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Careers afterwards?
Student Support / by UnsungTangerine
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April 10th
...See more Does anyone else not have any idea what they want to do after school? Anyone else get a bit stressed out about that? Obviously, not everyone is going to know what they want to do, but as a person in their mid 20s it feels like I should know by now? It feels so weird, because I have good grades but I feel as if "good grades" won't be good enough when I need to actually work. I've never worked anywhere before, so I feel like I'm at a detriment not having some experience.
Craving Friends
General Support / by UnsungTangerine
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February 12th
...See more This might sound weird, but am I the only one that's had dreams or thoughts about past friends sometimes? When I graduated high school, I didn't keep up with too many people but at times I wish that I did just to have someone to talk to.  I feel this way about my ex girlfriend at times too. Dreams and all, but I know that it might just come off as weird and strange. Its been years and some days I still think about her from time to time, even though I'm sure she's forgotten all about me by now. I just feel kind of stupid? I think a part of me just misses having friends that would relate their problems and such to me; since I liked helping them and in part listening to them too. The other part is that I really do feel like I'm just lonelier these days then I used to be. 
A B is not a bad grade.
Student Support / by UnsungTangerine
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November 17th, 2023
...See more I'm in college, and though my GPA has been good I can't help but think about how it could be better you know? Like I get mainly A's and some B's, but all I can think about is how B's aren't as good as A's even if by definition there is nothing wrong with getting B's. I'm just mainly trying to convince myself that getting a B isn't a bad grade, but its hard knowing that its not the 'best' grade. 
You ever feel lonely?
General Support / by UnsungTangerine
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August 29th, 2023
...See more Like, really lonely? How do you deal with it? I'm not sure how to describe it in actuality, as even with friends you can still feel lonely. I always feel that its the worst at night when I'm alone with my own thoughts. But I guess what I mean is having someone that really actually cares about you, you know? People can often say they worry or say whatnot about you, but there's usually a difference when it feels like someone really means it. This goes twofold for me with relationships. I'm so inexperienced and I feel as if I wouldn't know the first thing to do when it comes to those that I can't help but feel socially behind in that way. I would say in that regard I miss the social aspect rather than having an actual relationship with the weight that comes with.
You ever feel like you wasted your youth?
General Support / by UnsungTangerine
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May 9th, 2023
...See more As in during high school or before, or so. Perhaps this is doesn't make any sense to do, but I find myself comparing how I am to others after highschool. Whether it be acquaintances or whatnot. Often, I find myself a little jealous whether it be due to them having friends or seemingly doing things I could never seem to do. Maybe I'm just upset my social skills are still so lacking even after all this time. I'm only in college, still but I feel as if I have wasted many of those years if that make sense.
Pouring My Absolute Heart Out & Triggering Themes .
Addiction Support / by UnsungTangerine
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March 2nd, 2023
...See more Trigger Warning (Information about Pedophilia ) - - - Pedophilia & My Sexuality. These are the two things that I feel like I need to massively get off my chest, and I'll just write as I go. So I guess if I had to start it would be with my childhood and how we've gotten here too. When I was a child, I had some intimate affairs with someone my own age. The weird part about it all, is how I didn't even hate or dislike it per say but knowing what it was looking back, its insane to think that happened. We had some sexual encounters with one another, both around the same age with me and him both being around eleven or twelve. I hadn't thought of how weird and strange maybe, this was until I was older. That has sort of had an effect on my sexuality too, with me never being sure about my own sexuality. It makes it hard to talk to anyone else really about it. At some point, I want to say several years ago now I had an inkling to lookup some rather illegal stuff on the darker parts of the web and when I eventually indulged in it, I felt so bad and guilty that I was practically having some sort of midlife crisis right there. With me wanting to do things to myself or what have you just so I could "punish" myself for what I did. Just how I was such a good kid before now, but now that I've done this I'm "no good now. " Now I stay far, far away from that sort of 'real content' but in the moment I feel very bad about looking at content that was actively making the world a worse place. I look at other things like Anime/Manga based pornography, and I take many of my fantasies or urges using that for pleasures or normal generic pornography with fetishes, thoughts or fantasies I desire at the time in place of anything like that, which I had seen before. At least with the opinion, that I can have these fantasies no matter how depraved they are as long they are in place of safety and stay as is, fantasy. It isn't like I'm not attracted to adults in a sexual fashion, or anything like that. That being said, that had me thinking whether I had POCD or not, given how scared I am of being or becoming a pedophile. It's not something that gives me stress or anxiety 24/7, but it is something I think about every once in awhile with the thought that I would hate to be a person like that. I know in my heart that I'm not, but sometimes it causes me a bit of stress like what if I am and I just don't know it yet? All the what ifs and what evens. It was something that had been bothering me for ages, and I would hate to be that type of person mainly because my life itself is not going all that badly. I'm fairly successful, right now I can't have everything and I struggle, but I have an associate's degree and I'm working through a Bachelor's degree. I've always been a good person, I always try to help people when I can and at the time when I viewed that material I had felt like I had to reset myself. Better go back to the beginning now that I've done this one really bad thing, and even now sometimes I cannot forgive myself for it thinking I'm becoming something that needs to go away, permanently. I don't feel that way now, I think but it wasn't something easy to talk about either given the social statuses behind either of the two things I had mentioned. I think I am in a sense overthinking it, as I am often to do but I just really wanted to let this go so I could get my feeling on the page. To be honest, in regards to my sexuality, I've sort of bit by bit sort of accepted that I'm bisexuality in some manner given the sexual feelings I have had sometimes. I think in regards to that, I'm just kind of scared to tell other people because what they might think. Just like how I've not exactly disliked the idea of crossdressing or dressing up to look more like a woman from time to time. I had said once, that if I had no qualms with being judged by anyone or anything, I would do all kinds of things. Makeup, Lipstick, and everything. It sounded a bit . . fun, actually. I feel like I know the answers already, but getting other people's support never hurts either. I'm just glad to finally put the words to somewhere so that I don't feel so alone.
Being judged for embarrassing hobbies . .
General Support / by UnsungTangerine
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January 25th, 2023
...See more This was sort of somethin on my mind, but it keeps nagging at me from to to time but how do you not feel bad about being judged for some hobbies that not everyone would like? Mainly, I am talking about a hobby of mine whereas I like to collect many different little statues or figures of characters I like from things I watch whether it be SFW or NSFW. Of course, I have fun and it makes me happy, but sometimes I cannot help but feel that someone else would judge me for doing something someone else would see as dumb or creepy or hate me just based on this one thing they know about me. I understand that some people, can rather easily disregard what people think of likes and dislikes, and do as they wish. But, I have a habit of worrying probably overly so and it isn't as easy as not caring what people think for me. Its that little inkling that makes me think, " I wish I liked something more 'normal' or conforming to my gender role instead of being 'weird' . "
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