"I feel terrible after noticing that a whole day went by doing that."

"I was just going to say, shitty roommates. I live in a studio now, paying maybe a couple hundred more each month than I did when I was the only adult at home. It’s exhausting having to feel like a grown mother or dealing with spoiled teens.

Splitting space can save money, but it’s honestly too hard to avoid crappy people. And, in my experience, awful roommates have a way of costing so much more than sharing space could save."—RunsfromWisdom

"I recently had an 18-year-old marriage end, and I'm only now looking back and realizing how trapped in those exact patterns I was, and I appreciated how much damage was done. To me, yes, but also how much those traits destroyed my ability to be a good partner when under high duress. I agree, it's incredible how much trauma shapes."

"I remember really vividly a day when I was working two jobs, taking classes, and trying to have a social life. It was the early 2000s, and we all had Nextel. So while I was doing errands, I kept getting calls and stuff, and I got completely overwhelmed. I started crying in the damn store. It just happened that the next alert I got was from my now partner. He ended up being able to calm me down, but he said then, and still says, we’re not wired for all of this."

"Me too! Retinitis pigmentosa here, but my vision is not quite at legally blind status yet. Sending you love and support! Remember: We are strong-ass people, us blind/visually impaired people. We're dealing with a lot of people's 'worst fears' every day, and we're still doing it, day in and out, and still getting stuff out of life and kicking ass. That's incredible! And we DO NOT congratulate ourselves enough."

"Literally this. Just going outside for 10 minutes is so helpful... I get into a rut in the winter months a lot because of this"

The US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. The Trevor Project, which provides help and suicide-prevention resources for LGBTQ youth, is 1-866-488-7386. Find other international suicide helplines at Befrienders Worldwide (befrienders.org).

The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy.