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I have a small list of assignments to do. Easy ones, nothing to worry about. Stop taking meds cause I'm working out and feeling better. Brain agrees this is a wise decision. So wise. You should go find baby jesus and shower peasants with lavender and herbs. Plus that's 30 buckaroo's I need to spend on food and gas right now.
Start stressing. Skin's showing signs of anxiety picking and its always on my fucking face. It's fine whatever not that bad. Buy culinary lavender to feel better. Start stressing more, struggle to start one assignment. Procrastinate = clean, cook and reading. Come back to homework, start typing out answers with all the brain cells powering an assignment due at midnight. Check clock 11:45 not a problem its due at 12:59.
Keep typing away, happy with assignment and finish early ~20mins to spare. Go to turn in assignment page, "past due" cannot submit. Wtf. Why. Why did I think midnight was 12:59.
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For the longest time, I didn’t wear underwear. I just didn’t see the point or why it was socially unacceptable not to wear it. It was only until around middle school that I really started wearing it. Similarly, whenever I got my T-shirt shirt backwards when I was younger, I did this thing where instead of talking it off completely, I just retracted my arms and spun the thing around without removing it from around my neck. To this day, I don’t really understand why, but I guess it agitated so many people when I did it. The last interesting thing is that I don’t really have a sense of how to dress for colder weather, so I much pretty much just wear shorts all the time, and jeans when I want to look a bit more formal. But that might just be me.
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I started 3x 5mg of dexamphetamine (aka dexedrine) IR/day a week ago and on the first day, it was calming and I felt like I could do my house chores, felt more focused and a sense of euphoria - I felt genuinely happy for the 1st time in a long time. It was great and I was like yaaass
I skipped only the next day's dose and have continued with my 5mg dose and every day since, I still feel focused with no brain fuzz but its futile as I am extremely tired to the point I dont have the energy to even want to do things and some days I even feel depressed (have suffered with major depression before diagnosis and dex)
I see my prescribing doctor in 2 months so today, I lowered my dose to 2.5mg and I am feeling even more tired and just want to sleep the day away.
Does anyone have any advice as to what tf is going on/what I should do? Has anyone experienced the same/something similar?
Tldr; tired af on dex and even more tired after lowering dosage
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I presume that I'm not the only one that has a jukbox in their head fill with lyrics I won't forget, that seems to start playing whenever my mind needs a soundtrack for the moment. So, what songs are your mind’s Greatest Hits?
sub post: Do you ever create a music video in your head to go along with the song?
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Anyone else OCD and ADHD? I am hyperfocused on mopping and cleaning baseboards today so now I must go do them so no one dies…. Ugh
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OCD
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hi everyone! sorry if it’s not allowed to post this in here, please tell me if i have to delete it.
So for school I have to make an instrument to give my classmates a sensory experience, and I would really think it’s interesting to see how people react to something OCD related. This also because some of my classmates aren’t sure if they have OCD so maybe it could like indirectly help them too.
Now I’ve moved to the other side of the country not too long ago with my best friends, but now suddenly my mind is trying to make up a lot of rituals to do at once and it’s stressing me out a lot because I don’t want my friends to like get hurt if i don’t do them but i’m really trying to keep thinking of what my therapist said about just exposing myself to it and im now trying to stick to two rituals in this house, but since i’m still trying i’m so exhausted and overwhelmed by everything all the time that i currently have no clue how to do this school assignment.
I had an idea with checking the time because i personally have to check the time a lot because im terrified of being late and i don’t trust myself with remembering the time but i feel like that’s too specific and kinda hard to make it myself, since i don’t want to go out to buy one at the thrift store bc i think there’s other people who need it more than i do right now.
so sorry, long story short, does anyone get any creative thoughts on how to make an OCD related sensory instrument? Art block make me big sad lol
(not trying to make this like a ‘pls do my homework’ thing, i’m very invested in my schoolwork i’m really just in an art block)
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That's it. Hope there isn't a word count requirement.
Edit: Okay, I won't. Would anyone know if this varies depending on the sort of job you're applying for? I'm almost exclusively retail right now as I need something part time to supplement my degree, but if it's something non-social/interpersonal, would you say it's okay to mention it?
I just hate the thought of having to bring it up, honestly.
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is it possible to treat depression without medication? i don’t want to be like this anymore but i don’t want to go on medication, is therapy enough to get better ?
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I recently had an OCD breakdown a while ago and was wondering if it will affect my career in any way.
I really love science and I'm really good at it, but I was wondering that being a scientist will keep me in a perpetually bad mental state as it requires a lot of hours of working your brain to the maximum.
Any advice/suggestion will be highly appreciated
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The thoughts are back even after taking Klonopin, and I’m actually scared. Today I didn’t feel anxious fue to the pills, but now my anxiety is back and I’m scared. What if I like these thoughts? I’m so horrified I didn’t even get a groinal response when I was on the anxiolytics. I’m scared my doctor told me to drink one if I felt anxious, but I don’t want to, because of the possibility of developing an addiction. What should I do to calm myself?, other than compulsions.
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I am social phobic for the past 7 years...Got anxiety and depression because my parents were looking for my marriage..I prayed a lot to overcome it..I was not so religious before...After recovering I felt I am challenging God to give me that mind state once more...I was a nice person who loves and respects elders very much...I didnt even called bad swearing words to anyone in my life ...One day on seeing my dead grandma's photo whom I loved so much I got the word "prostitute"...I felt fear and guilty...I got sexual thoughts involving me and some relatives...Then I got sexual thoughts involving my parents with their opposite gender frnds...I was very scared to talk about these thoughts to parents..Now I felt like I am deliberately creating bad sexual thoughts humiliating other familiar dead people, relatives and God..Sometimes I feel no regret or guilt...Sometime I punish myself for creating these thoughts...I lost my values...I pray to take my life...The thought about how nice I was ever before make me very sad...I was such a good daughter and grand daughter..Only bad habit was masturbation addiction...
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I'm sixteen years old, and I am ready to become indipendant when I graduate highschool, and go to college. My Perental Unit is strongly discourgaging the idea, and calls everyone that advocates for me a fucking idiot. Background info this woman has held crap over my head for my whole aldolescent life. If you don't help stage an intervention for other immidiate relative by calling uncle I will cut your phone off, if you don't say yes I will talk in a whinish voice until I get my way or scream that all of your secrets of anxiety, breakdowns, sexuality, and depression will come out. I have made planning with my engineering career, as well as in state scholarships to go away to a public state university for next to nothing. I will tutor, do go waitr, Uber, and work a job, and do school. I'm done with the status quo, even if I drive an old beaten down car, as well live with several quirky roomates, I will be FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. That will be much better than this.
I have supportive friends, relatives, and teachers, and my mom (When it fits her narrative) what should I do, I am just pissed that she tries to sacrifice herself as a martyr to have control over my life.
I AM NOT AN EXTENSION OF HER
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I have been having existetial thoughts. Like I wonder why things are the way they are, if this is real and whats the point of everything. Is this normal?
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OCD
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Hello everyone. So I'm diagnosed with ADHD and autism and I love having things organized (I'm not good at it, but I enjoy it otherwise lol) so I'm trying to do a bunch of things to organize my living space and make it ADHD and autistic friendly
Plans on the docket include
Buying things to sort and organize, primary focus on clear plastic/glass containers to see what is in there, along with labels.
Buying a freezer to take advantage of deals and have food not go bad as quickly
Portioning out areas of the home for specific purpose, such as buying some curtains to cut the room in half with the "bedroom" being behind the curtains so that each space in the home is set up for specific uses (My dream home that I'm making in Sims 4 actually consists of this idea as a primary way that the house would be built.)
My question is two things. Is there anything else that has helped you with organization/function of your home with ADHD?
And how/what can you freeze veggies and fruits? I've seen plenty of places that say it's fine to do this, but I can't conceptualize just how you could use it. Like if your lettuce is frozen, do you just place it in the fridge to thaw? Do you use it frozen? My brain is not wrapping around how you get things unfrozen and/or use them to cook/eat.
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I hear about people falling asleep at a party or during a movie, is this possible for people with ADHD? I have never accidentally fallen asleep, without exception I "go to sleep", which is very deliberate and requires lying in the perfect sleep conditions for about an hour. If there's anything happening in my environment I find it impossible to tune it out.
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Thinking of you, I hope you're okay. I wish we never stopped talking, I just really miss the only person i could talk to.
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I always have intrusive thoughts that I have cancer. I worry that I, right now, have or will get breast cancer. My compulsions include regularly checking for lumps, googling symptoms and different types of breast cancer, etc. Then seeking reassurance from my family that we have no history of breast cancer.
I’m currently in therapy for it and am diagnosed OCD. This type of ocd did not manifest in me until lockdown started. Before it was breast cancer, it was heart disease.
Anyone else have this experience?
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Hey, sorry for the long post etc. I’m really concerned, as I suffer with what I really hope is OCD, and at the moment this is especially around children and awful sexual thoughts concerning them. For the past 5 weeks or so literally every second of every day has been awful, graphic intrusive thoughts about this, but it’s beginning to become a lot more scary and much much worse. It sometimes feels as if I agree with the thoughts (they’re not so much ‘what if’ thoughts, as ‘you could do this’ thoughts). I have to repeat to myself out loud that they’re wrong (and all the reasons why) and can never be allowed to happen, and I know logically that they’re utterly disgusting and awful. However, if I don’t say these things out loud, it’s like my inner monologue has just decided they’re okay, and doesn’t have a problem with them. I don’t want to hurt anyone, but it feels like there’s the logical me that speaks out loud and this awful, disgusting me that has almost entirely taken over my head.
I did some ERP as suggested by my therapist last week (to go to the shop when children are there) and it just seemed to make it worse, with constant thoughts of ‘you could do this, there’s literally nothing stopping you’ (and at one point, it felt like I acted on the thoughts by walking closer to a child)I’ve told my therapist about this and she thinks it’s just OCD, but I’m really scared (even though sometimes it feels like there’s no anxiety). I feel like I’m losing myself and my morals and values, and becoming some uncaring, awful monster. I’m trying to arrange an appointment with a psychiatrist to talk about this but I’ll probably have to wait a while, and I just don’t know how to deal with this until then. How can I keep and reinforce my morals and values and make sure I continue to believe this is wrong under all circumstances??? It feels like I’m starting to stop caring and I can’t ever ever stop caring. Thank you
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I don’t know what to do. I just hate myself and my life. I have no motivation to do anything, I feel like i don’t want to wake up in the morning. I have suicidal thoughts, nothing seems to get better
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I was only diagnosed as autistic last year in my mid-30s. Apart from during my childhood, I rarely have meltdowns. Recently though, it feels like they are increasing and not within my control.
My bf and I were arguing and I suddenly heard myself yelling at him. I left the room, slamming the door behind me. I then spent what felt like a very long time crying hysterically, screaming, and hyperventilating. It felt like I had absolutely no control over my body, and like I was being crushed. It was extremely frightening. I knew my bf could hear and it made me feel so helpless and embarrassed and alone.
Afterwards I apologized profusely as he hasn't witnessed this before. He gave me a hug. I made us tea, but when I tried to talk to him he got up and walked away saying he can't talk to me.
I feel ashamed and freaked out and alone.
Does this even sound like a meltdown? I've never experienced anything this upsetting before.
What helps prevent meltdowns? What are yours like and how do you cope in the moment, as well as afterwards?
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Anyone else struggle with that personal doubt about their own trauma? Where you don’t think it’s denial but you don’t think it *didn’t* happen either? I blame myself every day for my assault. I mean, it was technically sexual abuse but I’m still learning to accept that term instead of a single assault. Like, it couldn’t have happened to me. I’m just imagining it. But it’s changed my life. I can’t be the only one that struggles with these thoughts, right? Just in need of some reassurance I guess. I know I’m not the only one but sometimes it makes me feel so alone
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i’ve heard that it’s normal for people with trauma to lose their memory and then randomly remember the things that happened to them years later.
I have quite a bit of trauma and i’ve been told I have PTSD but I can’t forget any of those bad memories. infact I fixate on them and think about them all the time. I wish I could forget everything that happened to me between 2015 and 2019 but I remember it too well. sometimes I forget the good stuff that happened because my brain always wants to focus on the bad stuff. is that also normal? because I always hear about how people block out traumatic memories but that doesn’t happen to me and I wish it would because i’m tired of remembering
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"Our brain stops us from doing what we want to do. If this was a curse, this would be one of the worst. To lose our freedom, our creativity, our drive, our energy, our focus - to forget why.
The greatest blessing and the greatest curse. To imagine great things, but no spirit to live them out. To dream above and beyond. Our dreams, so exciting - worth living for, but for some reason, we can’t do what we want to do.
To be a slave to our impulses - that is the greatest curse.
How do I break free from such a curse?
I feel like I’m two different people. One whose mind stretches beyond what is there. Who thinks they can do anything. Who wants to do everything.
But at the same time, one who can’t do anything. It’s so hard, so tiring, so stressful.
This doubt that EVEN IF I GET MOTIVATED, that I will come back to this default state of dread."
What have you done to break this cycle?
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I was prescribed Concerta as a kid and it worked great. I went cold turkey after college. Now I am in my 30s and I want to manage my ADHD again. When I tried to discuss it with my doctor he did not support medication, told me to try yoga, and then left the room quickly. Otherwise I like my doctor but I feel like I hit a wall. Does anyone have advise or tips for getting a prescription in MA for ADHD management. Thanks
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My cousin has aspergers and I’m very close to her. I’m trying to find more ways to help her out. A recent dilema is she had a cane to help her walk for long periods of time (mall,vacations) because her knee would hurt. She goes up the stairs very slow because it would hurt. however when the adults aren’t around she goes up the stairs with ease. When they are around she needs help and is similar to a grandma, no offense. Her mom and aunts were scared for her attachment to the cane.She’s seen walking fine and it was odd for a 20 year old to be walking around with a cane. they eventually took away the cane without her knowing and she got very distressed saying stuff like she was going to throw up and such. However for this entire time she’s lived without the cane just fine. Only now does she find out her canes been donated and she’s furious and sad. Crying and such. I didn’t know how to handle it so I just hugged her and told her jokes (which helped). I just don’t understand how she has such an attachment to a cane??? It isn’t valuable and it was cheap. my other cousin with ADHD says that it’s also unreasonable and we need to help her. Up to this point we don’t even know if her knee issues are real.
I appreciate any advice to help my cousin better
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Went on my second date with this girl from Bumble, had a lot of fun watching fireworks together. Really liked being close together for a couple hours. I don’t know or when to tell her that I have aspergers though.
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I was in a toxic relationship and its finally over but my hearts still broken over her... I'm gunna be alone again for new years and I'm not gunna hold someone for yet another year.... Thats 9 years now. This year has been rough with losing my dream draft in the navy, then losing friends cause of mental health, then losing navy career cause of mental health. Then starting the toxic relationship, falling inlove with her kids... Feeling like a dad (a dream come true) then having it snatched away... It's just getting too much. I don't enjoy anything anymore. I've contacted the doctors but for fuck sake... Can someone just love me please? I hate being alone.
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I hope nobody thinks I’m a sick weirdo I promise I’m not but I need help with this . I got a groinal response while being exposed to a graphic animal abuse video at this time I didn’t know what was happening but was scared and confused like why would this make me horny ?? I was enraged but having tingling arousal feeling even though the material was depressing and dark . I have pets and never hurt them and am confused why this happens to me :( I was 14f at the time and am diagnosed by my doctor with ocd . Is this groinal response ??!
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Hey! I'm new to this sub so please let me know I I'm doing something wrong.
A close friend of mine recently suffered a serious, nearly-fatal car crashed that really goobered up her insides. She recently got out of bowel reconstruction surgery, whatever it's called, and she's been recovering very well physically...just not emotionally.
Every now and then she'll get a flashback of that day, about how the accident felt and how she got to where she was, she's even begun to say she didn't deserve to survive. I think that's completely bonkers, she was put on this earth for a reason and she was obviously meant to stay for a long time. That crash, as awful as it was, may have potentially saved her life.
My question is, what can I do to help her through this? I don't want her to feel like she's fighting this battle alone, I want to be able to help her and let her know that I'm here for her if she needs me. The problem is, however, we live about 12 hours away from each other, so I can't really *be* there, you know? Is there anything I can do to help her virtually?
Anything helps, thank you so much!
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has anybody experienced depression that causes outbursts, complete mental breakdowns, agitation through the roof that makes you want to respond physically? I've never had depression until now I didn't even know that I had it. once the doctors told me I had depression I started seeing the symptoms myself. and I'm just really lost in this whole thing. I've been prescribed wellbutrin to deal with the depression as well as what I listed above it seems like it is helping a lot. i started on Wellbutrin 150 and it worked fairly well then it feel like it wasn't as effective so I took 300 XL and it may me feel amazing but I quit due to insomnia for one day. then a psychiatrist put me on lamotrigine and it made me go psychotic I had to stop. 5 days after I'm just now stopping being so crazy. today my dose of Wellbutrin was up again to 300 XL because I realized insomnia wasn't a bad side effect at all after all the other things I had tried. today I have a lot of anxiety mostly over things that probably aren't that big of a deal. I have a pulse oximeter that read 235 beats per minute at first and then went down to 105 while standing and I freaked out thinking I was actually having that heartbeat. But I do feel better I don't feel impulsive or angry sometimes small bits of irritation but nothing like before. has anybody else dealt with this? I just never thought of those kinds of things being associated with depression. sorry if I'm not making much sense I also have forgetfulness and confusion.
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On friday I went to close my glasses and the arm broke. I went to the eye doctor on a saturday and asked them if it can be easily fixed they asked, you got our coverage plan no and I didn't have much time to get them fixed. In the meantime I wore my old pair then as I was getting ready for work the lends popped out. I was freaking out cause if I can't see, I can't work. I told my step mom lets go to the eye doctor see if it can be fixed. They was closed on monday. I went to work which is thank god in same shopping plaza as the eye doctors which is Stop & Shop. We went in brought a eye glasses repair kit. That didn't work so my co-workers put tape on it. After that I had a half hour before I start so I went up stairs and calmed down and said don't worry I can make an appointment tomorrow to repair them and if not buy new ones, I hope. So I called and ask can I make an appointment for repairs, they said just walk right in. They most likely still have my name on file since I haven't gone to any other docs appointment in years. Even if it can't be fixed ill ask can I just get new ones since I just got insurance but card still in mail. I also said so what if I gotta spend some money on new glasses, I get paid tomorrow. All I want is glasses fixed and or new ones till my insurance card come in.
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I've been debating on something and as I've found, people took it the wrong way and accused me of being on one side or the other (though not at their own fault, I take full responsibility) In a lot of discussions, I've been hearing this distaste for one thing, trying to find the reason behind it, whether it holds any weight, why it doesn't, if there is nuance and that it isn't as black and white as one or the other, however, it didn't go well.
Has anyone else had similar experiences and do you have any tips on how to make your points more clear instead of seeming to take a side? Right now I don't know what side to take and I'm trying to collect different points of view. Of course it seems to have fallen apart, but I won't give up. I just need to know if this is an Aspie thing (or potentially just because I have had very little sleep, I have college and my thinking isn't as clear as it should be) and how to deal with it?
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Is anyone else well over the age of 16 and still hasn’t gotten a license?
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Hello! I’ve been diagnosed since I was 9, and recently, an opportunity came up for me to talk with youth/parents of youth with ADHD. The thing is, this opportunity is through my job, and I would likely have to tell my coworkers that I have ADHD if I decide to help out. What are your thoughts?
I think I could probably help some families through my experience but I also don’t know how I feel about letting my workplace know about my condition. We’re a small team and we work in the nonprofit sector, so they’re caring people. Has anyone else been in a situation like this? All insight appreciated - Thank you!
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Last year I heard news of a rape case. The day I heard of it, I couldnt sleep, I was sweating. I believe it was because I was afraid of doing it and the rape in itself scared me. and some background info, I had contamination ocd at the time. But anyway like I said I was scared and for a couple of days I was on my best behavior. I even somewhat stopped doing my compulsions because I was afraid and it felt like I was over compensating for something. Can someone tell me why this happened. This happened again another for another rape case.
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TL;DR - struggling with intense shame for how I treated a close friend before I was diagnosed, seeking advice on whether apologising years after would be selfish and potentially re-traumatising for him.
I’m 32 and was recently diagnosed in May this year. It’s been a rollercoaster of grief, I’m in treatment but also looking for a psychologist who specialises in late diagnosis of ADHD to help me with toxic shame and cumulative relational trauma. This whole process has been so gruelling and I’m a wreck. On top of all of this, my diagnosis has given me clarity to reflect on my past behaviour and I feel so much shame, disgust and embarrassment for how I treated the people around me.
One person sticks out in particular. We met in our mid twenties, around 5-6 years ago, when he moved into the share-house I was living in. We hit it off immediately and became close super quick, he would invite me out all the time and I quickly integrated into his friend group. It was a really exciting and fun time for me, I was struggling with my mental health and he provided this amazing social escape and connection that I felt was missing in my life.
I fell for him really hard, but he only wanted to be friends and I just couldn’t accept that. My undiagnosed ADHD was in full swing, with emotion dysregulation, RSD and impulsivity making me a complete mess - I was SO clingy, pushy, manipulative, aggressive, volatile, desperate and frankly, awful to him. I behaved appallingly, and it eventually came to a head one night when we drunkenly hooked up, but I ended up stopping things from going further when I realised just how messed up it all was.
Needless to say he moved out pretty soon after that, after only a year of living together. Understandably, he was really upset with me and avoided contact for months afterwards. Eventually things calmed down and went back to a more normal level, and we both got into long-term relationships. We’re now still really good friends and very much involved in each other’s lives.
Today we caught up to grab coffee and go for a walk around our local park, we live about 15mins walk from each other, and it was great fun as it usually is. But I felt so much shame and guilt, and felt really compelled to apologise to him but held back. I’ve been ruminating on it since I got home.
My fear is, bringing up old painful memories might create additional unfair and unwarranted stress for him during an already stressful time. He’s clearly moved on and forgiven me in some capacity, since we’re still good friends and regularly catch up. Am I being selfish for wanting to acknowledge the pain I caused and apologise, in part, for my own closure? Should I leave things to avoid re-traumatising him by forcing him to re-live shitty experiences he might rather forget?
I’m hoping others who were diagnosed late might have some insights or advice. I’ve already taken steps to apologise to my family and my partner for past behaviour, but this episode in my life is particularly painful and shameful and I don’t know what the right thing to do is.
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Hey! this is my first time ever making a reddit / forum post so this might be formatted weirdly. Also, this will prob be long, but I felt that there was a lot of pertinent info to include (also needed to vent) . Will have TDLR below.
(Also heavily edited for length lol)
So here’s the sitch. I have been taking the same dosage of generic brand Adderal for a while now. Specifically, my usual prescription is 20mg amphetamine salts ER capsules. (made by TEVA, if that matters at all) I went to CVS yesterday to pick up my next prescription. I took one of the pills and went to my studio, and about 1-2hrs in I was getting really irritable, confused, and having trouble communicating. ( Later looked at the bottle and identified the pills: dextroamp-amphetamine ER 20mg capsules, Par Pharmaceuticals ) was given this with no heads up.
I was experiencing insane derealization and/ or psychosis. If my brain was a bus, I was in the very back seat trying to drive it. Or, like when you slide the fov to the quake setting in Minecraft. Body felt beyond wrong and I was barely present. I couldn’t fucking speak at all; my brain was so slow and I kept having to take long pauses between sentences. I was jittery and I kept getting stuck in weird poses, positions, or staring forever at stuff with 0 thoughts,, head empty.
From there I was getting extremely paranoid, anxious, worried, and was panicking .I felt straight up psychotic. Vision was distorting, chest was tightening, head was pounding, and I was just trying to not geek out about what was happening.
I stayed up all night, got a couple hours of sleep, and then experienced the most wicked crash ever. I have been so physically and mentally exhausted and have basically been in the same position all day, drifting between scrolling on my phone and sleeping. Also like, the wackiest executive dysfunction ever.
———actual questions lmao
Has anyone ever experienced awful side effects like this from different generic brands before ? Could this be indicative of an underlying condition, or did I just have a bad experience? The only thing I was able to relate this to online was stimulant psychosis, but I’m not sure why that would occur when just changing generics.
My other thought is that I’m just on too high of a dosage. I used to take 30mg vyvanse and that was perfect, but I wasn’t able to pay for it anymore. :/
Last thing, made calls between my psych office and cvs today but they didn’t really help me out, and were straight up just rude about the situation. I was told that my psych could send another prescription for adderal and cvs would get back to me in 3-5 days whenever they stocked up on my usual generic meds again. But, I don’t believe that’s how stocking meds in a pharmacy works, and I don’t feel like getting dicked around or being unable to take the meds that allow me to function. Especially for finals week. In junior year architecture classes. Jesus.
TLDR: *********
Pharmacy suddenly changed my generic meds from 20mg amphetamine salts ER capsules (made by TEVA) —to— dextroamp-amphetamine ER 20mg capsules (Par Pharmaceuticals) without notification. 1 pill caused me to experience-what I believe to be-psychosis. It also caused extreme difficulty communicating, very slow and empty thoughts, getting stuck in weird positions and staring off, panic, anxiety, and overall just caused me to geek out beyond reason. This made me feel actually psychotic, and I considered going to the hospital. Next day, I am experiencing super intense lethargy, executive disfunction, and haven’t been able to do simple tasks.
I am wondering what steps I should take. Am I already taking too high of a dosage? Has anyone else experienced something like this from certain generics? I am afraid to take any more of this med, but could it have been a fluke and I’m just actually bonkers? I am really unsure and worried, and need to get back on my adhd meds asap.
Please provide any insight that you wish. I greatly appreciate whatever anyone can provide, and thank you so much for reading through all of this. Sorry if this was too long or personal, this has just really overwhelmed me. Again, huge big thanks for reading this. :)
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Hello 👋
My gf and I have been together for 1 year and 9 months.
Long distance for about 1 month now...
She's in uni and in a better place mentaly. Couldn't be more happy for her.
My problem is I'm constantly afraid she'll fall in love with somebody else. Everyone of her friends is a passionate and creative person, something I'm struggling to achieve for myself. Because of adhd I can't get motivated to do shit.
I'm constantly checking if she's online on whatsapp, wondering why she doesn't reply to me even though she's online currently. She always replies eventually, but I'm starting to obsess and check up on all of her social media to see what she's up to.
It's slowly killing me and I know the relationship is not gonna work if I keep this up...
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So I'm going thru a lot of shit right now. Having to work 62hrs a week and my sick cat dying. I've been making lots of Facebook posts that were really cries for help for someone to talk to me. I struggle telling people what I need. I'm burnt out and just want someone to talk to. Sadly, making attention seeking rants is one of my coping mechanisms.
Anyways, a friend made a comment and mentioned something about a relative not answering her phone on her days off so if a coworker goes AWAL she isn't called in by the boss.
I had made a new post venting about how I feel and said that not answering my boss's phone calls is not an option and is a "lame ass move". At the time I was so hyped up on how frustrated I was feeling that I totally forgot how it could be perceived by my friend that I was calling her relative out. Lapse of judgement, blind-sided by pain.
Well...my friend gets triggered and totally upset and thinks I "dissed" her family by calling her relative a "lame ass" (which was NOT my intention, I was in such a state of emotional pain I wasn't thinking how my post would affect others--my fault. I own up to it. It was my bad.) she started messaging me and I didn't read it because I didn't have the energy to explain, then today she texts me and calls my bluff saying how I'm selfish only thinking about my feelings and how I feel and that she's "not sure if someone is gonna have a job tomorrow" (not sure what she meant, is she gonna blackmail me?)
I...let my emotions out and then she tells me I'm manipulating her and that I need professional help.
So. There goes another female friend. She was NT btw. Seems I just can't get on with women.
Does anyone ever get into situations like this, where something you do or say is misunderstood and people think you're a bad person/asshole???
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i have this thought constantly popping up in my head, the thought is literally just the word "ocd". this thought first popped up 3 days ago, now it's been constantly popping up in my head ever since. whenever im distracted i forget about it, but the second i have nothing to think about the thought comes back. it's really pissing me off, it's so frustrating. whenever the thought is in my head i cant really concentrate when reading stuff. i have no other symptom of ocd. please tell me if im diagnosed with ocd and if it's gonna get worse with time. i hope i dont have ocd. this randomly happened 3 days ago.
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Occasionally, I’ll become hyper aware of all the different obsessions I deal with and am actually able to see the absurdity of them.
It’s like I can almost break free from the trap in these moments, but I also know that soon I’ll revert back to the anxious way of thinking.
Anyone else experience something similar?
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I’m sorry for poor wording, I have some speech difficulties. But anyways, I start the day off normally, usually, but then the cycle starts. Something makes me anxious and then that anxiety doesn’t go away (at least till the day is done and I’m in bed and alone with my hobbies), then another thing happens that causes more stress that can’t be released till I have a break or my day is done. Eventually I may get to the point of a meltdown coming on or even an anxiety attack, I just get overwhelmed easily and anxiety makes it worse. I’ve heard a lot of people on the spectrum experience this in different ways, but essentially a lot of us spend our days getting more and more stressed, avoiding stress, or coping with it. I know everyone deals with stress and overstimulation, but I don’t see many nt people start crying and stimming at noon because they had to take 3 important tests in a row and there’s a bad sound coming from down the street as they begin walking home.
TLDR; people on the spectrum face more overstimulation in general, and I feel like some of us deal with it on a daily basis. It’s getting old and taking a toll on me tbh.
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Thought people would find this funny since you can relate. It’s nearing lunch time. I’m hungry. I know I need to order food from somewhere as I’m the only one in the office and need to stay here for the door. I keep pushing it back because ADHD. I like to eat pretty much right at 12 on work days. I finally was about to get off Reddit (*sigh*, yes I know) and open up Jimmy Johns to have them deliver for me. And then I realized….I fucking packed my lunch this morning! I do it so rarely that I forgot I have an entire lunchbox in the fridge right now. I’m either running too late, put it off, or don’t have the foresight to buy foods to take in my lunch/pack up leftovers the night before (because we all know I’m rushing in the morning no matter how early I get up before work). I narrowly avoided having to pay the ADHD tax today.
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ADHD
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Hey all!
I got diagnosed for trauma and such last year but I never really got proper treatment to deal with it. I'm not in a very stable house and getting help is very stigmatised by the dominant person in my home. But I've finally asked to get proper treatment and I'm now looking for a good therapist to go to.
My questions: how should I know if a therapists is good for me or not? Any red flags I should watch out for? Any tips on the topic as a whole?
I'm quite nervous about getting help so any advice is welcomed :)
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ptsd
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My (23m) girlfriend (21f) is looking for her first job and she has Aspergers. She is very talented with graphics design art but seems to be a little lazy with it. I wonder if anyone had any suggestions on what she might be able to do that wouldn’t be too stressful and something she would enjoy. She doesn’t have a college degree nor an art portfolio yet. So graphics design is out of reach for now. I’m hopping she finds out what she might want to do in the meantime but I want to help come up with suggestions so I figure I would start out by asking here.
Thanks all
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I gained 30lbs during the first half of 2020. I was like a little curvy, but I wasnt fully overweight. I lost all the weight in a year in a very healthy way. But after I reached my goal weight I did not stop. I lost 20lbs in 2 months (and am still losing more), have no appetite and only eat a meal per day. I want to stop, but my brain won’t allow me to eat. I never felt that this would happen to me because I have always enjoyed food and ate big meals. But it’s like an addiction that will only end when my body stops functioning.
The truth is that I do not feel better than when I was 50lbs heavier. I feel so much worse, and hate my body so much. I think I need help, does anyone have any experience similar to this? How did you get out of the addiction cycle?
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depression
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I cannot focus on anything without thinking that I'm a bad person and what I'm doing is wrong(like playing video games). I cannot do anything without feeling afraid...
Please help
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Trigger warning: Doctors
I woke up one day with double vision and went to the doctor. Got an mri and they saw a lesion in my brain. They did biopsies and they said it was autoimmune and they insisted they hit it so we trusted them. They gave me medication (steroids if any of you know it). They gave me a really high dose for months and during those months we're filled with anxiety, pain from the medication and i gained 20 kilos in 3 months (and I'm only 16) so everyone around me was mocking me and the anxiety didn't help. Because of the weight gain my body is now covered in stretch marks.
During the time while I was on the medication my symptoms were just getting worse. My vision deteriorated 10x and i developed endocrine problems. I constantly complained to the doctors but they wouldn't listen.
After 3 months they saw I had liver damage from the such high medication they were giving me. Finally they admitted but they were about to discharge again. By luck I had a strong headache and they decided to do another biopsy. And then they saw it was cancer.
But it didn't end there. The doctors fucked up and i had a bleed in my brain so I was in pain for a month. They were planning to give me an outdated chemo drug but my dad was able to catch it. They weren't treating my endocrine problems right. They kept doing mistakes over and over again.
Now I suffer from emotional flashbacks sometimes I dissociate, anxiety around and difficultly trusting doctors, I feel very depressed and sometimes angry everytime I think about what happened and how they ruined my life. I feel suicidal because they ruined a lot of opportunities in life for me
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I know we doubt that we have ocd and think we're really just evil, but for the most part the little rational portion of us knows that we DO have ocd. That being said, I think we're probably pretty good people considering we developed an entire disorder centered around the fear of harming anyone or anything. I don't know about you all, but everyone I know with ocd has had a traumatic presence in their life at some point whether it's a parent, a partner, or an abuser of any kind. I think somewhere in our processing of that trauma our brains got some wires crossed and made us think we deserved that abuse because we're inherently flawed and bad. This became an all out obsession with reducing harm and repenting for any harm we did in the past regardless of how silly it was. It makes sense that someone who is kind hearted and has been abused would be scared of making anyone else feel the way their abuser made them feel.
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OCD
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Does anyone with Asperger's care about celebrities that have Asperger's. I don't have an interest to know about other celebrities with Aspergers most people with the condition all have it differently. There are things that i cannot do that other Asperger's people may be able to do. One thing i do not like is people thinking I can do the same as what the celebrity is doing. So perfer not to hear about them.
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I'm a burden on my family.
I was in engineering program, I finished my first year successfully, but I hated the subject, hated everything, became depressed always, ruined both my eyes, so I dropped out to go for the subject I like, but I can only start in 3 months, and that's in a lower ranked university.
I lost my identity, I've been always happy because I made my parents proud, they want me to success and I did that always..
Now I feel like a heavy burden on my family, whenever my father walks in from the door tired, I feel like I'm a waste of food, I don't want to eat anything anymore, I'm helping around while being sad in everything in the house, my mom is trying to raise my mood telling me jokes like: "Now you could go clean houses and earn a living!", but that just hurt me more than it made me laugh.
I have an eye surgery in two days, and my father will be taking me there, he must take a day off to do this and whenever he does more work stacks on him, and I feel terrible.
Everyone in my age, is working, going out, learning, doing something and chasing his dreams. While all I did is drop out because I don't like what I'm learning, I have social anxiety and everything that stops me from functioning normally.
And at the same time my father is out there working very hard always just so I can succeed. I can no more look my parents in the eyes, I feel ashamed, I do everything they ask me to do, but I can't stop my sadness, I cannot sleep without thinking about how I'm doing nothing beneficial to my parents.
I don't want these feelings anymore, I want to run away and never come back, I don't want to be expected to do something, I don't want to have hopes on me, I don't want my family to work to help me.
I just want to run away the furthest I can to the woods, sit there and stay crying until I disappear from this world and I can rest then and make my family rest.
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depression
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I've been diagnosed two times (once as a child and once at 27 you) and I've always loved music but I cannot remember lyrics to save my life. Can anyone relate?
It's weird because when I was a kid I remember being pretty good at lyrics if I sat there and practiced them a little but now I literally work in music where my job requires editing audio, and constant repetition of parts of music sometimes, and even then if you asked me the lyrics to what I'm editing, I'd probably not know. But I can tell you exactly what the melody of those lyrics are.
I'm up real late and was just thinking and was curious if this was something anyone experiences. It doesn't really affect me negatively with work because I can always just ask the artist to supply me with lyrics but it's honestly annoying lol
Thanks for reading/replying
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ADHD
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Was really enjoying this one thing I looked into and then all of a sudden my brain is like "if you enjoy this you're a bad person" and then instantly I lost all the dopamine in my brain after that thought and I legit cried after. It's like I'm not allowed to enjoy things. It sucks to lose shit ur so happy and euphoric about
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OCD
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**TW: Child abuse**
- *Context* Both my sister(15 now) and I(21 now) went through a lot of extremely traumatic events at the hands of our father back when we were little (I was ~8 and she was ~3 up until we were around 16 and 11 respectively). I know/remember most of what he did to and I plan on going to see a doctor to get diagnosed with PTSD potentially. That said, I’ve never known what he’s done to her. Many times she was with him alone. She used to come home with bruises on her arms, etc and for a long while she would refuse to speak (she still does pretty much) and is absolutely terrified of anyone putting anything near her mouth. She claims to not remember anything from that time, which I do believe whether she was too little or simply repressed the memories
- Rambling aside, she has an obsession with a Little Mermaid doll of hers that she’s had for ages. So much so that she’s had full on anxiety attacks and will break down sobbing whenever anything happens to it (i.e. holding it hostage in the middle of otherwise friendly brother/sister fights). I was wondering if there’s any correlation between obsessive behavior/connections like this to PTSD and if yes, if that information could be used to figure out what exactly happened and why that specific toy.... thanks for the help in advance
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ptsd
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I can't even talk to a girl at work. My brain just shuts off, especially when they're attractive. When I speak which is by force pretty much at this point, it comes out as gibberish. This makes them think I am creepy, and I know this because it truly is really really fucking weird. I just focus on work as much as I can, avoid any eye contact. Tonight a girl outta nowhere said bye to me in a cheerful way and I didn't even respond properly to that. Walked as fast as I could and just briskly said "thx". She probably didn't even hear it.
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aspergers
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I keep worrying if I'm developing dementia. I get these feelings that make me feel like I can't remember things that have happened in my life. It's weird to describe, it's like I have this constant doubt that springs up whenever I'm trying to remember something or think of something that has happened.
I also focus on my speech, comprehension, reading and writing, and I keep feeling like I have become dysfunctional and that I am becoming disabled (as if my cognition has gone out of the window).
Like right now for example, as I am typing this out, I feel as if I can't write. I feel I can't comprehend my thoughts. The feelings sometimes make it so hard for me to do stuff because they feel so real. I'm worried if I'm becoming dysfunctional and I am developing dementia, and all these feelings and instances where I make mistakes are indications that it is true.
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OCD
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I am a freshman in high school and I feel depressed my life is completely normal yet I just can't find fulfillment or happiness I feel detached I have absolutely horrible social skills I don't know of any disorders I have other than a (psychologist or something else I can't remember what she was exactly) saying I have a mathematical learning disability and she also said I have a possibility of mood dysregulation disorder at school I just kind of drift through it all when people ask how I feel I just say shitty and I ask " why do you care " I can't really feel empathy or pity for people outside of my immediate family so when people ask how I feel I don't understand also I have one question to end my post does anyone know how to politely say I don't care
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depression
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i've had a few traumatic events happen in my life and it's caused me to resort to substance abuse (drinking heavily) as my main form of coping. i'd be lying if i said it didn't help, but i can't keep doing this to my body. what healthy coping mechanisms have you guys found that work for you?
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ptsd
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Another panic attack. No one was home when I saw the man's lifeless body fall to the ground. I was awake with this one, cooking dinner. I dropped all the food on the floor and slipped into the stove burner. This will Mark the 27th time I've been to the ER from one of these attacks and that's just this year. I now have first degree burns on my arm and hand. I've had more suicidal thoughts when I was laying in the ER. I can't tell my wife I don't know if she will understand. I need help I know I do but I'm afraid to talk to anyone about it.
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ptsd
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All I want right now is to give into old coping mechanisms and screw a stranger after a night of drinking. I wish this was a diet I could cheat on, but deep down i know that would set me back months.
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ptsd
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Hey again.
If you are triggered by death/suicide mentions, please don't read this.
The other day, in the middle of dealing with the randomly increased severity of the disorder, I got reassurance from my mom about one of the many many OCD issues (which I usually do and I know is making things worse), and she basically voiced her concern that if things remain the way they are, I could end up in the hospital.
I wouldn't be surprised, honestly. A few months after moving here, I passed out twice one morning. That was a new one, never happened to me before. One second I'm standing up in the bathroom, next thing I know I'm on the floor with zero recollection of how I got there. Freaky shit.
The ER's official diagnosis was dehydration, which feeds into my theory that my paxil makes it difficult for me to remain hydrated the way normal people can. That's just *my theory* though, I have no actual basis for thinking that. But.. it sure does seem like I have to do more to keep hydrated than other people do, and the recent uptick in my disorder's strength can *possibly* be traced back to when I ran out of the zero-sugar Gatorade I've been trying to regularly keep in the house since the pass-out.
Even so, there was a moment at work today where I kinda felt like I was looking at my list of OCD bullshit on my phone from someone else's perspective. As if I was seeing the list of shit I have to write down in order to process to someone else, from the eyes of someone outside of myself, and I thought to myself, "wow. I'm... in really bad shape. Really bad shape."
At some point I ended up in the bathroom, once again experiencing some mental warring over whether or not I had damned someone's soul. While pulling out my list to figure out whether or not I'd write it out to manage it, I realized how often I'd written this exact type of thing before.
Thanks to the OCD, I sometimes wonder if I'm *intentionally* damning souls, for one reason or another. And if it's *intentional,* then can it really happen?
But as I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm currently an Atheist, which means damning souls and such **is literally impossible.** Regardless of intention. Regardless of method. Regardless of anything.
And when I caught sight of some variation of the word "intentionally" in my OCD list, I almost lost it right then and there.
I struggled through the rest of the day, and by the time the work day was over, I started thinking about the hospital thing again.
I'm no scientist, biologist, psychologist, etc.
I really don't know very much about the brain at all.
But I'm starting to be genuinely concerned that it's not going to last much more of this.
At some point, I was thinking of yet another emotionally painful thing that's currently happening in my life, and I had another one of these types of thoughts: "maybe I'll be dead soon and this won't matter."
Not that I'd *do* anything. I've kinda been down that road already. That's not really an issue with me.
But aside from that, I mean, anything can happen. There's no guarantee anyone will make it to the end of any day alive. The odds are high in modern society, sure, there's lots of old people all over the place and so on. But still.
(...and for the record, if the woman with the initials R.T. is reading this, I literally changed Twitters to put an end to whatever the fuck was going on, so please respect that and stay off my reddit account)
Anyway, the bottom line is the fact that I'm genuinely concerned that my mind isn't going to last very much longer.
And at that point, I don't know what would happen. Movies and TV shows are bullshit. I don't know what happens in real life when someone's mind fails them. I just know the concept scares the shit out of me. I'm already a burden on my family, I don't want them to have to take *more* care of me. Fuck, everything I'm doing lately is meant to take steps toward being more independent, so that's the LAST thing I'd want.
Sometimes I wonder if maybe what I need is a reset of some kind. A vacation, but for the mind. Maybe an hour spent intentionally staying away from literally anything that can trigger any type of OCD issue, in an effort to give the brain a break and refresh itself.
Sometimes I feel like when the disorder is acting up (..y'know, almost all the fucking time) the brain itself is being cooked over a fire. That's really how it seems sometimes.
So the thought is, if I could get it off the fire, just for a little bit, would it get stronger?
If I could give my brain a genuine fucking break, for as long as I can possibly manage, maybe it'd get me out of this rut.
I don't know. All I know is that I can't tell if I'm being dramatic or not when I say to myself, "I don't know if I'm going to be alive by this time next year." And again, not suicidal. Just.. don't know how much more the brain can take.
I don't want to write any more OCD bullshit. When I have a driving OCD issue, or a souls issue, or a "is this a sin" issue (reminder, ATHEIST), I don't want to have to process it anymore.
Some part of my brain, buried way deep down, is sane enough to know what I'm doing in regards to literally every issue.
That sane part of my brain knows that I'm functional enough to drive and that I do not believe in any sort of gods, which means all of these concerns are solved on the face of it.
And yet, here we are.
The thing I don't want to think is this.
Am I steadily getting worse?
Maybe brains don't just snap. Maybe they gradually get worn down. And maybe that's what's been happening to me this week.
That's scaring me the most. Because if I'm doing that much damage to myself via the disorder, meaning that I have to act *fast* to slow it down as much as possible, **I still wouldn't know what to do.**
Monday I'm telling my therapist that as much as I appreciate him laying the groundwork for CBT stuff to manage the OCD over time, we have to do something **now.**
This needs to change. Somehow.
And with all my experience fighting this disorder, and with all the intelligence I know I do actually possess (not a TON but some), I *still* haven't figured out what I can do to manage this.
15 years, still no idea.
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Hi, just looking for a little support. My OCD fixates on bedbugs, so just a trigger warning there as that is what this post will be about.
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Tomorrow I'm moving into a new house in a city, and I'm really stressed about the possibility of this place having bedbugs. Unfortunately it's a bit of a grimy/dirty place (but within my price range), and I did a quick walk through once but didn't get to look at anything super closely. And to be honest I'm dreading moving in, but I've committed now. I'm just planning to do a thorough look through and clean once I get there, and assuming I don't see anything, just try to leave it at that. But still tonight I'm absolutely driving myself crazy with the idea that this place will have bugs that I won't see until it's too late - I've been thinking so much about it tonight it's kind of paralyzed me, I haven't been able to do anything but think.
I'm not sure if this counts as an "asking for reassurance post" - I'm mainly just looking for a little bit of comfort or words of advice I can remind myself as I move in, especially from anyone who has dealt with a similar thing. I recently started going to a therapist but I haven't been able to fully discuss this with them yet. Thank you
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OCD
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I’m really confused because they’ve also been back and forth with my anxiety and yesterday they said I didn’t have anxiety and that it was my OCD giving the symptoms they had been pretty sure was anxiety, so that’s good I guess. They haven’t done anything with my OCPD symptoms so I guess I’ll wait and see.
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OCD
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*worst
so, for about a year now, i've had lights in my left peripheral vision.
a few weeks ago i went to the eye doctor (needed glasses for most of my life) and she said my eyes looked fine. she said they're looking good.
but then it started in my right eye a few days ago.
logically, it's just the vitreous gel/fluid in my eyes catching on my retinas a little bit, which is normal as you age.
it could also be a type of migraine apparently? or perhaps some form of epilepsy
but my health anxiety says "BRAIN CANCER" even though i'm fine otherwise. no seizures or balance issues or vomiting or anything. maybe brain fog but i've always been that way. maybe headaches, but i've been stressed for various reasons lately.
i'm probably gonna see a doctor soon, but i just cried for a few seconds thinking "i'm gonna die, and i haven't done anything with my life! i'm only 19!"
i hate this dumb mental illness
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OCD
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When I was in 5th grade (or earlier, can't remember) our teacher made us read a short story about a kid who got bit by a poisonous snake and had his father try to suck the poison out with his mouth.
We had to write what was, in our opinion, the moral of that story.
The best students of the class wrote the moral was that a parent loves a child so much that they would do anything for them. They wrote probably twenty lines just to say that.
My answer?
"The moral is to watch out for scaled reptiles snakes".
Jesus, I even wrote the scientific term (I had an animals encyclopedia which I liked reading).
I though I would share this because...I don't know, I guess it's funny (to me at least)
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aspergers
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Needed to get this stuff this off my chest and i wanted y'all's opinion.
back in high school. I hated everyone and everything. now I just hate them less i guess. ive seen and experienced too much bullshit in my life im not surprised im so jaded. I wasnt beaten up or anything well only once. but since i have bipolar disorder and Asperger's syndrome it was a really nasty combo that completely fucked up my brain chemistry. i just got so fed up with being mad and confused all the time that i just shut myself off from everyone at school except my best freind who is like a second brother to me. Like I dunno if it's partly my fault for over reacting but getting harassed amd made fun every single day and on a regular basis your anger boils up and you explode. Also they know i get angry easily hence why i was bullied alot. In late middle school and most of high school i did the minimum work required and just got a C across the board just to get through the grades. I mostly just goofed around and did whatever i wanted and ignored the teachers in fact i insulted them and poked fun at there insecurity's. like being old or fat. It's hypocritical yea but i just gave no fucks at that point because they held me back from 12 grade despite getting a C which is the minimum and passing. and now today im 23 with GED a apartment and a amazing relationship with my family. Sorry if i dumped my life story but im tired asf and i get like this when i am tired. also i didn't really disrespect the teachers until near the end when i got held back. Because then i knew they were against me. i had to wait a year till i was 18 to quit. They tried to send like a police officer or whatever to drag me back to school 🤣 lmao.
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aspergers
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Do you have shutdowns where you dont want to have no strings / communicate with no one for few days/weeks? Even with your significant other or best friend. How do they react? How do you handle it?
I have it for a few days but can handle some necessary text but my SO can go on for days up to one week without texting. I just let her be and let her come to me when she wants something. Like a im there type of thing. But it's hard for me to understand since i have that only for some days not on the other side im not so stressed in life like she is. Do you or someone in your life react like that?
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ADHD
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Hi all! I’m struggling with my tendency not to commit to anything, I mean ANYTHING. I’ll start a workout routine, only to completely stop three days later, a hobby, self care, art, plants, a new interest, whatever it may be. I’ll get super excited about something, invest a ton of energy and potentially MONEY into it, and then drop it in a short amount of time. Literally bought like 15 plants and let all of them die from lack of care and interest within three months lmfao
This is discouraging, particularly when it comes to self care and wanting to pursue things that will help me grow as a person.
What do you find helpful in keeping yourself committed to certain things in spite of a short attention span?
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ADHD
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I'm incredibly lonely and struggling with my past, I need a good book to get lost in. Please recommend a good book, I like clever comedies, history, science, and psychology.
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ptsd
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Hi, I'm looking to make friends and chat with others that can relate to having ADHD at an somewhat older age. It's been hard trying to relate or have conversations those that don't quite get my struggle.
So, if you want to chat sometimes so we can lean on each other... Comment below or send me a message. 💜💜💜💜
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ADHD
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Scenario A) Assimilation (2017/18?) Basically a modern "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
In Assimilation this alien species invades a town, biting a bit of a person (I would assume to get the DNA data) and coming back days later as a reconstruction of the person, the alien then kills and "disposes of" the person they've copied, I don't know the means in which they dispose of the original. I would assume the alien eats the rest of the person to gain the memories and personality traits of the person, but the assimilated people always come off as a little bit weird and off, mainly different.
I would wonder if we Aspies would be able to camouflage ourselves well or completely fail in this situation, like when the main characters try to blend in to find someone downtown. We always come off as a little bit weird and odd, like how these "assimilated" aliens do. I would think we would easily camouflage ourselves, depending on each of us of course, but I think our survivability would be greater than NT's chances.
On the other side, though, if the Aliens wanted to go unnoticed for longer, they would have to assimilated the town's neurodivergent first, as we already are different, it would be harder to notice the difference.
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Scenario B) The Giver (I forgot the year of the film, but there's a series of books about it) Basically the world has turned into a heavily regulated, routine based lifestyle. Nobody knows pain or suffering, or color, or race, everybody is the same. After school finishes, you graduate and are given a career based on your personality
I have no idea how this world would have us fit in it. I have no clue if we'd be great or horrible, this one I'm really curious to hear your answers.
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aspergers
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So I’m fairly new to ocd, I’ve started struggling with hocd a few months ago. I’m meeting with a physiatrist next week hoping to get a diagnosis. Any way, I’ve noticed some behaviors and things that I do and want to know if they are associated with ocd. An big example is I make lists on sticky notes all the time and when I’m public sometimes on my phone (notes). The most frequent list I make is a task list of things to do in the day, Like simple daily things that I should just be able to remember to do in my mind.I just feel like I have to do it or I might forget or it won’t be the same. I also get these feeling through out the day like I’m forgetting something and I just feel so uncertain and off. I make a bunch of other lists and notes but this is the main one.
My question is are there things like this people with ocd do that are general and not exclusive to your theme?
And if this list making is something to do with ocd how should I handle it?
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I made a mistake and decided to read all about prozac side effects, and now I'm really nervous to start it!
I was diagnosed with OCD around August, though I've definitely had it for years, and I've been doing ERP. ERP was super difficult at first (especially cause my current theme is pocd), but I do genuinely feel like it's helping! I decided to speak with a psychiatrist as well to see if medication would help me even more!
The main side effect I'm concerned with is that ppl say it can make you feel high. I have had existential themes before and rly do not enjoy weed or other psychedelics- I tend to get DPDR, and I often get panic attacks with them. I have a very social job (hs teacher), so I am nervous about going into work tomorrow after my first dose! Eee.
Can anyone here share a success story with the med? Or do you have suggestions on how to cope with the trippy feelings if they pop up?
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OCD
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Just wanted to say from a place in the world with no services, and universities with no accommodations; and there's no hope.
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aspergers
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It's hard to talk about, I live in a conservative area that doesn't recognize PTSD unless you're a veteran, and I completely get that, cuz I haven't seen shit compared to vets. But I was still in a life threatening event, not to mention past traumas such as the hell of opioid detox, rape and death of my dad when I was 6
So I don't wanna be another typical millennial complaining about mental health, I'm 22, but I also don't want to downplay what I've experienced. The hemorrhage has fucked my memory and psyche slightly, but otherwise I've made a decent recovery, this was all spurred by getting hit by a car, so that initial impact and the resulting brain bleed months later, have really stuck with me and I can't shake it but I'm slowly recovering
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ptsd
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I have ADHD and was recently diagnosed with anxiety and depression. My usual dopamine sources are gaming, music, drawing and lately scrolling through Reddit and YouTube. From time to time though I really just hate all of that and I find myself wanting to smash my Xbox or delete my Reddit account and give up on every object that makes me happy. We all have our dopamine sources but what do we do on the days where those sources just don't seem appealing? I played Xbox last night but it wasn't fun. It was frustrating. I scrolled Reddit this morning before work but it just didn't give me that kick in the pants. I think this is the depression coming out to say hello and I can feel myself sipping into the state of negativity and emotional isolation. Usually I will just lay on my bed after work and scroll through Reddit or YouTube anyway out of boredom but I get no enjoyment from it.
Does anyone have any suggestion on how to cope with this? Every time it happens it really sucks.
Edit: WOW! Thank you all for the overwhelming responses. This community is amazing and I actually feel so much better just reading all these comments.
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Hey ya’ll. I took a huge step a few weeks ago and scheduled my first doctor’s appointment by myself so I can talk about medication for my OCD. I avoided it for a long time despite my therapist recommending it because my mom would vehemently be against it if she knew. She doesn’t even take my OCD seriously and has always been wary of all kinds of medication. I’ve decided to go ahead and get it, though. I can’t fix this on my own and I’m tired of living like this. I’m slowly getting worse. I’m 22 years old. I need to start making decisions for myself. I will be keeping this a secret from her which I worry will be hard because I live with her.
Anyways, I just wanted to get that off my chest and also get some advice on what I should say to my doctor. I’m scared I won’t explain my symptoms well enough and she won’t believe me. I’m just real nervous.
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OCD
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It’s too heavy for me to carry. The OCD obsession and the urge to perform mental compulsions are just weighing me down so heavily that I think the only way out is to commit suicide. I think recovery is possible for others, but not for me. I’m too far gone to be salvaged.
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OCD
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Nocd is an app for ocd and many people say it helps, just got it myself
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OCD
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Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone will be able to help me understand what's going on with me right now. Basically I was diagnosed with OCD about 5 weeks ago mainly in the form of contamination ocd, I've been taking sertraline since then and noticed that my mood improved a bit within a week or so. However I also started burning my hands everytime I washed them which was about 50 times a day at that stage. My GP's been so helpful and prescribed a bunch of creams for my hands and since I've gone back to college the hand washing compulsion has lessened.
This could be due to the sertraline or just the circumstances of being in college. However I've found in the last week or so I've been spending a lot of time thinking about self harm and suicide. I don't know if I'd actually do it though. Is this a side effect of the sertraline or just something else I'm going through?
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Hi guys I (23m) have OCD, GAD and depression, possibly ADHD too but physiatrist doesn’t want to send me to specialist for that just yet
I’ve recently been switched from Prozac to Lexapro and wondering if I should continue as I am worried about the side effects and having to rely on a medication to feel ok.
The thing is my anxiety is so bad it affects my relationships and daily life I think I need it
Has anyone had success with Lexapro for anxiety and OCD? I’m also in therapy too but I’m too all over the place to properly comply with it I feel
I also am really in to fitness and that’s about the only thing I can focus on and really distressed me when I miss a day/session which the side effects of medication doesn’t help as it causes me to be very tired
Any feedback appreciated as I’m in a bit of a mess now
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OCD
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I feel like it has something to do with not being able express your emotions clearly and often having literal thinking but for the life of me I cannot answer opinionated questions. I cannot stand English and History, they always ask for your opinion and I get so frustrated when I'm expected to back my answer up in a whole essay. I literally cannot think of how to back up my answer, and that's assuming I even get to the point where I even know how I feel about the question to begin with. I'm always failing my classes because I just cannot do these type of assignments, but when I explain this to my parents or teachers it seems like nobody believes me. I wanna cry rn.
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aspergers
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I say we join this sub r/OCD_2, there will be heavy moderation and users who ask for a diagnosis or spam for re assurance will be banned. Feel free to drop any questions on that subreddit you have where we can have actual discussions as there are less people.
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I think a lot about self sacrifice. Say I’m walking down the street at night with my wife and get mugged or something, would I jump in front of that bullet for her? Would I do the right thing to let her live and be safe from harm? If I was in a building that was taken over by terrorists and the only way was to blow myself up to save everyone else, could I do it? I want to. I would love to. But what if I couldn’t?
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I am currently in a sinking boat, and I think it’s one we’ve probably all been in at one point or another. I have ADHD, diagnosed as a child, but rediscovered as an adult (that revelation would’ve saved me a lot of time, but I digress). I’m always making plans, lists, and have the best intentions but it never goes anywhere because, more often than not, I forget to even look at my beautiful plans/lists. Heck, I forget they even exist. Then I struggle with motivation and procrastination - self-sabotaging to the point of idiocy in important areas of my life including sleep and exercise (I have another medical condition which means these two things are crucial not just for my emotional well-being, but my continued good health).
I have researched till the cows come home, but I end up with 50 tabs open and reading the same information on a heap of them, but not really getting anywhere.
I would love **love** to hear of peoples good stories. What are your go-to tools? I would especially love any online resources that people have found useful, as well as any apps, and so forth.
If there is some structured course, this would be wonderful too - it does need to have some sort of proactive prompting system though, or I will forget about it. I’ve started countless MOOCs (on other topics) and haven’t finished even one of them which further deflates my self-worth.
Basically just, help. Please. Anything. Anyone. All suggestions welcome!
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I was listening to this [video by Spice 8 Rack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbT6PDHqksQ&t=3699s) where he talks about transexual representation in Magic the Gathering
He kept saying how it was useful and important but I just could not see it, until he mentions that another character, Narset, is autistic...
I had no idea, to me Narset was just that annoying planeswalker I have to kill to draw more cards, but suddenly it felt different... it just felt so cool that there was this character in a game I like who was autistic
I'm having trouble explaining why I liked it so much but the point is that I finally understand and agree that: yes, presentation can be very good and very important
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aspergers
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I’ve been depressed for years and I’ve learned to live with it and just take life one day at a time, but some days are a lot harder than others and today is one of those days. I don’t want to get out of bed. I don’t want to see anyone. I really just don’t want to exist. I don’t think I have it in me to keep going and hope for the day that I can wake up and enjoy life. I want to cry, but my body won’t let me and I feel like I’m going to explode. I’m only 21, but it feels like I’m much older. Idk. I just feel like I’m running out of a time.
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Hi all,
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I really want to go back to school and get a degree in software engineering. A few problems though:
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1. My doctor (FNP, PMHNP-BC) hasn't given me ADHD meds despite me stressing every appointment that I can't focus. She started me with Wellbutrin for depression, anxiety, and ADHD but nothing has really changed. I started back in late May/early June. This is why I have unmedicated in the title because technically while I am medicated, it's literally not helping.
2. I also have bipolar. I'm scared with the bipolar and ADHD if I go back to school I will just fail from becoming unmotivated or depressed. In addition, I have insomnia too. Fun combo. (: I'm taking 3 meds plus melatonin and magnesium for insomnia which put me to sleep easily but I still wake often during the night. Some days I feel terribly groggy all day because of the meds and lack of sleep. For bipolar supposedly 3 of the medications are also supposed to help that but again, I don't feel like they're working.
3. Last thing, basically because of all this it's really hard for me to focus and give attention to the more important things in my life. My house has a been a mess for weeks. I work a fulltime job and have a young child. I feel like I don't have enough time to myself and if I don't at least get an hour or two to myself every day I feel like I will go insane. And here I am thinking about school lol. ):
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Does anyone have similar stories to mine and persevered, went back to school, and passed? I will say the one positive is that I already really enjoy (and sometimes hate - it's programming) the field of study I want to get into. I program on the sides sometimes. It's something I really enjoy so maybe it won't be such a bad experience like I'm thinking it will?
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Did you trauma impact your physical health too?
And did you get better?
I feel it would've been better if I could at least physically have strength to process mental issues .
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Last year I found out I had Aspergers. I am 34 years old and I’ll be 35 in November. I was diagnosed in elementary school and was never told about it.
I’ve always known I was different. I’ve always known my brain didn’t work like the other kids. When I was in middle school I asked my mother if I was retarded.
Again I knew I was that different from anyone else I had ever met that I had to ask my mother if I was retarded.
Why not tell me? Why not help me understand my brain. Why not help me not hate me?
Is there anything they could have done? Could they have helped? I’ve been struggling with this. Because I knew something was up back then.
Now I’m a heavy duty diesel mechanic. I have a girlfriend who might marry me. She knows about my Aspergers. I sometimes wish she never met me so she wouldn’t have to deal with the crap I do.
I’m sorry to dump this on y’all but I’ve only ever said this stuff in my head.
If this post shouldn’t be here delete it.
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This has made me depressed for such a long time I didn't remember this until I was around 8-12 years old but I rememberd I saw my dad watching porn and I humped my brother after seeing it. He was 2 and I was 6. I didn't realize this was bad until a few years later and then after a few more years I I did tell him. He told me it's ok and i was just a kid and didn't know what I was doing I felt alright knowing he was ok. But I feel absolutely disgusting. Isn't this child on child sex abuse ? I feel horrible I want to end myself.
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There’s quite a bit of context that I will omit here, and so the following is the gist of my situation:
• Was diagnosed at 7, went unmedicated until I couldn’t cope at around 21
• Tried Ritalin, Concerta, Strattera and Adderall. Only the latter gave me relief without unbearable side effects (and Ritalin specially showed no benefit whatsoever)
• Moved out of the U.S and am now in a country where only Methylphenidate and Strattera are available
• Currently 26, unmedicated and finding myself at a really scary, anxiety-inducing mental state.
Needless to say, I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m aware that medication is not the only treatment available, but having experienced their life-changing benefits firsthand I see any alternative as a never ending uphill battle. Additionally, my experience with psychiatrists here has been quite rocky - some of them ignoring my formal diagnoses and assuming I have BPD(??) or offering me expensive therapies with no proven benefits.
The future looks really grim and I’d be grateful to receive some advice on how to move forward.
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So, I play roller derby, a full contact sport. I had a nasty knee injury (completely torn ACL) that required surgery. I had as smooth a recovery physically as possible. Mentally, not so much. I have not been diagnosed with PTSD or seen a therapist, etc., because I am a broke grad student, but if I make a weird contact with someone or take a weird fall (even if I’m completely uninjured), it’s incredibly triggering and I end up having a panic attack or sometimes I’m back in the moment of my original injury. When people watch sports or anything, and anything at all weird happens with someone’s leg, it’s like I can’t breathe.
Back in December, after I had finally been starting to get back to a good headspace, I comparatively mildly re-injured that same knee, and yesterday was my first day back in roller skates since. I was so anxious, I was nauseated that whole practice and I cried for hours after. I love my sport but I can’t keep this up. The mental toll is getting to be too much.
I guess I’m on here to ask, those of you who have PTSD/PTSD symptoms from sports injuries, and returned to your sport, how do you cope? How do you deal with unavoidable triggers? I could really use some advice
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ptsd
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For clarification:
I'm a Special Ed teacher for high school with two of my own classes who are performing at 1-2 grade level and I co teach the rest of the day.
My plan period is at the end of the day.
I tutor and coach robotics.
I am totally avoidant right now. I am using excuses to avoid doing things I'm supposed to do because I'm overwhelmed. Too many words to read at once, too many things on my task list, too many things that are big and full of steps. I don't know what I'm looking for, I just know where I am. Motivation might be good, or encouragement, or tips on how to dig in. Not really sure. Just beyond able to do it myself (and it's only Monday, what the hell).
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I have no idea how to word it without sounding stupid 😂 But I noticed that when I listen to a song for the first time, 97.5%+ of the time it does absolutely nothing for me (sometimes I even dislike it!), but after like the 3rd time of listening it, I like it way more. Like by a lot. It's so strange. I've been like this for a looong time now. Is anyone else like this? (My bad if I sound rambly, I'm off some Olde English 40 oz, fighting some demons rn 😂🤙🏻) But yeah, some of my favorite songs, I genuinely disliked at first. It's still so weird to me, I finally had to get this off my chest. Thanks for listening to my ramble, bois 🙏🏻
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aspergers
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I don’t know how to stop relying on other people to fulfill me and relying on their input to determine my self worth. I think every single person in my life including my close family knows this and it sucks because I just get used and verbally abused. I try to put my foot down but having that past image in everyone’s eyes shows me as the pushover and I feel like a b!tch when I stand up for myself, but I know it has to be done. In other words, I know how to stand up and not be a pushover externally, but internally I beat myself up over every little thing and I don’t know how to heal.
I also think I got ghosted and lost a potential relationship with a really cute guy because I got slightly clingy and my actions probably revealed my little self worth. It’s tiring and I define myself by my success because everyone in my family tells me how much of a failure I am since I didn’t get into grad school yet. I’m freakin trying and studying, and my family loves me but the constant reminder that I’m a failure just sucks and I already know I need to accomplish something and become successful.
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I am not diagnosed but after going through a lot of research I’ve come to a somewhat conclusion that I have some OCD tendencies especially relating to guilt and how my brain makes me feel regarding things that I’ve done in the past and mistakes I make now. I don’t want to self diagnose at all and I’m not trying to. Just seeking some help.
I am seeking therapy soon because it’s difficult to continue like this. However, a part of me feels so guilty getting therapy. Like I don’t deserve to feel better because these things I did are things I deserve to be punished for and this suffering is my punishment.
Another part of me feels like if I go to therapy and try to open up about the things I feel guilty about my therapist will judge me or call the authorities because something I did actually was illegal and I’ll have ruined my entire life and disappointed my parents.
I don’t know what to do. I’m just so tired and anxious.
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Hello all. I recently posted to r/autism with a query about focus issues related to autism. The general consensus was that it sounded a bit more like ADHD focus issues, so I came here. In my post, I mentioned trouble with focus, procrastination and restlessness. I also tend to zone out of conversations a lot, have always had extremely poor organisation, and terrible sleep patterns. I always used to multitask, like cooking while I read etc. because no one activity could really occupy me. I genuinely struggle to do anything I'm not interested in and honestly just ignore/avoid most things until they become a problem (I should mention there is a reasonable likelihood I may have autism, which I know shares some symptoms with ADHD). I have mentioned this to my therapist and also googled it and it appears that these things may be somewhat consistent with ADHD. However (I was slightly embarrassed to ask my therapist) I am worried I do not have ADHD because sometimes I can focus on things. For instance, as a child I was always restless and frustrated until I discovered reading. Ever since then, as long as I find the writing agreeable I can sometimes get so absorbed in reading I forget to eat/sleep/ move. Even that would fail sometimes, but the internet is my #1 failsafe because it just shuts down my brain. I tend to open a lot of tabs and flit from one to the other sporadically, but it's one of the only things where it doesn't feel like my brain is racing under pressure, and I am absolutely concentrated. Basically, sorry for the long rant and the maybe stupid question, but are these behaviours consistent with ADHD? I'm really very desperate to know so I can begin trying to get my brain 'in order.' Thanks.
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ADHD
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Every so often I think about one of my biggest regrets. A lost relationship.
During my late teens and early 20s I met someone I can say was my first love. Someone who I enjoyed those years with. But it ended, and I was the reason.
I was immature, undisciplined and directionless. All reasons I’ve now come to realize stem from my ADHD. I was afraid, and scared, and those emotions led to some toxic behavior….What’s upsetting is the fact that because of my ADHD it was hard to control those behaviors, and if you mix all those emotions and lack of self-control together you have a concoction that can lead to an abusive, unhealthy relationship..which it did.
I feel horrible, these feelings or realization of just how she might have felt and me being so unaware of just how my actions affected her has been like a railroad spike driven into my consciousness. I know a lot of it has to do with the fact that I was young and immature, but it still doesn’t excuse harmful behavior. And it’s something I still have a hard time forgiving myself for. Because I did care about her.
Anyway, that’s something I know will always be close to my heart. For now it’s time to put these feelings away again and have my adhd bring back up in a year or so, lol.
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6 weeks ago I scored a 29 on the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, which falls in the upper end of the "severe" category. Last week, I fell into the mild category with a score of 12. I am currently at a 9, with a goal of falling below 7 at which point I will not meet the clinical diagnosis for OCD.
I had all sorts of post-breakup relationship obsessions. Why did we breakup? Will I ever find anyone better? I also had all sorts of limerence symptoms for her as well, my OCD telling me she was the greatest person ever and I will never be able to live without her. My compulsions were subtle, but they were constantly ruminating about moments in the relationship that proved we were not a match for each other, trying to force myself to be attracted to every girl, comparing other girls to my ex on Instagram and on the street to try to prove to myself that there were other options.
This went on for almost exactly one year. I tried everything: Meds, CBT, ACT, ERP, Trauma Healing, Meditation, Semen Retention, etc. I thought I was hopeless.
I was doing all the right things, but missing a fundamental element. **You can't take meds and go to therapy and expect to get better. You must cut out all compulsions. Always. No cheating. Living with OCD is a mindset that must be adopted.** It will likely take many months of suffering before you are able to commit to this full-time. Below are the rules I have been living by.
**Mindset.** For the rest of your life, you will have OCD. You need to accept that. You may never be the person you were before OCD. That may sound scary. It was hard for me to comprehend as well. But it gets a lot better. I honestly say that I am enjoying my life now as much as I was before OCD, the thoughts are still there but they hardly bother me (if at all). Think of it like a diabetic - he will always be diabetic and need to constantly work on it. But if he takes his insulin daily and watches his diet, he will not fall ill despite his condition. The same goes for OCD, if you embrace uncertainty and eliminate your compulsions, you will live a happy healthy anxiety-free life despite your condition.
**Do the opposite.** Whatever OCD tells you, do the opposite. If my OCD told me "you will never find anyone better", I would want to spend time on Instagram finding girls that are "better" (whatever that means) than my ex. But instead, I began to tell myself "I will never find anyone better, and I may live out the rest of my life unhappy because of it. And that is okay." This made me very anxious at first, but after the first few weeks I became quite used to it.
**Exposures.** This sucks but it is critical. It is training your brain that you do not need to be scared of your thoughts. My exposures included the following: staring at really attractive pictures of my ex and saying "I will never be with anyone more attractive", listening to tape recordings of myself listing my ex's amazing qualities and that life will be very unhappy without her. Do not engage in compulsions while doing this. Sit with your anxiety. Focus on where it is in your body. Stay as calm as possible. And sit with it until your anxiety reduces by about half.
**No compulsions.** This is the most important rule of all. This includes ruminating. I know it seems like it is impossible to stop ruminating, but with practice it is. You know you are ruminating when it feels like you are forcing your brain to think of something. If it feels like you are putting in effort, stop thinking and shift your awareness elsewhere. Again, this will make you anxious as you were unable to complete your compulsion and "solve" the problem that can't be solved. Stop researching OCD online as well, this is a compulsion. Do not visit this sub if you are feeling anxious. That is a compulsion. After you have read this post, stop reading. This has all the information you need to win. Also eliminate any other compulsions specific to your case, which goes without saying.
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And that is it. 4 easy rules. It feels like stepping off a cliff. I know. But trust me, it is the path to victory. And the only path. Once you are no longer afraid of your obsessive thoughts, they will no longer pop into your head.
Always happy to answer questions. Special thanks to u/OCD_runner who helped me immensely through the process.
Helpful links below:
What I based my therapy on: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-FIJq7If0&t=560s&ab\_channel=PaigePradkoPaigePradko](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-FIJq7If0&t=560s&ab_channel=PaigePradkoPaigePradko)
How to do ERP: [https://ocdla.com/imaginal-exposure-ocd-anxiety-4847](https://ocdla.com/imaginal-exposure-ocd-anxiety-4847)
How to stop ruminating: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUFvvlnCvSg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUFvvlnCvSg)
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