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Does anyone else get this of guilty feeling when you’re happy with OCD? If so, how did you combat it? The traditional “exposure therapies” and such don’t really help with this. All the negative thoughts just accumulate and make me believe I am horrible, which I’m sure a lot of you here can relate to.

When I have a really good day, I get this horrible weight of guilt, like I don’t deserve it. Almost like I’m an imposter in my own happiness. It’s like I believe that I’m “tainted” and pure, wholesome joy is something I don’t deserve. Some stuff happened to me when I was a kid, which caused me to develop OCD, which may play a part in the guilt aspect.

Does anyone else experience this? If so, what do you do to combat this feeling?

Does anyone else get a little nervous about their typical diarrhea with metformin with this new parasite going around? I mean, obviously it should be way worse than my typical diarrhea.

But sometimes I get a little nervous im some sort of carrier that metformin is masking, lol. This isn’t too much of a legitimate concern, just wondered if anyone else on metformin or other tummy-upsetting meds felt similarly.

That means no one go in the comments and call me stupid, or be nasty. I know this is an unlikely thing to mix up, just curious if anyone else had the same thought I did.

I am turning 18 in a month, and am currently saving up for college. I have about 1,300 saved and work part time. Is that acceptable? My coworkers were making fun of me for having such a small amount saved. I try to save some from my paychecks, but saving is admittedly not easy.

My coworker graduating with me has saved a whopping 13,000, and my older coworker commented that her 20 year old son is worth more than me. They told me I shouldn’t expect my parents to pay for everything, and I’m very spoiled that they’re helping. I am an only child, and my parents have been incredibly kind and willing through this whole process.

My parents are covering my first two years, and I have managed to get a large scholarship covering over half of my tuition. I am incredibly thankful for these things. I’m also planning to work during college and hopefully get an internship.

Am I grossly underprepared? Maybe it bruised my ego more than anything.

I am turning 18 in a month, and am currently saving up for college. I have about 1,300 saved and work part time. Is that acceptable? My coworkers were making fun of me for having such a small amount saved. I try to save some from my paychecks, but saving is admittedly not easy.

My coworker graduating with me has saved a whopping 13,000, and my older coworker commented that her 20 year old son is worth more than me. They told me I shouldn’t expect my parents to pay for everything, and I’m very spoiled that they’re helping. I am an only child, and my parents have been incredibly kind and willing through this whole process.

My parents are covering my first two years, and I have managed to get a large scholarship covering over half of my tuition. I am incredibly thankful for these things. I’m also planning to work during college and hopefully get an internship.

Am I grossly underprepared? Maybe it bruised my ego more than anything.

I am a life-long Xbox player. My dad got an Xbox one when it came out and I never had the cash to switch. I’m now going to college and am in the market for a new console.

I have a lot of Xbox one games, but am open to switching to PlayStation. I would like a reasonable amount of storage and the ability to play physical games.

I mostly play Minecraft, The Sims, Watchdogs, and various horror titles. Should I skip a console altogether and invest in a gaming PC? I don’t have much knowledge of gaming outside of the ones I typically play. I am under a little bit of a budget but am planning to buy used. Please help me!!

I’ve never liked having parties that celebrated me because my family always makes them incredibly stressful. Everyone’s really mean and short with me all day because of the stress of planning it that I end up feeling worse about myself by the time it’s over.

My family members also have a tendency to get into arguments on special days, essentially ruining them. During my Sweet 16, my mom was so cruel to me I would sneak away to cry for a lot of it.

These events never feel like they’re in celebration of me, just parties my family hates planning. I can’t even have a prom or dance where my family is nice to me leading up.

I always get a little excited leading up, thinking that it will be different this time. But no one ever actually wants to celebrate me, they don’t even seem to be excited that there’s going to be a party. I feel more like a nuisance than something to be celebrated.

Today is my graduation party, and I already feel like I’m failing, and I just got up. I’ve already gotten a nasty call from my dad. I hate big events for myself, I just want to lie in bed all day and not be bothered or hounded by anyone.

I used to be a very kind and understanding person. Lately, depression has gotten the better of me, and now I come off as cocky and short. I don’t want to seem so uninterested and hateful, but I’m so miserable it’s hard not to be. I take 100 mg of Zoloft, I tried using a higher dose and got stomach ulcers. Any tips to be less terrible to be around when you’re doing poorly?