Hey Dads, I need some encouragement.

This week, I lost a good friend (we had been friends through the last seven years, through one of the most difficult times of my already difficult life), my rent jumped up (and I was barely making it as it was), and my boyfriend and I aren't on the same page about nearly anything (and I can't break up with him in this housing market, that would be terrible to do to the man who saved my life on several occasions).

I don't have the strength to do this. I don't have the help I need to do what needs to be done. I don't want to be homeless again. I don't want to lose what took me so long to earn after getting my feet under me.

I can't call my own parents (they neglected and abused me and my brothers). I have no friends. I'm alone and scared and so, so sad. I just want to be held.