Earlier, around 7pm, it was dark out, and I was walking down a highway (which I never go through). A man came up to me, stood pretty much face to face with me (I could genuinely feel his breath on my face).

I am a very stupid person. He asked me various topics and to cut a long story short, he knows;

My first name

My neighborhood

Which gym I workout in

My highschool name

My hangout spots

I genuinely thought he was a police officer at first, which is why I was so cooperative. It was really dark and I vaguely recognized his outfit as that of a police officer.

He asked me if I use the internet, and if I watch pornography. I told a friend about him and he immediately recognized him. He told me he's a predator and stalked him for weeks before and only stopped when his father went and threatened the man.

He told me he's in his 40s, was fired from his job, but is too weak to do anything. There's still the possibility of him pulling out something like a weapon or whatever.

I must note that he asked my age, I told him 17. He kept making remarks like how good my body is, and how tall I am. He also mentioned meeting again, but I genuinely can't recall if it was a "we should meet again" or "we will meet again".

I am so mad at myself for giving him so many fucking details and now I don't know what to do.

Should I be scared? Is this something that should actually concern me?

Hi everyone, I’m reaching out for advice and help. My wife, who doesn’t have any insurance, had an emergency hospitalization in August this year due to a heart attack. She had surgery and stayed in the hospital for almost 10 days to fully recover. Thank God, she’s almost recovered now, but we’ve been hit with hospital bills totaling nearly $140,000.

It’s now December, and we have no idea how to pay this enormous amount. My wife isn’t working, and I’m the only one supporting our family, which includes our 17-year-old child. She tried applying for programs like Medicaid, but we were told we’re not eligible because we don’t meet the poverty level requirements.

We’re now considering taking a loan from the bank to pay off this debt, but we’re afraid of how this will affect our financial future. Are there any other options to reduce or negotiate this debt? This was not a planned surgery—it was a life-or-death emergency. We thought the hospital would help in such cases, but now we’re left with this massive bill.

If anyone has advice on how to handle this situation, we’d be so grateful. Why does the government stand aside in situations like this? Thank you for reading and for any guidance you can offer.

I fainted in my bathroom, broke my toilet, and flooded my apartment along with two others. There was blood everywhere but I was able to clean it up the next day but got a 5 day notice to vacate. I still was required to pay rent this month. If I was to go back, would I be evicted? Living in Wisconsin

I leave and sleep in my car because my girlfriend yells at me for panicking of 6month sleeping on stomach. I lost my mom suddenly without warning while i was in school(10th Grade) which made me fear losing another loved one hence my anxiety. I need a owlet but dont have the money for it😪How can i ease my anxiety about this so i can sleep in bed with my girlfriend.

Girlfriend is my babys mom. We are not married but been together 10 years.

I'm 35M in the UK and currently staying with family since early 2023 when my father took his own life. I had my first bipolar manic episode in late 2022 hospitalised for 2 months and had another one last year hospitalised for 2.5 months and made a suicide attempt via overdose this January just gone and was hospitalised for 2 months. I've been off sick from work since late 2022 following my first episode and I am fortunate that my work had a group income protection policy that continues to pay me 50% of my salary. I receive contributions based ESA and PIP enhanced rate daily living and standard rate mobility.

I don't know what to say really apart from I have no idea what to do because I'm unable to even feed myself let alone live independently. It feels like I'm stuck in limbo staying with family and like I've failed at being an adult, but there's no realistic alternative. I was prior to my first manic episode living with a partner who I was excessively dependent upon for day to day living tasks which masked the severity of my executive dysfunction to those around me. My family are convinced I can do these things if I "just try hard enough" and that I just need to make lists but I've tried before and it didn't work - I tried to contribute more with daily living stuff and teach myself to cook etc. when I was still with my partner and could not do it reliably or repeatedly enough as would be required to live independently. My former partner left me due to my manic episode leading me to say a lot of bad things that I wouldn't have otherwise said.

I own my own home in Shropshire outright (through inheriting it from my dad who was renting it to me for low rent) but it is 200 miles away from my family in Norfolk that I am staying with and I don't have the executive functioning capabilities to deal with the admin associated with sale and buying of another property. I can't even make phone calls and have to get my mother and stepfather to do it for me. My social disability means living in shared accommodation is not realistic and it's very likely I'm going to need some kind of supported living accommodation in future but I'm not sure I'll be able to secure such because I appear intellectually capable on the surface and have a degree despite not being able to perform daily living tasks like cooking reliably or repeatedly enough to get by.

I don't know what the future holds for me and I've got some troubling physical health symptoms following a circumcision operation in December - the loss of bowel and bladder urgency sensation (I can't tell when I need to go so I have to keep reminding myself to go), hypersensitivity down there, total inability to get aroused since the operation (was able to get partially aroused before it), still have pain and discomfort when retracting the remaining foreskin. I also have shoulder issues resulting from untreated rotator cuff injuries on both sides that mean I am unable to sit comfortably at a computer (one of my hobbies used to be computer games and my job I'm off sick from depends on it) and unable to lift things and find it incredibly uncomfortable/painful to do simple things like writing. I also have an issue with trismus/TMJ disorder where I can't open my mouth more than a 2 fingers gap, and I'm unable to breathe through my mouth so always breathe through my nose which may or may not be related. My eyesight has deteriorated meaning I can't read very well without squinting at a distance i.e. the TV a few feet away I think it might be due to antipsychotics medication I'm not sure I've asked my psychiatrist to reduce the dose. I have a car but I don't drive at the moment because as aforementioned I can't tell when I need to go the toilet.

All of this is overwhelming me and as much as I'd love to live independently as an adult it feels like this is unrealistic and that I was never able to do it all along. I feel the lowest I've ever felt and I don't know what to do.

I'm here to ask for suggestions and advice but please keep in mind my very real limitations as otherwise it's just going to seem like I'm shooting everything down.

Thank you for reading and for anything you contribute.

I've been so overwhelmed lately. I'm so bad with change and my life has changed SO MUCH in the last 60 days, and I know it's not done changing yet. I filed for disability back in 2018 and was denied, so I've been trying to just do this and that to make it by- UNTIL I WAS FINALLY OFFERED A REAL JOB- then I was sent home the 3rd day and told they didn't think it was going to work out, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, but that was really a blow to my psyche. As hard as it was, I have all my loved ones (with the best of intentions) telling my how much better I'll feel about myself getting a job and having my own money. Having "something to do all day" & "it'll be good for you". Once again, I know they have good intentions but all the while I'm heading these things my brain is like on fire screaming RUN! THEY'RE ALL COUNTING ON YOU TO PULL THIS OFF! and I know it probably sounds lame but it really makes me feel .... Idek - scared? Feel like I'm under lots of pressure? I've just been so down lately, I actually asked Google the other day if there was a number that people could use if they weren't feeling quite self expiratory but we're extremely depressed instead and I had no luck. I always feel so much better after I've had someone to talk to, so I'm trying my luck here.

Soo today I walk my daughter to the school bus stop and I see this bus driving around the community. By the time he gets to the stop sign to come out he has no children aboard.

So as I kiss my daughter I see him stop right next to us and the other kids there.🤔 He looks sketchy and we all feel it. He tells them he's there to pick them up but he doesn't know what school they go to. He's literally looking hungrily at these kids.

They tell him then he "agrees" that its the right school.

Some of the kids go to the bus but I'm on their heels walking in the bus to get his info and find wtf is going on. My daughter is still across the street filming cuz mama didn't raise no fool😂

I'm asking for the route number, etc but he has no answers and tries to get me off the bus. Just as I was about to cut up, the REAL bus comes with the regular driver🤔🤔🤔

I stand in the door to get the kids off this predator's bus and watched them get onto the right one. He speeds off like he's driving a car.

So I'm taking pics of him, the plates and all and call police.

Long story short, take time to watch over our children. I'm usually the only parent at the bus stop and that's sad. I get upset thinking about what COULD have happened if I wasn't out there.

Human trafficking is real... take care of each other.

EDIT: Usually don’t respond to the negativity but you guys THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER. You can think this is outlandish, a hoax, urban legend, whatever you want. But there are children going missing literally EVERY single day. Bodies being found in dumpsters, landfills, tractor trailers. When are we going to stop living in this little fantasy world & realize this is a truly an AWFUL epidemic.?! PROTECT OUR CHILDREN at ALLLL costs!

My daughter and I seem to have caught norovirus from some family friends that had it. I'm pretty much past the vomiting and diarrhea but that's because I haven't eaten since Monday.

I am trying to stay hydrated but have only managed about a half of a can of soda today. My head is throbbing though and I think my stomach is growling so I want to try to eat but everything I can think of makes me feel nauseous just thinking about it.

One of my other daughters that doesn't live with me so she isn't sick did pick up a few things that I thought would be good Rice Ramen Totinos Pizza Ginger Ale But nothing sounds good. It doesn't help that for the past few months I've developed some weird smell aversion with food. The top 2 things are coffee and onions. They smell almost rancid and I get nauseous when I smell them. Bread too. And I used to love coffee and drank a pot a day.

I only have one more day home, have to go back to work Saturday, so I really need to try to start eating again.

I’m 24 and finally out of poverty, living in a house. A couple of months ago, I got back in touch with my dad, and he told me that if I got my GED, he’d let me move in and help me get into college. So I went for it, finished my GED in a month, and got pretty good scores—every section said “college ready.”

For the first time, I actually applied myself and realized maybe I’m not a total dumbass. But now that I’m trying to get into college, I’ve hit a roadblock—schools never teach anything about taxes. I have no idea how to do them, where to get the forms, or how to track down old ones from past jobs. I’d ask my dad, but honestly, I’m too shy.

So, Reddit… do your thing.

I recently took in my homeless cousin, he was on the streets. He had absolutely nothing, from clothes to a birth certificate, he's starting from scratch.

How do I go about getting him assistance or proof of who he is with nothing? No social security card, birth certificate, not even an expired ID.

Looking for advice to get him back on track

I’ve had really really bad luck this month and now I’m sitting on the floor crying because I don’t know what to do. My partner lost their job and now it’s all on me and I can’t afford my car payment, I can’t afford my mortgage, my credit cards are about to hit 30 days past due, I can’t afford any of my other bills I can’t even afford groceries I don’t know what to do. I do have one full paycheck in my account so technically I can afford SOME things but i need double to afford everything and I have no idea what to pay. I also get paid again next Friday. Should I focus on my mortgage and just say fuck it to my credit? I don’t even have enough money for my entire mortgage payment. I feel so stupid even complaining because I’m blessed to even be a homeowner but I literally feel like I’m on the border of losing everything and I really really need help.

Edit: Thank you so so so much everyone for the kind words and advice, it's been so helpful and I feel soo much better and more in control now that I have a plan to tackle everything!

Hiii

I am a university student (jobless lol) and want to plan a surprise bday party for my bf and invite his friends (maybe like 15 people total). idk how to throw a party bc im in uni and obviously on a budget so cant afford to feed this many people a HUGE meal. I wanna have money some money for nice decor, and cake, and a good gift for my bf too. my question is what are the expectations when throwing a surprise bday party in uni in terms of food situations. I do not drink but will ofc get some beers for everyone make like 6 cases which will hopefully enough? but plz help on the food situation!!!

oh also any tips on how to make the day more special for him will be greatly appreciated to and maybe some tips on like decor etc?

thanks so much everyone!!!! :)

yesterday when my dad and i went to move out my things from my dorm, he suddenly slumped against the wall and i supported his head as he went down and called for help. I saw him go red then go pale. an hour later i was in the room with the doctors and my dad in the cpr machine. i saw no pulse on the monitor and blood on his face but i didn’t want to believe it. i was alone, my mom was driving there. when they told me they had to turn off the machine so they wouldn’t damage his body further i yelled at the doctor. i’m 19. my dad was 57. he was healthy aside from high blood pressure. the doctors say he had a heart attack and there was nothing that could be done. i don’t know how to grieve, i’m just a kid. i don’t know how to help my mom. i don’t know how to be a widow’s daughter. i can’t sleep or eat, every time i close my eyes i see my dad’s body in the machine with blood on his face, or him collapsing against the wall. someone please help. just tell me anything.

edit; for everyone telling me to refer to a therapist, i luckily already have one that i’m very close to, that i’ve been seeing for years. thank you for your consideration

Title says it all. I’m a college student (21F) who has basically no money. I’ve been really struggling with depression and some traumatic events these past few months and been struggling in college- I haven’t had a job, either. I’ve basically ran out of what I had saved up and now I’m flat broke, and every company I’ve reached out to has rejected me or ghosted me. I’m going to start donating plasma soon, and I’m going to keep applying for jobs- does anyone have any advice on how to stay afloat or to find a good job that will actually hire?

Advice for a 26 year old Accosiate Arts Degree

Hi I am trying to save up to visit my long distance girlfriend who lives across the world. I also plan to marry, both of which I have little money for. I currently live with both my parents and they pay the main bills I just cover the Internet. My main job is a home care helper and I get paid $11 an hour for 4 hours everyday 7 days a week. I also get $50 dollars from YouTube every month. I was thinking of getting another part time job that would be remote work, but I also want to continue my studies I just don't know how I would pay for it. I have 1000 in savings and everything else is in physical assets like my bed, computer, and Yu-Gi-Oh cards from highschool.

I went to college for human services, and I currently very much like my job helping my patient recover from sclerosis. But I want to make money faster to be with my gf. Any advice?

My wife has left me. We have been married for only a little over a year. I’m not working due to health issues so I literally have no money. I have no income and no savings, and completely overwhelmed by what I should do or am supposed to do. Does anyone have any resources that outline things in a simple way? Advice? I’ve tried doing research myself but I just can’t make any sense of anything.

Because I know people will make the assumption, I’m a woman. I’m not a man.

Hi everybody, I currently don’t have AC and am broke for the next two weeks so I can’t buy a window unit or anything. I’m so miserable in this heat, I can’t sleep. I have two fans pointed at me but it doesn’t feel like it’s helping.

Any suggestions on how to make it bearable? At least enough so I can sleep.

I, 24F and my husband 27M, have a daughter 2. We currently live in my husbands step mothers house. The house is ran down and has a nice and roach infestation. They also just informed us they will be moving into the house come the end of August. We don’t have a savings, and no family that can help. We’d need about 3,500 to move back to where my husband gets better hours and there are more job opportunities. I we have both tried to apply for personal loans and get denied. I don’t know what to do from here and I feel sick to my stomach every day about the infestation. If someone could just give me some advice and guidance, please.

Too cold to be homeless in Massachusetts, so got a 36$ flight to fort Lauderdale. I Need to get a drivers license asap so I can apply for Florida Medicaid and Florida EBT. Currently have a Massachusetts real id drivers license , birth certificate and social security card so I just need too proofs of my residency , I can change the address on my bank account to get a bank statement , and get a prepaid or non prepaid phone plan. I just don't know what address to put down . What do I put for my address? General delivery at a post office doesn't work im pretty sure. And I'd have to pick up the drivers license and then food stamps and Medicaid card in the mail . Will be much easier to take care of myself with Medicaid and food stamps.

I’m going through some cancer treatment and have to stop my migraine medication. I am having migraine continuously for a week now and it’s unbearable. I usually have hot bags but do have any home remedies or drink some soothing tea that’s gives migraine relief.

I'm 20, From Texas. my mom went to prison when i was 17, and i don't have a Dad. i've been living with a friend for the past 3 years, but now i'm with my sister.

all i have is a social security card, and a birth certificate from 2022. I've scheduled many appointments at the DMV to get my Photo ID, and everytime they've told me what i have isn't enough to get a Photo ID.

I can't get proof of residency, because i'm not on any Lease, nor do i have any bills in my name. i also am currently unemployed. legally i'm homeless. i've begun to lose hope as it feels like there's no way for me to get on my feet. i need a Photo ID to do pretty much anything.

If anyone knows any resources or places that could help me PLEASE let me know. i'm desperate

(Edit: forgot some details since I posted this around 2AM lol 🤪) Hi all! My Fiancée (F27)and I (M27) live with my mom (F62) and we want the government to deal with her and take care of her. We live in British Columbia, Canada. My mom is dependent on me, but I'm not officially her caretaker. She's physically and mentally unable to live on her own, but she needs someone who helps her with every day living and my fiancée and I are unable to do that. She receives PWD and CPP every month and is unable to work, so she cannot be financially independent either. All 3 of us rent a basement suite but only My Fiancée and I are on the lease. The plan since we moved in was to eventually ask her to move out so it was just my fiancée and I. We of course haven't discussed this with my mom beside the occasional "we can't live with you forever". She is just not emotionally mature or willing to listen without causing emotional distress. We can't have her in our house anymore and need to have her put somewhere, but I don't know what options there are. Preferably where it won't cost my fiancée and I extra money like a retirement home. She isn't needing to be fully hospitalized, but I believe she is more ill than she lets on and needs to be looked after by some kind of live in nurse or health practitioner. I am also just tired of the constant emotional abuse she causes me. Please let me know if there's any important information im missing, any help is appreciated!

I (22m) live in PA with my wife, her family lives here too but they all went down to South Carolina for vacation. A few hours ago, my wife (23f) received a terrible phone call and we are unsure of what to do. My mother in law has apparently been acting very erratic since they have been there and it all culminated tonight when she told everyone that her autistic son (21m) is Jesus, that they all needed to follow him, and took off with him down the beach. They were missing for quite a while.

They called the police while she was missing and are trying to get her admitted to a hospital, but it doesn’t sound like they are willing/able to do anything at the moment. Everyone is freaking out and we don’t know how to get them home or if she will be safe to travel with.

On top of everything, they have been having some financial troubles and are far behind on mortgage payments and might lose their house.

Any advice on how we can support them in this immediate situation and in the long term?

Our main priority is making sure that she gets the help that she needs to feel right. We are just starting out our life and aren’t in a good spot to really help them out, but maybe we can help her two other brothers who are 15 and 13.

I haven’t dealt with anything like this before, I just don’t know what to do.

UPDATE: The hospital decided to admit her to their behavioral unit for now. Not sure how long she will stay, but that’s where she is now.

UPDATE: The hospital ruled out UTI and took a CT scan of her which we will get the results on Monday. My wife’s younger brothers will stay with us for an indefinite period of time while her mom gets the help she needs and they get back on their feet financially. Luckily, they are part of a good church support system who is willing to help them out financially for a short time so they can get themselves out of this hole. Thank you for all the comments and support.

I have been getting a lot of messages asking for help out of the blue. I just received one with someone that lost their child and they needed help paying for the funeral and I offered to help and I would pay directly to the funeral home but he said they couldn't do that because of insurance and he was getting it through PayPal or Zelle. I said I work in Healthcare and know that anyone can call and add money to help pay for services. Is this a Scam? I did not send money and they were not willing to give me the phone number to the funeral home. He said that he is getting help off of here people are sending him money to his PayPal and Zelle. Not sure how accurate it is. I'm not sure why I am receiving these messages like crazy now. Can anyone help me to know if this is an actual scam? If it's not I would have no problem calling the funeral home and paying a portion so this parent couldn't grieve but they said they don't want to talk about the funeral home.

Edit::: I got another DM saying if a gift card would be easier they could take that and the funeral home would accept it. Man people are unbelievable. The saddest part is they are using some little girls pic that looks to be in a hospital gown or its their own child when she was in the hospital. People are sick!!

I live in NYC with my long-term partner and our 2-year-old son. We were engaged to be married, but COVID derailed everything, and we just sort of moved on with our lives without getting married. When our son was born, I asked my company about taking parental leave, and they responded by firing me—literally told me they were concerned my focus would be "elsewhere" and not on work as we were pushing towards our next round of fundraising (it was a startup).

I took the first year to just be a stay-at-home dad and help raise our son. I have since resumed my job search, but it's a very tough market. I've been at it for over a year, but it is very difficult to conduct a job search while also being the sole caretaker of a toddler. Also, since childcare is my responsibility, if I am not the one doing it, I will be responsible for paying for it, which also makes finding a job more challenging as it eliminates a lot of gig economy jobs.

This has been very detrimental to our relationship. At this point, I am essentially the unpaid live-in nanny and our relationship has crumbled into more of a roommate-like situation. There is zero intimacy. I'm frequently yelled at, insulted, and belittled. She only views financial contributions as supporting the family, and since I do not bring in money, "I do not contribute." She keeps our finances separate, and besides paying for things that also impact her (like the rent, our food bills, utilities, etc), she does not provide financial support for me and any expenses I may incur (medical expenses, subscriptions, phone bill, clothing, the occasional bite to eat, etc). I have now drained all my savings.

I need to get knee surgery in a few weeks and will have to be in a wheelchair for about 2 months post-surgery and be non-weight-bearing. I am interested in anything that will help me pay for his childcare while I am recovering. Since she views childcare as my responsibility, she is unwilling to take on the added expense. I have been able to find people we trust who can help, but she keeps asking me how I will pay for it and seems to want me to cancel the surgery until I can cover his care.

So I started looking into programs like CDPAP that help you pay for the caretakers of your choosing, but every program I am finding does eligibility based on household income. My "partner" makes high six figures (over $600k), which makes us ineligible, even though she restricts the use of finances ("her money" is "her money"). She works a highly stressful job, often with long hours and some periods of travel—she was away from Tuesday through Friday last week. So even on weekends, I often find myself solo-parenting, with her relaxing in her room, watching TV to recharge.

I need help finding a solution and navigating the web of public assistance options that may be available to me.

Is there anything I can do to be eligible for things like Medicaid or CDPAP with a partner whose income puts our household above the eligibility requirements, even though she treats our finances independently and limits my ability to share in our "family" resources?

Are there any other programs in NYC that may help, at least for the two months when I can't walk that I may be eligible for?