Hi mom,

I went to the cinema today for the first time all by myself. Saw a really nice movie (sense and sensibility) and enjoyed myself so much! I felt like myself again for a few hours. Life is sometimes struggling but I feel so proud I did this!

i'm 27 and this is my first time in college and living on my own, i was super super nervous! but i passed my midterms with A's and 1 B! :D

Lost quite a few friends I thought were family. Looking back it seems like the trash took itself out more often than not, because they were only fairweather friends and secretly envious. However, I'm a loving person and worked a lot on my own attachment patterns. I don't want to live an isolated life and wish to work with the lessons from my past and create better friendships in future. Quality over quantity as I'm my own best friend now and I don't need many people, just a handful of genuine ones who are actually happy for me would be great. Please share any words of wisdom, encouragement or what you would tell your child.

Thank you Internet Moms 🙏🌸

Hi moms!! I’m 16f and my whole life I’ve been SO scared of driving!! I’d even get scared just being in cars while my parents drove lol. I wanted nothing to do with driving, until my best friend started and i realized I really wanted to overcome my fear. I passed my permit test first try in may, then took driving lessons and have been driving a lot with my parents. I’m not even scared to drive anymore. I love driving, and feel so happy when I drive because 10 months ago I was so scared I didn’t even want to think about it.

Now..the anxiety is back! Although I feel comfortable driving with my parents, I still have to take my real license test. I’m super scared of tests in general, especially the idea of being evaluated/judged. The driving test is 20 minutes of being judged by someone right next to you! It’s terrifying to me! I wanted to just put off taking the test and just use my permit, but in a random burst of confidence I scheduled my driving test for November 17th.

I feel confident in my driving, but not confident in my test taking abilities. I’m going to be so scared the entire time, and be completely devastated if I fail (even though I know it’s not a big deal and I can take it again, it doesn’t help much) I know I’m going to feel so much better once it’s over, but until then I’m completely terrified and anxious.

I’m not telling anyone in my life that I’m taking my test (besides my parents) because I’m so scared to fail and have to tell everyone I failed, but that means I have no one encouraging me, since no one even knows it’s scheduled :(