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  • NovemberCrow
    16 hours ago

    why can’t parents understand that sometimes, little angry girls grow up into angry teenegers? Like, some things don’t go away. Some thing just aren’t forgotable. Some things you realise after some time. But no, it’s all bc I’m “stressing too much over everything”.



    ash120819 my parents are the same way. constantly calling me moody or lazy but they don't realize my life is incredibly draining
    16 hours ago


  • EsmerayaRose
    Jan 17, 2025

    I am in a toxic household where I am physically and verbally abused on a daily. that feels amazing to get off my chest. I cant leave because I'm not 18 yet and I'm still highschool but I've lost so much weight from this its really sick.im too scared to make the wrong move so I tip toe around them. I'm too scared to say anything to them so I keep silent and only speak when spoken to. I don't know how to get out without throwing my siblings in the foster care



    ash120819 i’m so sorry :( is there child protection services in your area? maybe a relative you can move to? a teacher you could tell?
    Jan 18, 2025


    EsmerayaRose I tried literally everything I've been at for the past 2 years and no one has come out to speak to me. I even brought it to the schools attention they had a meeting and handed me back over and it got worse from there
    Jan 18, 2025

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  • winterwolf0100
    Jan 10, 2025

    Anyone here have OCD? Only recently got diagnosed and I'm going through it lol.

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    I already have so many other mental health issues/diagnoses, so now I'm struggling to go through yet another repeat of the "oh, this is related to that?" process. The first few times I did it, it felt freeing and liberating because it felt like I wasn't going crazy, but now it just feels exhausting.



    EllieMae
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    I have definitely been there, friend. Personally I got diagnosed when I was in my earlier teens but I promise it gets better with time, as you start to recognize how your mind thinks and reoccurring phases of obsessions you go through. If you ever wanna talk about it or ask about my experiences, don’t be afraid to pm me :) <33

    Jan 10, 2025


    Fishr OCD certified, yup.
    Jan 17, 2025


  • ash120819
    Jan 5, 2025

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    went deeper than i’ve ever gone today. it was really scary. i ended up scaring my girlfriend into thinking i was dead. i might have just ruined my entire life with this one cut



    brooklyndavis2 We must grow from our mistakes. I've been there, in a similar position a few times. Grow from it. Work on yourself. There's hope, always. When everybody is always telling you it gets better, I can understand how annoying it gets. But it does over time. Maybe not in the sense that a situation changes, but how you cope with it does. I wish you the very best. I hope things get better for you.

    Brooklyn
    Jan 5, 2025


    ash120819 thank you. i really have to get better for her and my sake
    Jan 5, 2025


  • spottedpebble
    Jan 3, 2025

    rant. i'm feeling tired of having to help people who don't seem try to help as much as i help them :(

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    lately i've just been feeling like i am always the one to have to help out these kids i'm friends with. and i know i'm not the only one in the group trying but sometimes it just really feels that way... like no one else knows how to help but everyone in this group hates themselves and i've tried my hardest to help them and looked up resources for them and given them nice notes and i try to check in a lot and tell other people when it's needed and i try my best to listen and am always asking them what they need and what we* (* i say we as in the friend group but it feels like very few other people actually try to help a lot of the time) can do and what they need from us but i feel like i've been the only one to do that lately. i know it might just be because they don't know how to deal with stuff like this/don't feel comfortable dealing with stuff like this but i can't take it anymore. and the worst thing is that it feels like none of them care when i hit a rough patch or need something or feel bad. they all know i have anxiety and there have been multiple times when i've had anxiety attacks in front of them and they have done nothing about it. for once i just want someone to ask me what i need. i want other people in this group to try and help other people. i can't deal with this all the time. i honestly wish i could, but i don't have time. they say they don't have time or don't feel comfortable dealing with it, but neither do i. and i try anyway.
    i know i'm just thinking a lot of untrue things and it's not as bad as it seems and other people are trying, but it still doesn't feel like it to me. i need a break. i need other people to care without me having to ask them to care.



    ash120819 i’m so sorry pebble :( i know what it feels like to give and give without anyone reciprocating and im so sorry you’re experiencing it. have you tried talking to these friends about this?
    Jan 4, 2025


    spottedpebble Thanks, ash.
    I've sort of hinted at it... but not outright said it because it makes me anxious to approach people about things like this. It's something I've been trying to work on. I've also just been feeling a lot of disconnect from this friend group lately. Maybe I should write about it...
    Jan 4, 2025

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  • ash120819
    Jan 3, 2025

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    i'm seriously considering breaking my streak. everything is too heavy. i can't escape it. i'm boxed in from all sides and there's no relief



    spottedpebble <333
    Jan 3, 2025


  • theromanticchemist
    Jan 3, 2025

    Spoiler! :
    I broke my streak. I hate myself.



    spottedpebble <333
    Jan 3, 2025


    winterwolf0100
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    Streaks are really beneficial when you're proud of yourself, but they can be really detrimental when you're feeling bad. You're at zero now, and that sucks, but it only sucks because you deserve to love yourself and feel good about yourself. Now, your streak has nowhere to go but up. I'm here if you ever want to talk <33

    Jan 4, 2025


  • brooklyndavis2
    Jan 3, 2025

    I think I need to write more. It was once an outlet for the overwhelming pain and suffering within my mind, and I hope to find my voice through writing again. I wish all of you the best. I hope all of your heavy hearts will be relieved of whatever sorrow they may be carrying. Just thought I would share.

    - Brooklyn



  • NovemberCrow
    Jan 1, 2025

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    I have been just feeling so...burn-out lately. No energy, always tired. I just feel so numb and tired and absolutely annoyed by everything. My health has been shitty lately and I just. Don't care about anything and can't find time to do anything even then I have a lot of things to do and a lot of things I need to do.



    GengarTheGhost <3333
    Jan 1, 2025


  • NovemberCrow
    Dec 15, 2024

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    sometimes is just that one stupid trigger and here you go down the rabbit hole >.<



  • EsmerayaRose
    Dec 11, 2024

    trying to love again, only to have it slip through my fingers like sand. I poured my heart into that connection, hoping for something real, something that would anchor me amidst the chaos. But just like everything else, it fell apart, leaving me feeling more hollow than before. I’ve lost the taste for food, my appetite vanished as if it’s a cruel joke my mind plays on me. I’m not just starving for sustenance; I’m starving for understanding and connection. I’m left grappling with the aftermath—wondering if I’ll ever find someone who can handle the mess that is me, or if I’ll always be searching for solace in a world that feels so isolating. I feel so lost in my own skin.



  • EsmerayaRose
    Dec 11, 2024

    I feel completely overwhelmed. My parents keep piling on the guilt about my mental illness, making me feel like I’m a burden. I can’t even bring myself to eat, the weight of it all just sits heavy in my stomach. I tried to open my heart and love again, only for that person to walk away, leaving me feeling even more broken. It’s like I’m drowning, and no one understands the depths of this struggle.



    ash120819 i feel the same way. i think my partners going to leave soon and my parents are so constricting
    16 hours ago


  • GengarTheGhost
    Dec 10, 2024

    Poetic ramblings of a recovering perfectionist

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    I'm trying to unlearn perfectionism. Trying to unlearn the idea that I must always do more, do better. Trying to stop chasing the feeling of always being the best at things. Trying to break free from all these negative perceptions I've held for years.

    So I've started to learn crochet. It's something new, something I have no prior experience with, something I'm not good at just yet. But there's beauty in imperfection; there's something poetic in every stitch I must undo, every loose thread caught in the hook. And I know it'll be all the more wonderful when I'm better at it, when I'm looking back with 20/20 hindsight.



  • theromanticchemist
    Dec 10, 2024

    I cannot believe I just had to say that. I thought it was common knowledge that you don't talk about sensitive subjects like that in chat. i am just overwhelmed with anxiety and strong emotions right now. i have usually never gotten triggered by mentions of s/h but this time it was pushed over the edge.



    EllieMae <3333
    Dec 10, 2024


    Razor srry chem <333
    Dec 10, 2024

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  • NovemberCrow
    Dec 10, 2024

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    just hating my mom. or hating everything.




When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
— Abraham Heschel