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Compared to most adults, I seem to have a lot of bad dreams. Some of them are full-on nightmares, like I'm being chased by people who want to kill me, my life feels threatened in some way, and/or there's gory violence. Some are just "bad dreams," usually involving embarrassment, rejection, or...

Why is it that "what do you do?" is one of the first questions people ask when they first meet you? It wouldn't be so bad if they meant it more generally, but it usually means "what do you do for work?" I'm basically unemployed right now, working a customer service-type job very part-time, and...

Someone tried to start something like this recently but it didn't seem to go very far. I thought maybe if I treat it like a "game" I'll get your attention. :D List 5 things you're grateful for. It can be anything, big or small. It doesn't have to be in any particular order; it can be a "Top...

Well it's 4 in the afternoon, I got up early today, and I've spent most of the day just *thinking*. ...And I've had another breakthrough -- the root cause of pretty much most of my problems of the past 10 years: I am too much of a perfectionist and a control freak. I need to learn to accept...

I found this website called the "Happiness Project." The thing is, I was having an okay day yesterday until I started reading, and it made me UNhappy. In particular, I'm having a lot of trouble with: "Eight Tips to Know If You're Being Boring."...

The past day's especially been rough. Last night I binged on junk food and went to bed feeling really crappy. I usually feel alright in the mornings, but this morning I even woke up feeling bad, and I couldn't even muster the energy to go running (something I do regularly) and ended up going...

It sounds really simple, but "It's OK to be lonely" really set in my mind today and it's been helpful. I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but the thing that really compounds my loneliness is that I have a tendency to think that this is some sort of personality flaw or weakness that I...

I feel like this is an AA meeting or something, haha. (Not that I've ever been to one.) "Hi, my name is _____ and I'm a lonely person." I'm female, American, in my mid-20s. I never had trouble making friends when I was growing up -- I even had some serious mental health issues as a teen, and...