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

[Biggybigbiggles]

Just that really... mine is that I feel frumpy and ugly. Having always been tiny, I've gotten to 30 and I suddenly just feel disgusted with what I see any time someone takes a photo of me.

If you could click your fingers and remove a problem you have, what would it be?

Money.

After a rough few years in all kinds of ways I finally have a job I absolutely love…and a second job as well, but I’m divorced with a mortgage and a kid in uni and am barely managing to keep afloat.

If something doesn’t change drastically in the next few months and I’m going to have move out of the town I grew up in to try and reduce my outgoings.

I have somewhere in mind that I love but the timing is shite…I have a dependent elderly parent who won’t move with me and have recently met someone…

I’ve got a rough plan of action but it is literally all I think about 24/7 and the stress is making me ill.

@GreekGod

She’ll be grand, it’s a mostly very safe city. Knife crime mostly confined to specific areas.

Money, lack of it, desperately searching for a 2nd job.
6 people in a 2 bedroom house, 4adults 2children, it's a nightmare.
Been having some health issues, just minor things, but i'm constantly knackered and in pain.
Oh and i'm fat, but i've always been fat and I don't even care anymore. I live on 1500cals or less a day, I have a physical job, my diet is good, i'm not unfit, but i'm still fat.

Peace and love to all who are suffering❤️

My weight, always been overweight to some degree and it’s been a shadow over my life

But at 52 it’s really impacting on my health - joints, blood pressure, stiffness, energy

But I binge eat and have really struggled to crack that especially when life is stressful which it always is these days

Good salary but chaotic about money and not much to show for it, and worried I don’t have enough time to make up for it

Worried about my company going under, it’s a terrible time for my industry and I don’t think it will bounce back this time

Awaiting ADHD assessment and life currently going to hell in a handcart, I really struggle to look after myself

Sad about my brothers death a few years ago

A but lonely

Feeling a bit hopeless about the future and very overwhelmed right now

My ddad is dying I'm spending most of my time with him and my dmum and my own physical and mental health is rapidly going downhill . My eldest dson can't get his crohns under control and I feel like I'm being pulled in all directions by them and my other dkids . I can't sleep for longer than an hour at a time as every time my ddad moves or murmurs I'm up even though my dmum is here .
My heart goes out to you all with your problems

Lack of a job. I want my own spending money

I am in this position. It's the most cruel disease ever. ❤️

Deciding what to have for dinner 😭

I can completely empathise with you. Our DD also chose to go to the London uni out of the various offers she had. We're country mice and the thought of her being in London terrified me. I cried (tried to hide it) when the offer came and she was so excited. She saw I was upset and said it's ok mum, I'll go to Cheltenham instead. But I wanted her to do what she wanted to do not what I wanted her to do. It's her life. I didn't want her to regret or resent missing out on the opportunity because of me.

So she went. She cried when we left her in her grotty accommodation in Southwark (we all did), and she cried when she graduated and had to leave. She had a brilliant time in London - so many adventures and experiences and she now lives quite close to the capital as she met her DH and settled down.

Let her go and wish her well. You'll age 10 years overnight, but you can't hold her back from what she really wants to do.

I have a tween who is excluded by his friends group and spends everyday with knots in his stomach worrying. He is quiet, kind and has giant amounts of empathy but can't stand up for himself. It keeps me awake at night. You are only as happy as your unhappiest child as they say ..

O would remove my addiction to mumsnet and procrastination.

My elderly mother, my elderly inlaws, my elderly dog. Every day now their needs and care are at the forefront of my mind. Life is very sad. Awful to say it but my lovely old dog makes me saddest of all.

Keeping on top of housework. I was never brilliant at it and now I have an incredibly clingy baby who doesn’t let me get anything done. I also don’t have any family support so I’m always looking after him. The house looks like a bomb has gone off 90% of the time. And we can’t afford a cleaner.

I wish I could afford to buy a flat, but it's never going to happen. Otherwise things are pretty good, nothing to complain about really.

Spoke too soon - I can feel my gastritis coming on!!!

Housing, or lack thereof. I'm very vulnerably-housed at the moment; and on a low income. Mental health struggles, partly causing my situation; and also my situation making my mental health worse. Awake worrying about it.
I got home yesterday to discover my landlord had been in my room without warning, and taken the door handle off, whilst trying to get a key fitted. But he didn't finish the job; so I can't even properly shut my bedroom door. I'm going away in a few hours, and so so anxious. No dignity for the poor.
I'm tired. I desperately need a home. A proper home, so I can thrive again, be creative, healthy, productive, truly alive. All things currently elusive to me 😔

Lost my twin sons at 29 weeks after birth in November. Devastated and trying to see what we can do to move forward.

Losing all my pregnancies, IVF trauma, upcoming transfers freaking me out. Elderly parental mental health issues. Relationship challenges with DP.

Well that makes me feel bad - I'm renting but it's secure, and while quite basic it's absolutely fine for my needs. I'm so sorry for your current troubles, and hope you soon find a proper home so you can thrive. 💐

My problems are mild compared to many here.

Very overweight and Type 2 diabetic. It's from my psychiatric meds. They work really well, but if I stop it's like a bomb going off in my head. I live in fear that the meds will stop working as I don't think I can go through another crisis.

I was skinny before the drugs. I can't lose the weight. I have to prioritise my mental health over physical. At least I have psych treatment available to me.

My heart breaks for you. ❤It really does.

@Biggybigbiggles that I'll never have another baby, and if I get pregnant again I'll lose that one too.

I'm so sorry ❤️

Waiting for hospital results for DH.

ExH ongoing psychological abuse of DD
DM with dementia
Being overweight

I pray every single person who has posted on this thread finds a solution to the issues they have posted about, and some peace. So many broken situations with strong emotional toll attached.

I lost my twins at 29 weeks after birth 5 months ago. You are in my thoughts and I hope we get our rainbow soon.