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Women's Issues / by seastarcath
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 December 16th, 2025
...See more i feel so insecure about my weight, im still a teenager actually, but i have kinda big body, i have a big thigh, tummy fat, and my face is round. i always feel ugly everytime im looking at the mirror. sometimes i tried to get rid of this insecure feeling and tried to accept myself more, I dared myself to take a picture with my own hand with the rear camera, in the end i feel even worst than before. even my family said that i need to go on diet because i look BIG and thats bad. to be honest, i always tried to change, but its just so hard to, and i hate it so much, i just want to be skinny and pretty like the other girls around my age, i want to have a bf like them too. but no one liked me, because i always the ugliest.
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how i feel lately
Self-Harm Recovery / by seastarcath
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 November 30th, 2025
...See more hi! im a 16 y.o. i've been clean from sh for almost 1 years. but lately i feel so overwhelmed by some things, like the pressure of failing grade bcs lately i have feeling that I don't understand why, its like there was something bothering me, my chest really felt tight and heavy. —I tried to talk about this with my close friends, but unfortunately they just acted indifferent, they even joked about my problem, making me even more anxious about it. and I tried to talk about this to my parents too, but well, as usual, they blamed me again and again, saying I just didn't study hard enough, or lacked faith. especially my mom, She always has that angry looking face, like she didn't want to hear me say that I was tired or something. She said that I just need to be a good child and have perfect grades, keep studying and studying so that I can at least make her proud and be the perfect daughter she wants. . So every time I feel heavy, or tired, I never tell anyone anymore, I keep everything to myself, but because of that, I even have the intention to relapse again, to do self-harm again. but istg, i don't want to, i want to be clean so much, but everything is just so tiring right now.
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confusion about religion.
General Support / by seastarcath
Last post
 July 20th, 2025
...See more hi. (bad grammar) just want to share some stories of my life lately. so, i've been losing my path lately, i feel lost, and doesnt really understand my own religion. im born into a specific religion (im scared to mention it). since i was a kid, i always taught to pray and pray to God, that if i dont pray God will be mad and cursing me, those words were ingrained in my brain since I was a child, makes me feel uncomfortable in my own religion. The older I get, the more often I question my religious teachings, the more I feel that I am in the wrong place. The more often I pray for guidance, the more I lose my direction when I feel my prayers are not heard. I'm lost, I don't know the direction of my beliefs anymore, formally, I'm still a member of my religion, but in my heart, I feel like I've lost my faith. Lately I've been trying to find a lot of information about the questions in my mind about my religion, finding out the truth, finding out things that used to bother my mind. But strangely, I still feel that praying to God is pointless, cus what's the point of praying if the god you believe in doesn't listen to your prayer? (no offense intended.) On social media, people with the same religion as me are really rude and uneducated, they act as if their religion is the most correct, insulting those who have different choice of religion. insulting those who dare to be different, insulting those who are 'honest' and speak 'facts'. They will act as if they have a VIP seat in heaven, as if God has given them a free pass to heaven, so they dare to judge others, and act like a smartass. Because of people like that, my belief in my religion is fading, I know that it is some individuals who are wrong, but it really influences my choices, their old-fashioned way of thinking, makes me doubt all the teachings of my religion. does thinking like this, making me a sinner? does it make me a bad person? i dont know what should i do about my beliefs, for now, i choose to use my logic over everything
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insecure (sorry for my grammar, english is not my first language)
7 Cups Online Therapy / by seastarcath
Last post
 June 10th, 2025
...See more i have been insecure in my life since i was a freshman, i have an acne on my face, its make people keep staring at my face, and its scaring me, im scared by what will they think about me, i dont like how people eyes judging my face— its not like im the one who ask to be like this. this insecure feeling keep eating myself, i avoid a lot of people, i reject almost all the invitation someone gave to me, i actually want to accept it, but something inside my head just keep telling me to do this. its making me anxious everytime i go out to buy something, i felt like my acne is getting worst and everyone is disgusted by how i look. when i go out with my friends, i will feel like im the ugliest, everytime we took a selfie, i will stare at it when i got home, just to realize how ugly i am compare to my friends, and this feeling just keep eating my mind. —i dont want to feel like this, i want to feel normal too, but i cant, now im stuck in the same activity over and over again, i feel like losing myself, i feel so alone.
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