To ask what your biggest problem in life is at the moment

Just want to say I'm so sorry for everything that you are all going through. Life can be fucking cruel. I lost my labrador in a truly horrific accident a few months ago. She fell from a third floor balcony onto the high street of a busy town centre. She actually survived the fall but broke all four legs. I will never ever forget the sound of the thud when she hit the pavement, or the crying out in pain, or the look in her eyes when I was cradling her. I know some people will say, 'she was just a dog' but it was the most horrendous thing I've ever gone through. 💔

Parent took OD last week :( getting better but it's hard :(

Figuring out how to get enough money for Lipeodema surgery so I can be pain free :(

I can relate. DP has terminal lung cancer.

My exH has been charged with three counts of assault on a child- my son. He’s taking me to court to get access to children and I can’t afford the solicitor’s fees. Trying to buy a flat, but credit is ropey due to mounting solicitor debts and struggling to get a mortgage. Don’t know where to start and hiding my head in the sand. Thought I had met someone nice, but he’s blowing hot and cold. Life’s a shit show- I’m done with adulting and chain smoking instead

Holy crap, reading these comments is making me put my entire life into perspective. I sincerely hope everyone on here going through tough times all the love and peace for the future

Husband has prostate cancer and has retired early on ill health. So finances are strained. Also parents in law both have dementia.

The threat of world war 3….i worry so much about it

Going through divorce slowly, (no agreement on finances), alongside challenging chemotherapy for breast cancer, live alone with my dogs and cat, it’s a struggle. Missing my last remaining family memner (parent) who passed 2 years ago, struggled through sorting their estate out, then all this.

Disabled Veteran, 5 kids, suicidal severe spinal and pelvic injuries.
Been sleeping on sofa for 3 years due to marriage breakdown. Been on social housing list for 2 years. One of those years in band one ( the most urgent band)
7 years old son is autistic and has a mental age of 4. 14 year old son has ARFID. 15 year old daughter has suspected autism and is very violent and agressive, she punches me, refuses to go to school. Husband is rarely around to help. I feel desperately alone and wish the council would help us with a house. Housing benefit is only £750 a month so couldn't afford to rent privately.
You deal with whatever is in front of you at the time. Jobs, cars, health, relationships, housing, parenting. Your biggest problems are stressful until something worse happens.
Normal small daily stresses are apparently hugely impactful on mental and physical health.

After 30 years of adulthood never finding the right job I finally have one I love, but...it's stressful and exhausting as well as fulfilling, and doesn't pay enough.

I had a second job which I've had to give up as I was totally burnt out but need to find an alternative by the end of September or I'll have no money for saving or disposable income whatsoever.

I'm working towards longer term career goals but hard to say when those will come to fruition (involves and OU degree so could be several years). Other option is to relocate to a cheaper area which I absolutely love but elderly widowed mum is here and we have no one else to support her so I'm a bit stuck!

Have to say that reading this thread makes me feel very grateful thoug that I at least have some options and possibilities to consider.

Being isolated with my non verbal autistic 8 y/o son. He is still in nappies and still smears it. No family help and hardly any friends. Have my husband but he finds this all so distressing too. My son is becoming more and more sensitive to noise and we can’t go anywhere without him screaming. I’m seeing his social worker tomorrow so hopefully we might get some more help.

Trying to get a diagnosis for DS ongoing health related issues (which is time sensitive), the GP failing to action the referrals that she was supposed to make months ago, and not being able to afford to go private.

Other anxiety related health issues with DS (not caused by the above, but exacerbated by them).

Peri-menopause is absolutely breaking me, mentally and physically. I just want to feel like myself again.

Aging parents who live hours away (they announced they were moving closer to us which would have been lovely, but that was 9 years ago and it still hasn't happened!).

Our house needs a lot of work doing but no money to do it. So much decluttering needed too, but no motivation to do it (thanks peri-menopause!).

Mine is money, my hours have been reduced, husbands business is struggling he is working day and night trying to keep it going, priority is paying staff and suppliers so not bringing any money home, it’s very difficult x

Trying to work out how to help 17-year-old autistic DS out of bed and get on with his life, whilst thinking how much easier things would be if I could leave a job I'm increasingly disliking.

Martin Lewis did something on this morning about this the other day basically said go to the finance company and say it isn’t fit for use, I’m sure it will be on catch up I think it was Monday or Tuesday x

Mainly money issues, a house with that issues that needs fixing like a damp course and my three and a half year boy who still only says some word words. He is quite behind. Also maybe autistic.I am hoping he will cope at school nursery in September.

I was in a car accident in 2021 and suffered a fractured vertebrae with a collapsed disc in my neck. It left me with adhesive arachnoiditis that's strangulating my spinal cord and two nerve roots. It's excruciating. I'm on high doses of an opioids and muscle relaxers, just to keep it bearable. Unfortunately, they make me feel so foggy and slow. My antidepressant also knocks me out, but it keeps the soul crushing anxiety and melancholy at bay.

I also haven't worked since shortly after the accident. We do ok financially, as I made some very sound investments and try to manage our money very wisely. I just have no real purpose in life, outside taking care of the family. Prior to the accident, I was working on a PhD in Immunobiology. My family is wonderful and I love them all dearly, but I miss my work. I haven't published a paper since 2022.

The guy we bought our house from 9 months ago hired a scam artist to do roofing work. Not only was the work done completely wrong, but he's trying to extort money from us now.

My husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and borderline personality disorder last year. While he can be a great help when he wants to be, he's also the cause of plenty of our problems. Like tearing up the house and leaving it wrecked for months.

I feel awful about complaining about all of this, when people have bigger problems. It feels good to say it all, though.

Exhausting stressful job, very frail parent with dementia alone at home, depression, menopause.

not that much really in the grand scheme

To say I’m sorry doesn’t seem nearly enough.

Injury slowing me down and NHS not responding so I googled physio, debt, childcare, family forgetting daughters birthdays and partner getting increasingly stressed and depressed, trying to help but only so much I can do whilst working, juggling childcare with no help from family or friends and training new people as people keep leaving due to not wanting to work that hard... people don't want to work or only want to work the bare minimum and it's not ok, I sometimes hate being a manager😐

That sounds a nightmare situation.

Boredom : I ve got responsibilities so I need to keep ploughing on with a work and parenting routine for a few more years.

Menopause/perimenopause : dipped libido and energy.

Mysogynistic society.

Heartache.

2year old’s dad planning to marry another woman