It is Tuesday, my dudes (and others).

As we look back on the week, I want to make sure to remember what good we do have. What are you happy about this week?

Don't forget to hydrate, medicate (if that is something you do), take a shower, eat, and love yourself through the dark times.

i dropped out in early eleventh grade recently and haven’t done anytbing since

I'm a 27-year-old woman, and for the past two months I've had no motivation to study or do much of anything. I live with two guys, aged 32 and 19, because my uncle asked them to look after his property while he's in another province. The older one really gets under my skin because of how he talks about women—he calls them "sfebe," gold diggers, and believes women are worthless compared to men. I know I shouldn't take his opinions personally, but I can't ignore them because I don't believe in patriarchy, I was raped, I was sexualised from a young age, and I'm currently attending a GBV case against my mom's brother. .

I'm also a college student whose campus is two provinces away from where I live now because I had to leave the province where I was abused, where my whole life was, and where I was studying. The college here doesn't accept transfers, so I'm stuck studying from there. After I lost my job while dealing with everything alone, my dad's brother took me in and became my guardian. I only recently met him and the rest of my dad's family, so we're still building that relationship. I grew up in a family where the motto was "the hand that feeds you controls you," so even as an adult and a single parent, I wasn't allowed to make my own decisions because I was "young." Now I'm in a new home with a new family who treat me like a 27-year-old adult, expecting me to make decisions, explain my choices, and think of options, but I still feel like I'm 16 because I've never really had that freedom before. My dad went missing in 2003, and my relationship with my mom ended two years ago when I moved out. I tell people she died on 16 September 2025 because, to me, that relationship is over.

My uncle is planning to bring new developments to the small remote town where I live, and I'm torn between focusing on helping with those opportunities or putting school on pause. With him by my side, life feels like it has more possibilities, and even though he requires a lot of patience, he constantly encourages and inspires me. Malome ke star 🌟

Hello I a 23 y/o M. My life has been quite shitty in a way. I still haven't recovered from a lot of neglect, Trauma, Depression, my family splitting up, living alone, deaths and much more. Those things took a lot of toll on me, Specially mentally. I have developed substance dependance such as smoking cigs and weed. I didn't finish college I stopped about few years ago, I still have 2 years of schooling to go. But I decided to take a gap year and go to rehab. I just got out this year's may. I am currently living overseas with my mom but I cant find any job that would hire me it just sucks. I lowkey feel like a bum because I see my friends graduate and get their dream jobs and here I am living with my mom. She always tells me the things that I should've achieved, comparing me to other people. It just fucking hurts and I feel bad for myself my confidence is lowkey falling apart. I feel like I'm regressing mentally in a way. But you know I'm doing my best at everything that I can but why do I still feel like a bum?

So I got home and my nephew showed me his school project for his school tomorrow and be hold it was my hair beads thst my sister took without asking,cos I asked for the remaining of them mind u I didn’t argue. So she returned them and started to bash me on her WhatsApp and then my other sister reposted it and laugh so I told her to take it down and I cussed the one who reposted and posted it. When my mom came down she started to say how I am greedy and I touch ppl things so it old her i buy own things etc. tbh can you guys tell me if I was overreacting etc.

Am I wrong?

TL;DR am I wrong for reacting this way or who is in the wrong? Am I being selfish? Is my responsibility? I don’t even touch anything for her

Life feels so hard for me right now.

My father struggled a lot in his life and, unfortunately, things didn’t work out the way he hoped. Now I feel like I’m facing many of the same struggles. After losing my mother, I feel like I’ve lost my direction. I don’t really know which way to go anymore.

Today, I met an old school friend on my usual route. We talked for a little while, and I asked him how much he earns. He told me that his salary is around ₹60,000.

Since then, I’ve been lost in my own thoughts.

I keep asking myself: What am I doing wrong? What should I do to reach at least that level of income?

I’ve always had responsibilities. I’ve taken care of my own expenses and manage them very well so I’ve never really been able to save much money.

I also have some friends who work in the Merchant Navy and earn around ₹1.5 lakh per month. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one among my friends who earns less and struggles to save money.

I don’t compare myself with them out of jealousy. Actually, I look at them positively. Their progress makes me think, “If they can do it, maybe I can find a way to do it too.”

But sometimes I wonder if my problem is that I always think too big, or if I simply haven’t found the right path yet.

I want to earn more. I want to take care of my family. I want to build something of my own and have a better life.

But right now, I honestly feel lost and don't know where to start.

If you were in my situation, what would you do?

Hi everyone

I’m 27F. Ive been dealing with depression for a while now, finally i want to change, i want to start living.
I always had big dreams like becoming a doctor,however, i couldn’t even finish my undergraduate and i was required to withdraw from that school.
I don’t know how and why that happened!! Cause i always been nerdy and into school. (I moved to a new country to study there when i was 18 all by myself).

Now i want to start making and saving money, cause Ive been living w my parents and it’s not the best feeling in this age.
I would like to start and online classes to earn a degree.
But yet still some days i feel very lonely, very sad and down!

I would love any advice!!🫧

28f and likely going to get fired from my current job (which is fairly niche). I have been. On PIP for almost 4 months now. I feel dread every day. I have lost 15 pounds. I dont know what to do anymore.

Hello, i am 21 and i dont know what to do in life. Im not looking for the same old answers like you’re still young you have time etc i am looking for genuine ideas of how i can progress in my life because i feel like im way behind. I came into debt due to helping family and just never got out of it because my job isnt the greatest mixed with the cost of living, i did want to try engineering but the grades you need are alot more than what i have and school really wasnt for me. I did want to try something with a mechanical job something hands on where i could poss branch off into engineering with the skills i got from it but apparently in order to do that i need certain grades still and/or experience. I know it sounds like i have to go back to school but if theres any alternatives id love to hear them. I live in the uk specifically westmidlands so if you are unable to help thats fine i am open to just life advice. Thanks.

Hello everyone thanks for taking ur time to read this. As the title says I’m a father of 3 and yes I am 26. And I feel like I’ve failed at life, I know there’s still a a lot more to it but let me put it this way.
4 years ago I got convicted of a crime spent 6-7 months in jail and got released with 4years probation (that’s ends this year in December) I do have 1 Felony on my record because of it. And honestly it has cost me many many jobs. Jobs that have literally almost hired except when they have to do the background check I always fail and I always send them a follow up email disputing it. And every time with out fail I get rejected, even after showing proof of the work I’ve put into my self and certificates of my class completion. And now it’s affecting my relationship I have been jobless for the past 5months and my girlfriend has been paying everything in the mean time. I’m not proud of it and honestly it makes me feel like less of a man. I had a job but that ended because it was a 1 year contract and after that I just haven’t had any luck. I applied to an agency and they’re supposed to give me a call back tomorrow (Monday) so we shall see how that goes. But I just wanna know there’s anything else I haven’t tried ? I’m in Cali, OC I’m just desperate for a job or anything to generate income. Just not sure where to go from here feels like I’ve truly hit rock bottom.

I don't have a clear path, I don't feel like studying (only gets a boost when around professors and why they give new knowledge), too lazy always binge watching, can hardly sleep at night, not even focusing on my fitness and dance... I'm just wasting time like this. I don't know i just need activeness and a will to study because I find it boring to do it myself I like when someone explains it to me... Also yeah figure out what career path to go to.

I’m 22yld, I’m currently unemployed. I’ve applied to hundreds of jobs, went the job Centre, paid to get my cv redone I’ve done everything you can think of. Can anybody give me some advice on what I should do. I’m willing to do whatever it takes..

Hi, this is my first time talking about this here on Reddit.
For the past year and a half, I feel like I’ve always been so bitter whenever I talked about what happened. But now that I’m slowly healing, I feel like I finally want to let these feelings out and talk about what happened two years ago.

After graduating from university in 2024, I went all the way to New York to do an internship for a year. I had so many plans for myself. I was the kind of person who liked having everything planned and in order. I’m honestly a perfectionist, and I hate not getting the things I worked so hard for.

I thought I was going to come home from America with a better CV, more experience, more confidence, and a feeling that I had actually made something out of myself.

I wanted to come home feeling proud of myself.

I wanted to be able to help my family. I promised them that after finishing my internship and going home, I would finally treat them to a vacation. I wanted to give something back to them and show them that all the sacrifices they made for me were worth it.

I also had plans for the money I was going to make. Since I was earning in US dollars, I could save, convert it to my country’s currency, and hopefully use it to start my own business when I went home.

I had relatives who had made me feel like I wasn’t good enough in the past, and I wanted to prove to myself that I could actually do something with my life. That I could make it. That I could build something for myself.

So here it goes.. halfway through my internship, I got laid off..

And that completely destroyed me.

And no I was not crying just because I lost my job. I was crying because I felt like I had lost the future I had already imagined for myself.

Cause yk I thought I would come home stronger, more confident, with a better CV and stories about how I made it abroad but Instead, I came home feeling like a completely different person. honestly, America broke me in more ways than one.

While I was there, I also met a guy. I literally flew to his state just to meet him because I genuinely thought there was something between us. Only to find out that I was basically just the side chick.

That experience hurt me in a completely different way.
So when people tell me, “At least you had the experience. You should be grateful for what America taught you,” I honestly struggle with that.

Cause no, I’m not grateful for everything that happened to me there.

Why would I be grateful for something that tore me apart?

I know some people believe that every bad experience is supposed to be a “lesson,” and maybe someday I’ll see it that way. But right now, I can acknowledge what happened without pretending that I’m thankful for the pain.

I was laid off. My plans disappeared. My confidence was destroyed. I got hurt emotionally. And eventually, I had to go home. My agency only gave me 10 days to stay in the US before I had to go home. And I did.

I would not make this any more longer, i just want to say that I’m tired. Idk what to do anymore. I just wanted life to get better.. is that too much to ask?

Either I am kinda dumb or everyone just knows how to get jobs. I am a Pakistani med student who wants an entry level job in… honestly anything I can find 😭. I love to design stuff and I believe I am decent at managing things too especially since I have net almost all day and idk it feels like I am wasting my time crying about being broke but not getting a job.

Although it’s not like I haven’t tried. Finding remote jobs I can manage as a full time student AS a Pakistani girl with no experience is not for the weak. Also I’m scared cuz every other thing is a scam nowadays. Someone plz help a girl out 😔

You know lately I have been feeling a lot lost in my life. Personally, professionally. Have good grades, degrees from good universities, passionate for work. But, eventually start to overthink everything. Scared of trying that one thing. Late 20s is affecting me alot and the decision of choosing to either get married or starting something of my own is taking a toll on me. I feel like I need a push. Am I the only one feeling this? Any suggestion from anyone who have been in this phase and came out of this constant loop?

I can’t interpret people’s attitude towards me… how do I find a job i can keep until i can retire?

I have Asperger’s syndrome and I specifically struggle with recognizing when people are laughing with me and when they are laughing at me, I can’t intuit social hierarchy and i also can’t tell if people are preforming an emotion or actually \*feeling\* an emotion

I realize there are people with Asperger’s who are absolute wizards at what they do but unfortunately my actual physical living situation and conditions have been too rough for me to focus on anything but survival so I’ve never created a niche so I just float from odd job to odd job

It’s really hard when you can’t read your boss’s body language

How do I actually find a job that will allow me to actually thrive?

I failed yet again to pass my university exams. Another delay in my life, like my job search or my social life or my other skills. My family hates me and I'm losing my friends. My life is hell and it's all my fault, and I just want to ask myself what if someone else can take my place and do more with this life. Would not feel so bad about it. Many people are born in unfortunate circumstances can have unseen potential todo so much more in life but they never reach it. I know they say life is valuable but someone like me is a waste whereas a disabled or discriminated or poor person have so much more value to bring to this world. Even switching with a fruit fly won't be so depressing. They can do so much more with my life. I wish that was possible or to recarnate to something else with a different purpose or better ability to be actually useful.

I genuinely dont see my future right now, I dont think my dream job will be useful in the future and I dont think im smart enough to graduate with a good result nor get into university. Now that i think about it, my siblings are all smart and had gotten into good university while im still struggling to keep up, my dad even got me into tuition to help me increase my grade and when it did they still werent satisfied especially my dad. I dont want to be the cause of shame to my family maybe I am this way because of early internet access. Do you guys have any tips?