Heyy I have been feeling a little lost these days just wanna talk to somebody not gonna take much! But can DM me!

(burner account because reasons) I am a 38M and have been with my wife for a little over 5 years and married for a little over 2.5 years. In the past few days I have started to come to the realization that I may be in an abusive relationship. I don't trust myself and my judgement enough to say for sure; I've known some things were toxic for a long time but have never been long to call it abusive, but some recent events have gotten me to begin to see some things that I have let go/dismissed/made excuses for in the past in a new light. Talking to my sister today was the first time I told anybody that I think I may be dealing with actual abuse. I am very unsure of myself right now and even more unsure what to do. We have a 2.5 year old son who is my world, which complicates things a lot for me. I don't know what to do. I would appreciate anyone who is willing to talk (over 25 preferably, but definitely over 18, respectfully). I may not be able to respond right away, but I promise I will respond if anyone is kind enough to reach out. Thank you so much in advance!

I ended an almost 7 year friendship with my best friend. It was necessary and probably should have happened sooner, but it still hurt. We have been friends since Freshman year of high-school. I love him dearly, but it was time. It was the beginning of the end when I told him I didn't think we should move in together. It hurt him because of his bad home life, and I was just being selfish because I was afraid moving in would hurt our friendship. I was supposed to be his out, but I wasn't. After that, he was upset and felt like a failure, which I told him he wasn't. I knew that he had feelings for me, but I'm a lesbian and I thought we had worked through that long ago, but there was still some hurt there that was brought up in this tiff. I tried to let him have say his peace and I told him my point of view. I thought we had worked it out, but it never felt the same. We used to call every night and play video games together, now I am the only one that initiates two sentence conversations. I was still holding on to something that was already gone. I am sad, but it was necessary. I could really just use some words of encouragement and kindness, or maybe advice.

TL;DR I ended a friendship that I thought would last forever and I'm sad even though it was the right decision.

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I've been feeling very suicidal recently and have no one to go to, please can someone talk to me in dms

What the title says, I just can’t cope and feel like ripping my heart out of my chest… sorry if that’s graphic, I just… please can you say you care about me or send something kind or cute idk…

I am 25 M,I am lil overweight but people judged me over that.They say you are ugly why would I go out with you.They don't even care how would I feel,They just say it to my face and leave.I have craved for love and care for my whole life.I never did get enough attention. So I wanted a person who can give me all that and just be there for me whenever I need.But everyone who came into my life made me feel the worst about myself and showed me that how ashamed they are to be with me.I hate it.I always wanted a romantic life with a romantic partner, why nobody cares.I am very tired that I wanna leave everything and just go away.

closed now, have a good night

Hi there!

Need someone to vent to, talk to, or joke with?

Need some advice from someone who's dangerously underqualified to give it?

Want to talk about something, anything, to get your mind off stuff? Maybe you just want someone to try to make you laugh?

I'll be around for a little bit and I'd be happy to get to know you.

(no calls please, just chat)

2 years ago my older brother of 44 years cheated on his wife with 2 children for 3 years and went to live with me my mom and my second older brother, and he got us evicted form the house we lived in. He is oppressive, overly prideful, doesn't help with nothing and harassed us for 6 months. Now after harassing the upstairs neighbors, our landlord told us that we had to leave the house, we where there for only year and an half. My diabetic mother immediately started to look for a new house but couldn't find one for weeks. We eventually found one, we paid 2 month of rent to getting in the house, using money we didn't have. The new landlords are a nice old couple and I became the responsible for the once, signed the contract and am the one that's sends the money to pay the rent. My older brother went to live with a woman he was dating, but now after just 3 months the woman breaks up with him, now he wants to come live with us again until he gets another place (he says). But I don't wanna let him in, i am the responsible of the house so I got the say in this but my mother and brother (who where completely furious with him) now are against me. He come to the house today saying that he is change, that he knows he was wrong, just that was enough to make my mother and brother take pity on him and make me look like tha villain. Now I'm in my room trying not to cry after standing up for us 3, while they stood against me and left to go get food. I'm the youngest of the family, I am 22, my mother is 64, my second brother is 33 and my oldest brother is 44, and I am the one who is standing up to make sure we get to stay in this house for more then year and an half.

I won't succumb, I won't go through all of that again, don't care if he is change or not.

I come here to ask for words of encouragement since it looks like am alone.

Hello! 22M looking to have deep meaningful conversations about life, the nature of reality and spirituality. I also like making art (music and drawing) and learning languages(French, Russian, English, Spanish, Turkish, Dutch, & Japanese AND ASL), all being spiritually oriented as a way to explore different layers of depth within various cultures expanding self-expression since consciousness' nature is expansive. My life is all about spirituality, self-discovery & character development all being the highest "goal" of any human being as it points out to source that created all we know to exist within our limited perceptions of things experienced through the mind. I'm looking for "advanced" people. Not looking to exchange a bunch of beliefs but actual lived experience that has given rise to genuine realizations. I prefer voice and/or video calls over texting (much less misunderstanding and better flow! I'm also a super slow reader and analyze everything written so damn much coz of ocd lol). If you're on a similar path with similar hobbies, don't hesitate to message me!

I got fired and feel like my world is falling apart at the moment. I know it's not the case but I can't stop how I feel about it. I don't really have people I can talk to. I'm a closed off person and don't usually ask for help but it would be nice to get some support. I'm shy to share about myself and won't vent much, just would be nice to talk to someone kind to take my mind off of it.

As a queer Palestinian I feel like I'm literally living in hell trying to survive on this planet. Humanity has let me down on so many different levels and I just can't stomach the fact that people in power right now just want me dead and gone. What have I ever done and why is it this way? Why are there people that enjoy all these privileges and don't get to suffer because of their gender or sexuality or ethnicity? Where can I find refuge?i'm

I am in my 30s. Not young. I never had any actual relationships. Only one, was mostly long distance and after being together in person he left to go to a new college and met other people there. Left me behind. I tried to date others. They tried to have sex with me, even tried to assault me. Refused/had to physically fight some.

I tried apps. Most are catfishers from different countries pretending to live here. I met ine attractive guy on the app and added me on social media but he lives in Europe. We had some decent conversations but guess what, he randomly tells me how he is horny and sends an unsolicited picture.

I go to events, I work events, I go the gym. Guys talk to me and then they end up mentioning a gf. Or they even banter and that gives me false hope and then I get hurt. I live in Los Angeles and I do a lot of catering events or attend film festivals.

I honestly thought my boss from my regular job liked me, he kept teasing me and saying flirting things and he is a single guy and I am gonna leave the job. But nope, today he flipped completely amd and didn't even tell me hi and was nice to my coworkers. Tried to tell me something random but I ignored him.

So what's wrong with me?

Hi!! I’m f18 from Europe, I’ve always been good at dealing with trauma but almost half year ago something happened to me and I can’t cope. I’ve tried texting about it to many people and it doesn’t help me, I’ve never spoken the story / issue out loud and would love to have someone who listens. Sadly as many victims of trauma I didn’t react properly to the situation at the time and my behaviour throughout has got me many bad and mean reactions so I would appreciate a bit of an understanding and support.

My PMs always open, I would also appreciate maybe other victims of trauma or SA, how do you deal with the guilt of not reacting properly or wrongly in the situation?

So, I have been with the most amazing soul I've ever met for the past 6 years. We met and it was an instant love at first sight, which for me is incredibly rare since I'm demi romantic/demisexual. It was an amazing 6 years together and we ended up getting engaged 2 years ago. However life has us moving down different paths now and as of Friday she has asked for a separation.

I am in turmoil, and my heart and mind are devastated. As it is I already struggle and fight anxiety and panic attacks, but this has pushed my overactive mind into overdrive and I'm having a hard time not worrying or crying.

I'm looking for some new friends to play PC games with and talk to on discord. Building a bit of a support network or distraction network I suppose.

Please be 18+ though. I am 35.

Thank you.

i (16F) think i experienced a trigger a few days ago and i can’t get it out of my head. i know im kinda young for this app but i needed somewhere to get this out that isn’t mainstream like tiktok or instagram. when i was 14 years old, i was at an art camp, and i had a friend who was the son of my favorite art teacher. He (18M at the time), had always been kind to me and i’d known him since i was in 7th grade, as he was an assistant director for a lot of my school plays i was in (same school his mom worked at, he was close with the theatre teacher). for background, this wasn’t the first weird thing. In 8th grade, i was the lead in the play, and while trying to demonstrate how he wanted me to be lifted in the finale, he scooped me up by putting his head against my chest and pushing me over into his arms, bridal-style. it surprised me, but he was my friend, so whatever, right? few months later at this art camp, he and i were joking around sitting in the back of the auditorium and he was teasing me that i was colorblind (i’m not actually, it was a running inside joke for us) and he started pointing at random stuff in the large room asking me what color it was. then he asks, “what color is this?” and brushes his fingertips over my chest closest to him and basically caresses it. i was confused, and he never broke eye contact with me, never faltered his smile, never blinked. i answered “maroon” and he waited another moment then withdrew his hand. I was distracted the rest of the day. it wasn’t until i was laying in bed that night that it fully registered with me. i had to see him the next few days and it was agonizing, and him being an intern at the camp, he nominated me for an award in the theatre division of the arts camp the next day. i never told anyone for over a year. in that time, i saw him 3 times. i just got in my first relationship with my bf (16M) 6 months ago, and recently was able to open up to him about it. he was horrified i had kept it to myself for as long as i did, and asked how i was so calm. truthfully, ive had some bad experiences with guys in high school, even getting stalked in freshman year by a sophomore. ever since that incident, when i realized men can just DO that (touch you without consent, it was the first but not last time it happened and it hit hard) i tensed at hugs from guy friends. i didn’t mean to, but any time any guy showed any interest in me, my mental alarm bells went off and i couldn’t be relaxed. i hated being alone with guys i didn’t know well. my bf, however, is so kind and patient and understanding, and thinks that when we turn 18 i should get myself therapy once i am financially able for all the experiences i had. i’m posting this because a few days ago his face was at the top of my instagram feed because my theatre teacher from middle school (who i now follow) posted a picture with him in it. out of no where, i felt that horrible clammy feeling. there were other weird small things he did, but none big enough for me to mention here other than the first two. i’m not sure if i’m asking for advice or just venting, but i don’t know if there’s something wrong with me, if i should let my bf help me research getting therapy one day, or what.

Hi, I have some online friends but it is always nice to meet someone fresh from time to time. I am a 38 m from the UK. I like to have a laugh and enjoy silly, but not juvenile, humour.

I am interested by just about anyone and everything and love to learn new things. It would be nice to chat with someone that we can feel comfortable asking about anything while still respecting boundaries.

Happy to talk to anyone 18+ regardless of their age, gender, ethnicity bla bla bla. Hit me up!

P.S Might be willing to voice chat at some point. Apparently I have a nice voice 🙂

I'm at work and I'm not doing good. I'm about to breakdown. I need someone.

I feel quite insufficient as a man for women because of several reasons, and I probably am for the most part. I would get into details as to why so but it would be too long when not explained while chatting

Also, I have been wrestling with OCD, Depression, Anxiety and Social Anxiety, all of which are seriously treatment resistant(can list my meds if you want a more concrete idea), for a long time now.

I'm going through a med change phase nowadays -which makes focusing and making my brain work really hard, and I need to be able to do those things as responsibilities are looming over- to address them, but I don't know it'll work as we have experimented with meds 2-3 times and they haven't helped enough

I also feel quite numb/out of it, emotionless and like a dead man walking(?) nowadays, I don't know how to describe it fully

Anyways, looking for someone to talk with, I would really appreciate it if you could lend an ear, thanks in advance🙏

Just here if you need to vent, advice or just a simple conversation

Hey, I’m from Europe. Is anyone available for a chat? I won’t bother you every day, I promise. I’m kinda feeling funny

Maybe I’m a bit too sensitive but the video really got to me and I’d really appreciate someone that’s just kind to me right now.

I left my wife 6 yrs ago, i had a girl but ended 4 yrs ago. We are coparenting for 4 yrs but shes still hurt and angry all these years. She hooked up with someone to even out with me with my consent. But now i feel a lot of regret and guilt that i leave in the first place and hurt her so much.

thank you to all the kind people who help people through their dark times. Last year I hit a low in my life and having this sub helped me out so much. I am scared at the moment with everything going on in the US, but I keep telling myself it's outta my control, but I am still super anxious tonight, I wanna sleep through the night but yeah atm I'm struggling. Just wanted to drop by the sub and say thank you to those who take the time to reach out to us who struggle from time to time with this stuff.

I've been feeling suicidal for a long time and i don't have a single person to talk to. I'm so scared I just want to hear from someone.

I'm speaking from a place of loneliness and my experience with it in terms of how life has been that I had to grow up either entirely too fast or measure up to people to fit in or even share my own thoughts, which feel scary. Realizing I'm not good at defending myself or even getting across people hurts that I can't even share that they could read between the lines instead of feeling like I'm worthless and will always be, because people have never been easy on me, and Reddit isn't much of a kind place either for people to even be cared for, so how do I even handle this stress and burden without collapsing. I'm already dealing with so much, and I had to cut off all people I knew, and today, I still feel that, even before coming on Reddit with a phone call, and it was so awkward, and it made the emotions much difficult to deal with. Why is the world like this?

i dont know how to be comforted, he was my comfort and now hes gone

my first love, first everything broke up w me last wednesday night. i go to school early just so i can cry to my teachers bc i have no support system at home. we both werent compatible but we had so many good memories it hurts thinking about it. I wake up feeling like im going to die of heartbreak. i have to see him every single day in every single class and we r going on a class trip to mexico soon (i also have to see a happy couple every day)

i feel like theres a deep hole in my chest. i miss the comfort and hugs and kisses. in the end i realize that we werent compatible and he isnt willing to work towards us getting back together so im trying to move on.

i forgot how to be alone

i didnt know growing up was so hard

My good friend passed away very recently, and her best friend— also a close friend— took it horribly and now I’m trying to do everything I can to keep her from harming herself.

It’s worth the effort, but I am absolutely exhausted and feel broken myself. I have a lot of health and relationship challenges that I’m trying to work through right now and feel very, very alone. I think I can still work through this all, but it would just mean a lot if someone messaged and was able to talk some.

I’m a massive nerd and those kinds of topics (fantasy, sci fi, tech, math) help distract me when I’m overwhelmed too.

Anyways, thank you for reading this.

My whole life, I've just been different. Call me neurodivergent, call me a loner, a loser, call me whatever; I don't think the label matters. After so many years of rejection and loneliness, it's turned me into something bitter; I'm not even going to lie about it. I'm mainly bitter against myself, but I'm also bitter against the world, and I'm bitter against "God", if it even exists, for putting us all through such an awful and unfair existence. But I don't want to be bitter anymore. I just want to be happy, or if not happy, at the very least content... I know, however, I can never be truly content with being alone. It's just not in my nature.

I just don't get it. I don't get the point of being happy, of pretending like the world isn't such an absolute dog shit place to be; especially for someone like me. What is the point of suffering constantly if I'm always likely going to be alone in the end? I'm always alone because I'm suffering, and it makes me insufferable to be around. The cycle just repeats endlessly... I'm trying to ditch the whole woe is me attitude, I really am. It's just hard when it's all I've ever known, how is it even possible to be happy when I'm me? I just wish I could be someone else, someone normal. Someone halfway smart and witty. Not slow and stupid.

Someone who doesn't wallow in their own misery, who lashes out against others at times when they don't see the "cosmic fairness" of it all... I'm just tired of being bitter. I know, I could theoretically be someone better. it's not impossible... but it's so hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel sometimes, especially when all I've ever known is darkness. In some sick, twisted kind of way, the cynical bastard in me is the only true friend I've ever had. It's the only thing that's kept me safe. I don't even know if that light exists anymore for me, honestly. It's just been so long since I've seen a glimmer of it... Well, if you read my bullshit to the end, thank you. Trust me, I know how insufferable me and my attitude can be, so I'm sorry. I just can't help but to let out a good whinge and a moan from time to time. All the best.

So here's the scene, There is this girl I met in my junior year I liked her at first sight! Then we became friends I told her I like she said no then we stopped talking then after some months we started and we were in a group of close friends and we also became close friends! Now I still have feelings for her! there has been almost 7 year & I still can't get over her. I do talk to her almost everyday and I like the part where she talks to me. Now I want to tell her but without ruining anything now cause if I did and she stopped talking! Then it's over I can't loose talking to her! What do I do!?