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I'm losing my patience I'm not really sure why I'm posting this, maybe just to get it written out. I don't really want help and I'm sorry if it's a bit long.
I am a firm believer that there are aspects of ourselves that we can know with certainty and that others can't or shouldn't question. For instance, if someone de... | self.SuicideWatch |
Just got myself out of an abusive relationship - I need someone to talk to [deleted] | self.depression |
Tv show/series with main protagonist loner Hey everybody, i need a serial like that to feel more comfortable, well atleast an anime like that... | self.depression |
I don’t want to kill my self, but I want to die I couldn’t do that to my family and dog and some friends. I wished I’d just somehow die | self.SuicideWatch |
My Life 1.00 My life in parts:
I've been wanting to vent out for a while but I haven't really found a good place to do it. I've tried different places; for example Twitter and Quora. I am attempting to use Reddit and, if I find it to be everything it's cracked up to be, I am planning on writing several parts to explai... | self.offmychest |
Living life really hurts I just want to tell about my life, my feelings about it, and maybe have someones help or opinion about it
Well, here it goes. It all started while i was doing poorly in my studies in high school and that really lowered my confidence and ability to keep trying. Then i had my first car accident.... | self.SuicideWatch |
Thank fuck for automatic doors. No more awkwardly gauging what is an appropriate distance to hold the door open for someone. | self.Anxiety |
Wanting to apply to another job, afraid to fail I am 20 and work as a detailer at a bodyshop making $10 an hour 45-50 hours a week. My friend who works at a warehouse always tells me to work there because they give raises, pay more, and oppurtunity to move up to forklift driver. Only thing is this job is known for its ... | self.Anxiety |
Dont want to die but, thoughts come in hard! [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
If there is a god , he will have to beg my forgiveness [deleted] | self.depression |
I’m tired of crying for something that could be fixed I lost my cat a few months ago and now the only thing I think might help fill that void would be to have another cat. My mom won’t let me have another one though, I know she knows it would help me but she won’t give in. It would be far from a fix for my seemingly in... | self.depression |
My date told me: "I can't pursue this because I am not capable of handling mood disorder. So sorry." This was several days after a very nice meal was shared and it came up that one of her past boyfriends has bipolar and is/was an addict to a couple of things.
I am not an addict and I felt that she unfairly lumped me... | self.bipolar |
I need a job Hey
Let’s start with this
I am a civil engineer
In UAE
With shitty salary
And haven’t took it for 4 months
I can’t find new jobs
I don’t mind any paying well jobs
That actually pays me at the end of the month :(
Add something to that
I don’t have any friends
I’ve been alone for so long
That I can’t m... | self.depression |
Is The term Mania derived from mana as they seem to be quite a similar concept? You say someone has a lot of mana or spiritual power,I am schizophrenic but I have manic flights every week where I write novels,feel utterly inspired by everything,feel thrilled by everything,very happy then it all falls flat and goes,but ... | self.bipolar |
What do you do when you just feel Overwhelmed with all the bad stuff in the world? Lately, I've been feeling awful about everything. From eating animals to seeing things happening in other countries, I just get extremely depressed and don't want to leave my house. I feel so guilty that I get to go to school and have an... | self.Anxiety |
I hate how mild depression is like having this fogged up lens on life For the first time ever, I think I've been able to discern between normal and mildly depressed. I'm going through the latter right now after my euthymic mood took a downswing over the weekend. I crashed hard, broke down sobbing on a bench in public s... | self.bipolar |
Incapable of making decisions One of the most frustrating symptoms of my anxiety is the inability to make a decision; or if I do, feeling comfortable with my choice.
It tortures me every time and it’s usually over mundane, unimportant things.
For example, I switched my iPhone 7 to the 7+. I have 7 days left to eith... | self.Anxiety |
i just handed in my physics final and i know i failed. im done fuck school fuck everything im a failure | self.SuicideWatch |
Conversion disorder anxiety So I just found out this was a thing and I think I have the symptoms but than anxiety can cause the same symptoms | self.Anxiety |
Advice on journaling for anxiety Any recommendations for format etc that work for you? E.g. Listing things then going into more detail, or having a specific set of questions you answer each day regarding how you feel? | self.Anxiety |
Morning Hope Hi, depressed friends. I have recently discovered a method of personal accountability, hope, direction, and creating my perfect day. I hope you give it a try or alter it to work for you. It's saved me from depression naps and wasted days. And if you're wondering, it doesn't require sobriety, diet, or exer... | self.depression |
Do you ever just pretend? I guess I'm flight when it comes to fight/flight. Instead of trying to make things work with my Ex, I kept just pretending things were okay. Like literally just pretended that we were dating and things were ok, and that we had a real relationship.....
Nothing like seeing her kiss another guy ... | self.depression |
Unable to cope with anticipated loss... I do not even know where or how to start. I guess this is just another failed attempt at trying to tell myself that everything will be alright. But, nothing ever is. People around me always tell me things will be fine and eventually you will come out stronger. That is never the c... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anxious partner needs me to stay, I need to get space. I have this issue with my GF, who has pretty extreme anxiety attacks, spirals, self-harm, abandonment issues. She's medicated and has a therapist, and has been getting much better over the years, but this one issue still plagues us.
I have dealt with past traumas... | self.Anxiety |
I'm Not An Artist. As a kid and teen I drew a lot. Sketches, doodles, comics. I really enjoyed art classes and excelled at them. After graduating high school (9 years ago) the interest waned. And even though it waned and I didn't share any stuff anymore like I used to, my family and my in-laws seem to think I'm some g... | self.offmychest |
Need advice on how to move forward with my living situation. After many periods of mania and depression I've finally reached a very stable part of my life and I'm not trying to slow that roll. Problem is I'm in a very awful living situation that is frankly, unsustainable, probably illegal and generally a mess. I need t... | self.bipolar |
Calm and suicidal I'm calm. I feel rational. I have thoughts of ending my life that feel right. It feels like the answer. I've been super rapid cycling but this one feels like me, it feels like the right thing. I've had the thoughts before and I'll have them again. Feels like inevitably one day that's how I'm going to ... | self.bipolar |
I am longing... I want to feel love. I've never felt it with another person. I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to this emotion. I genuinely feel lost. I want to have someone to hold. I want to feel wanted by someone else. But so far, through 19 and a quarter years, I'm SOL. It never seems to matter what I want,... | self.offmychest |
I attempted suicide and no one cared It didn’t work. I tried so hard and pushed down on that belt with as much force as I had in me, but I just wouldn’t pass out. Partial suspension hanging is supposed to be easy, yet I’m so incapable I couldn’t even kill myself right.
Nevertheless, I was found, with my head pressed ha... | self.SuicideWatch |
I’m not really sure, but I think theres a way to fix myself, I just need someone real. [deleted] | self.depression |
Family problems i am 21 and my parents really do not listen to me when it comes to my introversion and traits of social anxiety, and i have had enough.
i was in the car with my parents today, and they randomly brought up next summer. we are going to a holiday house for a couple of weeks next year and they are invitin... | self.Anxiety |
To feel less lonely... I wish people on dating sites were more honest...that people posted things more honestly. To feel less alone in the world afraid of what someone thinks afraid to test the waters. Instead you’re in your room passing the time trying to find a job, watch YouTube, play video games, look at dating sit... | self.depression |
Does anyone else sometimes get really annoyed at other people with bipolar? I have bipolar 1 and for the most part I’m relatively calm since my episodes don’t come as often and I have a friend who is also bipolar, I can’t deal with the hyperness of her when I’m not at the same level to the point of like a frustrated ra... | self.bipolar |
Rant. Fucking hell it's hurting. I think I had too much "social interaction" the last 24 hours. And by social interaction I mean talking with some internet people.
Point is, I keep a pretty tight lid on my feelings which consist of nothing but the deepest agony and blackest despair. Whatever the reasons.
And I'm not ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Muay Thai and mental illness? What's up folks? A little about me, I am a middle-aged dude currently on meds for depression, bipolar and ADHD. A while back, early twenties, I had a hockey head injury that permanently messed my brain up. To help combat it all I work out 5-6 days a week and I take Muay Thai on weekends. H... | self.bipolar |
At the end of my rope * I don't think I can handle life much longer. Each night I hold my bottle of sleeping meds and think that it's a nice, easy way to go, just go to sleep and not wake back up. I'm on the verge of bankruptcy, I don't have enough money to get my medications, the easiest thing to do would be to just s... | self.SuicideWatch |
Most days I can get on by just fine. I suffered with depression and suicidal thoughts for the past 5 years now but I feel I’m on the up slope now. But I’m so lonely I literally want to die. I know a relationship won’t magically fix anything but I just want someone I can talk to that likes me the way I like them. I want... | self.SuicideWatch |
I just want to die a death that is out of my control so that no one can blame me for being selfish and doing it myself. [deleted] | self.depression |
How to avoid depression when living an isolated life? More or less what the title says, but let me add some context.
I'm a college student in my sophomore year and I have no friends/a romantic partner. I come from a really awful place socially and mentally; my past has a lot of bullying and thoughts of suicide, but th... | self.depression |
Smile You ever just look at yourself in the mirror? You smile at first but the breakdown is imminent. Tears rolling down your cheeks followed by that hysterical laughter trying to reassure you that everything is ok. No? Just me? That was months ago. Now I wish I could cry. I wish I could feel again...Those were the day... | self.SuicideWatch |
Medication interaction??!!?! So I'm on 100mg sertraline(zoloft) a day and have been for about a year. Today I had some candy and some were grapefruit flavour and I didn't realise..... Grapefruit reacts with sertraline(zoloft) and I'm freaking out.... Will I be okay??? | self.Anxiety |
Do i need to tell my parents to get help? [deleted] | self.depression |
Is it so wrong that I'm a sensitive person? Hello, all. I'm here to talk about something I've always thought about: my emotional sensitivity.
I tend to get sad, angry, and happy really easily. However, I'm also sensitive in the fact that I'd feel severely hurt if I ever come to know that I've hurt another person. Call... | self.offmychest |
I said something stupid to my dad and now I’m obsessively anxious about it [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
My new catchphrase I use in response to anything right now is "who cares, we're all going to die." [deleted] | self.depression |
Falling out of a long distance relationship after years together. For so long we've been in a long distance relationship. We've been through so much together. Yet after several years you still refuse to meet. You've always been worried that I'd go on to like someone else and because of your indecision to meet your fear... | self.offmychest |
I am ashamed of my anxiety - what to do? My anxiety has always caused me to say and do things that cause me shame.
For example, someone unexpectedly showed up at my place the other day, and it looked like a total mess. I had been meaning to clean it up for quite awhile, but dealing with my anxiety had gotten in the w... | self.Anxiety |
Could this really only be just depression & Anxiety? Hello Reddit! Warning, long post!
So I'm a 23 year old guy who have been struggling with complete lack of motivation, energy and difficulty focusing in school for most of my life. My teens were a mess, and I'm currently struggling with completing my high school ... | self.Anxiety |
Very long rant about an old crush I had back in school Hello. This is an incredibly long rant I wrote a few hours ago. It started with me writing about my current thoughts in a notepad (I'm having a pretty rough time right now, it's kind of the same problem I'll describe in the rant) but it evolved into me writing my w... | self.offmychest |
Pray that my house doesn't burn down tonight It's finals. I'm so close to graduating. I've had housing issues all semesfer. I finally sorted everything out. I found a place with great roommates and I love it.
We had to evacuate. The whole county is on fire. Most of my friends are evacuating and I'm trying to convince... | self.offmychest |
Leave of absence? Have any of you been able to get a doctor to sign off on a leave of absence for anxiety? I am going through heaps of stress and anxiety and my current work environment is getting more and more toxic by the day. I am on the hunt for new jobs, but it's a long process. I can't afford to quit my job becau... | self.Anxiety |
"You've been termed out, and so we're not allowed to make appointments for you anymore." [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
If I had no obligations, I would sleep all day. I am not liking life. Help All my feelings about life: I dont enjoy having friends,talking with people, having people/family take care of me and make conversation,eating good food,having sex,driving fast cars,going shopping,buying jewelry I dont laugh at anything, i am no... | self.offmychest |
I wish I knew how to stop watching you kill yourself But we’re stuck in the co-dependant shitshow of two broken people understanding each other, and where I deal with my demons by internalising them so much they punish me every night in my dreams, you deal with yours by drinking them away.
I know you’re more whiskey t... | self.offmychest |
Having Nightmares Again (Success story/Help Needed) So about a year ago I moved out of my parents house and into the apartment of my then gf, now fiance. She's amazing and has reduced my anxiety to very reasonable levels. Before I moved in here I had a lot of issues with my folks, the main ones concerning depression, a... | self.Anxiety |
I try to socialise and everyone isolates me even more than when I don’t? I might just be overthinking but I’m pretty sure I’ve identified a strange pattern of behaviour in people. Normally, I just keep to myself and don’t bother anyone. I pointed out in a post on a different Subreddit that I’m an introvert who struggle... | self.Anxiety |
Depressy Spaghetti . So I don't really know how to write this,
Just a short description of my current life to put things in to context ( ill try to keep it short ).
I am pretty much at the best I have ever been in my life, I have a wonderful partner, escaped my tiny home town filled with homophobia and limited possi... | self.depression |
Birthday Anxiety My birthday is tomorrow and I'm not ready for all of the attention. I've been stressing about the anxiety for the past week. I just can't wait until it's all over so the attention won't be on me anymore. | self.Anxiety |
"You just need to force yourself to leave the house and do things." I reached a new low that I didn't know was even possible so I set up an appointment to speak to an MD about my medications. He referred me to an in-house therapist.
The advice of both: you just need to force yourself to leave the house and do things.... | self.depression |
Always finding reasons to make myself anxious I hate being anxious, but for some reason i always look for reasons to stress more, it’s like i want to be anxious because it is comfortable or something. My therapist believes it could be some kind of personality disorder. Does anybody else have experience with this? | self.Anxiety |
How should i handle new opportunities /responsibilities? There have been a few instances where I accept or take on too many burdens in an effort to appeal to/ gain favour from others, and it doesn't help when my sense of self capability is inflated during a hypomania. I end up having to shamefully withdraw myself from ... | self.bipolar |
I should have been worried how my life was going a little to well I was finally able to adjust to a solid routine day by day. Today my boss told me he has to move my shift to the one day I can’t work.
Fuck. | self.depression |
Frustrated with hiding depression I can’t talk to anyone about my depression or tell people how I really feel... it drives me crazy sometimes. People ask “How are you?” And the real answer would be “Oh I just want to kill myself”. But you can’t say that... people just freak out. They don’t understand. It makes me feel ... | self.depression |
At a really low ebb atm, worried if it gets worse I'll end it. I've recently sort treatment with a psych, told my GP where I'm at. Been struggling with anxiety and depression for three years, but it's recently gotten really bad. The thing is, I have a fucking amazing life. I have everything to be thankful for, but I c... | self.depression |
My girlfriend is having serious mental problems and I'm falling apart I hope to god she never ever finds this. I love her so much. So much. She's the best person I've ever met. But unfortunately, all of this is marred by deep psychological problems.
She's been to a mental institution recently, as she tried to OD on m... | self.offmychest |
Finding it difficult to manage my anxiety despite being in therapy [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Mom keeps forgetting to schedule appointment I am going to see the doctor my mom works for about my anxiety but my mom keeps forgetting to schedule an appointment. She was supposed to do it Wednesday but she forgot. Ok thursday, nope she forgot, how about today? Nope she forgot insurance info. Her doing this is really ... | self.Anxiety |
If If I had a simple and painless way...I would. It's the only way out. I need to. I'm a Jehovah's Witness who no longer believes. The cognitive dissonance I'm experiencing is pure torture. The more I am exposed for not believing the more likely my family and friends will abandon me. Including my wife my kids and m... | self.SuicideWatch |
I am crying the tears now, feeling the pain now, paying the price now so that my younger self could have lived the life I will never have again. | self.depression |
Is there any way I can contact an Anxiety/panic councillor for like 5 mins? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Anyone else just feel terminally ill? Depression feels like dying from the inside out. Nobody can really see it. And in most cases you're forced to maintain outward appearances at work/school/etc. But inside you're just... dying. | self.depression |
God I hate depressed people Being depressed myself I struggled to have real friends and have meaninful encounters. However, over the last years I learnt how to deal with it. It's not always the fault of people around me, but I used to be very negative towards basically anything that I became the worst company for them.... | self.depression |
Having a Latina significant other is stressful at times. (25M and 25F) My SO is Latina and I come from a European family ( Irish and Scandinavian). I am very reclusive and don’t seek out social interaction very much. When it comes to my family, we’re there for each other, but we don’t exactly hang out all the time. We... | self.offmychest |
Anyone here trying keto Just curious. I did keto for a week and noticed it helped my energy and over all mood as well as my focus. My partner ended up in the hospital with pneumonia and the stress of that threw me off my diet. Starting keto again today for the long haul this time to see if it helps but I was wondering ... | self.bipolar |
I can't force myself to care anymore Sorry if this doesn't make sense, my memories from the last few months are a little broken. Can't really piece it together too well.
A little over 7 months ago, I broke up with my long term highschool girlfriend in search of a more fulfilling life. When we got together, she didn... | self.SuicideWatch |
Severe GAD in National Pro Sport (Cycling). (Paruresis, doping controle and GAD.) Hi, This is my first post on redit. But i didn't know where better to post my story and my feelings towards the sport I love, cycling. In particular the aspects of it at a high level of competition in the uk.
As you can see from the title... | self.Anxiety |
Update on Emotionless after med decrease I wanted to update you guys.
I talked to my doc and he said it was natural to go through mood fluctuations when decreasing meds. I don't think he understood that I'm not feeling anything at all but I will explain that further on my next visit. I've been emotionless for a coupl... | self.bipolar |
God damn fancy Christmas Parties. I hate them. I'm sitting on my couch in my housecoat thinking I'll stay inside all day until I have to go out. I have a hair appointment at 3:30 because my husband has a god damn work Christmas Party I agreed to go to tonight. Kill me now, why did I agree?
I haven't showered in days b... | self.depression |
Decided to check out r/bipolarSOs, and got a bit depressed So, I sorted the posts on /r/BipolarSOs, and realised that most of the top comments are pretty negative/deal with the person leaving the bipolar person and being happy about it. Thankfully there were also some positive stories where the relationships are workin... | self.bipolar |
Junior in college, less than 2.0 GPA and am going to fail all my classes this semester, just like the rest of my semesters. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Is suicide never justified? Because my future looks very bleak. I know i will never can get a decent job, or a decent education, because of my disability (autism). But i don't want to live in poverty or worse become homeless either. So why is suicide never justified? Even if your'e future looks very bleak? And you know... | self.SuicideWatch |
I wish people would stop telling me to get better already and that I'm too moody. Like it's that easy. I really hate it. | self.depression |
difficult to get advice i have been through the acute phase(s) of wanting to end my own life. now that the crisis is over, i am trying to make decisions about the best course of action (whether or not to still act) and can’t find helpful resources. wish there was a way to communicate with people that have completed. ha... | self.SuicideWatch |
DAE feel like your depression is just an excuse and that you are the problem Am I laying in bed for hours after I wake up because I'm depressed and have no motivation in life? Or am I just a lazy piece of shit. I feel like a lot of the things I do I want to say it's because I'm depressed but maybe I'm just a shitty pe... | self.depression |
Please quit taking antibiotics for every little infection. An infection is not harmful, you body can handle most of them by itself. Bacteria is becoming more antibiotic-resistant and we could all die of pneumonia soon because we won't be able to cure it!
Stop the antibiotic frenzy for yourself, your kids, your friends... | self.offmychest |
Just Realized I'm Terrified Of Losing Control Of My Physical Body/Mind. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I forgot to take my anxiety medication for 2 days straight, realised I didn't feel any different, it's been a week and I still haven't taken my meds, anxiety hasn't increased? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
How do you fill your hours? I was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder several years ago and have moved from unemployment insurance to SSI disability over the past three years. I just scrape by with the benefits so I don’t have a lot of disposable income (which is probably a good thing since I used to overspend like mad wh... | self.bipolar |
i’ve been depressed since i was a child i’ve always known something was wrong with me. growing up, i would never experience the happiness everyone around me felt and for the longest i had mistaken my depression for being a pessimist.
i remember being 5 and staring out of a window sad for no apparent reason and that f... | self.SuicideWatch |
I spent the first hour of the new year getting groped by strangers I'm still pissed off. Normally I'm really chill about that type of stuff, cat calling and the occasional butt squeeze. I try to find the humor in it, make a joke or whatever. And things have always gone well (as in, no scary situations). Though of cours... | self.offmychest |
Just failed a class for the 2nd time. More convinced than ever I'll really kill myself soon enough. 5th year college student.
No internship/work experience nor extracurriculars, so GPA is pretty important on my end. And at the moment, in comparison with my peers (who have already started establishing their professiona... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm addicted to weed, no one wants to take me seriously about it, and I'm struggling with my identity So I've been struggling over the last few weeks, but I am noticing lots of improvement in my mental state and the people around me see it too.
The thing is I think I'm currently struggling with addiction. And as sill... | self.bipolar |
I finally passed my engineering degree. Took 1.5 years more after failing to pass with my batch mates. People in my batch started getting jobs or going for higher education while I was just fucking around and writing my failed papers. Not to mention my shitty university delays the results for months before publishing. ... | self.offmychest |
Just told my mom about my depression... in the worst way. [deleted] | self.depression |
I'm afraid that I may be unable to complete college in my mental state. I have struggled with severe depression, anxiety, and severe OCD since I was a preteen. I am 21 years old now, and these have only gotten worse. I have also been in a relentless state of depersonalisation/ derealisation for over a decade. I have al... | self.depression |
Troubles with Exercise Does anybody else struggle with Exercise?
Whenever I exercise it I can't seem to remain calm, I have to expend a huge amount of concentration and energy trying not to make my legs move too fast when I run or my arms when I'm skipping. Even when I go for a long walk I have to consciously ensure m... | self.Anxiety |
My dad has been a nightmare to deal with my whole life and I think he just hit his point. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Could you forgive an SO who left you during an episode? TL;DR: see title
Background: I was having a super bad mixed episode about 3 months ago. I was all over the place and posting all over reddit. During that time I did a lot of stupid shit. Some that I don't even remember. (Drinking a bunch, hurting myself and s... | self.bipolar |
Potential I've been struggling really hard with the thought of potential lately. The realization that I'm 27 and it seems like my time to hop on the transition between "full of potential" to "potential manifest" is getting ever-tighter. And that tightness is choking me, paralyzing me.
I look back and think, what have... | self.depression |
One year of depression. It's urgent. Need help. Exactly one year ago, I suffered from this crappy Diasea. I felt the shittiest in all my while life. Then some months forward, I felt the same but then an Asshole, who stole my stuff and fought me in school gave me a scar from my glasses. It had been almost 6 months since... | self.depression |
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