I’m not really sure how to start this, but I need to let these feelings out somewhere because they’ve been eating me alive. Life feels unbearable right now, and it’s like every day is a constant battle just to make it through. I feel trapped inside my own head, drowning in thoughts that I can’t seem to control or quiet down.

I’ve been feeling like this for a while, but lately, it’s gotten worse. It feels like there’s no way out of this pain, like no matter what I do or how hard I try, things won’t get better. I look around, and it feels like everyone else has figured out how to live—how to cope, how to find happiness—but I can’t seem to do the same. I feel like I’m failing at something that should be so simple: just existing.

I can’t help but think about how much easier it would be to just stop. To stop feeling, stop fighting, stop pretending everything’s okay when it’s not. I know those thoughts are dangerous, but they’re there, and they scare me. I don’t want to feel this way, but I don’t know how to stop it.

I don’t know if it’s loneliness, exhaustion, or just the weight of everything in my life piling up, but I’m so tired. Tired of trying, tired of hurting, tired of feeling like nothing I do matters. I feel like I’m invisible, like no one would even notice if I were gone. And that thought…it breaks me.

I don’t want to give up. I want to believe there’s something better ahead, but it’s so hard to hold onto hope when the darkness feels so overwhelming. I’m posting here because I don’t know what else to do, and I just need someone—anyone—to tell me they understand or that they’ve been here and made it through.

If you’ve ever felt like this, how did you get through it? How did you find the strength to keep going when everything felt hopeless? I could really use some words of encouragement or even just a reminder that I’m not completely alone in this.

Thank you for reading. I don’t know if this will help, but it’s the only thing I could think to do right now.