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Every time I go to new places, everything gets so distorted in paranoid nature. I wonder if what I am experiencing is a symptom of ASD. Every thing kind of shifts at first, but that is only when in new places for the first time.
aspergers
I’m trying to figure out whether I have ADHD while being assessed for it and chronic boredom is something I’ve thought a lot about. I “suffer” from boredom a lot and it’s really frustrating.. however I’m not sure whether what I am experiencing is chronic boredom or just boredom. So what is chronic boredom like for ...
ADHD
I have to admit that when I was a child I struggled with ADHD, though at the time I didn’t really feel it just because I was a kid. I couldn’t pay attention to my own symptoms. Now, years later in life I have been unmedicated since before I started middle school. I am now a father of a beautiful baby girl and I see t...
ADHD
Why just when I'm starting to think they're gone they come back but stronger then ever I'm tired of continously feeling guilty for everything I do but I'm also scared that one day all my intrusive thoughts come to life what if they aren't intrusive thoughts to begin with and I'm just convincing myself they are because ...
OCD
i have this problem where i just cant get myself to do things unless im required to do them. ill get up for school, do my homework, go to work, you know all that. but when it comes to getting up to watch a movie, or to one of my hobbies, i just can't. ill be sitting in bed and think "i should be doing \_\_\_ right now"...
ADHD
Saying headcanon bc in my life I don't think I've ever encountered a character that was explicitly stated as having ADHD My favorites are: Francis from Malcolm in the Middle Aang from ATLA Maria from Sound of Music Andy Dwyer from Parks and Rec Troy Barnes from Community I'm willing to write individual essays ar...
ADHD
The title says it all. I have a friend that is very depressed and she will text our group chat sometimes and mention that she's sad or that she needs help etc but it just makes me angry for some reason, its like i do not want to hear about others emotions. But then randomly i will feel immense sadness, especially for t...
ADHD
I love plants, potted flowers, anything green producing oxygen. My house growing up was full of them, my mum took good care of them. When I started living independently years ago I bought plants and they all died. Either due to dehydration or over watering. My kids and my pets are all well and good because they make th...
ADHD
I noticed long before I was diagnosed that I tend to plan out interactions for minor stuff (gas station, restaurant, post office, etc.) I noticed it because I ordered soda in a restaurant with some coworkers and they thought it was odd that I ordered "Diet" instead of "Diet Coke." I did this because if you order Diet C...
aspergers
I'm losing my mind but I'm not even trying to get it back. No one knows that I have felt this way for most of my life. I push the people I need most away. Sometimes I just wish I didn't exist. I don't want to off myself, but I can't keep going much longer.
depression
Can anyone give me some suggestions to stop engaging with these negative thoughts? The last few days, I've been desperately trying to avoid a spiral because of overthinking my relationship and my partner. The shitty thing is, OCD seems to take valid concerns and warps them beyond recognition, so that you think they're ...
OCD
I know the title sounds terrible and it's true. My story began roughly 3 months ago ( I was never depressed before) when my ex gf had some major troubles in her life. I helped her through the stuff she had on the table like I always do, but this time it somehow got to me. The more I listened I calmed her, the more depr...
depression
I have tried timmytimer.com and pomodoro-tracker.com I want to know other sites too if you have other suggestions. The 2 I mentioned above I think doesn’t suit me. I am currently studying a new skill and transitioning to be employed. I am also medicated (Ritalin) but the effect doesn’t last long. My solution is to use...
ADHD
Thought I’d share what I’m almost certain is OCD that started when I was 16. After a bad breakup, which I’m pretty sure I struggled with OCD during that too, about a month later I remember getting mad at something my dad said and later my mom was talking to me and trying to make me feel better. When she was done she sa...
OCD
Honestly, I'm tired of feeling like I'm never going to do anything right and that I'm just going annoy everyone with my presence. I feel like I'm just a burden to my husband and his family and what's the point of living if that's how I'm always going to feel?
depression
I understand the struggles that others are facing when it comes to OCD but the amount of posts on this subreddit that dive into really triggering topics without any sort of trigger warning is pretty big and many even include the triggering obsession right into the title. It's already great that certain obsessions are m...
OCD
I am unsure that this is the correct mental illness subreddit to ask for help with this on—for example, it is difficult to discern obsessions or compulsions in my life—but it seems like the best option given what I know about myself. I have been thinking about my undergrad thesis topic for months and only recently hav...
OCD
I’m not looking for a diagnosis, I’m just wondering if I should ask my psychiatrist about the possibility. I obsess over a specific thought every other week, and the thought usually brings me distress. I’ve obsessed over the thought of being a sociopath, a rapist, and a dangerous person to name a few. All of these thou...
OCD
where to start? so, i have ptsd from surviving a school shooting. this week sucks. it’s the start of the trial of the older shooter. everything is so upsetting. i can’t sleep; i keep being woken up by nightmares where i have to shoot and kill my classmates in order to wake up. and now all eyes are on the court room. i ...
ptsd
I am 27F and have been seeing my psychiatrist for a few months now. She's been great so far. I am getting treatment for depression and anxiety and am currently taking Lexapro 10mg and Xanax as needed. I have been reading stories of people with ADHD and I have begun to suspect I have ADHD for multiple reasons: I cannot ...
ADHD
Just failed a university course for the first time. It was my fault. I can't focus well on lectures or force myself to sit down. I am usually a straight As student but only can scrape by with doing things last minute. This time I just gave up. Because I was already incredibly depressed. I needed this course to grad...
ADHD
I got my cat specifically for PTSD. I have a history of suicidal ideation, intrusive thoughts, and overall I am just so traumatized I hardly see the light in the world. My body betrays me constantly, and while I’m taking meds & I’m in therapy, my doctor recommended getting a cat so I can give something non-human love &...
ptsd
it started around october i think, i was watching a video on toddlers and tiaras and then i started thinking i might be a pedophile and i kept going over the thought in my head and feeling really guilty
OCD
And this song started playing that was so repeating "get out my head" I got chills
OCD
I was placed in Special Ed due to having both ADHD and Asperger’s in preschool. The school psychiatrist monitoring me discussed my evaluation with my mother, telling her that I had Asperger’s and that I was “intelligent”, and that I just needed “more challenges”. After that appointment, I was immediately placed in re...
aspergers
I've struggled with PTSD for 13 years now. At the end of last year, at the urging of a psychiatrist who actually took a few minutes to give a damn, I filed a claim with Veterans Affairs for disability for it. Though it's not service induced, I was in the service when my trauma occurred, as was my abuser, and the milita...
ptsd
I been to the doctors and hospital (taken by ambulance, yes the attacks were that bad) and they didn't even blood test me or anything. Only checked my blood pressure which was always high. I keep having symptoms like left arm pain, chest pain and discomfort, shoulder pain and a bit of neck pain and sometimes tingles i...
depression
I have bacterial Vaginosis, and honestly it’s really bad. I was recently thinking prescribed metronidazole, it didn’t work. Now I’m on Clindamycin, also, is it normal to have brown like discharge afterwards? I don’t know because I did it while I was on my period. I haven’t ate in 8 days to starve the bacteria in my bod...
depression
Plz know this is very triggering for me and hard to write if ur sensitive to topic like suicide and pedophelia ocd turn away this will make u ruminate more Im having a memory for my POCD when i was at camp i took care of this young girl i think she was older then 10 (i hope i don’t remember) i cant remember which e...
OCD
Curious to see if anyone had a similar experience. I have complex childhood trauma and was recommended trying weed to help extinguish traumatic memories. I tried a baby dose and it kind of made me trip and also instantly triggered intrusive thoughts and feelings and some or my fixation on letters of the alphabet. It...
OCD
I do this 24/7 unfortunately.. like for example blinking, how many second I breathe out and in how many times I touch something, drink something, click on something, read something etc. I usually have a lucky number of 3 but add 1 just in case then add 7 bc it's my safe number too so equals 11 then add 4 original safe ...
OCD
((TW: CSA)) So my memory is mostly gone - 2015 to 2020 don’t exist for me. I’ve just about convinced myself that the exes that abused me don’t exist either and that they only exist in nightmares, but one of them (the one in nightmares and flashbacks, who I know sexually abused me for years) will be graduating with me ...
ptsd
Hi, im wondering how many out there can relate to having asperger’s and having gone through addiction and recovery before even knowing i had asperger’s and being diagnosed (at 27). Im 39 now, and after 12 years sober from opiates and a failed engagement, i relapsed and then went to rehab again. Coming back from rehab ...
aspergers
I struggle with suicidal ideation, I have a therapist I see weekly but sometimes it just strikes and is seemingly impossible to get friends or family who can just be there and listen. I don't expect them to have answers but not acknowledging the issue just keeps compounding it further. Sometimes just checking in on som...
depression
Trigger Warning - talks of the big C plus doctors. Please be respectful and do not comment anything catastrophic as it’s not helpful and will further freak me out. *I am on a mood stabilizer and on a wait list for a new therapist - I just had a full blood work up last week, and in August I had a full work up includin...
OCD
She said that my brain is bored and desperately trying to find ways to keep itself busy and thats the main reason i can't move on from ocd. she's probably right about that tbh, but its hard to make friends.
OCD
I've had a portion of a work project I've been procrastinating and avoiding as much as possible, even with the meds it was hard to sit down and do it. Then the project was due the next day...and somehow I managed to do 1 month worth of work in 12 hours. Like what the hell? (And no I didn't take any additional meds ot...
ADHD
i find myself thinking about this a bit. i don't know if i would really want to think about things the way "normal" people do. i feel like i would be happier but it would be naïveté. what do you all think?
aspergers
feel so empty and done with everything, I feel like I would be better off not being here anymore. I want to stop feeling like this forever
depression
As I mentioned in my previous post (and I'm sure you are already aware), people with ADHD have an issue with time. Me especially. When I was attempting to be productive if I wasted any time I would become depressed and discouraged easily. How can I possibly get any of this done? I've wasted the very little energy I d...
ADHD
Hi guys, I have been feeling really depressed and hopeless because of my false memory OCD, which makes me doubt if I have harmed someone 11 years ago. It has come to a point where I'm believing I am in denial of the crime that I've committed, or perhaps I have dissociated and forgot/suppressed the memory about the crim...
OCD
I'm having a lot of sensory issues related to underwear/socks right now and not being able to get them to feel "just right" and it's driving me mad. I feel like I'm going to break down or have a tantrum because of it. I don't know how to deal with this. Should I just sit through the anxiety of wearing them as an exposu...
OCD
Idk, I just want to be disappeared. I've been trying to live positive and without thinking of suicidal, but everyday I step closer to the place called "death". I'm willingly do it at this point, I'm tired, I don't want to be yelled at because I can't satisfy their demandings. I can't get treatment, because no one cares...
depression
I went to my therapist with my mom and we all had a big heart to heart about whether or not I should start taking medication. Afterwards, I scheduled an appointment in about 2 weeks with a psychiatrist to get some medication recommended to me. Trouble is, I can no longer really remember/feel why it is I decided to try...
OCD
I have this really pretty tie dye phone case I got from Claire’s this year & it’s the most favorite phone case I have. I am really careful with it and unfortunately the design on the rubber case is starting to peel off. I haven’t had the case for very long and I don’t understand why the design is starting to peel off. ...
OCD
What do you use to help you get over magical thinking? I am so tired of it and have issues not believing in it.
OCD
I think I’ve come to a point where I don’t need my therapist on a weekly basis. I’m way better than I was before with a few episodes here and there but definitely not in the abyss I was in. Picking up new hobbies I used to express myself during my dark times, so I don’t see them in a negative manner or only think of ne...
depression
My birth mother was never there for me growing up, even during the first five years of my life (when she had full custody). During that time she never took care of any of my basic needs, she was on the run from the fucking Marshals, and my learning disability is most definitely because of her. My dad (who I was closest...
depression
No matter how simple or complex the task is, it's extremely difficult to get myself to do it. Problem is, if I don't, especially 2 days in a row, I am then talked down to for it from family members and I told how I don't do anything, how it's such a simple thing and they work so much harder than I do, so I should be ab...
depression
Hello there.. I kinda had some emotions earlier that made me want to try something new by sharing my feelings to the public. I'm not a good talker and not really sure where to start but I'll try my best. Sorry if I mention some weird things that should've been kept to myself. Not sure if it matters but I'm a 23 year ...
depression
Hi everyone. I’m a little confused with myself here. I don’t know who really to turn to and ask so I’m here. I was wondering how you all found out you had PTSD? I am also wondering if I’m suffering from a form of it? Maybe less severe? I feel as if my problem is so little that it shouldn’t cause me to feel this way. ...
ptsd
I obsess over my wardrobe. Mostly over what I wear to bed. The pajamas I wear along with my underwear have to color-match to a certain extent. I obsess over color-matching according to the day of the week and what month it is, so I would associate certain colors with the days of the week and months. So for example, I w...
OCD
I know it’s all my fault that I’m broke before everyone starts being mean towards me for not having a college degree. But I just wanted to vent real quick about my financial situation. I have been working ever since I was 15 years old because I always had to find a way to make money to take care of myself from a very y...
depression
I seem to have a greater control of impulse after an all nighter or staying up until I feel the dulling of my mental faculties. Yes, there is a loss in brain function where time seems to go by pretty fast and thinking is slow, but impulse control seem to be great. I feel like I have much better control over what I want...
ADHD
I tell him I’m trying to get ready to leave to do something but I forgot but there’s so much to do. And he was like “ok, what do you need before you can go?” And a lightbulb went off and I got really excited and said “Ahhh of course!laundry soap….yes! Obviously! That’s what I was pacing-around-waiting-to-remember-for!”...
ADHD
Ill be really obsessing over something and ill see something that correlates with it, and get anxious thinking it might be a sign that its true or something.
OCD
So as I said in the title I need some help. I like learning, so this is a new problem for me, like I’ve always had trouble doing my homework and waking up in the morning, but I’ve never hated a school this much. It’s not a bad school or anything, it’s just my education needs are higher that what it offers. I’m staying ...
ADHD
I've been looking into the effects that exercise can have on the ADHD brain, and I would really love to be more active! The issue is, I feel like I just can't do it. I've tried a few different times to exercise two to three times a week outside of my day to day activity and I can usually do it for a week or two, but th...
ADHD
I have severe contamination OCD that manifested after a near fatal car wreck, along with a new layer of PTSD ontop of CPTSD. I'm in an abusive environment where my family stigmatizes my disorder and emotionally abuses me because of the manifestations of it. Lots of swear words, calling me handicapped, useless, nothing ...
OCD
Does anyone know why nicotine helps sooo much with ADHD symptoms? I'll hit my vape and instantly my head is clear, I have no bodily feelings of anxiety, fully immersed in the moment, and I have intense focus. The downside is it's very short lived and the more I use nicotine the less I get the positives from it. Anyone ...
ADHD
Hello, I’m 17f. I am diagnosed with OCD and ADHD. I was at getting groceries. My pocd was lower and I was kinda happier about it, as in I was thinking about how I felt more calm right before this happened. I was standing in line then I got a feeling to move my butt (as in straighten my posture and tense my butt , i...
OCD
It all started with finding a comic about ADHD in spring. I had been searching for why I had been struggling so much for so many years. I looked up many things, but there was always something that just didn't fit. I did a test to see if I could possibly have autism. I tried to think of folders like in a computer and st...
ADHD
I have been going to therapy for a month now and today she told me that I don't have ADHD . when it comes to things in which i have a true passion i am fine . I certainly have a problem focusing but that has nothing to do with ADHD as much some other issues that I have (not going to get into detail) . So i guess i ha...
ADHD
I think that’s my title anyway? I’m 32F. The more I see memes and posts and comments related to Adult ADHD, the more of me I see. The more I wonder if my brain is actually typical. The more I wonder what I could accomplish if I could just get the assistance I need. I don’t know where to start. I’ve looked up counselors...
ADHD
I use to be energetic but over the years I can feel the sadness taking over. I don't have a lot of friends and the few activities I really enjoyed doing I either dont find interesting or can't get the motivation to do. I also haven't had a relationship in years and its kinda hurt me that no ones been interested in me s...
depression
I just started taking Adderall(feels like a godsend) and I was looking into keeping a journal so I can track my mood and other things. I just started using Bearable. I like I can the option to track my mood throughout the day, track when I took meds, sleep, and symptoms. I’m just wondering what other apps people use.
ADHD
Hello all, I'm gonna just cut into it, but I need some advice or guidance/wisdom on this topic. But I'm suffering thru depression. This year has been probably my toughest as an adult (I'm 24). In no specific order but this year alone I have had a breakup, medical diagnosis, loss of friends, breakdowns, and that's just ...
depression
I'm practicing erp but I don't know how long my erp session should be and habituation. Should it be an hour, two, three? I'm listening to a recording over and over again of things that give me anxiety
OCD
Recently, I got pretty low, moral wise, mostly because I felt like all the things that I don't or didn't do was because I am a failure. But my psychiatrist told me that it is because I have ADHD and that I should accept it, doing so, I should start doing stuff while considering my ADHD. And so I should start on planni...
ADHD
I was diagnosed a little under a year ago with bipolar 1 disorder, and it's something I've been struggling with for a while, to the point where my day is mostly composed entirely of manic or depressive episodes, with no middle ground in between. The only thing that seems to help the immediate symptoms for me is heavy m...
depression
Hi, new here. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety when I was 19/20 years old and have been on anti psychotics (for depression)/anti depressants since. I have a history of suicidal behaviour and attempts. In my early twenties, I’ve been in and out of the psych ward countless times and have had two major atte...
depression
Our son is now 9 and maybe about three years ago we started putting one and one together. He "ticks almost all of the boxes" of any checklist. He's always been going very deep in one topic until the interest switches, normally between 1 year and few months. He loves to chat with adults, but struggles a little with othe...
aspergers
Hi! So I've noticed in my time taking medications and documenting my migraines that a lot of medications that cause bleeding, be them SSRIs, blood thinners, or something like that, cause me to get serious migraines (or in the case of SSRIs, chronic migraines). I even recall my worst migraine ever being caused by ibupr...
OCD
I could not see it before I took a long break and came back to the same job but in another company. I was interested in products and learning about them when I started few years ago, I wanted to help people with my knowledge. I learned as much as it interested me. I don’t care to learn more on the subject. My new colle...
ADHD
I've always had a high sex drive and believed sex to be the most wonderful thing in the world up until I actually tried it a few times some years ago. Now I only want sex because it gives me a sense of validation of being good enough, however, I actually don't enjoy the act of doing it as much as I think I do before ac...
aspergers
Having a really difficult night and if there’s anyone that be open to letting me vent a bit, it would really appreciated.
depression
Because you feel guilty and unworthy of food, even. How do you folks cope?
depression
Warning am very drunk so stuff may not make sense. But if I wasn't drunk I wouldn't post but it's all always true. Drunk or sober it's the truth it's just a matter of confidence. I got some work stuff going on at the moment I may get fired and if I get fired benefits will very likely be affected and if that happens ...
aspergers
Hi all! It’s my first post here after lurking for a long time and recently confessing all the reasons why I think I have OCD to my therapist. He was like, yeah, it sounds like you have OCD. Okay, my question is about some advice he gave me. He does CBT, but he doesn’t specialize in OCD. So, he’s told me to identify th...
OCD
Like, I’m pretty sure I have OCD but it’s relatively mild compared to everyone else here. Like yeah, I have compulsions and stuff, but I can control them pretty decently if I try and they don’t severely impact my life, at least not as much as when I was a young child. The intrusive thoughts and obsessive thinking are s...
OCD
Start thinking of every word you can that starts with the letter A. Once you repeat a word, move on to words that start with B and so on. I've struggled with insomnia for years now and tried so many different things With little or no result, thanks to [behavioral sleep skills](https://nocat.ch/guide-to-behavioral-sle...
ADHD
Hi there, does anyone else have these thoughts all the time e.g) “do this or this bad thing will happen” i have these about totally unrelated things, like “don’t eat that last bite of cake or (whatever i’m obesssing over) is true” it’s so weird, am i crazy or do you guys have this too?
OCD
So I’m having what I hope is false memory ocd, I have been experiencing this for some time and I know it’s false memory but at the same time it’s getting really convincing So recently I’ve been having hocd false memories, not only is is hocd it’s also incest hocd. It’s making me think that I done some sick shit over ...
OCD
So to make a long story short, I’m serving my conscription service and I’m sitting in the military psychiatrist’s office (for those who served know that any medical treatment in the military is trash) so I tell the guy my what’s bothering me, and what I told was that my life is constantly interrupted by ADHD, I’m impat...
ADHD
I've recently been told I probably have ASD, Aspergers to be precise. This has come after years of living with Neurofibromatosis. I'm 32 and for years they never gave a real answer and thought it was only ADD as this is common with NF1. Has anyone else been diagnosed later in life? Did you have an assement as well as t...
aspergers
So I've been having some problems and I decided to talk to some people about it. My teacher said I could talk to the social worker if I didn't know how to talk to my parents. I went to her and we only talked a little bit for 2 days because I was new at the school for 7th grade this year and yesterday was the last day o...
OCD
I have anxiety and OCD both. Different types of anxiety. I have health issues and I’m really disabled bc of how bad my anxiety is. I wanted to go see my boyfriend this week and then couldnt because that requires traveling. We’re long distance. I packed and bought a ticket and then i got too freaked out to go even thoug...
OCD
I have my favorite clothes that I wear and just can’t seem to wear anything different, until I find another favorite piece Of clothing to replace an old Favorite with. Anyone else?
aspergers
Why does depression make me so sluggish? Everything I do happens so slowly and I'm aware of it, but I can't help it. For example, when I go to the store and I put my purchases in a bag... I have a hard time with it because it's so slow and the people behind me look confused and I want to go faster, but it just won't wo...
depression
So let me start off with, I'm getting a new tattoo Saturday. That's fine as it's in the morning but then I have no clue how long it'll really take and I'm meeting up with a friend the same day. I don't think I had anything planned for Sunday but then I have work for 2 days before having 2 days off for hobby days. O...
ADHD
So for context, my psychologist dismissed the idea that I probably had ADHD for 2 reasons, one was that I couldn’t articulate what I was feeling in a way that indicated ADHD (which I honestly get, I have problems with communicating what I feel and identifying the root cause of my struggles) but the second one was that ...
ADHD
As the title says, I have some hyper fixations that aren’t healthy for me to have and all the efforts I’ve made to get rid of them over the last year haven’t worked and have only ruined my mental health. I need urgent help.
aspergers
You know those you tell about your ptsd care when they message you and aak how you are doing today. My uncle my moms older brother asked how i was today we talked abit and it just reaffirmed that i can trust him still. My mother has 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Her younger brother and her are the reasons for my ptsd. Thou...
ptsd
I suffer from harm ocd or suicidal OCD and today has been hard. My boyfriends dad passed away and this type of OCD comes for me when I experience grief. I went on a boat today to fish and saw a knife. I immediately panicked thinking i was going to hurt myself with it and got sick. I threw up and had to go home. I'm at ...
OCD
As a 28 year old, my life has been filled with many questions. Why am i so disorganized? Why don’t I actually like doing things? Why does doing things take actual effort to do. Why do I prefer staying at home playing video games than going out with friends? Why am i late to *everything*. Why can’t I read books like i u...
ADHD
I think to some degree things are going better than before but it's really hard to feel it. I'm still depressed and have been trying to tell myself I'm less depressed than I really am because I want to be better so badly. I hate finding no motivation in the days tasks and I feel paralyzed thinking about them. I need to...
ptsd
So there’s some other layers of communication that only Normies have access to. It seems like a code at first, so I’ll call it normie social code. A lot of information goes through these channels. I couldn’t list everything on here, but one example is the difference between someone actively not listening to you versu...
aspergers
I can tell very small changes in people's personality, often before they fully realize themselves. I have no problem understanding how someone feels about me, if they're trying to take advantage of me, if they like me, if they're annoyed by me etc. But i've always had the issue of figuring out how to respond, especiall...
aspergers
Ironic. I tried hard while writing it. Maybe including a quote of a passage from a book put it over the edge. Mods were polite about it and not wrong. I was trying to describe the way it feels to be moving to a new house and feel bereft of established patterns of behavior.
aspergers
Please, please help me. The past 2-3 months I have been doing very well managing my symptoms and I have been overall, happy. About 2 weeks ago I noticed myself becoming angry just by my fiancé’s presence… it makes me feel crazy as he is literally my favorite person. I have been SO irrationally angry with him about ...
ADHD