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Whether you're looking to learn more about your mental health or have abusive content removed from the internet, we've pretty much got you covered. Mental health, bullying, coming out, body image, relationships, hate speech... seriously, we're here. We know how tough it can be to grow up, so don't do it alone. Here are 3 immediate ways you can get our help.
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- My life sucksHey guys I'm a 29 year old male and I feel like I can't connect with anyone. I have no love life about 3 friends so no social life and I feel like that's never gonna change. I just feel like a ugly person both inside and out and that no one will besides family […]
- Coming put and why it can be difficultIt is really scary but its because it is unpredicable it can be bad or good but dont worry about the bad things just take into consideration that not everyone is good /will except you right away but that is just what happens please let me know if you want any updates on this and […]
- Coping Methods for Parents' CommentsTW: MENTION OF SUICIDE AND SEX Hi All, For a couple of years, I've had a negative view towards alcohol -- it influenced how my mother acted towards me. In 5th grade, I came back home to see my mother vomiting, puking and making sexual jokes on the floor. She asked "who are you? I […]
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- Friendship problemHi, I am a college student, and when things were knew, when we didn't know each other, our college teacher made a group of 5 people, who were active in class in the beginning, the group included me. So I got close to this girl, we used to talk, but we didn't really know eachother […]
- I shouldn’t be having these thoughts (tw: s/icide)Well…. This is gonna be slightly hard to talk about but here goes… Tw: S/icide(u), Mentions of the afterlife I’ve struggled with suicidal thoughts for quite a while now, since August 2019 onwards, but now they’re not too much of a problem (I mean they haven’t been too much of a problem for a little […]
- I am afraid of life, not of deathIt is simply overwhelming for me. I've been sincerely the top of my class from first grade up to my last year in high school. Only then did I realize that I had spent all these years studying just to seek pleasure out of science, where in fact science has nothing to offer. My first […]
- question for staff!(this isn't a private question so i didn't think it was necessary to make a support request) are we allowed to share discord usernames? i wanted to chat with someone so i clicked message but it said "To keep you safe, only Ditch the Label staff can start a Private Message." it's a little annoying […]
- bored and lonelyhey so I wasn't sure where to post this so it's going here! I was wondering if anyone wanted to chat and possibly be friends. I'm not currently at my usual home and there's a huge time difference so I can't talk to most of my friends. 😞 I like gaming, reading, singing, dancing, and […]
- hey!hi everyone, im bi and my pronouns are she/her. i don't talk very much at school or in big groups so i haven't been able to connect with many queer people. i saw this link on a quiz site and im super bored so yeah haha! hopefully ill make a new friend or two and […]
