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I spent the majority of my life fucking about and not really achieving anything. I relocated country, worked in the woods. However as of last year I enrolled into University studying Mathematics and Physics. As a mature student (27) what are my chances in the future trying to find work in a related field and does anyone have any tips about internships and finding them, also how much will my age effect this?

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When they want something I can't say no. When my friends drag me around to print stuff for them (I do it for free even though it costs me money) I walk up and down the hall 10 times in a row but can never say no.

Is it because I was mercilessly beaten as a child and forced to walk on egg shells to prevent setting my drunken father off ?

This always ends terrible. It's gotten to the point where I can't do my own stuff because they keep using me. I've noticed that people don't think twice about exploiting this flaw in me. It hurts me too. I feel terrible but whenever they instruct I feel compelled to agree.

Why am I so fucking stupid ???

PLEASE HELP ME !!!

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>be nursing student
>doing senior practicum at a hospital - only 2 days left.
>come off of shift
> get punched in the back and bag stolen off my shoulder - have my laptop, wallet, and stethoscope in bag ... it adds up to me losing 800$
>they use my credit card 5 times and get caught by the cops
>press charges but can only prove the credit card fraud
>they're 17
>get letter in mail from mediation services asking if we can find a way to settle this without going through the court system

I was planning on asking for 1000$ for a settlement but I'm not sure If that was reasonable or not. Some people are saying I won't get that much and others are saying to go for 3,000

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I'm pretty certain my boss doesn't like me. Not outright hates me - otherwise he would've fired my ass long ago. But just enough that I notice he keeps a closer eye on me than anybody else, any little mistake I make gets met with a harsh retort while anybody else who makes the same mistake just gets a mild rebuke, he gives me shorter deadlines than anybody else for similar tasks, and various things like that. The worse part is that I have no idea what I did to make him hate me as a human being, as I'm polite to everybody in the work place, I show up to work on time, and I even voluntarily come in early or stay late to make sure a task is done and done correctly.

Near as I can tell, I can only GUESS that he doesn't like the WAY I'm working. That is, how I set my priorities, my tendency to do one thing at a time as opposed to multi-tasking, and I rarely come out from behind my desk to just socialize with anybody nor do I go to lunch with him or anybody. And things like that. But he's never told me outright what he doesn't like about me, and I'm too much of a coward to ask because there have been times I've come to him with questions about various job-related things and it's pissed him off.

And if I'm being honest here: He seems to get along just fine with almost everybody else except me. And even my co-workers have observed and told me, in confidence, that they notice he is a little harsher on me than anybody else.

So what should I do? Should I just quit and find another job? Or should I try to change my work habits?

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I've been wanting to kill my father. A lot.

Some background: he's been an abusive piece of shit for all my life. My mother told me once that she never divorced because she's afraid he would kill her.

Last year he bot brain cancer and he's acting more and more ilogical and it's getting impossible to bear with. There isn't a single day I'm not pissed as fuck. Everyone would be happier if he just died already.

Since he's sick and all, probably they would blame it on his disease (it's evolving fast. Hopefully he'll die this year)
Could I be caught? What would you do?

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I hate this loneliness and myself even more for imposing it on myself. I want to get out there and meet new people, I'm mature enough now to see that I need to take risks if I want to improve as a person. What things can I do to meet new people and a potential partner?

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look.
And the worst part of looking into the void is that it looks back.
I'm in a dark place. I need a new start the outside world looks so bright.
The veil has been lifted and I see my reality.
I am building back what I have, not much, a nice car a nice job everyone is dying my own health physically and mentally is slowly dwindl.

I look once more, I retort.
Why do you choose to see so much sorrow when you can see the building blocks to the way over the wall.

"The wall" he asks.

If you have gotten this far I'm sure you can see where I am.
But who am I? I am no one. I am anonymous, but another terabite of information to be shoved in a box below the floor.

So scrambled. Encrypted. When you finally get to the point of no recognition that's when you free your mind. You see from every angle, as if you long for it.
You see every outcome. And you see the end, because that's what binds us. The final fate before tomorrow. I've lost it once more

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So I think my girlfriend looks pretty with her long hair, but she told me that she wants her hair to be shorter. I'll obviously still love her with her short hair, but she just looks really good with long hair. How do I tell her this? Should I even tell her at all?

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what are some basic small talk topics with coworkers? Really hate being so awkward and quite on elevators and walks around the building with the people I need to share an IT office with.

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Recently my boyfriend broke things off with me. I was so happy in the relationship, but he dumped me on snapchat after he stood me up for a date.

I gave my virginity to him so it's really hard to get over it, and he apparently is telling all his friend he dumped me because I'm crazy.

I really just need to talk to him but he ghosted and blocked me on literally every platform. I know he's being a child but it's so hard for me to get over things. I can't sleep and it's been a few weeks but the last 5 nights in a row I've had nightmares about him.

I know we shouldn't be together, but he's all that I want, what do I do?

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For the past forever I've had a bad habit that when I felt really down (this happens a lot) I would go to whichever internet community I was hanging on at that give moment and just vent.

Problem is I'm there right now but I'm not really "in" any internet communities anymore, there's no one in my life beyond an acquaintance level that I would want to talk to. I've a therapist but it's another week until I see him again.

I need a new outlet, something to occupy my mind. Shitposting on 4chan is not enough. Any suggestions?

Restrictions are: Can't cost money. Can't make me look like an idiot. Has to be something I can drop immediately if need be.

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Wtf I just wanted a new waifu someone send help

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Am I just cursed with a low social intelligence? Is there no way to improve it at all?

I'm a decently smart guy who when it comes to social situation, has a hard time knowing what to do. When I am at work I'm normal, I have something to always fall back on if it gets awkward, going to do a job. But any get together or something, I feel like I am always out of place or just overthinking literally everything.

I have tried alcohol, only makes me annoying or comically over the top and something like xanax only makes me not talk.

I am 23, have been working since I was 17 and work has not helped me improve this. Is there no way to buff up social intelligence?

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How do I know if I have a mental illness or just being a pussy? I'm super tired mentally of everything. Like to the point of physical illness just from thinking. Do I need meds or do I need to man up?

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Fear of failure is am exhilirating obstacle to overcome. Let's share our tales to encourage other anons that failure is not the end of the pursuit.