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I agree with a pp. Find things that help you to be happy. Listen to music. That is my go-to. It raises mood any time I need it to. You do deserve to be content. Life happens. People aren't going to always do what we want or need them to, but we get to choose for ourselves. Life can change. We can ma...

Hi, love23345. I would agree that maybe you need to find an alternative to the combined pill. It seems to be having a lot of negative side effects. I would also agree with your mom. You can talk to the doctor and get some help for the symptoms that you are describing. It is okay if you don't know wh...

First I would like to say please don't feel bad about reaching out to other people. Even though relationships can be hard, we need each other. Life is hard, and it is even harder if we try to do it alone. You are NOT a burden. Sometimes we have to tell our feelings that they aren't accurate. Sometim...

I was a lot like that when I was a teen and into my twenties and thirties. I had to learn not to make up worse-case scenarios in my mind. If one comes to my mind, I deliberately choose not to think that. I replace my thoughts with something else like, "That is not really realistic and probably ...