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I had a great Christmas - that's why I'm really depressed tonight So, I feel like I shouldn't be complaining - I had a really good Christmas with my family who I love, and it was a really nice day. We all spent the day together and I honestly couldn't think of a better Christmas. Yet, I know it's over now. Spending t...
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the lyrics are true that living is easy with eyes closed [deleted]
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New year, new opportunities, still immobilized by depression. I've been making steady progress into getting out of this deep, deep hole I'm in... but it feels pointless. It's so damn hard when you are alone every single day. If it weren't for my family I would have not spoken to another human being for 3 months. I was ...
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Ever since my dad cheated on mom, I hated him. He doesn’t understand why I always take mom’s side when him and mom get into a fight. I saw his facebook messages talking to his coworker sexually during high school and since then I hated him. There were suspicions in the past but no real evidence. Now he’s whining like...
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I feel like I’m two different people Not like in a multiple personality disorder way, but some days I feel very little anxiety and act somewhat extroverted; while other days I feel extremely anxious and awkward. I desperately want to feel like my extroverted self all the time, but I don’t know how to preserve that. Is ...
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I will always feel anxious, with a sense of doom and dread. It's a miracle if things go "right" in any given day, and even when they do, I find something else to be worried or stressed about. It's never ending. Anyone relate?
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Anybody else just spend all day sitting around thinking up conversations that'll never actually happen? Like, playing through what you and someone else would say in the event of some unlikely circumstance? Except, it seems likely at the time, that's why you're imagining what's gunna happen, but then it never does, beca...
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I can never wake up on time I always wake up hours late only to hate myself [deleted]
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I hate having it made, so I'm considering suicide [deleted]
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Decided to try losing weight instead of killing myself. For some reason focusing everything I have to this one goal takes my mind off it. Usually doesn't last. But I feel good for the first time in months. For now this seems to work for some reason. So I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Edit: missing word
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You guys stay strong...But Im leaving... Hey... So in times of extreme sadness I used to come here to relate to anybody...to feel like Im not alone...Thank all of you. Today Ive decided to take my life. I dont think I gave a terrible life but my brain cant handle this. I dont feel like I belong in this World and I dont...
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Drug Habits are starting to hurt my academic life Im 17 now and a senior in high school. I started smoking weed when i was 16 just as a social thing with some close friends and we would usually get together once or twice a month to smoke and chill. It was all fine when it was with others until i ended up buying my own ...
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Give me one reason to not just overdose on pills [deleted]
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I just...can't right now I was recently diagnosed as BP1 a few months ago, and because of all the med changes (being taken off Effexor and put on Lamictol) I haven't been able to do school at all. I'm going to talk to administrations soon to get a medical withdrawal, but I'm so terrified of what my parents are going to...
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I can’t seem to wind down and go to sleep. I wish someone could lay next to me and calm me down I think I’m going crazy. It’s a chore to sleep
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I don't wanna wake up in the morning. I just want to sleep forever.
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I just want to the numb feeling to go away. For probably the past two weeks I have been feeling the most depressed I ever have. I have diagnosed general anxiety disorder, but I haven't really ever experienced feeling depressed. I think a big trigger was Christmas break, I left my house maybe twice for a week and a ha...
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I have actually been feeling pretty good lately It’s been SOOO long since I’ve felt good that I am actually surprised and feel like I don’t have bipolar (for the thousandth time). What I’ve been doing differently: No alcohol Plenty of water and herbal tea some mindfulness? Taking meds EVERY FREAKING DAY, twice a day ...
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My perspective changed in 1 minute and I can't handle it. I am a carer in a care home. I worked a night shift the other day and a resident died (this is pretty common in care homes). I washed the body like usual, with care. Put a nice clean shirt on and treated the man l as if he was alive. I guess I always detached my...
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One of my clients "let me go" because my mom has cancer. [deleted]
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How do I get out of my comfort zone when comforting others? [deleted]
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Feeling extremely overwhelmed I'm new to this sub Reddit and usually not very vocal about my anxiety. I've been dealing with panic attacks since my sophomore year of college which was 2013, so I've been dealing with this for a few years now. I got my BA and now I'm working a dead end job under a demoralizing boss. I'm ...
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I think I have a good support system now [deleted]
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Your experience with meds? I just started double dosing [deleted]
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Can’t stand being like this I’m just so new to these feelings. Just last year I was telling myself there’s no way I’d get depressed. I have this friend, who’s like also struggling with his own problems. I’ve sympathised with him a lot and I acknowledge that he has more baggage than me lol but the thing that bugs me t...
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My girlfriend sold her body without telling me. Yeah. She just became a prostitute and tried to hide it from me. I constantly offer to help her with money and she denies it. She doesn't want me to worry about her. But she's ok fucking some random guy for a quick buck to pay for a downpayment on a car. I'm so confused a...
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What is an easy way to commit suicide with household objects? [deleted]
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I have a hard time understanding "sarcasm"? lately is this cause of anxiety? + I get anxiety for thinking I have every disorder possible [deleted]
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How do you cope with feeling excluded, particularly by someone you care about? [deleted]
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Exercising on meds Hi guys, So i just got out of inpatient, and it was a great experience. My anxiety is not cured, but I finally feel like I can control my thoughts and live a normal life. They prescribed me klonopin 3x daily. It works very well, but it causes me to become fatigued very easily, even when I take a b...
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What movie do you think most accurately portrays depression? I am recovering from depression and thinking how absurd this illness is. Here I am, a grown man, seemingly unable to do basic things like taking a shower or making a telephone call. I am thinking a dark comedy about depression would be fantastic — something a...
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Killing myself after I EAS out of the Marines [deleted]
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Does life just feel like, "fake", to anyone else? I don't know how to describe it, but life just has this weird feeling like it's not what it seems to be, but I don't know what, and it makes me lose hope.
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I can’t stop crying My mom just give away my dog yesterday, I’m devastated and all I have been doing is crying all day
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Don't let tonight be a force of negativity, instead, see tomorrow as a blank slate. Nothing in your past will matter tomorrow when you wake up, the world is yours. You.just.have.to.get.out.there. [deleted]
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Texting So fucking annoying. People think that you should be available every fucking second of the day. God fucking forbid you don't answer immediately. Jesus Christ I'm so sick of it. And sending the same text more than once. Yeah, I got the first fucking one. I DO have a fucking life.
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Rommie Legit Accused Us of Possessing Her and Her Partner Possibly triggering? Has anyone else ever been accused of possessing someone? I have my suspicions that she has such severe cognitive dissonance she has to project her issues onto us (myself and husband). Hard facts are that she has now accused both of us of...
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I woke up this morning crying First time here but I don't know if this is the right place to post but I'm going to try. I have been suffering from clinical depression for years and some PTSD. In my dream, I was in my ex boyfriends house. Lets call him Ryan. I walked around and nobody was at Ryans house. Then I heard ...
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My life would be screwed if anyone knew this was my account [deleted]
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Panic Attacks vs. Anxiety Attacks: what is the difference? I’ve had quite a few panic attacks, but sometimes I enter a weird prolonged state of anxiety. I was wondering if I have been experiencing anxiety attacks too, but searching on the net, I can’t see clear differences in definition between the two. So what does it...
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Very anxious about going to work today I have a meeting this afternoon and I’m already anticipating it’ll go very badly. I can already picture myself panicking and crying at work and having to go home. Trying to take deep breaths...
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Miss the freedom of hypomania Sometimes I remember my brief stints of hypomania and miss the feeling that I got. It’s like I understood the world perfectly. My mind was free and I had the freedom to act however I chose without any anxiety. There was no fear. That’s it. I miss being fearless. The world held no power ove...
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Fuck school Fucked up like 2 tests badly before thanksgiving, and will fuck up another 2 this week. I was doing gold in school but I’m just slowly getting worse and worse. Without school, life might actually be slightly bearable
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Freezing anxiety attacks DAE get really cold when they have an scientific attack or is it just me?
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I feel so beside myself right now. I thought I was on the upswing. [deleted]
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I'm crying like Trisha Paytas only she has a life. Hi, guys. It's 2:00 a.m. I can't go to bed. I'm holding back tears and typing slowly so my family doesn't wake up. I'm tired of all this shit and I just wanna let go and float off into the cold, icy water like Jack on Titanic. I just want to close my eyes, let go, and...
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My first Reddit post because I'm helpless I've been an anonymous lurker of this sub for a long time and finally decided to create an account to seek help from the internet because the people around me aren't helping and/or are oblivious. I've been depressed for the longest time but right now its the worst its ever bee...
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Recently diagnosed with Bipolar, wondering if I should tell my ex. [deleted]
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Sodium is in everything! I feel like food is a no win situation sometimes. Too much salt can cause high blood pressure and too much sugar can cause diabetes. I like to keep track of the calories that I eat everyday in myfitnesspal. Even sodium levels. Is salt really that important to keep track of? Salt is just about i...
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I'm proud of my C, damn it. I just need to say that. I came by that C in what will probably be the hardest math class of my major while going through a divorce and going back to work. I had two major autoimmune flares that screwed with my retention and recall capabilities pretty bad. I commuted 2+ hours a day. I to...
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R.i.p This new year has helped me realize that im not depressed because im lonely, im depressed because i have depression, which means it will never go away. Also realized im to pussy to kill myself so i will just continue rotting till i die. Feelsbadman
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Depression after moving out So I've just moved into my new room a couple of months ago to start university. I'm 22 yo and don't live in an english speaking country so I'm sorry if my grammar is funny lol... anyway, My hometown is a 4 hour drive away from this city so I do try to visit as often as I can, at least once ...
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Do you ever disagree with your therapist? Do you ever disagree or "disobey" your therapist? It's happened to me a couple times, and I'm not sure whether I'm doing the wrong thing/resisting treatment, or if they're the ones that are in the wrong. It mostly happens when I feel like she wants to change my personality. I'...
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I feel like every day I live is a waste I feel like when I'm motivated to do something, I'm immediately met with the stark re-realization that I can't do that; I'm not good enough. I've wanted to write music for quite some time now, lyrics specifically, and every line I write just gives me more of the feeling that "no,...
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Probably should kill myself. Everyday I keep telling myself I should die. I know I'm a fool and fools have no place in this world. I'm almost 25 and I have nothing to show for it. I want to try school again, but I'd probably screw up again. I don't have any friends. I've never had any real physical contact with another...
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So at 36 I have cut myself for the first time. And someone has found out. *Trigger warning* I don't know what I'm asking here, just wondered if any other cutters or people who knew them would share something. For me I feel awesome that I'm showing outwardly what I'm feeling inwardly in a way they can finally understan...
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Hey, thought I'd let you guys know I'm going to try and ask out this cute girl from work tonight. Wish me luck:)
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Communism was better Why? One simple reason, money does not rule this world. If tobacco industries or alcohol industries go bankrupt, who cares. If morphine is forbidden, I don't see any reason why alcohol or tobacco isn't forbidden. Perhaps the only reason morphine is forbidden is because it makes the user sedated? If...
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I think I really hurt myself this time I took too much of something yesterday. The area around my lower rib cage / liver is hurting a lot. I keep dry heaving. if I think to myself 'what if I really did?', it doesn't affect me. it feels like relief. it feels like finally. it feels like it is the only real choice I can...
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I made a big step. My dad emotionally abused me my whole life. I have symptoms of ptsd and suffer from anxiety. I'm on meds and go to a therapist. I have a very supportive family and friends. He does not live with me and the rest of the family. He did the same to my mother. She got an order of protection and divorced ...
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It's been a tough year, a tough few months, and a tough day. This year, I finally had my mental illness diagnosed. I know I have depression, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD... and I finally faced the underlying diagnosis recently. It's been tough. This entire year, I've been slipping up. I have always been distant with my fami...
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Literally I don't know what to do in life. I never graduated High School, I failed college thinking I was going to be a hero. I got denied by MEPS while trying to enter and serve the US. When I try to run a business, it fails. Most likely I do know things in IT, but apparently it's not enough to grant me candidacy towa...
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My Drunk Father Strangled me on New Years Eve. [deleted]
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My story, trying to find help. Hello, I am a male 50 years old, I have a rare progressive brain disease (from birth) called ADCA-SCA1. This disease will rob me of all bodily functions (related to HD) and it also made me 100% unemployable. I used to work for a high-tech company. I noticed already more then 10 years ag...
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how do i continue living such a pathetic existence [deleted]
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I love my fiance, and am beginning to really really like my coworker. WHY [deleted]
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Deal breaker in relationship? I love my SO very much and have recently started to have some relief from my anxiety/depression which persisted for about 8 months of living together. I still have moments of extreme irritability when he is running late, or when plans change at the last minute. These are some of my most ...
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Since when did people become so careless and cold... I told you I was suicidal last night... You were so mean and hurtful in your reply. What happened to us, i thought we were best friends....
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Sleeping 4 hrs I generally only sleep about 4 hours every night, on a good night. Most nights I wake up every two hours and roam around the house for about an hour or so and then go back to sleep. The cycle repeats throughout the night until I finally get up around 5:30-6am. It sucks but I’ve gotten used to it. Normall...
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Anxiety, Mindfulness and Self Talk "People are anxious because they don’t have a good echo-feedback system. How can you hear your intuition speaking to you—it’s a very quiet whisper—if you have so much anxiety? It’s like having this radio station that is on static constantly.” Jewel
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The monthly spill Yes I'm still hung up on you three years later. Why did you have to cheat on me? I just want to get past this. I want to forget about you, and how inherently shitty everyone else is. I want to stop being so lonely. I want to open myself up to someone, but nobody wants someone who can't trust anyone....
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Depressed, lonely, angry, confused, and all around defeated. Warning, life story incoming. I know no one will read all of this, but I need to type it up just so I can get it out of me for once. I guess this all started when I was very young. My parents were/are narcissists and never seemed to pay much attention to m...
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Why do I always fuck up when it is seemingly impossible to fuck up? like how
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How to have a future when you hate yourself? Having a good career, studying, working hard, asking for a promotion. How do you do any of those things when your mind goes 'it won't work, you're not good enough, there's no point, no one will hire you, you should kill yourself, the world would be better without you, you ar...
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How to realize when I’m feeling anxious? I have OCD and anxiety, and I was wondering how to realize when I’m feeling anxious. Some days I do things I don’t even realize and my therapist thinks it’s anxiety related. How do I realize when I spiraling down into anxiety?
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Harsh negative voice that says I’m different and don’t deserve good things in life I’ve been in therapy for awhile now, and it has helped, probably imperceptibly over the years. But there is something that, after all this time, I just can’t seem to convince my brain of. Self love Even when I go through the motions, ea...
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Rejection Aftermath Anxiety It's been 4 years now, but I still can't get over that feeling of rejection. She was my friend, I remember being the happiest ever when she first called me a friend. That was mostly due to the fact that I had a crush on her 3 years beforehand. I could hardly hide how flustered I was around...
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Why was I born to this fucking life? [LONG ASS FUCKING POST] [deleted]
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Medications for anxiety, your experiences. Apologies, this is super long. TLDR: Have you taken meds (e.g., SSRIs) for GAD and has that helped with relaxing the body/sympathetic system? Have you tolerated the side effects? Hi all, new to this sub, so please forgive me if I am asking something that has already been cove...
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I hate being a man Don't take it the wrong way, but with my personality I think I would have been better off as a woman
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Crossposting. Anyone have any suggestions for alternate treatment methods when everything else has failed? [deleted]
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Every time. Every time I go out in public, I look around my surroundings and see couples or groups of friends having such a good time. I wish I had that once in a while.
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My friend recently made a Tinder and has in one day gotten more matches than I have in months [deleted]
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Im going to commit suicide, and I would like it if people could give me advice for methods I’ve just given up. I am going to kill myself one way or another. I would just like to discuss methods with people without them telling me there is hope. There isn’t, I’ve made my decision.
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Well, my parents officially told me I was a disappointment the other day. Guess that means I can kill myself without feeling guilty about it now. I doubt anyone will see this post or even try and reach out, and I totally understand that and don’t fault anyone for it, but just for some background, I’m not officially dia...
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No matter how happy I am the slightest depressive event will set off a cascade of depressive memories. [deleted]
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I notice my anxiety increases significantly as the amount of stimuli increases. Especially regarding people. I was sitting in my university cafe last week when I figured this out. When it was me and just a few others, I was completely calm, could have spoken to anyone at that moment. As it started getting crowded and b...
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Anyone else CONSTANTLY dream about their every day fears and anxieties? for example, people telling you what you secretly fear they think about you. My dreams are constantly of this nature.
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Feeling pretty done A year ago I had everything going for me. I was going to a great school, had good grades, on track to get into a good law school. Then I got sick. My grades tanked, I failed two classes that are only offered every so often, but are necessary for my major. I'd never even gotten a C before in college,...
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I wish I could tell you I know you need some time to yourself right now, and maybe I do too. I have been so depressed today, but I know it will get better. I know I seem selfish sometimes and I am sorry for letting my feelings take control of some of our problems. I love you so dearly and I will respect your need to be...
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I don't know where I'm going. I have a loving family. I have pretty good grades. I have a few really amazing friends. Yet I hide behind my mask. All they see is "me". the don't see the real me. The one who cut's, the one who ties nooses, the one who always thinks about suicide. All they see is sweet 15 year old Keegan ...
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Need therapy but can't get it I'm in college, under my parents dime, and the college therapy is only temporary. My parents look down on therapy. What do I do? I do not want them to know in any way, and them seeing a bill constitutes them knowing. They will then wring it out of me. I need to find a way to get therapy wi...
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Guests touching painted walls I'm fairly relaxed but as a recent home owner and after six difficult months of redevelopment work on the property (while basically living rough) it's really bugging me now when some people seem to have a lack of restraint when it comes to their hands and walls. It was ingrained in me as ...
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Anyone in here have a sibling that is better than them in every way and seems to have better luck in life than you? Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy my sibling is doing so great in life and gets all the breaks, but it seems like nothing but bad things happen to me. Anyone else go through this?
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Having a bad day? Its alright. So am I Everyone has rough days. You aren't alone. It's alright to feel down sometimes. Do your best to push through it and don't be afraid to ask the people around you for help.
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Near impossible to feel normal emotions/react to situations normally [deleted]
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About to live on my own, nervous, need someone to talk to So, recently my lease was up, and to make a long story short, my boyfriend of 3 years and I will now be living in separate places. Not breaking up, there's no bad anything in the relationship. I'm just not mentally ready for him to not be there every night. Toda...
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My life : Feeling horribly anxious, using alcohol and drugs to numb the anxiety. Waking up with even more anxiety. Such a fucked up cycle
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Taxes I don't really post on reddit especially not anything to do with my mental health so please forgive me if this post isn't allowed here or I'm in the wrong subreddit. I didn't see anything about stuff like this in the sidebar, I'm just a little upset? Or find it sad funny? Idk, but it's about some comments on...
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Social media crush. Need ADVICE ASAP!!! Hey all guys and girls but um I need advice I'm a guy that has found this guy on social media more specifically on Instagram on one of my popular posts or explore part but anyways I was intrigued by him cuz he's in football as I was too. I had graduated already back in 2015 and f...
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