Mental Health Confessions

I am completely isolated in my hometown caring for my sick mother

F-29 I am working in PSU posted at home town which is tier 3 city. The problem is that none of my friends have remained here in the town. Some moved due to their job and some due to marriage. I feel so lonely in my weekends. I can't go on trips cause my mother is kidney and heart patient and taking care of her is my top priority. Once I had to go out of town for my training and she forgot to take her blood pressure medicines resulted in detorieting health. Slowly I am falling in depression and losing my confidence which is affecting my work also. I feel stuck finding nowhere to go. If anyone can suggest how to cope with this situation would be appreciated.

I thought marriage would finally save me from my depression

I am a 26 years old woman who got married 3 months ago. Depression has been my quiet companion since I was seventeen years old. It didn’t appear out of thin air; it was handed to me by my own parents, the very people who were supposed to protect my peace. Instead, they became the root cause of a long, exhausting mental battle that I have fought for nearly my entire life. For years, I survived by holding onto a singular, beautiful hope: that marriage would be my eventual sanctuary.The most beautiful part of my life has been my husband. We have been together for seven long years, building a relationship rooted in a deep, genuine bond. He is a truly good man, and the connection we share is real, profound, and filled with history. He has walked alongside me, and I thought that once we finally crossed the threshold into marriage, the final pieces of our life would fall into place. I believed our home would become an unbreakable fortress against the dark clouds of my past.But life did not fo...

A car accident made me realize how lost I am in life

Hi all, hope everyone is doing well. I am a late 30’s old woman, who is currently completely puzzled in life. Yesterday i have met with a car accident while returning from work and by god’s grace no one was injured, but somehow this has traumatised me in a shock about my purpose in life. I mean what i am doing in my life and career, i feel like i am not doing enough because when i see my friends settled happily in life, I wish the same for myself someday but I don’t know whether i will make it happen or not. I am just lost in life and dont know what i am doing & end of the day feeling like a failure.

My life was completely ruined after an accident shattered my confidence

26M From top to bottom, my life is ruined. I was perfect from all point, looks, studies,etc 2015 - 10th 84% 2017 - 12th 78% 2019 - Lost my front teeths in accident, life became a complete nightmare from this point. My confidence dropped to 0% I was shattered. I have never been the same. I went into depression and was never able to heal. I got dental implants but does not feel my own and not a guaranteed solution 2020 - IT graduated with 66% i had atkts too 2021 - couldn't land a job due to trauma and depression and anxiety 2022 - found any job but got kicked because of toxic manager, couldn't decide career 2023 - unfortunately had to join bpo, tried frontend development 2024-25 - kept doing same job, tried to get into frontend development but couldn't get job and even lost interest in frontend 2026- still doing support role, i am now stopped talking to anyone and became anti social, i have reached my boiling point. I never thought from being bright student to being under h...

Why I Could Never See Myself as His Equal

You have always seen the smartest, highly intellectual, Or some arrogant women, You hve seen girls saying in some youtube videos, That they wanna marry a millionaire, Even when they are nothing, Here is a story of a dumb women, let's call her shee. She is hving a lil girl soul, She usually ignores ppl bcs she is hving social anxiety, And she is an introvert, an kinda innocent, She carries blade scars on her arms, Looking at her you feel like she is a child, She is a beautiful woman, with a golden skintone, Natural eyebrows,no makeup look , and slightly messy hairs, She was a girl in her early 20s with traumatic past, She never felt appreciated throughout her lyf, She had a non supportive family ,cousins , She only knows that she is nothing, Why would anyone even fall for her, There comes a guy who fell for her, He was too good for her And she always felt like why would anyone even like her, She never understood him, His love towards her, Not bcs he failed to exp...

My girlfriend fears an honor killing if her family finds out

28M Been in a relationship for the last 1.5 years. We both met after a bad breakup for both of us. I helped her through her low times.We both prepared for govt exams. After becoming close, I took her for consultation and I forced her to take care of herself. Everything went well and then somehow we fell in love. . But the thing is now she stays alone because of her job Nature and she doesn't want to confess this to her parents or neither wants to continue the relationship. Breakup is one thing but survival is another. I gave her so much time to take a decision. That is either come with me or try to give up the relationship and stay with them. She couldn't decide and the relationship continued. I got a job recently and they are looking for alliance in my family and now I forced her to take a decision or convey to her parents. Initially she told she will convey to her parents . But later, She told she is scared to tell this to them and she wants to live in isolation. she fears they m...

Trusted an Investment, Now Facing Financial Betrayal

Hi everyone, I really need your suggestions. Being an educated person, I trusted someone and invested nearly ₹40 lakh with him after he promised a 5% monthly return. I came to know about him through a friend, so I believed he was genuine. Now I’ve realized that he has allegedly cheated many people. He has stopped repaying and is openly telling me to “go legally” if I want my money back. I have transaction records and a few cheques from him as evidence. However, many people are discouraging me, saying that a cheque bounce case is useless, that I won’t recover anything, and that I’ll only end up spending money on lawyer and court fees. I’m mentally and emotionally exhausted. I’ve also learned that he has allegedly cheated nearly 50 people, involving crores of rupees. If anyone has genuine legal knowledge or has gone through a similar situation, please share your suggestions or guidance. It would really help me during this difficult time. Thank you.

Do women really go through complete emotion change during pregnancy?

Hi Everyone 30M here. I recently had my first ever female friend and I loved my time around her. We actually went a little farther than that and got intimate 3-4 times and used to talk but never had s*x. She got pregnant just few motnhs after we met, but we were still the same. If anything it grew only and this was the time we went from good friends to more. Few months passed by and things felt good, and then we went to our hometowns for a month and things changed completely after that. Its been few months to that as well. She is at last stage of pregnancy right now. Now it feels like we are hardly friends also. I was ok at start as it seemed to me she is investing that energy on herself given the situation but I see the priority attention i used to get is still there but for someone else now whom we both know. Not saying they have anything going om or anything but the priority i used to get, being the first one to know anything and everything, talking constantly, smiling w...

I'm writing out of stress and depression. I'm 26m residing in Isb and have been preparing for CSS since 2024.I appeared in CSS 2026_result awaiting. I'm introvert sort of person and do not like befriending with everybody. The reason is that i uphold high emotional maturity twice of my age that's why i look into the outside world from a different dimension with a different lens. May be I'm looking for people of caliber, to be emotionally adequate mature, rationally excellent and analytically exceptional. That's the reason why I've no friend. I go to gym alone, i do work out without any gym partner, i speak when i feel someone's ears desperately deserve my words. I go on hiking alone, i listen to the music and pay no attention to what's happening around me. I usually go to f9 and set in cafe alone , have my tea and then straight to my room. May be this seems very different and perfect to you people, but this is how I'm behaving with myself. I got recommended for Pakistan Army through DS...

Male, 32. Married for 1 year after being in a relationship for 4 years. During our relationship, we were physically affectionate, but my partner was uncomfortable with taking the relationship further before marriage. I respected her wishes and never pressured her. After marriage, we expected things to become easier, but she continued to experience significant fear and anxiety regarding physical intimacy. Over time, I learned that she may have a phobia related to it. We have tried various approaches, including consulting a gynecologist. However, even routine examinations made her very anxious. The doctor suggested lubricants and gradual exercises using dilators, but she has not been very consistent with the recommended practice. This situation has been emotionally stressful for both of us. I care deeply about my wife and want to support her, but I also feel confused, lonely, and unsure how to move forward. I cannot comfortably discuss this with friends or family, so I am seekin...