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I'm done with this shit I want to thank my 4 best friends for actually listening. This sounds selfish but 4 friends can't help me through this. My life is shit. My mother threatens me and hits me and (litteraly) left me in scars when I try to make her go away she keeps following me and wont leave me alone. I have bee...
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suicide notes i continuously re-write my suicide notes, it has gotten to the point where i have a pile of them at the corner of my desk and i have several text versions, yet i have never went through with it? strange.
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Suicide Note, either for the present or future me. 1/20/18. [deleted]
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everyone hates me now when i first told people i was depressed they were so understanding and supportive and constantly gave me reassurance that they wouldn’t leave me because of my mental illness, now if i have a really bad day where i want to relapse or have zero motivation everyone leaves me on opened or don’t even ...
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anxiety meds? I have been on lexapro for about 15 months now, changing from 10mg to 20mg halfway through. It has always numbed me out a bit with the 20mg, which I thought was a benefit since it lessened anxiety, but now i realise how its affecting my relationship (and also my non existent sex drive). I dont really kno...
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I’m there for others but nobody’s there for me [deleted]
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New Years eve Two more days. Two more days till I kill myself. My wife is divorcing me. She won’t even return my calls. She won’t respond to my messages. I have court on the 9th of January. I will not make that court appearance. Till death do us part. If this is what she wants. To be free of me and all my mental prob...
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I cried at midnight in New York I live in California. I watched the New York Times Square celebration online. At midnight their time, 9pm my time, I watched the ball drop and saw everyone so excited, and I started bawling my eyes out. I'm not excited for the new year. Last year I struggled so hard and I feel like...
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Some treat depressed people as a disease in a limb that has to be cut of to avoid spreading That’s how I feel sometimes
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You are offered the chance to die instantly and without pain [deleted]
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i asked for a girls number at the school bookstore. so... about four months ago I went to my college orientation to get a feel for the campus and all that. some time in the middle of it I notice this girl, brown hair, really nice smile, really nice everything. As the day goes on the orientation groups break off to atte...
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Just really need some help..im starting to feel I won't be able to take it much longer don't really know where to vent so I ended up here. I have fel hopeless as of lately I can't get my mind off the past I'm sure some of this is due too thr face that I've bottle things up inside for as long as I can remember. I'm havi...
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Being so ruthlessly bullied has made me want to end it all. I'm an adult. [deleted]
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Should I get help? I’d rather die... My life is just so fucking pathetic. I’m not considering killing myself yet, but I just can’t keep on living. -I rarely leave the house. -I starve myself for days and then binge on everything. -Im not active AT ALL. Im lazy. -I’m pansexual and the guy I like may never like me back ...
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Listen and Be Heard A friend called me today to talk having received some bad news. There is nothing I can do to help her situation. All I can do is listen, empathize, and share her burden. A favor she has done for me in the past.
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Tips on dealing with Restlessness? Switched from Lithium to Abilify. Seems to work better, except I'm slightly restless/agitated/manic?? Any experience dealing with these symptoms? Thanks
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Why even try to get better? I've been going to a therapist/ drug abuse counselor for about a week. I've been feeling somewhat better recently. I've been sober for 9 days off of weed and alcohol. But I don't even see why I'm trying. I've been depressed for 4 years now, I've tried 7 different medications, 3 doctors, and ...
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The cops found me dead and I've had a spiritual awakening [deleted]
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Has anyone here played Doki Doki Literature Club? The title might sound stupid, but it's actually a psychological horror game with the best depiction of depression I've seen in any game. Please do let me know your thoughts on it.
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I’m starting to turn my school life around I just got perfect scores on two tests today that I was certain I was going to fail. I would have been proud of myself for passing the test, but acing it was not something I ever expected.I’m crying tears of joy right now
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Does anyone else suffe from adult separation anxiety? Hey everyone, I'm 24 years old and I suffer from Adult Separation Anxiety. Most adults have this with their SO or a friend, but I am attached to my family, my mom in particular. I was diagnosed when I moved in with my then-boyfriend (only 2 hrs away from home via pu...
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People living with Bipolar for a Decade or more (and are unmedicated), how has Your Condition changed over the years? How has your life/ you adjusted to the condition? Just wondering how folks out there are managing their condition/ living their lives.
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Just want to drink, but can't! Feeling like shit! [deleted]
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What to live for? I'm sorry if I'm somehow out of compliance with this post. I read the sidebar, but I'm sure I'll pull some faux-pas. I'm 21 and I've struggled with noticeable undiagnosed depression and anxiety for around 5 years now. At first it felt deep and sincere as far as sadness goes, but now I barely feel mu...
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Does anybody else feel like their head is constantly cluttered? I feel like I can never have mental clarity because there is just so much on my mind all day every day, and I don’t know if it’s because of my anxiety or what. Anyone else know the feeling?
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I want some advice. All my life i've been going through shit (only 17 years old) and when things started to get better i crashed. I can't get myself to get out of bed no matter how much i try, my family understands but do still not approve since my grades dropped from all A's to E-C. It has been like this for 1-2 years...
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New sub created for depressed fellows to make friends :) Hi everyone! We understand how tough it is to go through depression alone, and how important emotional support can be. Thus, we have created a platform catered specifically for depressed redditors to share their social experiences and make friends with one anothe...
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The prospect of spending New Years alone again scares me. 5 out of the last 6 years I've spent New Year's eve alone at home in bed watching everyone else enjoy themselves on social media. I have no friends nor social life and it hurts :(. I don't want to be alone agin.
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Have any of you ever been prescribed Wellbutrin? If so, what was your experience?
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Depression beat me I have been having rough few weeks, depression finally beat me, So bad I quit my job with no back up. My wife now wants to seperate and not even talk it out. Even with mutiple non sesional job interviews already lined up. So I have no income , she wants me out of the house, (my mom will at least l...
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The Worst I’ve Ever Felt This is long. But I need to let it out. I’m a 29 year old guy. I’m married (1 1/2 years married, 7 years together) and we have a 3 year old girl and a 4 year old boy. I’ve suffered from depression since I was a child. I was very sensitive, slept little and had a hard time being social. All of ...
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Figured I’d post my story here. Looking for help I guess. https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/7cq69o/i_dont_know_where_to_go_from_here/?st=JB5ZL0L8&sh=6016e912 I’d add on that I’m now seeing a different therapist and still on the 100mg zoloft. Trying to get to a new psychiatrist to get my medication changed ...
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I just want the pain to stop. I'm so tired of trying. I'm so tired of people telling me things will get better when I always end up in the same position at the end of the day: crying to the point of being numb and feeling trapped in a life I can't escape. I'm sitting in the dark at 6 AM, periodically bursting into tear...
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Tell me your stories about weaning off Wellbutrin XL Because I feel so fucking depressed and suicidal. I'm currently on 150mg, down from 300mg (name brand). I've been on it 2.5years. I cannot go back up to 300mg.
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Cross post to r/bipolar "Bam relapse" *edited* should have used a throw away and don't know how to delete... Relapse sucked... Gotta try hard not to let that happen again....
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ready to give up Sorry if this is annoying and if my situation has far less gravity than others, but I still want to die nonetheless. Maybe this is not the right place to post to but its the only thing I could think of. Not just that, but I want to want to die. I don't want to feel better. There's nothing to feel bette...
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i took 1500mg (1.5 g) of acetaminophen in one dose I took 1500mg of acetaminophen earlier. What will happen after that (assuming after an hour or so) are there any noticable symptoms?
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Does anybody else monitor their reddit activity obsessively and constantly delete their own comments/submissions out of fear?
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I dont know what to do anymore not really sure how to start this... just wanted somewhere to rant i guess. Everything is really shitty and it has been for a long time, i have nobody to talk about it with except my boyfriend, but i feel that puts too much pressure on him. Any friends ive had suddenly want nothing to do ...
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I have an extremely cynical view on relationships and I desperately want to be wrong [deleted]
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After 2 years of steady progress, called 911 due to panic attack this morning. Not sure how to move forward [deleted]
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Difference in benzos Currently on .5 mg 2x daily I don’t feel much effect how does it compare to the others?
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I don't know who to talk to about this, so I'll put it on reddit There was one night where I felt particularly discouraged about my mental illness. The positive effects from my treatment have stagnated and I feel like I am trapped. I’m trapped in a place below happy but above completely miserable. Don’t get me wrong, I...
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help overdosing help today morining i took 4 mg of clonazepam and i just took 4 more and 5 mg of clotiazepam. I'm depressed, I'm scared, I chased it with booze. i'm pathetic, i'm pathetic, i'm pathetic. edit: i have 4,5 more clonazepam and i don't want to take them but also i really do want to get knocked the fucked o...
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anxiety And Relationships Question Is it wrong to need/expect/ask for reassurance from a partner when you have relationship anxiety? I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder (very relationship focused), ADHD (which means Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria of course), and probably depression, though it is undiagnosed. My girlfrie...
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I am having trouble describing my mixed state to my new partner I have started a new relationship and I have been very open and honest about my Bipolar. And he has been very understanding and wanting to learn more about it. However, I am at a lot for words on how to describe my current state of mind; it being a mixed ...
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Can I have some advice?Please? I decided to write a full clean confession here. Recently I wrote a short story, and I wrote the main characters in my image (https://www.reddit.com/r/depression/comments/7hgbo7/the_king_that_never_was/) I'm not sure how long I've been feeling like this, but its definitely been more tha...
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A woman running for congress is asking for feedback on mental health outcomes [here's a link](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/15/1698842/-It-s-Time-We-Had-a-Frank-Talk-About-Mental-Illness?_=2017-09-15T10:11:21.738-07:00) Edit: I mean policy to improve outcomes.
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loving someone with depression when you're not sure they love you i am pregnant with my fiancé of about a year. in the beginning of the pregnancy he was very excited to have his own child. i already had a one year old which he has taken over the father role completely. he was very excited to start our life together, be...
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What was your biggest accomplishment today, this week, or even this month?
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Something I find that helps... Hello there. I was diagnosed with BP2 about six weeks ago, and have been dealing with it undiagnosed since I was 15. I'm trying to go as long as I can without adding any more medications (already taking 50mg Zoloft for depression/anxiety) and so I've been trying to be proactive. Present i...
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I’ve deleted every social app and now I’m just getting ready for the end I told my friends i just needed to clear my head for a while, which is true. My depressive episode has been pretty severe this time. I’m having hallucinations as well. And I can’t take it anymore. My mind is so busy. And I’m in University so I’m f...
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My anxiety gets in the way of my dreams... First a little background: I have always loved film and acting. I loved making films as a kid, writing them, performing in them, editing them. I never did theater or anything because I was too shy (anxiety). I only goofed around with my friends and cameras. When I got to high ...
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Feeling suicidal I keep getting really intense feelings about killing myself, and I am feeling it REALLY bad today. But part of me is scared to go through it, and part of me is scared that I WILL go through with it. I just can't thinking of any reasons to push forward and keep living. Things just never seem to get bett...
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I've been lying to my parents for months I still live with my parents, I'm 19 and in community college. I made 7500 dollars or so making videos on youtube and didn't tell them because I figured they wouldn't understand it and would think I was selling drugs or something. If I could go back in time, I would've told them...
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I got a job offer in a new state today. I can't stop crying. [deleted]
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In a weird place - Suicide trigger I don't know what state I am in. I'm like... nothing and angry, and depressed. But not depressed like usual, milder. I don't usually get anger, and the blank nothing is the most prevalent "feeling". I think I'm a ghost... or my soul is cursed. Life is empty. I'm just waiting for the ...
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Intervention of Myself with Myself So,yeah... My best friend is now sympathizing more seriously with my depression. She said that I should help myself by removing the things in life that contribute to my depression. Little does she know that one of it is her. I'm in love with her,and I don't know if I should let go of...
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I joined just to make this post... I plan on killing myself on Wednesday, which is two days from now. I'm on break from college, and I made three separate dates during this holiday period that I wanted to do it. This is the last date I can do it without having to interfere with any other responsibilities. I have bipo...
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Anxiety causing social isolation This past week I have been experiencing this feeling of needing to be alone and preference for just being alone in my basement or room. I️t even happens when with my parents who I feel I’ve never had this type of feeling with before. I just get this feeling of anxiety when around people...
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Does anyone get real bad bloating with their anxiety? Or anxiety with their bloating? For about a year now I've been dealing with a weird problem. It's ebbed and flowed over the course of the year - sometimes I've had it every day for three weeks straight, and other times I've gone a whole month without encountering it...
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Depression makes me care too little and anxiety makes me care too much about everything. [deleted]
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My birthday/very depressed So I’ve been in a real bad place lately, I️m not very okay and my best friends know that. Tomorrow’s a big birthday year for me and literally none of my friends are around everyone’s too busy. They all have legitimately things they’re busy with but it’s just making have this thought loop bein...
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can you have a manic episode if you arent bipolar??? [deleted]
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Not a single damn person knows who I really am When people are around me, I seem happy. I laugh a lot, and seem like an open honest person. But really nobody knows who I actually am. When I'm alone, all I do is wallow. I want to cry, but for some reason I never can. I contemplate how painful it would be to just take a ...
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People, she said she took some pills quite a while ago and she hasn't posted on her account in while. What do we do? [removed]
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Hey all, i need some help understanding my SO [deleted]
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Depression & Relationships Hi everyone, Happy Holidays. Just looking for some insight from anyone with a SO and is dealing with this horrible cloud.. My gf isn’t very supportive. We had an argument this morning and she always uses “you need to take more pills you’re crazy” or “you need help bla bla” it’s so unfa...
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The thoughts don't stop Some context: Last Saturday I went a local redditors' meetup. I thought everyone went away having a good time until the organizer DMs me over discord, coming down hard with a "XXX was unacceptable behavior and if you do it again I will boot you from all future meetups." All I did was show the g...
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I feel so isolated and terrible about myself. I feel like I need a hug but at the same time like I don't deserve affection from anyone. [deleted]
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ALWAYS LONELY I have a sweating disorder of the face. It is called hyperhydrosis. I also get asthma. I cannot swim. I am overweight. I have always been plump. Women have never found me attractive. I changed school a lot when I was young so I have no roots, and I have never had any friends. I have never had a girl or la...
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Mixed Episode??? Help Hi guys, the past few days I’ve felt so odd. I’m in a really good mood, I’ve been sleeping less (but still around 8 hours) and I’m less tired but at the same time I’m having urges to self harm again which usually only comes with my depressive episodes. Now I’ve got the voice in the back of my head...
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lonely and depressed lol i have one friend in school. the other is a 25 year old communist. i'm a 17 year old high school senior and i'm lonely as fuck, i rarely go out (and if i do it's to go to work), my boyfriend broke up w me and i'm sadder than i should be, i don't know how to socialize and i've had depression my ...
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My anxiety ruined a relationship and now I don't know what to do. I started dating this girl back in August and things were perfect up until the first week of October. We got along amazing she was beautiful and funny and nice and was absolutely in love with me and was just everything I could've wanted in a girl. At the...
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Considering Suicide I'm fourteen. I see no meaning in life. I really have an awesome life (I have everything I need.) but, it's monotone, boring, and even if I am successful in life, what's the fucking point! What do I do? In three years, I'll move out. I'll probably go to work, come home, and sleep. I will be forgotte...
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Saying No I have such extreme anxiety/ guilt over saying no at my job. I work myself ragged to make sure nothing is left undone and that others don't have to do more than their share, but in the process overwork myself. I just said no, and cannot calm down. I deserved to say no and it is more than fair to say no in t...
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There's no point to life How can one be happy if humanity is too selfish to care about the betterment of itself
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I love you, keep going Once upon a time I fell in love with a kind, quarky, obnoxious (I mean that in a good way) soul. He felt like home and it was one of the best experiences I had, but also the toughest. Underneath that bright colored personality was pain, anxiety, sadness... I had sensed that but was unable to he...
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my family is so fucking insensitive and dont care about my uncle assaulting me i was raped by my piece of shit pedophile uncle when i was 15. barely anything was done about it. i thought we had a restraining order against him but they dont tell me shit. they always invite him over. they let him around my young nieces...
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Everything is falling Apart I don't handle change well. (Do any of us with anxiety?) All in one day, I got into a fight with a close friend because they were being hurtful, my sister (who lives in another state far from me) left her live-in boyfriend and moved in with a man nearly 15 years older than her who she only ...
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does anyone else get "anxiety strokes?" I'm going to try to describe this the best that I can. My anxiety is very physical.. the wind blowing on my scalp makes me squirm.. I feel the need to touch and rub my hair a lot.. I often feel uncomfortable pressure inside my head, which makes me convinced that my brain is goin...
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Is not having a cute gf a good reason to be depressed over? It’s my only desire in life. I already have everything else i want.
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Warning for triggering content - self harm and suicidal thoughts I feel so much like I’m floundering- like I’m struggling to breathe and I’m drowning but everyone around me seems to be striding in the water and paddling above the surface. I can’t think straight or get my head clear and my veins feel like they itch agai...
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I’m feeling extra bad today For the past few weeks, I’ve felt bad on and off. I can trace it back to some family drama that happened. I haven’t been the same since and I don’t know how to shake it. Right now I’m at work and I’m miserable. I feel like I could break down crying. I’d go home, but I already missed Friday f...
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I tried to make a major life decision and it has turned into a disaster. To quickly provide some history to my situation, I've been suffering from depression and anxiety for likely the past 7 years, actually getting diagnosed about 3 years ago. However getting help has been another issue with the doctor being quite gli...
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Meds, help, and what to do now I don't know why I'm even writing this except I can aknowledge that I'm admitst a bad cycle. I think my meds are failing to help, and I feel like I'm about to call it quits. No friends or family will answer the phone, and I'm asking for help. How do you guys get through when you feel l...
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How can I get help? How can I get help and reach out? I am so tired of being tired. I do not know how I can ask my mother for therapy, or deal with depression aside from my coping quietly. I can't deal with this longer, so I wanna try. I lost any sort of interest for the future.
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So. I want to overdose on my sleeping tablets [deleted]
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I'm 22 and I had a tooth removed 2 years ago and I can't stop thinking about how I could let this happen [deleted]
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I just need someone to talk to Idk if this is allowed on this board but I really need someone to talk/vent to. For the last few months shit has just been going crazy and with all this shit plus my anxiety I'm having a hard time. I need to get this all off my chest. I can't really post it on here because of the details ...
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One Year Later Trigger Warning: Abusive Relationships One year later and I'm doing a lot better. I'm also not doing a lot better. I recently celebrated a year of happiness with my current S.O. but I'm an idiot sometimes. Tonight was one of the moments of idiocy. I was idly scrolling on facebook and I saw her, I saw my...
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I dont want to feel like this anymore I'm going to make this as short as possible. Was abused by a parent since I was ~6, the abuse didn't stop till I was 17 and that's bc I left. Had best friend of 5 years completely/permanently ignore me for literally no reason. As a result I have crippling anxiety and I'm emotionall...
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Do the feelings go away So this post isn't really about me, but someone that I'm very close with and is important to me. He's my best friend/roommate, and I need to know how a situation might affect him based on if people have previously experienced or what I should do. He just recently broke up with his gf on Saturday...
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My roommate just told me that “ I’ve noticed differences in you since taking this new medication. I’ve never heard you laugh like that. You are so much better than before. It’s like you are a new person..”. I feel so rotten to think of his perception of me in the past. Anyone relate? This is mostly in reference to me s...
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I can't handle confrontation I've always been one to avoid any confrontation but the past couple of years it seems to be worse when I do encounter it. Whenever I have a disagreement or even a discussion with my SO about something that upsets me it feels like my adrenaline starts to pump. I get red in the face, I feel w...
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first therapy I just had my first ever therapy today and im not really shure if i liked it or not. I tried to be really open and talked about everything but she kinda just went over the fact that i mentioned that i sometimes have suicidle thoughts(which is like the only reason i made myselve go in the first place). Dun...
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I'd like to stop existing. I don't know, I guess it's that weird phenomenon where I don't necessarily want to die, but I want to just stop existing. I think I'd like to die if I knew that it would be painless and no one would have to find my body, but no one could tell you that, and I'm scared. So I guess it'd be nice ...
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At this point, I make everything a joke. I avoid sharing with people that I am depressed, even though I am on medication that helps significantly. Although it helps, I still don't have the motivation to get out of bed recently. So when my fellow college students ask why I wasn't in class, I just make a joke about how I...
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I didn't break up with sociopath girlfriend until it was too late. [deleted]
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Medical Bill I was hospitalized end of Sep and I got huge amount of medical bill. Actually, I refused to go hospital but the police call paramedic and told me I’m on hold. Now, I can’t pay this bill. But I have already told everyone I can’t pay so I don’t want to go hospital. I didn’t sign any agreement there as well...
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