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I Didn't Think I'd Be Back Here So Soon I asked out my crush a couple of weeks ago, and she said yes. I was happy. Like really happy to move on and start a new. But then last week, she shared with me what was going on with her life. This is where I learned that she was depressed. To add, she mentioned that she might no...
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You reap what you sow. Never truly understood the phrase till I read a book on highly successful habits. Put simply they put forward a scenario of school cramming as opposed to doing daily progress and properly educating yourself and all I can think is wow this is me. Hit me hard feel anxious but ready to confront th...
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all the things i wanted to say to you I lied today. I want you more than I've ever wanted anyone before. I've never wanted anyone the way I want you. I want your breath on my cheek and your hands on my waist and I want to feel your fingers again like I did that one time by simple accident because there is no possibl...
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I’m going to let the god decide my faith Selling or donating everything I have, clean my room. Gonna take as much pill as possible. I know it has a low chance of success rate, I’m just gonna let the god decide whether I’m gonna die or live.
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Some parting words. After years and years of feeling unhappy and miserable I've come to the conclusion that I don't have what it takes to make it in this world. I've tried and tried and I can never get anywhere. I used to have hope, you always hear: "things will get better in time" Well, time has passed, this is later,...
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I hate you I try my best to make you happy, I do all my school work, top of my class, and I just want you to be proud of me. I think you are proud of me in your own way, but sometimes you just make me put that in a box and never let me feel good about it. You make me wanna cry and stop trying. Of course its my desk you...
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Life insurance is keeping me alive, today. Suicidal thoughts are common in my head. I’m sure that’s not “normal” per se, but it is normal for me. My thoughts get bad at work? I work graveyard audit. The lack of sleep wears on me. I know I have “a lot to live for.” But tonight, it is realizing that I just got ne...
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Impulsivity I’ve come to realise why I have problem relationships. I’m too impulsive. Could any impart some advice? My therapist thinks that as an only child I’ve had little experience in sharing and I just keep impulsively doing things in social situations. My friends think I’m an idiot.
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My dad bought me a car after I totaled my old car because he feels bad that I have to take public transportation. So like two months back, I get into this hella bad car accident. I crashed into the car in front of me while driving on the freeway, and then that car crashed into the car in front of it. All in all, it was...
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My kid is sick, and I feel like I'm going crazy. So my little one has been sick for a couple weeks, going to the doctor for the third time today. She hasn't been like SUPER sick, just running a fever, and acting really different. (Super cranky or super lethargic) I feel like I'm going crazy because I know my kid, and s...
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My depression is leading me down a path I never imagined When I was younger I was always smiley and excited for my future. I wanted to be a veterinarian or maybe a computer game programmer, as I got older I was into 3d modeling and was thinking of making a career of it. I had hobbies: playing drums, rough housing with ...
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So many thoughts are racing through my head... I can’t sleep. How do I go on? Hello everyone... Warning: This will not be coherent typing for the most part, I’m just typing as I’m thinking. My apologies. I’m a 19 year old college student currently in his sophomore year. This semester has been the hardest. It started...
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Not too sure what I am going to do This past year has been hell for me. Everything that could go wrong has, my luck is shit, and my mental health has spiraled. I can't function in school, I've been blamed for something I didn't do and the principal is trying to expel me, I have no friends, and as of 5 minutes ago one o...
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At least I can say I tried I made some progress in my life but my situation and depression are still too unbearable to deal with. Can't even hide it anymore. People say my eyes look glazed over and I can't do anything about that no matter how much I smile and pretend it's okay. When I'm alone I just tremble and bow my ...
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I cannot talk to a girl I like and it's killing me. So, basically at my uni I really am interested in this girl, the thing is I've only dated once in a super complicated relationship with a good female friend I had in HS (long story to tell so I'll skip it) I've never had the courage to approach a girl simply because ...
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Just paid my credit card debt after 2 years of procrastinating. Today I paid about $3200 AUD in credit card debts. It feels really bad right now, but also kinda good cause now there is no nagging feeling that I need to pay off a fucking lot of money. I needed some money about 2 years ago cause I was out of job and didn...
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Let’s all go out our way but at least having fun [removed]
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I'll never achieve my dreams I just wanna do what I love but I'm afraid I'll never be good enough I cry everyday because of it and my familys disappointed
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Advice on Doing Homework When everything feels terrible? How do I do homework when everything feels like shit? This may be more of a depression thing but I prefer this subreddit because it is a hopeful place here. Scared about the future, heartbroken for various reasons, have to get through a bunch of readings and oth...
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Tonight I’ll do it tonight. I just need to get through school today.
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If I didn't have people that cared about me I would kill myself without thinking twice [deleted]
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Back in the loop of "Maybe I'm Not Bipolar", Pdoc thinks it's likely cyclothymia, which I guess is... better? Last time this happened though, I went off my meds, and hypomania happened... (Or so I thought, but perhaps not). I still have an Rx though... idk, how do I even know the meds are working??? Wish my mind could ...
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Supporting a friend in rehab (dual-diagnosis) I just want to start by saying that I am so fucking proud of him for realizing he needs help and taking the steps to get it. I hope everyone here knows that if you need this kind of help it's okay to reach out and get it. I'm actually not sure what this friend's diagnosis i...
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[NAW] My cousin ran away I've been at a loss of words since then. Everything is going on and I just keep thinking of her. She was my baby. I was the older cousin and she always looked up to me. I know she knows I love her. Despite everything I respect her decision of leaving. But it tears me apart until there's only em...
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Self-esteem and Anxiety. I've been trying to go to the store a couple of blocks away from my house for over a week now. I say "trying" as if something had been stopping me from going, which wasn't the case, the only thing stopping me was myself. Going outside makes me nauseous because my anxiety starts to go through th...
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[Advice] Work high stress job, worry every day about going to work + taboo around mental health [deleted]
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I'm getting mentally abused and been depressed all my life. I'm 18. I have no irl friends or anyone. My parents are mentally abusing me everyday. I've been crying all my life and been depressed all the time. I don't know anything to do. I can't stand this anymore. All I know is I'm at the edge of killing my self, alth...
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Everything is going Perfect but i can't feel Happy/Sad anymore Hello ! I am 19 year old university student and past 2 years were perfect for me but i don't remember the last time i was happy. I remember when i was young i was so happy about some simple things like going to see my grandma and grandpa and i remember how...
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2017 wasn’t a good year and it looks like 2018 (at least the first half) won’t be much better either My life was in limbo for majority of last year. My boss spent the first few months telling me that the company will sponsor me for my work visa, but no actions were taken even on my last day of validity of my previous v...
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If anyone is feeling down and needs a friend, please message me ( if you are living in the Netherlands we can also hang out sometime) [removed]
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I had a meltdown in front of my parents The other day I had an anxiety attack flare up while my parents were asking me questions about my future. And I had a meltdown. Nothing crazy, but I showed them enough. They asked why I was acting crazy. Oh so now I'm crazy. Anyways, I start tearing up and I'm trying to contr...
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1-2: hurts just a little so there's this girl I talk to (not in a relationship way we're just friends). she knows I don't like a certain artist (you can kinda guess who by the name). I listened to a song of his on spotify and she saw and asked me on snapchat if i'm ok. I said yes and that it's funny how now she asks if...
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Prozac sent me into the scariest spiral of my life (22 F) Anyone else have the terrible effect from Prozac where it just totally textbook doesn't agree with you ? Two weeks I got up to 20mg and was so anxious having panic attacks.. I lost sense of reality. Suddenly had suicidal thoughts that I have never experienced b...
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Pdoc is an ass (ranting) And a pompous one, at that. He's also the only pdoc within 50 miles who takes my insurance and is an integral part of my treatment team. We're working with the prazosin. He's hoping that getting my PTSD-related anxiety and nightmares/flashbacks under control will help with mood regulation. ...
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Need some advice regarding life choices. I'm posting this here out of a desperation to ease the anxiety that I've been feeling over the past few days, in hopes that some of the more experienced members of this sub can help bring my erratic thoughts to a more tranquil state. I joined the Army National guard about two mo...
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My loss in morality is worth my sobriety This is a long and harrowing story from my life, when I was in Wisconsin, in my Sophmore year of HS, nearly 9 years ago a friend started dating a girl coming to my school the next year. This girl, Devon, eventually got integrated into our friend group and her and I were the bes...
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Hearing about the GOP Tax Reform is driving me nuts... [deleted]
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Writting a song inspired by people I have met on depression reddit sub I am currantly writting a song . It was inspired by some people on this reddit sub . I find some peace in writting when i was struggling through my depression. And i am so joyful seing people writting poems on the reddit sub once I'm finis...
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Feeling deathly I don't even recognize the person I see in the mirror, I'm so sad and angry all the time my friends left me. Over the last few years my bipolar disorder has gotten so bad I can't function in society without having paranoid and angry violent thoughts. I'm losing my grip in college and think about suicide...
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Advice for two depression sufferers living together? The house is a mess. We both hate that the house is a mess. But we're too depressed and unmotivated to do anything about it, and then we get upset at ourselves that we can't do it. Neither of us wants to push the other to do things, because we know we wouldn't want t...
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Struggling with birthdays So I’m turning 15 tomorrow and I’m scared for it mostly. I feel as if my life has passed too quickly- the past year might not as well have happened and I feel as if I might as well be turning 14 again. Every birthday that passes I feel myself wasting away more and more. When I was younger I w...
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I can't take this anymore... I think I need help I'm sick of it all... this constant cycle of feeling happy for a short while only to fall back to thinking there's nothing worth living for, of being confused about what to do with my life. Everything that I've lived for up to this point feels so meaningless and distant ...
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Hanging myself and my head dizzy, havent ate in days, alcohol only. die now. die now. i dont know why im here again. i am going to hang myself. my bday is in a few days. i lost my boyfriend who cheated. i lost my dad. i lost everything. im losing life adn school. i dont want to call 911 anymore. pls someone help me tak...
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16F heroin addict. Let me start from the beginning. When I was 14, my dad injected me with heroin because I was depressed. I instantly became addicted and fell in love with the feeling so I asked him to give me more. Soon, I had my own heroin and I loved it but I lost so much energy and I felt like shit everyday. I was...
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So close to giving up.... Hello....I'm sort of new here. Well as you can tell by the title im pretty much close to considering on ending my life. I don't want to bore anybody who's reading this with the details (although who the hell would read this) but im just going to say that a lot of shits been happening to me rec...
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I found out I have PTSD and wondering if my life is worth living I been rediagnosed again and this time I’m having a real hard time accepting this. I feel really alone & I don’t really have anyone in my life that gives me a purpose to continue on living. I have bipolar, sczhio-affective disorder, severe anxiety, an...
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Starting new PT job, but my depression has me worried. Advice? I'm going to start a part time job on top of a full time job I have, it's at Starbucks in the airport. I do well in retail settings and such, I've been doing it for 8 years. But, my mind keeps telling me to quit, I'll fuck up, I shouldn't try it, it's going...
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I am ending it all in 1 year. Throwaway account obviously. I am ending it all in one year. I am giving my family and friends one more year with me. Suicide isn't selfish, it isn't about the people you leave behind. It's about someone feeling so helpless and done. I live with several mental health issues, physical ...
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Gonna just let my health go to shit and die [deleted]
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One fight brought me all the way back I had a huge fight with my current boyfriend. We live together and have been together for a little over a year..during the beginning we used to fight pretty bad and I didn't think it would last. Eventually we stopped fighting like that and I thought we were finally happy and I coul...
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Watched this Netflix show called Slasher It was super campy and a fun watch, but damn. The reveal has left me so paranoid. Like, who can you trust? Anybody could be that murderer. Think I'll be extra jumpy tonight thanks to that show. I'll be thinking about that all day. That's what I get, I suppose. I'm picking up D...
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Anyone else feel the need to text someone when they’re feeling depressed but don’t actually text them because you don’t want to get them involved with your depressed affairs. I have come close to texting my friends to help talk out my depression but I never do because I feel like it would be selfish to get them involve...
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To the man who hit me with his car [deleted]
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I deleted most of my social media accounts and now I feel anxiety and a need to check them like an addiction. Yesterday I deleted my Facebook Twitter and IG I got tired of being lied to and disloyal people. The people who love and care for me know how to get a hold of me, know how. It was getting to the point, I would ...
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I'm a social wreck and I need help So, I'm in a bad place right now and I need advice. You can skip over my life story if you like, it isn't crucial. ___ I guess it all started in preschool, where I didn't speak a single word (not an exaggeration). Then, in elementary school, I skipped kindergarten entirely because the...
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Quote that gets me through the worse. From the dispossessed, wanted to share. > It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each of ...
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I don't want to wake up without you again. She's still everywhere. Every morning I wake up alone, without her. I can picture her warmth, her beautiful grey/blue eyes looking up at me with that big clueless smile. I want that moment to last forever. Why did thinks have to work out like they did? You were the best thing ...
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I am an idiot, oh math (X-post from r/bipolar) I will run out of lithium (good on my other prescriptions) in less than a week and my pdoc appointment isn't till the 22nd. The only 2 pdocs I've seen and might let me pick up a prescription (appointment slots mean waiting for months) are closed until the 15th for holidays...
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I tried to hang myself today I'm so fucking lonely and sad. I have no friends. The guy who was my sun, doesn't want to talk to me. I couldn't even do the hanging right cuz I'm too fucking fat to use a closet pole. My life is nothing but pain and no one really likes me I'm just a series of holes to fill with cum. I'm j...
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why am I LOSING weight? Is this bad? Everyone (dr included) warned me I would gain when placed on my meds. Right now I'm on latuda, wellbutrin, olazapine and tapering off lithium. I'm not gaining. I'm losing. I started at 118 lbs and today I'm 109 lbs. My clothes are getting too loose. What is happening? Should I be co...
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thanks to my little brother I'm still alive i love you buddy and i don't want to let you ruin your life as much as I did
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The fear of being alone or apart from 1 particular persn [deleted]
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.... Its thanksgiving. I have to go to a family dinner. My family hates me... Well most of them my friends hate me.... I feel so alone and lost without them this will be the first year that i wont be able to spend time with you guys on the holidays.. I loved it when we did.. But now im alone... I just want to go :'(
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I have nothing to live for Hello I've never created a reddit account before and would like to stay anonymous according to this account name.. The only person I have left in my life is my sister who is across the country right now. my parents divorced at the end of high school and I lived with my mom while I went to c...
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How to deal with dissociation? Hey y’all- I struggle with anxiety (obviously) and have been experiencing “dissociation” like I really can’t feel anything but surface level emotions and I don’t know how to cope with it. I feel like im having an out of body experience for a few days. Do any of you experience it and how d...
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I have been stuck in a loop for years, and now I don't know what to do. I'm gonna introduce myself first and try to find ways to share my problems. It's gonna be a long one, so if you don't stick to it, it's fine. I'm turning 23 in three weeks. Asian guy, average build, height, looks, everything. I personally do jokes...
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I don't know where to get support My mom made me throw away my food last night and go to bed after what happened here https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/7q35zh/oh_no_this_is_horrible/ WHY and then I got up and my dad said I left a bunch of dishes for him to clean, but I said that my mom told me to throw away ...
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Feel really depressed and just feel dread/doom I don't know why, I have always had times of depression but it just feels worse now. I am 35 and i don't want to see a doctor or take Medicine. I don't even really know why I am posting this. Anything I can do to feel better?
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ADHD, Anxiety, Feelings of Choking and Suffocation I've had ADHD all my life and I've been using meds for about 9 months now. Last year I suffered from several bouts of depression before getting my diagnosis of adult ADHD and starting Concerta really helped with my depression as well as my ADHD itself. However, for the...
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Depression has made me miss crying All i want to do i just cry and just let it all out,but no matter what i do i just cant seem to cry anymore.
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Every single day Every single day I wake up, look in the mirror, and list off everything that's wrong with me. My weight, my mind, my face, the way I sound, the way I think, everything. I tried replacing it with compliments. Every single one was a lie but I kept doing it for awhile. I thought it was helping but the fee...
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Completely lost I want to die I am ready and satisfied with my decision but i have a dog and cats I have tried for 18months for there sake but we are losing our home and I have lost my job. I have screwed everything up. I have lost faith in people working with animals and seeing horrendous treatment and cruelty. I can'...
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dating with bipolar I'm dating a really sweet guy right now, but then I get in this mood where I am so damn bored with him that I can barely stand it. Sometimes I think I seek out assholes just for the drama. Arguing at least fuels my intensity. Is this just an elevated mood? Why is it so hard to find an interesting, i...
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I was drunk but I remember everything We had sex. I don't feel great about it even now. I question every part of it. Was it okay because I remember everything? Or was it not because I was puking minutes before? I feel like I'm crying wolf because I regret it, but some parts of me feel like I should. You were sober and ...
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Cant even leave my room without wanting to cry, need a friend As i have been saying over these past few days, i just transferred colleges from a community college to a university, i had no friends at community college but at least i knew i could go back into the comfort of my own home and room, now i just on campus and...
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Why does everyone hate me now since i‘m feeling depressed everyone just looks at me like i‘m a murder or something. My old teachers kind off bullied me and i don‘t now why now i‘m going to a new school and i‘m scared.
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Is there any point in life anymore? I've been trying so hard not to do anything rash but I've just had enough... as much as I don't want to do anything to make my family feel like shit, I just can't take it anymore. I just feel like constant shit and like my friends don't really want me anywhere anymore. I'm always a ...
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I actually graduated I’m posting this here because nobody I know is able to fully appreciate it. But after four and a half years, multiple hospitalizations and getting a bipolar diagnosis in that time, I finally graduated college and I’m so happy.
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Feeling defeated. I also posted this in r/anxiety, but I'm posting it here too because it's a hybrid of depression and anxiety that I'm dealing with. First and foremost, this is the first post I've made here in the sub. This is the first time that I felt like I needed to reach out somewhere online where the largest am...
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I'd like some advice. Hey you clicked on my post. Cool. To put it simply, I'm in 9th grade and I've been struggling as I have been unable to complete a good chunk of my homework because working after school for an A feels like such a waste of human life when compared to me playing games with online friends. My grades h...
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I've just accepted it I'll never be happy. I'll never find any fulfillment, direction, or purpose. I'll never feel like I'm somewhere I belong. Ive loved, and I've been loved, or at least told as much. There's nothing else to learn or experience, no more growing. The only reason I'm still around is for the people who ...
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I was stupid and saw a psychic. I had the worst panic attack of my life and now I feel like I'm near death. [deleted]
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I cannot believe how numb I have become. Not much to say , but I miss the emotion i use to have. I am only 21 but depression sure has drained me mentally. I really hope this life improves soon because Im tired :(
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I Don't Know What To Do I've just been so lost for so long, and I don't know where to turn anymore. My family has gotten tired of hearing anything about my mental health. My dad told me that they have done all that they are willing to. (That being about six appointments with doctors about ten years ago.) My mom added t...
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I dont know what to do Honestly. I’m at my wits end. I had a terrible couple of weeks. I’m losing friends, just found out I wasn’t invited to a big outing with friends, because I never usually attend these types of things. I’m 26 and have lost half my life to anxiety. My life is slipping through my hands and I don’t kn...
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Feel so lonely and hopeless.. My mind isn’t even clear enough to articulate my thoughts to write here clearly. I just feel so lonely and want to die.
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do you ever have a strong desire to fall into a downward spiral? Idk, but sometimes I get so sad and I just want to fuck myself up so badly that there's no coming back. I just want to stop caring and stop pretending, and destroy myself. Does anyone else feel like this?
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Any Good Techniques for When Triggered? Hi all, I have been struggling this week with my anxiety due to being triggered by some co-workers this week (I have PTSD). I do go to therapy and I have a plan in place for these events, but I wanted to ask you all what do you do when triggered to see if I should add or adjus...
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Can't shake it Basically im 18 in New Zealand and ive only recently come out of treatment for severe depression and drugs/alcohol addiction. Pretty much everything seemed way better when i started recovering and started enjoying life in a new light again and got a part time job while I studied as well as getting a new ...
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Maybe posting here will help me find people that can't help with moving on from her? [deleted]
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One week from of self harm! I've found the will power to stop, so *depressed yay* *Free (fuck you too autocorrect) edit: fixed correction, but seriously, autocorrect fucks me over a lot :( I will be ~~karma whoring~~ posting other major milestones, or if I relapse (still trying not to) also does it get easier as I go...
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It keeps coming back, I'm just tired. I have depression. I've attempted suicide in the past and was stopped. I can't afford to live, I can't afford to die. I'm just not fitting in, I'm not getting better. I'm tired of fighting. I can't afford therapy. I can't afford meds. I'm so tired. I just want to go to sleep and st...
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Anxiety taking over So for as long as i can remember I’ve suffered with depression, I’ve had pills to make me better, which I stopped taking as I felt numb to emotions I wanted to feel and I’ve had therapy which I hated, it felt too weird speaking to someone I didnt know about everything going on in my head. Now I feel...
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The person who killed my mother has died. Twelve years of abuse from him, she tried to hide it but I saw. Too many 'accidents'. Too many times falling down the steps or being kicked by a horse. Too many times of falling out of the chair, and her last one was...the last one. I watched him burn her clothes while she was ...
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I'm going to go out into the woods tonight and end my transgender mind with an AKM I'm going to tell my girlfriend that I realized I'm transgender and I'll spend a nice last moment with her so she can have a peaceful last memory with me. I'm fucking crying like a pathetic loser at how much she'll miss me and how I'll ...
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It almost the end so before its to late I'm saying all the shit that won't make a difference but at least it's off my chest... [deleted]
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When I finally decided to go on an anxiety medication I asked my doctor, "How will I know if it is working or not?" She said "You should feel like yourself, but without anxiety." I couldn't help but think, I don't know that person.
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I just had an hour+ long talk with my Dad I don't know whether to believe him or not [deleted]
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40 years old with family and thinking of ending it I am 40 years old, married, with five young children under 10. I have started a couple of businesses and failed on all of them and I find myself at the point where I am failing again, in a house that I cannot afford or sell, and with little to no retirement savings. ...
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I haven't had a stable month in over a year and a half, giving up on things getting better I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder a year ago after some bizarre behavior prompted me to see a psychiatrist. I had actually been diagnosed by two doctors before accepting that something was wrong. Since then, I've tried diffe...
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