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- I'm slowly falling in love with a trans male who's one of my closest friends, but he's crushing on another girl... How do I move on, and not let this affect me negatively?He's known the other girl longer than he's known me, and he's been crushing on her for a while. I'm trying to befriend his crush, just to get to know her better, since she actually does seem like a good person. Yes, I am slightly jealous, but I won't jeopardize anything between my crush and […]
- valuing myself and the world againi moved from my house of 15 years the only home ive ever known about seven months ago and i feel completely unimportant because so many of my old friends don't speak to me anymore and the new friends I've made at my new school treat me horribly because they are all extremely ill and […]
- Upset with an old friend.My online friend would make me feel emotionally drained, made me feel like/ call me an idiot, say I'm a r word. And felt very condescending at times. He apologized, but he never changed. At one point, he was angry at me for taking a while to respond to his messages, even though he did […]
- Been writing some poetryPretty much as the title says. I write poetry as a sort of therapy, a way to relax and express feelings that I can't work out. I'll post some in here if I can write them. thoughts on being invisible invisible but not intangible impact is everything and more often than not you wish your […]
- Coming outI have a date with this girl that I really like. I have came out to my mom, but she said I have to tell my dad if I want to go on this date. My dad is very homophobic and believes that all lgbt people should die. I am afraid he will hate me. […]
- stomachidk if this counts as body image or wtv, but i have stomach cancer and im not rly worried abt it at all but it rly hurts. what should i do to get rid of the pain?
- So does anyone on this site know of a little show called Heartstopper on Netflix? If you know and like it I would LOVE to chat about it! 🙂HI people out there just wondering if any of you know of/like this show called Heartstopper on Netflix and if you DO I would love to chat/disscuss/obsesse over it with you! because i have no friends and im lonelyyyy *sobs*
- Dr. StrangeNo spoilers here, but has anyone seen the new Dr Strange movie? What did you think of it?🍿
- familyOk, so i have always had a "perfect" family, but recently, my 15 year old older sister and mom have been fighting a lot. I made the stupid decision to read through her diary, and i learned that she is suicidal, possibly has ed, depressed, cuts, and shes gay. i read about a sexual experience […]
- Coming OutMy parents don't support pride at all. I want to come out to them as bisexual but they will be really mad and prolly scream at me. My brother told them that he thinks he likes guys and girls and my dad screamed at him and now my dad won't even talk to him. At […]
