Seeking short-term coping mechanisms for being productive in school during a devastating breakup, and for comedy TV I can watch to help me through it. Long story inside. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 8, 2009 - 32 answers

I'm lonely but I don't want to be around anyone. Please advise how to get through this grief. [more inside]
posted by giggleknickers on Jul 13, 2009 - 27 answers

Why am I suddenly unable to stop obsessing about the childhood bullying that happened to me? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 14, 2009 - 19 answers

Is there a Christmas movie that's horribly bleak with like terrible things happening to children or broken dreams or general sadness and woe or maybe like cancer, and that doesn't end well?
posted by xmutex on Dec 3, 2008 - 30 answers

I have no idea how to stop my late night eating. I've battled it for years. For the last few months, it's caused me to gain back ALL of my weight that I busted my ass to lose in 2006. I went from 200 to 175 and was quite proud of myself. I wanted to lose about 5-7 lbs even back then but I was fairly content. I'm so so frustrated with myself. Half of the time I seem to sleep eat and then I wake up in the morning thinking hey maybe i didn't eat the house this time and then I taste my breath and it smells like f'in food. [more inside]
posted by isoman2kx on Nov 27, 2008 - 35 answers

I had a shitty birthday today that seemed to confirm all my suspicions about my friendships, and my life in general, and now I'm not sure how to rebound. [more inside]
posted by Ash3000 on Aug 10, 2008 - 68 answers

I'm having trouble understanding and dealing with a sudden wave of sadness which came over me while leaving a new romantic partner's house. (Overly long relationshipfilter details follow.) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 7, 2008 - 16 answers

Know any happy 80-year-olds? [more inside]
posted by artdrectr on May 15, 2008 - 50 answers

How do I deal with this overwhelming sadness that has no apparent cause? [more inside]
posted by happyturtle on Dec 27, 2007 - 30 answers

Worlds that outlaw sadness? [more inside]
posted by thelloydshow on Jul 10, 2007 - 22 answers

How do you maintain dignity and self-control while being dumped? Furthermore, where do you live? [more inside]
posted by somersault on Jun 1, 2007 - 46 answers

The sadness of Second Life, if you know any examples. Bad things that have happened in there, stats about why people leave, anecdotes about what's wrong with it, etc. [more inside]
posted by cloudscratcher on May 31, 2007 - 18 answers

What are some of the ways you try and get out of a bad mood? [more inside]
posted by pwally on May 8, 2007 - 42 answers

Books/writing on death, loss and grief. [more inside]
posted by cosmonaught on Dec 19, 2006 - 41 answers

My mother passed away last week and now I'm lost. [more inside]
posted by liquorice on Dec 11, 2006 - 70 answers

Splinters: So is it true that some sorts of splinters will burrow into your skin if you don't get them out, and require surgury and nastiness? If so, which sorts of splinters? Conversely, which types of splinters can you reasonably assume will fall out on their own in a day or two?
posted by sirion on Aug 30, 2006 - 21 answers

Where on the internet can you go for anonymous support when you are feeling just a little blue? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 5, 2006 - 13 answers

How does one cry? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 14, 2006 - 37 answers

What are the saddest songs ever? [more inside]
posted by moift on Nov 16, 2004 - 98 answers

Okay, MTV generation (which is probably most of us?) ... we all know that songs themselves can make one cry, but has a music video ever made you cry? I mean cry from sadness, not because the video was a terrible example of the concept "art".
posted by WolfDaddy on Oct 5, 2004 - 59 answers