Living on a 15KPHP budget (around 300dollars) a month is hell considering I pay for everything (bills, electricity, etc).
Don’t go out/eat out just basically surviving on processed foods, health is also declining which affects my academics heavily.
Just got an autism diagnosis and figured out my whole life has been a mask, so I’m currently trying to figure out who I am and what I want – when I’m already married with a kid and a mortgage. Rough to say the least.
Mostly financial. Finding job with salary or benefits increments throughout years working. Still doubted whether to continuing my study or not due to financial complex. But living after 30s finding job without degree will be harder.
57- hoping the coming stock market crash wasn’t affect my retirement. But I love my job, amazing colleagues and a family I’d die for so I’m doing pretty good.
I am 17 years old and my biggest problem is not being able to go to a Colombian national team championship in the sport I practice due to lack of money.
Trying to figure out if I can manage to get a college degree and if so, in what. And paying for it since my previous (failed) attempts at college wiped out the funds my parents had for me before. (Thankful I had that though so I didn’t/dont have to go into debt for those times and it be all for nothing basically)
About to be 48 and no life purpose anymore. Life crashed from COVID, finally recovering 4 years later. I’ve been out of my career too long to get back in, require WFH because I now take care of aging parents, and I’m too old/poor to go back to school (plus I really don’t want to, as much as I value education, I find learning much more difficult as I age) or change careers. I can’t ever retire, and am only not homeless because I moved back in with my folks.
I have no direction, no purpose, only a job, no career. I distract with hobbies – but I’m going through the motions and lying to people. I would probably have ended it right now, but I don’t want to put my parents through that and they deserve a happy end of life. I’m so fucking tired.
36
Baby,toddler and back at work
Trying to be a good wife mum and also look after myself-but sometimes I feel like I’m failing or could go better
I’m pouting from an empty cup and still battling trauma-bring sleep deprived doesn’t help and I have not family or friends so it’s all on me
I literally now talk to an AI app when I have no one to talk to- surprisingly does help
32 and in remission from breast cancer, which isn’t the problem. The problem is now that treatment is done, my entire brain and body are different to me. While my friends and peers are getting pregnant, I am telling the pharmacist “no I’m not pregnant and don’t plan on it” every time I pick up my estrogen blocker… even though I’m only not pregnant and can’t plan on it because of the estrogen blocker and chance for recurrence.
Grandma is dying of cancer, mother is in psychological therapy, father is sick and permanently disabled. Don’t know what to do with my life. No Money. At least no own family.
Life is not what I wanted it. It’s more than just the biggest problem it’s a the deluge of all the big problems coalescing at this moment in my life.
In another country without my kiddo. Have a good relationship with the ex, but doesn’t feel safe to be in my country (because I’m trans). Though, it’s starting to not feel safe anywhere.
I just want to work but need to get a job with a visa. I wish I could go back to school.
I have ADHD, and the disorder part of it is real. Like it’s not fun, i have to check my internalized ableism because the fact I can’t modulate my attention makes me sometimes suicidal for not being productive.
I got $500 left.
I’m tired.
But I also have spots of happiness and I found joy in cooking again. I’m trying to start a genderless bathroom project so people can take it to their local establishments to help make gender and toilets not a relevant discussion. And I have a place to stay for a while, till I get back on my feet. And a pigeon hung out on my shoulder the other day and did not poop on me.
42, working at a job that has become more demanding mentally than it is physically, while still being very physically demanding. All I really want to do is be at home hanging out with my cute wife and 3 and 5 year olds. My dilemma is that I manage two adults who act like children and I’m burning out faster than I can keep up with the interference of corporate upper management. They always ask for more and more, but don’t provide additional people to support the upkeep. I’m not allowed to hire people, nor will they hire people, but then I’m often told how I need to keep up with the rest of the company who are admittedly more properly staffed. I’ve asked for a DEMOTION twice, so I can accept less pay but also abandon the responsibility of being lower management but I’ve been denied twice as well.
When I get home I’m starting to notice a pattern of aggression in my children. I think they’re feeling neglected because they are; I’m so worn down by the time I arrive that I fall asleep almost instantly, and I barely have the strength to pick them up and give them a hug. Yesterday was the first time I’d ever broken a promise, we got free tickets to the Kansas City zoo, but there was so much surmounting work I had to stay to try and play catch-up. I manage a distribution center, staffing should really be more appropriate but who cares, because they’re making money, right?
“Other locations in the United States are bigger so they need more staff more than your warehouse does.” I get told this when begging upper management for staff. The only problem is we’re smack in the middle of the country so every other store and distribution center relies heavily on us. My vacation is already at 80 hours, and it doesn’t accumulate higher than that, but when I request time off, I get this, “We first have to figure out a way how we’ll replace you while you’re away. Let’s focus on that.”
Salary is a scam. Management above me at any time can decide to give me additional hours without additional pay because of the fixed income.
Anyway, just typing this makes me tired. I feel like this showed up first on my Reddit feed because I needed to vent. Thank you. I’d better get back to work.
65, soon to be 66 and live alone, nobody to talk to, even though I am from a family of about 50 people, though I do see my 17 years old son every 2 weeks and talk to him for a few minutes every day
Hate my job. 14 years of industry experience, been applying for jobs for about 1 year. Several interviews, no success. Feel so stuck in a rut and fed up about it.
I’m 20 and just found out that my step-mom is beating my dad while trying to convince everyone else that he’s beating her. This will be his 3rd wife who’s accusing him of this despite us knowing that he has never touched her unless it was self-defense.
A huge workload i can’t manage, no help even if i’ve been asking since February, on the verge of burnout, frequent crying in the toilet, scared because those moments usually make me spiral back into depression. Trying to avoid overtime because it’s unpaid.
Stuck at a management job that is long hours, far, and it sucks. It makes good money to live comfortable. My 2 kids are growing fast and im missing out on so much. When i get home, whatever time i have to spend with them, I spend unwinding from work watching YouTube or ps5. Im a good dad but feel like im failing them and myself by not bonding with them more.
33, balancing work & home life. I work nights now because being a SAHM is no longer financially feasible. I miss my husband (he works days) & miss our family time. We get one full family day a week. I love when we are all together. This shift in our routine has been hard.
Living paycheck to paycheck. Still. Never have enough money to do things like fix my home, replace furnishings, replace old wood framed windows, etc. Also never been on holiday for 20 years. Just a constant grind of low income work.
I have to go back to school to finish my bachelors while also being pregnant and soon having a baby to take care of on top of it. Can’t wait on the school anymore for job reasons. The stress/fear is real.
36- my current biggest problem would be fainting spells that have happened twice and the resulting journey towards a diagnosis. Urgent Care took me way seriously and now I have a cardiology appointment in July. They apparently didn’t take me as seriously I guess since I’m waiting months lol
30, the business I manage is in administration stuck in a time warp of waiting for selling to go through, unsure if I will have a job after…also no friends!
38 – I’ll get fired soon for being incompetent. News felt so bad I almost broke up with my partner. Didn’t have a clue how to handle it. First time for everything, huh.
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17 – College Entrance
Middle aged. Perimenopause.
28, Real Estate
31- Buying Apartment
50 – sciatica and associated eczema due to it.
27 yo, my workplace
19 – college and money
Living on a 15KPHP budget (around 300dollars) a month is hell considering I pay for everything (bills, electricity, etc).
Don’t go out/eat out just basically surviving on processed foods, health is also declining which affects my academics heavily.
I’m 17 and the biggest problem at the moment I’m facing is lack of consistently/ discipline or you can say procrastination 🙁
30 no family, no partner and no close friends
30 – not enough money
18 – being broke and unemployed
44 work
Pushing 79. Macular degeneration (deteriorating eyesight).
23 – functional dyspepsia and failing classes
I’m 26. My best friend needs a new liver and I found out I’m not a good donor match because my BMI is too high. Struggling to lose weight in time.
29 – Finding purpose in life
Just turned 20, and job.
Old enough to know better, young enough to still make mistakes! As for problems, probably figuring out what to eat for dinner.
23 – Being content with where I’m at in life
21, unsure of what career or even major to take in college, jobless
24 – my cptsd and health problems
67 Health – or the fear of losing it. I have diabetes 2 – keep fighting my belly fat. One bad sickness and I am broke (if not dead)
Close on the heels is Social Security – it is my retirement income.
30 – providing for my family
30 – emotional dysregulation and addicted to alcohol
60 as of midnight…happy birthday to me…and my only problem is the lack of pizza.
26, inflation 😂
21, college
I’m 30 and I had a pulmonary embolism last month. Trying to focus on recovery/financials has been a struggle.
54 being evicted from our rental and I don’t earn enough to buy anything, and the rental market is horrendous
28 – trying to not tip into burnout (at the job I love)
39yo – Not getting enough sleep and work drama
24- Cracking CA finals
41, waiting for some medical test results.
21 and no one will hire me.
23, it’s my social life
23 – when to have kids, how to future proof my finances, staying healthy whilst working an office job
47 and my boss is completely irrational and loves to lecture and scold.
23 and trying to be independent
41 – porn addiction 😕
28 – My girlfriend broke up with me on the 10th.
33 years old, fatty liver. I had choice of not change my way of life and die possibly at 40 or change my life radically and live long life.
I chose latter.
30 something, relationship
Almost 40; my health.
53 and I’m hanging with elderly mother who could die at any moment
24, can’t get a job in my field after graduating university
28 – not knowing if I should quit my job and work on little jobs around Europe while I travel slowly, or if I’m going to regret that terribly
24 – Not being content with my current job but being stuck here for at least the next 2 years
Can’t stay and live in my country any longer
24 dude
Might be getting fired soon for leaving work early when there was a 100 person party.
28, marriage! My parents are after my life to get married and the market is shit!
Money, of course, doesn’t matter my age, it has been that way since I needed money.
Depression and loss and anger is up there.
I’m 26, pregnant and alone and can’t afford prenatal care😊
Early 30s , debt
53.. fat and have diabetes
35, myself
24 – Feeling like I’ll never be enough to make everyone proud.
47 years old currently living the “Groundhog Day” life and loving it.
18 – Teeth pain
57- hoping the coming stock market crash wasn’t affect my retirement. But I love my job, amazing colleagues and a family I’d die for so I’m doing pretty good.
26 – going blind from a genetic degenerative eye disorder. In the home stretch of treatment and hoping that I can get ahead of it now.
33 money
44 and my biggest problem is the relationship I have with my parents. Too old for this shit.
2x i need a lot of money
Mid 30s. Right this moment I gotta say insomnia.
28
Job hunting.
I am 17 years old and my biggest problem is not being able to go to a Colombian national team championship in the sport I practice due to lack of money.
27, getting economy to work and studies to not fail, happy i dont have a kid atm, would be way too stressful
32
Just trying to live in peace.
My contract on my previous job ended last March 31 and it’s my choice to not renew because of the trauma the team has cause me.
36, no ambition left in me
About to be 48 and no life purpose anymore. Life crashed from COVID, finally recovering 4 years later. I’ve been out of my career too long to get back in, require WFH because I now take care of aging parents, and I’m too old/poor to go back to school (plus I really don’t want to, as much as I value education, I find learning much more difficult as I age) or change careers. I can’t ever retire, and am only not homeless because I moved back in with my folks.
I have no direction, no purpose, only a job, no career. I distract with hobbies – but I’m going through the motions and lying to people. I would probably have ended it right now, but I don’t want to put my parents through that and they deserve a happy end of life. I’m so fucking tired.
In my mid forties and my beloved dog is dying of cancer and there is nothing I can do to save him.
36
Baby,toddler and back at work
Trying to be a good wife mum and also look after myself-but sometimes I feel like I’m failing or could go better
I’m pouting from an empty cup and still battling trauma-bring sleep deprived doesn’t help and I have not family or friends so it’s all on me
I literally now talk to an AI app when I have no one to talk to- surprisingly does help
27 – money
28, Life
30, money
My job makes me miserable
24 and just went through to most intensive year long battle fighting Stage 4b Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I won.
32 and in remission from breast cancer, which isn’t the problem. The problem is now that treatment is done, my entire brain and body are different to me. While my friends and peers are getting pregnant, I am telling the pharmacist “no I’m not pregnant and don’t plan on it” every time I pick up my estrogen blocker… even though I’m only not pregnant and can’t plan on it because of the estrogen blocker and chance for recurrence.
Thanks for asking. What about you, OP?
27-Finding a good career. (Current career pays well, but hate it)
Im 37 and my biggest problemi ay yon hubby Kong
Salawahan👍👍💯💯
34 poor with 4 kids (just to clarify they’re all fed, warm stable house)
30M getting a career started or even a somewhat decent job.
Back pain. 40’s
43- Anxiety
36M and finding a new partner after divorce.
In another country without my kiddo. Have a good relationship with the ex, but doesn’t feel safe to be in my country (because I’m trans). Though, it’s starting to not feel safe anywhere.
I just want to work but need to get a job with a visa. I wish I could go back to school.
I have ADHD, and the disorder part of it is real. Like it’s not fun, i have to check my internalized ableism because the fact I can’t modulate my attention makes me sometimes suicidal for not being productive.
I got $500 left.
I’m tired.
But I also have spots of happiness and I found joy in cooking again. I’m trying to start a genderless bathroom project so people can take it to their local establishments to help make gender and toilets not a relevant discussion. And I have a place to stay for a while, till I get back on my feet. And a pigeon hung out on my shoulder the other day and did not poop on me.
So, you know,
42, working at a job that has become more demanding mentally than it is physically, while still being very physically demanding. All I really want to do is be at home hanging out with my cute wife and 3 and 5 year olds. My dilemma is that I manage two adults who act like children and I’m burning out faster than I can keep up with the interference of corporate upper management. They always ask for more and more, but don’t provide additional people to support the upkeep. I’m not allowed to hire people, nor will they hire people, but then I’m often told how I need to keep up with the rest of the company who are admittedly more properly staffed. I’ve asked for a DEMOTION twice, so I can accept less pay but also abandon the responsibility of being lower management but I’ve been denied twice as well.
When I get home I’m starting to notice a pattern of aggression in my children. I think they’re feeling neglected because they are; I’m so worn down by the time I arrive that I fall asleep almost instantly, and I barely have the strength to pick them up and give them a hug. Yesterday was the first time I’d ever broken a promise, we got free tickets to the Kansas City zoo, but there was so much surmounting work I had to stay to try and play catch-up. I manage a distribution center, staffing should really be more appropriate but who cares, because they’re making money, right?
“Other locations in the United States are bigger so they need more staff more than your warehouse does.” I get told this when begging upper management for staff. The only problem is we’re smack in the middle of the country so every other store and distribution center relies heavily on us. My vacation is already at 80 hours, and it doesn’t accumulate higher than that, but when I request time off, I get this, “We first have to figure out a way how we’ll replace you while you’re away. Let’s focus on that.”
Salary is a scam. Management above me at any time can decide to give me additional hours without additional pay because of the fixed income.
Anyway, just typing this makes me tired. I feel like this showed up first on my Reddit feed because I needed to vent. Thank you. I’d better get back to work.
24; A combo of not having a car and living at the edge of the city, so I have to ask my mother to take me to bus stops and pick me up from work
I’m 39 (40 in a few months) my biggest problem at the moment is 3 of my 6 kids are teenagers & the hormones in this house got me like 😭🥴🤢😳😤🤯
I have too many things I want to do on my mind and I have not enough time to do them all and it makes me crazy and pushes up my blood pressure.
18 I wanna die
34, inability to sleep and/or STAY asleep.
65, soon to be 66 and live alone, nobody to talk to, even though I am from a family of about 50 people, though I do see my 17 years old son every 2 weeks and talk to him for a few minutes every day
I am 20 years old and it’s the point in the semester where we’re getting 3 assignments at once so I’m really stressed out about that.
Plus I have a birthday party on saturday which happens to be the day I’m rostered to work on election day.
😀
Oh I’m also having treatment for hair loss and I’m worried it’s not working, and that I’ll have to take medication I’m not comfortable with
30, and I’ll be fine after my son gets outta daycare. Those daycare payments are fucking my wide and I with no lotion
34, had a shit afternoon at work and trying to regulate myself.
Could be worse
28 – Going through a divorce. Worried that I’m too old now to realistically find someone else.
Mid twenties. Finding job
20s. Chronic illnesses for both me and my partner, so finding a job is difficult
I’m 20 and just found out that my step-mom is beating my dad while trying to convince everyone else that he’s beating her. This will be his 3rd wife who’s accusing him of this despite us knowing that he has never touched her unless it was self-defense.
17
I care way too much about things that nobody else seems to
49 -Autoimmune and sometimes fatigued. Also overworked. I need a new job, but I don’t know what I can do other than teaching.
36 chonical ill fightig for anything wat helps me stay alive in a way that is worth it.
Today i got a bad day feeling that outside get warm Temperatur and i cant walk or stand.
40 and I need money for another tattoo that’s my biggest problem 😝
I’ll be 38 on Friday, and I’m still a whiny little twat with no real life experiences 🤷♂️
My mental health. Is getting better with counseling and therapy though.
28 Burnout
33, balancing work & home life. I work nights now because being a SAHM is no longer financially feasible. I miss my husband (he works days) & miss our family time. We get one full family day a week. I love when we are all together. This shift in our routine has been hard.
36- my current biggest problem would be fainting spells that have happened twice and the resulting journey towards a diagnosis. Urgent Care took me way seriously and now I have a cardiology appointment in July. They apparently didn’t take me as seriously I guess since I’m waiting months lol
I’m 38. My rent just went up $200 to $1,550. it’s just me and my daughter.
24 and gender dysphoria, I’m so God Damm close to my E, I wish it was July already.
30, the business I manage is in administration stuck in a time warp of waiting for selling to go through, unsure if I will have a job after…also no friends!
38 – I’ll get fired soon for being incompetent. News felt so bad I almost broke up with my partner. Didn’t have a clue how to handle it. First time for everything, huh.