despair

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Details of organisations offering help and support with mental health, or feelings of despair are available at BBC Action Line.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

That convergence of feelings made me wonder: What kind of girl would write letters to former flames, not out of love, but out of despair?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

You have avoided great depths of despair and panic, and even greater heights of self-congratulation and ecstasy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

It’s far easier to sit in the boiling waters of despair until the heat becomes tolerable than it is to try to alter the temperature all on our own.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

She sniffed and wiped her face, not sure of whether the tears coursing down her cheeks were from despair or the smoke.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack