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I just need to vent
Journals & Diaries / by retrocal
Last post
 February 27th, 2016
...See more So there's this conference I went to all through high school and it's March 2nd-6th. I had so much fun and I wanted to go again this year and it was perfect because it was during the last four days of my spring break but my mom, who tends to plan my life for me, planned a trip to Washington, D.C. to go see her during my entire spring break. Don't get me wrong, I love my mom but I was really looking forward to going to this conference. But being the big softy that I am, I didn't say anything because she was excited to see me. Yesterday I couldn't take it anymore and I told her that I wanted to go. It's not like I would be abandoning her, I'd still spend over half the week with her and the rest of week at the conference. Now let me get something clear. I'm almost 20 years old and I've never been on a field trip without my mom. She holds my hand wherever I go. Literally the plane to DC is the first flight I've ever taken alone. She wants to go with me to this conference and she won't let me go unless she goes with me. Am I totally insane or is that ridiculous? Because she's complaining that it doesn't work with her schedule when I'm perfectly capable of taking a cheap flight to the state of the conference and finding a hotel there. I have connections there and my old high school is going. But she insists that I'm ten f** years old and wants to hold my hand. I'm just so over it at this point. I can't take it anymore.
Peeling skin
OCD & Related Behaviors / by retrocal
Last post
 March 17th, 2023
...See more Hi, I'm Sam and I'm 19. I have this horrible habit of peeling the dead skin off my lips. I've been doing this for years and I don't even notice until I look at my fingertips and notice they're covered in blood. It doesn't even hurt anymore but my lips are sort of in a cycle of dry, then peeling, then freshly peeled and bloody, then a period of looking normal, then they get dry and peel again. I can't stop peeling them because it's sort of a nervous habit thing but I really want to stop. It's like a visible sign of my anxiety and I hate it. Does anyone have any advice to help me stop? Because my lips look pretty awful most of the time :(
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Depression Support / by retrocal
Last post
 February 21st, 2016
...See more I don't really know what to post here. I'm new though. I've had depression for four years and nobody really gets it, not my boyfriend or what few friends I've managed to maintain over the past years, not my parents, nobody. It sucks. I've found solace in photography and technical theatre which are two of my passions but lately I've found that I have no energy for either of them. I'm so apathetic about everything. It should really affect me more but all I do is cry and sleep. I just hope this app can help me out a bit I guess
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