Which of these is the worst - and why?

[msc545]

[Sweetsurprize]

I think Despair is the worst as it can lead one to suicide. It means hopelessness and you feel as if you will NEVER get out of this hell hole. Like you are going to suffer forever. Trauma can be overcome with enough time and treatment/therapy. Guilt is pretty bad too, but it depends on the severity. If you feel GUILT or SHAME from killing someone (either accidentally or whatever), then YES that would be pretty awful too! So I think in all honesty, DESPAIR and GUILT/SHAME is head to head with this one, if not equal at times.

And loneliness can be easily overcome with having fun (either by yourself or with someone else). If you know how to have fun by yourself, you'll NEVER be lonely!

[Miah05]

I choose trauma, because all of the onese you have listed are linked to trauma.

Trauma brings guilt as you begin blaming yourself, loneliness because you feel noone could ever understand what you are going through from the trauma, which leads to despair as you lose all hope to ever feel better, shame because what you went through is embarrassing and you fear others finding out plus the embarrassing feeling of allowing someone to have this power over you for so many years, and sadness comes from all the emotions that the trauma gave you.

[kellytheman]

I feel trauma just because I feel that it be hard from what ever happened. I would take maybe years of therapy just to deal with something. I had a girl that was sexually abused and she had a hard time getting close to a man emotionally and physically because if being traumatized from that.

[Wonderingguyy]

Trauma and loneliness have got to be the worst - I’d even pick loneliness to be the worst out of both of those.

[On_cloud_wine]

From my own experience. Trauma is the worst of them all.

[HelpfulWoman]

Trauma can literally cause all the others.

[lightbulb27]

trauma can be anything including physical or emotional, so I vote that. it's all addressable to some extent.

[Lyndsielee666]

Trauma slaps me around worse than anything else because it turned into bpd

[slatyb]

Guilt and shame are close to the same. Perhaps shame includes guilt.

[DarkWinterNights]

Despair because it’s the final mile marker on the way to suicide.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I picked Trauma

[exitseven]

Trauma.

[Robertjo16]

Loneliness. For sure. I had a whole family 1 year ago. Since then, my dog died, my twin brother overdosed on cocaine, my dad and mum left because they blamed me. I do have another dog, but he's my sole compainion. I've never felt more like shit in my life

[Massageman]

Despair is the result of when you do not have the "coping mechanisms" for all the others.

[On_cloud_wine]

So this realigns and associates with trauma

[Nikki1989]

All kinds of trauma can cause mental scars that can last a lifetime.

[douride2]

Trauma. The memory will always be there in some form.

[Staximus]

Probably trauma because it can cause all the rest

[LavLavLuv]

Trauma. It’s just.. 😵‍💫🥴👹

[KrakenAttackin]

Fuck, aren't many of those intertwined?

[Snakeyes7]

Despair is kind of at the root of all of these so I am picking that.

[shortster]

Loneliness, we are designed to be social.

[srsamet]

Trauma I don't know

[Baddie_reese]

I picked trauma because I've been through this and it can go into any of these options

[Anonymous]

Nothing hits harder than Guilt/ regret
Cause probably there's nothing you can do to rectify that!