A safe space to let it all out?

@crimsonOak914

I'm so sorry that you're going through difficult periods of sadness. Know that so many of us on 7 Cups are here for you ❤ Please don't be afraid to reach out.

Jem 💜

Although we've made some progress with mental health in recent times it's still a struggle getting the recognition a relatively minor physical health issue receives. I have severe arthritis. When I tell people this I nearly always get sympathy. If I then go on to say it makes me depressed I still get a reasonably understanding response. I have a reason why I'm a bit under the weather sometimes. However, the truth is, I have suffered on and off (and mainly on) with depression for considerably longer than I have had arthritis and yetnow I'm almost glad to have the X rays to prove my physical condition. It's this need to justify the emotional diffulty which keeps us in the dark ages and ends up with me almost feeling like I have to complete with fellow sufferers rather than offer them support. Getting rid of some of that guilt doesn't cure depression but it makes the objective clearer (at times).

7 cup helps me to vent my emotions. I have anxiety attacks from time to time, when I am dealing with low self-esteem and insecurity. I think I'm too harsh on myself but I don't know how to stop it. I feel like I'm not good at anything. The question always comes to my mind like what I'm doing with my life.

My head feels like it's about to explode from crying so much for over 2hrs. I've never felt this suicidal before. A one sided marriage ( I'm carrying the load of it), I live with my in-laws and they act like I'm invisible 24/7, ignoring me, talking over me, excluding me, speaking a different language from me that I don't understand and now my aunt is in hospital and I'm 2hrs away and it's lockdown in my country which means I can't go see her or any of my family for that matter.

i want to cry so hard nd i want someone to say it will be ok just bear a little more. i love some one very much.we love each other so much.he is always with me.but from last 40 days he is out of country and he is not able to talk to me like he use to.i know it is not possible for him to talk to me.but now in my country flights are not operating so he is stuck in other country.this thing hurt me so much. i cant sleep.i cant eat.i am feeling so down.i want him by my side it is being for difficult for me how to cope with it.i cant tell anybody it is being difficult .i dont eat all day.i dont sleep .i am just crying.i dont know what to do to overcome this situation .i i so sad.😭😭😭

hello, it's 6 am and i'm completely destroyed rn. i'm running on about 3 or 4 hours of sleep and it isn't making my current situation any better. my feelings constantly feel invalidated by my best friend, i feel crazy when i react to when she doesn't answer me for days at a time and doesn't explain why, i feel she doesn't value the friendship as much as i do, and she is lying about having a relationship with her ex?(?) But thinking about a life without her just doesn't exist in my brain? My friends are my everything, i don't have family. she will act like everything is fine when i ask her if she needs to talk to someone or if she's okay even when i know for a fact she's not. this friendship has so many unhealthy boundaries and i'm tired of being stepped on constantly. she doesn't even see how much it affects me, i nearly cry about this everyday because it just stresses me so much. but for some reason i just feel like everything is my fault and things aren't working out for me, even though i'm trying my hardest not to fall into unhealthy mechanisms and habits. I don't want to lose her at all i just wish things went to how they used to be. Time is my worst enemy. I genuinely feel so alone in this world and feel like i have no one who understands me completely, i wish i had someone to talk to that understood. I also wish i knew why she was pushing me away so much this has been going on for months, and i'm completely and utterly heartbroken and don't know what to do. Gerrie i love you.

I feel like I'm living real life Cinderella except with my real parents and good sister. My parents hate me for some reason they pretend like we are a happy family. We don't communicate well we don't ask how our day was don't say good morning or goodnight.
i am 22 and I have to do everything for the house I clean I cook most days what I can and clean all the time and my parents just leave everything dirty, dirty dishes in the sink for me to wash. and when my sister comes back from work I have to do everything after her clean up heat her food ( although she's not bad she helps me when she can) I don't understand what to do please help me . And yes I do understand I should move out but I can't I work with my dad at his business so it's hard to find another job especially at this tune with covid19 :( what should I do help please

I feel like a failure, I was supposed to start a new life but I don't know what happened to me. I lost all my motivation after I discovered a lot of bad news and shocking news from a lot of people before I move out, I started to feel burned out and down and everthing is just too hard for me and I have no one to tell the truth. Every time I try to open up I stop myself because I can't, no one is used to see me down. I think this is the lowest point in my life and I feel like I gave up trying. I stopped trying. I stoped dreaming I feel like I'm not alive anymore. Everything is just so sad and I'm out of solution. All I wanna do is cry and sleep

I am such a perfectionist that if I mess up at work, I have days of self torment ahead. I hate that it makes me feel like I will never get ahead. I have weeks where I feel good about my work and myself, then one minor mistake has me holding myself hostage to my feelings of inadequacy and lack of worth. My work means a lot to me, because I want so badly to give my family the life they deserve. I haven't been able to get there yet, and I feel like it is all my fault. I get so burnt out because I work so hard all the time. I want to be able to hear the positive feedback and take it to heart, but my brain doesn't let me.