The Place to Go for Emotional Support — Page 125

Spuffure said:

I think I might be a misogynist (or at least have sexist views) and I don’t know what to do and hate that I can’t change. This is what feeling ostracized as a child and having little female role models can do. Why? Why? Why? I’m such a joke.

I am a worthless person who hates everyone who doesn’t share the same identity as me. When I start to get a bit better, I fuck it all up.

We all have aspects to our psyche we could live without. That you’re able to recognize yours is an indication that that you’ve already changed and are capable of further change. Don’t give up on yourself and don’t hate yourself for being imperfect. We’re all works in progress.

Superweapon VII said:

Spuffure said:

I think I might be a misogynist (or at least have sexist views) and I don’t know what to do and hate that I can’t change. This is what feeling ostracized as a child and having little female role models can do. Why? Why? Why? I’m such a joke.

I am a worthless person who hates everyone who doesn’t share the same identity as me. When I start to get a bit better, I fuck it all up.

We all have aspects to our psyche we could live without. That you’re able to recognize yours is an indication that that you’ve already changed and are capable of further change. Don’t give up on yourself and don’t hate yourself for being imperfect. We’re all works in progress.

Oh my god, thank you so much!!! Such wise words.

Just when I thought things had settled into a good rhythm, my girlfriend has told me that she bases her relationships not on morality or something actually important, but instead on anime. Now despite what I want, I now have to reconsider our relationship. I wish I didn’t have to.

Mango said:

There are so many other things I want to offer to the world, including some of my own fiction. I’d love to make movies myself. I’d like be known as an innovator in horror fiction. But I can’t bring myself to work on such things, because I’m afraid of failure.

I feel this.

I just learned that one of my old school friends is now dead. He was so young. Damn.

My stepdad is moving away because of his job, he’s away visiting family and I just can’t stop feeling so depressed

RicOlie_2 said:

I’m sorry to hear that. Death sucks… A couple people I graduated with in 2017 died within a year, including one close friend. It isn’t fun. However, I think it’s taught me to appreciate every moment with those I love and to make the best of my time with them, knowing that it could always be the last time.

I may be autistic, but as someone with my own loss, this was also the most important thing I’ve learned from it. The best thing one can do is treasure the people who are in your life, even if that number is small.

I’m reaching a major tipping point in my life, and I don’t think I have the necessary strength and courage to make changes. I see a therapist I really like and I’m on medications which really help, but it’s not enough. My grandfather passed away, my father has Parkinson’s, and I’m continuing to work the same dead-end job. My dream job is to do some writing, especially as a film critic or something, but I can’t find any place to get a foot in the door, and I could really use the supplementary income. I can’t keep living on $400 a week. I’m still a virgin, I still live with my parents, I still work a dead-end job, I have severe depression, and every day the noose seems to tighten. I’m just comfortable enough not to make changes, but unless I do, soon I’ll be stuck forever. I see so little point my life and no way out.

I feel terrible, but I lack the words to describe it and the courage to answer to the person I should talk to.

I hear you, Mango. Things are tough this time of year, but please know that what you have to say has value, and always will. If you need to reach out, don’t hesitate.

I’ve finally hit rock bottom. I don’t know what to do and I don’t see any way out.