I'm depressed and jumping out of my skin to get out of here. Should I sacrifice a good job to move to a new city?
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posted by pintapicasso
on Apr 8, 2013 -
23 answers
I'm looking for a recommendation for someone in the St. Louis area (or Metro East) who prepares taxes.
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posted by aetg
on Feb 9, 2013 -
2 answers
My ex-boyfriend recently broke up with me. I am normally a very emotional person but I feel... nothing. I would like some advice about how to release my bottled-up emotions over this.
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posted by sock puppetron on wheels
on Feb 2, 2013 -
24 answers
Help! I’m having trouble adjusting to college and accepting myself, and it’s stressing me out. What can I do to fix this? Lots of details inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 16, 2013 -
14 answers
My grandad passed away today. My family have asked me to find a poem he might like, to read at his funeral. He was an engineer who would only read 'factual' things, such as instructional/educational books and later in life, a lot of biographies. He didn't go in for poetry at all that I know of. Would like to avoid 'Do not stand at my grave and cry'. Any reccommendations?
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posted by everydayanewday
on Dec 13, 2012 -
27 answers
Have you ever not only been unable to see the light and the end of the tunnel, and don't care anymore if you do?
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posted by thelastgirl
on Dec 11, 2012 -
20 answers
How do I deal with not knowing if my relationship is over or not? If it is, how do I heal from losing the love of my life?
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posted by Pericardium
on Dec 11, 2012 -
14 answers
If it's true that deep down, most people feel lonely, bored, languid, unsure and/or sad -- and that most people know this -- then why is expressing these feelings, either intermittently or habitually, such a faux pas, taken by others as distasteful, unfriendly and even pathetic?
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posted by frankly mister
on Nov 15, 2012 -
36 answers
I'm a 24 year old lady with failed relationship woes. Help me stop feeling so crummy about myself and give me day-to-day ways to feel more centered, happy, and not-desperate.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 17, 2012 -
9 answers
Big changes afoot, but with attendant sadness at leaving good friends and things. How do you cope?
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posted by Leezie
on Jun 24, 2012 -
5 answers
I've posted previously about potty training my dogs. I picked up a book, "How to Housebreak Your Dog In 7 Days," which was quite helpful except one thing: our work schedules aren't compatible with a regular schedule.
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posted by Autumn
on Jun 20, 2012 -
9 answers
What worked for you when you wanted to keep your control in sad situations?
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posted by Namlit
on Jan 18, 2012 -
15 answers
I'm in my 20s and I always thought my life would be better than this by now. I'd love some advice on how to make friends and be happier and improve my life generally.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 29, 2011 -
36 answers
How can you "fake it" or "power through it" or "put on a brave face" to make the holidays as normal as possible, when other people depend on it?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 3, 2011 -
26 answers
What recommendations do you have for literature with tones and themes of sadness/loneliness/inadequacy/anxiety/perfectionism/depression/alienation/dissatisfaction? (Not all in a single book, of course).
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posted by parjanya
on Apr 28, 2011 -
50 answers
I am looking for Christmas music that is mostly melancholy, and often about loss or abandonment. Think Joni Mitchell's the River or Tom Waite's Christmas Card from A Hooker in Minneapolis. Any suggestions?
posted by PinkMoose
on Nov 18, 2010 -
66 answers
How do I make myself buckle down and keep to a normal-person schedule during my current extended period of extreme sadness?
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posted by Night_owl
on Nov 11, 2010 -
26 answers
How do I cope emotionally with severe lower back pain?
I have seen a doctor, and they said that I am doing all the right things, but it will be between 2 to 10 weeks before it stops.
In the meantime,
everything really, really hurts. Cuddling my partner. Standing. Walking. Grocery shopping. Driving. Going to the laundromat. Making the bed....
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posted by Hot buttered sockpuppets
on Sep 13, 2010 -
32 answers
How do I overcome this crushing sense of regret at my "lost 20s" and how do I build a life from scratch?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 8, 2010 -
25 answers
My partner of almost two years and I are "taking a break." Is it possible that this could be a period of growth and not just the death rattle of our (up until recently) happy relationship? Have you ever taken a break successfully?
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posted by anonymous
on May 25, 2010 -
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I think I recently emerged from a long term funk (perhaps dysthymia, or long term mild depression, but I'm not going fix on a diagnosis). I've had a few
awesome weeks recently, but also a few that were just as bad as before. The trouble is: I'm not used to feeling good, so I don't understand what I can expect. Help me understand this.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 14, 2010 -
10 answers
I've been in only one relationship. It lasted three years, and it was fabulous in many ways. Now that it's over, I'm not sure how I can ever have that again.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 10, 2010 -
26 answers
Is it possible to recover a failing hard drive, when it's making a clicking sound? Is there a cheap way?
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posted by TuxHeDoh
on Feb 4, 2010 -
23 answers
Am I unhappy because of my relationship or am I just unhappy in general and attributing it to my relationship?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 28, 2010 -
24 answers
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.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 8, 2009 -
32 answers
Why am I suddenly unable to stop obsessing about the childhood bullying that happened to me?
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 7, 2008 -
16 answers
How do you maintain dignity and self-control while being dumped? Furthermore, where do you live?
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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.
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posted by cloudscratcher
on May 31, 2007 -
18 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?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 5, 2006 -
13 answers
