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Hello. I don’t know if this is the right place to post this. If not I’m sorry. I’m 16 and female and I have anxiety, depression, and possibly OCD. I don’t have friends to talk to about the things I need help with. I overthink so much I need to talk about some of these thoughts before I give myself a killer headache eve... | depression |
One blessing with this pandemic- everyone is doing curbside pick up now. Place your order ahead, call store when you get there, no need to go in.
Pre Pandimic, I'd spend at least 30-45 minutes drooling over shit I knew I couldn't afford. End up buying at least on average $20 worth of crap I didn't need thanks to ADH... | ADHD |
So you know that whole thing where focus becomes a trillion times better at night? I experience that basically everyday and I like it but also find it kinda useless cause I also need to cut myself off and go to sleep. Does anyone have any advice on how to change that or flip it around? Anything useful based on your liv... | ADHD |
Hi I am a 22 year old female struggling to find an adequate ADHD diagnosis in Brooklyn. Does anyone know of any good doctors? My psychiatrist keeps suggesting anti-anxiety and depression medication and I feel that she is not hearing me at all. She says stimulants are hard to prescribe if I was not diagnosed as a kid a... | ADHD |
After seeing a couple of posts here that have gotten a lot of attention in the last day or so, I think it's time to raise this point. (one about being attacked for confronting someone "misusing" the term OCD, and another about how correcting people is a futile endeavor)
Many, many OCD sufferers are actually distressed... | OCD |
Sometimes when I'm being intimate with my boyfriend I'll get fleeting memories of instances of sexual assault with my old abuser and it's disgusting, but I'm usually able to push it away. Its enough to make me have to pause but I don't feel the heart racey anxiety, just a big disconnection and confusion and extreme fru... | ptsd |
i’ve only been diagnosed very recently, but the reason i ended up back in therapy was because i wasn’t eating enough. all eating disorders have been ruled out because if food is set down in front of me i’ll eat it and finish it with no problem and i have no body image issues or food anxiety. the problem for me is the t... | ADHD |
I have become so attune to masking my symptoms during my day as I am in a doctoral program and I know the required professionalism that is typical, but when I go home and smoke, it's like a GIANT bubble burst and oh my am I weird! (I use weird as an awesome definition, rather then seeing weird to be bad). I crunch my f... | aspergers |
DAE resist compulsions for so long but your OCD thought is just kinda almost lingering subconsciously….you know it’s there but you don’t actually pluck it out and think about it…..and then you feel some sort of happiness and peace but you can’t tell if you’re getting it from the OCD thought or from what’s really happen... | OCD |
Recently, I’ve been so depressed and anxious about a possible pregnancy from when I was going through a manic phase and wasn’t careful (look over my precious posts for details).
My girlfriend has been so supportive, and honestly has been the only thing keeping me alive in general, but going through this has made me re... | depression |
im not sure what this falls under. i have not been diagnosed with anything and most of my life i have been fine. this year i turned 19 years old back in june and it feels like everything after that has gone to shit. i am not the same person i was at the year start. right now i really do feel like dying, but also not re... | depression |
I haven’t seen my abusive ex in almost 2 years since I last left their room. I thought I was safe and strong enough to go on Instagram’s discovery page but obviously was wrong—I’m pretty sure I saw them though I quickly clicked out.
Even though my entire body flooded with fear, I was able to calm down. I still can’t c... | ptsd |
I hope that each of you are able to find your value today, to give thanks to all of the people that help keep you together and find solice from your trauma. I Love you all very much. | ptsd |
I want to make it clear that I don't know if this is related to ADHD, but to get this post out, the stupid bot made me make the title misleading. But the smallest motions make me flinch. Everything. The sound of a hammer pounding, the bass of music in a car, people who approach me. My own motions sometimes make me flin... | ADHD |
i (M 18)
please help me i was talking to a girl and did stuff with her like seexuual stuff and she used to say things like i don’t like being touched and stuff and basically i told her before we did the stuff that i don’t do relationships and basically she told me she was trans after i said i don’t have feelings for h... | depression |
About two years I suddenly began retching daily. It comes on as a light gagging, and if I don't fully allow myself to get to the retching (near vomiting) then I can't move on. So basically I feel like I'm on the verge of vomiting all the time and for over two years I've had to deal with "you sure you're not pregnant? *... | OCD |
Which means until then I have no access to medication or assistance from my medical care. What can I do in the mean time to help with my ADHD?
For the most part, I like how it nurtures my creativity but on the other hand, I’m struggling so much to be productive. I can’t get anything done until the last minute and it’... | ADHD |
Idk if it’s a side effect of OCD or just anxiety in general. But (before our breakup ofc) i confided in my bf of 2.5 years about my OCD.
Literally the only other two people who know about it are my therapist and my best friend. I’m so ashamed of it and have hidden it (probably unsuccessfully idk) from everyone in my ... | OCD |
Did anyone else suffer really bad with ocd when at school? I can remember constantly getting these intrusive sexual thoughts when sitting next to people in class or talking to a teacher. It used to make me super anxious as I literally thought I might lose control and do something totally fucked up | OCD |
So I have been reading online about shadow people, my anxiety and ocd have been going nuts and I just want to find something to believe. | OCD |
Okay so basically, when i was 4 years old i was completely toilet trained and had just stopped bed wetting. my family went on a holiday to south africa where my parents had parties with many random strangers and drugs involved. i know that one night, there was a blackout and my mum told me she can’t remember what happe... | ptsd |
To preface, me, my mum and my sister are all ASD. I suspect it's causing some interpersonal mishaps in our household that's allowed me and my sister to be complete dicks most of our lives. It's a bit embarassing but my 20 year old sister won't do chores and at the age of 23, I can't get her to change her attitude. I us... | aspergers |
Weird question I know. But since the pandemic, I’ve ditched the socks and I feel good about it. There’s not a second where I’m not barefoot. | aspergers |
rant// ive been 'depressed' for as long as i can remember. the idea of suicide has always been a reoccurring thought to me, but its not until these past months that its starting to actually feel like a real possibility for me. I've made so many bad decisions that have led me to this place and i dont know how to get mys... | depression |
I've seen therapist and psychologist this year through my journey of healing after a bad separation.
I feel a low cost group therapy could help.. or creating a peer support group . Thoughts ? | depression |
has depression ever ended or taken a toll on a romantic relationship for you? I'm really struggling with this currently.
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edit: I realized maybe I should have been less vague.
I've been struggling with depression since I was 10. currently 20 and just moved in with my partner of 2 years. I think we wanted to ... | depression |
Hey everyone. I'm desperate. Not even 3 weeks ago I was a relatively care free 27 yo. Now I'm a nervous mess that has let anxiety and distress tear his life apart. About 4 weeks ago I had gotten into a bad place with health anxiety. One day my vision felt off, and I began to fixate on this. I googled my symptoms as the... | OCD |
There are some stuff that I think it is the most disturbing thing ever, but there is a little voice inside my head which I hate who always says "I want to do that", and I am like I DONT WANT TO DO THAT, THIS IS THE MOST TERRIBLE THING EVER. I am always fighting with this voice, but I am always losing because it is insi... | OCD |
Hi, my situation is as the title describes. I know it’s very specific but I am wondering if there is anyone else out there in my shoes who has done this. Im afraid to label myself as having ADHD because of stigma, and because it was already insanely competitive to get in. I just don’t want it to cause me more problems ... | ADHD |
i feel emotionless, i counter all emotions i have with some other thought. I haven't felt happy in a while, but i have felt sad. I know i am weak, and will one day end up doing something i regret. | depression |
is it when u ask someone to say that everything is fine and that this problem is small ? And also what is the difference between seeking reassurance and seeking support ? | OCD |
I'm done.
I’ve come to terms with the fact that I want to end my life. I’ve spent a lot of time evaluating recently, and this is ok with me. It’s different than before. This isn’t impulsive, it’s planned. I’ve read all the statistics, and suicide is infectious in social circles. If I do end my life, I don’t want it t... | depression |
31m here, wanting to hear if sb can relate to a issue I have regarding work life.
When i was younger and had small jobs through school or weekend jobs i hated it. I found myself looking at the clock two hours before i started, crying and waiting for when i had to leave to reach work in time. Every job i had i Just qu... | ADHD |
I’ll be starting EMDR therapy for my ptsd and I’m looking forward to it in terms of long term benefits for my ptsd. I heard the first couple of sessions can be extremely hard to get through. Has anyone done it and if so did it help? | ptsd |
Had my first session with my new therapist yesterday and she talked about doing ACT. She is sending me some information on it (video sessions), but I started looking into it a little bit on a few different psychiatry websites. The general idea of the processes seems legit, but the language and exercises I was reading m... | ptsd |
For example, I get a visual image of me cheating on my bf who I love dearly and then feels something in my stomach and adrenaline racing and like I have to do something?? Is it that an urge to cheat even though I definitely don’t want to? Or an urge to rid myself to the anxiety? | OCD |
Hello all,
My boyfriend is struggling with some rough depression and cannot afford therapy and has bad side effects from anti depression meds so isn’t willing to go on them. Besides the basics of good nutrition and exercise, what other steps can he take to help him overcome his depression. I was thinking mediation and ... | depression |
Hey, guys, I'm having a hard time with ERP.
trying to explain a bit, my intrusive thoughts are affirmative sentences like "I want to do..." "I will do..." but those things are the opposite of what I want and totally against what I am. the thing is: I CAN'T do ERP. I can't look at those sentences without thinking I a... | OCD |
This is gonna be a bit of a long post.
20F. I'm diagnosed with ASD, Aspergers when I was 7 and then got an ASD test when I turned 18. I generally had an unhappy life, with an abusive mother, an enabler father, and a family that I think is just cringey, infuriating or toxic. I've suffered from a general depression sin... | aspergers |
Does anyone else feel this, when you're starting to feel down but you also feel incredibly relaxed and music sounds so much better? It almost feels as good as being happy | depression |
I suffer so badly with ROCD. I’m 16 now and was first with this boy when I was 14 and was not a great girlfriend but I have only realised now i’m older my mistakes. I have made mistakes in the past and they do haunt me. I love this boy so much but my rocd scares me by making me think ‘do i have feelings for this person... | OCD |
Hello,
Those of you who drink a lot of caffeine, how does it effect your mood/overthinking or obsessive thinking?
Also, if you have quit caffeine dependence, has it helped?
For me, it feels like I can think faster but that also leads to spiraling, anxiety, and not being able to focus. Let me know! | OCD |
I'm a trans girl who has been repressed by my parents ever since I initially came out, where they said "no you don't have enough life experience to know" I was 15 btw
Ever since then, they've never allowed me to be who I am, whether that's my sexuality (pan) or my gender.
They also really hate my other gay/trans frien... | depression |
Hello guys I am f23, recently diagnosed with ADHD and start taking one Ritalin LA 10mg per day since a week ago. It makes me calm and be more patient, friendly to other. However, about one hour after I took it, I felt quite sleepy, like this morning I took it at 9:00am after breakfast, and I felt tired around 9:30 to 1... | ADHD |
I deleted Instagram about a year ago because it was the source of a lot of my intrusive thoughts and distress related to ocd. I kept compulsively checking my followers and going down rabbit holes of destructive thinking. Yesterday, I was courageous. I downloaded the app back on my phone and logged in! My anxiety reduce... | OCD |
I am not sure if I should preface that I do not have a diagnose but suspect heavily to have adhd/add (I keep forgetting to fix an appointment and have little time). But I thought maybe it would be alright to ask for some suggestion and tips here.
With college, I've been struggling with keeping better and correct hygie... | ADHD |
I was home or abroad all summer, and I was fine. Now I’m back at school where everything happened, and I can’t leave my room without panicking. She could be anywhere. She could find me, track me down, confront me, make me do it all again. She could do everything she threatened to do or worse. The anxiety and helplessne... | ptsd |
i took a ptsd test with my therapist last week and she said she didn't have the proper grading sheets and i see her again tomorow (may 21) and i'm 100% sure i have it because my paranoia, dreams, and thoughts of reliving the situations have been so real the past couple of months anyways enough about that i cant do the ... | ptsd |
https://youtu.be/FbXmPgFvtlg
I love Amanda Palmer, she is raw and real. Youtube The Assistant by her, if my link disappears. Sorry, haven't slept much the past few days. | ptsd |
Hello, I hope everyone is doing well.
The thing with me is - after I hear any bad news, like illnesses, suicidal things that happened for any other individual, it stays in my head for days, maybe I’m overthinking and overreacting. Any tips how to stop it? | OCD |
If you’re reading this, I just want you to know. You are just fine. There’s no need for shame. We all think bad or weird things, it’s natural and common. Its our choices that matters. If you are doing your best, its ok! You are a decent, normal, good person; worthy of peace and happiness. And I’m rooting for you! | OCD |
I’m 17 and ive always been attracted to women. But I think I’ve been having POCD and it’s destroying my life. It keeps convincing me I’m attracted to 11 year old girls. It’s making me so anxious I woke up and instantly had these thoughts and had a knot in my stomach. Sometimes this OCD feels so real. And it’s getting m... | OCD |
I'm currently working storm clean up and I'm a very smart person but I overthink a lot I have been diagnosed with OCD and when I was talking about going to nursing school my crew leader was like those test are hard and I explained all my achievements in high school just got out I'm 18 and he said why are you slow out h... | OCD |
I know this will probably sound stupid but I've recently started having these thoughts when playing games and they're starting to really annoy me. If I see a cutscene or gameplay outside of actually playing the game, even if it's just a few seconds worth, I start to feel as if my play through has been ruined. I start t... | OCD |
I've had bad anxiety for years and am on antidepressants for it, but I havent actually identified myself as having depression for years. I've always thought it was mainly anxiety because I overthink and get the physical symptoms associated with anxiety...but I'm starting to wonder if I'm depressed too, but have never r... | depression |
Warning: I talk about some bodily funkcions, which might be considered unpleasant by some people.
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Hello,
So, i had always had problems with eating. My sense of smell and taste is kinda twisted compared to how other people describe it, so certain smells (including some food) can be realy agonizing for me, wh... | aspergers |
idk how else to word it but I literally cannot ask for help sometimes, i don’t know if it’s an anxiety thing or if it’s a common thing among aspies | aspergers |
I'm an adult who's recently been identified as autistic, and it's helping me to reframe a lot of struggles I've had in my life around work and employment.
The only "grown up" job I've ever had ended a few years ago, when I got burnt-out, and was subsequently "terminated without cause" for seeking mental health support... | aspergers |
I’m not sure where to start. I don’t have an official diagnosis (the last person I saw told me I couldn’t have PTSD because I wasn’t a veteran) but I’m fairly certain the shoe fits. I’m currently on waitlists for seeking more qualified help but it’s been a year already and I’m tired of waiting idly. I’m not looking for... | ptsd |
Lately my mind is just full of intrusive thoughts and doubts. Even though i can see a bottle is clean or that ive dressed properly i have this endless nagging anxiety that I cannot 'quite' be sure. I can go around and aroumd until the next doubt or problem arises.
I try to ignore and get on with my day but im worried t... | OCD |
I'm so depressed. Turning 24 very much in a few days...
All I've ever wanted since I was like 12 was to have a partner. But I'm ugly and not financially stable. (I make like 50k but live in Vancouver which is basically only livable at least 80k if not 100k).
I failed out of uni like...2 times lmao. (Two different uni... | depression |
Everything was ok but then we went to a vacation w my parents…my obsessive thoughts just effin came and they are the same that i had when they came for the first time…
I thought i was getting better and i have meds n stuff😢 i have the WORSE fear of getting psychosis and i know that my spikes are about psychosis. I hat... | OCD |
I made a post in the AITA sub and some people said I was unprofessional, but I don't understand how. Basically, it's a situation where both me and my manager essentially do the same thing-- but everything else-- the context, motivations, what we were meaning to communicate-- were all different.
[https://www.reddit.co... | aspergers |
I realize that I spin my chair back and forth to ward off the temptation really often | OCD |
Before I explain what it is I finally understand now I want you to know because all my loved ones (and I mean all of them) kept reminding me for 4 fucking days straight no matter what I spoke they only heard the drugs and my voice and everything except me finally opening up to them and excuse me but my brain is so numb... | depression |
There’s a new behavior that is going along with my ocd and that’s whenever I get an intrusive image or thought while posting something on social media or texting someone I have to restart or delete it because I feel like they can read my mind or something and it’s extremely annoying it’s like when someone says to not i... | OCD |
So, I accidentally clicked on a website link a couple of days ago, and now my OCD is telling me that by clicking on that link I have harmed people. After I clicked on the link I even browsed a couple of sites I do agree with and clicked on every ad on each website I clicked on. The obsession still won't go away though ... | OCD |
I don’t want to self-diagnose myself, but I’m curious if it’s possible to be diagnosed online? Honestly I don’t see anything necessary with being diagnosed, I just feel that it’s for the better if I knew more about myself. The reason I suspect I might have OCD would be because of a certain incident that happened half a... | OCD |
How do you usually deal with breakups?
My relationship ended 2 weeks ago and sometimes the pain is so much that it becomes unbearable
There is something to help with the rumination? I've tried a lot of things, but none worked
And there is a way to calm down when this torments you so much that you just want it to end... | ADHD |
i know i’m young (17F), but i feel like i just can’t do this anymore. i have this intense feeling that everyone hates me. at school i talk to my friends, but after school they all hang out and i’m never invited anymore. the guy i really liked stopped talking to me. my ex who i was still close to commit suicide.
i just... | depression |
I was diagnosed in 2016 and honestly, kind of blindsided. I never thought it was a possibility that I was dealing with PTSD. Resources are few and far around here. 3-6 month minimum waiting period for meds due to what is affordable for me.
For years now, I have dealt with crippling hyper vigilance. Never had a name f... | ptsd |
Met a guy I really like and have great chemistry with.
I really want to sleep with him and we have a date later this week.
And I'm scared. My last partner really harmed and violated me. I'm not scared of what this guy will do - all signs good so far and I know he'll be okay if I need to pause or stop.
I'm scared o... | ptsd |
I've tried Vyvanse which really helps my motivation and RSD (Rejection Sensitivity Disorder) but it makes my skin-picking and BRFB (body repetitive focused behaviors way worse). I'm hoping I can find a combo that helps me, because I fell like I have to choose which one I want to suffer with; horrible excutive function ... | OCD |
Just asking because I've recently had an unexpected worsening of symptoms and am curious as to what might've "triggered" it... | OCD |
I've always been the silent kid who had no friends. Now, as an adult, I see no changes in my life. The people i call friends are only there to use me. I never had a friend who was there for me when I most needed them.
After years, I thought I finally had found someone who can love me unconditionally and accept me as ... | depression |
when I get triggered, I am not able to eat for days. I now developed an eating disorder, I have troubles dealing with. After specific events, I am too mentally overwhelmed and physically malnourished. I can’t basically get out of bed and it takes days to recover.
Any advice? I tried different foods and usually just ... | ptsd |
i dont know what to say, i have weird thoughts. LAtely i obsessed about weird shit, like super weird. OCD made me realize what wrong shit i did, why i did it, and made me have good arguments about some things. but is this my life now? i see a child and get terrified, i see an animal and get terrified, i make up weird s... | OCD |
I don't know what to say here. I've had a bit to drink. I always get depressed when I drink. I still live at home, unemployed, no friends, no life, turning 25 in a week. Everything just feels like shit. | depression |
Does it work well for pure O?
How long does it took for you to kick in and what was your sweet spot in terms of dosage? | OCD |
I'm not seeking counseling here, I'm just trying to see if anyone can relate.
So first off, how do I even hold a job if I have problems with executive functions. I've only ever worked as a helper.
I'm more ADD than hyperactive
And honestly, i struggle to think about how I'm going to survive.
I have to constantly remi... | ADHD |
Hi, I’m not sure if this the right place to ask, but I was wondering this.
Can it make eyesight blurry and constantly dilated pupils? My pupils are constantly so big that i’m constantly getting questions about abusing drugs (while i don’t even drink coffee), so i went to the ophthalmologist and she said my eyes are... | ptsd |
Freshman and sophomore year were horrible. Between depression and ADHD, I passed probably less than 3 credits worth of classes in those first two years. I remember stressing out so much and feeling so disappointed in myself and frustrated and worried that I wouldn't graduate on time. Well, after a few summers worth of ... | ADHD |
I just finished highschool and have to decide what to do now. I've struggled with depression for about four years now and it's making it hard to feel truly enthusiastic about anything. I decided to study psychology a couple years ago, since no other option has ever felt intersting enough to pursue. But now that my depr... | depression |
I regularly struggle with me thinking about how i dont have any real skills, just some surface level knowledge but now really anything useful. Sometimes i then told myself that others dont have ADHD so i had a disadvantage, but in the last year i've made three friend who all have ADHD and they all seem super competent,... | ADHD |
I’m not sure if it’s just me but I guess I’m hypersensitive to touch, not when people touch me /or I get hurt, just like it certain places(like home) it feels like invisible bugs on my skin, I don’t really have allergies or anything so I’m really concerned, does this happen to anyone else here?
I looked up if hyperse... | ADHD |
I knew what Ritalin was and I thought okay I need a reminder app or something to help me and I found this app called Pill Punctual which is basically built for people with ADHD. (It’s only for iOS as far as I know)
https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/pill-punctual/id1436300542?l=en
There are probably other apps out there t... | ADHD |
Ever since I was 11 years old I realized there was some thing different about me. It took me until I was 15 to realize that I was not alone. I thought for years that I was crazy, that it was stupid of me to think the things I think, and do the things I do. So when I found this sub Reddit along with a couple others abou... | OCD |
I am not sure if this is the right sub to go to but idk where else I can find suitable advice. I have a college friend with anxiety disorder and OCD. He is making a major decision of transferring to another degree. He says he is constantly stressed about how stressful our current degree (law) will be in senior years as... | OCD |
Usually I can cope quite well with most of the symptoms, but on some days I really can't stand any sounds at all or I get this uncomfortable feeling when someone comes close to me and I have to be alone all the time.
I just got diagnosed not so long ago so I am wondering quite a lot. It would be really helpful if you c... | aspergers |
So I created a new reddit because i fear my family will find out, so sorry about it.
I'm a 19yo college student, and I've been depressed for 2 years or longer.
I'll start at the beginning.
When I was 6 years old, I got sexually abused by my cousin, again when I was 8 and then 12. At that age, i didn't know what was ... | depression |
I think people's eyes and face are boring, and they're also a little intimidating, so I'd just rather not. I can force myself if I really wanted to but I usually just don't | aspergers |
I am in a situation right now where the P of the ptsd is not really there. I am getting triggered constantly and I don’t know what to do to help myself. Any advice? | ptsd |
Last night I was trying to analyze every single thing that might go wrong with my phone. Is there a virus in it? Or a hacker? Is it too warm? Yada yada. Then the thought of someone looking through my camera appeared. Now every time I think about last night theres an image in my head of my phone’s camera being on (the g... | OCD |
So I have no idea if I have depression but probably do.
So at home I'm having issues but these are not even big deals but constantly happening and making me angry, uncomfortable.
It's like a water dripping on your forehead continuously and you can't stop it or evade it any way
I'm getting more and more annoyed and need... | depression |
I just wanted to share this small progress I made today because I know sometimes it can be discouraging to mainly see posts when people are at their worst with their ocd (which is still perfectly okay!). I managed to put on nail polish without redoing it for over an hour. I only redid one nail but I resisted the urge t... | OCD |
It seems like this would be biologically impossible but there are several times throughout the day that I will be required to read something and even though I can like hear the words in my head like I am reading, in my mind at the same time I am thinking about something completely different. Am I just looking at the wo... | ADHD |
im dead, i cant take it anymore and thinking about starting to use some ocd medicine. But i havea question for those who use it, does it really work? does it help? what are the side effects? (as much as i know some things for example anti depressants can cause a dramatic increase in weight or lower sex drive a lot). Do... | OCD |
feeling like i should keep a journal or something to log my mind when people find my body. but like not some boring ass shit, something cool. any suggestions? | depression |
22M, I feel like I'm so behind everyone I'm 22 and I'm a junior in college and everyone around me is graduating or they have careers already and I'm just stuck. I feel like I don't progress in life and my parents are constantly looking down on me because I'm not like my brother whose older than me and has a job and fa... | depression |
It seems that my short-term memory is getting worse, but I can always recount my abuse to a T. | ptsd |
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