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I've been struggling all month. It's been so dark in my life, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to climb back out if I get much lower.

My Dad died in 2017, and I really missed him this month. He was a surprise to me, an unexpected rock. I miss him so much, and I hate him for leaving me when I was finally ready to be loved by a father figure.

I'm "seeing" a guy as.....I have no idea. We hang out, have random adventures, and have the best sex I've ever had in my life. I've been pulling away because I feel like he doesn't want me the way I want him. (He says that we're Friends that have unbelievably hot sex. I hate that.) When we're together, he makes me feel valued and wanted. When I leave him, I don't want to bother him with my stupid issues. He deserves only the fun me.

My best and only real friend has pulled away, as people do in life. He's trying to make his life work for him, and I am so proud of him for finally getting into trying to be better. I miss him and the way we could just pick up and do something.

I have no idea how or where to make friends. I'm so desperately lonely. If I have something I think might be worth sharing, I go to share it and decide that my thoughts are a waste of time to the people I would share with.

I hate my body. I hate my voice. I hate my hair and my skin and the way I think. I want so much to make a change, but I have no idea where to start. I have no one to ask or to guide me.

I am so, so very down. It's dark in my world, and I just want to not work at the whole thing anymore. I'm not worth the effort, in my eyes.

/r/depression Thread