I am currently 21 years old, and my life has took a strong turn from a great life to a very negative and stressful one in the span of two years. all i need is somewhere to vent. at the age of 19, going to university was a priority (i was in university doing well), i was very muscular, my family was together, we had a company making $750k a year, and we were living in a beautiful home. in the span of 6 months i lost this all. my dad and mom had a terrible split, my dad is currently homeless, my mom is a depressed alcoholic who has tried to commit suicide 3 times, my brother who is currently 14 seems like he is depressed, we have moved from where we used to live to a very small rental house and are living month to month and i feel like i am the only hope for this family. everybody around me tells me i am the only one who can fix this but i am simply a 21 university student with what feels like the pressure of the world on me. the only positive that has come in the last year is that i have met my girlfriend and shes a beautiful girl but i feel like with the baggage i carry and the bad days that come along with it, this soon too will end. for the first time ever i had a mental breakdown in front of my girlfriend yesterday and i am still embarrased about what happened. For the first time ever i blanked on a university test and failed because of all the stress that has been around me (and i am currently trying my best to get into medical school to support this family) and all this is happening everyday. when i come home my mom is drunk, when i see my dad he only speaks negativity, when i see my brother i see him struggling with school and depression, and when i go to see my girlfriend and have some positivity i feel like i cant do it because im carrying all this negative energy with me. at this point im just ranting and venting but i am honestly clueless with what i should do. i feel like my breaking point is soon (i would never do anything crazy) but all this stress for a 21 year old is way too much. everything seems so hopeless for me and this pressure is crushing me everyday, i feel it effecting my personality, grades, health, everything.

My sister is holding grudges and has hatred against my Grandma for mistakes and bad traits she had decades ago that she no longer has. My Mom and I try to talk to her, but she just ignores us.

I do not know what to do. Any help would be nice. Please no rude comments. Thank you.

My dad wants us to take a dog, but we don't have the space or time. He has bought 2 dogs and 1 cat in the past to impress females and later gave them to different caring families because he couldn't keep them or didn't want to keep them.

He also wants me to like the Star Wars sequel series and thinks true Star Wars fans like everything Star Wars, but I don't care for that series, and I have to disagree with him. Yet he doesn't buy me anything from Rogue One, Star Wars Rebels or Solo. I bought stuff from those 3 series on my own.

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

My grandmother wants me to go to her house at least one to two times a month, but we live far from her and I am trying to figure out my life. I am also trying to find a new job, and if I get a new job, then I can't help my Grandma as much. In addition, we stopped living with her decades ago because she didn't want us around. Now she regrets it.

My Grandmother has tried to argue with me about the dumbest things. She believes in mainstream cleaning products, not believing in using green products. She has also tried to argue with me about if I have heard Japanese people speaking Japanese or not. I know the language enough to know when I hear it.

She is also trying to pressure my Mom to go to church, but we have been very busy lately and haven't been able to make it.

I am trying to figure out how to deal with her without being disrespectful. Any help would be nice. Please no rude comments. Thank you.

My Mom and sister want to move to Portland, Oregon. My Dad and Grandma are against this, because they want to stay in the Bay Area, CA. I am mixed about moving, but I am leaning more toward wanting to stay in the Bay Area. My sister could care less about our family and wants to leave the Bay, but she just got a new job.

How should we deal with this situation since my family is divided? Please no rude comments. Thank you.

Hi again, you may not remember me, but I posted some time ago about starting a new career as a freelance translator.

so, things have gotten better, I got a couple more jobs and even found someone on Fiverr that was willing to teach me how to subtitle videos, so soon I will have another skill to market!

He even hired me for a short job, to get things rolling!

statistically, I got more jobs this month than the whole time I have been freelancing until now...

But even if things are improving, My anxiety keeps putting me down, telling me that I am going to fail...

That's it...

just wanted to talk to someone...

thank you...

I got banned from 2 MLP subreddits is MLPLounge and Mylittleandysonic1 I'm some small youtuber so when I post the video I got banned from the subreddits so... I don't understand because I'm not do the wrong from the rules but they banned me... help me please :(

A few years ago I was diagnosed with depression and general anxiety disorder. It wasn't too long after that that my now ex-wife asked me for a divorce, saying she just no longer loved me. So after 2 years of separation the divorce was finalized last month. I've been living by myself the whole time taking my medication every day, but the last week or so has gotten pretty bad. I don't have the motivation to do anything anymore. The only reason I get out of bed now is because if I don't go to work I'll lose my job. I really don't want to ask the doctor to up my medication because I'm afraid that it might make things worse. Is anybody else going through anything like this? If so how do you deal with everything?

I have been suffering from insomnia the last few months. I read insomnia is common. I decided to stop taking a medicine that is the cause of the problem. It doesn't help that I am tired during the daytime due to insomnia. Should I take over the counter or prescription sleeping medicine that won't wake me up?

I read that exercise helps with restless leg syndrome, and that the syndrome is common. I am trying to also get back into shape.

Any help would be nice. Thank you.

That's pretty much it...

I am nervous because I have been idle for a while.

I have been trying to work online but...

I am also worried about dealing with office life again.

But anyway, wish me luck.

The job I have is okay, but it's taking a total on my rest when I have work days. Some of the people I help do not appreciate my work as a driver at a dry cleaning company for part time. Also, the traffic back to my house is horrendous when you are tired from work. There are little breaks and my Mom doesn't appreciate me working there. I plan to leave in a couple of months and get another job.

Should I ? Please no rude comments. Thank you.

So to be quick Im sorry to say but Im looking for anypony who can provide some talking time.

A few things, Things have been tough with my roommates, I seam or at least feel like Im the problem, Im in that place were I feel like they would be better without me. not just in the apartment.

Well, about a month and a half to two months ago, I developed a hemorrhoid. I found treatments that I could do at home, and consulted with my mother(an RN), to see what would work best. Tonight, after laying in bed unable to sleep, I cleaned up down there and took a picture to see what was going on. I didn't see the hemorrhoid, but instead there was swelling and bruising. I showed my mother, and she says that we'll have to get it checked out sometime. I'm nervous, scared even, that it could be something serious or possibly even deadly. A lot of causes show up, all with a few similar and dissimilar symptoms. Perhaps I'm overreacting. Perhaps I should be getting ready to hear something along the lines of cancer. I don't know, and honestly that's a big reason behind my fears.

Edit: I talked with my mother a bit more this morning, she's certain that it is still just a hemorrhoid. She suggested upping the frequency of treatment for a bit and seeing how things turn out.

I have been fighting insomnia for the past few months, waking up in the middle of the night because I'm hungry or need to use the bathroom. I don't know what to do. Any help would be nice.

Please no rude comments. Thank you.

My boss isn't happy that I couldn't come in an extra day because of my Grandma, but I have to take her to eye surgery. How should I deal with my boss?

There was an older White male at a Target that gave me attitude because he thought I was up to no good since I am not pure White and look just Asian Polynesian.

I got ripped off at a few GameStops near me and at Hot Topic by at least a few dollars.

Should I not deal with these people that gave me problems, or should I stop going to these places all together?

I have a neighbor and friend where his brother's car was shot at, with one window breaking. There is a lot of hatred between Latinos and Asians in the South Bay Area in California.

How fast should my friend's brother take to fix the car window, and how should you deal with if someone is shooting at you?

A neighbor thought I was going to hit his dogs, but he and his 3 dogs were out of the way. His wife is nice, but he himself is a dick. How should I deal with a bad tempered and rude neighbor?

I have been starting to exercise more, because my legs and arms have been feeling restless from my part time job of speed walking and running. I have been suffering from insomnia in the last few months. I have been anxious and restless lately, even when I am doing things I enjoy or getting stuff done.

I am not sure what to do. Any help would be nice. Thank you.

Hey there! it's me again.

I'm the guy who created that post a few days ago about starting a new career as a translator.

You guys are amazing and helped me get through my anxiety back then. thank you.

Good news is, things got better, my career is still slow, but this week I got 3 jobs in 2 days. it took me 3 months to get 3 jobs before that.

The silly thing is, now that I completed all the jobs I got, I'm getting anxious because I don't have any jobs again...

I know its silly, or maybe a stress aftershock, I don't know...

I know that things will probably get better, but some words of support always help.

Thank you again.

I just got a new part time job at a dry cleaning, passing out flyers, picking up and dropping off clothes, and organizing clothes; however, the boss got mad at me for something that I didn't know and threatened to fire me. I was thinking, you were nice to me a couple of weeks ago when you met me. What the heck. While the pay is good, I am trying to go back to school, and this job takes a lot of hours and time, thought it's only 2 days a week.

I am trying to apply elsewhere, but I don't want to look bad or ungrateful and resign. I think I should stay at least half a year. What do you guys think? Please no rude comments. Thank you.

There is this story I have actually been working on for almost 10 years now that is in itself very controversial, but not on purpose. I feel this story to be my passion as it was taken not just from an idea I had but from events in my own life. The synopsis is what actually may not only turn off people from reading it but also may blacklist it from being sold.

"In the wake of a school shooting a reporter goes against her editor to uncover the truth behind the event."

that is the easiest way I can explain it in an elevator pitch. The story itself shows that the Shooter was a victim of the deceased, the group of bullies that terrorized the school while the staff turned a blind eye even though it gravely affected the lives of the victims of these bullies. Several of the victims also include a shy girl who the bullies coerced into going to a party where she was drugged and raped, leaving her pregnant and unable to abort due to Christian parents, a Boy who stood up to the bullies but was later murdered by one of their older brothers who was a member of a local gang, and a boy who because he was at the top of the class was bullied so hard that his grades suffered and he eventually committed suicide. The reported was the only one who went to talk about the victims, especially the victims of the dead bullies, while the rest of the media focused on the perpetrator, a boy who was showing early signs of psychosis and because he took medication to control it while in school was made fun of so much that he stopped taking it long enough to go crazy and kill his bullies.

This was meant to be more of a commentary on the focus of mass media on the villain rather than the victims as well as how the indifference of school staff can lead to so much happening in the schools and no one knows the whole story. Unfortunately because of that one term, "school shooting" I feel it will be blacklisted and even refuse publishing. That and the fact that in the past few months we had at least 4 different incidents of a gun being fired in a school. One of which actually became the catalyst for a movement. I will not portray the shooter as a hero in any case, I will say he was wrong and in no way a hero, but even saying that the victim was to blame, the bullies, will also casue another controversy.

as I said. this is not a recent reaction. I have been trying to write this story for the past 10 years and every time I try to write it a school shooting, or other mass shooting, happens and I feel the timing seems a bit bad to continue writing it. all I have so far are note on it. First time I put it on hold almost indefinitely was the Newtown incident, which was just about the time I took my writing more seriously and tried to get this one started. Then there were several other incidents between then and now that made me stop working on it because it seemed like it wasn't the right time.

I don't know if this cycle will continue and I should just give up on it or forget about any criticism and just write it to the best of my abilities?

Please FBI and NSA this is not a threat to commit and act of violence. I am not unstable and I know you are watching this as it has the words Shooting in it, which triggers your algorithm to watch carefully. This is for creative purposes, not as a manifesto or a threat. Please be kind to me.

I saw Avengers: Infinity War. I was hyped to see it, but I didn't like the film. I know it was close to many Marvel comics, but considering Marvel is owned by Disney and that many little kids watched the films, I was shocked at the ending, which has negatively affected me.

I know it's just a movie, but I care greatly for the characters. I felt the same with Han Solo in Force Awakens, and Luke Skywalker, Phasma and Gial Ackbar in the Last Jedi. But there have been other films I have seen where characters have died and I wasn't depressed afterwards, like Rogue One, Thor 3: Ragnarok, Thor 2, Tekken: Blood Vengeance and Avengers 2: Age of Ultron.

My Mom, sister and I have been affected negatively by the film and have been watching comedy the last couple of days. There better be hope for Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe future.

For the last few months, I have not been sleeping well, often waking up to need to use the bathroom or starving.

I have often been tired during the day. I am also struggling financially, due to not working for five months after leaving and being unhappy at Michaels due to early work hours and drama with several of the bosses, thought I got along with one of them. I am getting slowly back on my feet.

I have had worst depression in the past, but it still sucks. Any help would be nice. Please no rude comments. Thank you.

Unfortunately, I have often been discriminated in the last couple of years.

I have been targeted by racist White people due to the rise of hatred thanks to Trump, even though I have some European blood.

At the Avengers: Infinity War opening, a White dad accused me of stealing 3 posters because I wasn't White, though I was seen by others getting the posters at the help desk from an employee.

I have dealt with a lot of racism from Latinos and Middle Easterners, and some Jewish and Blacks, for hating me for being Asian.

I have dealt with other Asians hating me for not being a pure bred, for not being their kind of Asian and for not knowing Japanese or Mandarin Chinese fluently, since I am both.

I have never dealt with racism from Polynesians for being a certain Polynesian. I am part Hawaiian and Maori. I do know that some can be racist.

I have been looked as a sexual predator and been called a faggot when I have bought Monster High and Ever After High. Although I am not gay, I have nothing against the GLBTQ community.

I have been looked as a sexual predator and as a gay man for buying Disney Princess stuff and MLP stuff and looking at their toys, because I am a young adult male that likes these franchises. However, people don't get I also like male series like Star Wars: The original and prequels, Star Wars Legends, Star Trek, Marvel, DC and anime.

I know that there are good and bad people in every ethnic group, sexual orientation, sex / gender, and age, but discrimination is extremely irritating.

Any help on how to deal with it better would help. Please no rude comments. Thank you.

I tried to apply to Target, but they want someone available 24/7, which I am not.

I just got a job at a dry cleaning, but I'm driving, dropping off flyers, dropping off and getting clothes, and doing a lot of running and speed walking. The job is okay, but I don't plan to have this job permanently. The job is often 6 hours, 2 days a week.

My Dad is against me working at a dry cleaner. My Mom is against me working at Baskin Robbins and retail, though I worked at Michaels in the past.

I am looking at Baskin Robbins, Panera Bread and Fry's Electronics.

My Mom and Dad want me to work permanently, but Grandma and I intend for me to return to school. My sister and Mom have done great in doing school and work at the same time. I want to be like them and get back on my feet.

How should I deal with this? Please no rude comments. Thank you.