[Anon-6467f9]: I do things just one up people and not because I have any true interest in it. I join things for all the wrong reasons and then I have to see them true because people are watching.

[Anon-fbb4d7]: What do you do if an online friend whose address you don't know is trying to kill themselves? Time-sensitive

[Anon-6467f9]: I'm kinda sad rn my best friend is transferring from my school so now we won't be able to go to school together and it's just sad I love to spend time with them after my school but now we won't be able to do that as our schedules will be changing drastically and I really don't have any other friends with whom I share a similar bond so I'm just feeling sad

[Anon-ebe45f]: My grandmother once called me out for being queer and said "I should pray to God to make me masculine". She also called me out for my obsessive calorie counting and said "nakakahiya yan sa mga tao dito! itigil mo iyan! [this is an embarrassment to the people around here! please stop!]". I have to pretend I love her because my parents value "filial love" and they say I'm being disrespectful to my elders - WHY! AS IF THEY DIDN'T DISRESPECT ME!!!

[Anon-6467f9]: how tf do i stop procrastinating

[Anon-6467f9]: In 5th grade I faked being depressed to get attention. Also I lied to my parents recently that I was going on long walks alone when I was really just hanging out with a friend while taking a walk (with masks).

[Anon-6467f9]: I'm jealous of my friends so I don't want them to do better than I do but then I feel guilty.

[Anon-83c4f7]: i grow up in a family like many others, that do not validate vulnerability. no one taught me how to handle my emotions in a healthy manner. and so, i did it myself. i've learned a lot, that has benefitted me. however, i also forced myself to mature fast. so sometimes, feeling like i have someone to protect me feels nice. i crave simple things like affection and encouragement. however, it's just not something i feel used to. everyone views me as this social, friendly, confident person. however, sometimes i just want to feel loved and safe inside.

[Anon-2eb154]: ugh i don't know what to do. I am 100% sure I have anxiety, and I want to see a therapist, but my parents told me no, and that "therapists are for crazy people, besides just tell us whatever you are thinking" well problem with that is my anxiety is coming from them! I am just so done and mentally tired. I also think I might have ADHD/Autism but how will I ever know?!?!?! my parents only care about A pluses and calling me a failure/lazy 24/7

[Anon-921fd0]: Hi there! Just asking, how do I know if I'm okay? Lately, a lot of people have been telling me that I'm not and I don't believe them :/ how do I know for certain?

[Anon-921fd0]: What's better, saving lives while disregarding your own or disregarding others' lives and preserving your own? I was faced with this choice when deciding my future. I have the potential to ruin myself and help others, or ruin others and help myself. Which should I pick?

[Anon-6467f9]: I hate it when adults demand respect as if they respect me and treat me like a human being. My mother knows this but she says that I should respect adults and those older than me which is in my opinion complete and utter trash. Everyone should respect everyone. And the respect she asks of me to give to those older than me is more than treating them like a human being, being polite etc. Respect for their character and personality and just personal respect in general should be earned. Not automatically given because they’re older than me.

[Anon-6467f9]: Not too long ago I was put into a call with multiple boys from my old middle school who called me multiple names and said that I belonged in the kitchen. They attacked me for my religion and said that I should just shut up and read my Bible. Why didn’t you just hang up you ask? Because they called me more than 30 times and spammed my phone. My best friend and I eventually blocked them all but I’m not sure how to feel. I want to get some sort of revenge but then I remember that Karma exists and their piece is coming. They haven’t changed since middle school and I don’t know what I did to deserve this.

[Anon-6467f9]: Rejected from my dream program today, uwaterloo computer engineering. I highly knew i wasn’t getting in but it’s just thought that it wasn’t going to happen. At least i get to hang with my friends at another uni. :smiling_face_with_tear:

[Anon-6467f9]: School, family, life.... 3 of my main stresses right now. Imma list this because it's easier for me.

1.)For school, I have 5 big final projects due next week, and all that stresses is giving major panic attacks. Every night my anxiety takes over, and I don't even get sleep. Not to mention that I might have ADHD (explained in number 3), and it won't let me do anything. All the teachers are being so annoying, giving us these time consuming projects AND a finals test. Like, what do you want me to do? NOT SLEEP?!?!? Only two more weeks of school, I know, but I just don't think I can handle it for that much longer.

2.) My parents are a whole other story. They think I'm on my phone way too much, but what they don't know is that my phone is the only thing keeping me together. It is my escape from the world, and gets me to stop worrying about everything. But they just don't seem to understand. Calling me lazy and rude. To top it all off, they are pushing me to get as job and my driver's license when I am barely getting by school. They are always telling me to make my own choices, but when I do they say "No, you shouldn't do that, do this instead..." WHAT?!!! One time I told them I wanted to see a therapist because I might have test anxiety... what do they say? "Oh it is just in your head, besides whatever it is you can tell us." How am I supposed to tell them, they are part of my reason of stress. They call me a failure when I get a B+ and are highly disappointed when I tell them I have no AP classes. They always tell me the don't compare yourself to others, but they are always comparing me to my friends who have all APs and IBs and such. They are just too much...

3.) Life, it is such a huge pain. For the longest time I never really thought of mental health of an issue, but I am starting to realize I am not normal. I have symptoms of depression, ADHD/Autism, and all sort of anxieties. I have tried to search up any possible online therapists for free, since my parents said no... I even found a really nice therapist, and chatted for awhile, but she told me to continue on I need to have guardian's permission. Well great, back to square one. I want to know exactly what is wrong with me because it is seriously affecting my life. I have no friends, school is already a headache, and I just think I am failing at being a human being. A simple task, yet I can't seem to grasp it. I don't have anyone to talk to which is why I am writing here, and I don't know what to do. All of these problems have been happening to me for almost 5 years now, and I am just suffering. My mind is slowly breaking from overworking, and I can't fix it. Heck, I have had depression for so long that I don't even know what type of person I am anymore. My personality has turned into depression. I don't even remember what type of friend I used to be or how I lived before.I just want to be happy and at peace again.

^^^^ Holy moly, didn't realize how much I wrote until I finished. goodness I have problems

[Anon-6467f9]: Hi there I think I have an issue. I don't know what it is but it's something - so I'll ask you! Could you tell me, how do I know if I am sane?