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I’m so fucking tired i’m tired of going into work and having to act like i didn’t just lay in bed eating ice cream all day and like i’m not wearing clothes i haven’t washed in 3 weeks. and i’m tired of my own fucking brain being out to get me. “everyone at work thinks you’re gross and doesn’t like you. all of your frie...
self.depression
Im a complete mess I need to get my shit together I've cut myself for almost a year now havent been diagnosed with anything everyone in my school thinks im a fuck boy Because of rumours i fingered someone and took a photo of another girls ass all I've had is a few close friends but 2 of them keep calling me a fuck boy ...
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I feel like I have nothing in common with people. Every friendship I have is forced. [deleted]
self.Anxiety
My new meds aren't working, and I'm not being paid by social services anymore. [deleted]
self.bipolar
Alcohol, social anxiety, bad dreams and getting better Ok, background: I moved to a new country, and still haven't connected to anyone in the group of people I see the most socially, who I have met through family. I haven't opened up to them and feel unable to, due to/resulting in being very quiet and tense at parties ...
self.Anxiety
Has anyone else ever experienced "loud thoughts"? Sometimes, especially when I'm trying to sleep, my thoughts get so overwhelming I feel like they get louder and louder. It doesn't happen too often when I stay busy throughout the day, but when I'm trying to unwind and empty my mind, it's like an increasingly aggravatin...
self.Anxiety
Advice for therapy? I suffer from bad hypnophobia and don't know how to go about finding the right therapist, what to expect from sessions, etc. Hoping to learn to deal with it better through therapy. Any advice on how to go about the therapy process is much appreciated.
self.Anxiety
Has anyone ever had a panic attack so bad that the next day they thought they were dead? (Terrified) [deleted]
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i want to die, there is a place where i want to do it, but what happens if i fail? im not afraid of dying, i hate my life, i hate what i am. but what happens if i fail?, i asked my mother what would happen to me if i attempted suicide, she said, she would disown me, as i will affect her and her families reputation. wh...
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interesting title there’s one thing that keeps happening to me which i never understood what is. have anyone ever felt like their body is skeletal, like when you lay down and feel your arms etc. it feels like they are made out of bones only? im a skinny boi but this is nothing like being skinny.. my teeth become weir...
self.bipolar
I can no longer take care of my son I gave up everything for a man. My career, my home, my car, every penny to my name. I’ve also managed to give up my dignity, my self worth, and mental health. I allowed him to trap me here. So I have to leave or I will die. I have nothing, therefore my sweet boy cannot be provi...
self.offmychest
Anyone else come to the realization that no one can help you? I feel like, even in my experience with 7 therapists over 10 years, that there isn't anyone who truly understands. Therapists are good with low hanging fruit, people who have been through trauma or are moderately depressed, but I feel like the truly chronica...
self.depression
College is supposed to be a good thing, right? I went to UCLA. No place will destroy your self esteem faster and more egregiously than there. Every domain I encountered, I was told I wasn't good enough. Academics? Cutthroat competition; end result: straight C+'s. Work? Tried to get promoted, rejected not once, but twi...
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Never have I ever been yelled at as I’m leaving on my last day of work until... I really want to post about this, but figured it’d be unprofessional to post about it on my Facebook in case it somehow got around, so here I am. I started working at a non profit last August in a building that held many of the community ...
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Struggling to Return to work after lengthy sick leave [deleted]
self.Anxiety
I keep going on a cycle of new treatments that work then don't, does this ever end? I keep finding success in certain drugs or therapies for depression for a little while then a 6 months to a year I'm back thinking suicidal thoughts again. I know it's related to being unemployed, after I was let go from my last job I j...
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Depression I m fucking a girl since last couple of years and she is the first one .. which means i have been virgin for 25 years till i met her!!! But i got to know i her 24th guy... she told me earlier as well!!! She is the kind of girl i hv always asked for and honestly thought this will go one day but things have tu...
self.depression
I don't have a reason I just want to give up. I have fought hard for the past 5 years with depression. It's gotten to the point where I don't even want to get out of bed in the mornings. I have tried a plethora of medications, and still am searching, but nothing helps. When I ask for help from family and friends, the m...
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[NAW] an open letter to you, because it's still on my mind. [deleted]
self.offmychest
i don't know what to put here I'm not quite sure where to begin. I'm nearly 19 but I've been experiencing depressive episodes and suicidal thoughts since I was 10 and 11 respectively. It's just.. so hard to go on like this. I don't want to die but I don't want to be alive even more.
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It's nice to be recognized sometimes. There's a little mom and pop joint I hit up sometimes for a delicious gyro and their amazing fries. I've been here so often with a particular order the folks here see me coming and start it up. Lol, they ask about my kids, work, life. Such nice people are a breath of fresh air afte...
self.bipolar
I’m gonna do it I’m going to do it tomorrow. I’ve finally had enough. I just don’t care anymore. I’m even posting on my main even though a friend of mine knows my account name. I’m just done dealing with any of this. I’m 19 and i’ve been dealing with depression for 6 years almost. Ive been through two severe heartbreak...
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I feel like a failure because I've had to move home to deal with my mental illness I've been just fine living abroad for over a year, but I came home for the holidays with the intent to move on to another country afterwards. But in the last week or so before I came home, my mental health dropped off a cliff. And it has...
self.bipolar
Insights from over two years of custom mood tracking (SO MUCH DATA) **Some background statistics are needed to understand these interpretations, and I'll do the most basic explanation I can to make it most accessible (while risking misrepresenting it; if you want to get pedantic and explain it better in the comments, g...
self.bipolar
I can't be happy So, since early 2016, I started feeling depressed, wanted to kill myself, and feeling like I'm not good at anything and my life doesn't have a sense, and this last summer, things started to be better and feel better, but the last week I just broke up with my girlfriend and I started feeling bad and de...
self.depression
I don't think I can ever be alone. I'm not an unsociable person, I tend to perform best when I feel like I fit into a group, or I feel that I contribute something. I have a very small circle of friends, who I see very often. And I try to keep myself occupied by constantly socialising. But then I have my off days, wher...
self.depression
The holidays :/ well I had a good month and now this I had a good month last month I was strong and confident I'd be able to work though it. Now the holidays and I'm missing my mom. In the last month I have lost everything. Got sick with liver failure lost my job my girl left me I lost my apartment and my body is dying...
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My dog is the only thing that prevented my suicide last night. [deleted]
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He groped me! I’ve been traveling all day so I’ve been really tired. I finally got some sleep on the plane. I was asleep for maybe an hour when I woke up and felt the guy next to me rubbing me inner thigh. He was like 50!
self.offmychest
How to get help for the first time with parents making it difficult? I am a high school senior and for the past few years I’ve been having emotional struggles. I would sometimes get extremely angry and try to punch things to hurt myself, but more often I would break down in tears and overreact to situations that should...
self.depression
i become anxious about the times i couldn't do the things i am supposed to do due to anxiety i had just a vicious cycle
self.Anxiety
He Landed a huge opportunity but i can't say anything... My husband got an interview with Amazon for their international team, he's nearly got the job, just waiting on the phonecall confirming it all. If we do get it it means a big up heaval in our lives and we have a roommate. It means moving in the new year, it mean...
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Thinking about going to the doctor about my mental health for the first time and scared I won’t be taken seriously. First of all, sorry this is so long. I spent too long wondering if I should even post this so I’m just going to do it. I’m 23 and in university. I’ve never talked to anyone about my mental health before ...
self.depression
"Emptiness is filling me, to the point of agony" [deleted]
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Should I or should I not?? I am 13 and in grade 8 I have been contemplating suicide since seven I still not completely decided on whether I want to end it all yet or not. I have attempted a couple times it failed and every time I even start talking about it people say think about the people around you and your family a...
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Does it ever get better? I've been dealing with depression for almost a decade. In that time I haven't been in a relationship and the way I view myself has been trending downward. No matter where I live, what I'm doing career-wise or what medication I'm on, the best I can hope for is an occasional moral victory "good d...
self.depression
I Miss Foursquare The elementary school game. Call me immature, but I would play the shit out of that game every day if I still could. Get a nice, well inflated rubber ball and three friends just play our hearts out like the old days. The buds I have these days definitely wouldn't be down for stuff like that. It kinda ...
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I'm still hung up on my past relationships.. Even though I know there is no going back, and I think I have moved on. But recently a few men I have not spoken to in YEARS just decide to message me out of the blue. And just like that, I'm wondering why they are reaching out, and will I ever see them again, and how nice i...
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Overcoming anxiety and being happy I have made a video to help others overcome anxiety and depression and put in my deep thoughts and feelings so u can be happy. I hope that someone can benefit from this 😊 I'm a new youtuber but have experienced many things and overcome so I hope to help you too 😊 please like and sub...
self.Anxiety
I think I’m a sociopath I have all the textbook symptoms, i do all of them. I think it’s better i were never born honestly
self.offmychest
Maybe I don't deserve to be happy? I hurt the person I love and care about most. Now she's out of my life. Sometimes I wonder if I would be better off dead. That way I wouldn't be able to hurt anyone. Maybe her life would have been better if she never even met me.
self.depression
When I get manic, I get happy and angry at the same time. The anger seems to fuel the happiness in a strange way though, it’s a feeling of success towards all my past enemies. Wish I could just get them out of my head, but I’m glad I’m at least feeling happy [deleted]
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Starting To Hate My Therapist ii'm not sure if it's his fault or what... i've been struggling with depression for years. this is the 6th therapist i've seen and i haven't made as much progress as i want. i feel like this whole situation is hopeless. i find it hard to express myself sometimes and i don't feel like he ta...
self.bipolar
Turned 25 today. Just can't believe it. I really can't. I have learning problems that have affected my life for the worse. I have been depressed since childhood and these days I am not even feel happy or enjoy anything no more. My learning problems have affected my ability to learn skills, and process information. No ...
self.depression
Scared for my dog He ate 4 grapes earlier today by accident. I know it's my fault, I should've kept an eye out for the grocery bags. I really hope he's okay and the emergency vet told me to watch him over night. I just hope he's okay and doesn't have long term issues. I know dogs can die and his vet isn't open tomorrow...
self.offmychest
I just want to say I am in love for the first time in 10 years. I broke up with my gf (10 years relationship) like 2 and half months ago, after a sadistic for me relationship, and now i met a really awesome girl and i am in love for the first time after sooo much time. My life is back. It feel really awesome. Never loo...
self.depression
A thing that happens when I talk about suicide... When I talk about how much I want to die, I smile. Sometimes I make jokes about it. I laugh while saying how much I hate myself. I don't really know why. My only guesses are that it's to be polite, or maybe downplay it. Is this weird?
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My ex is stalking and harassing me, and I want to take legal action. This is an account of my relationship with a man who I met during a time when I was emotionally distraught and vulnerable. I know it's long, just bear with me.   I came back home for winter break. Being home always disturbs me and bring...
self.offmychest
I don’t know if I can do this anymore I don’t even know where to start this. Fuck I hate this disease. My medicine isn’t working anymore. Even if I take it in the morning I can feel when it wears off. I try to block it out every day at work. By the time I leave I’m on the verge of tears from this knot in my chest. I ...
self.depression
I'm falling apart It's all coming undone. I can't do this shit anymore. I'll be fired for sure. My mommy will be so upset. I hate all of this. I just want it to be fucking over. All I want is peace.
self.depression
I want to kill myself. I've been thinking about it all day. Shoot myself or the rope or something. I have pills but it's not enough. Ugh. I can't think straight rn. All I know is that I don't want to wake up tomorrow. I've had enough of this "life," and I don't want to wake up as me.
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My friend died. Now I keep asking myself if I have a right to be sad. I found out Tuesday morning. Initially I was just shocked–I think the first words out of my mouth were "oh shit". He was an acquaintance in high school that I'd stayed in touch with in the years that followed to some degree. He was good friends with...
self.offmychest
Clean your room. **Preface:** *You're probably on this sub right now looking for some sort of answer or wisdom to dampen the chaos racking your brain right now. I get it - that's usually why I'm here. You may be looking at this wall of text and thinking, "Christ, do I really want to commit to this?". Listen, if you'r...
self.Anxiety
Need advice about severely depressed roommate (and I'm depressed too) My roommate, who's also my closest friend, moved to the other side of the country to live with me. He was having a hard time in the big city he'd been living in, was falling into debt and depression, and decided to make a fresh start. I told him I'd ...
self.depression
Need to get this apology out there... Dear You: I’m sorry that we are no longer friends. I’m sorry for how it ended, I wish we could have had an actual conversation. I hope one day you find the job of your dreams. I want you to find your beauty and self worth. I hope you finally realize that your family is not in ...
self.offmychest
Plans I'm not sure if I'll do it, and it won't be soon. I have obligations, work, family. But I'm beginning the process. Writing the letters. Getting a will. Paying outstanding debt. Burning diaries. I have most of December off from work and I want to be prepared in case it's then. Or maybe I'll have dug myself out of ...
self.depression
I'm going to a concert alone tonight... It's a drum and bass gig with a bunch of artists that I'm crazy about and have been wanting to see live for ages. I couldn't find anyone who wanted to go with me but for once I'm not going to let that stop me from enjoying myself so I'm going alone. I'm calling this as the start ...
self.depression
I hate the way i look..its affecting everything i do and i might be depressed [deleted]
self.depression
Birthday tomorrow. Feeling lonely Hey guys, So, just moved to a different state about 2 months ago for work. I don't have friends or family to spend time with that are close by. I dislike going out for my birthday as it is, but I really don't want to spend all day inside doing menial Sunday things. What do you guys do...
self.Anxiety
Does anyone knows of any good chatroom? My loneliness has reached rock bottom, i just want someone to talk to, just want to feel like there's another human interested in what i have to say.
self.depression
i hate myself and im not sure i want to do anything about it [deleted]
self.offmychest
"X, I think I'm better off dead" I sometimes imagine confessing this to someone. I don't remember any point in my life where I never wished I was gone, maybe not dead, but simply non-existent. But neither have I ever opened up this feeling to anyone I'm close with, I don't really need attention, pity, or patronizing wo...
self.offmychest
do showers ever make you feel calm? when i get in the shower i feel calm and almost a sense of peace. I forget all my problems and the world around me becomes good. I take long showers lol but after im done, the problems start again. Wish i could take a shower forever
self.depression
I think I may need medication but I'm scared I started taking medication around december 2014 when I spent a week in a mental health facility. My mom told me that the facility would be able to run tests to see if I had a chemical imbalance. I was naive and I thought they would run a brain scan, my mom said they would. ...
self.Anxiety
Dad With Anger Issues. Bit Scared. Would Like Support. [deleted]
self.offmychest
I think its time i took the plunge.... So i dont really know why im posting this, its not like anyone can change my mind at this point. Long story short, i plan to die this week. I am unemployed, in debt, have no one to turn to and have done everything i possibly can to change my situation. I just cant take it anymore,...
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How low can my self esteem possibly go? Since I was eleven my brain has felt like a tangled heavy mess firing on all cylinders. I am a short, obese, severely sensitive, severely depressed, severely socially awkward Aspie with (Pure-O) OCD who gets taken advantage of and disrespected by my those that should be my good ...
self.depression
New to reddit, but seeking some suggestions I've struggled with depression for most of my adult life. I'm only 29 but sometimes I get these feelings of complete hopelessness. It can happen at any time, even when things are going really well. Is there anything I can do that could maybe help me snap out of it? It truly i...
self.depression
It feels like I do everything right. And yet... [deleted]
self.depression
Why are bipolar disorder and psychosis closely associated if the diagnosis is based on periods of depression and mania? [deleted]
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My Gran passed and i cant get past it. She raised me, loved and accepted me unconditionally, and no one else ever has. She passed about a year and a third ago, right after her birthday. I was there, i held her hand and felt it go cold. Rapid succession after that one of my best friends little sister committed suicide a...
self.depression
does anyone else chain smoke on very bad days? wondering if this is just me (and yes im fucking aware smoking is bad for me, please dont lecture me about it)
self.depression
Hi! It’s 7.45 am and I just cried, I just had to share it. Yeah, I just got to work and I had to go to the bathroom and cry for a bit.
self.depression
how to report myself to the school counselor? i really need to talk to someone about my depression/anxiety/self harm. i unspokenly terminates with my therapist, and have been out of therapy for three months. in this time not only have i relapsed, i’ve also just been incredibly depressed. i want to see the school couns...
self.depression
Long distance love, what I've wanted to tell you for years. [deleted]
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I hate my best friend's girlfriend (and she hates me) [deleted]
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I thought I'd share two quotes that I liked/felt I could relate to. I don't know why I feel like sharing them here, but maybe somebody can take something away from them. They're both from Emil Cioran and his work *The Trouble of Being Born*. The first goes as "It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you ...
self.depression
Recovering from my First Manic Episode, Looking for inspiration I'm 23 and I worked very hard in my life to get to a place where I could get my dream job. I worked there for 6 weeks until my first ever episode happened and the mania and psychosis were in the driver's seat. Basically I was rapidly cycling so fast that I...
self.bipolar
I'm going to have a revenge on you because you're the worst person. (NAW) My friend's girlfriend's sister was super drunk at my friend's. She entered my guest bedroom, went through my purse. She injected herself with my EPI, drowned my sleeping meds and finished my expensive inhaler. After, she took my work knife out o...
self.offmychest
Feeling like shit, music isn't helping as much. Could use recommendations. [removed]
self.depression
Goodbye message to my ex that im too scared to send [deleted]
self.offmychest
Looking for a good weighted comforter. I want to get one for my wife for her anxiety. Quality is more important than money to me, so if the gravity blanket is the best one on the market I'm fine with spending the $250 for it. If there's a better one out there though I would rather get that. Any suggestions are apprecia...
self.Anxiety
I’m so depressed that I don’t feel like doing anything. Then I think about how small my problems are compared to people going through real shit and it makes me feel even worse about myself for feeling so bad for myself. [deleted]
self.depression
Went on Facebook after a long time.. huge mistake The only social media I use often are Youtube and Reddit. I have a Facebook account, but there are no pictures or info and I don't go on it often. I gave in and was curious about what people were posting on New Year's Eve...and I immediately regretted it. Most people we...
self.depression
Is life this mundane and pointless ? Does it get better ? I'm 18 years old and 3 days ago I gave the biggest exam (yet) of my life. Can't say I did good on that, but can't say I did bad either. It's just that I didn't study for it at all. It has hit me, now, that what have I done nothing meaningful in life. Nothing. No...
self.depression
ED Comorbidity with Bipolar Pretty much as the title says, been diagnosed with 'ED similar to Anorexia' and I was wondering if anyone else had any similar experiences?
self.bipolar
Meds besides hydroxyzine and buspar that aren't benzos? I already take buspirone twice daily and hydroxyzine as needed, but my anxiety is still intense, almost unbearable. It's been like this for the past year and a half. My pdoc prescribes ambien for a sleep disorder and refuses to prescribe any other benzos. Just abo...
self.Anxiety
I'm so lonely. I'm so lonely. Nobody responds to my texts. Nobody replies to my good news. Nobody cares. Everyone is wrapped up in their neat little lives. Social lives. Boyfriends. Girlfriends. Everyone gets one but me. I'm just a third wheel. An afterthought. I've never really felt a part of anything. I always feel l...
self.offmychest
Belly breathing kinda makes me feel panicked? I'm struggling a bit with anxiety attacks while out and about lately after one of my bigger fears became a lot more real, and I've tried to do deep breathing to calm myself down. But I really struggle with it. Something about the tightness in my stomach when I try to breath...
self.Anxiety
Halloween and scary things as a potential trigger? (paranoia, mixed episodes) This might be a bit of a strange question, but here it goes. I never really have plans for Halloween (it's not very big in my country), but I like the horror genre, so I always like to at least watch a couple horror movies, or read creepypast...
self.bipolar
Broke up with the girl I love because of my depression/anxiety I have had problems with anxiety since my previous relationship, mainly related to relationship anxieties. I met my girlfriend in the summer holidays and we dated until we went to university. Whilst at uni we decided not to do long distance but ended up f...
self.depression
Confused im only 14 years old, so i know people wont take this serious but I just hate life, im fat, ive never had a girlfriend, i don't have any friends, My mind is just fucked and i hate life, i feel like whatever i do something bad happens, Does anyone else relate ?
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Bad first experience So I just left my first psych evaluation. After calling 8 doctors and places only one could see me. They weren’t my first choice as the facility is an intense outpatient program, but I specifically asked if they did the evaluation and I didn’t need intense outpatient, that they could recommend othe...
self.bipolar
paralyzed in fear of the future Visiting my parents right now and everyone is relaxed and happy, yet here I sit on the couch just staring into the air, overthinking my entire life. Getting more and more of a stomach ache and nowhere near a solution the more I think but just avoiding the thoughts doesn't work either bec...
self.Anxiety
Please tell me why I should get out of bed this weekend [deleted]
self.depression
Get occasional thoughts about beating up my rude brother... I have to hear him yelling with his friends while playing his video games and hearing the hateful shit spewing from his mouth because my parents can't be bothered to get more involved with his life and teach him some manners is throwing me up the wall. Worst ...
self.offmychest
Feeling lost. Don't know what to do. This past year has been the worst of my life. I'm completely lost and unsure what to do. My wife left me a year ago after her feelings seemed to change and me acting out, especially when drinking, because I felt a lack of compassion and feeling distant. I recently quit my job as a c...
self.depression
I can't explain this feeling I'm just empty, sounds stupid right but it's just how I feel right now, well more like I don't feel any emotion. It's like I'm standing in a moving crowd but I'm just standing there. I can't sleep, I can't talk to anyone in person about it, and I don't know what to do. I don't know how to m...
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There is no light at the end of the tunnel [deleted]
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I want to end my life The last 3 years have been sad for me. I don't have real friends. I can't go out with nobody. My girlfriend left out of nowhere 5 days before my birthday. I've been on antidepressants. I hate my job. I hate everything. Me and my ex had a great relationship once and she turned on me. Who knows if...
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