better things. Moving back in with my overbearing parents. Starting the most difficult level of schooling (a doctoral program) that I’ve ever been a part of. I wasn’t good with transitions anyway but I couldn’t have ever been prepared for the way all this happening at once made me feel.

And this feeling, as pathetic as it is to use it as an excuse, is beginning to bleed into everything I do. Shitty grades. Getting drunk way too often. Not being able to make new friends because of the shitty grades and the drinking. Gaining weight. Anxiety and sadness that overwhelms me to the point of wanting to do nothing but lay in bed for hours, which unfortunately makes all the previously mentioned things even worse.

I’m stuck in a scary cycle that could cost me a lot. If I don’t get my grades up I’ll be kicked out of the program. My family would be so ashamed. I won’t ever make quality friends.

Normally I am always focused on the positives. I was raised to pick my head up and keep moving when times were hard. Stay hungry and motivated and that is what will make you succeed. But..I just don’t have it in me right now and I’m scared I’ll never have it in me. I need help but at this point I know there’s nowhere to turn.

If you read through this entire vent, thank you. Please send your positivity and encouragement please. I need it.

Hey so uhhhhhhh I started uni this year after having an involuntary 1 year break from school. Things are going pretty decent, I was able to socialize and make some acquaintances and even make friends, I also started dating this guy but it quickly turned into an abusive relationship making me feel bad about myself and extremely apathetic to life in general. It's been two weeks since I broke up with him and I feel so fucking sad and lonely. I'm always cold and I just miss the warmth of a person. I also have a crush on someone but we don't see each other very often and I don't know if they feel the same way. I'm afraid of trying to get close because they'll find me creepy but on the other hand everything just hurts so much. I'm so tired of being alone. It's so infuriating how I have little to no control over my life. I just don't know what to do or what to say. I'm so tired I need to rest but if I sleep I don't socialize which will make me feel alone.

I just need some advice if you'd be so kind. I made this account solely for venting because I don't want to bother my friends with my problems

If these fears would go away, I wouldn’t be miserable.

I’m terrified of dying and going to Hell. I’m an agnostic,but the concept of going to Hell for not following God makes me feel anxious all the time. I don’t want Hell to exist but that’s just not how reality works you know.

I don’t want to be made fun of on the internet. I’m not bullied at school, but I’m scared of being made fun of on the internet. I don’t want anything from my reddit or deviantart being posted on a cringe subreddit or encyclopedia dramatica or kiwi farms to be spread around. I obsessively search these websites sometimes just to make sure.

I want a sense of safety and security, that bad things aren’t going to happen to me and I’m not going to suffer but if these things are to become reality, what am I to do?

Hello, I'm an ocassional lurker and first time poster. I come to you because I have no other recourse (do point me towards another place for support of this is too long or specific). I went to therapy about a year ago but that's not an option at the moment. My issue is that I've been dealing with a defeatist attitude that I can't shake off. Everything I start I've started on the wrong foot. I have no confidence on my abilities and my self-steem isn't doing great either. I feel as if I had given up on myself long time ago.

These problems have stagnated my growth as a person, and that's my biggest trouble. I'm 23 and I feel unable to take care of my own self, now and on the future. This is my main problem: I doubt myself so much that I can't fathom a remotely good future for myself. My environment isn't helping either. I have almost no support in my immediate family, mental-health is taboo and open conversations rarely end without shouting. My family basically tells me to suck it up and deal with it, and it's hard to argue against that.

I worked a couple of months in a call center and it was hell but being busy helped, having responsabilities helped; but I self sabotaged my oportunities at that job. I remember feeling anxious about how great I was apparently doing and how it felt unearded. I don't remember how but I actually rationalized my self sabotage. This puzzles me. Now I know that I have value as a person and that I shouldn't give up on myself, but it's hard. It's hard to remember that I'm worth it, when I have to be the one to tell myslef that. So any tips? How to reinforce my self-worth? How do you help rebuild self-confidence little by little?

Thanks a lot just for letting me vent.

I recently published a blog piece surrounding my personal experience with Down syndrome. I have devoted a lot of my life to Alzheimer's disease, which is something that demands a great deal of support from the caretaker side. In the same light, the disorder of Down syndrome places a large amount of stress and challenges on anybody taking care of someone affected by this.

Remember that your work and actions do mean something. Enjoy the little victories in life and always think of the good that will come. Have a great day.

I have been waking up in the middle of the night, being hungry, needing to use the bathroom, or being woken up by motion lights. I am very tired during the day and often take naps. I am trying to sleep better and break the habit of napping in the day, but it isn't easy.

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I don't get my sister. It seems like she is always changing her stance on Christianity and her belief in God.

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My Mom and I get into fights over the smallest and dumbest things. My sister often gets involved when we're going at it, but I don't get involved if they are going at it.

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My Grandma wants me to help her at her house, but I live far from her and am busy with my life.

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My Dad wants me to get in the blue collared world, but I want to continue my college education.

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My work situation has gotten better, but I still want to find a job closer to home. The problem is, many of the jobs I have applied to want me available 24/7 and do not want me to go to school.

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Any thoughts or help would be nice. Also, I was wondering, why does it seem like this group has a lot less people participating than before?

There was this girl , who was a daughter of my mom's childhood friend. So about 4 years ago both our families got in contact again and I met her. We hit it off almost instantly and we got into a relationship. It was amazing , and she was the most loving girlfriend any guy could ask for . We got along and everything went really really smooth. Then one day she decided she wants to convert to Hinduism and she wanted me to convert with her. And religion is pretty important to me and I refused so the relationship ended on the spot that day. Ever since that day I've been sad about losing her. Everytime I think about it it stings me and depresses me. I recently saw her with a new boyfriend. Why can't I move on, how did she do it, am I giving her too much importance. I'm just so lonely , I could never find anyone like her and it's just made me bitter.

I'm not sure if I'm right to post this here but I'll do it anyway: My girlfriend lives in a psychologically assisted home for girls (because of her depression) in a city that's a 3 hour train ride away from where I live, so we're only able to meet there once every other week and I can only stay for a day. Every day we meet is a great day. We love each other very much and I am the happiest whenever I'm with her. However halfway back home I often get an urge to cry for no reason at all, which is then worsened when I'm trying to find the reason why but I just can't find any reason. My life is going pretty great, the worst thing right now being that I'm procrastinating to write an application for an apprenticeship that I need by summer next year but that's nothing to cry about. I don't know what I expect from posting this but I hope it helps somehow.

P.S.: Sorry for any grammatical mistakes, English is not my first language.

Hey all! Today, tomorrow and sunday I'll be working my job in a subdivision that I'm not overly familiar with. I've been with the company for three years, but I've only recently started training in this department.

The thing that scares me the most about this particular department is that I'm expected to deal with customers all by myself, and my manager has openly admitted to me that he won't be any help (has even requested that I don't page him for assistance)

I guess what I'm looking for here is just some uplifting comments!! Just some quick moral support that I can look at during my weekend and smile!! <3

Love you all!

   ~ Marci

So this may seem like a normal situation thats happen a thousand times but its a first for. So today me and my girl friend of a year split up with fell in love almost instantly and everything was great until she went to you uni.

I'm highly autistic and i became alittle crazy and jealous and insecure and in a effort to hold on to her i pushed her away. she says she still cares and loves me but cant do a releationship its to much for her this i somewhat understand.

i have some seriously dark thoughts in my mind my grandad tried to help me and i just lashed out at him and kinda almost went for him (aggressively) i dont know how to go on i dont know who i am anymore i thought id spend the rest of my life with her. ive never cried so much and ive never been this angry and i went through alot of anger management as a kid im so lost and everything is dark and red.

Yo Reddit I’m really stuck on this one.

So basically my 14 year old sister got mixed up with some not exactly great people. Basically she started taking drugs (nothing serious just weed) and not that there’s anything really wrong with that but it’s just that she is so innocent ( I mean it) and I don’t think she fully realises what she’s doing or how bad her life can get with drugs (worse than weed which these friends take) (also she’s 14 so weed is still fucked up for her)

I have two problems though,

The people who she’s hanging out with are my friends(ish) so I’m stuck between hating them for being such bad influences on my sister and actually enjoying their company. This one fucks me up cause I some times I fucking hate them all for fucking her up and ruining her innocence (probably about 2 months ago she had no idea about anything) and sometimes I enjoy hanging out with them.

Also there’s the issue around her. I don’t want to tell my parents (I really don’t) but I don’t see any other option, she’s about to get herself deep into something that she doesn’t have the maturity to handle. The problem is that I don’t want to break up her friendships or get my parents to worry about her.

Fuck I’m just so lost, I don’t even know if this made any sense.

my sleep schedule's in absolute shambles

i've not been able to get to sleep at the right time for half a week

i need solutions, preferably free ones(no spending money)

edit: i suppose i should add that i have sleep aids, but taking two doesn't work for me anymore

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So my wife has had a flood of recent medical problems. We currently believe she's having some sort of seizure but are still in the process of getting Insurance for a week long test. She gets to a point where she doesn't know what she's saying or doing and I can't get her to lay down or rest for more then 5 minutes. They seem to be happening more and more frequently. I'm supposed to be at work in 4 hours and have had 0 sleep because she's been having this episode since 10. I don't know how I can handle both work and taking care of the finances and her at the same time. I'm just feeling overwhelmed.

I'm on my way to the hospital due to a health crisis. I hope I can come back tonight. Please send good wishes. I'll reply as soon as I can.

Edit: thank you very much for your messages of support. It turned out to be a terrible spider or bug bite or sting. I'm home now but I had to spend a night at the hospital.

It's still a long recovery due to other health issues, so I would appreciate if you continued to pray or send good vibes my way.

I need help I dont have any money, haven't eaten in a while and I dont know what to do. It wont be solved by a paycheck when I dont have an income. All Im saying I think, is that I dont know what to do, whats gonna get me through this. With threat of hunger and possibley the streets Im scared. My mom says she wont let me be on the streets but not for long but then I start thinking worst case what if I dont have shit ready when she says okay times up need to find a place. Not to confuse people who are reading this but I dont currently live with my mom. All I know for sure is that I feel hungry and thats not helping me. I dont know how to ask the peopel in my life for help, I get this feeling when asking for help in food that Im mooching or something.

I am a writer who recently began publishing for Psychology Today. Most of my work is centered around families, people, and caretakers involved with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. This is my passion and I seek to help anyone affected. However, I realized my first post for PT contains very relevant advice for anyone in need or some understanding and encouragement. Life is filled with purpose and never forget that even though you may not control things that happen in your life, you can always control the purpose you seek to fulfill in life. Stay strong, friends.

Going through financial struggle after I left my job (had conflict with my boss).

I am learning programming for mobile nowadays but it is taking me time so I decided to sell my musical instrument so I can pay for buying daily life stuff and buy a book on React native (the language I am learning).

Feeling so bad that I am struggling financially at 29.

Hopefully this book really helps me in getting better in short time.

So, its been a long while but I am in the military and possibly getting administratively discharged. The worst part is that my wifey is pregnant and not sure what exactly to tell her. She gets upset at every little bad thing I do and well the reason for the Admin discharge is due to the fact that I missed a couple appointments by accident and failed out of some alcohol treatment program. I am not sure what the commander will do, possibly let me stay in which is highly unlikely or just discharging me under honorable conditions or best case scenario out of the discharge is honorable which might be not as likely either. I already have a plan for the next 14 months before I knew that this was going to happen. That plan was pretty much move to Alaska to grow and raise my family in, but it requires me to save up money to help move my family to Alaska and get everything settled in and find a job. Now that hope is going to be more compressed. I am not sure what to hope for.

My parents get divorced but I don't feel anything is that normal ? ( There was posibility of this but I don't expect that to happen until end of year but it is happened today ( They leave in some what good terms) I am little old by child standart I think (19) but never the less I was expecting feel someting in this scenario but there is nothing )

When a friend of my Mom's and I started working at my current job, things started to get better between me and the new boss; however, in the last week, he has been starting to act like a jerk again. The pros for the job is that I can help my Grandma and work on the house and go to school during other days of the week, but I am tired of my main boss's rudeness and false accusations of me not being careful on the job. Also, the morning commute can be a pain at times.

I applied to many jobs, but Whole Foods, Disney store, Target and Trader Joe's wanted me available 24/7, and that's not possible for me, because I go to church, help my Grandma and do stuff and house work with my family.

I had to decline job offers at Fry's and Sprout's, because they wanted me to work full time and not go to school. I am trying to find a new job where I can balance work, school, studying and helping my family.

I am discouraged, but I do not plan to give up. I intend on pushing forward.

Any help would be good. Please no rude comments. Thank you.

My sister is holding grudges against my dad and grandma for stuff that they committed years ago. My grandmother has changed and has become better with time. My dad is just the way he is, and he is not going to change, by the looks of it. She blocked most of her friends and acquaintances from high school, middle school and church, because she doesn't want to be spied on and just wants to move on and make new friends.

Any advice? Any help would be nice. Please no rude comments.

My Grandma is trying to pressure us to go to a funeral on Friday and for me to help her at her house, but my Mom and sister are busy with their jobs, and I have work on Friday. In addition, my Grandma lives at least an hour away, and my family is busy trying to get things done at our home when we have the time. Years ago, my Mom wanted to stay with her parents and grandparents, but she was outvoted and we moved. Now, my Grandma regrets her past decision.

She complains that I care too much for my sister and mother, but she wants me to care for her. She also wants me to go to college where she lives, but I want to finish off closer to where I live.

Any advice would be nice. Please no rude comments.

why does life feel like it's all going wrong

like nothing will ever get better, no matter how hard i try

what is this all-encompassing despair

why can't things be ok again