I only really get crushes on fictional characters and internet personalities. I think it's because I feel safe knowing that there's no way I can meet that person - thus I can't mess up or get hurt. Maybe I'm late in emotional development but I'm not sure I want to get out of this state.

I have OCD. The intrusive thoughts are more frequent on some days and less on others, but I always get more of them when I read. Since I know beforehand that those thoughts are gonna come and that it'll make me feel anxious, I tend to avoid reading, especially long texts. I avoid it as often as I can, to be honest. When I do read, it takes me a really long time.

Gimme some motivation to study hard please?

I just got accepted in new college and It was out of my expectation. I got a bad scores on mid-term and the academic system on my college has a minimum GPA, which is 2.75. If you have an accumulated scores under that standard, you will drop out. I'm scared. I wish, I can boost my scores to improve my GPA. Wish me luck

I'm unreasonably scared of men. If I'm walking outside when it's dark, I go on guard if I see a man if there are no women around. The idea of a relationship also terrifies me because I have the classic fear of "WhAt iF He jUSt wAnTs seX?" I feel really guilty that I'm judgemental like this. I'm trying to change though I don't know how, except telling myself to stop thinking those thoughts.

Can anyone help me out I made a new account once again and I can’t even get into my confesster I’ve even saved the password on my phone and it filled in the information and it still says incorrect username or use username and I’ve tried to contact contact confess and everything but no luck I feel like they have abandoned this website and app please give me some tips

Though I'm two years older than my sister, I sometimes ask her advice on what to do in social situations, and also stuff like "Did anything I say sound rude in the conversation we were just in?". So I'm acting more like a little sister and I think I shouldn't. I asked her if it's a bother that I keep asking her that stuff and she said no, but I still think I should stop doing it. Not knowing if I've been behaving in an acceptable way makes me anxious, though, but in most situations there's no one to ask about it so I think I should get used to the uncertainty.

There are many debates going on.... One of the biggest is : is drug addiction a disease? A lot of people have so much sympathy for drug users and say it's a disease when people tell them they knew the consequences when they tried it. These defenders even compare it to diabetes. But the funny thing is they don't have the same sympathy for those of us who suffer from depression and have chosen to not numb our emotions and just feel it all.. While letting the emotions kill us slowly. We're told to get over it or do something to distract us from our pain. And when one of us can't take it anymore and we commit suicide, they are met with such back lash and called selfish .. I mean no sympathy at all.. But someone overdoses and it's "oh poor thing had a disease". Fuck any of you who have sympathy for people who are too pussy to face their demons/emotions and numb them, and rag on poor people who are so overcome with sadness that even getting out of bed is a struggle. Depression is a real thing. If we had more understanding from those around us, it would help. Keep coddling drug abusers and guess what? More people will be doing drugs. I didn't ask to have crippling depression. I force myself to be happy but deep down its just a facade. Y'all hooked on drugs asked for it. You went out of your way to do it. So y'all who defend drug users with your life while shitting on depressed people are useless. Go befriend a drug addict and don't cry when they steal all your shit and sell it for drugs ✌🏼️✌🏼

I'm really embarrassed to talk about this but I have to. There are so many things I've done to get attention IRL - tried to change my personality to what I thought would be "cooler" (which only got people to bully me), imitated tropes from cartoons/anime/other media, exaggerated the symptoms of my mental illnesses... Most of these I did when I was a kid/teen, but sometimes I still catch myself thinking if people would find me more interesting if I seemed "stoic", for example (STUPID, right?) or if I could get more sympathy from my family if I seemed more depressed than usual. This is all really selfish.

I have no regrets in being an under achiever and having my life to a complete stand still since I left school. No job, no gf, very few friends. I don't feel bad, is that weird?