r/mentalhealth Jul 16 '26

Venting It's unfair that my parents had me so late in their lives

366 Upvotes

My parents are now 50-51, I'm only 16. I feel so fucking angry all the time, I love them so much and I know I should be happy I get good parents I can worry about but I'm just so heartbroken all the time. My grandparents are 75-76, and I just feel like it's so fucking unfair my parents get to grow old with theirs while I'll have to mourn them before I turn 50.

Edit: y'all this is a subreddit for mental health, don't get mad someone who doesn't feel well mentally posts something here. Telling me I should just "suck it up" or "grow up" won't change anything and will only make me and others struggling with simmilar things feel worse. I don't think my parents are extremely old or anything, I feel bad because they get more time with theirs than I do. Stop acting like a depressed teen thinking this way is fucked up

r/mentalhealth Feb 20 '26

Venting 33, never worked, terrified of ending up homeless and I don’t know how to fix myself

558 Upvotes

If someone financially took care of me, all my problems would disappear. I genuinely don’t understand when people say money doesn’t buy happiness.

What really rattles me is the thought of contributing to a world, that will never reward me with anything cool or fancy.

I’m 33. I’ve never worked a day in my life. My parents are still alive and I live off their support. I’m not a bad person. I don’t want to hurt anyone, I don’t want to scam or steal. The issue is simpler, I’m just lazy. Or maybe it’s something deeper than laziness. I just don’t have the will to put effort into anything.

And I know that sounds pathetic.

Once my parents are gone, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. The idea that I’m supposed to earn a living. feels dumb, i have no ambitions to create more workers for the rich people in society.

So what are the alternatives?

Part of me fantasizes about some girl romanticizing the idea of just taking care of me so I can stay in this safe, protected bubble forever. I know that’s unrealistic.

Then the darker thoughts creep in like, prison at least guarantees food and a bed. food + basic comfort > freezing on the streets. That’s not me wanting to be a criminal. Just choosing an alternative, that's better then working.

The world feels kind as long as you’re functioning inside the system. People are nice when you’re contributing. But what happens to people like me? The ones who just… don’t have the drive? The will? The spark?.

r/mentalhealth Jan 10 '26

Venting it's my birthday

266 Upvotes

hi everyone,

sorry to disturb. just wanted to let everyone know it's my birthday today. i just turned 25. i feel old but i know i have a lot ahead of me. thank you for reading, have a good day.

r/mentalhealth Jun 22 '26

Venting Elon Musk is a trillionare, meanwhile if someone handed me $5000, it would literally change my life .

398 Upvotes

It's actually quite pathetic to think about it. If I won the lottery or some contest or sweepstakes, or if I just was blessed with meeting an influencer with $$ to give away, it would literally solve all of my problems right now. $5000. Isn't that crazy to think about? I could get caught up with all my bills, pay off most of my credit card debt, and fix my car. And I might have a little left over to put into savings or maybe go to a concert I've been trying to save to see. $5000 would most likely do it.

Having bipolar sucks because you could be doing so good, and then suddenly you're stressing because you got a bit hypomanic and spent too much at the store or went a little nuts online shopping.

r/mentalhealth Apr 07 '26

Venting BEING A VIRGIN IS A SILLY CONSTRUCT. YOU'RE FINE AT ANY AGE BEING A VIRGIN.

501 Upvotes

some people have sex. some people don't. some people start at 12, some have their first time at 50.

sex is not a requirement for value to a person or to have a good life. period.

please stop worrying about being a virgin. for the love of god if you're over 18, NO ONE SHOULD CARE.

you are doing fine and probably keeping yourself from some pretty bad/unsafe experiences.

r/mentalhealth Jan 27 '26

Venting Living in the USA right now it's destroying my mental health.

650 Upvotes

Every day I see new fucked up things. Officers who are supposed to protect us are doing the opposite. The administration is allowing the so-called “border patrol” to kill citizens. As an immigrant, they are targeting my own people, killing us, kidnapping us, and making us look like criminals when nobody owns this land.

White supremacists are taking over social media to stop people from holding them accountable. People are praising a white man for getting killed because of his own actions, while blaming another man who was not only a nurse who took care of many people in a hospital, but also wanted to defend another human beings and got murdered because of it.

A mother was killed for standing up to manipulative, disgusting, racist, and discriminatory behavior from the so-called “border patrol.” The president doesn’t give a fuck about anybody but himself, kidnapping another president, trying to buy another country, while he can’t even take care of HIS OWN.

I’m tired. This is killing me. I’ve been crying every day. I’m scared for my life because of the color of my skin, because I’m an immigrant, because my parents are in danger too. I’m scared for every kid in this country. It’s truly destroying my mental health.

r/mentalhealth Jul 31 '26

Venting Being an adult fucking sucks

271 Upvotes

I don’t even have the energy to describe everything that’s going on rn but I’m a young adult and I fucking hate that this is how the rest of my life is going to be.

r/mentalhealth Jul 25 '26

Venting Did you get stripped naked at the psych ward?

21 Upvotes

were they rude about it?

r/mentalhealth Jan 06 '26

Venting I'm so incredibly scared of Greenland being taken over and I can't ignore the news. Just put me in a coma until I can guarantee there won't be WWIII.

464 Upvotes

I just saw on r/worldnews that taking over the island by military force is not off the table. I'm so worried because that means NATO is moot and Russia will overtake all of Europe. Nukes will fly and we will all die. I just want to live a peaceful life. I miss the relative peace between December 25th and January 2nd and I want no more anxiety over the end of the world.

I don't want answers like "go for a walk or do something fun, look away from the news" because that's not going to do anything. I keep going back to scrolling and looking for updates. I want to be put in a medically induced coma until I know for sure the world will be safe. And if it isn't, feel free to unplug me. I've been to IOP therapy but none of that will stop me from worrying about the end of the world. In fact back in September when Russian drones were entering NATO airspace I went to the bathroom DURING THERAPY SESSIONS (they were all group sessions) to check for the latest update. Back in June during the Iran-Israel war I literally kept refreshing the live updates page every 10 minutes. Bluey was the only thing keeping me from harming myself. I might have to go back to that show again...

r/mentalhealth Feb 16 '26

Venting As an autistic adult, I am begging therapists to stop teaching things that aren’t socially acceptable.

322 Upvotes

Having support and resources depends on not behaving in socially unacceptable ways. Your ability to earn enough to live even depends on it. With that in mind, I don’t think it’s possible to feel good mentally while constantly pissing people off. Things framed as boundaries and giving yourself grace can make it impossible to keep friends and careers.

Just because something should be socially accepted and should help your mental health doesn’t mean it won’t cause significant problems instead. Therapists are operating on idealism instead of reality.

Examples of things that therapists teach but aren’t socially accepted:

- Yes/and (two conflicting things can exist at once)

- Put yourself first/put your own oxygen mask first

- You don’t have to be extraordinary; you can just be (good luck getting a job with that logic)

- ETA: You aren’t defined by your worst mistakes/ we all do terrible things

EDIT: There’s a few comments bringing up that I’m taking these things literally and struggling with their interpretations and applications. This is most likely true. What’s downright infuriating is when I talk to therapists to see what went wrong with how I apply these concepts, the answer is always “nothing, they’re wrong and not healthy and you did the right thing.” Well obviously I didn’t. But they‘re too focused on idealism to realize their advice doesn’t work

r/mentalhealth Nov 23 '25

Venting Anyone else just sleeping their life away?

612 Upvotes

I’ve always been a sleeper. A nap taker. But in recent years it’s gotten really bad. If I’m not at work, I’m at home in bed sleeping. Sometimes I’m not even tired but I fall asleep anyway. I don’t want to do anything, I don’t want to be anything. I simply just want to sleep.

r/mentalhealth Jul 19 '26

Venting Anything heavy u want to get off your chest?

46 Upvotes

This is a safe space if anything u want to say instead of posting or just a rant on your day with all means go mental :)

r/mentalhealth May 29 '26

Venting Going to die from the medical system

61 Upvotes

EDIT to add--- I know everybody is mad at me except for a few of you and thank you for your compassion. I have just had an appointment with a doctor where we looked at my x-rays and he can see clearly that my c1 vertebrae is loose/sliding around where it should have stayed stable. but it's not stable because the ligaments got torn and it's all sliding around like crazy in there. most of the vertebra are but especially the top one. so I'm really glad that what I know happened to me is now validated as having happened and I hope that I can get treatment soon before it gets worse. it makes me really angry that I had to wait over a year and a half for someone to order these simple X-rays and then explain them to me. because people did not believe me and said my symptoms were all PTSD or a whole bunch of other crap. anyway, please believe each other and be excellent to each other. thank you. sorry for my public meltdown I thought this was a safe space for that kind of thing though

original post/unedited:

The orthodontist broke my neck and it's been getting worse and worse since then and nobody will believe me or help me and I'm just going to die soon. I'm losing my eyesight and it's so painful. I'm on my way to the hospital in a minute to beg them to help me. They need to check the veins in my neck etc. none of this had to happen. I'm so angry at myself for going to the orthodontist. I'm so angry they gave me a stroke and broke my neck. I'm so angry that no one believes me even as they watched it happened to me. Even as now we have x-rays of my neck that look like total crazy shit. Even as I've been stuck laying on my back for over a year and a half because of this. Because if I'm upright I take lots of damage and now I've taken so much damage that I'm starting to go blind. It's so insane. I don't want to hate this world but I really do! I don't understand why other people can get help but I can't. I just don't understand!! I've been to several psychologists over the years I don't have any problems with my mind. I don't do any drugs I don't have any hateful opinions. I'm just a regular white lady. I just like to read books and be nice to people. I don't understand why I have to die like this. sorry if this doesn't make sense I'm crying and using voice to text. I don't even know the point of this post I just can't believe it I can't believe any of this is happening because it's just too terrible.

r/mentalhealth Mar 25 '26

Venting Im disgusted by porn and porn watchers a bit too much

135 Upvotes

I feel great disgust towards porn and porn watchers and I don't know what to do about it. I am 23 yo female who watched porn when i was younger too. My first relationship was abusive and my ex made me feel like masturbation is bad, he told me to stop doing it so I did. Then one year later I found out he is masturbating and watching porn every day. That messed me up because he would make porn jokes and sexualize women when he would be with me.

After this relationship ended I saw porn as a catalizator of oversexualizing, lying and general lust. I saw it as something I don't want my future bf to use. The only issue is that pretty much everyone watches porn, but in my head in the moment it feels like the worst thing in the world and I feel severe disgust when I hear about it.

When my current boyfriend tells me about how much he used to watch porn and how many times per day he used to do it I want to vomit. I imagine someone who has nothing to do in life and just walks down the streets, sees every girl and says in his mind "I would fuck her", I also remember all the traumas sex workers go through and how fucked they are, it messes up with my morals cus porn itself is full if abusers.

When my friends talk about porn, I secretly judge them. I start to feel this same disgust. I know this is unhealthy but idk how to escape this feeling.  It is a legit dealbreaker for me, if I hear my boyfriend watching porn I would legit ghost him.

I masturbate too and its often , but exclusively to my own imagination.

r/mentalhealth Jul 11 '26

Venting I feel disgusted being a guy

68 Upvotes

It's not body dysmorphia. I just see the statistics of SA against women or anything bad related to guys that's technically true and I kinda just... Feel bad. Like really, want to rip my skin off bad or I can't sleep because of this kinda bad.

Ik I'm not a bad guy. And the statistics are important. It just... Blegh. That's the best way to describe it

Ykwim?

r/mentalhealth 11d ago

Venting I hate being darkskin and a woman

98 Upvotes

I really wish I was white sometimes, I know it's wrong but it feels as if my life would be so much easier if i was white. It feels like no one wants black women, especially if their darkskin. Ive been bullied and belittled and stereotyped for my skin so many times and im just so sick of it all. These days ive been too embarrased to even leave my house all because i dont want to be percieved by anyone. Im tired of hating myself but the only way i would be able to fix that is by using bleaching creams and i dont want any sort of kidney failure or skin issue with comes with those creams. Im just so sick of it all and i want it to end.

r/mentalhealth Jul 10 '26

Venting Millennials and Gen Z - Why many of us don't want a child or children?

51 Upvotes

Gen Z is now driving a historic decline in birth rates, with only about 10% having children by the age of 23 compared to roughly 24% of millennials at that age. This "baby bust" is fueled by economic insecurity, with 39% delaying children due to financial pressures, alongside shifting life priorities, such as focusing on financial stability over early parenthood.

It's more than this I'm afraid it's generations of curses and generations of trauma and generations of dysfunctional males and females, generations of unwanted children, generation of moral problems, financial problems, spiritual problems, health problems like we've seen this wit the "Lost Generation", "The Greatest Generation", "The Silent Generation", "The Baby Boomers", "Generation X", "Millennials", "Generation Z" and already "Generation Alpha", and "Generation Beta" are growing up in dysfunctional homes all around the world.

  • Verbal Abuse.
  • Physical Abuse.
  • Psychological Abuse.
  • Sexual Abuse.
  • Absent Parents be it the Fathers or the Mothers.

This world in 2026 moving forward is beyond chaotic to bring a child or children into it like I went through a nightmare of a childhood with dysfunctional adults fighting each other and threatening to kill each other and this is why I and many of my generation are not having children.

  • Constant battles and wars in Europe and Asia and its sad to see more innocent men, women, and children suffer an die.
  • Constant sicknesses and diseases like the "White Plague, "Ebola", "Norovirus", "Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak", these "Screwworms"
  • Massive recalls on automobiles and foods like I'm at a point in my young, life like many others, I don't know whats safe to eat anymore.
  • We have all of these multimillionaires and multibillionaires who spend their wealth on foolishness but won't help out the people of the world who are suffering and have been for generations.
  • Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, a lot of these countries in the Middle East and Africa are dealing with civil wars, civil unrest, corrupt leaderships, and famine.
  • High rise of unemployment in the USA like so many in my generation can't pay their student loans and after years of college we are being told that their are no jobs out here for us and if you do find a job its not paying you well and your dealing with rude people.

r/mentalhealth Dec 26 '25

Venting I have a low IQ and it makes me sad

151 Upvotes

I kinda want to end my life now that I realized that I'm just not intelligent, that I'm a dumb person scientifically speaking and that it's the reason why I don't like my life and I failed at everything I do

r/mentalhealth May 15 '26

Venting Living with depression isn't just sadness, it's also a crushing boredom that so many people don't understand

263 Upvotes

I don't want to spend most of my waking hours at a job just so that I can pay the bills to continue living a life I don't even get joy from. All while society is collapsing all around me.

I'm so bored of being alive. It's so dull that it's painful. There's nothing worth filling my outside of work hours with. I don't like myself, I don't like my life, and I'm so tired of doing the grind every day just to get absolutely nothing out of it. I come home from work and cry until my head hurts a lot of the time. I have no goals or hobbies that I'm passionate about. I'm just passing the time and waiting until I can go to sleep. I wish I had something to care about, but I just feel empty.

I have no idea how people without depression enjoy any of this. Being alive feels like eating cardboard every day. It all just sucks and I'm so tired.

r/mentalhealth Apr 08 '26

Venting on my 11th birthday, i saw my parents have sex for the first time

96 Upvotes

on my 11th birthday i saw what sex was for the first time. it was late and i went out of the spare room to go to my room, my sister (14) came to me and said “mom fell off the bed” she brought me to our parents bedroom where i saw them having sex, my mom was drunk but my dad seemed fine. my mom laughed and said “we’re fucking” my brother (21) was also there, just watching. i remember saying “okay..?” then i walked into the bathroom and i started crying. i don’t know why i cried, but i was feeling so overwhelmed and it was my birthday.

not too much later, my dad came out and he saw how stressed i was, my sister asked him “why’s she stressed?” and my dad said “it’s probably because she can’t figure out who to go trick or treating with” it was true that i was also stressed about that, but not at that moment.

since then i’ve seen them and heard them have sex multiple times, without them seeing me, where’d i start crying.

one time they were doing it in our hot tub and my sister had to go out to tell them to be quiet because of our neighbors.

now, i always hesitant when opening their door, i think about the moment and i hope that they aren’t doing anything.

since then ive also just for some reason have a really hard time with the topic sex, i can’t even say the word out loud and i don’t even know why.

they’d never tried to hide it, seeing as they would do it right outside or in our hot tub.

once i was in the garden, my sister and my parents were sitting and my mom said “i really need sex right now” i couldn’t hear it, but my sister was sitting with them so she could and she yelled what they said to me, my mom got mad at her for telling me. me and my parents have never spoken about any of this.

i don’t know if this is bad or not, i truly love my parents, but ive always wondered why seeing them have affected me like this and if this is normal. i think im overreacting but im wondering what about people think.

edit: i have some more things to say.

  1. i never had the talk with my parents, i dont remember how or when i learned what sex was but i remember doing stuff with my body when i was 10.

  2. ⁠i don’t believe my brother stayed and watched. i remember him standing besides me and my sister but id think he left after i left

  3. ⁠another story. i don’t know how old i was but i went to the kitchen to get a snack and saw my parents having sex on the outside couch. there are big windows around that couch so i could easily see them. i went back to my room before they could see me and i remember texting my friend and my hands shaking.

  4. ⁠don’t know if this is relevant but the first time i watched porn i remember feeling so guilty (this was after the incident). i also remember that i didn’t know why i felt the need to pee so bad after doing/watching sexual stuff, it took me into my teens to find out.

if you have any questions ill answer them as best as i can :)

r/mentalhealth Aug 07 '25

Venting What’s a part of depression that no one talks about enough?

324 Upvotes

The way it flattens everything not just the bad moments but the good ones too. How even joy feels distant like watching someone else live your life. It’s not always crying or staying in bed sometimes it’s just not feeling anything at all.

r/mentalhealth 11d ago

Venting What’s something a therapist or social worker said or did that made your situation worse?

31 Upvotes

I’ve had many experiences but I’m curious about anyone else.

r/mentalhealth Dec 12 '25

Venting Anyone else miss their old life?

276 Upvotes

This is something I have been obsessing over for a long time now. Life after 2020 just feel so horrible, is that just me? It feels awful and I don't know what it is.

I can't stop thinking about how nostalgic the past is.

r/mentalhealth Jul 20 '26

Venting M17 I think my antidepressant gave me ed

2 Upvotes

So for the record I’m 17 I was prescribed Prozac 10mg. second day of using Prozac I noticed I wasn’t horny at all I kind of liked the idea of not being horny because I wanted to start no fap to improve my self image and to respect woman so I continued using it for another day but then I decided to stop using Prozac cause I didn’t even ask for this medication I just wanted adhd treatment. Now I’ve been off Prozac for three days I still get morning wood, I still get hard erection, but I only masturbate out of habit and I feel no surge of excitement I’m getting cucked out my own orgasm I hope this goes away idk I just wanted to talk to someone I don’t think I’ll mention this to my doctor cause my parents will be next to me I’ll just tell him I don’t wanna continue

r/mentalhealth Feb 10 '26

Venting The Epstein Files are taking a toll on my mental health

335 Upvotes

I am horrified and disgusted by what is shown and described in the files, and I know what ive only heard is the tip of the iceburg. I won't describe what i saw for obvious reasons.

I so jolly and happy up to this point, despite how cliche that sounds, until i started looking into the release of the new files

i cant continue being up to date on the new news