Mr. SPA told me last night that he thinks about suicide. Knowing Mr. SPA and based on the surrounding facts and circumstances, I think he's referencing suicide in a bid to talk about escaping from the stress in his life. In other words, I think he's asking for my help. I don't know if I can help him. What do I do? [more inside]
posted by SPA on Sep 27, 2012 - 16 answers

Help me get through a toxic and stressful situation (revolves around work) and successfully get some coping mechanisms (and cajones) for the first time ever. After a couple years of amazing- work has gotten tough-and I need help getting through it- and I respect you guys on MeFi a lot... I'm getting support but there must be some other things I could be doing. I've attempted to write in order of: context, challenge, question. [more inside]
posted by misspony on May 6, 2012 - 14 answers

How can I get to sleep sooner? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 9, 2011 - 30 answers

Help me help my fianceé! She just had a bunch of new responsibilities added at work and is completely stressed by them. [more inside]
posted by Inkoate on Jul 24, 2009 - 18 answers

Sigh* here goes fellow MeFi(ers). It's time for another backstory, thank you in advance for your patience. You guys are the best. So my girlfriend of a little over 2 years just broke up with me. The first year we were in college together, the second year I graduated and she was still in school. We were long distance for about 200miles. Surprisingly, that long distance worked because we got to see each other almost every other weekend. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 4, 2008 - 11 answers

What can I do for my boyfriend when he's going through a rough patch? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 16, 2007 - 16 answers

I'm extremely intimidated by my girlfriend, and I'm afraid my resulting weird behaviour is gonna ruin our relationship. Have you been through this? How did you deal with it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 19, 2007 - 21 answers

RomanceFilter: Looking for romantic ideas to help g/f through stressful times ....so the stress doesn't kill our long distance relationship. [more inside]
posted by TheDude on May 3, 2006 - 27 answers