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Why carry on?

Hi i am turning 12 next month and so far my life as an 11 year old has probably been my worst year. It is scaring me how time is going so fast and I just

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No Friends..

I'm going to be twenty at the end of February, and it's safe to say that I don't have a single friend outside of my family and boyfriend. I'm okay with

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Family dramas

Yes we all strike them, I do not think there is anyone whose family goes along placidly. Many family upheavals and conflicts tie in well with the soaps

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Scratch that Itch!

Some special words that I use to bring Feeling Good sensations to me, have had a new and surprising result. In the midst of strong craving or emotion,

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Bored housewife no discipline or routine and scared/social anxiety

Hi, I am 36/f from the u.k. a bored housewife with 2 kids. Hate having routine but put on one when kids are home from school. I have no friends because

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I dont trust my body

I promised myself I would never slip up again. I trained so hard and lost 20 lbs and got strong and lean. I started running which I thought I would never

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Loneliness..

Hello, I'm 15 years old (16 in November), and I've got really low self esteem and confidence. I am always shy and so I can't make any friends because I

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Extremely shy 12 year old daughter

She was born shy. I thought as she got older she would grow out of it or comfortably shy but now I am more worried. I have realized she avoids greeting

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"Criminals" have hearts too.

This post is not meant to compare or out-do..... I really hope my pitiful life will make some of you see that you have so much still... I'm a convicted

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i love him a lot

I am 35 years old. 13 years ago I was getting married,on that time my husband already applied for immigration. After when we got visa my in laws forced

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feeling trapped in every aspect

I am 32 & was married for 13 yrs. An infatuation started with my husbands friend & that ended my marriage. I deeply regret it. My 15 yr. old daughter

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I love my boyfriend, but he has hurt me so much and i have lost all my confidence

I used to be a confident girl and didn't really ever get down about myself often, sometimes of course, but that is a normal thing to happen. Then I met

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I have this friend..

Okay, so I have this friend and almost every conversation we have over text turns into her saying she's ugly or fat. She even feels like I hate her and

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I hate my life

I'm 16 this year. I seriously hate my life to the max! My school sucks to the core! My teachers and friends are useless to me. I don't like anything here..

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Boy friends lack of self confidence

Me and my boyfriend say we love each other, and I believe that to be true on both sides. Our problem is since his childhood he has had self esteem issues

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Self confidence issue

I am 23 years old. in high school I was outgoing I was kind I had more friends than I knew what to do with and I had at least 1 girl crushing on me at

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my older sister hates me

My sister and i are 11yrs apart never had sisterly closeness, not even very much contact as adults. I lead a very dark, felony filled (30yrs old and up)I

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I'm really stupid...

I feel really stupid. I always tell myself that I'm going to follow through with my work and studies, but I end up just pushing them aside and procrastinating.

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Self Discovery

Every decision I have ever made was a bad one, where my 2 brothers always came out on top. They have good jobs and brand new cars... I have no job and

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Low low low confidence/esteem

I have really low self esteem. I have thought of ending it all a couple times. And even cut my wrist once just to see how it felt. I had dreams of jumping

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mother does not like proposals of my choice

I (28/m) work and live in middle east for past 4 years. my parents have been looking for suitable marriage proposal for me. Even though its arranged marriage

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trouble boyfriend

My boyfriend I have been going out for a while now bout 1 year and 7 months. Normally he's okay like not to much of a handful or anything but lately he's

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Sleeping 2 Days Straight, Negative, Have Nothing to Get Up For...

I have been diagnosed with depression. I find myself sleeping 2 days straight (I wake up but figure there is nothing to get up for). I have 2 dogs, and

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Hard times with grief

I've recently suffered a loss that has led to me confronting a lot of other issues. During childhood I had problems with dealing with my two bickering

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body shape and weight :(

Hi, well I was never a large child or someone too skinny, I was average. When I went through puberty things changed. My body shape changed and I gained

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No self confidence and I feel depressed.

I am 15 years old and I think I'm depressed. Everyday I look at myself I think I'm very fat and ugly. All of my friends tell me I'm not and I just don't

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Dad has given me low self esteem

After 25 years of suffering this.... it has only just dawned on me that this is where the problem lies. It seems to make a lot of sense now but has taken

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low self esteem is ruining my relationship

Hi i am a 19 year old female. I have always been naturally skinny and am currently 5'2 and 102lbs. I have very small breasts and wider hips. I hate my

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I am ME

I am not those who are wow I am not as beautiful as others I am not cool or great I am not super or normal I am not smart or dumb I am me

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No taste for life..

I'm 18 years old and I don't feel the need to do anything with my life. I've been teased for medical problems since elementary school. I had little to

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My boyfriend went on Vacation without me during Christmas

My boyfriend is a doctor. We hardly see each other because he is always on call and when he isn't (well, he always is) he works quite a bit. I usually

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16 female

I hate myself I hate everything about me. My life has been nothing but pain and hurt and a little to no happy times. My friends and school mean everything

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Forget a lot and I'm tired?

I'm a senior in high school, and I didn't do anything other than work until this year. Now I'm a bit worried about college because I didn't have the experiences

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jealousy

My name is Jessica, I'm not an ugly girl, but I'm not like whoa super beautiful. I get compliments from people often. But I still can't stop feeling

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ex boyfriend troubles

No one ever likes me... one person did or at least he said he did. We were together for awhile and he said he loved so much and would never stop loving

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Ask for peace it will get you through the night

The blessing of being human is that emotions are temporary. As intense as they feel at times they are like waves crashing. If you stay with the feeling

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I hate my him! HOW TO CHANGE IT or Myself ?

I'm currently in Y8. I know a lot of annoying disturbing and unthoughtful a**holes. There is this one guy in all of my classes, who is all the time annoying

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0% confidence and self esteem

It's been a long time since I have had any self esteem or self confidence. I remember 6th grade, one of the worst years of my life. I was always put down,

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cross roads...

To start off... I'm twenty six years old. A single mother of a beautiful four year old daughter. Was married... divorced my husband because he severely

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My friends mum

I go round my friends house every Thursday and all the time she sits there quietly crying at night calling her self, Listening to what other people say

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Lost confidence and it's ruining my relationship

I'm 23 years old. I met my fiancé when I was 21 and he has full custody of his son. I was a very eager and confident woman who had a lot of drive and was

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Best friend envy

I just feel like my best friend has got it all, the looks the guys the clothes everything. It makes me look down on my self because I constantly compare

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I feel UGLY

Ok well I am on Facebook and when I upload photos everyone comments on them like omg that's a lovely picture of a pigs butt or wow image of ugly. This

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need more self confidence in my relationship

I am typically a very confident woman but now, I have been with my boyfriend for 5 months and he says that I need to be more confident in myself.

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Lost and confused/ no desire to do anything anymore

I don't know how far I am supposed to go back with my problem but I will go back as far as when I think my serious issues started occurring. I had a wonderful

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self hate

I'm 22 yeas old I hate my nose and my body shape. All my life I have hated how I look. I'm a black female and dark skinned complexion. I want to be

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i always hesitate to do things.

Please don't judge me. I always try things, its just that every time I try I always fail, which makes me not try things any more. It's so hard to experience

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self blame and no confidence

A few months ago I was a confident care-free person I started dating this amazing guy. Since then I have slowly lost all my self confidence and now feel

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I need ideas of how to gain money (I'm 12)

Hi, my name is Kelly, and i have never seen the ocean, better yet, I never went to any other country or province. My mom keeps telling me that my childhood

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