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I think I have Aspergers. Not sure how to explain it but my whole life I have been socially awkward. Say in the bathroom at school when I had to socialize. I have been having panic attacks recently because I’m job hunting and interviews just hurt me. No job likes me because I’m so quiet and awkward. Often times I feel like I have no emotions. I have dissociative disorder and was told I might be bipolar by my therapist. I have anxiety and depression. My brain is never quiet. I don’t hear stuff but my head just feels so heavy and foggy all the time. I also get obsessed about things. Right now I’m obsessed about plants. I’ve spent too much money on them. I will google all day long about plants. I’m just stressed out right now and feel like I don’t even understand myself. | aspergers |
For the people hiding diagnosis, how do you deal with the overwhelming amount of family, trying to be normal, being happy, ect. I've learned people don't want to hear about it, so it's best to pretend nothing happened and be normal, but you have to be the convincing one and put on a show.
Everytime I get a "vacation" I always feel the week or two after is really when I get a break. | ptsd |
I keep pulling out my hair because my scalp feels "wrong", I keep worrying that I've abused my younger cousin when I was 16... everything isn't making sense yet makes sense, and it won't go away.. I can't look at anything without it exploding and consuming me. Every time I try to forget something, I feel worse, feels like I have to think about it or else I'm just as bad as I worry I am. I don't have much to add... I'm just feeling terrible today. | OCD |
I've been doing that since I was a child, I have no control over it. Im always anxious with the pain of emotions inside my chest. I feel like crying but I can't. I don't think I am far away from psychosis. How can I cry, or release these emotions? I can't improve myself because of this weight inside me. I have therapy but it isn't helping much. I have suppressed feelings about my parents but I just show no emotion to them, not even happiness.
Only the unhealthy coping mechanisms help sometimes, they can make me cry. Help? I just wanna scream and cry but I can't, it's bottled up. | depression |
I can fake it fine during the day. Act normal enough. I only really interact with my auntie and sometimes my dad. I have one friend but I don’t see her hardly ever. I don’t go in public and do normal stuff for a 26 year old.
At night I lay in bed and it feels like death lays down next to me. Every thing I try to work towards, look forward to, or connect with- death holds all of it in her hands.
I got a dog and cat to have connection in my life. Death holds them both in her hands.
I have absolutely no control. Ever since the missile threat I experienced I have realized death is walking around with us every single moment of everyday. At any moment, we can lose everything.
Sometimes I wish I didn’t ever get my two pets because I love them so much and I’m just waiting for death to take me or them. It can’t happen at any time.
I feel like people who make plans, invest in the future and connect deeply are naive. All there is to look forward to in life is loss. | ptsd |
Hi. 👋🏻 I’m new here.
Does anyone have experience with excoriation disorder? | OCD |
Okay “how to ADHD” uploaded recipes for quick meals, and I was wondering, what’s your favorite go to meal?
https://youtu.be/szgDBPW_dUo
I personally like making sushi that would probably get laughed at by serious chefs but it’s simple and good.
I take short grain rice, a package of smoked salmon, and a pack of pre-seasoned nori wrap. Kiddo likes it with teriyaki sauce and Swedish meatballs.
There’s also rice vinegar mixed with sugar and a pinch of salt, that’s optional, I personally love it. I think a table spoon of sugar to three tables spoons of vinegar but the recipe is some where.
I wash the rice three times with cold water and with a rice cooker that’s all the prep work I really need to do. After it cooks just scoop it out and have nice meal. | ADHD |
Things have been rough lately. I've fallen into a depressive episode and everytime I think I'm going to pull out I fall back in. Luckily I have access to healthcare, a supportive spouse, and an understanding boss.
Today I was on a video conference with my boss. There is a construction site right next to my house and my headphones were not working so I could not tune the noise out. This is a trigger for me so naturally I was a little on edge. Coupled with an intense therapy session just hours before and being home alone for the first time in weeks... you get the picture. He mentioned hearing the construction noise and I just fucking lost it. The rage that I was trying to keep down came out and I just started freaking out and ranting about this noise. At some point I realized what was going on and I stopped ranting and just started crying.
It was awful. My boss was understanding but I am just so embarrassed by my lack of self control. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. | ptsd |
are there any other subreddits out there for autistic/neurodivergent people that are more focused on helping and supporting each other? maybe a place where people share tips and tricks they've found to make their life easier, or people looking for advice on situations unique to neurodivergent folks
this sub is great in a lot of ways but many of the posts that rise to the top of my feed are people venting, ranting, looking for diagnostic advice, or looking for people to relate to. those are all valid and necessary! but it's not what I personally need right now. the fact of the matter for me is that I live in a neurotypical world and, as much as I'd love for the world to conform to me, I know it won't. I'm hoping to find a subreddit that's focused on helping people be autistic in a neurotypical world
tldr I'm looking for subreddits that offer advice and support to autistic/neurodivergent people so I can learn to work with what I've been given | aspergers |
I grew up in a broken family. It was very toxic because our parents are children of trauma and unfortunately, we had to go through that too. Out of all my 3 older siblings, I am the scapegoat. Ever since I was a kid, I was my family's emotional punching bag, aside from the fact that my eldest brother abused me a lot of times too. Even until now, my mother would lash out on me even though I did nothing wrong. She blames me for what my other siblings did, tells me Im a disappointment, stupid, and no good daughter even though I'm the only one who does the majority of the housechore ever since 4th grade (grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, etc.) She doesn't do it to my other siblings so I asked why she acts like that. She said it was because I'm the only who listens to her. This resulted to me having depression since 8th grade and I'm already a freshman in college but I can't seem to make it go away. I tried to ask for her help, told her that I need therapy because of my consecutive sUicïde attempts but she just said it's all in my head and shut me out. She forced me to take a degree I do not have any passion in but I cannot say no knowing she's gonna verbally abuse me if I won't follow her. My sister knew about this and got mad at me for being such a "pushover" who keeps blaming mom for my depression. Lucky for them that they weren't the one handwashing all of the clothes at fourth grade up to 9th grade, they weren't the one who has to wake up every morning just to cook breakfast while still in 4th grade, they weren't the one whose childhood was robbed because they were forced to grow up, stop being a child, and take care of the family emotionally, they weren't the one who was gaslighted and verbally abused to the extent I cannot say no to their requests. And now that I'm in college and in need of a laptop for university (because I have to live in a dorm), my mother won't give me money for down-payment for a home-credited laptop but she has the money to spay her cats which is way more expensive than what I am asking from her. I'm so done. I want to rest, get away from here, and finally stop walking on eggshells. | depression |
Guys ,i been busy late about my school works ,i feel empty while I do it, and it suffocating me, since I got 8 sub. And each one of them have a reporting, project etc.
I been dying and I dontnknow wht to do until i break down, i cry and cry since While I fighting depression, I studying a lot and I got a prolem with my family and also I got recently break up from my bf,
I dont know if I can hold it any more
What should I do...... i feel lonely and despair now | depression |
CW: suicide
Within the past three-ish years, my obsessions have gotten much worse to the point where I feel condemned for life.
I am constantly questioning and obsessing over my past actions. I have been socially oblivious my whole life, so I’m worried I’ve broken tons of social rules and unintentionally offended people. It was never out of malicious intent. While I understand it’s my past and I can’t do anything about it, I am obsessed it will come back to haunt me soon. I don’t even know what I’ve done specifically wrong.
I have “false memories” of things that I did, or memories that are grossly exaggerated versions of my past actions. I’m constantly asking for reassurance/validation from everyone around me. I am constantly going back through messages from years ago constantly worrying that I said/did multiple bad things to the point of wasting multiple hours of my day (sometimes even an entire dedicated workday’s worth). It usually ends with me being entirely convinced that I did something heinously wrong and unforgivable, despite any (of lack of) evidence I find otherwise.
It’s gotten to the point where I become extremely paranoid. I am convinced that the police will come after me or I will be canceled on social media with no chance for redemption. I am worried that if I am “caught” (for whatever it is I DON’T KNOW), I will lose my job and end my career, disappoint my friends and family, end up homeless, and die alone in the streets. I constantly feel this impulse (or compulsion?) to quit my job, change my name and appearance, and live “off-the-grid” in order to escape whatever consequence I fear is coming. I cannot function in my current state and am contemplating ending my own life to escape everything. I cannot function like this much longer. I am already seeing a therapist and psychiatrist and nothing is working. | OCD |
I feel dumb for asking this, but does anyone here have any "less common" symptoms they'd like to share or things that surprised them as being OCD? I ask because I recently was diagnosed. I've always been told I have OCD-type tendencies, but never got a diagnosis until now. I thought it made sense when my therapist went over why, but then I started researching more about it and the less it seems like I do. Not saying the diagnosis was wrong, but I guess I'm now just confused. I have always struggled with rumination and trich, but I also think I have ADHD. So also wondering if ADHD and OCD have a lot of the same traits that maybe overlap for me or maybe I have ADHD and not OCD. | OCD |
I’m 15 and have at least 4+ different types of ocd themes ig. Well I don’t actually think I have ocd but feel like I’m faking it although that’s apparently apart of ocd but sometimes I’m genuinely confused. They come and go, some are stronger than others at times, some are non existent at times. And I genuinely feel like I’m faking all of them and hate it. I feel like I’m using it as an excuse and in denial. I don’t wanna seek therapy because I think I might be faking or exaggerating it. I feel like it’s not that serious but idk I’m confused, if it is ocd it’s probably mild or not even ocd but normal intrusive thoughts. I didn’t even realise till recently that I’ve had symptoms for almost my whole life. They’ve only gotten worse but idk I feel like I exaggerate them and that I can easily not think and ignore them all since it’s probably not that bad. I’ve tried to get rid of it or cure it for a long enough time but it’s just a never ending cycle. I’m confused but wanna seek therapy so I can get rid of whatever it is. | OCD |
I’m not religious, But I feel as if there is some sort of supernatural power trying to make my life hell.
The mental health clinic I attended failed me.
I have few to no friends who don’t even understand the magnitude of what I’m going through, Yet alone would care.
I have DPDR, Anxiety and possible PTSD which seems like more battles I can’t fight.
Everything that was supposed to go right, Went wrong.. | depression |
I cry in middle of night randomly idk why but can’t help it | depression |
I'm 18, and I've been struggling mentally for years. My parents are incompetent, so I do everything on my own even though I live with them. I have no idea how to find affordable or free therapy or therapy my insurance can cover. Any advice? | depression |
Recently I’ve been struggling with this thought of deserving happiness. After my trauma, it was like I had insight into the worlds’ brokenness that I hadn’t been aware of before. I can’t unsee it. I keep striving for healing and happiness, but I get overwhelmed with guilt for wanting that with all the suffering around me. Does anyone else struggle with this? | ptsd |
I'm sorry if this comes off as complaining. I don't mean to vent, I just need advice and I've run out of options.
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In early elementary school, I struggled to get work done often. I'd often end up spending recess staring at assigments and never getting anything done. It was suggested I might have ADHD, and I was eventually diagnosed. I was put on adderall and I managed all the way through to middle school where I didn't go back to meds. I did well in 6th grade and struggled a bit through the rest. I wanted to take AICE classes, but my gpa was 0.04 point below their requirements. I then spent my freshman year taking easy classes and then reapplied to the program. I got into the program but I haven't done very well. I didn't perform very well, but I managed to at least pass my classes. Through the last 3 years, one of which was spent taking classes over zoom, it's been harder and harder to complete work and keep up with responsibilities. I tried to talk to my doctor about treatment amd was prescribed Concerta, since then we've gone up to the maximum dosage the doctor feels is effective, but it hasn't really helped. Otherwise, the doctor wpuld prescribe Adderall but previously I struggled to eat and maintain weight so he won't. I have tried to see a psychiatrist and ended up just being insulted by a parent and told by the psychiatrist that I "just need to want it" which was extremely unhelpful and counterproductive. I have considered seeing another but I wouldn't be able to in a timeframe that would be helpful.
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The medication seems to make me feel more like I could get the work I want to done, but I just end up staring at it until I can't justify wasting any more time. Most days are just zoning out through school and sitting by a computer for hours. My gpa is 2.59 and I'm passing 1 class out of 8. I now have 2 weeks to raise all of my grades to passing and hope teachers will accept work. At this point, I'm struggling to keep up with basic hygiene and eating. Teachers really don't care, and I'm hoping that they will even accept some of my work.
I will hopefully be graduating this year and I don't know how to catch up. I am struggling with basic tasks, and I don't really have a future in any area I would like to. I have managed to apply to 1 college so far, but I don't think I will be accepted by any institution - regardless of having test scores that are far above average and an advanced curriculum. I am lucky enough to have secondary education payed for, but I don't really have any prospects for attending any. Due to complicated family problems, I haven't been able to get a job and have no work experience. My resume is empty aside from MS Office certs, and I have no qualifications for a "career". There are no entry level jobs in my area that would pay enough to even support me if I lived with my parents, but I can't do that anyways.
Sorry this was so long, I don't know how to deal with any of this.
What should i do? | ADHD |
It lost its flavor, it’s gonna get all mushy and nasty and stuff. It’s been HOURS. And unclench your jaw. And for the love of god DO NOT rub your jaw, say “I’m glad I spit that gum out”, and pop another one in. Please. Don’t be me 🥲 my greatest downfall will be chewing gum all day and forgetting about it. | ADHD |
Ok so I recently got a new job (and by recently I mean abt two months ago) and one of my coworkers (female manager) has recently started triggering my OCD staring bc she always wears lowcut shirts and has either birth marks or scars all over her chest and arms so it's almost impossible not to star.
But to get to the point, Every time we have the same shift I find myself not looking at her. I look in the other direction, I avoid her and I try not to talk to her. It's gotten bad bc she now knows that I've been looking at her and I know this bc whenever I come around she puts a jacket on or covers her chest. It's so embarrassing!
I just don't know what to do. We work together like 4 times out of the week and are sometimes alone together. I don't want her to think I'm weird but idk what to do or say to her? I have work tomorrow someone please help 😫 | OCD |
Hi all, I (32F) just finished my first month on 30mg of Vyvanse, and I honestly could not be happier. At first I didn't think I felt much but once it settled in, I realized how my emotions are so much better regulated and my brain feels a lot more organized. My work life has seriously improved, and I cannot imagine going back to who I was before.
However, when I went to pick up my refill for the next month, I was absolutely blown away by the cost. My insurance covers some, but it's still about the same as having another car payment. I know there's not a generic form (yet?) but I'm wondering if anyone has found a cheaper option. I absolutely plan on contacting my doctor to discuss options because holy hell. Like I said, I seriously didn't know I could feel this good, and I know that it's worth it. | ADHD |
I have POCD, harm ocd, and HOCD. They all effect my daily life pretty badly.
I’ve lately been worrying that I do actually like these thoughts and I’m the odd one out, and these aren’t actually intrusive, but they’re thoughts that I actually enjoy.
I worry this because I used to look up messed up shit when I was younger because I thought I was an edge lord. Can anyone else relate? | OCD |
Some background first: My sister has had a very bad childhood. She got massively bullied by her classmates in school, had a very hard time studying school and in turn got bad grades. Our parents started getting very mad at her and screaming at her rather harshly. Me and my sister didn't have a good relation to eachother at that time either. All of this made my sister very depressed and she started thinking of self harm. After a few years of this torture she apparently (based of what I've heard from her and believe in myself) got diagnosed with PTSD. After a while she started meeting other people who understood and respected her for who she was. This is also around the time I opened up to her a little more. I guess I opened up to her because I also started to feel affected by my parents towards my sister and me (although still mostly my sister).
I started getting worse mental health as well, got worse grades, started feeling more and more disconnected from my friends and other classmates. I also started having some self harming thoughts of my own. My sister helped me through some of it, so I wouldn't really say I have the same self harming thoughts anymore.
One day I was sitting in the living room downstairs and my dad walks up stairs into my sisters room and starts screaming on her about something (can't remember what exactly). A few seconds into their argument I hear a big bang of someone hitting the floor and my dad saying something along the lines of "Ridicilous" in a sighing tone. Worried I go into her room to check what happend. She's lying on the floor clearly unconscious but with wide open eyes. Not knowing what to do I try to get contact with her but nothing. I had stuff to do that day so I'm forced to leave her there. Layter the same day she tells me that she had got an anxiety attack during that interaction with our dad. She also said she had had enough of our parents and our town and she was escaping to her boyfreind in Stockholm;Sweden which is at least 500 kilometers away from our home. Now I'm alone with my parents without anyone to talk to.
My parents started acting like nothing was wrong anymore and that almost all problems were fixed. I get increassingly uncomfterable around my parents and try to avoid them as much as possible. They keep acting like nothing is wrong even though I actively try making it clear to them that I don't want to see them.
I am currently having guilt thoughts over the smallest of things, having trouble controlling my emotions like I want to and I've decided to ignore my parents as much as possible because they won't leave me alone.
I have recently tried to figure out exactly what is wrong with me and I'm suspecting it could be a type of trauma or PTSD from my parents. I want to resolve my emotianal instability but I don't know how. Anyone got any tips? | ptsd |
I was just reading a Twitter thread that felt relevant to this community.
>Are autistics really "restricted" by our special interests and routines? Or are we restricted by a society that views some ways of being as "normal" and others as not?
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>Why is it "normal" for a neurotypical to binge watch an entire season of a Netflix show, but if autistics spend 4 hours researching our special interests, we're told to "get out more"?
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>Why is it "normal" to eat sandwiches every day for lunch, but if autistics have a same food, we're told to "branch out more"?
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>Why is it "normal" to go clubbing every Friday night, but if autistics enjoy a night-in stim dancing to the same song, we're told to "get out more"?
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>Why is it "normal" to lie to our loved ones and friends, but if autistics tell the truth all the time, we're told to "have tact" and "stop being rude"?
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>When will we realize that "normal" is more restrictive than any autistic trait? [\#AutismAcceptanceWeek](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AutismAcceptanceWeek?src=hashtag_click)
Any thoughts? Agree or disagree? | aspergers |
I have ADHD and I'm extremely good at cold turkey-ing. For example I smoked 'green' before I got diagnosed to deal with the symptoms, but when I decided I wanted to stop smoking, I was able to easily stop instantly. And when I decide to stop toxic behaviour or stop being around toxic people, it's easy for me to just walk away. Is this common for people with ADHD? | ADHD |
I’ve given up and idec. I can’t break out of this endless cycle of pain and shit. It’s impossible. The past couple of days I feel so different I still have all this pain in my head and shit and I’ve accepted that I am these things and nothing can change me. I haven’t really been checking reddit much and I don’t even have a need of posting this but I’m just posting this because I am wondering if anyone can help with this because I fear it is more than ocd at this point. As I have mentioned the past couple of days have been shit. I wake up in the morning, join online school, go back to sleep, watch YouTube the entire day, eat shir food, and the worst of all masturbate to porn. I’ve always had a severe porn addiciton but it’s hitting me completely different at this point. Every single time I watch this shir and I literally cannot stop doing it I feel like it’s killing my mind. I get these weird sexual dreams which are really weird and I actually get erected to them or some shit. Btw I just wanted to say that before these past couple of days I’ve struggled with hocd, rocd, pocd, harm ocd, and incest ocd. Harm ocd and hocd are my worst but yea anyways it’s like my incest ocd has seeped into my dreams I get dreams of my fucking parents having sex and these really fucking weird sexual dreams are the type of things I have been having. Also i just feel that I have accepted I am a psychopath and idec anymore it’s like whatever to me I feel so different to everyone at this point. I just feel so numb and I’m doing day to day activities just like survive and i don’t care about anything anymore. I just have no emotion or anything. Also I’m dying from this horrible weird shit that’s going on. I was watching one of my you tubers getting exposed for being a pedophile. There were messages and everything showing that he is a pedophile and how he would talk to these 13 year olds sexually and stuff and I literally feel like I’m just like him and I don’t even care. Like I see myself being just like him and doing all this weird shit. It made me remmber all this horrible shit I used to do. Btw in 17 rn. I remeber when I was 15 I was talking to a ducking 13 year old girl the same away for all this sexual shit and even when I turned 16. Like what does this make me at this point. | OCD |
I’m just so painfully average at everything. Strangely enough I realized this after getting my final mark back for my first year calculus university class. It was average. My chemistry mark was average. Chances are good that my biology and geology marks will be average too.
I’m just not good at anything really; I can’t draw amazingly, I can’t write amazingly, I’m not a great runner, I’m not a super strong athlete, I’m not intelligent, I’m not gorgeous, I’m not muscular or well-built but average in every way instead. I’m not anything.
I’ve been a people pleaser all my life, and I always want to make other people feel happy and comfortable around me, but because of this I’ve never really been able to become the truest version of myself in any friend group I’ve been in (save a few times when I was way younger).
I’ve never been a prominent part of any friend group. I’ve never been a real part of the group. I’m easily forgotten. Sometimes my friends talk about plans in front of me and “forget” to invite me along the next day. And I’m not mad at them, I know it’s my fault for not overcoming my fear of judgement and just opening up to them more and allowing myself to be more a part of the group.
But I’m just so afraid of them hating who I really am, so I hold back like I do with everyone. I hide behind excuses and miss out on fun. I hate myself so much for all this.
I guess what I’m really trying to say is that I’ve never really felt like a real person, like a real me, with goals and dreams and loves and hates, save when I’m alone. And I hate it. I hate myself because of it. I’m just a blank slate in the real world, because I’m too afraid that everyone will hate me.
I don’t know. I’m just so tired of being an average white wall of a person to everyone; too blocked off and fake because they’re trying so hard to be someone they’re not. I want to discover my passions, I want to get better at things, to become a real friend to my friends, I just don’t really know where to start.
Anyways. Thanks for reading if you did. Hope you guys have a good holiday season, even though this was kinda sad. | depression |
I’m a 20y/o female and i just got prescribed 10mg of adderall xr a day. i used to take regular adderall. only about 5 or 10 mg at a time. now that i’m on adderall xr the 10 wasn’t doing anything so i started taking 20 a day. I’m SO SLEEPY all the time now. even if i take it i don’t feel energized anymore. i’m confused. what should i do :( | ADHD |
A year ago my boyfriend of 5 years almost died after being hit by a car. Miraculously, he recovered enough to come home in a month. He lived, and yet I still feel stuck in that time. I still remember the first night vividly. I still remember when he woke up.
I remember how scared I and his family were, I remember when it felt like I had to push against their wishes out of respect for his. I remember all of the friends and loved ones who came to our aid, and I remember feeling alone when all I wanted to do was hug my boyfriend.
It's nights like tonight where I'm up into the morning, and left with these conflicted emotions. He lived, so I feel like I should be feeling better a year out. But, I'm not. It got so close to him dying, and while I know that everyone dies eventually, the thought of losing him, for real, scares me.
I feel angry, scared, itchy for a fight I don't want to participate in, and just sad. I want to be able to move on, and enjoy the second chance with him that I'm so incredibly lucky to receive.
I've already started therapy. I have a willingness to grow from my experience, and a desire to turn this pain into something constructive. So I just want to know, what am I not doing right with processing all of this stuff? | ptsd |
I try to keep my life structured. Part of that is bedtime—I wind down and take a melatonin around 8:30, every night. Usually I’m asleep by 10. It sucks, but what can you do.
I took my mom to see a movie. It started at 7:30. For some reason, it is now 2 am, and I’m still too wired to fall asleep. I have work in 6 hours. I just wanna do normal people things. I hate how every minute of my day has to be planned in order for me to function like a normal human being. | ADHD |
Hey there!
Life is... scary. It scares me more than death. I grew up with a lot of physical violence, mental abuse and sexual abuse in my child hood. I was finally able to escape that environment with the age of 15. Luckily, my country had an organisation called "anonymous girl's refuge" which rescued girls and young women from their abusive surroundings. After that I grew up in a foster home, accomplished my A-Levels and I'm currently in university. It sounds good, doesn't it? But my whole life I've been dealing with depression. My first suizide attempt was when I was only 11 years old. On top of that, I have a eating disorder and many things more. I've been in therapy for 5 years now and today was especially hard. In the past, I was able to overcome several hardships. I learned how to socialize with people, how to accept myself more instead of hating myself, to give myself room to live instead of being a perfectionist and many more. But a part of me always felt empty. Like I lost something the day when the sexual abuse happened. I was 5 years old and it lasted until I was 9. It happened again when I was 17. My whole life I have been struggling with my pansexuality (conservative family background) etc. Today, I talked about it with my psychologist (very lovely woman who helped me through so many hardships). And we discovered that my mum who abused me in so many was, has left a "footprint" on me. Starting in a young age, she always told me I was nothing. That I deserve to be bullied in school and sexually abused at home and so many awful things. She also had to go through a very traumatic time and she never received help. However, this "footprint" developed somewhat its own ego. Every time I'm trying to DO something in my life, it's moving. It's blocking me to do the things I want and it's blocking me to live up to my full potential. I know I accomplished so many things on my journey to who I am now. But I'm tired. I feel like I'm fighting in a lost battle. But I'll try to save up my strength and to get rid of that footprint! I don't want my abusers to rule over my life. It's my life and I'm trying everything to overcome my traumas. I hope, that you find your ways as well and to overcome this tiring yet very receiving journey.
P.s. I'm sorry for the errors in my text. I'm not a native English speaker and it's my third language. | ptsd |
I've just noticed that our local Decathlon has introduced "quiet time" for customers with sensory processing issues. During these hours, there's no music, lights are dim, and customer service updates are not as obnoxiously loud as usual.
At first I was really happy, but then I looked at the hours: once a month, on a Monday, from 4pm to 6pm. It's two hours per month.
Now, I'm not trying to sound ungrateful, but this seems to be yet another example of "display inclusion" that I often see in big companies and organisations. Decathlon can now pat themselves on the back that they did something generous for their disabled customers, when in fact they really didn't; two hours per month is an incredibly narrow time slot, and it's also during working hours, which means many of us will be unable to take this opportunity, or will need to plan well ahead. Two days a week, 4-6 hours would be reasonable, and then I would give them credit for accomodating folks with sensory issues -- but this way, it's nothing but a marketing strategy that uses autistic people to gain brownie points.
I can tolerate shopping malls for a few hours, so it's not really an issue for me personally (although I would too totally prefer doing my errands in a less noisy environment). Still, it makes me disappointed that big companies do the absolute bare minimum and call it acceptance and consideration. | aspergers |
Ok so, I've had this conpulsion for a little while now, maybe two months, but it wasn't so bad and it didn't bother me so much, I mean, it wasn't affecting me so much.
But for 2 weeks now or something it became... so much worse.
My face looks horrible, I only feel confident wearing makeup because of this, but there are so many bruises and my skin color looks weird because of it, idk how to explain it
It just, really sucks, I try not to pop my pimples and other stuff, but when I realize, I'm wasting my time doing that!!! I hate it!
I didn't realize it was so bad omg
Can you help me?? Do you have any advice? I really don't know what to do... | OCD |
I know reassurance seeking is bad, and this probably qualifies as that, but every day that goes by I feel closer to ending things. I feel that it's impossible to continue living with this guilt.
So I'm 22, and (if I'm remembering correctly) the event happened when I was 18. Also, I recently start seeing a therapist who specializes in OCD, but my next appointment was postponed, as was the first one with the psychiatrist.
Ok. Back when I was in highschool, a friend introduced me to a website called omegle. Basically you can talk to strangers either by text or video. I was terrified of appearing on video, so I would just use the anonymous text option.
Being a teenager, a decent amount of the time the conversations would be sexual in nature. Usually at the beginning of a chat you write your age and gender. I would always look for people who were close in age or older than me, and actively disconnected when they were much younger (I even remember writing someone that they shouldn't be on the site because of their age).
Now, this memory is super foggy, but I vaguely remember connecting to someone aged 15 when I was 18. I felt uncomfortable talking about sex, so I didn't bring it up. We chatted about other things for like a minute, before they hit me with something along the lines of "you horny right now?", to which for some reason I answered "yeah". They then responded that they were as well, but before the conversation continued, I felt super uncomfortable and disconnected. That was it.
I haven't been back on the website in years, but this memory is eating me up. I feel like a total creep and criminal. Every news article about assault triggers me. I feel like they are talking about me. I feel like I'm hiding some awful secret, and if anyone knew they would hate me. I hate myself. I had nearly gotten over the previous real-event sexual themed ocd (which turns out I was overreacting about), until this memory popped up.
What do you guys think? Honesty appreciated of course. Thanks ♥️ | OCD |
I’m in first year university on Ritalin and I’ve grown a tolerance to my prescription amount, I’m supposed to take 20mg doses up to 60mg per day but with uni I kept on taking more and now I need 35mg doses to get anything done, in the past 24 hours I’ve had 125 mg.
I have some old Adderall XR left from an old prescription so I was planning on going off the Ritalin for a couple weeks to try and get rid of my immunity and rely of what I have left of my Adderall XR.
I was just wondering if anyone knew if my tolerance to Ritalin would cause me to also be tolerant to Adderall XR since they are somewhat somewhat similar drugs? | ADHD |
I think John Green did such a great job with it.
He gave the audience a great idea about what it is like to have OCD and also gave people with OCD a great perspective into how the people in our lives are affected | OCD |
I am diagnosed with ptsd but I don’t have super severe symptoms. I get insanely anxious over this for some reason. Like I don’t deserve to claim that I have ptsd bc it’s not as bad as others. How do you deal with this? | ptsd |
I've taken Adderall or the likes of it for several years now **so I know what a real pill does**.
I switched to Dextroamphetamine @ 60mg per day. I picked up a bottle... from PUBLIX... from the PHARMACY... that had fake drugs in it. The first bottle I had seemed fine, the second a little weary, third? Completely fake.
I just switched back to another generic (Par Pharm)... this "Par Pharm Generic Adderall ER" is real, I could feel it after 1 pill.
Aurobindo to blame? Someone steal the real stuff and replaced with fake pills? I don't know who to blame but when I can't even get a real generic from a pharmacy (Aurobindo) you know this whole planets going to shit. I hope not. I hope the USA doesn't blindly order medicine from international sources without even checking them, because that's what happened to me... I got fake trash from a pharmacy.
People should probably stop wasting time on sending rockets into outer space and help fix this planet. | ADHD |
Is there any information on how it affects serotonin or receptors that makes it more effective in OCD than other SSRIS? | OCD |
TW: -self harm- even if no one actually is. does anyone else get this? it’s extreme and i feel urges to self harm. i get stressed in social situations and assume everyone is mad at me | OCD |
I'm sure many can relate.
It's not one thing. It's multiple frustrations. It all adds up. I but heads with the ways of the world. This place is fucked. I'm called negative for saying so. Well some of us are trying to make our lives work. Despite that...it literally doesn't work. My goals seem unachievable because I feel too much is expected of me. I only have so much energy to give.
Who else has a part of you that hates this fucking place? It's a damn disgrace. | depression |
I find myself freezing up and my brain just can’t comprehend the sheer amount of stuff out of place. It’s mentally searing and utterly exhausting. And nobody really gets why it’s so damn difficult for me to stomach. | OCD |
For the past few years I would feel like I don't like myself and I feel like I need to do everything perfect so I can actually be okay with myself. I would delete all my social media accounts and make new ones, reset my phone's, I would try to make myself think and act differently, do different things to make myself seem perfect, and whenever something would go wrong it would make me feel like shit again and I would end up doing the same thing weeks later. This has been going on for a long time and I dont know how to stop it, I just want to be okay with not being perfect and making mistakes, I wanna be okay with myself. Does anyone else struggle with this? | OCD |
i blame my ex for dumping me shortly after my dad got killed (he was robbed) and for taking all my friends with her. i was 16, im 25 now and never recovered | depression |
this world never had a home for me, i was always that broken jigsaw puzzle that never fit. im so sick. | depression |
Somehow, an NT violating social norms is more forgiving than if an Aspie did it. If an NT displayed one single socially inept behavior, others would just immediately shrug it off like it never happened, but if an Aspie did that same thing, despite efforts trying not to, they're basically treated like they just made an obscene rape joke.
Nobody's perfect. Nobody has absolutely flawless social skills, no matter what mental disorder they may be diagnosed with or none thereof. Every once in a while NTs may say or do something cringy or insensitive but somehow are easily forgiven as long as they're not suspected to have autism. Yet for some reason, despite awareness of our social shortcomings, we Aspies are expected to live our entire lives socializing absolutely perfectly, lest we face some really serious backlash which those very everyday social screw-ups don't even warrant to start with. | aspergers |
Anyone else have issues with the following... Not being able to remember much of their childhood, impossible to retain new information, cannot recall facts, names or dates etc. Cannot win arguements bc u can't remember what was said. List goes on and on. For context I'm a 35 yr old female whose generally pretty healthy but memory getting worse daily. There are 80 yr olds w better memory and scares me. What is this? | aspergers |
they’re always yelling at me, being unreasonable and calling me names. me and my mom get into arguments every day and i don’t go a day without crying. no matter what happens to me they just never care. when i was getting bullied i told them and they didn’t even care that much. theyve never cared about mu mental health and all they do is deteriorate it even though they know how much they affect me. i cant talk to them about anything and everything turns into an argument
everything i do makes them mad and when i cry it makes them madder. they get extremely mad when i cry. i dont know what to do.
the only reason im still alive rn is because i cant wait for the future for when i move after graduating and live the rest of my life without their presence, and because i dont have the guts to attempt at kms. but now its getting harder and harder to wanna be alive | depression |
Weird behavuors
Every time I try watching tv I struggle to pay attention bc I feel an intense urge to eat tons of food very very fast and shovel it down my throat like a pig- trying to get all the flavors and I eat like I was starved for 6000 years. I also obsess over my phone and get very addicted to the internet and stuff too
Why can’t I just sit still and watch a tv show
I always need to be pulled in and it’s very unhealthy even w friends I need like exciting convos
Maybe feel better bc rn it’s like a gut feeling of I guess emptiness but I internally need something and want to scream idk if I want something . I want to be calm but can’t | ADHD |
I’m thinking of ending myself next Friday after an event I organised for work. I’ve read threads on how people are scarred from losing loved ones/friends/coworkers to suicide. So I am going to write a lengthy letter for everyone of the above thanking them for helping me through life and telling them not to hold themselves accountable for my decision. I am also going to wish them the best of luck in their endeavours. Would this help people overcome ? I want to make sure the people I leave behind would get the least possible amount of trauma from this. | depression |
I keep getting these intrusive thoughts in my head, been having them since I was around 8 or so, about how I really would be happier as a woman. Whenever I managed to lucid dream, the very first thing I'd try to do was turn myself into one.
Occasionally I appreciate being a man but it's only for purely utilitarian reasons. And even that doesn't really hold up; practically every aspect of my life would've been better had I been a woman.
It just makes me so sad thinking about how by some cruel twist of fate I had to be a man. This really sucks. | depression |
I keep battling my depression but tonight is rough. I’ve been dealing with a lot and felt like I had turned a corner. I’m figuring out a lot in therapy, and made some rather awesome breakthroughs but I’ve made some mistakes recently that just put me down. It’s hard to stay positive with that when I feel so damn alone. I’ve lost all my friends in the last two years, ghosted by the last two I had.
I know, I actually do know that I will get through this and be okay but I’m just tired of everything. The fucking struggle to stay afloat and work through this is so daunting. I feel like utter shit, that no one loves me and that I’ll spend my life alone. It’s so unnerving to feel this way when I rightfully know I’m a good person, moderately attractive with a lot going for me. People enjoy being around me, not socially awkward and get hit on even. I fall for the wrong people, get rejected and subject myself to that misery. I feel like I’m worthless, that’s what therapy helped me uncover. At the core root of almost every problem is that. The negative coping strategies minimizing my problems comes from making them smaller so I can work around them. Sitting in this, facing the truth and the extremely uncomfortable reality is pushing me to the edge. I feel unlovable when in my mind I know it’s not true. But the irrational feeling is there. I hate myself so much for falling for the wrong people. I hate myself for being so broken. All the fucked up trauma I survived makes me feel like such utter shit. I don’t feel like I deserve happiness. I _know_ that it’s that. Yet here I am with my mind racing, with a broken heart just feeling so fucking depressed. I feel stupid, because I am not healed and ready for anything but fuck if I don’t feel that I belong with someone. It’s toxic, I’m not ready for a relationship, that’s what I’m struggling with. I choose to go for the wrong people who don’t like me, probably as a way to punish myself and though all my distorted thinking.
I’m tired. So damn tired of struggling and feeling so worthless. I’ll get through it, I know that. Just feeling depressed and empty. I just need something to keep me going, maybe another way to look at it. I don’t know, just feel lost. | depression |
The root problem of ocd is the longing for absolute certainty. The problem to this starts with the fact, that
a) most things in life come with likelihoods. Rarely something is 100% certain.
How can you then even get certainty about a THOUGHT/MEMORY i.e. a problem that exists in your head. After all, with most of the OCDs your‘re worrying about the CHANCE you might have done something, not about something YOU HAVE DONE. There is an infinity of chances you could have done something. You won’t find a comforting answer by looking for it
b) missing uncertainty becomes worse for people with OCD. While others are able to believe in the more likely things and bear the uncertainty by its obvious unlikeliness, our brains don´t accept likelihoods.
Knowing this, and realising, how we ARE LOOKING FOR CERTAINTY THAT WE CAN´T FIND or accept, the best thing is to: ACCEPT/ DEAR THE RISK OF THE FEAR TURNING OUT TO BE TRUE
(note the difference to merely trying to stop to think about the fear).
Now you are INDIFFERENT to your fear.
(Beware not to perceive this as something negative: It’s not rape or contamination or pedophilia or harm/ abuse or whatever fear that you accept. You trick your mind into stopping its rumination by telling it that you don’t care to find certainty anymore. In reality you care a lot and your personality is unaffected by positive indifference (personality is stable, not determined/changed by thoughts)
Positive indifference is a strategic acceptance for the sake of your mental health and for the period of unease induced by your obsession)
By being positively indifferent you stop to care for absolute certainty, which resolves your OCD. It sounds harsh; but i don‘t see many other and more effective ways how our OCD brains stop to look for certainty any other way
I hope this helps you❤️ logging off Reddit for some time now. God bless y’all and this community (even though it can be highly problematic too sometimes, by being unconstructive with low response rates, constant triggers and r’as’uran’e seeking) ❤️❤️
Disclaimer: I am NO psychologist, this is just what helped me PERSONALLY
Appendix:
I refer to this approach as Positive indifference. I don’t know if this a particular ERP concept with an own name.
The third comment of the video I link in the comments captures it very well.
Some helpful self-affirmation phrases to practice positive indifference:
"For the sake of my mental health, i take the risk, that my fears turn out to be true."
If my fear was “I could have contaminated sb with Covid and perhaps cause his death“ then i would deliberately defy and challenge my instinct telling me to be afraid of this. I would want to give in to the fact that I’m contaminating somebody and perhaps responsible for something out of my control.
I would even in my mind want to encourage it because this magnifies the positive indifference.
I would tell my inner voice: „welp, then i guess I’ll just contracted covid“
(this disrespect and disobedience and „unethical“ approach only happens in my head)
Example: if my OCD fear was „I may have done something horrible X (like having tortured animals / harm ocd ), then you would want to develop a daring approach to this fear. Then I would tell myself „perhaps it happened, and honestly I don‘t care if it happened“.
YOU WON‘T FIND RELIEF BY ENGAGING WITH YOUR RUMINATIONS AND TRYING TO FIND AN ANSWER. BE nasty and rude with your ocd voice. disrespect what it is saying, and embrace indifference to your fear. You really have to be a sassy brat when it comes to your fear.
This may sound nasty especially with some OCD topics (rape, incest, pedophilia, abuse, ____etc), but you NEED to TRUST yourself (and you silently do) you´re no rapist or ____. Be daring with your fear and START TO TAKE THE RISK, OF TAKING THE RISK. This is the most effective approach to any OCD for me | OCD |
If you question my intelligence, I am just saying that it is at a higher level than my age according to the tests of a psychologist.
Since 11 years old I have had thoughts that my parents were going to / would like to kill me.
Recently (since the summer) I have had thoughts that Freemasons and the Illuminati rule the world and want to kill us ordinary people. I also think that it means something special that an Illuminati member and I have the same birthday and that the symbol of the University of Helsinki joining Freemasonry etc. and my thoughts on studying there sometime in the future would be related in the way that I am supposed to become a Mason.
My other thoughts are that I get cyanide / poison gas / carbon monoxide poisoning and once even that my parents intentionally kill me for carbon monoxide poisoning. Anxiety about this has often grown so great that I have not been able to sleep or be at home. However, I realize that others do not experience things the same way or believe them to be true.
I also fear that my food was poisoned by McDonald’s workers and that my food was drugged by my parents | OCD |
In fact, not only it's acceptable, it's the norm.
"Not being able to go up and down stairs in a wheelchair is just an excuse."
"If you really want to go up stairs you'd try harder. I'm sure you can do it."
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That's literally our reality. It's just the wheelchair in our cases are our brains and people can't see it. The sick thing is some of us believe that subconsciously especially for the undiagnosed people despite knowing those statements are ridiculous. Not only we repeatedly try rolling our wheelchairs up the stairs, we even hope if we try hard and continue to improve, one day we'd be able to stand up and walk up stairs effortlessly like other people. That sounds fucking insane but it's true.
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It's so frustrating that we seem too normal for people so it's near impossible for them to understand how much we struggle and how hard we're actully trying. We're fully aware of how much ADHD affect every aspect of our lives yet when we fucked up we can't just say it's because of ADHD. There's just no winning with this.
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I'm sorry this analogy is probably shit. It really depend on what you think going up stairs are for ADHDers. For me it's to be just like a neurotypical person. I know some people can manage their ADHD very well and lead a good life. Still, for people to expect us, or for us to expect ourselves to not struggle with what we struggle with is totally psychotic. We literally have a different type of brain for fuck's sake. | ADHD |
So in my country you end secondary grammar school with exams where you have to study sht ton of materials,or more like, be expert in 4 different subjects. Its maybe hundreds of pages to learn for these exams and this school year is my final.
But.
I also want to attend university and go study psychology, its kinda my dream job. And I have two options of psychology universities:
1. is the "prestige" one, from which when u graduate u have more respect from people bcs they are like ,,ohh u graduated this you must be rly smart we want to hire you" .And the money to pay is pretty friendly for this school. But there are two kinds of entry exams- generic knowledge exams (you have to apply to a different firm and they gave you this generic exams for which you pay and from subjects like math too for which Im rly dumb) and also psychology knowledge entry exams on university itself(you pay for those too and you have to learn several books of psychology to pass). And studying for this entry exams next to studying for final exams for secondary grammar school sounds very overwhelming (i just started medication for adhd and was just recently diagnosed)
2. second one is private school, and lot of people view it like a ,,meme" school bcs they say standards for everything are much lower and when applying for a job or transitioning to another university and saying you are coming from this one there is a chance they wont want you idk. However, I heard the studying etc is a lot more chill and there are no entrance exams at all which is rly nice. BUT! The money cost of this university is DOUBLE the first one and its rly a lot.
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Im rly interested in psychology. I could learn myself even if I didnt get good proffesors propably. But idk if Im just lazy that Im considering the second option even though Im far from being rich. I really dont know what to do,which to chose. And I dont want to wait another year because Im already 24 (I stopped secondary grammar school 5 years ago bcs mental health was shitty and this year decided to finish.)
Or should I just throw my dream away bcs what if Im just not smart enough (I rly have troubles learning what I dont like) | ADHD |
I hear all the typical responses bouncing around in my head, it's a permanent answer to a temporary problem, it will get better with time, etc. But after 10 years, medication, and therapy, let me tell you there is nothing temporary about this. The temporary problem is life itself. Sure I could just tough it out for another 50+ years... But for what? To what end? The only reason for morality like helping people like me out is for the survival of our species... And I don't think we need the help. Pls God help me I don't want to die but I cant shake this, at least I haven't been able to since I was 9 or 10... I'm 23 | depression |
I feel like I will never be able to hold a job because of this. Sometimes I go a full week with virtually no OCD and then it comes back so strong that I'm left unfunctional. How will I ever maintain a full time job like this? | OCD |
It's been so long since I felt normal. You know at this point I'm just willing to accept that in fucked up and that it's not OCD because it really feels like that. Maybe I can help others avoid the same. | OCD |
We’ve only been officially together 5 months, but we’ve been talking nearly a year. I always think that I am doing okay but then my low self esteem and mental health issues kick in and I see what a mess I truly am.
I love my partner, and I want our relationship to work. But I am convinced that I am absolute shit and that he deserves better. I am convinced that I cannot be the healthy partner he deserves; that I cannot provide him with the happy healthy fulfilling relationship he deserves. I breakdown too much, I talk about myself negatively too much, I do not work a job that allows me to live independently, I do not have much money saved at all, I am awkward, I am anxious, I am ugly, I am selfish, I am a coward, I am just a bad person.
I want to be with him, but I also feel obligated to “set him free” so that he can do better. But I do that by constantly telling him the above and asking him to leave me - rather than actually leaving him because I don’t actually want us to break up.
But I told him to leave me again tonight. I told him that I would never stop telling him to leave me because I need to protect him and because he deserves better and I am shit. He told me he is devastated. That I am being unbelievably cruel. That I am not freeing him but rather that I am causing him to question if I ever want to be better and causing him to lose his faith in looking for the good in people ever. He told me I don’t want this relationship. He told me not to contact him for a few days while he struggles with all of this.
I hate myself. For hurting him. For pushing and pulling him. For being who I am. For maybe finally truly losing him. And I just want to curl into a ball and die. He has every right to leave and he should leave. I just hope he doesn’t. But I don’t know. I ruined things. I completely ruined them. And if by some miracle he doesn’t leave this time, I know he’ll have lost his faith in me and some love for me. And I know I will ruin things again. I want to throw up. I just want to be happy and healthy and to be able to be the the partner he deserves. But I am irredeemably broken. He deserves better. And I can’t believe I hurt him so much. And I hate myself for it. And I want to die. (I’m absolutely not going to Jill myself - I just wish I could cease to exist and erase him from my memory and me from his). | OCD |
I finally decided “to hell with vaguely assuming” and am trying to get professional screening. I got routed to the Nisonger center at OSU, and got a screener.
First issue I noticed was there was a box asking who is filling out for the form and “self” or “patient” wasn’t an option. And all the questions were very much oriented around “how can we make your loved one less of a problem for you.” Stuff like assuming any employer has to be a special program.
So I’m assuming this place is oriented towards much more ‘severe’ autism, not my probable ASD1/aspergers. I’m hoping I’m wrong and they can still help. Anyone have any experience with them? Thanks! | aspergers |
So a few days ago I was playing a video game when I came across a blatant cheater. When the game ended I proceeded to tell him things that I now realize I should not tell to any living soul (cheater or not). A few days later, I’ve been glued to my couch wondering if this person (who I don’t know and never will know) will hurt himself because of things that I said briefly. The fact that there is a possibility of this happening is destroying me with guilt and persistent rumination. I’m scared that this a thought that will reoccur throughout my life, because currently, I feel an overwhelming sense that I’ve done wrong, and that I shouldn’t keep going because I may have indirectly led to someone hurting themself. The fact that I know that I will never know the answer to this is filling me with despair. I would never wish for someone to actually get hurt, but I realize that words can have consequences, and if those consequences are real, then I don’t know what I’d do. | OCD |
I’ve lost more than one job due to me feeling OVERWHELMING guilt about something that I did wrong at work. Instead of shrugging it off (not saying that’s the right thing to do ) and determining to do better in the future I felt I HAD to confess or face hell as my punishment. For some reason work is like my main obsession. Yes it’s best to follow all the rules but what about when you don’t ? I’ve never seen ANYone follow allll of the rules and when I break some that are big to me ... I MUST confess. Rules , laws. I’m obsessed with. And I’m not a good person. I’ve lied , stolen snd hurt people. So can I claim to have OCD (moral / scrupulosity ) or is this a normal redaction to guilt ? To CONSTANTLY obsess for years and ruminate for hours on hand? People tell me I’m a GOOD person to be so honest about my failures. They don’t understand I’m tormented and feel obligated to confess. | OCD |
I literally spray my bed with sanitiser before I sleep. I’m almost 20 and have no interest In college, my parents think I’m mentally weak and I’m ashamed of myself. I sanitise everything and wash my hands multiple times and now I’ve started cutting again. Yeah that’s all | OCD |
Hello! First off, thank you so very much for reading and any assistance you give.
Situation: My partner and I moved in together about 6ish months ago. Partner was very recently diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, so we're learning together what systems need to be in place (lazy Susans in the fridge/cupboards so they can see all the food easily, list of leftovers on the fridge so that Partner doesn't only eat the visible food, etc.) It's been a great journey and we've figured loads of things out (including great information from posts on this sub - thanks, y'all!).
The one thing that we can't seem to figure out a solution for is that they have a particular blind spot when it comes to cleaning up a dinner they partook in but didn't actually make (I tend to make dinner most of the time because I really enjoy cooking). They will very wonderfully offer to clean up dinner, but then, a perishable component of this dinner will be left out overnight (an aspect of leftovers, condiments, etc). These things have oftentimes spoiled/are no longer usable, something I discover when I wake up in the morning. I sometimes get frustrated, which activates my partner's RSD and anxiety, which is super tough and something I definitely don't want to do. I am also neurodivergent, but don't have ADHD/don't struggle with this particular thing, so I wanted to reach out to the community and see if y'all had also experienced this and had any ideas/success. Do you have any tips/tricks/systems that help to ensure that you're making sure all perishable food gets put away?
Thank you so much in advance!
tl;dr: my partner has ADHD and keeps accidentally leaving perishable food items out, which makes them feel bad. Any tips/tricks/systems for remembering to put all food aspects away consistently? | ADHD |
i recently entered a new relationship like literally just a few days ago and my ocd has been attacking it so bad. i don’t even want to text him back 90% of the time because my ocd convinced me he hates me so if i don’t text him back i can’t give him reasons to hate me. i talked to my friend and she said i should tell him what i go through. i have never had to tell someone i have ocd like that. i don’t know how to open up about this. is it too early to tell him? should i even say something? i don’t want to scare him away or be too intense but it’s been so painful being so scared everyday. | OCD |
I'm not depressed, but people say apparently it is depressing when you just want to stay in bed. I want to stay in my bed as long as possible cause it's my safe space, I don't have to worry about anything a d the warm comforter helps me not worry about anything and I feel happy hiding under the covers. | depression |
20M. It’s been two years since I got more in contact with my faith (Catholic) but I currently am losing it and it makes me despair. I have always been more of a conservative and have always wanted to be a father with wife and a house. But recently I have lost it. I study physics and have been drawn to abstract/philosophical knowledge since young age, so dilemas and debates have a considerable impact on me. Paradoxically, I have never had a girlfriend, only one love from high school with whom I had my first kiss, but she kinda used me for her ego. It’s been 6 years but if she appears around, I believe my heart would pump a bit more because I still like her (or at least the idea I have of her).
She studies medicine in the best university of the country and I was supposed to do the same but with physics, although I was too afraid to live away from my parents and then I stayed in my city and got to a normal university, to which I do not dedicate much. I have been too afraid to make the first move to kiss her at the time or go further (I am still virgin), so we never had a relation, only some kisses. Recently I discovered in Catholic afterlife men and women don’t marry, nor have children, and this broke me. I love babies mas thinking of having a loving wife is joy for me, but knowing that my God will not allow for me to be married to a wife (if I have one) and not letting me have children if it happens that the Apocalipse comes today is making me reject God. And well, rejecting God technically is going to hell for a believer. I am too sad with this because it seems like the world is ending tomorrow and I have never had sex, someone to like me, nor children of mine. I know heaven os supreme wellness and happiness, but I seem to not want it, I want this life, with the problems of here. Wanting heaven seems selfish but not wanting it seems selfish too, since it seems like if get married God will take my wife from me and it will be pure boredom and loneliness. I have thought of suicide, but guess what, for a believer, there’s not ‘nothing’ after it, it’s hell, which is the last thing I want. I have ended up coming back with porn, nsfw on Reddit, masturbation, filling me up with coffee and sugar, playing games and listening to KPOP, all to not think about problems I am facing. There’s has been some happy moments but I am comfortable with carnal pleasures and depression, so I refuse trying or feeling happiness. I feel weak for not fighting and it seems like I going to hell. I am not ugly, I am somewhat proud of my body, but I can’t do good things or want happiness. It is weird. Help | depression |
I don’t know what’s going on with me or why my depression suddenly got 100x stronger and more powerful than it ever was in such a short period of time.
But I shouldn’t have gone on vacation. I shouldn’t have fucking booked this trip. I wasted so much money for a week and 9 day trip and we’re on day 6 and I swear to you I felt the desire to get out of bed maybe once. I have done nothing with my time in this new place but lay around in bed, like I do when i’m home. I even spent hundreds on a car rental and its such a nice car and it’s been sitting out in the cold since I got here.
I’m so fucking upset at myself. I feel so weak and pitiful. I hate myself more than words can say. I also suffer from BDD and body image issues and I currently feel I look so much more ugly than I did before I came on this trip. Every time I try to get up to get ready to maybe go out, I see my face in the mirror and immediately become exhausted because I don’t want to spend 3 hours on makeup. By the time i’ve fixed my unfortunate face, I have limited energy to do much else. And then I see my body, a body I don’t recognize because i’ve gained 50 pounds in the last year. I can’t stop fixating on my double chin that I can’t hide with makeup because it’s not magic. And I become physically sick when I try on outfits I think will look good but don’t because of my new figure.
Sometimes after crying I will actually throw up while looking at myself in the mirror and I know that is not a normal response.
I’m just so fucking exhausted, not just mentally, but very much physically and all I want to do is go out and sight see and enjoy my last days here so it’s not a complete waste but I just feel so fatigued and I don’t know why it’s so much worse right now. I feel like I look like shit and so I hide under these covers. I don’t want anyone to see me. You feel your best when you look your best, right? Or is it the other way around idk.
Back home, I was still severely depressed but I was at least functional enough to go to my 9-5. Now when I try to do something nice for myself, it feels like i’ve completely fallen apart and shut down.
And I have nobody in the world to talk to. Of course. I’m just here in bed wallowing and accepting the intrusive thoughts and only wishing I could close my eyes and disappear to escape from my exhausting existence. | depression |
So during online school I have had tests, and in one class, for most of the year I have been looking up the answers. Our teacher is very tough, and gives us a lot of work. Anyway, school is ending soon, and we have one more test. I plan to actually study for it this time, instead of looking up the answers. I have been consumed with guilt, because I feel like I’m a bad person for cheating on the tests, so I’ve been trying to become a better person.
I have struggled with OCD for the last 3 years, and have had extreme intrusive thoughts, as well as compulsions to go along with them.
Anyways I’m trying to find a way to move past this, and not view myself as a horrible person.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated | OCD |
I have OCD thoughts and they are driving me crazy. My OCD involves telling someone something that was false, but I had no idea it was false until after. I was wrong. I told someone that a season of a tv show had 25 episodes but I was so far off, this season was a few years ago and it actually had 42 episodes. And now I’m freaking out and I’m scared the person I said that to won’t ever see the show the same again. I know it doesn’t matter, I know no harm was probably done but i can’t stop thinking about it. It won’t leave my head. | OCD |
I honestly can't tell the difference. People tell me to be confident. When I am I'm arrogant. I know I am. I just don't know how to express confidence without being cocky(?) I guess?
Anyone else? How do/did you deal with it?
Edit: Thanks for the replies. I now have lots of info to help me though this particular issue. | aspergers |
Hey guys, I’m dealing with rocd since 3 months and I don’t know what to do anymore. My ex boyfriend and I were together for 5 months and my rocd started after 2 months relationship. I went through hell, i just wanted to die.... I can understand almost everything you said. This shit is so fucking hard... I‘m also in therapy since 2 months. I loved him to death and choosing him felt so easy the first time ... my feelings for him came back every time but this times it seems so different. I just fixate on his flaws, don’t miss him and I just think he is not „the one“... i can't stop thinking that there is someone better for me.
He‘s such a good guy, he feels like home for me.
I haven't felt fear in weeks and it feels like I don't care about him anymore... it feels like I don't want to choose him anymore... I just don’t love him anymore...
So I broke up with him 2 days ago and while breaking up I was still not sure if I still love him or not... it was such a heartbreak and imagine him with a other girl breaks my heart. While walking home, it didn’t felt like the end and I didn’t realized the break up at first... I thought if I break up, I will finally find relief and know whether I still love him or not ... but I still think about whether I love him or not and whether I ever want him back or not ... my physical fear is also back sometimes and I feel so bad. It still feels like I just don't love him anymore and I feel numb right now... Why do I no longer feel the heartache, I wanted to feel so much pain so that I can feel I want him back ... I just don't know what to do anymore ...
please say something to my situation🥺 | OCD |
I want to be ok I really do but its so hard to be ok when all life gives you is shit hell I considered today a good day and I couldn't move for half of today and the other half I was barley functional but managed to do the stuff I needed to for the most part but I had to ignore how I was feeling to do it and I almost self harmed again because of how draining everything has been but im hanging on for my best friend and my brother because I don't want to hurt them by dying so im still here but hey midterms start tomorrow so all I have to do is survive this week and then I get a few days of break before I have to deal with a bunch of bigots fo Christmas I can't even communicate how im feeling to my friends anymore because I don't want to worry them and I feel guilty because I have an amazing life compared to some people and I just don't have the energy to act ok all day and then talk about how shitty im feeling so I act like everything is ok unless they ask how my day really was or if I want to talk about it because I feel like a burden like they don't actually like me they just pretend to like me so now im sitting in bed in a pitch black room ranting to a bunch of strangers who probably won't read it listing to sad music at 3am because I only let my feelings out at night because that's when I feel safe the last time I cried in front of anyone was when I broke down in front of my best friend like two weeks ago | depression |
Hi. I struggle with ptsd, second hand trauma, anxiety, and depression with suicidal thoughts. I had been particularly hurting a lot this last week and decided to join this group just to see if anyone else was struggling with something like me. I don’t feel comfortable enough yet to go into details mostly because one of the biggest triggers for me is thinking back to the things that started this all. I get lost in my head and I’d rather just try to not think about it so I’ve been very subtle in my posts. The other day I made a post and someone actually had the audacity to tell me that I don’t have ptsd and I’m just sad and trying to get attention. I told him to tell that to my therapist. And he went on another one of my post and told me “again this isn’t ptsd, get off this redit” now I’m not usually offended by dumb people but I came here to try and have a safe place. Just like most of the people on here. Now I know I have ptsd. Maybe it’s unique but I already have doubted it myself enough. It’s been a long hard last few years for me. Most of the people on here understand but some apparently don’t do let me put it simple for you. It doesn’t matter if it’s a 12 year old girl who’s boyfriend just broke up with her you don’t bash anyone for being hurt even if they are on here claiming they have ptsd there’s much nicer ways of treating people. Read a post earlier about someone saying they think they might have ptsd and after describing his pain it didn’t really sound like ptsd but they where obviously still struggling and most of the comments where very supportive either way. I blocked the user who I had a problem with but after scrolling through his information I’m not the first person he’s judged for this. A lot of us are on the edge right now and if you feel like you are just going to judge and question our pain please get off this sub and go find somewhere else to judge people. | ptsd |
So far, this company has been a nightmare and I’m just hoping things get better from here.
I waited 2 weeks to get an appointment (no problem). An hour before the appointment, they tell me I haven’t completed a required assessment. I check the portal and there’s no mention of this. I ask if they can send it to me before my appointment. No response. The psychiatrist says she can’t proceed without it and cancels the appointment. They schedule a new one without asking me my availability. Another 2 week wait.
Ahead of that appointment, I email them several times asking for the assessment. I finally receive it and send it in. I asked them to please confirm that I have done everything I need to do to be evaluated. They reassure me that I am all set.
I go to join my appointment yesterday and there’s no mention of my appointment or how to join the conference anywhere on the portal page. I go to the email confirming my appointment and it just said “link” (someone forgot to paste the actual link). I finally find a text message that contains the link to join and I log on at 4:03 for my 4pm appointment. I apologize for being late and the psychiatrist asks if I feel comfortable “rushing through” the evaluation (wtf?). I say yes because I don’t want to wait another 2 weeks.
We finish the appointment and she diagnoses me with ADHD and prescribes concerta. I am relieved to have an answer. She said the prescription will be approved by my insurance in a few days.
Later that night, I get a phone call from done first saying that I never completed my assessment… the same one that they said was missing before and then confirmed that they had received it… WTF. I’m glad the evaluation is over but this company is a mess. I’m just hoping I don’t have trouble getting refills or anything. Has anyone else used them? | ADHD |
I think all day of the things I want to do. The only problem is that I am at work during this time. I work until 7pm 5 days a week. I'm always considered "on call" . When I get home I think to myself "I've worked all day it's time to kinda relax for a bit. I'll get to my hobbies in a few mins. It's 10pm at night.Am I really going to get out of bed and go work on a project? I didn't sleep much last night. It's been a long week. Why wouldn't I just start tomorrow? Even though I already know I have plans in the morning and plans for tommorow night.
What the heck do I do? I got to live my life at some point | ADHD |
So for the first 6 months since my diagnosis and new meds, I felt great. The nightmares disappeared.
However the nightmares are coming back now. I'm fine during the day, but I keep waking up from my sleep screaming. And I remember them with clarity. Re-living painful moments from my past.
But they can't increase the dose, because I'd be asleep all day. And I need to be awake to take medication for my other medical conditions.
I dunno if there's anything they can do. Maybe I just need a hug. | ptsd |
I don't know if anyone else has this issue but I've had to tell a few people I have PTSD/CPTSD and left it at that. I just tell them it's something that I live with/deal with and it can cause me to react in certain ways. I don't know why but every single time without fail, the first thing they ask is "what happened?". Every time I have to explain to them that if my past trauma can trigger me, then what prevents me from getting triggered by just talking about it? Why would I relive my trauma just to tell you what happened?
I know they don't mean it in a harmful way, but please. People need to learn to not ask this. Me telling you I have PTSD/CPTSD should be enough and leave it at that. If it's impolite and rude to ask a crippled person how they got that way then why do people think it's okay to ask a victim of trauma how they ended up traumatized?? | ptsd |
This only happens every now and then and I usually overlook it but recently it's been a bit embarrassing when it happens in front of others. I don't regularly exercise, I do take a multivitamin and usually eat cereal daily, which I assume gives me most of the required vitamins/minerals. Is it general muscle fatigue, nerve fatigue, or other nutritional deficient? | ADHD |
Is it a thing to start to have hallucinations after 8 years of untreated PTSD? Just a bit worried. | ptsd |
TW: violence
For almost 3 years now I've been struggling with a PTSD that I got from being assaulted in public twice in a row in the span of 2 months. Since this was pretty public and the public was very apathetic to it it caused me to feel very worthless. I felt a lot of resentment for other people. Since then I've had anger issues. I got pretty good at hiding this though.
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In these last 3 years violence has played a big part in my routine mental thought. If I was mad at someone, even for the slightest smallest "infractions" towards me, I would fantasize about hurting them in some way. Life was mostly good, but I'd spent hours pacing around my apartment thinking about how people had "crossed" me that day, and how they were going to pay for it. It is really scary stuff.
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Until today I always had to put in concious effort to stop when I caught myself having these involuntary fantasies. But today, for the first time, I caught myself in a fantasy and reflexively got myself out of it. It almost feels like my body finally realizes that I don't actually live a violent life, and that I can tackle my problems in other, healthier ways.
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I've learned to function with my PTSD for a long time now (therapy yay!), but this feels like the biggest step towards recovery yet. I really hope this trend continues, because sometimes I'm still afraid that one day I might slip up, and do something that I would regret. Luckily that hasn't happened yet, and things seem to get easier with time.
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Have any of you folks ever felt like they where "stuck" in a violent state of mind? How do you guys cope with it? Are you guys hopeful for a full recovery or do you believe that PTSD is something you have to learn to live with?
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TLDR: Anger issues due to PTSD for long time, it feels like they're getting less. | ptsd |
Today she is having a particularly bad day and is just endlessly scrolling through Instagram while laying in bed in our dark spare room. Any advice or support appreciated, I’m at my wits end and probably would have left by now if it wasn’t for her mental state. She can be verbally abusive sometimes and I really don’t feel like I deserve this, but I know it’s just because she is hurting. I love her. Please help. | depression |
I've been in three car accidents since moving across the country nearly 3 years ago. Two major. The first one a young kid was driving too fast around a corner, slammed into the driver's side door. It sustained decent damage and had to be replaced, but we were okay. Then almost exactly a year later, we were in a multi car accident with the same car. A woman in front of us didn't slow down for a backed up turn lane, pushed the car she hit into oncoming traffic, which made oncoming traffic slam into us. My car was totaled, and the woman who caused it fled the scene. We we're relatively okay besides deep muscle bruising. We hadn't really gone anywhere since. I got a new car to replace the first one, and not 4 months later it gets totaled. We were driving home and a major off ramp was backed up. We slowed down in plenty of time, sat there for 30 seconds and a woman behind us just didn't. She slammed into us at highway speeds. There was no avoiding it, it happened too fast. We were lucky to be alive we keep getting told. I get out and just am bawling/hyperventilating. Everyone thinks I'm majorly injured (I do have a pretty bad hip injury which requires physical therapy) but I was mostly just exhausted. The worst part was seeing it happen in my rearview and nothing was able to be done. Anyone who has ever been in a car accident where the airbags deploy knows the smell. Every once in awhile I can smell it. I know it's just my mind, but it triggers me so fucking hard. I can barely sleep at night. Driving in the car will most of the time cause me to freak out. (I was the driver in both recent accidents.) I went to my doctor and she officially said I have PTSD from it today. I will jerk awake at night, believing I'm back in the car getting slammed into. It's so fucking awful. I don't know what to do. I just feel like a bundle of anxiety all the time now. | ptsd |
Does anyone else suffer from random headaches/energy drops ?
It happens pretty often for me. Let's say I am doing regular chores, working, or spending time with my family, and suddenly it strikes me, like a bad spell.
My head hurts, I become angry, and it is suddenly difficult for me to do regular stuff. Even getting up to go to the bathroom seems really difficult.
Is this what they call a shutdown ? Do you have any advice ?
Thanks. | aspergers |
I was at my lowest, because of what happened i lost my job, my car, my place and my self respect. Never been so humiliated in my entire life.... But even tho my life is going to shit, may become a criminal and I'm not sure yet but it's possible i go to jail, which is a death sentence knowing i was a cop... But fuck by almost dying i've learned that living is not as scary as dying alone...... I'm fine with death and always was, but I'm alone with no one and i just don't want to die alone.
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I found the guts to live and it scares the shit out of me.... | depression |
Just ordered a new computer the other day and cancelled the order because I saw it dropped in price and I wanted to save some money, but then it went back up in price so I un-cancelled it but then my dumbass brain was like "well buying it counts as 1, then cancelling and un-cancelling makes it 2 but if you don't do it a third time you're going to be mentally ill forever" like fucking thanks brain, I rly needed that. so I'm considering doing it again but that involves calling them twice to cancel and un-cancel it and if something goes wrong in the process because I've already fucked with it then I might lose a lot of money which I'm worried about. But I feel like if I don't then I'm gonna have this obsession for the whole month that it takes them to deliver the pc. It's so fucking annoying | OCD |
What is the name of the app and how it help us? Thanks ☺️ | aspergers |
If you do this, you’re a terrible person and I want nothing to do with you. Yes, Hans was a bad guy and it sucks that his name is our diagnosis, but expecting us all to suddenly drop a term we grew up with is ridiculous and unfair. I was called disrespectful by a white Jewish person on Twitter (who then mocked me for being white) because I refused to comply and stop saying the term aspergers. Why should I be ashamed of something that isn’t even my fault? I’m close to a meltdown because of this. Am I a bad person? | aspergers |
This world is stupid. Way too many people are disconnected and out to destroy. Super materialism and selfworshiping assholes. Then theres the other portion of the population whos drugged up because they cant handle shit. Then theres all of us just suffering in this shitty world with out drugs or meds. I dont give af about followers, how much money someone makes, all the shit that people put on a dating profile about travel, sports, and other basic bullshit. Don't get me wrong, sports are fine, but it's like everything is so generic and no individuality. Everyone seems brainwashed. As if life as it is isn't hard enough. Health issues, family and friends issues, work and living expenses issues. Then theres other people just looking to treat you down because they're unhappy. What a shit show. | depression |
So, the last few weeks have been a complete gamechanger for me. Realisation that all my lifelong quirks are actually ADHD has given me a new lease of life now that I know the full picture of what i am dealing with. I'm strong-minded enough that I am now actively putting "failsafes" in place for some elements of my problems but still trying to figure out how to get through some of the more challenging elements.
Prior to formal diagnosis, i had grand plans to change a lot of things all at once. One of those is actually getting back to the gym and into a routine whilst I still have the newly found momentum. However, my psych advised me during diagnosis discussion that i should wait a week before adding some recommended vitamins and supplements to my daily intake but I completely forgot to ask her about gym though and next catchup not until end of the month.
In the past, it's always been a struggle to actually push myself to go to the gym but once there, I am there for hours and then suffer for days.
Bring it back to current situation and I'm aware that one element of the medication is an increase in blood pressure. Has anyone got personal experience of going to the gym in first few weeks of medication? My concern is that i eventually get myself to go and overdo it and then momentum is gone.
Pre-medication resting BP of <120/80 and currently 18mg/day Xaggitin XL increasing to 36/day on 20th. Secondary concern is that if i do manage to start going this weekend, it'd cause me issues if i then have to stop my new routine with the increase on 20th | ADHD |
Just as the title says; I was rediagnosed with adhd(was diagnosed as a kid so my memory is a bit sparse with that lol) in June, got on strattera in September and was doing amazing, I was sleeping normally, waking up normally and just basically focused in on work and school to the point where I'd finish stuff early and read the rest of the night. Flash forward to mid November and i can barely concentrate. I'm not doing 36 hour days but I'm not going to bed 12-8 anymore and I'm pacing alot more trying to either gain the energy to concentrate or remember wtf I'm supposed to be doing. Now I live in Ottawa, so from like October 31st onwards it's been getting colder and colder until like probably 2 weeks ago it was what I'd call "winter" weather(minus the -40C temps and massive snow falls). So im curious if anyone experiences this like me or it's just a coincidence or something! 😊 | ADHD |
Background information: I was sexually assaulted in 2018. It’s caused me a pretty significant fear of betrayal and strange men. It’s complicated and it’s made me extremely co-dependent.
A year later in 2019 I met this girl through mutual friends. We hit it off. She’s my best friend in the entire world now. We share everything with each other and hang out every weekend. I haven’t ever had a friend as great as her. She and I have similar interests, values, we love spending time with each other — she’s like a sister to me. Every weekend I spend at her apartment so we can cook, watch movies, etc.
But I think sometimes I’m too needy for her. She’s so independent. I, myself, am not. She basically raised herself because of neglectful and abusive parents. My parents spoiled me. She lives on her own at 22 and I still live at home because I’m scared to move out. She has her own car, I can’t even drive because I have test anxiety and have struggled for years to get my license (embarrassing, I know). And on top of that, I can’t trust myself to do anything. If I’m going pretty much anywhere or doing anything at all, I need her to be there.
She works so much. Every day of the week. And as supportive as she is, I know she’s tired and can’t/shouldn’t always have to be there for me. But I feel very lost without her. I was already pretty spoiled before but my sexual assault has made me...fearful to do anything. It’s just made my inability to be independent so much harder.
I don’t really know what to do or how to talk to her about this without sounding like a bummer or sounding manipulative. Any advice? | ptsd |
I'm 90% sure this line of thought is another intrusive thought but I want to hear the opinion on this anyways:
I have OCD diagnosed by a professional, but I'm still worried that my OCD doesn't seem to...present like other people's. I've never had compulsions that require me to do repetitive actions like flicking on and off lights or counting, even washing my hands. I do however get the strong impulse to clean or organize when I get intrusive thoughts because I get a strong feeling that the only way to control the thoughts in my head is to organize my surroundings, except it never really works and I still get the thoughts.
The thing is, it's not like other people describe it. I don't necessarily think something bad will happen to me or those I love if I don't, I just feel like the only way to stop them is to do this, to control the things around me I can control rather than the things in my head which I can't. Is this a way that OCD presents itself and does anyone else have the same problem? What is the "subtype" for this, if that makes sense (Pure O, or other ones that I'm not familiar with.) | OCD |
I got tired.
I got tired.
100% of my attempts to make friends always go wrong. I've tried everything. I'm too uninteresting...
After 1 minute of conversation, the person looks at me sideways, puts words in a certain way to run me over and kick me into the corner, I start to belittle myself and finally ignored without a simple "Goodbye. The rest of a good day for you"
Of course in the end I look like a dumb son of a bitch in the middle of all this.
While some are in clubs, full of friends, girlfriend
There is no comparison...
Most likely not even the university and stop on the street
Considering all the problems I have, whoever wants to be my friend should declare themselves because I don't know what it's like to have one anymore. | aspergers |
As a kid I used to constantly read. I would start and finish decently sized novels in one day like it was nothing 😭 now i might as well be illiterate. Does anyone have any tips to get back into this old part of myself? I genuinely love reading but I struggle so hard. It’s like, I’m so good at it but not when I need to be 🥲 | ADHD |
I was stereotypically attention deficit hyperactive in childhood, like to a T. I also had symptoms of 2 other disorders. As an adult I was diagnosed with bipolar, then Schizoaffective. The high mood and scattered thinking of the latter seems really hard to distinguish in my case.
So I’m wondering how does ADHD change in adulthood. I found a few things online but I want to hear your experiences and see if they match up with mine. I have experienced hypomania and I can’t distinguish between that or if I’m just poorly managing my ADHD. I’m receiving no treatment for ADHD and it seems to have gotten extremely bad at times, over the past few years. | ADHD |
Hey all! Hope you’re taking care of yourselves in this uncertain time. I was wondering if any of you had tips or things you found to help with disassociating. I’m (26) M. Found out I have PTSD from frequent childhood trauma. One of my biggest coping mechanisms was disassociating and essentially “muting all my senses” so I can’t process what is going on. It’s been many years since I’ve been in or around a situation like that, but have noticed that the coping (disassociating) hasn’t left. I haven’t been able to consciously figure out why yet, but it’s caused a lot of issues and difficulties in maintaining relationships. If anybody has had anything similar or tried anything (At this point I’m desperate to try whatever could help) that’s helped please let me know. Thanks for letting me take up your time. Stay safe, friends.
Update: I can’t thank you all enough for reaching out and giving me a lot of tools and resources to look into. You all are truly changing lives. | ptsd |
Sho I'm studying physics in college and I lost the ability to read. It goes in my eyes and out my brain. Does anyone else have this issue? | ptsd |
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