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I swallowed dried up super glue I'M SO SCARED Ok long story short working on model plane super glue on fingers unknowliy picked it off with my teeth and spat it out but I think I swallowed more because I have ocd and I tend to bite my fingers Help I'm shaking and I'm not sure if it's anxiety but now I feel like I can'...
self.Anxiety
Dating with depression I feel like I should socialize to try to distract myself from my depression, and maybe date? But I don’t know if I’m capable of enjoying dating when I’m plagued with depression. Thoughts?
self.depression
Dad Wasn't Invited To Christmas My dad isn’t dead but he’s not here. For years he’s been in the house but not present. Never happy. Never proud. Never joyful. I spent a lot of time trying to make him happy, just like he did with his own father. I don’t remember his smile. It was never there. Every little mistake was th...
self.offmychest
I wasn't awake to break in the new year. [deleted]
self.depression
I am in an interracial relationship with, I think, the love of my life. It is scaring me shitless the amount of racist shit we might have to go through. I am a Korean dude and she is my beautiful green-eyed white lady. We met by accident. Despite all my sweating from nervousness, I asked her out and she said yes! We bo...
self.offmychest
everybody hates me for a couple years now, i've had this feeling that everybody hates me. from all my friends to acquaintances. sometimes i can think of some reasons why they would hate me and sometimes i can't. i try hard to be a good person that people would like but i can't shake this feeling that i pick up from sub...
self.depression
Thoughts on my past and why I almost committed suicide. [deleted]
self.offmychest
Hobbies , recreational activities are just distractions from the fact that my life is shitty. [deleted]
self.depression
Just A Girl In My Building Where I work... I posted this the other day in another thread but I just saw her in the lobby and wanted to tell it again..... I have a story to tell about co-worker infatuation. This is a throw away account for obvious reasons. I work in an office building with 4 other businesses. Probabl...
self.offmychest
Feel as if there is no reason to exist I feel as if there is no reason to exist anymore. Let's just face it, there's no point in me living out this next 50 years of my life if it's just going to be as shitty as it is right now. I'm just going to die anyways, so what differences does it make if I die early or late? The ...
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Moving out at 26 and panicky/anxious Hey guys, a little background...I’ve suffered from pretty bad anxiety/depression over the past two years or so. I started a low dose SSRI and started Therapy roughly 1.5 years ago. I’m happy to report that I have learned invaluable coping skills and have really changed my thought pa...
self.Anxiety
Angry Sometimes I do just want to end it all and stop my pain and suffering. But some part of me also feels angry at times. Like why do I have to end my life to end the pain and suffering that others have inflicted on me? And they don’t get consequences for the hurt they’ve caused? I don’t know why I feel this way
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I really need help Long: I met my boyfriend when I was 12; we are now 23 . We had a long distance relationship for seven years and then he moved to my city. During the time we were Long distance he did a lot of things to break my trust( nor was I perfect but I did innocent shit like flirting whatever ). Back then when ...
self.depression
Guys, I'm having a problem I'm bipolar2. Anxiety disorder. Also have fibromyalgia and some other chronic disorders. Here is my story, trying to condense as much as I can because it's long. Last summer/fall was shitty. I came up on my 5 year disability review. Nobody sent information. Like nobody. So I was declared...
self.bipolar
hate my life and i will never be able to have alife because of my ugly face hello everyone im a 25 M who has never had a gf i hate my life because of my ugly face scar which i got from a car accident when i was a child unfortunately this scar would never fade out its really ugly because of its red colour ( im a good ...
self.Anxiety
Death I’ve just taken whatever medication I’ve got in the house, all of my epilepsy medication and my anti depressants and what ever paracetamol I have in the house. I’ve had enough I’ve lost everything and feel like nothing helps I’m going to try to sleep now hopefully everything works and I die sleeping, I feel weird...
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"Happy New Year" means nothing to me - every day is the same. [deleted]
self.depression
The thing that bothers me most about these suicide posts and all the people who comment is that there is always a reason to not die... I keep reading looking for some sort of answer to motivate life and haven’t found one. I fucking hate life. It’s pointless, people are predatory and perverted.
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Having transient amazing experiences makes it worse - you can't miss what you've never had I mostly feel depressed and have no desire to meet or engage with anyone. Last weekend, one of my few remaining friends dragged me to a concert festival. I was so in my element. I was talking to gorgeous women, we brought a few b...
self.depression
I'm on, I'm off. I'm on, I'm off. I'm on, I'm off. Everyone seems to have their dimmer switch but me. Humans weren't mean to exist in this binary state, but here I am. I cannot advocate for anyone do what I do because there may be yet unforscene consequences but as of now it appears to be working. I have been holding t...
self.Anxiety
Anxiety The Cause of My Sustained High Blood Pressure? I've been struggling with high BP for the better part of a year now after an extreme bout of anxiety that led me to a full hypochondriac breakdown thinking I had a serious medical condition last year. I'm now over the bout of anxiety but have been left with raised ...
self.Anxiety
I can't freaking sleep Whenever i have work the next day I can't sleep and it's making it so challenging. I'm just laying bed stressing about my future, bills, work and other stuff. This is awful.
self.Anxiety
Falling/dropping sensation? Floor feels like it falls for a split second . Anyone else with high anxiety feel this ? I was walking backwards earlier for whatever reason, and felt like suddenly that the ground under my right foot fell like a few inches or something. I’ve had weird shit like this before, like the ground ...
self.Anxiety
As if suffering from.depression isn't bad enough. 37, male. I'm essentially looked at as a loser because I can't find a job. By pretty much everyone in my family, and my wife's family. Except for my dad. Even my sister thinks so. I'm the stay at home parent, and my wife works. Everyone says if I were to just get a job,...
self.depression
DAE want to talk yo their therapist about some things,but then you forget about it during the meeting and end up talking a complete different matter instead? [deleted]
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the only existence sadder than being suicidal is being suicidal but with the option of suicide taken away from you because if you were to kill yourself, you would kill someone else too i dont think my mom would be able to survive me dying
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I really want to be carefree again. I don't know what to do. I'm doing okay at school. I really, really, want to be carefree again. Just to have, no worries. I look back at my childhood and it makes me really fucking sad, because I enjoyed it so much, and now... I get really sad and nostalgic when I look back. Like no...
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Will I ever be able to hold down a job? [deleted]
self.depression
Seriously, who says that kind of thing to a suicidal person? [deleted]
self.offmychest
A Good Report So I’ve hesitated to post this, because I know how much others with bipolar struggle. But I’m really happy about what’s been going on in my life, so I wanna share. April 20, 2017 I had my first manic episode. I was hospitalized and even jailed (WRONGLY. THE COP WAS A BAD ONE) during the span of about a ...
self.bipolar
You ever find yourself staring at your phone or the ceiling [deleted]
self.depression
What are some practical tips for when you feel the “it’s 2pm and I see no reason to get out of bed” coming on daily?
self.Anxiety
I Want to Quick My Job of Five Years [deleted]
self.bipolar
I had a chance to hug a member of the female species today but I didn't take it [removed]
self.depression
I wish I didn’t exist I wish I just die right here and now. I wish I wasn’t a girl. I wish people treated me fairly. I wish I wasn’t such a damn attention seeking brat. I wish I was older, so people wouldn’t shit on me for my age. I wish I was older, so people would actually listen. I wish people weren’t suc...
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taking a small step towards getting better by reaching out here, looking for advice or coping skills i posted last night in a different venting subreddit but the one comment that was left on it made me feel stupid so i deleted the post. i'm pathetic i have been depressed for years and i'm tired of quietly struggling ...
self.depression
Force Does anyone else feel this force compelling them to take actions they don't want to? My case is relatively minor, only self-harmed twice with a pretty blunt razor, but both times I just felt this force to do it for no other reason. Like, if you stopped me on my way to the bathroom and asked me why I was going to ...
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People say it'll get better To me that's kinda bullsh*t because it really doesn't get better even at my own will. Life just says "hey you can't have that oh and you can't be happy too" whenever something good happens or when I have high hopes for everything. Kinda why I'm always pessimistic all the time. Don't wanna ha...
self.depression
Just recently lost everything, and it might be my fault. So to set the stage here if you will, I was living in Indiana with my ex wife (we were fixing things and trying to be back together) and our kids, we have 3 of them together. At the end of November our lease was ending so once september came around we started loo...
self.depression
I don’t know if I have anxiety, so I wanted to ask you guys. I feel extremely worried about things that usually never happen (i.e not doing something and getting kicked out my recently accepted into high school), and I sometimes end up getting bummed out, or even crying when I get worried. I feel like I just worry too ...
self.Anxiety
Depression: "JUST BE CONFIDENT :D, Mania "What? We didn't mean to stop letting us walk all over you!" I just want to be a hermit and live alone I'm too poor to be a hermit and live alone I fucking hate living with people
self.bipolar
I'm so stupid, I'm here busting my head off, thinking about this girl who works next to me, yet she probably doenst give 2 fucks about me..
self.depression
I hate myself I am a little drunk so bear with me. I've been suicidal for pretty close to 4 years now, and I hate every second of it. I can't keep a job because even the smallest amount of responsibility drives me into full blown psychosis (I'm a paranoid schizophrenic). I am seeing a therapist and a psychiatrist; I ha...
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Why am I fighting these thoughts? I don't really have anything going for me right now. I don't work, I'm not in school (I will be in January, though), I have no friends that I can hang out with in my state, I can't do anything right. So why am I still fighting to be here? Sometimes I think, more like I know I won't mak...
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Hiding Pain From My Best Friend. I've always been an open person, about many things, who I am, where I come from, what I enjoy doing, and the lots. I can talk about the world, from a stranger to my best friend, but, I never talk about my depression/suicidal tendencies or the negative aspects of myself. In fact, I've ne...
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Jumping with fear randomly when falling asleep I’ll (19/M) randomly jump with fear and “spaz out” when I’m falling asleep and It happens quite a lot don’t really know what it is. Sometimes I’ll have the feeling of being locked in my own head when I’m again falling asleep and I can’t get out and I panic and try and wak...
self.Anxiety
This morning anxiety is killing me :( I've been on cipralex (lexapro) for my anxiety disorder for 13 days, and I'm still only taking 5mg. Im supposed to up to 10mg soon but I'm nervous about it. For the past few weeks, I've been having really vivid dreams, sometimes nightmares, but either way, I wake up at 6 or 7am eve...
self.Anxiety
Why do people tell you to reach out to friends or family? I get that the idea is supposed to be to get a support network. To get people to know you're struggling. But this has been poor advice for me at the least. I opened up to my best friend about it and she stopped talking to me. I told my immediate family about it...
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Pre workout UPDATE: did around 4 miles on a track in the heat, I think I burned off anything that could have triggered mania. But that was a good workout. Tried pre workout this morning. Heard it can trigger mania. Wish me luck, y’all!
self.bipolar
The "mental fog" that makes you question your intelligence... One of the strongest symptoms of my anxiety is a sort of mental fog that makes me forget things I should easily remember... like words I've used commonly in the past, certain facts or things I learned in school, names I should remember, etc. For example, I...
self.Anxiety
Subconsciously sucking in my stomach? I don't know if this is the correct sub to post and ask this, but I recently noticed that I always have my stomach sucked in. Maybe its become a habit because I want to appear thinner, or because I don't want to make a lot of noise when I breathe because I don't have the confidenc...
self.Anxiety
My workaholic parents should never have had me. I wish I was never born. All this, my entire life story, has weighed on me for so long. I've never told anyone the full thing. Both my parents had high-level, demanding jobs. They were also misers to the extreme. They never really wanted marry. They never wanted a kid. ...
self.offmychest
Anxiety is through the roof The last couple of weeks my anxiety has been horrible. Almost every half hour or so, i have a panic attack where i just feel worthless and depressed. I don't know how i can keep on going. I feel like everything around me is gigantic and overwhelming and I don't know how to get out of this fu...
self.depression
Tonight was a bad night It’s currently 6am and I have being crying and pacing up and down my room all night. I’m ready to pass out. I hope your night was better than mine.
self.depression
what to do when i Have new OCD Themes I have OCD and I'm currently not in therapy- I don't do ERP or anything. I was currently in therapy for CBT but thats about it. Here are some new things that I do * Convinced that I have a brain tumor so I google the symptoms repeatedly and watch videos. I stayed up until 1 AM one...
self.Anxiety
Is there anyone who has had a shitty life but still managed to not be a failure? Feeling pretty hopeless right now. By shitty I mean growing up in different countries, sometimes in civil wars, eventually moving to the US with a household income half of the poverty line. Having no family by the time you're 18 and being ...
self.depression
I've made up my mind and going through with suicide I'm gonna hang myself tomorrow. I haven't told any friends or family how I feel because I don't want anybody to get in my way. It's better for all of us this way. I have rope, a location, and a stool that I can stand up on. I'm gonna do this tomorrow and nobody will s...
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I believe a bad break up I had 7 years ago was the trigger for my now anxiety
self.Anxiety
Anyone recovered from Depression and Social Anxiety but lost interest in Life/Living? When I was struggling from depression, Social anxiety etc, I had a goal to get out if and to recover from it. Now that I have, I don't have interest in anything. Like there's nothing I look forward to anymore and nothing motivates me....
self.Anxiety
Anxiety or Depression? I've been asking myself for the past 3 years if I have anxiety or not. I always thought that the symptoms I had were normal, but recently I'm starting to question it more. I know I'm not depressed but sometimes the only thing I'll do all day is sit at the computer with my guitar when I have impor...
self.depression
was moving out on your own a changing point in your life? My situation right now is pretty hectic in my head but in reality most anybody else would be fine.. ive really fought my anxiety by seeing a therapist and fucking just getting out there and it helped me land my first real job and my next goal is passing my road ...
self.Anxiety
Depression I've been dealing with depression since I was around 11-12. So about 13 years. I'm just tired of it. There's been ups and downs. But I have no one. No friends or family to rely on. I can't even remember the last time I was actually happy. I'm going no where. And I'm tired of it. I don't want to be here anymo...
self.depression
I was given a copy of Albert Camus's novella "The Stranger" a long time ago by an English teacher in high school. She said the novel's protagonist reminded her of me. Having read the novel a couple times and looking back on the whole conversation, I can't help but feel horrified. She was the first to know something was...
self.bipolar
I'm the biggest piece of shit Today this girl invited me to her home to make out and cuddle, so I went and we were there in her bed for a couple hours. Things got hot from time to time, all was good, but she started mentioning she had a mild headache and didn't put much effort into it anymore. I didn't give it that muc...
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Why live if I'm not going to make it? I'm 21, trying to graduate college, and not doing so well... I keep failing classes because I just don't care and the thought of pushing myself makes me break down because I feel like I'm already at a breaking point with my depression, my loneliness, my whole mind. If I'm this bad ...
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Life is a dream, but not in a good way. I honestly don't know how to feel anymore. I feel like there was a point in life where everything felt real but now it feels like everything I do is automatic. I don't feel like I have depression because I still get happy moments but they fade so fast. Honestly it scares me somet...
self.offmychest
I thought it would get better in high school. So its been over 2 months since I started high school and I thought “finally i can have friends that care about me and i could live happy for the rest of my adolescence hood” but no, I’m still the same pathetic loser from middle school. No one thinks I’m depressed and cons...
self.depression
I can’t go to work anymore She was there, led me on, made me feel good about myself then I find out shes with another dude from work, I can’t go there without it affecting my mental health. I need to quit but I don’t have the courage, plus the money is decent. I can’t ignore them both and everytime I see her feelings c...
self.depression
Bipolar Bears If anyone is in crisis, and doesn't have an account that's 30 days old, there's a really good group on Facebook called "Bipolar Bears". Yeah, I know Facebook is a dirty word to some here in Reddit, but the group is a friendly place where you don't have to have had an account for 30 days just to participat...
self.bipolar
I now know I'll never have a relationship with my crush Throw away because of anxiety Well, how should I say this? I've known this one guy for a while now and he's cute, funny, just a perfect type of person I'd wish to be in a relationship with. But let's skip right to the point alright? While I was playing monopol...
self.depression
Seriously, I posted a new profile pic on fb and only my grandma aunt and cousin liked it. Apparently I'm just a nobody to all my 100+ fb friends. I have no clue what's wrong with me. [deleted]
self.Anxiety
Anyone else a disappointment to their parents? And lives with them? It sucks edit once again I make a post here hoping people disagree but nope I'm sorry guys. My parents are actually a disappointment to me as well their bad decisions affected me a lot.
self.depression
I went on a nice date. What do I do now? So I went on a date recently. It was a quick one, but we had fun. In the end, I hugged her and was too chicken to kiss her on the cheek (I haven't done dating in many many years). But after we turned around, I turned my head back and she did too. So I feel like she is out of my...
self.Anxiety
Why I think self care is BS Buy a face mask, do your nails, take long baths with some bath bombs, burn some candles...most (I'd say a good 85%) of the self care posts I have read involve me having to purchase some kind of product. I feel like that would make me regress, as far as spending a ton of money on useless shit...
self.bipolar
I tried but no one even noticed it. It happened 2.5 years ago. Back story: I was diagnosed with ADHD(how original) 6 years ago while i was in Uni. Since that day started to use my "serious" medicines. It was short and long release adheral like medicines. I haven't been fine for last 6 years. Almost every week thought o...
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I found what I love, but I lost what I want. Help please! Hi. I found this subreddit a few minutes ago. I am INFP, so, I have fear, I am nervous, people around me says carpe diem, live and enjoy but I can't. People says find job, but I dont know what I want. I love the occupations or fields which are 90% of INFPs l...
self.Anxiety
Too much serotonins in muh brain! Had anyone dealt with serotonin syndrome?
self.bipolar
Housebound- anxiety doesn’t let me leave Is anyone else like this? I don’t work, the only time I usually leave the house is at night time or maybe once a week if that for some food. Other than that I sleep and am glued to the couch. I am stuck in this vicious cycle. I am filled with anxiety pretty much all the time.
self.Anxiety
What's wrong with suicide? I think i will soon be homeless. Why? Because i am chronically ill and unable to work and get a good education. And i think my parents will kick me out soon or later. Why not just kill yourself if you are unable to contribute to the "society"? If you are going soon to be homeless? And then fr...
self.depression
I am doing it, I am confessing to my chrush [deleted]
self.Anxiety
I don't know what to say or what I want I am schizophrnic or however is written in english, having also depression, anxiety and sleep problems derivated all from schizo. I have been studying because I have a great mind for programming and I have an unpaid job as part of finishing my studies (like, I do X hours of unpai...
self.depression
Anyone get anxiety from theaters? I love music and plays and so I often want to go see them live. But theaters seem to trigger panic attacks all the time, especially if I'm on the balcony or an upper tier. It's the same thing for arenas and other venues as well. I just get this feeling of claustrophobia and that I'm be...
self.Anxiety
İ am losing my mind... İ dont know how i can endure this bullshit ... İam 21 and suffered almost every stage of my life , things are not going on my way , worst thing is everyone hates me even my family too . They think iam a failure. İam an university student but my grades like an rotten apple on the tree... i have...
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Is it a bad idea to be in a relationship now? [deleted]
self.depression
Is there anyone on here who has actually managed to overcome depression? I just wondered if anyone had any tips. I've got bipolar 2 rapid cycling and I'm SO SO sick of it
self.bipolar
Instead of committing suicide today I chose to go on a hike with my dogs I’ve been battling suicide ideation for as long as I can remember. During the holidays it’s especially awful. My anxiety lately has been excruciatingly intense, hence why I am not participating in thanksgiving with my overbearing family. This morn...
self.bipolar
I really need help to save someone Im not sure if this is the best place, but a friend of mine contacted me that another friend send him a text which seems to be a suicide note. So far he isn't responding and neither i or my other friend know what we should do, since we only know him over steam, no personal information...
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How did this happen? Literally 5 months ago, I was the happiest I've ever been in my entire life. I had a good group of friends, a girl interested in me, and no school to worry about. Now, all my friends hang out without me, on purpose, that same girl hasn't talked to me in 2 months, and my grades are falling by the mi...
self.depression
I think i need help I'm a 24 year old guy who is feeling useless. I have zero real friends. I think mostly because i can't really open up. Probably because of the bullying i suffered when i was young. I have never had a real relanshionship with a girl. I've always been an introvert and shy. I completly lost contact wi...
self.depression
I hate myself so much All this improvement, all this theory, all this reading and I still can’t approach people. All I do is think about how nervous I get when I try to start a conversation and I lock up. Even a girl looking at me like she’s interested, I can’t do anything about it. I can’t believe I just let these o...
self.Anxiety
I'm... not feeling to hot. I'm failing everyone. My parents, my son, everyone. They'd be sad but is one day of sadness worse than a lifetime of a failure coming up short?
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I feel like my heart is going to explode [deleted]
self.Anxiety
The ''YOLO'' and ''Live life to the fullest'' ideas are bullshit and dishonest in their presentation. Here's some reasons why. The first bullshit thing about these corny quotes is that they come with a sort of unspoken rule. What's the rule? Well, it's basically this: You have to do extroverted activities for it to qua...
self.offmychest
The only person to say Happy New Year to me was.... My ex. We were friends up until Dec. 30th but I got tired of her and everything she's been pulling (even when she said she cared) so I stopped texting her completely and decided to leave her in 2017..... She was literally the only person who care enough (besides my f...
self.offmychest
I feel sick. I don’t cry anymore. I don’t want to be around anyone. I don’t want to do anything. Work keeps me getting up everyday. Without it I would probably stare at my ceiling until I passed back out again. I’m so tired. I don’t know if there’s a question in this. There just isn’t anyone else to tell it to.
self.depression
If you could tell any one person one thing right now what would it be?
self.depression
I found a fetish by mistake, and now I wish I didn’t. [deleted]
self.offmychest
Ehh WARNING THIS POST HAS NO GRAMMER AND THE WHOLE THING GOES OFF TRACK. It's time to be edgy as the cool kids like to say. Maybe. What the fuck am I even doing here? This post is mistake probably like a lot of you reading this. Even me hah. Enjoy! I know this shouldn't be something I worry about. I'm in high school....
self.offmychest
Is it possible to find romance/love while depressed? I'm a 27 yr old with the dating experience of a teenager (3 relationships total, longest 6 months). I've always had bad social anxiety and mild/moderate depression since I've been interested in the opposite sex. My depression has recently worsened due to a range of t...
self.depression
Hospital time You don’t realise how bad you’ve gotten until your psychologist and doctor both agree you need to be admitted to a hospital. I guess it shows how bad my head has become if I think my life, actions and behaviour are “normal” but I’m being told they clearly aren’t 🙃 And not just by my doctors, but my frie...
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