Meeting someone new, even in the simplest of situations, is never easy.
Who doesn't want to be liked?
First impressions are everything.
So we need a list of all of the things that put people off instantly.
This way, we're all aware.
Redditor Nicole9391 wanted to hear about all of the things that send people running when they say hello for the first time, so they asked:
"What is an INSTANT turn off?"
I am always immediately turned off by people who don't listen.
Shut Up!
Fuck You Season 4 GIF by FriendsGiphy"When someone talks bad about their friends."
MarcelineVampQn
"Don’t talk about anyone behind their backs. If you are curious about something that’s okay but don’t say bad things about anyone even if you don’t like them."
wondafresh
'yeahyeahyeah'
"When someone asks you a question and you respond, they interrupt with 'yeahyeahyeah' and continue with their thought without taking anything you've just said into consideration."
"Why do people have a problem with just shutting the hell up and just listening for a second? Is your attention span that short?"
SuumCuique1011
"This is me, but because I have extremely short memory retention and cannot hold a thought for more than 10 seconds. I’m a great listener, but when I want to say something, I NEED to say it and quickly otherwise I’ll lose it and feel annoyed at myself for a few hours till I remember a week later."
DepressedPotato--
Economics
"Thinking people are below them. Not because of character or anything but individuals who just base their judgment on someone's socio economic situation etc. It's a big freaking turn off."
"Don't judge someone based on how much money they have, where they live etc. Judge them based on character."
"So yeah, definitely a**holes are a turn off lol."
TheTorontoExplorer
Be the Change
"Unwillingness to learn or change. Intellectually or emotionally, people who cannot admit that they are wrong or don't know something. And by extension, making sh*t up because they can't say 'I don't know.'"
DifferentShallot8658
"I can’t stand know-it-alls! Especially when you are more knowledgeable/qualified on a topic and nicely explain to them the facts and they brush you off!!! Haughty little sh*ts."
Affectionate-Car-317
If you can't have clean undies, just have none.
The Sign
Signs Zodiac GIF by HysteriaGiphy"A 'it’s because of my zodiac' woman."
"Yeah I remember once my friend was trying to guess my Zodiac (I’m an Aries) she swore I was a Leo I said no. Capricorn? No. Oh oh! Sagittarius! I was like yeah! She said I KNEW IT! (With a brief explanation) then I was like nah I'm An Aries.🤣🤣🤣"
JustXTE
Be Open
"Closed-minded people. Which there are a lot of. If you can’t have a nuanced discussion with someone then how can you connect with people? Being able to humor ideas and thoughts intellectually without being overly judge mental is a big turn on. And that doesn’t have to be someone who’s open minded about politics. I appreciate people who let conversations flow despite not sharing all the same opinions."
D_Ubird
Bad Mouth
"Really bad or unclean teeth for me. Once met a really cute girl at a dark bar/club and we went for food after. In the well lit restaurant she looked even better until she smiled and in the light I could see that her teeth were a sickly gray color with a weird film of gunk all over and stuff in the cracks of her teeth as well."
"Literally reminded me of the orcs from LOTR. Pretty sure it was either from bad dental hygiene or drug use, or both but I instantly felt nauseous. A few crooked teeth is normal but when your mouth looks like an anglerfish I'm out."
thestrandedmoose
Don't Breathe
"Poor hygiene in situations where you really shouldn't be displaying it. Sure, we all fart into our sweatpants and occasionally forget to brush the grease out of our hair at home, but going out and public and being gross is, well, gross."
agent-a**butt
Hell No!
No No No GIFGiphy"Smoking cigarettes Or just being rude for no reason. I don’t mind saying something slightly rude to be a joke and maybe it just isn’t funny. But if they are just rude for rudeness sake. Automatic no."
Zordon56
Just Flow
"Not having their own opinion always going with the flow Like I understand sometimes but always going with flow might just make you a boring person."
nahhomi
"I'm a go with the flow kind of person because I like very few things, dislike only a handful of things, and everything else I'm just indifferent towards. It's hard to have an actual opinion comparing two things you couldn't be bothered to care about one way or another."
"When I do have a preference, sure I'll put my two cents in, but I don't see the point when I don't care."
ShortManRob
What have we learned?
First impressions are everything!
Anything you'd like to add to the list? Let us know in the comment below.
How People's Family Christmas Celebrations Have Been Absolutely Ruined
It's nice to imagine that when the holidays come around, we'll be able to spend the day with the people we love, showing gratitude for everything we've received.
But sometimes bad news or bad moods still show up on the holidays, and we have to figure out how to still be grateful for what's waiting under the Christmas tree.
Ready to stir it up, Redditor onakaiserbun asked:
"Who ruined your family Christmas this year, and what did they do?"
So Supportive
"Grandma called my degree useless and a waste of time and not gonna lie, that hurt and ruined Christmas for me."
"I just graduated this year and wasn’t even able to go to my own graduation because of the pandemic. I went to a top-10 college, too."
- Religiomism
Happy Anniversary
"My ex divorced me this year, finalized on what would have been my 11th year anniversary."
"She took the kids and moved 900 miles away. I’m so sad all the time now. Even having my kids with me for Christmas, I feel empty. All I want is my family back."
- taviken
Alone for Christmas
"I was planning to go spend Christmas with my mom and dad this year after my nine-year relationship (together for nine, engaged for a year and a half) broke off just before Christmas. I just moved out, so I'm alone for the first time in nine years."
"Then my dog got a stomach bug. He woke me up three times at night to go outside for a poo (he usually sleeps through the night with no problem) and I discovered a pile of puke on his dog bed."
"It's not his fault, but I don't know if I can go anywhere today."
- therealmoopdog
Not the Present You'd Want
"My wife. A couple of weeks ago she broke the news to me that she had an affair at the beginning of this year, and wants a divorce."
- Di5cipl355
Thanks, Mom
"My mother got belligerently drunk and locked herself in the closet. Then she vomited and my Dad and I were trying to drag her into her bed. She then proceeded to get violent with me and kicked me in the face."
"It’s a terrible feeling especially when the person won’t recognize they need help. It’ll get better some day."
- riverofdenali
"No Christmas Hallucinogens Allowed"
"My cousin, who bought Chic-fil-A so he wouldn't have to eat our homemade meals, announced upon arriving he wasn't helping with anything, tried to trip acid all day on Christmas Eve, got drunk before noon by himself on that same day when I told him no Christmas hallucinogens, and drunkenly screamed in my face when I told him to clean up his dishes and beer cans."
- VoteGeriatric2020
History Repeating Itself
"My girlfriend's sister... She has three young girls and a terrible choice of men, and she chooses today via a video of the kids to reveal to everybody that she is now dating a well-known junkie within our town."
"She has a very addictive personality and has struggled to stay clean herself, and my girlfriend is now ridiculously stressed out and worried for the kids."
- BlackHammer1312
Downplaying the Pandemic
"My mom. She hid the fact she has multiple viral symptoms. I was with her all night last night. I only found out because I heard her on the phone with my grandma asking her if she maybe has the virus."
"I only agreed to come up because I missed Thanksgiving due to the pandemic being bad in their county. I felt guilt-tripped into coming home for Christmas and now once I get back, I’ll be quarantined and have to take time off work."
- georgeharrisonyo
Uber Eats
"Christmas got canceled due to the parents having an argument in the morning and told everyone not to come."
"I spent Christmas with my cat and am eating Uber Eats."
- outis2
More Presents!
"It's Christmas morning and I can hear my nephew, who lives in the apartment downstairs, throwing a temper tantrum because he thinks his sister got 'larger gifts' from Santa this year."
"His dad: 'Are you joking right now? You better be joking. Say just kidding. Oh my god, tell me he's kidding.'"
"It's 8 AM."
- oohkt
Terrible News
"Lung cancer ruined my Christmas by popping up the week before Christmas. I’ve been an endurance athlete my whole life, no smoking and barely drink."
"All my pandemic tests were negative. So we did a CT scan that led to biopsies. Got the results three days ago. I’m only 29 years old, just finished grad school, and landed my dream job three weeks ago."
"Take a lesson from me and make an extra effort to be kind to the people around you each day. Life is too short to be a jerk. And life is too short to not help those around you who are less fortunate, be kind to everyone, you won’t regret it."
- xLabGuyx
Merry Christmas, Migraine
"My cluster headaches made an appearance after two months of quiet. The f**kers."
"They really do suck. I've seriously wanted people to kill me during bad ones just to stop the pain and I did induced labor without pain meds."
"My 2020 nightmare was literally six months of daily clusters. I thought I'd managed to get a drug solution. Today I found out not."
- vrosej10
Carer Fatigue
"My dad was hospitalized for alcoholism recently and now he's home. I'm the only family member left who will take care of him and help organize his care/life since my brother doesn't have any capacity to care whatsoever and is off having a happy little Christmas of his own."
"I came to spend Christmas with my dad even though he's in a bad mood and argumentative about things, he has carers that come in four times a day between 7 AM and 10 PM, which does not change over the holidays."
"I found that two expensive items have been stolen from his house last night (there are only carers that come in so it must have been them), had 2 hours of sleep last night because my dad has a searing toothache, and today I've had to call the medical care line to book a dental appointment for Sunday for him so will have to extend my stay with him to take care of that and get him there, even though I can't drive."
"There's no Christmas dinner, nothing special at all, and I'm very tired."
- Soundasleepx
Dog Surprise
"My kid's dog. The little b**tard broke his leash and took off for parts unknown."
"He came back an hour later with muddy feet and a s**t-eating grin like an hour of unsupervised freedom was his Christmas gift to himself. So it's not really ruined."
- SourImplant
When we think of the holidays, we like to think of the beautiful decorations, music, presents, and good food. Unfortunately, bad times still come around during the holidays, and sometimes, it feels like they show up even more so.
As long as we can remember the little things that make us happy, hopefully we can make a happy, if not simpler and less conventional, holiday for ourselves!
When you're younger, you might think you come from a great family. But as a kid, you miss out on a lot of nuance. You do not see all the drama the adults around you are involved in. And when you do eventually notice it, you start to realize that maybe few—if any—of your family members actually like each other. So why put up with all those tense family holiday dinners?
This isn't to say that all families are like this. Absolutely not. There are some very happy and wonderful families out there. But seeing families hurt each other is enough to teach you that maybe that age old tradition of getting together for Christmas dinner might not be in everyone's best interest.
People shared their thoughts with us after Redditor captrober157 asked the online community:
"What family tradition ends with you?"
"Being an alcoholic."
"Being an alcoholic. My dad is an alcoholic. Both my grandfathers were alcoholics, which is what killed them. One of my grandmothers used to be an alcoholic and the other one still is. I could go on and on."
Iamyes_ok
Be strong and bold man, don't let the family pressure get to you!
"200 years..."
"200 years of living in London and my kids will never be able to afford to rent or buy here."
Shoreditchregular
200 years of living anywhere, it seems. It's insane.
"My dad interrupting dinner..."
"My dad interrupting dinner, so we can CALL LONG DISTANCE to relatives who couldn’t travel to the event. Then we’d have to pass the phone around the table for brief, superficial greetings as our food went cold. Yikes."
Comfortable-worry-84
Ummm... what? No, thank you. There's no way!
"Expecting the oldest child..."
"Expecting the oldest child to parent the younger one and getting pissed off when the oldest ends up acting like a parent. My younger brother is eight years younger than me. I stopped being a kid by the age of 8.5."
RustproofOrb
Very frustrating and sadly the case for many families out there, especially those of more limited means.
"Expecting my son..."
"Expecting my son to join the military. Almost every male family member on my father's side have fought in every conflict since WW1. I did two tours in Afghanistan and I never want him to experience anything like that."
Afapper
War is traumatic and ideally, no one should ever have to experience it.
"Being hush hush..."
"Being hush hush about mental health related topics and untrusting of medicine in general."
1kateviax1
It's great to see the younger generation be so open about mental health and fighting the stigma!
"Telling the boys..."
"Telling the boys to not cry. To push it down. Going to let my kid cry and talk about his feelings as much as he damn well pleases."
FullBoardDad
This is so important — young boys need to grow up knowing that their feelings are valid.
"Arranged marriage."
"Arranged marriage. Should have ended that tradition myself but was too much of a coward."
Dry-Communication901
The best time was for yourself. The second best will be for your kids.
"Not practical."
"Massive extended family gatherings. Not practical. Besides, grandma kicked the bucket 10 years ago."
MarketNeither9970
Often, families splinter once a matriarch or patriarch dies and people realize that they were the glue keeping everyone together.
"I'm the first..."
"Living below the poverty line. I'm the first member of my family to be middle class."
KnockMeYourLobes
Fantastic! Break the cycle!
It takes a lot of courage to break from your family, especially if they've always done things a certain way. A lot of respect to people who decide to and are able to create new lives for themselves!
What does breaking the cycle mean to you? Feel free to tell us more in the comments below!
I can't stand Adam Sandler films most of the time. They're a little juvenile for me to be honest, not that he hasn't made some comedies I enjoyed (The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates come to mind).
But Sandler can also turn in an excellent dramatic performance from time to time. Check out Punch-Drunk Love some time. He and Emily Watson have some startling chemistry. More recently, Uncut Gems demonstrated how Sandler can thrive in a film of an even darker nature.
He won significant acclaim for both and is a perfect example of an actor best known for comedies who showed that they also happen to be an excellent dramatic actor.
There are others, of course. We heard more about them after Redditor 40oz2_freedom asked the online community,
"Who is a good comedic actor that ended up being a great dramatic actor?"
John Goodman
"John Goodman. His performance in 10 Cloverfield Lane was nothing short of perfection. The look of pure evil in his eyes when he killed that guy was horror at it's finest."
toothfixingfiend
John Goodman is on fire in this film. An unnerving film and probably the sleeper hit of 2016.
Bob Odenkirk
"Bob Odenkirk. He seems kinda surprised about it, watching his interviews. But damn he does both well in the same role."
Dangercakes13
He is magnificent. The universe of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is magical for his talents.
Olivia Colman
"Olivia Colman. Loved her in Hot Fuzz but was pleasantly surprised by her in The Favourite."
[deleted]
A wonderful and versatile actor. If you really want to see her in one of the most harrowing dramas of the last decade, check her out in Tyrannosaur.
Kurt Russell
"Kurt Russell was a Disney comedy actor for about 10 years until he did a TV movie about a mass shooter then hooked up with John Carpenter."
efs120
He has quite the legacy behind him. It's easy to forget how big of a name he's been for four decades now.
Hugh Laurie
"Hugh Laurie. Went from A bit of Fry and Laurie to Blackadder and then out of nowhere, House MD and then again with Night Manager."
[deleted]
Hugh Laurie is a wonderful actor. How he doesn't have at least a few Emmy Awards is beyond me.
"Woody Harrelson. Great on Cheers and now has had several Oscar nominations."
[deleted]
The People v. Larry Flynt is true art. What a role! His others, including The Messenger and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri truly show what he can do.
Tom Hanks
"Tom Hanks, if you remember him from his early career in the early 1980s, he was a talented comedy actor... but no way would I have imagined him doing dramas, let alone starring in them, let alone a string of hits."
[deleted]
Tom Hanks in The Money Pit and Big and Tom Hanks in Philadelphia and Cast Away might as well be two different people!
Jon Hamm
"I gotta go for Jon Hamm on that one. I don't think he has even one line of comic relief in the entirety of Mad Men, but then he's over the top hilarious in stuff like Kimmy Schmidt."
[deleted]
Jon Hamm is a riot. Comparing his work in Bridesmaids to his work in Mad Men shows how dynamic he is a performer.
Robin Williams
"Robin Williams. His performance in One Hour Photo is creepy as hell. Dude was absolutely a phenomenal actor no matter the genre. Insomnia has another great performance of his as well."
[deleted]
Probably the best example. His work in The Fisher King is a masterclass of dramatic acting, to say nothing of One Hour Photo and Good Will Hunting, among others.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt has come a long way from his “3rd Rock from the Sun” days."
macaronsforeveryone
He really has! The same guy who did 3rd Rock from the Sun went on to star in some hard-hitting dramatic films like Manic and Mysterious Skin.
If you haven't seen any of these, you might as well get on them. Trust–you're in for a treat and it's great to see actors show just how far they can take their talents!
Have some suggestions of your own? Tell us more in the comments below!
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*The following article contains discussion of suicide.
You know what the internet is really good at? Keeping secrets.
We super duper promise it's safe with us. No worries about it being screenshotted and shared around for randos to poke and prod at it.
No sir. Not at all...
Just in case, let's give these people the kudos they deserve for being brave enough to offer up their deepest, darkest secrets even their families don't know about.
Reddit user, Throwaway001937, wanted to know what no one else knows when they asked:
"What’s the most disturbing secret you are keeping from your friends and family?"
Before we get too serious, let's have a teeny bit of fun.
The Mystery Will Live On For Forever
"Not so much disturbing, but I absolutely never want them to find out that I am the one in the family who draws little smiley faces in random spots for everyone to find."
"Everyone always accuses each other and of course I play along, but I am the one who does it lol"- Revolutionary-Mess21
She's Got It Going On
"I banged one of my mom's friends after mowing her yard."- SD-Caller
Snitches Get Stitches
"Mom believes my dad hired a private investigator and that that's who caught her cheating on him."
"It wasn't a P.I..."
"in reality, I was the one who caught her ON video and completely by chance"
"She'd come for blood if she was ever told the truth"- litken_chitle
Life is hard. Sometimes, it's harder for others. And sometimes it's so hard and situations so difficult you can't help but emotionally check out.
Don't Look. Don't Look.
"My second tour in Iraq we were in a nasty firefight when I felt something wet hit the side of my face."
"I knew the guy next to me had been killed but I was a little too busy to do anything about it."
"After it was done the corpsman came running over making sure I was ok, and I thought it was because I was covered in the guy's blood."
"Turns out one of the guy's eyes was basically dangling on the side of my helmet."- GlobeAnchor2004
Just So Very Tired
"My friends and family don't use reddit, so no throwaway necessary."
"Sometimes, I am passively suicidal."
"I am so f-cking tired of being alive, but I don't want to kill myself."
"1). I'm afraid of what happens or doesn't happen after you die."
"2). I don't want to hurt them like that, even if I am in a lot of pain."
"3). There's still some things I want to do, even though I do feel f-cking worthless/ugly/exhausted."
"As you can imagine I don't really have anyone to talk about it with, and I don't want to worry the people I love."
"It's a battle sometimes."- Darth_Titty-ous
Nothing Beyond Tomorrow
"I can’t imagine the future."
"People ask me what my plans are and I just don’t know."
"I have no chance of making plans."
"There’s just no vision or hope or amount of wishing hard enough to try and plan or predict my own future."-Firestar-
Whatever your reasons are for not telling your family, we give you all the credit in the world for being honest here today.
Wishing For The End
"I have stage 4 breast cancer and a prognosis of stable."
"I could be here for years and years, doing my treatment and living my life."
"Not secret."
"I don't want to be a cancer patient for years and years."
"My treatment sucks and it makes me feel sick every day."
"My brain sucks due to chemo."
"There are some real cognitive difficulties."
" I had to give up a career I loved."
"I'm entry level call center from home now."
"I've been home, not going out to fun places, since March of 2020, because my immune system sucks."
"It's worth the risk to go to the doctor or my son's parent teacher conference, but not the bar."
"My secret is that every time I make a wish, I wish for the cancer to kill me faster."
"This existence, feeling like garbage and doing my call center thing so I can afford to feel like garbage, is disheartening and it sucks."
"I'm in therapy and an exercise program and I have hobbies, I'm doing what I can to keep slogging along, but damn."
"The 'I don't wanna' is strong sometimes."- insertcaffeine
Acting Out From A Past Experience
"When i was around 9-10 i did really bad things to my younger brother and i can’t remember much of it but it was sexual, nothing below the waist."
"I still feel bad and I’m pretty sure me then thought it was okay because the same thing happened to me with someone older but it wasn’t and I always feel guilty anytime I remember."
"I don’t know if my brother remembers or not, but the trauma I caused makes me want to kms because I can’t comprehend how i could do anything like that now."
"I just needed to let it out."- Avacado_toast23
When he refuses to let me go.
"I hope my ex gets what he f*cking deserves."
"I've moved on from his abused years ago, and engaged to someone who's literally the guy of my dreams."
"But there are days when I hope my ex's present girl would know that he keeps on stalking me."
"Or better yet, I hope someone hurt him as much as he hurted me."
"Because, he doesn't deserve the peace he's experiencing now."- LaLunaChan
An illicit discovery
"When I was 7, my family and my cousins, he was 6, she was 5, went on a vacation to this cool house by the lake."
"It was pretty big and we found out there was a locked basement, so naturally the curiosity led us to finding a bunch of keys in a drawer."
"Tried like 20 or 30 of them and suddenly one worked."
"We were looking through some boxes and found kamasutra books."
"We were intrigued by pictures in there and decided to try and 'pose' in the same way."
"I am 22 now, never spoke to them about that, I hope they don't remember."- yachuuuuuu
I just can't fight the urge
"I have been vaping constantly for about a year and a half and I am currently trying to quit."
"No body else other then the people I used to vape with know."- emjaveee
A dark childhood
"There are a few."
"When I was a kid there were 3 kids that lived in the same neighborhood as me."
"I had a crush on one of them and the other 2 weren't friends."
"I decided to write down what I hated about each of them and said things like 'jimmy thinks he is cool but he isn't he is actually stupid' and just scrawl you'd expect from a 4th grade kid."
"I randomly took the dog for a walk, which I rarely did being the lazy little sh*t I was, and dropped the notes in the letterboxes of these kids houses, I have no idea if they ever read them."
"But I can only hope their parents got to them first."
"At that age i used to do a lot of drawing and it usually involved violence and death, for example alien invasions where people were dead or aliens were dead too."
"It was all 2D and not that detailed."
"I didn't possess the talent required."
My teacher said '<name> should start drawing nicer things, but they are very detailed'."
"I also wrote sarcastic comments underneath her grades she gave me on homework."
"I used to call her names and say 'why isn't this good enough?'"
" When I got caught I was silent."
"My mum told me it was bad."
"I used to talk a religious teacher at my school and talk to him about porn and masturbation."
"He never abused me."
"But he was a manipulative old man because rather than do the honest thing and say 'This is too much' and tell my parents, he went along with it thinking he was doing gods work."
"Even one time, I ratted out on my mum who said I was acting like a d*ckhead and he rang her up and told her not to do that."
"Religion poisons everything."- jo_concerned
Groominng
"That a cousin, that is at least 7 years older than I (27 M[ale]) am, got me to touch her inappropriately when I was probably around the ages of 5-6."
"To be fair, for years I thought I had just had a dream where my cousin had me go upstairs to her room and 'play doctor', where she made me touch her."
"After telling my wife and roommate they told me I probably thought it was a dream cause I couldn’t fully comprehend all that at that age."
"I still like that cousin and that’s part of the reason I haven’t told my family."
"I do think though that may be the reason I have some mental issues including an issue with being overly sexual from a young age until now."
"I’m also afraid that it was all a dream that my f*cked up brain came up with and that I would look like the biggest creepy big I brought it up."- AshamedLoan836
DIdn't cry at their funeral
"When my school bully died a few months ago, I was happy."
"People always say I’m kind, bubbly, smart, honest, hardworking."
"But I’m ashamed to say it."
"I even had intrusive thoughts about after and to be honest, it was the one time I wasn’t bothered by them."- kiwimadi
Saved by a truly great friend.
"That after my dad went to prison for molesting and beating me, and my mom kicked me out of the house because she 'didn't want to be a mom anymore', I lived under a bridge while trying to finish high school."
"My mom's side of the family (affluent) disowned me because the situation was 'trailer trash', and my Dad's side disowned me because they believed my dad was thrown into prison for my 'lies'."
"I decided to commit suicide, and set aside a plan to OD and go into the woods by the bridge, and bury myself before I'd lose consciousness."
"I chose that because I knew my mom would be angry about shelling out money for my funeral, it wouldn't bother her about me not being here anymore."
"So I wanted to just take that financial burden from her."
"I'd already be buried so no point in a casket."
"I really didn't have anything to keep me here anymore."
"My short life had been full of so much pain, and I didn't want to see if there was any more waiting for me."
"What stopped me was I confided in my best friend about my living conditions, after it became obvious that I hadn't eaten in days, she shared her school lunch with me every day without making me feel bad about it."
"Later that day, my best friend came to the bridge I was at, with her Mom, and they took me home with them."
"I lived with them 'til I finished high school and got my own apartment."
"Life got better after that."
"I now am married with 2 children of my own, and am really happy I stayed in this world.
"I will forever be grateful for my best friend's family, and still see them til this day as the only real family I've ever had."- smeaglebeagle39
Hiding literal pain
"I started cutting again."
"They might notice from the scars, but didn't say anything."
"But honestly, the urge is so bad that I keep on feeling like I did not cut deep enough."
"I have no intent to kill myself, but lately I'm questioning whether or not I have the intent."
"Because how I'm functioning, is as if I do have it, but my brain says no."- SpicedDick
Cardinal Sin
"I am having a relationship with a Catholic priest for almost a year now."- grabtheapplepie
If you or someone you know is struggling, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
To find help outside the United States, the International Association for Suicide Prevention has resources available at https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/