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.

Something I've learned about myself is that I love offering advice and support and mentoring someone. I've been doing that ad-hoc on reddit, but would love to go deeper and really help you out. Whether that's emotional, career, financial advice or anything, I'd love to chat and get to know you and see where I can help you.

DM me if that appeals to you.

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!?

Anything on your mind?

Want to chat about the US elections, or its possible outcomes?

How are you doing? I am happy discuss whatever you need.

i take stimulant medication for my ADHD and the current dosage that i'm on makes me extremely nauseous. i talked to my psych already, and we're going to lower my dosage - but in the meantime i need to take the medication that i currently have so i can function at work. but i'm dealing with the nausea right now and man it feels like shit. and it makes me feel a little helpless, emotionally.

this is embarrassingly vulnerable - perhaps even Cringe - but it would comfort me a lot to hear some reassurance/sympathy akin to a parent/guardian/similar authority figure soothing a child.

This morning, I awoke to:

• the girl I went out with last week suddenly disappearing from my tinder queue after several days of not replying to me - I thought our date went well and we talked for a few days after but this is probably the third rejection I’ve had this year.
• small dumpster fire at work, which has been very stressful this entire year and yesterday something happened that made me feel like a huge screw-up. I have such a hard time dividing work/worth. It has made my adulthood pretty unbearable. I just had a convo with a good friend about work life balance, and it seems like once again I am reminded why work has such a strong hold on my well-being.

For context, I am in therapy. I didn’t really date for years while I recovered from a pretty traumatic break-up. And yes the election is a little stressful but this stuff is immediately making it hard on me.

Anyway I don’t really want to raw dog of white knuckle this morning - I don’t have a support system which can make these things rough. I have friends to talk to sometimes but there’s no one I’m that comfortable with talking to right now.

a couple months ago when i was 17 going 18 (just turned during this duration) i was being groomed by someone well on the internet. it went how it would normally go. found me vulnerable, gave a false sense of security, made me do things extremely uncomfortable things that im ashamed of, then ghosted me.

2 things that has been having me paranoid.

the fact they have things of me when i was a minor, even though some of them are when im already 18. and just the whole fact i was treated and used like this. apparently same person did it to another girl a while back, and though she comforted me and told me its unlikely for them to use whatever they have against me ykwim its still something that has me sleepless.

its weird because, the weeks after it happened i was down but i wasn’t having that much of hard time but now its been 2-3 months since the incident .. its like all coming back to me and i feel so much more worse.

how do you even move on from this? what do i have to do to stop feeling so haunted by the past? i know i was stupid for trusting. sigh i just dont know what to do

a couple months ago when i was 17 going 18 (just turned during this duration) i was being groomed by someone well on the internet. it went how it would normally go. found me vulnerable, gave a false sense of security, made me do things extremely uncomfortable things that im ashamed of, then ghosted me.

2 things that has been having me paranoid.

the fact they have things of me when i was a minor, even though some of them are when im already 18. and just the whole fact i was treated and used like this. apparently same person did it to another girl a while back, and though she comforted me and told me its unlikely for them to use whatever they have against me ykwim its still something that has me sleepless.

its weird because, the weeks after it happened i was down but i wasn’t having that much of hard time but now its been 2-3 months since the incident .. its like all coming back to me and i feel so much more worse.

how do you even move on from this? what do i have to do to stop feeling so haunted by the past? i know i was stupid for trusting. sigh i just dont know what to do

Im ill and working from home. Would be nice to speak to someone while i work

Hello, I am looking for a funny, chill friend to voice chat with throughout the day.

Another day, going to work with many songs stuck in my head, trying not to sing too loudly so I won't annoy people on the street.

I get to the office quickly and start filling my brain with coffee, doing some tasks before a meeting in a few minutes, and then diving into my work.

It’s quiet here, and it gets lonely sometimes, so I decided to go on Reddit to convince you to be my friend. As a guy who isn’t a “20F blonde looking for friends maybe more 😉,” I barely get any responses, haha. But it’s a lot of fun when I do get a response and make new friends. I’m willing to try harder, which I don’t mind.

So I just posted and I am waiting for you to reply. I’m wondering what kind of person you are. Are you silly like I am, or more serious but still able to laugh?

Once we start talking, the conversation will flow nicely. We can chat about life and work, vent about the people in our lives.

We can explore our agreements and disagreements—be prepared for my honest opinions about everything, especially if you say that stars in the sky can tell what our personalities are like, lol.

We can joke around and chat a lot; if the vibe is good, we’ll have our inside jokes.

But if you don’t DM me, I’ll just keep winning arguments I had with my exes in my mind or continue freaking myself out with true-crime stories.

I made this long on purpose because I like people who enjoy reading, haha. Wishing you a great time anyway!

I just ghosted from the only girl liked me on a dating app and I low key liked her very much since we shared a lot of things. This on top of other things in my life make me feel very very insecure about myself and I don’t have any one to even talk about this since everyone thinks I’m happy and everything is good around me. I just don’t even have any close friends or even friends at this point to talk with :(

I am looking to speak to someone about things that has happened to me today and how I tried to call the warm lines and they were no help. At all. Please someone just message me and so I can vent. Thank you.

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.

Feel free to DM if you'd like. Happy to help any way that I can weather that's just listening or wanting advice on a particular situation.

What the title says.

I don't to talk about DMs. I'm happy to comment on this thread.

I do not know if it's just me but since I was a kid, I never felt anybody truly appreciated my existence. I never receive gifts. I never get a compliment on my looks. I never have someone who wants to meet me. I never have someone who wants me and desires me. I never have someone who wants to see and meet me. I never have someone who wants to spend time with me.

I'm doing really well in my life. Physical health, hygiene, hobbies, job, finances, etc. But, as a guy, I don't think anyone cares about my existence. I feel an little pebble on the side of a road that nobody notices. I feel invisible.

No I'm not stuck at home all day. Every evening I have something to do. I come across several people and interact with several people every day and over the weekend. But I don't feel anyone genuinely wants me apart from women who pretend to be interested just for attention which is worse.

I actually can't do this anymore, the loneliness is getting to me. I've tried to talk to people about it and they just DON'T GET IT.

"You need to learn how to live alone." Excuse me???

I have ambitions. I have hobbies. BUT I DON'T HAVE GOOD FRIENDS nor family and I just want a hug. The fact I even still have the motivation to do other stuff is astonishing. I just want someone that gets it and doesn't give me generic advice.

I've tried making friends but they don't care or don't last. I can't live like this anymore I'll break down. Atp I'm just begging to have someone that can support me.

Maybe I truly deserve to be alone. I think deep down, I have a decent heart, but I can be such an asshole sometimes; despite how much I try to be good. That's the story of my whole life, alone. No friends, no relationships, no hope. Maybe there's a part of me that thinks I deserve to be loved, that i do deserve happiness... but another part of me shoots the idea of being loved down.

Self love seems impossible when I do nothing but act like an entitled piece of shit. I'm entitled to nothing, I know that... but I can't see how I deserve to suffer this fate any longer. I just want it to end. It's all too much to bare alone any longer. How is it selfish to want to die? There's nothing I can offer the world. There's nothing I can offer anybody. Even when I have, all people have ever done is take adgantage if my weakness. No, there's nothing the world can offer me. Everyone only seems to be in it for themselves, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't one of them.

I just can't understand how to be open, be vunerable to people when all people have ever done is trample me for it. But then again, maybe i deserve it. Maybe I deserve everything that's come to me. But I know one thing, I don't deserve to suffer any more. I guess that's why I'm making this post. I don't expect anyone to play therapist with me or anything, I just want to feel loved.

Hello, I am feeling very anxious and I would like to talk to somebody about relationships and my POV

I feel stuck, I feel lost.

I'm not in a major I like and I'm trying to find a way to leave but it seems like I can't do that without lagging behind

I have a midterm tmr but idk anything and I keep crying instead of studying

Just as the title says. Im feeling very alone rn like everyone i love just hates me and i just want someone to talk to. P.S ( this is my throwaway acc)

My wife tried swinging without consulting me. I forgave her but still cant accept the fact that she did it.

My life is at an all time low, and I've made some truly awful mistakes. I need a non judgement ear, please. I've run out of grace and understanding from everyone else.

Hey there! I'm a 23-year-old computer engineer with a passion for coding, technology, and all things computers. I’m hoping to connect with someone for a meaningful, long-term friendship—someone who values honest conversations, shared interests, and a real connection. I enjoy chess, puzzles, and cooking, and recently started learning to swim! Music and sketching are other interests of mine, and I’d love to meet someone open to exchanging life goals, thoughts, and laughs.

Just need to talk to someone. I am just so lonely and heartbroken I don’t even know what to do. Have you ever gone to a point where you can’t cry because you are too broken?

I thought I learned how to control these negative thoughts. For about two years, it felt like I was gradually improving. I wasn't, I was just hiding and denying. I continue to deny it even though I know it is true. She has been in my head for almost a month now and hasn't shown any sign of leaving. I'm always thinking about her and nothing else, infiltrating all of my time and energy. I've learned that I can never get to know and value anyone because they can just 180 at any point. I don't just feel broken, I feel literally physically broken and useless.

I am unemployed because I have not found the right job for me yet and I am tired of doing jobs that don’t fulfil and leave me feeling worthless. Corporate jobs, hospitality etc. I have tried working for charities but found disappointment in the bureaucratic and corporatised structure of it especially considering it was an office job which made me feel lazy and robotic. I saved money on rent by living at my parents whilst working which allowed me the opportunity to travel and escape westernised society of money, job and pessimism. 

Except I don’t think I learnt anything from travelling and this obstacle has confirmed that its within myself where life lacks. I’m an extremely cynical and pessimistic person that uses outward expressions of complaining and anger to relieve my mood, although I notice I do it too frequently. I check the news way too much which makes me more angry, being a very opinionated politics graduate. I attach blame to a lot of things out of my control such as the price of groceries, or the price of transport and the general cost of living. 

Money is a main anxiety of mine despite being very privileged to have savings, I don’t touch them because it’s been drilled in my head that i need it for a mortgage; except I can’t own property without having a stable (corporate) job in a city/country which isn’t a total shit hole. So they just sit there and I just sit there figuring out what to do in life. Money makes me so angry. I get annoyed buying anything I deem expensive (I’m British but currently in the USA for a couple of months and the price of groceries here makes me froth at the mouth - $8 for chicken which would cost me $4 in England). I feel like the cost of things make me more negative but I can’t allow myself to calm down over it. It’s just money! 

Increasingly I find myself wanting to just watch films and tv in the comfort of my own space because I’m introverted and like the escapism. This feels so worthless that I’m doing nothing but watching tv or reading books (when I find the motivation). 

Is this a matter of forcing my negativity out? How can one be positive without being a slave to the system which makes everything shitty? I don't want to be another cog