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Why can't I put into words what depression is for me? I recently opened up to a family member that I take 2 medications for my depression (and for anxiety & PTSD), and I have trouble explaining how they work for me, and how I feel/think/am with and without them. I'm pretty much the same person to other people with ... | self.depression |
I don't know what to do About a month ago my father committed suicide, and I just can't cope. I talked to him last we didn't talk about very much but I talked to him for half an hour, I feel as though I could of changed his mind. We were staying at our cousins house, who dad had a love hate relationship with, dad who w... | self.offmychest |
Love animals, yet eat meat? I don't get it.
People say that they love animals...they LOVE their dog or cat...
Yet they consume meat and animal products.
It makes zero sense to me and I can't help but feel so angry at the blatant hypocrisy of it all.
How can you say you love animals and are against animal cruelty yet st... | self.offmychest |
Every fucking woman I know suddenly has eyelash extensions, and it makes me feel so ugly. [removed] | self.offmychest |
I took a sick day off work because of depression and now I’m scared to go into work People might ask why I was off. I feel it’s a bitchy culture. I hope they don’t | self.depression |
Who wants cookies and mini cheesecakes? I have two types of cookies to bake, and one of those cookies to decorate. I also have mini cheesecakes to make which I’ve never done before. My mom is here but she is sick and doesn’t want anything to do with making cookies. Okay fine, my son will probably not want to do it with... | self.bipolar |
Worried about my self being. Pretty sure I'm kinda messed up. I've read the in and outs of the depression reddit and some of this reddit. But, I don't want to die. I love my life, but suicide always creeps up into my mind. I can't get it out of my mind, and it's tearing me up inside.
Any tips or similar happenings to... | self.SuicideWatch |
I want friends but it's hard for me especially with my depression. This is my first year at a new school and I haven't found a real friend. I never see my old friends anymore because everyone is busy with their own lives and I even suck at making friends on the internet.
If you're like me, let's be losers together | self.depression |
i wish i was good enough because of my anxiety i always mess everything up, always feel like im annoying, always feel like i say the wrong things, do the wrong things, lose friends because of it. I just want to be normal. But i always over think everything which causes me to ruin everything. | self.Anxiety |
bad bodily feeling at night??? In college I was diagnosed depressed and started taking Wellbutrin for a couple years. After I graduated Spring 2016 I stopped taking it and in Dec 2016 found myself in the hospital for a manic episode with psychotic features. After I got out of the hospital I went on a nightmare journey ... | self.bipolar |
I'm generous to my family for the wrong reasons I grew up as the "nobody likes you" kid in my family. I've always felt that I didn't deserve nice things in life when I was young. They'd even hide food from me. Everyone looked down on me and I had no idea why. What have I done as a kid to be treated like this?
And now... | self.offmychest |
Quote from An Unquiet Mind about bipolar being multipolar? Does anyone remember a quote in Kay Redfield Jamison's [*An Unquiet Mind*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/361459.An_Unquiet_Mind) that says that bipolar disorder might be better described as having multiple poles instead of the usual two poles? I'm familia... | self.bipolar |
Im going to sleep now. Hopefully I never wake up. If i make it through the night ill look at this in the morning. With any luck that won’t happen. | self.depression |
I've been happily unemployed, but pressure to get another job has me reeling. I'm running on unemployment right now. For the past couple of months, I've never felt better. I can finally wake up and my first thought isn't "fuck."
But, now I'm under pressure to get another job, and every time I think about getting anoth... | self.SuicideWatch |
Ecstasy and latuda? Wondering if there are any negative side effects/drug interactions associated with this combo | self.bipolar |
I feel like the odd one out with the group of friends I'm with. Ever since my first heartbreak 6 months ago I've felt what true depression feels like. It wasn't just any normal breakup though, she cheated on me, used me for my money, and her new bf, days after we broke up, recorded me crying while I was talking to my e... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm scared. Will someone talk to me? I have decent grades, my SAT score is a 1520, I've been in student council the last four years, there are friends who invite me to hangout and my parents love me. But despite this there are these issues that I know are nothing compared to what other people deal with that makes me mi... | self.SuicideWatch |
"You can't force people to like you" well they aren't going to otherwise. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Please Someone I need someone to help me im really anxious and I think I have appendicitis Hey this may sound really wired I think I have appendicitis. I need help ASAP on what I should do im only 16; I am overweight weighing about 208 pounds. I’ve been eating really unhealthy lately because i just came from Mexico. I ... | self.Anxiety |
Happy post So long story short in my AP US History class we are pretty much doing this extended trivia battle to "re-enact the civil war." And each class gets to chose their general (he is worth extra points if he dies). And when it came time to vote for who it was going to be everyone unanimously chose me to be genera... | self.offmychest |
I think I know why I like being sad [deleted] | self.depression |
Does anybody else have odd daydream like thoughts pop into their head at random times during the day? Usually when anxious or just having calmed down from panicking. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
My ramblings caused by depression/an existential crisis about reality. I’m not going to get into if I think God is real or not, that’s a can of worms I’m not willing to open today, but the idea of God or a higher power or heaven is pretty comforting, isn’t it?
It answers every question, quells every fear. It makes th... | self.depression |
Fuck Christmas It’s all fucking commercialized shit. Fake joy. Artificial happiness. Fake fake fake
And fuck people who say you can choose to be happy. If that was true then depression wouldn’t fucking exist
Fuck everything | self.depression |
distracting myself because tomorrow is going to suck. Hi everyone,
I just want to vent because I'm really anxious about tomorrow. I have pretty bad driving anxiety, I live at my moms house since I graduated college a few months ago. I'm 22 with no driver's license, luckily I have managed to find a job where I can tel... | self.Anxiety |
I wrote a thing? I wrote a super long essay, for lack of better term, about my experience. It's long so it's not for the faint of heart.
Manic depression (or BP 2) has been something I have suffered from my whole life but I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 25 years old. The second that my doctor read over my depressio... | self.bipolar |
I hate myself and I am the most stupid person I know. (long rant) [deleted] | self.depression |
My boyfriend has feelings for someone else... I just found out from my boyfriend that he has feelings for someone else. A co-worker who is engaged to someone else. She hasn't said anything about having feelings for him and I had been trying to become friends with her for a little bit because I don't really have any and... | self.offmychest |
I dont have anything I like or want to do anymore and also no goals or aspirations i used to enjoy shopping, dressing up, drawing, and gaming but now none of that holds any appeal to me and i dont have anything that i actually like/want to do.
I just want to disappear
| self.depression |
Nugget of wisdom Victory is defined not solely by what you’ve accomplished, but by what you’ve overcome to accomplish it.
I heard these words coming out of my mouth while talking to a friend who’s on the ward right now, and I needed the reminder as much as he did. | self.bipolar |
What are some techniques that help your anxiety? I'd like to make a thread here about different techniques and such we use to cope with our anxiety and panic, so that maybe someone else can benefit from what we find useful.
What I find useful:
**A. If I am about to have a panic attack, I take a bowl and fill it with ... | self.Anxiety |
Having waves of anxiety at work. I missed my sertraline dose last night — totally forgot. I took it this morning. Felt absolutely fine until around 11am. I’m a shift supervisor at a retail pharmacy. It isn’t stressful compared to my last job - we’re putting up truck today, so it consists of that, helping customers, and... | self.Anxiety |
I'm so worthless. So I have this medical condition - it's a lot like cancer, but not quite as serious - which requires me to get treatment every two weeks or so. This treatment is incredibly expensive - somewhere in the range of 5-7 grand a pop - but luckily, I live in Canada where this is all covered by the government... | self.depression |
I'm driving myself Crazy and I can't control it [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Wont be able to take this any longer Even on brazil with classmates cant help it but feel suicidal I am already 80% sure when I will die just months from now what happened is that in brazil for a week with classmates 2 of them dissapear for a while everyone worried I wanted to test if anyone would even notice I dissape... | self.SuicideWatch |
After dealing with constipation for my whole life, I cherish the rare times I get diarrhea. It's nice not having my asshole bleed (genetic issue, happens less often since changing my diet though), and I like not having to feel like I'm giving birth when I take a shit. I made a soup a few hours ago that had mushrooms, t... | self.offmychest |
I’ve been “normal” on meds for so long, and I miss the “old me” Bipolar II here. Besides the flurry of different stuff at the beginning when we were trying to find the right medication cocktail, I’ve been taking the same meds for about 2 years.
I can still be happy, and I can still be sad, but there aren’t any noticea... | self.bipolar |
Cold hands , dry mouth , moderate shaking and brain fog - my "social anxiety mode" [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Does anyone else get anxiety about the world around them just inevitably falling apart no matter what? I don't know why, but I get this really irrational anxiety about everyone I love dying, losing my job, the people I love losing their jobs, losing someone who helps me financially, being homeless, not being able to pa... | self.Anxiety |
I [25M] despise my girlfriend's [28F] best friend [24F]. Am I insane for breaking up with my gf? [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Has anyone else not been able to get their drivers license due to anxiety/depression? Or am I alone in this? | self.Anxiety |
I have no friends, I'm lonely I have no friends
I have failed school for the third time
I lay in bed all day with pain in my chest and body
Nobody cares about me at all and I just want to die | self.depression |
I wish I could give my time on Earth to someone that wanted and deserved these days. La tristesse durera toujours [deleted] | self.depression |
I hate those "everything is insurmountable so I'm going to sleep" days. Having one today. I have chores to do, and other things I could be doing to not be a leech... But it just all seems so overwhelming!
How do you get over these "mini everests?" | self.bipolar |
I yelled at my daughter last night She's just a toddler, a month short of two years old. Being a little over midnight it was late by all of my standards, and the kiddo simply refused to fall asleep. Usually we make her go to bed around 10:30 p.m. or so, but last night she was having none of it. My wife tried locking th... | self.offmychest |
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almost 400 people here, and it takes someone 2 hours to respond to ONE of my threads? the respond to people here ratio is honestly shit tbh...
I can go to a different forum right now with literally 25 ppl active and get 5 responses....
w... | self.Anxiety |
Anxiety Related Podcasts? Hi All,
The other day a fellow redditor told me about The Anxiety Coaches Podcast and it has really helped me in the past few days. I know this question has been posted before, but I will try again in case something was left out.
The only other mental health related Podcast I've listened t... | self.Anxiety |
i was forced to go off my meds cold turkey and now my mood swings are way stronger than they ever have been numerous adult figures in my life (including my acupuncturist, which i will address later) have tried to convince me to go off my meds (sertraline 75mg), mostly because of the anti-western medicine mindset they h... | self.SuicideWatch |
I can't do this anymore I don't know what to say right now. I'm crying, and I don't know what to do. I hate my job so much that it makes me want to kill myself. I hate school. I don't have any friends or really much of a support system. I tried to kill myself last year, and it was really painful, but I wish I succeeded... | self.SuicideWatch |
clearly. the world doesn't want people like me how much hate have i gotten in my life just for being myself. literally everyone hates me for speaking my mind, and my mind is an accepting and truthful one. they hate me for being non-binary transgender and not fitting their definitions of what a person should be like. th... | self.SuicideWatch |
Surviving Bipolar 1; Family history, my mother, therapy and medication Nope. | self.bipolar |
Help with meds, is this normal? Sorry in advance for English error.
My bipolar was discovered while being on Lexapro.
Been on Lithium and Seroquel for maybe a month.
Last week finally weaned off Lexapro. Still a little too high. So last Sunday started Sodium Valproate.
Today I’ve been crying so much it’s unbelievable a... | self.bipolar |
So I've been in the biggest shit hole for years now, but just this one sparkle has ignited a fire inside of me again. So this isn't like the kind of thing I'd ever post (I have tried self help and been trying to look for help with my mental state before on the Internet and irl before)
But not long ago I've been in the... | self.offmychest |
An open letter to the woman who owns my heart, wether she wants it or not. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I finally understand mixed episode My therapist said my symptoms were mixed episode. It's so scary. It's like the hopelessness of depression meets the delusion of mania. I've had moments where I was completely convinced that killing myself is a good thing (something about new dimensions, or everything is a dream??) I'm... | self.bipolar |
I'm considering doing something that might get me killed, and I don't care... [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Two years down the line Two years down the line (since shit with you and I hit the fan) I’m doing somehow okay. I wrote out the totality of what happened- a summery of events, but deleted the whole thing. That isn’t the point.
I’m still dealing with the emotional fallout- I carried a lot of anger over the perceived u... | self.offmychest |
The world separated us Every person you have been with, till date , is there with your for either your looks or to feed off your resources. To climb the ladder at your expense, or many other reasons. Even you know that deep down. You are smart. Quite smart.
I might sound egotistical, but I was the only one who loved y... | self.offmychest |
My mood's been going up and down. Sometimes so low I scare myself. I don't really know how to explain these feelings I've been having. I've been real up and down a lot. I've just been calling them mood swings but I get really low sometimes.
Sometimes I'll be at work (I own a small business, which I love), I'll comple... | self.depression |
Is Stability Even Possible? I've kinda lost hope that I'll ever be "normal." | self.bipolar |
How do I not become a psychopath? Excuse the format of this post. I'm about to express myself poetically.
I feel a deep sense of anguish in my soul. Angst in my veins and anger and resentment, residue from teenage heartbreaks. From not being able to find love to always being able to find hate. And I graduated early a... | self.offmychest |
Tempted by Hypomania I have Cyclothymia, and I'm in the middle of a hypomanic swing at the moment (I'm medicated, so it's pretty mild). During my highs, I always feel *such* a strong temptation to quit my meds and experience a full blown hypomania - 'screw the treatment - you know how awesome this can be! Be free and w... | self.bipolar |
Anyone Out There? Hey gang. Hope you're doing well.
Been off my meds for about 2 weeks.
Conflicting work and pharmacy schedules. Can't get em for another... math, 6 days. Bipolar2 and PTSD.
Haven't been sleeping much. Haven't had any motivation to clean the home, brush my teeth, or shower. Feeling like I don't exi... | self.bipolar |
I'm finally admitting my anxiety is out of control. feeling lost and in need of support. My anxiety’s gotten to problem levels over the last year and if I can't get a handle on it soon I'm probably going to lose my job. It came on gradually and I only just recognized how bad it is after it was pointed out to me by two... | self.Anxiety |
[Spoiler] There's One Moment In My Life That Truly Haunts Me. I Just Need To Get This Out There And Get It Off My Chest. This takes place over a year ago now. That part of my life feels so far away now, yet this moment is so fresh in my mind as if it happened yesterday.
I was in an incredibly dark place. My doctor ha... | self.bipolar |
Hearing for disability was scheduled for today... and it was canceled over an inch of snow. My lawyer's secretary said it could be two weeks or four months. No way to know until the judge's office opens back up. It's been two and a half years since I first applied, and this is really disheartening. Anyone else had to p... | self.bipolar |
I cant sleep, and my ex shrink said writing helps I've fought through a hard life, not the worst but i have my battle wounds. I thought i was past this; i thought that the nightmares were gone. l started to believe i could go back to the normal me. But the thing i really dont understand is, im the happiest ive been in ... | self.offmychest |
It’s hard to be in a relationship with someone who has a mental illness [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Does anyone else get into self destructive arguments on the internet? A new way of self harm I've been doing is going onto /r/all , and finding posts or people I disagree with, and just argue with them for the sake of making myself miserable.
I'm pretty opinionated and compassionate about certain things, and I have p... | self.depression |
Physical Pain from Anxiety I'm finding that I've got pain in my chest and back due to my anxiety I've had all the necessary checks with the doctors to make sure it's nothing serious but when I have this pain it then lead to a panic attack and feeling like I'm dieing anyone suffer with something similar? | self.Anxiety |
People have been asking me for too damn much and I think that's cowardly of them. and that's a bad foundation of a friendship. [removed] | self.depression |
On monday i will start my first job ever.. In Amazon warehouse! I feel proud of myself [removed] | self.depression |
My prozac has been giving me really freaky dreams. My prozac dosage recently got upped to 40 mg per day. I really think that it's helping! The dark thoughts still come, but I find myself able to fight them more often.
As for my dreams, though, they're getting pretty messed up. I'll describe two of them.
1. This dream... | self.depression |
I wish I didn't have a crush on you. I never thought I could be this hung up on another person. I thought "butterflies in the stomach" was just a fancy phrase people use. I never knew I could spend more time than I'd want to admit daydreaming about another human being. We're technically adults and so I should be able t... | self.offmychest |
I just had sex! I (M) Finally lost my virginity. I'm 21 he's 26 and we met on Grindr. He was super chill and we sucked eachother off, I sat on his dick, and we came on each others chests. I just had to let someone know cause it was so awesome! I'll definitely be hitting him up again. | self.offmychest |
Haven't done anything in almost a year because of depression I haven't accomplished a single thing this year. I feel like I'm just wasting my life and I hate it so much. It's not that I don't want to do anything, I just can't. I feel useless. What's the point in living if you have no life to live | self.depression |
I'm jealous of those who live in oblivion. I want to know what it's like to go to work and school while doing all the normal things in life without feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. I want to enjoy menial work. I want to enjoy the routine, but I don't. I want to know what it's like to ride life like a carousel without ... | self.depression |
so guess im back to planning it now i just drafted a text trying to find a connect for painkillers. i was real fucking close last time, i know the concoction i need, now i just need the drugs. fuck | self.SuicideWatch |
Well that was pointless. Just chatted with someone on national suicide prevention lifeline (online chat). I can't even tell if it's a real person or just an algorithm trained to repeat back part of your sentence to you with 'I can hear you're hurting'. I hope that people who need them more than I do get through to some... | self.SuicideWatch |
Struggling With Depressed Roommate My roommate is currently depressed, which is awful and I am empathetic, however she forgets that I am struggling horrendously with my own mental health at the moment.
I almost lost my father this year, he's getting old and is very ill, is currently on antidepressants/is suicidal. Our... | self.offmychest |
People are dicks They'll tell you you're weird and then dislike the fact that you won't talk to them. They fuckin talk about you and everyone else and fucking love it when you show any sign of not being a 1000% "cool" individual, whatever the fuck that is, and I'm pretty fucking confident in who I am. Honestly just fuc... | self.depression |
Getting Famous People as Friends? Is there any way to get Famous People as Friends, not because they are famous. I have no Friends, and they are my only chance get some.
Edit: Since I know no one else who I could start a friendship with. | self.depression |
I don´t want to live in this society anymore People are just so fake and rude to each other . You ask them something and they just straight up lie to your face . I don´t want to leave in this society anymore with people like them . What should i do >.< | self.SuicideWatch |
Is it still possible to have psychological and maybe physical symptoms even when you're not anxious? | self.Anxiety |
DAE: Are other people afraid of telling friends/family they're going hypo? It's like I don't want to disappoint them and get their hopes up that "heerrreee comes MR. HAPPY HAPPY SMILE SMILE" when in reality its just as likely "mr. sad sad mcsadface" is round the corner.
I know that I'm a hell of a lot more fun to be ... | self.bipolar |
Does anyone else's perpetual dissatisfaction and unhappiness ruin their most cherished relationships? [deleted] | self.depression |
anyone experience this type of anxiety/OCD? This pertains to my OCD, I was wondering if anyone experiences any of these same things.
- Not Being Able To Drive (fear of doing something wrong/crashing/killing a person/harming a person by doing something wrong)
-Googling and rewriting the same things over and over agai... | self.Anxiety |
I canceled NYE plans to spend time with my mother who would have otherwise been alone [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I really wish someone could help me My dad just got up and went upstairs and said oh did you call to go to the anime club thing yet? (I dunno why he didnt ask last night but w/e) and I said no and he said well do you still wanna go and I said yeah and then he went downstairs and he did two very loud burps
he does loud... | self.Anxiety |
I dont know what to do
When I was about 13 I started self harming. I had a few friends but I always thought in the back of my head that they didnt like me. Mostly because I always listened to them bitch about each other behind their backs and so I assumed they did the same to me.
When I was a bit older my older siste... | self.depression |
Help me sort this out I'm aware that this subredit gets these kinds of posts all the time, but I honestly don't have anyone else to talk to about this.
So basically, I have been depressed for the majority of my life, although I haven't been officially diagnosed.
Basically, it's my 18th birthday in a week and that sort... | self.depression |
Chronic illness making me suicidal I have Hypothyroidism and it has destroyed everything for me..
Been on meds for 8 months.. feel worse
Would rather not be here anymore than Like this | self.SuicideWatch |
Day ten of Sertraline/ Zoloft and still tired Seriously, I am sleeping pretty good but man I am just so tired and wiped out all the time. Really hoping this lifts soon! | self.Anxiety |
I disclosed to the man I am dating that I have GHSV-1, and haven't heard from him since. Ugh. Sorry this is so long.
I have been on 4 wonderful dates with Bill. We have not had sex but we were definitely interested. So the last time we were together I thought we should have the sex talk. This is the point at which... | self.offmychest |
Feeling alone and helpless, constantly scared. My husband is having health problems and I can do nothing. (25 F) [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Dry throat but moist mouth Hello over the past few days I have been experiencing really dry throat. I am drinking plenty of water but my throat is still dry! It's driving me crazy! The Strange part is that I still produce allot of saliva in my mouth. Any ideas What this could be? It could be anxiety but idk. I poste... | self.Anxiety |
A guide to the mind of someone contemplating death Wake up. It's hard to breathe. It's as if invisible hands are covering your heart and squeezing it. This is what the entire day is going to be like, except that it's everyday.
You skip breakfast because you woke up late to lessen the amount of time that you're conscio... | self.SuicideWatch |
DAE feel like suicide is the only way out? Tried meds, therapy, etc...all pointless, get dangerous side effects from meds and nobody can talk me out of my anxiety.
I have GAD, health anxiety, germaphobia/OCD, ADHD, DP/DR, mild depression. I can't really deal with the physical manifestations of anxiety. I've been anxio... | self.Anxiety |
How to deal with being alone when it hurts the most holiday season? I'm trying to think different with my attitude, glass half full, what I do have instead of don't have but it's the nature of the beast to feel left out seeing others with girlfriends, wives to shop with, buy gifts for so on so forth... I know that I'm ... | self.depression |
Having a panic attack about money in the world. It's diminishing the enjoyment of things I love, like movies and show. Can someone tell me people have passion for art and not just for money :( I know it's irrational but I need help. | self.Anxiety |
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