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Can we have a no bf feels thread? I'm tired of pretending to be single and happy. I want a man, dammit.

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I started uni 4 years ago for a bachelors, but because I changed my minor and general laziness I'll need 2 more years to actually graduate.
I feel so depressed and anxious about my future, I was supposed to be done after 3 years, but while everyone I know is out looking for their first real job or going on vacation before their masters I'm still stuck here.
I feel like a failure and despite them saying otherwise I feel like I'm disappointing my family.
By the time I graduate I'll be years behind my peers and I don't know how to deal with that.

If I can't be normal I don't want to live.

Part vent, part desperate plea for help…

My boyfriend whom I live with has OCD among other things. It wasn't a problem before, but the past 6 months it has been getting progressively worse. We spend 4-5 hours (possibly more, he cleans when I'm not home, too) cleaning every day. The whole apartment gets cleaned daily. We can't have any decorations because they'll quickly get "dirty" or become "dangerous." any niisefrom the upstairs or next door neighbors are because they're angry at us. Hands must be washed after everything. All surfaces constantly disinfected. If there's any splashing while washing, clothes must be changed, etc. Going out anywhere takes several hours of prep. After coming home, clothes must be taken off in the entryway, then one has to shower, then clean all areas where one walked (and hey, since you're cleaning already…. Do the other rooms, too!)

I desperately want him to get professional help, but he has trauma and is really distrustful of medical professionals. I offered to go to therapy /counseling together (no medications) but he refused.

I have my own disabilities and I know he's had to sacrifice to help me as well, so I'm usually patient and help. But all I do is work, clean, try to sleep but get waken up because something is dirty/dangerous, repeat. Sometimes for an hour or two he is back to his old self but then something happens and we're back to cleaning. It's so frustrating.

And of course I can't talk to anyone about it. I feel so isolated embarrassed, and frustrated that I can't do more and get won't get help.

Is anyone here in a similar situation (as either party)? What do you do? Any advice?

does anyone else suffer from chronic DPDR?
how does one escape this suffering

I haven’t had a friend in a long time. I’m not really the whiny tfw no bf/friend type but it really sucks a lot. I started uni this year thinking that I could make friends with other weird girls but no dice, lonelier than ever. The lack of social interaction has contributed a lot to my mental state which is already awful, I’m prone to psychosis and I keep having #crazygirl moments all the time. The only people who interact with me are men who want to take advantage of me sexually and it’s extremely depressing. Wish I had an empathetic female friend to talk to and cuddle and be weird and have fun with. Le sigh, why does life have to be so cruel to anyone who is slightly different. Pic unrelated.

I never cared much about my appearance before, I never did makeup or invested in fashion or anything but as i'm nearing my mid twenties i'm starting to dread the day i no longer look youthful. I just can't accept that someday I'm gonna start wrinkling and sagging and that there's little I can do about it no matter how careful I try to keep my body healthy. I think aging is the cruelest thing because humans constantly thrive to be better versions of themselves as time passes and yet our bodies betray us, whenever you're a model or an athlete your body and performance is gonna start degrading because of aging and that's just a fact of life. I think about this several times a day every single day. I'm not looking for health and beauty advice, I have probably seen them all I'm trying to find solace in hearing from others who have this fear. I also want to know how older miners feel about aging and how they deal with these thoughts.