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I wonder how much of my depression is situational. I feel trapped. I hate the city I live in, I haven't been able to afford to leave for years, I haven't been to a concert in years(no one worth seeing stops in the Entertainment Capital of the World ironically enough) all I do is go to class, go to the doctors, go home.... | self.depression |
My partner left for a week and I'm completely lost. My boyfriend just left for a business trip and my anxiety is sky rocketing.
I love my boyfriend, he's been here ever since I started having severe anxiety issues. Every weekend we spend the whole day together, then on Monday I get heavily depressed because I won't s... | self.Anxiety |
I've Started A Job And I'm About To Vanish... [deleted] | self.depression |
Extremely anxious over summer job/internship I have a career fair coming up on Thursday, which has been causing me to lose sleep and overeat. I have terrible social anxiety and it gets horrible during interviews even if I do prepare ahead of time. It so frustrating because all of the advice that I get is to 'relax' or ... | self.Anxiety |
Do you still believe in a god? Even though they allowed you to end up in this state and are up above watching you suffer. All for you to "learn" or "gain strength". To say that there's a reason for what God does without giving a specific reason is malarkey. | self.depression |
mornings Every morning I wake up and refuse to get out of bed. I am a 25 year old male computer programmer with a well paying job. I like to get in as early as possible but am only obligated to be in by 10. I wake up at 7 every morning (disciplined sleep schedule) and am hit by an unbelievable need to escape. Thoughts ... | self.SuicideWatch |
rant this sucks, i wasted my holidays, almost a weeks i didn nothing but smoing weed, watching netflix and random youtube videos
i have no friends to do shit with, the ones i have never have time or live all the way across the country
i feel so fucking lonely, thursday i have to work again and i dont wanna go to work... | self.depression |
Worked and went to school all day long Came home to find my parents fighting and that my dads probably leaving again.
I'm past my breaking point I'm going to hurt somebody wether or not it's me
Fuck you and your happy family | self.depression |
Group projects are fucking cancerous Hey, you there. You just started a brand new term at university and you're going to do your best!
Everything is going so well isn't it? Guess what? Group project. Group project right in your fucking face. Not just any group project, it's in a writing/communications class that you ... | self.offmychest |
Current mood : just multiply me by zero. please. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Marijuana and Anxiety Hey Guys,
Does anyone have any experience with marijuana medical and non medical and its effects on anxiety? For me when i am high i do not feel anxious but the day after i feel extra anxious is this normal? All your perspectives and insight are greatly appreciated. | self.Anxiety |
Dealing with irrational fear linked to traumatic event (pregnancy) Three months ago, I got my girlfriend pregnant and she had an abortion. I now have an irrational fear of getting a girl pregnant and it has ruined sex for me.
- We relied on pull-out method.
- I always had the fear, now it is much stronger.
- Ou... | self.Anxiety |
"You look so innocent it looks fun to destroy you" I was told that phrase when I was explaining one time to someone who I looked up to as my mentor when I asked, "It shouldn't be such a frequent phenomena to occur everywhere I go."
Having Asian family and being the middle child, I was ignored and abused. I was bullied... | self.SuicideWatch |
I feel f*cking worse after this exercise sh!t. DAE? I've been gently trying to bodybuild, I live pretty sedentary. I want the musclez. I'm a guy. So check this shit out brothers and sisters, during workout I feel okay, but like 2-3 days after each exercise sesh I feel AWFUL, like more tense, bitchy, depressed and negat... | self.Anxiety |
Irrational fears and ruminating about things that happened 6+ years ago, how to cope? | self.Anxiety |
He’s non-monogamously engaged. For the past two months, I’ve been casually seeing a man who is an ethically non-monogamous relationship. He’s been with his partner for a year-and-a-half while I date people here-and-there. I like not having to check in with someone, and the sex is hot.
His partner proposed recently, and... | self.offmychest |
How do you stop regrets I’ve wasted my freshman year of college because of a girl and Im in my second year where I could’ve lived with great guys but I didn’t because I didn’t work hard over the summer.
How do you get over visualizing what life/experiences you could’ve had. I hate thinking about this shit because I c... | self.depression |
How to help a buddy who is having weird anxiety related issues So, I have anxiety and have really gotten it under control over the last couple years. A good friend is struggling with some issues. He went to rehab for alcohol abuse thinking that would solve all his mental issues. Since getting out and becoming sober for... | self.Anxiety |
A guy I really like ghosted on me. He was all I had left [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Maybe I’m just lucky I take a lot of Xanax while I drink hoping to die but it never works like 5 bars each time and alot of alcohol | self.SuicideWatch |
Just so tired Im new to this.. in fact its been a very long time since I really tried to speak out at all. Im tired of feeling like a ghost in my own "life", tired of crying and praying to just die in my sleep... tired of waking up and being angry Im still here. Tired of being afraid. Tired of trying to find "good" thi... | self.SuicideWatch |
My Girlfriend, the thing that gave me hope, just left me [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm sick of this shit.. literally WARNING: May be too graphic for some.
So basically I have really bad constipation. I believe it started about two years ago. I had a really important examination and it was an incredibly stressful time in my life; I didn't eat nor sleep well and I pretty much just studied all the tim... | self.offmychest |
I’m (M30) terrified he’s going to propose to her today. We’re all going to his place for xmas. She’s my best friend and I’m in love with her. I’m terrified he’s going to propose today. I’m happy for her if it happens but I don’t think I can handle it. I’ve never wanted to run away more in my life. | self.offmychest |
TRIGGER suicide - my dad had undiagnosed bipolar like me and he committed and I can’t go back to work. My dad left us 2 weeks ago now and every day when I have to think about going to work all I can think about is my beautiful papa my protector my team and I cannot bring myself to enter back into society. I’m sure my w... | self.bipolar |
Is it normal to hate life this much? I thought I was okay. I really thought I was going to be okay. That’s what I keep telling people. I tried so hard to make sure I wasn’t a burden to anyone. That no one had to worry about me. But no matter what I do, people end up hating me. I don’t want to be here anymore. | self.SuicideWatch |
Scared I got into a fight with my SO and he told me that we've been through this "counseling thing"* before and that it hasn't gotten any better.
*I admitted myself to the psychiatric ward at the ER in April 2017. Since then I've gotten put on meds for my depression and I have alprazolam for my anxiety/panic attacks, ... | self.depression |
Dating advice about bipolar. Hello Redditer,
I have a mild depression(dysthemia) and I have started seeing someone who is most likely bipolar. What is you opinion? Is it good idea to start relationship when both of us have mental issue. | self.depression |
Help I’ve taken 230mg of lexapro, 125mg prothiden but no alcohol, should I take alcohol for it to work??
Also would tylex help in anyway??
Don’t feel anything yet - maybe a tiny bit shacky
UPDATE - i feel heavy. Like im sinking into the bed.
Thought maybe I should have written a letter. | self.SuicideWatch |
Please help, I want to kill myself Hello I'm sorry for being so negative, but I am just trying to be real here. my fake name is Marie and I am 14 years old. I have had major depression and Anxiety since I was 12
I have no friends, only a few fake ones who just want nudes or sex from me. I don't do drugs I don't drink... | self.SuicideWatch |
No point I don't see a point to life. I can't connect to anyone on a personal level, I hate the repetitive nature of life, school is killing me, my eating disorder is taking over my life again. I guess I'm just fed up. I'm only 22 and "I have my whole life ahead of me" as others would say. But I don't want life. I don'... | self.SuicideWatch |
Why I hate the holidays I type this message hiding at my desk crying as my coworkers speak anxiously about their plans for the rest of the year. I am the single mom of 3 small kids. I have never enjoyed Christmas. I am the child of divorce and we were extremely poor. It was not until I was an adult that I hate knowing ... | self.offmychest |
Help /tips Cousin as a roomate contributing to my anxiety and panic attacks/PTSD Hi everyone....
I have been in recovery from my PTSD for about a month now and getting my life together (healthy diet more excercise a great new job graduating college ) until my cousin decided to move to the big city where I live and li... | self.Anxiety |
Away I want to move away. And not with my mother, I guess with my dad, which I wouldn't really want either. I want to move to America and then to one of the bigger cities like NY or LA. I want to get away from this place. | self.depression |
Mom won’t give me her blessing to try meds again - I’m being reasonable, right? New to this sub, here for a little extra support post serious breakup since I’m losing a big part of my support system.
I briefly tried meds (buspar and paxil) when I was 18/19 freshman year (5th year now, 23) and I’m looking to try again... | self.Anxiety |
Everybody seems so far away from me I'm out tonight with my boyfriend, spending time with a couple we both like. He won't let me talk really at all though, which is why I'm here texting under the table, I'm fucking lonely. I've been less lonely when I actually was alone, at least then I could do more than pretend to ... | self.bipolar |
How did you manage to purchase rope without arousing suspicion? | self.SuicideWatch |
I am a horrible, selfish, impulsive and manipulative person. I realised lately that I'm kind of a terrible person. I'm a girl with an ambiguous sexuality. It tends to alter to benefit me? idk. But anyway,
I met this nice girl that seemed funny, friendly and generally similar to me. I was attracted to her personality m... | self.offmychest |
Finding friends online Anyone have an app to suggest just for making friends? Everything I can find is for hookups or dating, I want neither. I could just go off all my meds & be the life 3 AM life of a strangers party, but alas I have a wonderful antipsychotic flatness putting up walls in front of me these days..... | self.bipolar |
I don't get why I thought I had a chance [deleted] | self.depression |
Hi. I think i need help. I know im not in a healthy state of mind. It hurts. I dont know how to explain it. How do i seek help. I send messages by acting abnormally but the abnormal has become the norm, my family is just used to me being weird. Sometimes im high sometimes im sullen but all the time i dont feel anything... | self.depression |
My body is wrecked from severe depression, many years untreated either by therapy or meds. Any other bedridden depressives here? I am doing a little better now, but for years I went untreated and couldn't get out of bed unless it was to walk a couple blocks to the liquor store. Now I'm dealing with some severe health i... | self.depression |
Super anxious because I submitted a grad school application Yes you see it right, I have anxiety attack over not a rejection but a mere submission of an application.
The prospect of the point of no return makes me very very uneasy since I cannot go back and edit anything after submission, and I always feel I would hav... | self.Anxiety |
Self-Hatred Relationship with my Mindset When I was in grade 8, i was verbal bullied a lot, people were very judgmental about how I looked, or how i did. Ever since then, now i'm in junior i feeling so self-aware about myself and feeling hatred in my mindset. Not only that but my social skills isn't the best. For ... | self.depression |
he who tries to save the world doesn't know how to save himself he's built such tall walls all around himself
and he has painstakingly laid brick on brick
to let everyone out and keep himself in.
look into his eyes, he'll look away when you dig deep
he's right there in front of you,
but his mind is elsewhere
how would... | self.depression |
Paranoid/intrustive thoughts? For quite a few years now I've been dealing with one delusion that I can't seem to shake, and it is that I'm afraid people are putting drugs in my drinks.
I know that it is an irrational thought and I've never actually been drugged, but I don't know how to overcome those thoughts. I d... | self.Anxiety |
How do my parents look me in the eyes everyday and not see the mental pain I suffer because when I look in the mirror I see nothing but numbness. | self.SuicideWatch |
pain pain pain Back again lol
For those living with chronic pain.. I salute you. It's starting to impact my mood and I've slipped big time. Combined with a cataclysmic event in my life, depression is emerging. And I'm angry. Angry cos it's spring and I love spring (summer not so much!). I guess I didn't fit the winter... | self.bipolar |
Soon. 22M. I don't know why I'm writing this. Maybe I want help? Maybe just someone to talk to? Or to just vent? I don't know. I plan on doing it either tomorrow or Tuesday.
For those of you that are wondering how:
1,200mg of Lamictal
1,050mg of Propranolol
Hell I might even throw some Paxil in there
Why?
I guess i... | self.SuicideWatch |
Coming to my senses I've realized that staying here was too much for me. The academic curriculum is something that i never experienced and i hate it. I'm planning to transfer out to my local university next semester and imm having trouble transferring my credits. Can someone help me? I've been so tired everyday meeting... | self.depression |
unnecessary overthinking: all. the. time. I find that I get stuck in this mindset where, despite therapy, I overthink so many little actions I’ve done and I can’t let things go.
It happens *all* the time. I get so upset over little events that really shouldn’t matter at all, yet they end up mattering anyways. sometime... | self.Anxiety |
My babysitter cuts herself and idk what to do help I'm 11 (so sorry if im too young for here) but my neighbours daughter who is 19 sometimes takes care of me when mom is out and I saw cuts on her arm today like a lot of cuts and idk what to do should I tell her?? | self.depression |
Traumatic event involving my right hand has now caused my right hand to be hypersensitive. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Anyone else experience these feelings? I am not sure if I have anxiety, and I am wondering if anyone else out there experiences these.
I typically will overthink future events and overdramatize them. For example, everytime I miss school I am always worried I will encounter a nosey teacher questioning me and get in tro... | self.Anxiety |
I’m nothing but a manipulating, drug addict fiend I’ve been taking heavy doses of sleeping pills (benzos) every day for like 2 months. Pop like 6-8 a day Total. I’ll do 11-15 pills at once if I wanna get fucked up.
I got caught high on them in school and they sent me to the ER, and gave me a 7 day out of school susp... | self.offmychest |
Undiagnosed? I believe I was bipolar when younger. In looking into the subject I had many of the symptoms. I remember waking up with my head on fire, thoughts and ideas rushing like a torrent in every direction. My body felt fantastic as well, but what was happening inside my head seemed so right, so perfect, something... | self.bipolar |
Idk what I’m doing with myself I️ feel like everything I️ do is worthless. I’m in the same routine day after day and it’s so abominably boring. It’s just school and work and I’m always doing things for others and the benefit of others but nobody cares to check on me. I’m always asking people if they’re okay, starting c... | self.depression |
Question How do you feel when you switch meds abruptly? | self.bipolar |
crosspost from /advice I'm at a crossroads with career due to mental illness I'm 26 I do tier 1&2 tech support and other IT tasks at a decently sized fortune #### company. I've been diagnosed with bipolar for 6 years. Anxiety and previously depression for 15
I've been having one of the worst depressed episodes i... | self.bipolar |
I hooked up with my childhood friend's mom for New Years. I am 21 and she was 40. Throwaway for obvious reasons because he can never know. And I also can't tell my friends in real life about this for obvious reasons. Lots of obvious reasons. Anyways just want to get this off my chest. My friend was hosting a nye party,... | self.offmychest |
Meditation is making me anxious I do a couple sessions a day on headspace. Just opening the app gets my heart racing. The silence, I can’t run from my worries or drown them out. It’s torture. Just me and my mind. How long until it gets easier? I’m about two days in right now and it’s my most dreaded part of the day. | self.Anxiety |
My joints hurt immensely and I'm feeling hopeless about the future Even though I've accepted the fact I have arthritis it still sucks when I get to thinking about it..
I've been feeling aware of the dull ache in my hands today. It's been bumming me out. Right now it feels like my right shoulder is burning. All I can t... | self.depression |
Anxiety over fear of losing Sole close person I'm not sure I'm in the right place, I'm not sure where the right place might even be and I think I butchered the title and I'm sorry for that and...
Things keep slapping the term codependency in my face but the descriptions of that are so far off the mark nothing said is ... | self.Anxiety |
I feel numbness from a feeling perspective after my best friend commited suicide I have lost the capacity to love people, I still can laugh and have some sense of humor (dark humor because the death of my friend left me with a great void).
I was suicidal before my friend died from committing suicide at the start of a ... | self.depression |
"minor" obstacle averted I have a terrible phobia of medical needles, stemming from a traumatic experience early in my childhood.
After years of therapy and a prescription for topical lidocaine, and a lot of willpower, I got my flu vaccine today. This is two years in a row and I'm so proud of myself! | self.Anxiety |
Numb When I take medication I feel hungry and numb is a very debilitating thing but when I dont take I am very lazy, can not function and desmotivated. | self.bipolar |
Coping with anxiety and panic attacks I've been having really bad panic and anxiety attacks lately. (Yes, I'm taking meds and everything) The kinds where you can't breathe, your chest feels heavy, and your whole body just contracts and you can't even handle yourself. If I'm with a friend he or she would usually hug me ... | self.Anxiety |
Life has become too predictable and nothing helps me anymore. [deleted] | self.depression |
What is this Feeling I feel? To call it dizziness doesn't feel just right. Un balanced it the best way I think I can describe it. This is my biggest symptom that scares me, and to a degree I feel it almost 24/7. Have you ever turned your head real fast from one direction to another, and felt a lil off balance (especial... | self.Anxiety |
Please... if you see this. Help. Before reading this: I was diagnosed with bipolar over a year ago and previously diagnosed with ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression. I havent been on any medications since my freshman year of HS. Im a 3rd year college student.
I have gone through the worst thing I could ever experience with... | self.depression |
How to escape self loathing? I feel trapped. So, I've already posted this to another relevant subreddit, sorry if you're not supposed to do that, I'm not a regular to reddit lol.
It physically hurts. I am absolutely disgusted with myself. I feel so ugly, fat, worthless.. No, I'm not an average/pretty girl who just *thi... | self.depression |
Life just feels like a literal dream You can skip over the first paragraph of you really want to.
For some quick background info, I am 15 and have attempted suicide twice before. On June 26, 2015, I tried to strangle myself with a belt. I I couldn't tie a good knot though. On September 2 of this year, I tried to run a... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm probably not going to do it if I'm honest. But I want to. It'd be easy. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
My insecurities I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. I feel like my insecurities have contributed greatly to my depression. I have this insecurity of not being remembered or being replaced and it just screws up with my mind. Like I don't know how to deal with it. I still struggle with it daily. | self.depression |
I went to uni mainly in spite of the psychiatrists who told me I would never succed at anything else but welfare - now it seems like I'll have to drop out. Any advice? [a bit of a rambling rant] I made a couple of [posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/6wmze7/holy_sheeeet_i_just_emailed_all_my_soontobe/) 2 m... | self.Anxiety |
Do you guys ever fantasize about parallel universes? There's a parallel universe out there, with a neurotypical me, who isn't bipolar, and hasn't had to struggle through with their mental health issues. And sometimes i think about what kind of life they have, and how it's probably better than mine, and how they've prob... | self.bipolar |
what are some signs that you are in the deep bad and need professional help? any help would be great. thank you. | self.depression |
My Medication Journey (23 y/o male, 2 suicide attempts, MDD and GAD) Hello,
I'm going through my medication journey and I want some advice. I am a 23 year old male university student diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and General anxiety disorder.
for 2.5 years I was taking a combo of Prozac and Wellbutrin XL... | self.Anxiety |
How can I like myself? I’ve noticed lately that my energy level is very very low. It usually was but now its insanely low. And..I know why. I’ve always been struggling with depression, but the one thing that could keep me the slightest bit happy was myself. I loved myself, who I was, the way I looked. But ever since 7t... | self.depression |
I'm being forced to a nightclub for the first time ever, what's it like? I suffer from pretty bad anxiety and I'm worrying about going out.
I love drinking with my mates but I've never been out to a club before and now my girlfriend is forcing me but I'm really worried about what it's like?
I can't dance, I d... | self.Anxiety |
I'm a cheater After years of being unhappy I finally found the perfect girl. She was everything I could have asked for and everything I never deserved. Instead of valuing her and treating her the way she deserved I was unfaithful.
Due to being in school we were forced to go long distance and being a coward I became s... | self.offmychest |
When I was a teenager, they told me my problems were temporary and things will get better They lied. Every year of my life has been worse than the last and at 24 I don't see this ever changing. I have nothing complete blind, nihilistic hatred of this society which deemed me worthless and unlovable. Whenever someone tri... | self.depression |
Worse than feel sad So, i don't even know if is depression anymore.
I just can't feel nothing good or bad, love or hate, joy or apathy, I just feel empty and the worst part? I just wake, when they smiles I fake my smile, when something happens I fake my worries and I end the day looking in the mirror just asking for m... | self.depression |
Wrote something about getting out of bed I am wrapped in the plush folds of comfort itself, this patchwork of satisfaction shields me from the gnawing misery and impotence of the outside world, it's black tendrils reach for me, only to be repelled by the warmth emanating from within this sanctuary. My body is heat sea... | self.depression |
It’s my birthday... It’s probably gonna be a lonely birthday but I’m optimistic for the coming year, the past taught a bunch of hard lessons but now I’m gonna work on myself, try decreasing all my depressed thoughts and working on my anxiety. Work on being positive and happy.
I wanted to also mention to anyone out the... | self.offmychest |
Without anxiety, I think I would be a great contributing member of society I think I would have a good stable job, girlfriend, nice place, be able to live comfortably without anxiety. At least thats what i like to think | self.Anxiety |
How do people cope with sleep deprivation? Most nights I find it hard to sleep, there's a million things running through my head at once and it's just a blurry mess, I try to fight it and try to sleep but I start breathing real heavy and get little panic attacks. Sometimes I go days without sleeping. I just want to be ... | self.depression |
What are your thoughts on crowdfunding for a webseries? Do you think it’s taking money away from people who need donations for their illnesses or medical conditions?
I’m a Film Student and have a script and am set to shoot this January. My professors all love it and really think it has a chance. I’m also struggling - ... | self.Anxiety |
Holy fuck panic attack... Goddamn Shit that was intense :( very scary | self.Anxiety |
Worst part of depression The worst part of my depression is the fact that I KNOW I need to get out of bed, take a shower and go to work. I know I will feel better if I get to work but I literally cannot get out of bed and take care of myself. I don’t care enough about myself to take care of me, but I can stay in bed an... | self.depression |
A little less sad tonight I really don't know what to say anymore. I can't say anything about stuff I love to people without feeling like I am a burden to them.
Tonight I landed my first kickflip from the street on to the curb. I've been skating for about 10 years now and never been able to do that until now. It may... | self.depression |
I want to acquire a massive fortune I would buy my friends and family whatever they wanted. I would buy myself nice things and do things I wanted to do. I would personally give the majority of my money to whoever needs it. After all that's done and I get bored with still being depressed, I would shoot myself with my go... | self.depression |
unable to study, go out, form relationships and live in general So I've been taking zoloft for almost a year and I still feel like shit (technically i dont feel that much in general but u get the point). I mean, doc reduced my daily dosage and since I started college about 2 months ago im stressed 24/7. I got kicked ou... | self.depression |
it's physically difficult for me to talk to people [deleted] | self.depression |
Something is holding me back. I don't know what it is but something is holding me back from going to my classes. I have missed so much, and on monday i have a test. I think i will stay home too from that. *I have been doing this for atleast two years now.*
Fuck i need help, i think something is seriously wrong with me... | self.Anxiety |
I feel like I'm fucking jailed inside my body [deleted] | self.depression |
school is too much i post here again, because i don’t know where else to find answers. every saturday night it starts. i worry. i don’t even know what about school worries me, but it TERRIFIES ME. I am really scared on sunday nights, right before i have to wake up and start the five day cycle again, and again, and agai... | self.Anxiety |
Who failed at 'everything' raise your hand No, not the "I recently lost my job, gf/bf, divorced, got cancer, I lost everything." no, you're not the case.
It's not 'failure'. It's just losing something.
What I'm talking about is, never been able to hold onto constant job, maybe dated some but couldn't manage any relat... | self.depression |
Have been considering forcing myself into cardiac arrest for the past few hours I have bulimia and my bloods and heart beat is a bit all over the place. I've been given this task for a job test and I have spent the past 9 hours trying to complete it and I don't think I can. Which proves that I am not good with challeng... | self.offmychest |
I don’t relate to any of you. Why am I so different? Great life, plenty of close friends, loving, supportive family, smart, handsome... people would kill to be in my shoes. But I don’t wish my life upon anyone. I’ve been at the darkest of times, probably worse than most of you. I’ve been fortunate enough to have insura... | self.depression |
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