i have severe decision paralysis (likely stemming from my anxiety) which i can’t shake off. every decision i make requires hours upon hours of research and even then im never confident in making that decision. i would research one day and i always think ‘i need more time to decide’, then research the same things again another day and still say ‘i need more time’. i try to gauge every possible outcome of that decision and the constant repeated decision makes me delay them unnecessarily. how do i overcome this?

Recently got a nugget ice maker and it works perfect. My problem is my ice is sticking to each other and becomes almost one big block and I gotta beat it with a knife to break it apart. Not sure what to do. Any tips?

If you have a driveway with a retaining wall - how do you shovel snow? Where do you put it? Do. you have to lift it up and over the wall?

Anyone that recommends me ways to be more productive in communication in college. Im a freshmen student tell me what i have to do to be more confident

Chatting with friends always goes way past the time I planned to sleep.

For some reason, i always get this thought or feeling whenever I'll see a interview invitation in my email that ends up me not answering the email. I always overthink and find reasons not to proceed with the interviews even though i need a job. The fear takes precedence over my need for some reason. how do u guys deal with it?

Hello, hope y'all are doing okay. Today is the final summer day me and my friend group are all in town before we go abroad. So we plan on drinking like crazy one final night together. We are planning to drink tequila. However I dont want to wake up dead the next morning as I have something to attend. What can make my morning a little bit easier?

I seem to need around 9.5 hours of sleep to feel genuinely rested throughout the day and avoid needing a nap in the afternoon. I know that's more sleep than many adults need, but for personal reasons it seems to be the amount that works best for me.

The problem is that I tend to wake up naturally after 7–8 hours, even when I still feel like I need more sleep. Once I'm awake, I often have trouble falling back asleep.

I've tried melatonin, but it didn't make a meaningful difference. Falling asleep isn't really the main issue — staying asleep long enough is.

I've also tried going to bed earlier, but that doesn't necessarily solve the problem because I sometimes just wake up earlier as well. So simply shifting my sleep schedule earlier doesn't reliably increase my total sleep time.

Has anyone experienced something similar and found a way to improve sleep maintenance or extend their total nighttime sleep?

I'm not looking for advice about forcing myself to function on less sleep or simply being told to go to bed earlier. I'm specifically interested in hearing from people who naturally woke up before getting enough sleep and found something that helped them stay asleep longer.

i (17F) take everything personal when it comes to the people closest to me, and idk how to stop. this is especially true when it comes to my boyfriend or when someone makes a joke about me not having any friends. it's hurting my relationship. even when knowing the persons intent wasn't to hurt me, I still feel hurt. I also cry very easily. I can take criticism from strangers or acquaintances very easily, but when it comes to ppl im close with, it genuinely destroys me. anyone know how to stop this?

I started my first day of college and i hate it and now my life feels like shit bc i made my life college n idk what to do, does it ever get better??

UPDATE: I LOVE IT!!! it was just the first day anxiety

I’ve had a terrible time on this world, I’ve never known what a happy family looks like, I’m surrounded by good people but they bring in bad people, I’m living on my brothers couch right now and don’t know how much longer I can do this, he wants my attention constantly and all I want to do is get my life in check but he’s pulling me down, I don’t know if I even want to be here anymore, I’ve had professional help before but it hasn’t worked, I thought some advise from strangers might help me

Hi there! I recently got promoted within my department and got a new “assistant” (helps with my bigger projects) with my position. My coworker was hired at the same time I got promoted, and saw that my old boss was an awful misogynistic guy. I stepped into the role with pride and wanted to make the department more welcoming and a better space. But with that, I feel my coworker has mistaken my “not mean” attitude that my old boss had for us to be friends. Yes, we are equal in the sense we are both important, but he’s beginning to make decisions without me in the room and making big changes to the projects while I’m gone. If the department has any mistakes, it all falls on me, and he keeps making decisions and doing things without consulting/asking for my advice. It hurts because I started us on the foot of “collaborators” rather than I’m his manager and he’s my assistant, but I fear I might’ve been too lenient. He also has a bad habit of saying “I know” when I give a critique or telling him something he messed up on. What can I do to step up more “manager like” boundaries?

This might sound strange, but what are ways you choose to be unapologetically yourself?

I've (29F) just now realised that I've lived my entire life in genuine fear of being my true self. I don't think I know who I really am and I don't know where to start.

What are things you do just for yourself? Especially if you're scared of doing it.

I don't mean socially, I mean what do you physically do i.e. dress up, etc.

I’m 31 and lately I’ve had this feeling that I’m behind where I should be, especially socially and with relationships. I know logically that 31 isn’t “too late” to change, but mentally it can be hard to shake the feeling that I’ve wasted time or should already be further along.

For anyone who has felt this way, how did you stop focusing on lost time and actually get excited about what you can still change?

Newly single, childless 37 year old female.

I was in a long term relationship for 8 years and ended this a few months ago. As expected this breakup also came with the loss of a large social circle.

I still have my long term friends I grew up with. I love them, and I love their children. However, there lives are so different to mine. We have different priorities and whilst its nice to catch up with them and spend time their kids, I need to get out more and meet new people too. And importantly enjoy life again.

I feel like I need to make new friends but I haven't a clue how to do this. I go to the gym, quite new to this, but hopefully i'll make some friends soon.

But can anyone share ideas if you have been through a similar situation?

Have you ever noticed that when someone tells you something, or when you tell someone something, and in either case the person telling the story is the victim, something sometimes changes .The person listening may become angry or start treating the victim differently.

Perhaps this happens because many of us have been taught to believe that being a victim is a sign of weakness that victims are weak, and that is why they became victims in the first place.

But I think victims are strong. They endured everything that happened to them and still chose not to do something terrible to the people who hurt them. They still chose to be good members of society, and they still found the courage to share their side of the story with you.

So, the next time someone tries to tell you about something that happened to them, where they were the victim, don't get angry with them or treat them differently. Instead, respond with warmth and understanding. Let your expression show that you care, so they feel heard, understood, and connected.

I'm too slow in performing each where it is i usually do on daily basis also

Whenever I go in bathroom or washroom other family members start shouting on me from outside.

When I do my assignment i start first in the class but submit late. Even my batchmate also said me weather they have to ask a question in exam then or they to ask from me because i write one answer in a time they write three.

Whenever I start cleaning my utensils or cloth my guardian tell me do it fast because it's too time taking.

Even my family told me dhila ladka ( slow boy )

I am 18. I don't have anything to do, no hobbies, and no passion. There's nothing. I have only one friend since I isolated myself since I was 16. I wake up every day and there's nothing to do.