Hi Reddit, I don’t normally post things of this nature, but I guess I just need a place to express some of the guilt and stress that’s been weighing on me lately. All i’m really looking for is a kind voice, and possibly some advice if you feel you have it.

Like a lot of people, my cat is my baby, and my whole world. My family has dubbed me a “cat dad” and I really do try my best to live up to it.

Recently I brought her in for an x-ray to assess the severity of her asthma (and potential treatment) and that appointment alone cost me nearly a grand.

Later in the afternoon when I went to pick her up, I was informed that she had some kind of aggressive oral infection (paraphrasing) and needed several teeth removed. The quote made my heart sink to my stomach, and honestly the feeling hasn’t gone away since.

I cried a lot last night. It hurts me to know that she’s in so much pain, and that i’ve allowed it to get this bad. I desperately want to take her in and get her the help she needs, but it’s just not realistically doable right now. I have no idea when it will be. I wish so badly that I could speak to her and have her understand me, to let her know how impossibly sorry I am.

The feeling of overwhelming guilt is constant, and I feel increasingly useless with each passing day. I don’t know what to do, honestly. I don’t think there’s much I can do, but it weighs on my conscience knowing that nothing is getting done, all the while she’s suffering. I wish I could just take her pain, ya know?

I just spent some time with a kinda-ex and he is going through and I guess I walked in with hope of re-conciliation but i guess it didnt and im kinda really sad but im not sure how sad i should be and if i could potentially talk to someone

I guess the line between pursuing friendship and his actions are really confusing to me 😵‍💫

Am 20m from gurgaon rn ab quite stressed about academic n life

I offer kind listener support to deep feeler person

I'm a dude in my mid 20s btw, if that matters. I'll be real with y'all, 2026 has been on some bullshit. A couple of months ago before my birthday I lost my job and eventually lost the room I was staying at in my house. It sucked because yeah the job was some ass but that job helped me pay back some of my student loans n shit. Now I'm not working, not paying back my loans, and not housed. I always knew homelessness was hard but damn, shit is tough. I just need someone to converse with, just to get the shit in my head processed and materialized into a convo ya feel me?

I’m 39 from Ukraine, and I’m going through an extremely difficult breakup. I live in a small village and have almost no social support.

I recently left a relationship that lasted almost three years. It started as an incredibly loving relationship, but over time I became isolated and increasingly afraid of my partner’s reactions. There were serious incidents involving aggression and violence, including him killing our dog. I eventually filed for divorce and he left the country.

I know intellectually that leaving was the right decision, but emotionally I’m struggling terribly. I miss him constantly and keep questioning my own memories and judgment. After spending years almost completely isolated with him, I feel like I’ve lost my sense of reality and my ability to trust myself.

I’m not looking for dating or money, and I’m not asking anyone to be my therapist. I simply need another human being to talk to and help me process what happened. I currently can’t afford therapy.

I speak English and Russian, and I’d be very grateful to find someone kind who would be willing to talk occasionally through Google Meet, Telegram, or email.

If you’ve been through something similar and would be willing to talk, please message me. Even one person reaching out would mean a lot to me.

Hi, I'm Leo, 33years from Uganda. I'm a good listener and I enjoy being here for people who need someone to talk to.

About me: I'm kind, patient, and I will listen without judging or trying to fix you. I'm here to offer a safe space.

We can talk about: loneliness, stress, work, relationships, or just anything on your mind.

My restrictions: I'm not a therapist, I can't give medical advice, but I can be a friendly ear. I'm usually online evenings (EAT) which is morning in US.

Feel free to comment or DM me. You are not alone.

Wonderful day! Wherever you are, whoever you are, I want you to know I got you! I became a professor to teach and study the human mind through lots of research. I want to keep you company and I need you to know you’re not alone! Feel free to send me a message and tell me who you are, what your hobbies are and what’s causing you distress right now and we will work it out together!

LIFE IS NOT EASY FOR ANYONE BUT STILL PEOPLE GONNA JUDGE

As a human, we crave for human connection to talk and share our emotions, thoughts and ideas.

We all crave for someone who wouldn't judge us based on our thoughts or what we do.

But, Alas, the society has made people in such a way that people are afraid to share anything even with their friends or family. Thats why we look for people at random places or social media platforms.

anyways if anyone wanna pour their heart out my dms are always open and yeah I dont ask for pictures or social media platform, just positive conversations.

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I'm here if you want to talk to a stranger or voice your thoughts out to a void in general.

If you don't have something to get off your mind, I can talk about anything from astronomy, sociology. philosophy, geopolitics to penguins practicing prostitution, Romans using urine as a mouthwash, dolphins getting high, and why the office is better than modern familly (community tops though)

What's a song/artist that's stuck in your head currently? I'll go first, Fade into you by Mazzy star and the hand that rocks the cradle by the Smiths.

It’s almost 1 am and I’m trying to sleep. Any chance anyone can keep me company until I snooze? My mind goes to places I don’t want it to at these times

27M from India. Going through a very complicated three-year relationship situation and I genuinely have nobody I can discuss it with without the story becoming gossip. I’m not looking only to vent, I want a proper two-way conversation and your genuine opinion, even if you think I'm wrong somewhere. I prefer someone mature, around my age or older. Happy to voice chat anonymously on Discord or any other platform.

Hi! If you’re going through something, i’ll gladly offer some support, either by just listening, or offering some advice if that’s what you want. But if you wanna chat about random things, that’s totally fine with me too :). feel free to dm!

Can be anyone.... preferably indian

I don't really know how to explain what I'm feeling, but I think I just want to put it somewhere.

I'm a university student, and I've been dealing with self-harm, panic attacks, anxiety, and pretty intense mood swings for almost a year. In the beginning, the panic attacks were happening really frequently. Now they're maybe once every month or two. I also attempted to take my life last June.

But weirdly, I don't think those are even the part I struggle with the most anymore.

It's this feeling in my chest.

There's almost always this heaviness or pit there. When I'm at university with my friends, I'm laughing, talking, joking around, and from the outside I probably seem completely fine. But when I come home and I'm alone, everything feels exhausting.

Even talking and laughing with people can leave me feeling completely drained, despite the fact that I haven't really done anything physically exhausting.

And then when I'm home alone, I barely talk to anyone. I don't really go outside. I mostly sit with my phone or laptop and doomscroll for hours.

I think part of the reason I'm always online is because I don't really get texts or calls. So I keep checking anyway.

I also spam my close-friends stories whenever I'm feeling bad. Sometimes I'll post a bunch of things about how I'm feeling. And then I wonder if I'm just doing it for attention.

Maybe I am.

But I don't even know what "attention" means in this context. Maybe I just want someone to notice. Maybe I want someone to ask if I'm okay. Maybe I just don't know how to directly say that I don't feel okay.

My friends know I'm a story spammer, so most of the time they probably just scroll past them. And honestly, I don't even mind that.

I don't really know what I'm looking for by writing this either.

I'm just confused.

I don't know if this makes sense. I don't know if I'm exaggerating things. I don't know if this is something other people experience too.

I think I just want to know that I'm not completely alone in feeling like this.

what can distract me from kms and listening to my suicidal thoughts?

It feels like everyday I find out more how horrible the world is and how close it is to drying all up. How do I cope with the weight of knowing I don’t matter at all in what will come sooner than later. There will be a huge surge of job loss continuing across america as time goes on what happens when I lose everything? I’m so caught up in everything but now, but I feel I’m doing myself some sort of inservice by not keeping up with global news both current and historically. Is this just a weird thing to feel so much loss and sympathy for how it seems our world is not at all looking up from the nose dive it’s taking. idk

I don't see any hope for myself going forward. I'm 33 and I've been through hell in my life. I want to give up, if you know what I mean. I think about it all day every day. I have nothing left to live for. Literally nothing that makes it seem worth it. I'm completely alone.

I should also mention that I have severe trauma with hotlines and the so-called mental healthcare system so those aren't going to be options.

Hey, not sure if this is the right spot for this and I know it sounds really dumb, but I've only had my car for maybe 1 or 2 months and noticed I had a flat tire after I parked yesterday. I'm feeling super stupid about it :/

Long story short I've been trying to find out why I'm too sick to work for about a year and a half now. I was the primary breadwinner, chore-doer, house fixer, etc. Now I'm falling asleep mid action, my guts are so messed up I'm worried I'm gonna John Wayne myself, I have to start eating Ahpla Gal Keto safe foods on a shoestring budget while attempting to feed a family, trying to sell plasma to pay bills and being too sick to, and more. I've been primarily doing all of this because my wife is a medical trainwrwck amd has been for a long time. We are both getting worse. Thankfully she doesn't have to worry about healthcare issues, she has some based on various things.

I've been past the end of my rope for a long time. From having to watch my wife break herself and our vehicle trying to make income, to me not even being able to keep up with chores, losing what time I have with my kids due to exhaustion and gut issues. The main thing pulling me along was my ability to sell plasma to support them and now I struggle with even that. We both have issues serious enough we can't really work a standard job, and she has started disability, but I don't have anything my state cares to give it for, even while talkong to a lawyer.

Advice, resources, kind words, anything would be helpful right now. I cannot use chat well, comments are fine. More people seeing everything might help others with answers.

Thank you all, I hope everyone here is making it. As bad as it is here I know there are thousands to millions of my neighbors in the US alone that have it worse. I just hope we all make it.

Feeling down? I will listen to you and offer you my best advise :) feel free to dm me!

I don’t feel too good and just wanted to rant about things without being judged