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I’m so sorry Cloudblossom *hugs* Don’t let them get to you!
I’ve had trouble with eating for a while now and I feel sick even if I just nibble something. So now I only eat when my mum makes me. But it feels unfair that she watches me eat and so I’ve been trying but the most I’ve eaten in a day this week is a tiny bowl of cereal.
*sends lots of hugs*
maybe eat fresh fruit and smoothies and dragonfruit!! And don’t drink any water before you eat, and take it easy while eating and gradually build up to a full 3 meals per day. And definitely consult a therapist and doctor, please.
I think I’d go to a doctor if I were you, that doesn’t sound good.
*hugs* Please talk to a doctor, that doesn’t sound good.
Okay, so this isn’t a big deal but (girl talk incoming) I just found out I need a really expensive bra size, which makes sense because none of the ones I’ve tried on fit properly, but I feel really bad about it because my parents just spent a ton of money on contact lenses and Invisalign for me and I’ll probably need toe surgery soon, and with two teenage boys in the house, our grocery bills are really high too, so I feel bad about needing $70 bras just for comfort when they have a lot of other stuff they could spend that money on
there’s no need to feel guilty about whatever bra size you are! you deserve to feel comfortable, and wearing bras that are a proper size, especially sports bras, can save a lot of money and avoid health problems, so it’s good that you’re investing now 🙂
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*hugs* You shouldn’t feel guilty! You deserve to have bras that feel comfortable and fit you properly, especially since it’s not just for comfort, as Osp said, having bras that fit well can help avoid health problems. And if you get the right ones now, instead of going through lots of poorly-fitting ones, you’ll probably actually save money in the long run :))
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*hugs* like Osprey said, it’s better to have the right size and stay healthy then have an uncomfortable size and maybe have health problems later 🙂 and your parents just want what’s best for you, they won’t be mad for things to cost a little more as long as you stay healthy <3
*Hugs* I’m sorry! And I know how u feel!
*hugs* You shouldn’t feel bad! Like what Osp said, you deserve to be comfortable, and shouldn’t feel bad about being comfortable. Also, it will help avoid sickness, which will just cost more than the bra’s themselves.
I feel very sad and just not confident— especially in dance.
I genuinely love what I do and I truly enjoy dancing, but I feel so… sad. I’m at a lose-lose situation with dance— I didn’t get moved up to the next level with the other seniors, but if I did, I would have had to quit show choir which I didn’t want to do. Plus, I’m gonna be the only senior in my level, which is just… awkward in and of itself. Also, because of a genetic disorder I have, it makes things like balance, certain turns, and coordination really difficult. I try really hard, but every time I practice I get discouraged and rage quit. Honestly at this point part of me wonders why I even try at all when I go into class and see all these other girls with triple pirouettes and perfect bodies and coordinated moves and literally everything I don’t have and now I’m just starting to think “I’m a horrible dancer.” Which logically I know that I’m not, but I can’t help but feel that way.
Plus with my dad making comments about girls with my height and body type not being good dancers, and my mom being frustrated with me venting to her about my dance-related insecurities, I feel very alone rn. 🙁
Also screw my logical Vulcan side, I’m literally crying rn as I write this.
Hugs/advice/words of encouragement would be appreciated.
*lots of hugs and cookies*
first of all, maybe take breaks once in a little while and get enough rest. then don’t worry, you’re not the only one who rage quits a lot. most of the time when i accidentally ruin a traditional drawing i rage so….
*hugs* don’t let others’ words stop you from doing what you love <33
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That sounds really hard. I also feel like I’m horrible sometimes at cheerleading when I don’t do this or complete that. If you truly enjoy and want to, then I think you should continue with dancing. About your parents, could you possibly tell them how you feel when your dad talks like that or your mom doesn’t want you to vent to her?
*hugs again
*hugs* If you enjoy dancing then you should continue with it, and being the only senior in your group doesn’t really matter two much, some of my closest friends are over a year younger than I am 🙂 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍫🍫🍿🍿🍭🍭🍰🍰🧁🧁🍧🍧🍬🍬🍩🍩🍨🍨🍦🍦
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I am not much of a hugger, but I come with cookies!
Hey don’t beat urself up about it! Try different styles of dance! And practice some easy gymnastics moves – that’ll help too! *hugs*
I’m sad right now 🙁
I do cheerleading and my season just started. Great, right? But the other day I broke my ankle doing a back handspring, as I am a tumbler as well as a flyer this year. So now I won’t be able to cheer for a while, and I feel like I’m letting the team down.
Hugs?
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*hugs* You aren’t letting the team down at all- your health matters a lot, spending time to recover isn’t a fault. Wishing you a speedy recovery <33
You aren’t letting your team down, as the injury isn’t your fault. It’s sad that you’ve broken your ankle, but maybe you could do something else to cheer on your team? *hugs*🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍦🍦🍨🍨🍩🍩🍰🍰🍿🍿🧁🧁🍧🍧🍬🍬🍫🍫🍭🍭
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So I have two friends, Duskfire and Wolfspark. Duskfire can be very blunt at times, and even though she doesn’t mean to be, mean. A while ago Duskfire had told Wolfspark to k!ll herself, I think maybe as a joke, idk. I didn’t find it funny. Today Duskfire told Wolfspark she was “so useless”. Later at lunch, Wolfspark started crying. I had never seen her cry before, and I didn’t know what to do. She said it was because of what Duskfire had to her (the suicide thing). I really don’t know what to do, and I feel so useless. Advice?
I’d say go tell a trusted adult about that. Duskfire seems kinda mean :/
*Hugs* If Duskfire is making everything uncomfortable, I think it’s time you and Wolfspark should space yourselves away from her until she thinks before she speaks again, or at least tries. The best way to help Wolfspark is to help her space herself from Duskfire, or tell an adult what Duskfire is saying.
I know this is minor compared to other problems, but I’m having a terrible day. First, I got my cloud dough ruined by accident, and then my annoying sister decided to tattletale on me about it and would not let me feel a batch she made. Then I went to class LATE, because the teachers DID not let me in. After, I was not able to do any of the blookets they sent me. Arrgh.
i like making slime!
*lots of hugs* that sucks :(((
*hugs* tomorrow’ll be better <33
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One of my friends has really hurt me. Hugs please?
*hugs* If they’ve hurt you physically then you should definitely talk to a parent/teacher/trusted adult about it. If they’ve hurt you emotionally then try to talk to them about how they made you feel 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍭🍭🍭🍫🍫🍫🍬🍬🍬🍧🍧🍧🧁🧁🧁🍿🍿🍿🍰🍰🍰🍩🍩🍩🍨🍦🍦🍦
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*Breezy comes with cookies 🍪 🍪 🍪 🍪*
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i feel so frustrated :/ my mom turns the wifi off on me EVERY TIME I go overtime when using my freaking chromebook. and this time (only roblox adopt me players will understand what I’m saying) I was about to do a really good trade AND my mom turned the wifi off RIGHT THEN LIKE OH MY STARCLAN-
then she yelled at me for a half hour and MAYBE took away my kindle scribe for a week but thankfully i found my other ereader with a web browser on it that she doesn’t know has it so here I am.
Gaaaaaah. adopt me is basically my comfort game and keeps me from going insane tbh :3
*hugs* I can totally relate to that, maybe try to talk to your mum about it?
i sadly can’t :’] she doesn’t even know i play games
*hugs* That must be frustrating! Maybe you could explain to her how much Adopt Me means to you :3
she doesn’t know i play games and I’m not allowed to so……..
*hugs* I can totally relate to that. Will she listen if you explain to her how much adopt me means to you?
no. she hate games. she’ll just take away my chromebook if i told her :(((
I’m sorry! I know how u feel, I play roblox sometimes too! But on the devices in my house my mom puts a screen time on so basically once you’ve been on for a certain amount of time it makes the app unusable unless you put in a passcode only my mom knows and its so frustrating when it goes out just when ur about to do something! *Huggggggs*
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I’m not feeling great🙁
Firstly, tho mys sleeping problems got a little better, I still have them, and because of them, I keep my mom awake too and she’s always really tired and then I blame myself.
Second, even tho it’s my fault she’s so tired, I’m still sad she doesn’t have a lot of time to do things with me.
Third, I feel like I’m weird. For my age. I like doing trips with my parents, to the sea, an amusement park, etc… But you NEVER see any other teenagers doing such things with their parents, and I just want to do what I like but I also want to be normal.
Fourth, I’m really angry at my grandparents. Only three of the four, but still. My mom’s parents are both really controlling and not nice to me, and my dad’s father is just really unsensitive and stubborn, which kinda clashes with me cuz I’m also pretty stubborn. I just don’t wanna see them anymore, and being with them makes me sad.
And lastly, I know this is a VERY, VERY minor problem, but I love soft ice cream and can never find it anywhere. There was a fair, with a stand that had it, in my mom’s parents town. I got there one soft ice cream two weeks ago, but guess what? This week, I was so mad at them (without showing them cuz they never ever apologize for anything) that I left early and didn’t get a soft ice cream and I’m just sad.
With sleep maybe try to avoid thinking about stressful topics when your trying to sleep (I know it can be hard to do that tho) or listening to audible or something similar? I don’t have any advice for the rest of it 😕 *hugsx100000*🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍨🍨🍨🍦🍦🍦🍩🍩🍩🍰🍰🍰🍿🍿🍿🧁🧁🧁🍧🍧🍧🍬🍬🍬🍫🍫🍫🍭🍭🍭
I can really relate to number three 🙂 There’s this stupid stereotype that teenagers shouldn’t be nice to their parents or something, but personally I put family before friends. I’m proud of who I am, and you definitely should be too <3 I hope your sleep problems get better soon.
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*hugs* I know how u feel about the ice cream… well sort of… instead of soft ice cream i loveeeee pistachio flavour ice cream but i can never find it anywhere 🙁
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*hugs & cookies 🍪🍪🍪🍪*
I get the sleeping problems! I have insomnia, and it sometimes gets better, but it still stays, luckily i dont keep my parents up, but it causes me to feel lonely. I like to read, that helps pass the time till sleep comes, and is independent.
2nd, dont feel weird about that! I’m not quite a teenager, but i do still love to go on trips to the beach or amusement park! thats not weird at all, and if someone tells you it is, they’re wrong
Also, i love this matcha/green tea flavored soft serve/ice cream, but i never get it.
Hope this helps <3
Hugssssssssss I’m so sorry
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you’re definitely not weird!! if it makes you feel any better me and basically everyone i know still go on trips and outings with our parents. i think its pretty normal so you shouldn’t feel self conscious about that :))
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*Hugs* For your sleep, just tell yourself to breathe and try to calm yourself. For problem 2, do what you love to do! If you feel uncomfortable then find things you love that make you feel more comfortable, or just enjoy yourself. (Normal life stinks). For problem 3, just don’t talk to them. Tell your parents how they make you feel, and see if you can just space yourself from them. Problem 4, no advice but I sorry :'(
About 3, I still want to do stuff with them and still like them, I’m just worried others will judge me
Wassup, check in bad winds right now which knocked down my bosses tent, good thing it’s day off and she’s home. Pretty cold all week, I’m injured again with knee sprained by slamming into bottom of dock since I’m a lifeguard at summer camp on a pond. I also got stung by a bee for first time. Tryed last week but server down. Well I should sleep, bye.
*hugs* I hope your knee feels better soon 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍭🍫🍬🍧🧁🍿🍰🍩🍦🍨
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My friend group tried to start a baby sitter club thing and were holding meetings Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I said that I probably can’t do that every single week, especially Mondays but she just got annoyed at me and told me that I probably should not be in the club at all if I couldn’t. I actually didn’t really care so i just said okay and I would help them in any ways I can. Then she said that then she had to find a different treasurer (the job that I was in) and it was too hard to that. She asked me if I can try to shift somethings cuz the schedule was perfect for the rest of the group. I said I can’t and they would be better off without me and I just felt like I wasn’t cut out to be a baby-sitter. She just got raged up at me and said that I was SUPER annoying and that I don’t belong with them. She is on a break with me till now and my birthday’s tomorow. I really feel awful and wish I could put some more time for my friends ☹️. I just really want all of this to end and be normal friends again and Im scared of losing her forever…
Ik this is probably a very minor problem but… hugs and advice appreciated?
*hugs* you have no reason to feel awful. Your friend is the one who did something wrong. You can’t help that you can’t shift your schedule and she has no right to force you into a club you don’t want to be part of.
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Firstly, hugs and cookies to everyone who needs them (I think i responded to a few of you, but not all)
Well, I’ve just felt really insecure about my weight/looks recently. For a bit, my weight has been in the “overweight class”, and I just feel really bad about it. I want to be healthy, and look fine. Also all the other girls I know just seem a lot skinnier, and prettier than me. Also I talked to my dad about it, and he was nice, but now he doesn’t let me eat ANY sweets and I have to do 3 up-and-downs of the stairs (basically go all the way down to the lobby and back up is one, and I live on the 12th floor). I know he’s trying to help, but I still want to enjoy eating, and exercise. And now I feel like I shouldn’t eat as much, and I feel guilty every time I eat a lot.
Hey ivo, I totally get how you feel, because all my friends have like, the perfect body shapes, they’re all super pretty, really fast and/or really strong, and it’s hard not to compare myself to them. I am a pretty fast runner compared to quite a few people, but my friends are always pretty faster than me which is kind of embarrassing trying to keep up with them 😛 what I’ve learned is, maybe eating sweets never won’t help, but maybe you could set a day or maybe two days in the week to eat some sugar! Or, maybe you can arrange a running plan with some friends where you just run around your town or city early in the morning! (Ofc I don’t know where you live so don’t do that if you live in like, New York or something 😛)
Sometimes it can help to just start your day off with a quick seven minute workout, maybe some core workouts or abs or whatever you want, because believe me, seven minutes a day can go a long way. If you don’t have motivation to work out, maybe your dad could figure out something you like, and offer it to you at the end of the day or after your workout or something! Or maybe, working out with your dad could help boost your motivation to do it! And believe me; it’s really easy to look at a picture of yourself and find every little detail that looks horrible and not perfect and ugly; but trust me when I say that people don’t even notice half the things you do! I bet there’s plenty of people out there that think you’re beautiful but no one comes up to say it. Sending a thousand hugs and sorry for the long post 😀
Tysm Cedar!
*HUGS* I totally get it. Just remember that you’re still awesome no matter how you look <3
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*lots of hugs and cookies*
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I’m sorry you feel like that. No one should feel uncomfortable.
Heya peapol. Not gonna go into detail but I made my mom cry. Not feeling too great about it.
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*lots of cookies 🍪 🍪 🍪 🍪 🍪 🍪*
If you believe you were at fault, you should apologize to her.
*hugs* maybe apologize? :’]
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