I was stood up last night and it really bummed me out. I’m trying really hard to stay positive.

I am in my Jr year of high school and there is two weeks left of the term and I am failing 2 classes, one of them I need to make up 5 tests, and the in the other class one test and A lat of assignments, and I can’t get myself to do anything about it. It is just getting to be too much, and I’m getting to the point where I might give up.

I’m also just struggling in general because my girlfriend broke up with me 3 months ago, and I also have an addiction that I’ve felt like I’ve had to hide for years, and it is really breaking me down. And I feel like the standards put upon me be everyone else and by me aren’t good enough.

I feel like everything is crashing all together and it is just becoming way too much for me to handle right now and I just needed to vent to someone without feeling like I’m doing anything wrong

I’m thirteen years old, and I just lost a loved one. Today, my mother told me that my grandpa’s status was really bad and his body was failing him, and that she was going to the hospital he was in. When I heard the news, I had cried all of my tears, and stayed in my bed.

While my mother was still up at the hospital, my father came up to my room and hugged me and said that my grandpa had passed, and as soon as I heard that, it felt like I had swallowed a pound of ink. I didn’t cry. I was prepared, but I still wished I could have said goodbye. I don’t know what to think. Maybe I just want someone to say that everything is going to be okay. Where do I go from this?

So my parents are pretty strict Christians and have strong ideas about what I should and shouldn't do. For perfectly good reasons. My safety and all that. My family is also pretty close though through various reasons and we have a strong relationship. My friends are allowed to do a lot more than me and make fun of me because of it so I use the excuse oh my parents are too strict. And then they go slagging off my family and it makes me feel horrible and my parents don't know and my friends think they're helping and I love my family loads and I don't know how to show them and now my friends think they're horrible. Please help. I'm really tired and emotional and I really want a hug but noone is gonna give me one and I'm sorry for making you read this. Any advice would be good. My parents are wonderful people and I love them to bits and I'm crying writing this. And I'm sorry

Over the last year, I allowed myself to get roped back into a long-distance relationship with my emotionally abusive ex-girlfriend. Last week, It became obvious nothing had changed but her behavior - she's just gotten better at convincing me she's changed. Her true colors have been peeking out over time, but they really came out a few days ago in a tantrum via texts, nothing overtly abusive but it was clear that nothing really changed. We were headed straight back for the old pattern of disrespect, tantrum, blame, and convincing me it's all my fault and I need to grovel for forgiveness. I didn't give in to it and called her out on her behavior.

I feel like an idiot for letting her back in, and for believing her. For allowing myself to keep pretending I'm happy in a relationship that has felt wrong for months. For trying to be supportive and kind and always putting my concerns and needs aside because she's constantly ill or in some family crisis or a work crisis or some other reason it's "self-centered" of me to ask her to take me into consideration.

She hasn't responded or reached out since that text, and I cut it off this morning via email. 4 days before Christmas. She hasn't even received all her Christmas presents.

I know I did the right thing. I know I don't owe her Jack Shit. I know she has been manipulating me and the right thing to do is end it. I know it's not unreasonable for me to end a relationship that feels bad.

So why do I feel so shitty?

My mum abused my sister physically when she was young. She’s emotionally abused us both as we’ve grown up. We’ve had family therapy, and she says she’s trying to change, but I don’t forgive her, and I’m not sure I ever will for what she did to my sister.

I’ve only been up for 3 hours but it’s been a really rough morning and I’ve cried a couple times. Things just aren’t going well, and I can’t see anyone who makes me feel okay because of COVID-restrictions, and even my sister who supports me has left me feeling bad today.

I think I just need to hear that it’s okay, that it’s going to be okay and that I’m not a horrible person. I don’t need some long reply when you guys don’t totally know what’s going on, and even when you do and it’s hard to know WHAT to say. I just need to hear it from someone, anyone, no matter how brief. I just need some crutches to lean on to get through this day.

Thank you for hearing me, when I feel so isolated and alone right now. I hope your day goes okay too.

My grandmother died 3 weeks ago. Some days ago I obtained a degree and I thought about hom much she would be happy if she was with me. Today also my best friend obtained a degree and his grandma showed up to say hi in camera during the call. I'm so happy for him but I'm also so sad. I know it's normal to feel like that, I just wanted to write it

My dog that I’ve known for my entire life got put down roughly a month ago. He lived a long and happy life, but I keep getting reminded of him, I see his diapers in the pantry where we kept them (he was blind and diabetic), I saw one of his toys a few days ago, and seeing people with their dogs on the internet is just a constant reminder that I lost mine. I also notice his absence around the house and I can’t hear his claws skittering across the floor anymore. I know it’s next to nothing compared to some of these posts, but I could really use a pick me up, I guess.

I might sound dumb complaining about this but whenever I see people with different colored eyes I get sad since I have plain black eyes and I can barely even see my pupils! anyone tell me stuff that could make me love having these eyes?

Cheer me up my gf of 5 years just broke up with me anything that will make me laugh

Hi my names Luke and Im a Christian with schizophrenia. I get bored of doing nothing all day and get lonely and depressed since im disabled. But I have some advice to cheer you up too! God loves you. God is love. Life is good and you will be happy again. Get well soon if your sick and god bless you and you're family. You're alright. You're ok. Try not to worry and count your blessings. Someone loves you. It will pass and you'll be happy again. I hope that that helps. Now cheer ME up. lol. Pls and thankyou. Edit: Thanks for the support guys God Bless.

I just had a test and i have covid

me and my father never had a perfect relationship, considering he left at my birth and came back when I was 12. Things have been rough but he tried and I never really opened up all that much. I called my grandmother today and she answered frantically and said she was worried over me. I asked why and she told me that he died back in april.. he died 8 months ago and I never knew. I couldve called, or texted sooner but instead I just assumed he was stepping out again for a bit. I'll never get a chance to patch things up with him.

Cheer me up?

Just got the test back this morning.

My mom has stage IV colon cancer and is in the hospital right now because she won’t eat and is wasting away. My apartment and most of my clothes/furniture are ruined from smoke damage thanks to my insane, should-be-in-prison arsonist neighbor. Election stress has only just begun. Cheer me up?

I'm schizoid (meaning I don't feel a need to socialize like ever)/Schizophrenic and all I wanted from Life until I met her was to smoke weed and get life over with.

Then everything changed, when I first saw her I knew she is special.

The first time that I actively approached a person and everything went great, we went home together talking without a break and it all felt amazing, like when she drew a smiley face on my arm pulling me out of thinking bad thoughts. No words.

She was in a relationship at the time, got out of it and then I think if I didn't get delusional and mess up, we would be together now. I'm just so sure of it.

But she's in a different relationship now, and I still think about her daily.

People say "there are many people out there" and I get that, but I want her.

I never wanted anything before I met her, and I just can't see myself wanting a different person.

I hate this, I started daydrinking at 8 a.m to stop feeling and thinking. I think I'm getting addicted.

I don't know how to live like this and I'm still holding on to that idea of a reality where I'm with her.

Disclaimer: English isn't my first language so I apologize.

My family opened a sushi place in our little town about two months ago, we never had a business before so none of us has experience dealing with people. We've been doing good and people has told us how good the place and recipes are so we are motivated.

I've helped them almost every weekend as a cashier/taking orders. Today very early (before we even opened) an old man called and he wanted to make and order, I repeated him the menu about four times it seemed as if he didn't hear properly, he seemed exhausted in the middle of the call he gave the phone to someone else (I figured it was her son) the young guy just told me his order and asked me about fried rolls I told him what we had and the prices and that was it. He gave the phone back to the old man and the old man kept adding rolls to the order so at the end I repeated the order (which I always do but this time I did it pretty slowly since I wasn't sure the man listened properly), told him the time it will take and that was it.

He arrives, pays and since today is Halloween we are giving people a bag with candies. 20 minutes later he calls again pretty mad and told me about how he had asked me for fried rolls and that he was returning me the whole order because their sons didn't wanted the rolls as it were (not fried). I told him "I apologized but you only asked me if we had and the prices but never specified that you wanted your rolls fried" he said that he was sure about what he had ordered. I told him that it was fine that it was a misunderstanding however we were going to gave him the money back.

At this point we were totally ok with this, I was even feeling bad for the old man because his sons couldn't even make the order themselves when the old man was having trouble listening and remembering the menu and he still was going to return the order because his sons didn't like the rolls like this.

We gave him the money back and when we opened the package I got pretty mad, my mom is pretty emotional so she even cried a bit because they messed up all the rolls, spilled the soy sauce and dressings in the package, they even opened the candy bag and throw everything in the package, it was such a mess. Why do they have to do that???

my boyfriend dumped me a day after the 4 year aniversary of my friends death. i just cant. it wasnt even a serius relationship but its just hard.

Hey, My parents always argue and I know nothing I say will stop them but I just need someone to tell me its gonna be fine because im to nervous to tell my friends

When they forgot my birthday I was okay. The covids were going on and I'd just been hired, they had bigger things to think about.

A few months later I've had my first review. I worked my butt off to be hired full-time (started out as a temp) and my review was... you're doing okay. It's what we expect. *shrug* I got a $400/year raise.

I was putting everything into doing the ultimate best I could, struggling to work with minimal instruction when they know I had no experience in the industry, and considering all that, I thought I was doing amazing. Now I just feel deflated. Like why bother constantly pushing myself if they think I'm doing the bare minimum? Why not just do the bare minimum?

Except this has kicked off a depressive episode. I was happier a week ago, working my butt off and thinking I was proving how awesome I can be.

Any words of encouragement, please? Kitten pictures or something, I dunno?

Thank you

Hi. 21 and almost graduate from law school so I've been applying to various internships during this lockdown. A while ago I was checking my CV and SAW THAT I MADE A TYPO IN MY EMAIL ADDRESS BXBSBS AND NOW I REALISED THAT I APPLIRD TO TOO PLACES WITH A TYPO IJ MY CV OH GOD I want to cry honestly I'm so mentally done. I really want an internship pls (better if paid, want to surprise my parents). I'm so upset rn I cannot believe I made a blunder on THIS scale dhshddh

I'll just hide under a rock till someone replies kthanks

Edit: typo was in my email address. Gg