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Does anyone else constantly feel like they want to run away from the life they’re currently living? When I start to have a lot of anxiety, and I think about all the people I have disappointed and how much I have fucked up in my life, I always fantasize about getting away from it all. Moving to a city far, far away and ... | self.Anxiety |
is there a point in staying alive? I'm depressed and bipolar. Life is about to take a really big shit on me. I've been staying afloat on borrowed time. In my current state, I really don't see how I can come out this anywhere near "OK" if you would.
I have been dealing with suicidal thoughts since I was a freshman in h... | self.SuicideWatch |
I hate it when I take things personally. I had this in me for a long time, ever since I was a kid in elementary school, I'm a male sophomore student in HS right now if you're wondering, I had a lot of emotional problems since 5th grade. But recently, a few hours ago, I accidentally said something about two of my friend... | self.offmychest |
Dont know how to keep going on, never felt so depressed Not sure what I want to get out of this post, just feel so alone and I have no one to talk to and can't go anywhere. Feel like im suffocating and just want someone to know.
Don't know where to start and im feeling scared of what might happen next. I think my rel... | self.SuicideWatch |
My doctor's appointment went really well After months of feeling hopeless, with thoughts of hurting myself stewing in my head, my doctor's appointment finally came around.
The nurse who saw me mentioned I had scheduled a depression screening and basically asked "what's up." I decided to get to the heart of the matter... | self.depression |
My friend asked me to borrow money One of my good friends that I've known since high school called me at 6 AM this morning and asked me to borrow $400. I was extremely shocked and even had to ask him was it some type of prank. He said it wasn’t and that he had went to a casino last night and lost hundreds of dollars an... | self.offmychest |
Is this anxiety related? I got diagnosed with anxiety around 1 year and a half ago.
Recently started having this one weird thing happening to me at night that prevents me from falling asleep and it's driving me crazy.
I go to bed, get the urge to pee, go to the bathroom, try peeing, but nothing comes out, head once a... | self.Anxiety |
Lamictal Speech Problems? So I’ve seen that people can have trouble with word recall on lamictal and I’ve experienced that in a very small amount, but I’m wondering if this other issue I’m having is also a lamictal Side effect.
Basically I’m mixing up the order of my words or switching the first letters/consonants of... | self.bipolar |
When you're everything but what the world expects from you. Hey. I'm 17 and suffocating. I am lonely as hell. I had nowhere to talk about. Glad I found this forum and I hope you'll help me.
I'm having a severe depression. No doctor told me this, because things like psychological and mental illness are unthinkable in w... | self.depression |
I feel like I’m drowning and I don’t know what to do I’ve had probably the toughest year I’ve ever had. I lost my grandfather, someone I’ve idolized all my life. I’m so deep in debt and I don’t know that I can ever get out of it. I’ve been unhealthy throughout the year. I’ve been single for 5 years and dating just seem... | self.SuicideWatch |
Just looking for a bit of advice :) I usually lurk, and don't post, sometimes comment. So a big thank you for brightening up my day when I need it, this subreddit is great.
Just wanted a tinsy bit of advice. I've been noticing my mood fluctuating lately, but not like to the extremes (when I have episodes they're pret... | self.bipolar |
Does anybody else suffer from PTSD along with bp? I'm 19 years old and was just recently diagnosed with Bipolar. I had already been diagnosed with CPTSD (complex PTSD), which is a form of PTSD most often caused by extended childhood trauma, as opposed to one traumatic event. The combination of the two is absolutely deb... | self.bipolar |
My girlfriend is five years younger than I am. . . . . . And I am twenty one. Tomorrow will mark one year of us being together,
I met her online, an app called whisper to be exact. I was having a hard time in my current relationship, and seeking some sort of emotional support that wasn't my girlfriend (unhealthy, i k... | self.offmychest |
Went to Peru to feel alive, but I just made things worse I spent 3k so I could go see Machu Picchu and feel a sense of self worth. I don't know. The idea of doing something adventurous and out of my very structured comfort-zone seemed like the reset I needed. But good fucking god I feel even more lonely than before. I'... | self.depression |
I have lost hope in life. So I have decided to post about my life story, and how I went from young teenager with dreams and goals in life to adult who has fucked up time and time again and now with no hope in life. A lot has happened, and it has all piled up into one giant mess, and I have nobody to blame but myself fo... | self.SuicideWatch |
Is anyone awake. Im crying. I can’t stop I feel so abandoned and heart broken.. again. My life is so. I don’t even want to type | self.depression |
I feel like I've wasted 5 years of my life [deleted] | self.offmychest |
i don't know if i can do this much longer I'm turning 20 in a few months but part of me feels like I won't make it to my 20th birthday. I have depression and anxiety, my mom had it, my brother has it, and even though I haven't been diagnosed, I know I have it. I've talked to my mother about it but she rode it off as me... | self.SuicideWatch |
My evening was ... amazing. I've been in very dark thoughts but today I had dinner with some people I didn't know too well. After the dinner I was invited to hang out at a person's apartment.
 
We were three people in total who ended up going to buy candy and pastries and then eating it in the apartment. The... | self.depression |
Feels like I'm never going to get "better" Like the title says, sometimes I feel like I'm never going to get better. I've been suffering for roughly 10 years with depression, self harm and suicidal thoughts. I've been suffering with anxiety for a lot longer than that. I was always the shy kid in school and it just got ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Male with low self esteem issues. I now fear I am a bad person after all. Need some help. [deleted] | self.depression |
I hate living in America. I hate it here so much I desperately pray that Dick secretly wanted to bring me back to Germany to meet his little brother, being that he's married with children and all. I hate it here so much you can't take back the fact that that Russian woman's legs were slashed and she bled to death and h... | self.offmychest |
Looking like the end of the road for me... [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I've already accepted I'm probably going to attempt suicide again I'm not actively suicidal right now, but I've come to accept that I'll probably do it again. Things aren't getting better and if they don't I'll go to even more extreme measures than the last couple of attempts. It'll probably be at least 6 months away, ... | self.depression |
I want to die That's all I want... Just to be dead... I just want to kill myself, I don't want to be around here anymore. I hate it here... Why can't I just be dead? | self.SuicideWatch |
How do you say something to your SO without hurting their feelings? So my BF and I have been together for 4 years now. We both come from previous troubled relationships and feel very lucky to have meet each other but here is my deal….I am the principal at a small university and the coordinator of a really big one. I r... | self.offmychest |
Does anyone else daydream about suicide and wonder how would the funeral look like and what would be the reactions? | self.depression |
Anybody else want to just cry, but can't? It's terrible feeling. I want to cry, just let it out, but I can't. It feels like my soul is crying, but i just physically can't get it out. It's like I'm stuck with this pain forever and am not allowed to at least alleviate it in a way. I... just can't explain it... I just hop... | self.depression |
Mom has been struggling after an attempt My mother attempted suicide about six months ago but she’s been depressed for years and has turned to alcoholism for many of those years. As her daughter, living in another state, I would have conversations with her on the phone, most of which were her being really drunk and I ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I don't know what to do, any help is needed. I can barley type this message my hands are shaking so bad so I apologize if make a mistake.
I don't know if I'm allowed to post this here but I don't know what to really do anymore and I don't have anyone to talk to. I've had depression for a few years but recently suicid... | self.depression |
I use binge-reading as an unhealthy way to escape reality and my anxiety. I haven’t read a book in a month, guys 💪🏼 | self.Anxiety |
I miss having friends and a future to look up to [deleted] | self.depression |
I thought my depression was gone but it wasn't (rant) Ever since Schools holidays (and the weeks leading up to school holidays) i began to feel pretty good like really really good. I was happy about my friendships,school, holidays and everything. I saw my therapist and she noticed I was feeling much better and we aren... | self.depression |
It's my birthday today And it's also almost 7 years since my suicide attempt. It's been slow going but I'm finally in therapy.
I won't let depression rule my life anymore. | self.depression |
I just can't anymore Right now it feels like everything is too much.
My dad is moving away, or well, he already did I guess. 600km away from me, with his wife, building a house. He is leaving me, again. He barely talks to me, barely calls or texts. Every time I reach out we talk but only briefly because he is busy do... | self.offmychest |
Being surrounded by happy people during the countdown was agonizing It was like a big fucking slap to the face. A reminder of how fucking depressed and hopeless I am compared to the rest of my family members. Had to go outside and walk for a bit because I didn't want anyone to see me break down.
Idk if I'll still be ... | self.depression |
I feel so uncomfortable right now Oh my goodness. I don't remember the last time I've felt this uncomfortable.
I'm out with my boyfriend and his friends. There's 5 of them total and then there's me. They've been best friends since middle school so they're all talking amongst themselves and laughing around. I'm literal... | self.Anxiety |
Welbutrin and sucky sex Do any of you taking welbutrin, of any dose and frequency, notice that sex just isn't good or as good anymore? | self.bipolar |
i know what i have to do to get better; however, i don’t have the motivation nor concentration to do it anybody in the same boat?:( | self.depression |
People are too fucking fake Idk maybe I just feel this way because I'm socially awkward as fuck and really, really hate having to play a part in order to be my "best self" for others to see (and also really bad at it), but idk when I talk to people I feel like I'm constantly questioning the authenticity of how others t... | self.depression |
I'm so angry at everything, need to vent Ok, so this is basically just to vent, but i've been feeleng so angry for like 2 or 3 days, first there is this new psychiatrist I tried, and I explained to him that 2 others psy think I'm bipo, that AD make it all worse, guess what he try to prescribe to me ? See you never fuck... | self.bipolar |
I bought an electric keyboard. At $500, it's a significant purchase, but I don't regret it in the least.
I played piano for 11 years and it is how I channeled my manic energy so, so many times as a kid, never realizing what I was really doing, and I got good. Like actually, self taught good.
And now I can revisit tha... | self.bipolar |
I made a decision to create a fake Instagram account, and it's hurt me. NOTE: I used this Instagram account to post a meme, and did not assume the identity of anyone else nor did I use any photos of people.
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I have an interest in this guy, so I decided to follow his Instagram with a fake meme account one I made.... | self.depression |
The only reason I haven’t jumped in front of the train is because they have this barrier stopping me and I don’t want to ruin the day of the conductor and the passengers. God I’m such a pussy. | self.SuicideWatch |
having to do things i can't just stay in bed because society expects me to do things, i can't stay and be no one, i have to go out and talk to people and all i want to do is not do anything because nothing is worth it. i felt good today and now i feel like total shit. i want to cry but can't because there's people arou... | self.depression |
I'm tired of suffering. I don't know if anyone's heard of the book "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." Now hold on, I'm getting somewhere with this. In this book there are five people who are endlessly tortured by a computer. I'm too lazy to look up the rest of the plot, but I know at the end four of them are mercy ki... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anybody suffer automatic thoughts? I've had them for as long as I can remember and it's spoiled my quality of life quite severely.
They often happen without any doing on my part. I get ones a lot about my dad. I often get these scenarios in my head where we're fighting. When I'm alone, sometimes I say things aloud ... | self.depression |
Worried about my boyfriend's mum hey guys, i have diagnosed OCD which is an anxiety disorder so of course naturally i would be more anxious than the average person
so i (17F) have been with my boyfriend (17M) for a year and 3 months now. he is the most wonderful guy i've met
his mum however.... is the most unstable p... | self.Anxiety |
Have you ever been so Manic that... Have you ever been so manic that you thought you were on a mission from God? Have you ever been so manic that you waited all night and morning for Circuit City (a now defunct electronics store) to open and then spent $4000 in one day even though you made $5/hour? Have you ever been s... | self.bipolar |
I'm such a failure at life that I couldn't even join a sports team today because of social anxiety. Starting to seriously consider I'm just not cut out for living. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I consider myself dead I consider myself dead and waiting for the afterlife. I'm 29 and have no friends. I try to get the motivation to do something but it won't ever happen. I'm not attractive enough to get a girlfriend.
So each day I just sleep a lot and hope I will eventually die of old age at like 80 or 90 years ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I could write a lot I could write a lot, I could talk about all the traumas I've lived, emotionally, sexually.. I could write hundred pages about what's wrong with me. But what's the point? No one comments on it or gives a fuck anyways.
I'm not okay. I've not been okay for the past 7 years. It's bad. I'm in constant p... | self.depression |
I'm pessimistic I have n oreason to be positive. Life sucks. Its all about work work work and more work till you die. But it doesnt pay off, most people stay poor. Life simply sucks. Why should i stay positive? About what? There is nothing positive in the world. The World sucks and life sucks. Simply as that. | self.SuicideWatch |
Just discovered I might be bipolar and first meds (lamictal) hello everyone. first of all happy new year of all of you.
I have been in a pysch ward since 4 months because I felt really lost in life. it's a nice creative place where they don't encourage medications, I was not taken any until 3 days ago.
the psychiatri... | self.bipolar |
I need to be touched nonsexually so bad it actually hurts [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Suicidal thoughts Been feeling down since I was 13 im now 18 and about to fail my 1st year in gymnasium for the 3rd time due to not attending class.
Today was the first time I felt suicidal while crying in bed. I just dont see the point in life anymore. | self.SuicideWatch |
Attempted today. Again. Attempted 2 times in the past week, both by hanging, backed out both times. Hasn’t really sunk in yet. | self.SuicideWatch |
Funny how people change when they see the real sides of major depression. [deleted] | self.depression |
I dropped out of high school and I’m too stupid at math to get my GED That’s all | self.depression |
It's a daily struggle to not relapse My boyfriend who I gave my whole self to of two years dumped me in October. Since then I've been seriously trying to focus on getting over him and loving myself. Before I even go into what I've been doing, I need to give some background into just how important he was to me and how a... | self.depression |
I so badly want to tell my friend about my depression. I have a friend that also has depression, they actually attempted suicide over the summer (I just found out). I want to tell her I have depression so badly but she recently stopped talking to me. | self.depression |
Just starting Sertraline/zoloft - Alcholol questions (soz for poor title spelling)
I searched the sub already and people's reports on here were all really helpful!
My doctor told me to start on 50mg but based on what I read (and my nerves, ironically) I've started on 25mg and going to work up to 50 next week (the le... | self.Anxiety |
Scared of meds side effects Extremely depressed at the moment. Am prescribed lithium but stopped taking it after a week when I was starting to feel weird vibrations every 3 seconds in my left foot. I know I need something, but im thinking lithium may be too harsh. Am I wrong or should i just make another appointmen... | self.bipolar |
Update on son and mood So I was up at 2am and I'm still going strong. My son has an above average IQ and is testing at or above grade level is math, reading, and writing. He shows no signs of social or psychological problems.
He does have a mild case of ADHD. I'm devastated even though it was mostly good news. I just ... | self.bipolar |
Is this another byproduct of depression or something else? I look different to myself every day. Some days way more mature and sharp, others I look girly and young.. others I look angry and dirty, some maybe I look cheerful and youthful..
What the fuck I swear I look like a different person any other day and I’m too s... | self.depression |
Have any of you gone on medical leave in the middle of getting a higher education? How did it go for you? [deleted] | self.depression |
just another one of those 'depressed teenagers' Feels extremely wrong writing here for some odd reason. Anyways, since grade 6 , or age 10 ( I think that's the right grade) there has rarely a day that's passed where I haven't thought about killing myself. It started out with my parents divorcing and then everything's g... | self.offmychest |
I am at my end. I don't think there's any reason for me to live on. My parents hate me, especially my mom, who, for some reason, loves yelling at me and reminding me that I'm a failure. My sibling hate me, I don't know why. I don't have any real friends, because who wants to be friends with an emo 14 year old? Worst of... | self.SuicideWatch |
Self Care Sunday! Post Your Self Care Plans Here! Welcome to Self-care Sunday! Post your plans for self care here. I'll post mine in the comments. | self.bipolar |
I am alone and feel like I have no other options [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Cat died... never felt so depressed in my life [deleted] | self.depression |
Lost everyone because I reached out for help. Can't cope with these feelings anymore. Started drinking after work today. Went home, alone and sat with myself. Never really have done well being drunk alone. As much as I love time to myself, once I have a few drinks, I start getting depressed. Tried to hit up some friend... | self.depression |
How do I stop sleeping too much? I've been trying for a long time to get out of my bad habit of napping. My therapist keeps pushing making an activity schedule, and I keep trying. I can't seem to stick to it. I am not working right now, and am looking for work. But the boredom and feeling of being useless has caught u... | self.Anxiety |
Careers for someone with generalised anxiety? Recently I quit my job due to having a nervous breakdown. The anxiety I suffered every single day I worked was too much to tolerate. I have social anxiety but it's beyond that too. Everything at work causes me anxiety, especially the fast-paced manner of the job. It is not ... | self.Anxiety |
Organic mercury scare (health anxiety spree) So I kinda punched my air conditioner and for some reason I thought i was exposed I don't even know if organic mercury is in air conditioners I'm not even a chemist lol | self.Anxiety |
Treatment of an illness. Is there actual treatment for major depression? I have been mindful and proactive as far as I can tell? and I think I’ve just not got the neurons because... been depressed my whole life. I know that there is no one answer, but I can’t start a life when I never had one. Also crosses with my - S... | self.depression |
Is anyone else content in their depression? I've been depressed what feels like my entire life. I was diagnosed when I was 13, and I'm 20 now. Last month I broke up with my boyfriend of 3 years, and I feel ~amazing.~ Not because I'm any less depressed than I was before- I am the exact same piece of shit I was a month a... | self.depression |
Does anyone else find that they still have physical anxiety symptoms even when they're not really anxious? I get chest pains, headaches, and tingling extremities among other symptoms of anxiety, and even when I feel calm I feel these symptoms and I'm wondering if other people feel the same. It makes me think that my bo... | self.Anxiety |
Just had a panic attack Today's panic attack has been sponsored by all the doubts, worries and fears I have concerning friendship.
I worry and doubt the ones I have. I fear the act of reaching out to them. I worry I'll be a burden, too much whilst the few friends I have, have nothing but been supportive. Heck I called... | self.Anxiety |
Oh no, this is horrible ok sorry I maybe shouldn't vent here and there's some haters on reddit and I worry too much about stuff but I v..vented anyways
DUDE I VENTED ALL OF YESTERDAY after drinking beer and ppl acted like I'm crazy especially my bro
TODAY I watched db super with my bro and
he literally took over 11... | self.Anxiety |
I can't hold a job for longer than a week [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Help for intrusive thoughts please?! Okay this is driving totally insane and I can't function normally because of it, I have had intrusive thoughts basically for as long as I can remember, though now they are pushing me closer and closer to insanity. I am only focusing on one disturbing thought now which I really only ... | self.Anxiety |
Depression doesn't just take my enjoyment away, it makes me forget it even existed at all. I hate how seasonal depression makes me forget how life can be enjoyed. I see people working and excelling at it, and can't imagine how they do it. When just 4 months ago that was me. | self.depression |
Does feeling better make you nervous? I've been severely depressed for a long time, but this last week I've felt better. I'm not sure why, nothing has changed in my life or routine.
I've been able to be hopeful about life and have been more active and have gotten some projects done.
I'm scared that this won't last ... | self.bipolar |
Bipolar Depression I have been dealing with bipolar for well over three years, including three severe depressions (one of which I am currently emerging from). I was hoping to find an avenue where we could generally chat about the disorder and offer practical tips to one another. | self.bipolar |
What Other way to reassure oneself than eating? Hello, I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember and have taken the habit to over-eat to calm down the anxiety and feel reassured. This is damaging my health so can you advise me other ways to feel reassured? Thanks :) | self.Anxiety |
I have type 1 herpes and I don't know if I will tell my future partner [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I have never felt as low as I do today [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I have savings, checkings, cd’s, and Roth IRA. Do my parents get it if I commit suicide? Will there be legal issues? I have no debt. I can get jobs. I can get girls. I can make money. I have friends. My family enjoy my company. Life’s just a struggle with aspergers. That’s all. | self.SuicideWatch |
My childhood trauma may have traumatized someone else. Hi. This is actually my first post ever on reddit after someone suggested I come to this forum.
When I was 3 or 4 (can't remember which) I experienced an extremely horrifying traumatic event (may have happened more than once) that my undeveloped mind and body pro... | self.offmychest |
thoughts i had while i'm laying here tired but unable to sleep if you load 1 bullet into the chamber of a revolver and spin it you have a 1/6 chance of dying. if you die are you lucky or unlucky?
if a car runs over you and you die, are you lucky or unlucky?
if you die without committing necessarily "suicide" are you ... | self.depression |
Holidays I only have another week of school until I get Christmas holidays off (16 and in Australia), and because I'm in year 11, we get 8 weeks off. What really makes me hate myself is that I should be so excited about these holidays. No school, no assignments, no worries. But that is obviously not the case if I'm ven... | self.depression |
I had sex for the first time in 6 years Might be a little graphic. Will try to keep it clean.
The title might seem like a brag, but it's really not. I slept with a girl the other night and now it's got me doubting myself, and making me angry. I'm not really sexually active mainly because I don't care to put the effort... | self.offmychest |
Would finding a new job help with depression? I work a retail job and that job is just the bane of my existence. I dread every aspect of it, that jobs puts me in a really bad mood every single day I work. I know work isn't play, but I've never had a job I've hated this much. I'm thinking its gotta be adding onto my dep... | self.depression |
I hate periods and PMS and everything related I fucking hate the week before my period. I rapid cycle multiple times within a day, I feel like I am going to crawl out of my skin but I also want to binge eat the world and never talk to anyone ever again. The other day I thought there were bugs inside of me and I needed ... | self.bipolar |
Its new years, and though I cant announce what I am, I am not ashamed of it. I have bi polar 2 disorder, which manifested as juvenile bp2. I am a recovering anorexic and bulemic, I have new daily persistent headache. I am disabled. I have disablities. And 2018 is not a year I am going to hide from who I am, from how fa... | self.bipolar |
I'm trapped and wish that things would change. It's become hard for me not to wake up and burst out in tears everyday now. Like many others, I don't really like where i'm at in life at the moment. The worst part of it all is that it's not going to get any better soon.
I've been a NEET for a year now, and I only recent... | self.offmychest |
Depression is a situation when a relatively immature (as in poorly adapted to act in today's society) mind finds itself in a body that is as mature as anyone else's. I don't even know why this thought popped up in my head. Maybe that's just me who is immature. Or just plain dumb. Or both... | self.depression |
Ive come to the agonizing realization that my boyfriend relapsed on drugs. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
i am just sick of life most things i do to make a day pass are boring and simply make me angry even to the point i hurt myself , and the fact im always feeling sick isnt helping either
why shouldnt i just end it , it would be so much easier and i know there wont be another way to be painfree anyway , im still debating... | self.SuicideWatch |
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