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How long do u wait to tell someone u met/ r interested in ur bipolar? I’m BPII and highly logical most of the time so it’s not noticeable unless I tell someone. But when does being private turn into lies if omission. I really struggle with this question. | self.bipolar |
I think I am bipolar. What steps should I take to get professional help/a proper diagnosis? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Don't forget that today is World Bipolar Day. So depending on how comfortable you are with sharing, today is a good day to share information, bring about awareness, and do some damage to the stigmas associated with this mood disorder.
So what are you doing today? I'm bombarding my Facebook feed with different articles... | self.bipolar |
Trying to find a new medication. Currently on clonazepam. So I've been on clonazepam for many months. I won't lie, it works wonders for me. However, I can't keep taking it because of its awful drowsy effect on me. I take it at night, and when I wake up I have this groggy feeling following me around all day. In fact, I ... | self.Anxiety |
How open are you? I'm just just curious to hear how open some of you are when it comes to having bipolar, or any mental illness really. | self.bipolar |
trintellix advice Hello. Newbie here so I hope that I am following the rules.
I started going to a psychiatrist about a year ago to manage my GAD and OCD. After a few different medication attempts that failed (I'm pretty sensitive to a lot of meds which is why I waited so long to get help), my doctor prescribed Trint... | self.Anxiety |
Just finished book “Tribe” by Sebastian Junger I had no idea there would be such an emphasis on mental illness.
Anyone else read it? I’m kind of dumbfounded by all the information gathered by the author.
To think of the possibility that I would not be so fucked up and miserable ... if only I grew up in an impoverish... | self.bipolar |
Second Choice There are certain things in life that we can't tackle head on. Certain things that are just as they are and we are stuck with them because giving up is not an option. Because giving up means throwing away all hope and hope is the only thing keeping us from going cold.
Being second-choice is the purgatory... | self.depression |
Urge to travel when depressed I feel like this might be opposite of other people, but when I go through bad bits of depression, all I want to do is travel. Getting out of bed and doing my boring day to day seems insurmountable but getting in the car and driving 10 hours seems ideal - and makes no sense. I guess traveli... | self.depression |
30s and lost Really down these days.
When I was younger school and uni always had loadsa mates and stuff going on, now it’s all gone. I was always upbeat and cocky and happy, now my life is nowhere most mates married kids etc so boring never hang out like when young, parties etc...even just a normal day to day social ... | self.depression |
I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it today It's been a rough life, but a rough 4 months especially and it came to a boiling point last night. I'm just waiting for me to perform this stunt show with my martial arts team. They depend on me right now so that's the only thing I have left to worry about. After this it's slitt... | self.SuicideWatch |
Going for a drive I'm bipolar, a functioning alcoholic, and abuse codeine and benzos. Nobody knows. I've tried eliminating these things from my life, I've tried AA, I've tried therapy, I take my medication, I see my psychiatrist regularly. For long periods I'm well but when I'm not, I'm really not.
My marriage is over... | self.SuicideWatch |
Im about to fall in depression. [Rant/NeedHelp] - i dont want to disappoint anyone :(
Hey, im already sorry for my bad writing and other stuff.. im a fucking mss
Im crying for the first time in years now writing this but i dont know what to do
Let me introduce myself - I’m a 16yo boy who is falling in depression. ... | self.depression |
Waiting for someone to call back gives me the worst anxiety I got a job a few weeks ago, but I had to go to a place to "sign up" so he can get money for me working at him. So my "future boss" told me he gonna call that place and call back (this was 1 week ago).
When I'm on my phone I'm super anxious that the display w... | self.Anxiety |
I just had the weirdest realization that it's not all that normal to just casually long for death. [removed] | self.depression |
35 and still single? Am I alone ? I feel like I got here - and even though it's been a fierce and horrific struggle- super fast and now
I'm old all of a sudden. And I'm finally starting to see the light a little bit and I feel like it's too late, like life has passed me by. | self.bipolar |
Finally taking the plunge About five-six years ago, when I was 15, I went to the doctor about depression and anxiety and a few other things. After over a year on the therapy waiting list, I got told I was too old for child services and was going to be put on the adult waiting list. After another 4-6 months I finally go... | self.depression |
Was in a car accident yesterday As my car was spinning out of control on it's way to hitting another vehicle I kept saying to myself "what is happening?". When it finally crashed and stopped all I could say to myself was "what is happening?" Now after the hospital has sent me home and I'm in bed contemplating life with... | self.depression |
People don't leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
What advice can you give to a person who has crippling anxiety? | self.Anxiety |
Is it impossible to get a decent Job? I am often suicidal because i am anxious about the future. Because it gets harder to get a decent Job that pays a living wage. Even with good education. The jobmarket doesn't look good. So it is normal if you want to die because it gets impossible eve nwith a good education to get ... | self.depression |
No one would give a shit if I killed myself. Around this time of year it's the worst, everyone saying how you need to value your family and those around you. A few therapists have said to me how many people would be devastated if i killed myself, but it's such fucking bullshit. My parents are either disappointed with m... | self.SuicideWatch |
I have no idea what I'm doing anymore. Last year I got divorced and it destroyed my confidence and ability to trust. I moved back in with my dad and now I no longer feel like an adult. I HATE my job and am not able to find any sort of work that isn't the same damn thing because I have no education or skills. I've never... | self.depression |
I need someone to chat 1on1 I saw some online counselling on google...but they charge around $100 to $260 per month...the problem is, that's a big chunk of my pay day... also i am too ashamed to even go face to face and talk to a psychiatrist personally | self.Anxiety |
I’m not sure where to go. A suicide attempt got me kicked out of my grad school program. I’m all alone, in substantial debt with no degree now, and nothing to lose. I’m worth more dead than alive. I’ve failed at everything I’ve ever tried. | self.SuicideWatch |
Why am I not allowed to die?! Losing his reason to die, while suicidal is more torture than losing his will to live and suicide together. I want to die. So badly. Why do I have younger sisters?! I just live for them. For their sake. Everyday, I force myself to do easy tasks and it is so painful. I just want to end it a... | self.SuicideWatch |
Severe crippling social anxiety (Panic at job interview) Haven't held a job in 3 years due to severe crippling social anxiety. Male age 25. It's so bad my voice cracks and my face flush. From small talk. Had a job interview today. Heart started beating fast in the elevator. Things started to go blurry. Approaching the ... | self.depression |
Bad Person I see people on here say they’re bad people, but I’m genuinely bad.
I did something awful I’m not going to talk about, something when I was a teenager.
It’s never left my mind and even though the person forgave me (and I forgave them because they also did some screwed up stuff to me but not as bad as wha... | self.depression |
It really bothers me how you can't retrieve deleted photo albums on Facebook. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I can't do it I want to die. I know that much. I hate myself so fucking much, I'm an awful person who doesn't do anything for others and should have never been born. I hate myself so much. I hate myself so much.
But I'm too afraid to die. I had the bottle of pills RIGHT IN MY HANDS AND I COULDN'T DO IT FUCK!
GOD FUCK... | self.SuicideWatch |
"Quit feeling sorry for yourself." My mom told me that whenever I would express negative emotions growing up. And it still haunts me. Whenever I get down on myself, I hear her say "quit feeling sorry for yourself" and I'll push my emotions down and won't allow myself to feel them. I'm fairly certain this led to my addi... | self.offmychest |
Depressed gf
I don’t know what to do anymore with my gf. We’ve been dating for 2.5 years. It was really good in the beginning. We have a lot of similarities, are personalities are similar, our morals align, and we’re physically attracted to each other. She got pregnant 6 months into our relationship and we decided to ... | self.depression |
Facebook Did You Know? Does anyone else feel like this new Facebook feature called “Did you know?” is just another way for my manic self to over share with everyone? | self.bipolar |
I just want this off my chest I thought about it doing it I just can't but at the same time it just seems like I'm not progressing that I don't need to progressed my life is simply nothing and that's how I see it I've been why do the people I trusted family members that is I got kicked out twice I feel it wasn't even m... | self.SuicideWatch |
One year on and not jumping is still the biggest regret of my life A year ago today I was a few days in to being locked up in the hospital after getting talked down from a bridge. I'm still in debt from the hospital bills, and will be for a long time. After 12 years my spouse went to go "visit" her father 1000 miles aw... | self.SuicideWatch |
I have a shadow I have a shadow and not the shadow your thinking of it lingers in the back of my mind and pulls the strings for everything I do I try to hide it and make it look like I’m having fun but I’m not I’m dying on the inside and sometimes I can’t hide it because my shadow has a knife to my neck and nobody can ... | self.depression |
I think i might end my life tonight or run away My bf is babysitting his nephew and I heard the baby crying for his mom over the phone and I broke down. I had an abortion with my ex baby in August and it’s literally killing me and ripping me apart. I honestly feel like i need to die for what i did. I have other serious... | self.offmychest |
How do i get my parents to realize that i think they screwed up raising me? http://its killing me inside. everyday my parents go about thinking theyve done a perfect job with both me and my sister. when in reality we're both basically estranged from our dad, and we have a strained relationship with our mother. ill give... | self.depression |
Might Have Destroyed My Future Ok I need to get this off my chest. Fuck here we go. I go to a boys military school which is very strict in substances. I got suspended for a week earluer this year due to being caught with cocaine. After this incident I decided to not use any illegal substance of any form. And I did. Tha... | self.offmychest |
Could money help with depression? Sometimes I get depressed about certain things in my life. I realize that some of these things could potentially be fixed with enough money. Do you think money will help curb your depression? | self.depression |
I feel like a complete failure and my mental health is crumbling... I applied to graduate schools and due to a major mistake on my part many of my materials did not make it to the schools on time. I called all of them and since there were multiple materials (transcripts from undergrad and community college) that arrive... | self.offmychest |
Jim Carey’s speech with cool animation, thought it would be helpful to others dealing with fears.
[Speech](https://youtu.be/cCDAiFrWNP0)
| self.Anxiety |
Ready to throw away everything I've worked for because I just can't take it anymore I'm [20F] scheduled to go back to college tomorrow afternoon but the thought of leaving home and going back to a place that I hate is killing me. I've worked so hard to get to where I am but at this point I don't give a shit. The colleg... | self.depression |
Seroquel vs Abilify? what differences are there between these 2 drugs, does abilify make you drowsy like seroquel? | self.bipolar |
I stay in relationship with my depressed girlfriend,because i am afraid to break up with her. I am in a 3 year relationship with my girlfriend,but i feel that i cannot keep staying with her.The biggest difficulty is her depression.
The last one year and a half it is more or less the same,even the last year that she vi... | self.depression |
I just want to get away as soon as possible I don’t want to go to work Tuesday. I don’t want to be in the house I’m in. I don’t want to be in this area. There is nothing for me here. I had a date in mind and it passed. I don’t nesseccaraly want to die, I just don’t want to exist where I am and I’m stuck. I need an out.... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm tired of bringing my friends down. Does anyone else hate venting to friends about your problems? It just feels like I'm dragging them down to my level. Every time I vent I feel a little better because I've gotten something off my chest, but then I feel worse the next day because I just made their day worse by talki... | self.depression |
Anxiety about going under anesthesia for surgery I'm having general anesthesia for the first time this week and I'm terrified. It's a short outpatient orthopedic surgery so I'll only be under for about 25-30 minutes, but I'm so anxious. Some of my concerns giving me anxiety:
- I won't meet the anesthesiologist until t... | self.Anxiety |
Secretly interested in really weird stuff. I honestly feel guilty even writing this - anonymously-.
I have been with my husband for 8 years now and I am 27 years old. He is the only man I have ever been with. I love him to death and he is the most amazing person I know.
But he doesn't really truly know me. I have alw... | self.offmychest |
Lamictal and short term memory issues Y'all. This drug has thrown me into mania and a rapid fall into depression, which is fine because I'll have an antidepressant soon. My real issue is the short term memory loss.
I got myself a reminder binder and forgot it at home today. I literally rely on the special days here t... | self.bipolar |
I don’t know where I belong, but I wouldn’t care as long as I’m with him. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Just saw a drug commercial that said, "Who wouldn't want to live longer?" I think that would be awful rn. | self.depression |
I tried to speak with someone but they don't believe me [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm tired of being alone, I give up, I failed, I'm done. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Breathing or calming tips when having a panic attack? I'm currently sitting in our small bathroom, scared to go out because I heard a door make a noise or creek or something. I don't have any ideas how to deal with my Panik attacks (except from writing or texting, helps a little bit) and I would like to hear your tips,... | self.Anxiety |
Is it worth being alive if it’s only for my family [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Just had the worst day I can remember I’m 19, live with my family and am going to college. Woke up to a huge argument with my siblings that ended with me having to do the dishes, which had been piling up for three days because my sister didn’t do them but also couldn’t do them because she had work. Took a shower becaus... | self.depression |
They Think They Have It So Bad... Every one of my "friends" are self centered, selfish, arrogant jerks. They want constant attention, they need validation and pity wherever they turn.
Because I'm a personal, reserved person, and because I hate showing weakness, I'm suddenly their go-to when they're feeling down in the... | self.offmychest |
I just got the balls to start downvoting, and damn is it liberating! I'm usually too nice of a dude to the point where I'm scared an anonymous downvote to a stranger might offend them. There is so much garbage on here and I'm downvoting all of it! | self.offmychest |
Debilitating Anxiety I can't cope with the amount of anxiety I wake up with on a daily basis because of my emotionally abusive dad. It's a constant ache in me being afraid of him and it's causing me to sink even lower than I ever imagined possible. I hate myself. I just needed to express that to get myself through this... | self.Anxiety |
Hey all i need help and advice badly. is 2mg of risperidone powerful or not powerful? Hey All I Need Help And Advice Badly. Is 2mg Of Risperidone Powerful Or Not Powerful? | self.bipolar |
My sister is going to prison and I'm having a hard time coping with it. This whole thing flipped my family's lives upside down. This wasn't something we would ever have expected to happen in our family. And to my sister? No way. Never. If someone asked me to rank my siblings from most to least likely to go to prison, s... | self.offmychest |
Is trouble concentrating normal? I'm currently on Lithium. I work at a job where I have to read academic papers and do some research to write text books for a school.
Sometimes it's a real struggle. First hour in the morning, after I've had my coffee, I find that I'm very motivated to work and I have no issues unders... | self.bipolar |
I saw a news article and I can't stop obsessing over it [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Fun work time rant Hey all, been lurking on this sub for a few months now and everyone seems so supportive and lovely and awesome so I figured venting would probably be a better idea than my original course of action consisting of not sleeping and crying. Fun times in the life of me.
Alrighty, so depression is great, ... | self.depression |
just wanted to say sorry i thought i’d write this for someone since i won’t see them again
hey i know you browse reddit a lot so if you find this beforehand i’m sorry
thanks for being with me for the past while, even though i’ve only known you for a little bit you’re already one of the raddest people i know
i’m sor... | self.SuicideWatch |
I think I am going to kill myself. I tell myself this every year. But I am fed up with living every day. I don't want to get out of bed, I just want to die. I hate my home I hate my family and I hate my life. I have tried to kill myself ever since I was 5, I was not meant to be in this world. I am very sick as well, an... | self.depression |
Terrible anxiety even online Hi everyone. I don't know where else to post this but I've wanted to talk about this for a while.
Like in real life, I can barely talk to people online. It doesn't matter that it's basically anonymous, I can't do it.
For example, whenever I want to post on Reddit I make a new account and ... | self.Anxiety |
I hate being an Arab and having a Muslim name I'm not Muslim. In fact, I'm not religious in any shape or way. I drink, I eat pork, I have sex. But I hate the fact that I have a Muslim/Arabic name, especially during a time where Muslims are seen as terrorists everywhere. I feel like having a common Muslim name puts me a... | self.offmychest |
Does anyone else struggle to watch movies and tv? Over the years, depression has taken almost everything from me as I have gradually become less of a healthy person. I would like to be a person who finds interests in everything, and yet, when I look inside I see apathy and emptiness; lacking interests in everything. It... | self.depression |
Accidentally took Tylenol Cold and Flu while on Zoloft. Should I be worried? I felt like crap this morning and had fever. Without giving it a second thought, I popped a dose of Tylenol Cold and Flu. I did some googling after I started to feel better when it occurred to me that it might effect how the Zoloft felt and wa... | self.Anxiety |
I don't think I'm going to make it through winter break I’ve been depressed for about two years now. And I guess in a way I always fought it rather than try to deal with it. I always ran from this giant monster. Well after events that happened recently I kinda just let it take over and take control of my life. I had no... | self.depression |
Why am I so emotionally unbalanced Me and my girlfiend have been together for 3 years. We have a 1 year old son. We fight and bicker about stupid stuff. And today ive just been an emotional wreck.
I want to change and be a better man to her. I want to do more than any other guy would for her. I just have this random ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Can therapists limit gun access? Told her i thought of killing myself w a gun a while back and now im pretty sure that if i try to get a gun i'll fail the background check. Am i fucked or what | self.depression |
Guilt is Overwhelming I've always been a good student because I was obsessed with good grades and getting into a good college. Yet now I cannot get myself to do anything with the lazy excuses of 'I'm just gonna die anyway, what's the point in trying' and 'Let's just sleep.' It's almost the end of the semester and I hav... | self.SuicideWatch |
Venting Lieing is an enjoyable poison. It consumes me and distorts my mind. Like a dark hand on a steering wheel, it controls me and picks the path i travel. The dark hand that controls from behind the scene. It creates masks for me to hide behind, leaving me to not know my true self. It causes me to be left in the pas... | self.depression |
Do you just feel like talking about your depression but afraid that they won’t take you seriously? [deleted] | self.depression |
Scared- Losing Time Hello, I have a long history of disassociation and psychosis going hand in hand. I’m having episodes where I don’t know what happened for a few minutes at a time or more.
This last happened about 5 years ago. It lead to a terrible episode of disassociation, violent outburst, and involuntary commit... | self.bipolar |
First time I think about it. Don't have anyone I can tell this stuff; I just can't take it anymore. I always thought I'd never have suicidal thoughts mainly because I thought I had a purpose, wanted to be a great scientist, wanted to be known worldwide to reach the stars, but now it's all muddled, I know I'm too young ... | self.SuicideWatch |
End game anxieties (Graduate school) Man, I really hope I can get my thesis finished in time to graduate this semester. I feel the same way I did during my undergraduate degree, where I take a step closer to the goal but it seems to move back two steps. But I'll keep pulling all nighters until this SoB is done! | self.offmychest |
Working through it We all know those days where you sit around like a useless shit because everything is just too much to do. At least, for me it is anyway. I’m working through it and coming to terms with it, but damn. Prime example, even tho it isn’t the only one, when I’m trying to go to the gym, I’ll just drive arou... | self.Anxiety |
I've really been trying to overcome my mental disorders but this world just seems to want me to wallow in the depths of hell. I've spent the last 5 months in intensive outpatient care for my opiate addiction stemming from rampant depression.
I've been faithfully attending meetings with mental health professionals for ... | self.depression |
I just need to rant about my family situation and how I'm almost free When I was growing up, things were pretty rough. My mom was a delusional religious hypocrite (nothing wrong with religion, mind you, just the way my mom used it) that was convinced that the world would pollute my brothers and I so we were homeschoole... | self.offmychest |
Muscle tension causing insomnia? Like alot of people here most likely experience, I have alot of muscle tension from anxiety and recently noticed when doing a technique called "guided muscle relaxation" where you tense a group of muscles then release them, that I instantly feel a noticable slight tired feeling come ove... | self.Anxiety |
I feel like my brain is telling me to make a change - but how can I be sure? [deleted] | self.depression |
Thanks everyone You guys have been very helpful and supportive. Goodbye | self.SuicideWatch |
Dealing with multiple deaths, chronic worsening anxiety attacks, and now being Iaid off as a result. I am a 32 year old man living in Florida with my ex-wife, who is one of my two closest, dearest, and only friends. I have spent much of my life being plagued by different types of panic attacks over time, from dealing w... | self.SuicideWatch |
What is the reason to keep waking up every morning?? Judging from the experience of last 23 years of my miserable life i realise that im stuck in endless loop of social anxiety, loneliness, poverty and depression. For the first time i really feel myself as close to the dangerous line as it possible and i dont know what... | self.SuicideWatch |
I just kicked ass in a programming interview
I've been in a comfortable job in a good company for some time, but I've been looking around at moving (possibly moving-to-another-continent moving), and though the job I was interested in was within the company which doesn't require interviews, the team I was joining is ve... | self.offmychest |
Does anyone have any linkable studies on why mania allows you to not eat for so long without blood sugar issues? Does mania actually change insulin release? I've always wondered why I can go so long without passing out when manic but when I'm not manic I have to eat or I get shaky and light headed and my blood sugar dr... | self.bipolar |
Can suicide be rational? Hello r/depression.
I've been struggeling a lot lately. I don't know how to put it in words really. Every thought I have, every action I take, everything has this bitter taste to it. It is like "You wouldn't need to do this right now if you were dead". Even if a task is not exhausting but just... | self.depression |
I've really hit a new low I cannot believe how depressed I am right now, I am just imploding. I got fired from yet another job for being incompetent as usual. Usually I'm pretty good at bouncing back but this job just broke something inside me. I'm a damn failure. Three attempts at college. Flunked out after the first ... | self.depression |
Can you get PTSD from a suicide attempt? More specifically, if you've lived a very lonely life and feel like you're at an all-time low where you feel your friends don't care about you and you're just a burden, and you almost kill yourself which results in those friends abandoning you altogether, and you continue to liv... | self.depression |
Will this wish ever go away? Will I ever be normal? [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Therapist laughed. I feel weird about it. My therapist asked me about my first kiss. I told the story of when a 30-something tried to kiss me after buying me alcohol and complaining to me about how she doesn't like to watch porn with her husband. I was 15 at the time. Now I'm approaching my 30s.
The story goes that s... | self.offmychest |
Anosognosia: Lack of insight I've been on a mental health documentary kick lately, watching all I can on a variety of mental illnesses, ever since my diagnosis. Shit, my mood is elevated writing this right now and I've had a few thoughts of grandeur linked to making this post.
Anyway. Another person asked if it's norm... | self.bipolar |
I'm lost I've been using alot of drugs, been off my meds for a couple days now. Using coke dope weed pills if I could. Beer and liqour. And I'm pushing my family away half the time i wanna die. I have no savings behind by 2 grand in bills but I just want to say fuck it. Get a bunch of pills and do it in. But I have a 4... | self.bipolar |
I'm 36yo (poor) wf and I just realized we have an unspoken caste system in the south. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I️ get anxiety over a lot of different types of things but the worst is not being able to deal with the state of this shitty world Something bad happens like the death of net neutrality or some bad news about climate change or something and I️ Cannot Stop My Brain from thinking about the absolute worst future that migh... | self.Anxiety |
How to fall asleep Hi, Everyone! I only had 2 hours of sleep for the past two days and my body is starting to get tired and painful. My eyes are red and my lips are so dry.
When I try to sleep, Panic attack kicks in almost instantly. I need help. I'm too shy to see a Doctor because of my family culture.
Love you all. | self.Anxiety |
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