needing help with life and relationship

Advice Needed: Mental Health

To give a small introduction I’m a 22 year old male with a passion for riding and wrenching on motorcycles/everything automotive. I believe in God and try to pray as often as I can. I ran a motorcycle shop for quite some time until they tried to raise my rent and it forced me out so I’ve been jobless since then.

Recently I’ve been fighting with a vape addiction, mental health struggles and staying close to God as well as being a better man in my relationship. A day or two ago I just wrecked my motorcycle while doing a wheelie on the way home and damaged my hip so I struggle to walk; I’m also forced to stay home for quite some time now. I just had quite the mental break down at home today and got a text from my girlfriend saying she wanted to split up and follow God on her own path which I don’t discourage but I don’t want to lose her. This has been my main worry recently and it seems to be my biggest cause of distress right now since I don’t really have anyone else to lean on. I feel that I’ve fallen farther from God since the start of our relationship (been together about a year and a half as of right now) and now I feel so empty and sad. Then when I pray I don’t feel much, I feel that I’ve been fake when praying or empty more or less. I just don’t know what to do, I haven’t been able to sleep properly or stay consistent at anything and finding a job with my skill set in my small town has been quite difficult. I’ve tried surrounding areas or remote jobs but haven’t heard anything back. All of this has definitely contributed to a fall out in my relationship for sure, my lack of keeping a job, lack of contacting or calling her at work when I have free time and saying I’ll get better but haven’t has really effected her thoughts of me and it sucks. I don’t know why I’m running in this cycle that I am but I just need help trying to get out of it. Any help is appreciated, thanks for reading and sorry for not putting a TLDR. My heart, mind and body just aches so badly right now.

Posted Aug 31, 2025, 12:24 AM UTC

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