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wanting to skip or postpone my exam my exam is on saturday and i feel a massive urge to reschedule
i experience this often with major exams. *flashbacks to several years prior where i skipped all of my final exams and failed*
i just dont feel ready i dont know im so tired and mentallly fried that i feel a few days m... | self.Anxiety |
Do other bipolar folks have problems with substance abuse? First I want say how great it is to be able to talk about things open in a way I never have before.
I am at a good point in terms of drug and alcohol right now, but I've had big problems in the past.
I od'd many times, each time it was not an intentional sui... | self.bipolar |
Wanted to share some revelations I just had tonight about depression...for the first time in over a year I have hope that things can get better. Hi, I've been depressed for over a year. I still am depressed, but for the first time throughout this hell I actually have gained some insight and now I have hope that things ... | self.depression |
I feel deader than dead. I find that I don't have real "wants" anymore. There would be a flicker of a desire that maybe I want to play Overwatch and it will be fun, but it fizzles as fast as it comes. I think for a moment that maybe I should feed myself. Then I just don't do it. Most days I end up curled up in bed, wai... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm pretty sure my friends suicidal what do I do? My best friends girlfriend left him over something stupid and embarrassing that he did a while back.Anyways I'm pretty sure it's that, he's always saying how he wants to go to an island all alone with no one who loves him. He's told me before that he has depression but ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Self-harm urges are getting stronger Hey everyone. Dealing with a really rough situation, so I thought I'd share it here.
My mental state has gradually been getting worse for quite some time. While it started off with stronger elements of anxiety, depression has come as a byproduct of the self-isolation and self-sabo... | self.depression |
Anonymous Entry: plz be nice My brain boils non-stop lol. I've finally become the deteriorated husk of a person. Hopefully this is my last feeling of self-awareness.
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I'm drowning. I don't remember ever really being happy. I've been content but that's the extent of it. Some days I feel like I'm wading through endless thoughts of self hate. Some days its so bad that I feel like I'm drowning in it and I can't figure out how to make it stop. My roommates offer no help, stating they suf... | self.depression |
ANYONE here ever tried r-TMS (repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) to treat BPD (any type)? Clarification: BPD—>BIPOLAR disorder I mean, sorry for any confusion! | self.bipolar |
Anyone else just afraid of life? First off, if you’re reading this thank you so much.
I don’t want to write some long story I just want to share.
I feel so alone. Like I’m in a serious relationship but when it comes to the way I feel I feel pretty alone. I’m afraid of people at work...what they think of me, what they... | self.depression |
Serious Question about suicide Why do we have this fascination with staying alive? At the moment my suicidal swings are pretty on and off, but I just don't get it. By commuting suicide you are only hastening the inevitable. So why does everyone feel the need to say "don't do it". I mean realistically you only control t... | self.depression |
i dont know why it bothers me when my friend tells me she has depression, but it does I've been severely depressed for 2 years now, and struggling a lot with it: I have no friends (in the country i am living in) and am barely surviving university. I recently started a new antidepressant and was speaking to one of my cl... | self.depression |
I just took about 30 anxiety pills. I doubt it will kill me but if I does, great! [deleted] | self.depression |
I want to have a baby so someone will love me I was raised by an abusive mother and neglectful father. I have no love for either of them. I see all of these people with happy families that look out for each other and are kind to one another and I wish for the same thing. I want a child that will love me and that I'll l... | self.offmychest |
Therapy For The Caregiver/Non Anxious Partner? My wife of 15 years has suffered from generalized anxiety all her adult life. She's tried one on one therapy twice with little progress, in both instances she didn't really engage with the process and put into practice what was discussed and whilst I have encouraged her t... | self.Anxiety |
Extreme Anxiety before exams Hi, all. I've never posted here so forgive me if I'm breaking any rules. Just a little background — I've never seen a doctor (money, family, lots of reasons, but I should be able to start in a year), I've never been diagnosed with anything, although I am pretty sure I have depression. I'm a... | self.Anxiety |
shouldn't have been born long story short, I have a good life with a loving family and an amazing boyfriend but my country (chile) **sucks** with LGBT rights and all of those social equality things. Just when I thought things were getting better, they're not. Today a conservative president was elected and I feel so dis... | self.depression |
I have a presentation in 7 hours, and I'm already a shaky, nervous mess. I guess I can comfort myself in knowing that this is for my last final as an undergraduate - after this, I have my degree.
But I need to not be shaking like a leaf for the next seven hours.
Would sneaking a drink help my nerves at all? If not, ... | self.Anxiety |
I wish friendships never ended... I am currently a senior in high school, but my story starts back in 6th grade. So, I definitely feel like I need to move on, but I’m not very good with the whole change thing.
Anyways, in 6th grade, I met this girl who I had always kind of known through another friend, but we had j... | self.offmychest |
i'm going to be hopefully dead before the end of january fuck yall. tired of living a wasted life thanks to mental illness grabbing it by the throat forever | self.SuicideWatch |
Is it just me or ... Does it feel like people only care to a certain degree when you opened up about depression. Like I understand people have their own lives to worry about and need to focus on themselves. But I recently opened up to a lot of close friends and my girlfriend about how I suffer from some very serious de... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anybody else suddenly recall a childhood memory and have gut-wrenching anxiety about not being able to go back? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
When clinically depressed person says they don't want to be visited, do they mean it? Should you? | self.depression |
Sorry so needy, up since 2am This sleep thing is really driving me wacko. I snapped at my son. I'm being mean cranky even though my son made me some sleepy time tea.
The fam keeps telling me to take a nap but I just lay there and can't sleep.
How bad does it have to get to start getting better? I can fall asleep jus... | self.bipolar |
A terrible friend I have a crazy story to tell and would like some people to tell me what they think happened.
I'm a 37 year old male. I had a best friend who I have known since Kindergarten. We grew up at each other's house, have been pretty much inseparable our whole lives. We live in a really small town and w... | self.offmychest |
I think this is the place to say this [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Last night I (21/F) had an intense anxiety attack and my SO said it was a total overreaction and I behaved as if my whole family had died in a car crash. How do I explain to him that it was out of my control? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I’m gonna do it tonight I’ve attempted 4 times already. Why not once more? | self.SuicideWatch |
I feel like it's creeping up on me After a huge battle for getting therapy and medication with my parents (I'm a minor so I can't get it myself), I finally had the best few months of my life almost depression-free. The feeling was indescribable in the most amazing, liberating way but then school started, my parents div... | self.depression |
My friend is saying suicidal things and i'm worried for him I know his irl name (only the one he says is his), but ik nothing else.
He blames me for going to pc instead of staying on xbox his reason but i think there might be more and i'm worried for him. Please someone tell me what i should do, i don't want to call th... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm alone so so so alone I suck at making friends. No one ever talks to me. I guess it's my fault as I'm quiet and don't start any conversations myself. My anxiety is too much to handle nowadays. My school attendance sucks and I'm failing every class. I don't have much to live for at this point. I love my family but I ... | self.depression |
I hate diverticulitis I have diverticulosis. A pouch forms inside your colon and sometimes will get infected causing usually excruciating pain sometimes rivaling or exceeding that of childbirth (say the women who’ve had infections).
I’ve only had one diagnosed infection on April 1st of this year.
The disease helped ... | self.offmychest |
If your partner told you they felt suicidal what would they do? I told mine in the summer. Bare in mind, six years together in January, we had an early miscarriage in March (on the day of the terror attacks in London).
I’ve always been the one to look after everyone...and this one time I need someone to look after me... | self.depression |
I hate staying alive for others I really really wish there was a way to go out without hurting other people | self.depression |
I have evolved from a cactus... ...into a motherfucking mushroom.
That's right, I no longer even need sunlight to survive, so I'm one step closer to not being considered a human being. Hurray.
Edit: holy shit I wasn't expecting so much positive feedback thanks guys | self.depression |
I can't sleep, I can't stop thinking about you For a long while now, I wasn't able to sleep. Its currently 7 am, almost 8. Today at least I managed to sleep from 12 am to 4 am. My heart hurts, I can't stop wondering when I'll be able to hear your voice again. Nightmares, ghosts from the past come and haunt me, so I can... | self.offmychest |
I fell in love while travelling, and ruined it. I'm never going to see him again and it's wrecking me. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Just soo tired My god I'm so tired...tired of being wrong about everything....always the butt of jokes, always the one who fucked up somehow...always the one everyone assumes your gonna mess something up..break something..yadda yadda...but it's not like I'm not a smart career woman but soon as I step out of work I'm lo... | self.offmychest |
Can someone help? For background, I'm in high school. My sibling has been suicidal in the past, but never attempted. My parents are separated and fighting, but not yet divorced, (have been for about 2 yrs) and I'm contemplating suicide. | self.SuicideWatch |
I love two people I am a married man. The woman to whom I have been married to for three years is amazing, to me. I still hold the same profound respect, love, affection and physical desire that I always have.
But over the last year, I have come to realize that I feel very strong affection for another, in addition. He... | self.offmychest |
I could really use some good vibes right now. Slept until 3pm, still haven't eaten and I don't know if I can survive the night. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
My family are causing me depression and anxiety My family have never beleived In me from a young age. I was always the quiet child and they would bully me into doing chores around the house and if I didn't I'd be verbally and physically abused by them. They never wished me well or beleived in me and therefore I build u... | self.depression |
Posting this in someone else's stead G'day, everyone. Lately, a friend (20/M) of mine (20/F) has been going through a lot of heavy stuff. For the past 3 years, life has drained him of any disposition towards a brighter future, and his personality has morphed him into a somber version of himself.
In his own words, he ... | self.SuicideWatch |
always back to being suicidal have no dreams or aspirations to do anything with my life. just having a shitty time in college struggling through every single class trying to figure out what i want to work towards. in reality all i want to do is die. whats the point of going through so much bullshit. I know i will never... | self.SuicideWatch |
Does anyone else feel like they are subconsciously self-sabotaging in order to keep themselves depressed? I came here tonight to look at posts about self sabotage. I was curious to see if any other depressed folk around here felt the way I do. How exactly do I feel? Well, I feel like... I’ve struggled with varying degr... | self.depression |
Please be 100% honest... How stupid is it to kill yourself over a high school relationship scale 1-100? 1 being its fucking retarded wtf and 100 being its justified
please dont be soft or sensitive, just give ur honest, unfiltered thought. | self.SuicideWatch |
22/F feeling overwhelmed Hi y’all, as the title says, I am overwhelmed. I work 35 hours a week, live by myself with my emotional support cat, and am in school full-time. I take my meds, Trileptal and now Buspar daily. I see my therapist on a weekly basis, just switched doctors and I love my new one. I am in school for ... | self.bipolar |
Medication Anyone on here take lexapro and if so do you like it? I just started it today. | self.Anxiety |
I hate this I'm never going to get any better. Maybe I'm better off being alone forever. I hate myself | self.depression |
today I asked 6 different people if they wanted to hang out and they all said they weren’t busy but they couldn’t hang out. [deleted] | self.depression |
Fuck this country I’m tired of the US. It’s clear our government doesn’t work for the people. Education is a joke, healthcare is a joke, economy is a joke. But let’s go ahead and give tax breaks to the rich while spending more on the military. Our infrastructure is failing, streets decaying, poverty is at an all time h... | self.offmychest |
Starting the gym. Today I start the gym. I'm both excited and terrified. But reading and after loads of advice about how exercise helps I'm starting to give it a go. I choose a gym close to me it's 10 miles away as I like in the country side. Had two bad days waiting for today had a few panic attacks, but it's all righ... | self.Anxiety |
I feel like my old personality is dying and I am in a weird state where I either follow it dying or I push through and wait for something to happen That is bascially what Ive felt like for 4-5 months now :( | self.depression |
I'm not sure, and I don't want to be, not really. So I'm not sure I'm depressed because I've never been to a psychiatrist, and I don't dare to (mainly because depression is just a scam, according to most people I know and most importantly, my family).
But I felt it all, I've done my research, and I studied it enough to... | self.depression |
Mornings Anyone else wake up really really depressed and suicidal but as the day continues they become fine? This happens to me every day and I’m not really sure how to deal with it so any advice is appreciated. | self.depression |
Anyone else wanting to chat about our depression? I just feel like putting it all out there instead of keeping it inside | self.depression |
Someone please tell me I'm not a sociopath "a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience."
I am very happy living alone. Is that bad? I also have a strong moral compass. Killing is wrong. Suffering is good. Be better.
Please tell me I'm ... | self.depression |
BPII dx as of today, after 5yrs of unhelpful MDD treatment! [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Just found out my abusive ex was cheating on me for the last few months of our relationship We broke up about a year ago, on Halloween. We had a long, but pretty abusive relationship. Should have broken up months after we started the relationship, but I was just so dependent on him and just wanted to be in a relationsh... | self.offmychest |
Does anyone else experience ear worms? And no, I don't mean actual worms but music playing over and over again in your head. I have this and when talking to my therapist she is skeptical that's an issue with anxiety. I've read online that ear worms are common with people who have anxiety. Is anyone else experiencing th... | self.Anxiety |
Will my suicidal ideation ever go away? I have an objectively good life. The one thing that is significantly hard is that my husband and I have tens of thousands in debt, largely due to medical issues that I have had. Subsequently, we are always stressed and can never save, and all our income goes down the tube of debt... | self.SuicideWatch |
I’ve run out of reasons to live I doubt many people will read this so I’ll keep it short...
I’ve been getting more and more depressed over the past few years. It started when I was bullied for being overweight. It got worse when I became anorexic and bulimic, and was still made fun of for now being too skinny. It stay... | self.depression |
I feel like I'm surrounded by fake people, not caring about me. I'm not schizophrenic, but there are voices in my head telling me how pathetic I am. Not the schizophrenic type, because I can tell that they're thoughts, and not actual physical voices. I honestly don't feel like I know anyone in real life that cares abou... | self.depression |
Wish I could go back in time to when I was happy I remember the happiness
I remember enjoying the present moment
I remember enjoying enjoying my life
I remember the smiling
I remember her
I remember seeing my family and friends
I remember the happiness
I really really miss being happy | self.depression |
[23 y/o] Long post ahead, you've been warned. Last 2013, I lost my father who has been the best person in the entire planet for me. Imagine living in a world where there's less toxicity because your father is always there to cheer things up, even with the simplest of things. Now that he's gone, it's been an all downer ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I know my life will end in suicide. I don't know when or how [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
My saddest day of my life was my birthday 3 weeks ago. [deleted] | self.depression |
I'm pretty sure the only reason I'm still alive is because of death anxiety I don't see the point in trying anymore when inevitably I'm going to die anyway, it's just a matter of where and when and how. Even if I managed to form better relationships with people, what is the point? I'll die, they'll die, they'll leave, ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Update: Lamictal is making me feel so much rage. My doc wants me to take stronger mood stabilizers? Yesterday I posted how Lamictal made me feel so much rage and it was making me aggressive and confrontational. It also made me feel intense feelings of suicide and it made me feel a sadness I've never felt before.
Th... | self.bipolar |
Completely failing to do *any* maths successfully in class, but find the homework super easy despite being the exact same material Help. I have this in all my classes. I just turn into this anxious stress ball in class, but I find homework assignments don't present much challenge, despite being harder (!) questions tha... | self.Anxiety |
I’ve come to peace with my decision. I used to cry all of the time because I wanted to die. I used to feel so sad that I couldn’t shake the feeling of wanting to end my life. But after some serious thought I am for certain that this is my way out. I have never been so certain of anything in my life honestly. I don’t kn... | self.SuicideWatch |
It's clockwork, the way you tell someone everything in confidence about your life and you end up regretting it I wanna say I'll never do it again. I definitely will though. Round and round we go. | self.depression |
I can't really handle living anymore. I feel like no matter how hard I try I have not had any progress in my depression. My only saving grace was the friends I had but I learned recently that they all plan on leaving me soon. I can barely handle every day now I really don't know what I can do if I have no one. | self.SuicideWatch |
Here's a Positive post: I'm starting to taper off Klonopin and it's going well so far! I started at 1mg/day, which I've been on for several years. In the past, I've tried to taper off several times, with disastrous results. My doctor says I went too fast.
Right now I'm doing 1mg one night, then 0.75mg the next, and ... | self.Anxiety |
When I quit my well paying job, I thought my parents would kill me, then I told them. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
There is only one thing keeping me from killing myself I know most people who are thinking about killing themselves have way bigger problems than I do but here's my story:
Disclaimer: The following text probably sounds like a whiny teenager who is angry at his girlfriend and how she is the worst person on earth for no... | self.SuicideWatch |
How do you deal with the consquences of what you did when you were depressed? Like when you were down, you didn't reply emails or messages, being snarky to people etc etc. | self.depression |
Revelation from my doctor after the umpteenth time I claimed I don't think I'm bipolar [deleted] | self.bipolar |
I feel like I’ve been trapped thinking in my head for the past week or two. Help?? I can’t stop thinking and I can’t even blurb a sentence without stuttering. I’ve become a mute for the past 3 weeks or so and haven’t spoken to anyone and have been trapped in my mind. | self.Anxiety |
Does anybody else ever enjoy mild panic attacks? Sometimes when I'm at home I'll have a relatively mild panic attack and I really don't mind it.
I mean, 'enjoy' is probably the wrong word, it's more of a conscious appreciation of what's happening. Like I understand the physical symptoms and I recognise what's going on... | self.Anxiety |
brain implants for specific phobias in the near future? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Anyone have experience with nootropics? On a recent hypo binge i splurged $300 on a whole bunch of "brain boosting" chemicals, namely noopept, aniracetam, phenylpiracetam, and a whole lot others. Now that im back down to earth i am looking at this pile of powders marked "not intended for human consumption" and wonderin... | self.bipolar |
Not getting the job after all. So I just found out that the job I've been really excited for, for the past 3 months or so, isn't gonna be happening for me. The boss has been really shady and dodgy lately and he just told me today that there won't be any job opportunity for me after all. I got accepted into a great chef... | self.depression |
Please help me I've been hurting so much for what feels like an eternity. I've never been this bad before. I just cut myself for the first time in my 24-year life. It hurts and I can't stop trembling. Everything that gave me comfort doesn't even work as a momentary distraction anymore. I listened to Muse earlier and I... | self.SuicideWatch |
Feeling like I don’t matter I know a lot of people who think they revolve around their own universe, or another way of saying it, a lot of people feel like they’re the main protagonist in their own movie of their life. But for me, I don’t even feel that way, I just feel like an extra in the background that nobody cares... | self.depression |
I’m scared to get a job because of my depression and anxiety. I can’t even function properly at home. How will I function properly in a working environment? | self.depression |
Finding myself lost and mentally done. Every day I wake up sad. I try to appear happy to all of my roommates, it's getting harder to hide. It's been going on for 7 years, since I was 14. My family just thinks its something I can just not think about and it will go away. I find it impossible to tell my family in words h... | self.depression |
Lonely Feel like killing myself. Any girls # I Get is fake. I got one girls # and she stopped responding. Im so lonely. All I do is work and school. No happiness. No friends. No family. I’ve been planning this for awhile. Im just ready to crossover into the afterlife. I have no potential for anything. | self.SuicideWatch |
WALL OF SHAME (It may help you!) After doing some journaling and reading old ones, I realised the progress I've made after a particularly bad time the last year. It's doing this that made me realise I have OCD as well and in tackling that myself (and also starting therapy for this and my GAD and ADHD) I've seen how the... | self.Anxiety |
Epival So to my horror I have gone from 172 pounds to 283 pounds on epival. I just let it slide eventually, I was horrified when I was at 220 and just got more and more depressed after each doctors visit, gaining 2 pounds a week. It would stop going up for about a month and I would think I platowed. At 250 I really jus... | self.bipolar |
How do I tell my family that I have been depressed for the past four years? I've been depressed for a few years now and had (have) suicidal thoughts for a lot of that time.
I really can't find any meaning to my life (or anyone else's (sorry)) nor anything that I REALLY want.. enough for me to stay alive so that I can ... | self.depression |
Anyone else get anxiety over falling asleep I hate it, it feels like I'm dying every night and like I'm wasting time. I can only sleep when I'm desperately tired and it crushes my internal clock when i end up staying awake until 3/4am. | self.Anxiety |
I could a boy I've been talking to messaging girls yesterday I've been with him 4 years and we took a small break. We started again last month because my anxiety and depression is so bad and he comforts me though he is absolutely verbally abusive. Yesterday he asked me to check a message on his phone n I see messages f... | self.depression |
I just wanted to share my story i guess [deleted] | self.depression |
A rant and a thank you Went to happy hour with friends and there was a bartender who was rude (I honestly should've just left and just met up with my friends later). But there was another bartender who was kind to us. I wanted to say thank you to her for making our evening a bit better :) | self.offmychest |
I was taken into a mental hospital on May 31, 2017 [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I’m in the middle of a divorce. Old friend asked me out. I said I’d think about it. Friend’s cousin is now out for my blood. James,
You never took the time to get to know me. You formed your own misguided and incorrect opinions. You hated me from the moment your cousin showed interest in me 8 years ago. You were ecs... | self.offmychest |
Nobody knows I keep it all to myself, always. Every day I feel suicidal. I'm self medicating and suffering always but no one truly sees or cares. | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm tired of acting like I'm okay, I want to shout "Fuck you all I want to die" | self.depression |
Struggling with doing meaningful things Why can I spend 4 hours straight on reddit, but have trouble with spending 10 minutes paying my telephone bill? | self.Anxiety |
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