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Went on one of my rare outings tonight to see The Last Jedi that I went to with a couple of friends who I occasionally see. That is one of my rare social outings. I am in my 40's and have social anxiety among other things. Never been in a relationship. I don't go out of the house much except for my work and running my ... | self.depression |
Describing depression. Name a concept that best describes depression/describe manic depression in your own words?
 
I usually refer people to the movie "Old Boy" where he's locked in a room for years and years for no reason at all. At 3 months he begins to lose it, and he's banging on the door to his cell sc... | self.bipolar |
do Suicidal thoughts go away? Do suicidal thoughts ever really go away? I've been stable for about ~8 months now but I still think about death. Not to the extent that I would even think of acting it out, but if someone decided to murder me / run me over with a car I wouldn't mind. Is that normal? | self.bipolar |
This new found anxiety has become an awful alarm clock. Currently in the middle of a separation/divorce with my wife of 7 years. We have two kids and both stay with her with the exception of weekends and hanging out twice a week in the evenings. So for the most part I’m often alone. She left sometime in the middle of S... | self.Anxiety |
Depressed at college So I just started my second semester of college, and I feel horrible. For context, I'm an 18 year old girl and I go to a small liberal arts school that's about 3 1/2 hours away from my home. I've struggled with anxiety (especially separation anxiety) and depression for as long as I can remember, an... | self.depression |
Numb is the new freaking out. Anybody experienced this? Basically you freaked out so much in your life that you grew numb. People would think you are nonchalantly calm and you usually are upon friends freaking out and even calming them down but in fact you would not even raise an eyebrow if you see something shocking -... | self.Anxiety |
“She parked her car on the shoulder of the freeway, keys in the ignition... [deleted] | self.offmychest |
It's not that I want to die; I want the world to disappear. I'm wondering if anyone feels like me. I am depressed all the time, but I am pretty much ok when I am alone in my house with just my dog. The second I get a text or a phone call or I have to go to work, i get more and more sad and anxious and the thoughts of... | self.SuicideWatch |
What i've learn today about anxiety In terms of evolution, our response to things that cause fear or dangerous is the body producting hormones and molecules that made us feel apreenside, with fear, with some chest tightness
,strange abdominal sensation and high urinary frequency (It's funny that when i was a child I us... | self.Anxiety |
DAE get suicidal/ depressed in the evenings? Think it may be my Seroquel wearing off. Every evening I get into this super depressed, angry, suicidal mess and I have no idea why. I'm well medicated during the day and able to function (ish) but evenings I'm a mess. Anyone experience this? | self.bipolar |
People who have had ECT, what was your experience like? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
I'm so tired of begging people to be nice to me Maybe it is my fault. Maybe I'm just the worst.
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You’re just making yourself sad? People ask why do you think about all those horrible things? You’re just making yourself sad?
If I do not think about my pain it’s still with me. It feels like this loud banging in my mind. It feels like a high pitched screeching trying to get me to pay attention to it. It starts ripp... | self.depression |
I am... sad. You've left me. You casually talk about stuff he gave you. You talk as if nothing in your life changed.
We were together for almost a decade. You did fuck all to improve yourself until you left me the first time.
I built a career out of nothing. Out of hopelessness and desperation. And you just sat ther... | self.offmychest |
Have anyone changed careers and gotten better? I am really down at the moment and a big part of it is due it my job. I don't believe I have a major depression but might have situational depression due to my work. Has anyone changed jobs/careers and seen a big change in their mood? | self.depression |
What a difference It’s amazing the difference in my life in just 2 and a half years. 2.5 years ago I was horribly depressed and refusing to do anything about it. I had been
feeling that way for probably close to 7 or 8 years. I had honestly forgotten what it felt like to be “happy”. I was drinking almost daily just to... | self.depression |
an interesting thought that could be of help to you all I'm a part of this comunity for about a year now, i made this account just for this subbredit. I want to say thank you to all of you first, this community has it's hands in my ongoing recovery.
I go to a psychiatrist and a psychologist for quite some time now, be... | self.Anxiety |
if you're lonely.. F/17/AUS
I'm very active online and have insomnia, so timezones probably aren't an issue. I am very loyal and caring, with lots of love to give, especially to those who can show that they want it :)
I have depression too, I'm very miserable and lonely, occasionally suicidal. Yet I am optimistic at h... | self.depression |
Haven't taken my pills for two days I've been on antidepressants pretty regularly since I was 21. I'm 29. I was originally on 10mg of Lexapro and last year we increased it to 20mg. I forgot to refill my prescription on time and when I went to the pharmacy today there was a mixup with the doctor's office and now I have ... | self.depression |
Please just tell me Im doing a good job Im really sad. I always feel like no one likes me and I dont know why, many say they do like me but Im not even sure anymore. For the past month and a half I havent found enjoyment in anything, I want to feel happy again. Id be okay with this if I werent so below average in absol... | self.depression |
I don’t know what to do I’m a 19 year old dude. I’ve never posted here or reached out or anything to strangers but I don’t really know where else to turn. My depression has gone off the rails at this point. I haven’t had a steady stream of good days in as long as I can remember. Today I got dumped. Yesterday I learned ... | self.SuicideWatch |
how to cope with suicide of a loved one as someone who is suicidal? Hi, this is my first post on here, so sorry if I do this wrong or anything.
I'm 16 years old, and have actively contemplated suicide since I was 12. It continuously feels like it's getting better, then worse, in this gross cycle that I don't even know... | self.SuicideWatch |
I've been fighting depression for 21 years and need help to finally get out of it. Hello everybody,
I'm a 28 years old man, who has been fighting different degrees and intensities of depression ever since I was 7 years old or old enough to realise how unfair and how perverted, this world really is.
I've fought thro... | self.depression |
the loneliness is messing up my mental health im on year 3 on living by myself with no social life and no real family and its just too empty
I've ruined my life so much | self.depression |
I think I was raped on halloween night while extremely manic (trigger warning: rape) [deleted] | self.bipolar |
I'm giving myself one more year. December 2, 2018. If, by then, my life does not improve in any way, and if I continue to struggle like it's the only thing that matters in life, if I don't get a better job and if I continue with these insane cycle of constant sadness and self-pity, I'm ending my life. I've exhausted al... | self.SuicideWatch |
I Am So Afraid Of Getting A Job Again, But I Need To Get Back On Track. I had extremely horrible working experience as IT Technician.
Had 2 jobs, both I quit within a week because I was unable to handle the stress, the yelling, the anxiety. I cried every night and unable to sleep.
Decided to stop finding job and star... | self.Anxiety |
I've never felt so alone After being hospitalized I had to quit my marijuana habit. It caused a drug-induced mania. I feel hopeless every day. I worry about if my husband died I would be completely alone. I can't stop thinking about it.
I have two friends. One is super busy with school so I never see her and the oth... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anxiety is killing me, i used to be outgoing now i wont go out. Hi, I'm new here but iv'e started having panic attacks and never had them before, been diagnosed with GAD years ago and used to take tablets for depression and anxiety but stopped as they don't even work but i get loads of side effects, anyway i tapered my... | self.Anxiety |
Tonight (NYE) Im gonna be alone in a cold flat. I have nothing to eat, I don’t feel like I can make myself anything and tomorrow I have school. Day one starting to be amazingly depressing. This has be to a new low. Can’t even pretend to be happy anymore. | self.depression |
Help me find a reason to live pls (19/M) My english is bad so i will try to keep this short. 6 months ago i got a laser eye surgery that fked up my eyes permanently. I got extremely depressed and lost all my friends. Had to quit my MMA gym after 4 years. I became suicidal and the only one who noticed was my grandma. S... | self.SuicideWatch |
If you had to be stuck in a state of either hypomania or stability for the rest of your life, what state would you choose and why? I'd have to choose hypomania. Sounds like a messy life, but my asperger's syndrome just disappears while hypomania. And I feel like it's more crippling to be stable with Aspergers than hypo... | self.bipolar |
I can't commit suicide. What next? I've been depressed for as long as I can remember. I finally went 18 months with no suicide attempts and hospitalizations. I thought I was in the clear.
I wasn't. It's back, and the long absence of hopelessness and despair almost makes its return that much worse. Like I remember what... | self.depression |
Sleeping is very weird for me and I'm not sure if I'm the only one or not? I have been diagnosed with depression and panic disorder for a few months now. Does anyone else struggle with borderline attacks (just major heart racing, heavy breathing, and extreme sadness or stress, sometimes not knowing where it comes from-... | self.Anxiety |
Health problems caused by anxiety Newcomer here and newly diagnosed. Have found out my tachycardia is related to my anxiety . My resting bpm can be more than 150 during bouts of serious anxiety . Anybody else with the same issue ? Don’t really know much about it . | self.Anxiety |
Doctor Shake-Up Blues It's been a while since I've been in this sub because I've felt pretty stable on the meds I'm on for almost a year now. Out of sight, out of mind, etc.
I've been going to this place that's about an hour away from where I live every month to get my prescription for methylphenidate; because it's ... | self.bipolar |
Alcohol + antidepressants? So I’ve been taking antidepressants for like two months now and I’m starting to feel better. Last night I started drinking and I started off with beer but then I remembered that you shouldn’t drink while you’re on antidepressants...
What would happen if you drink a lot and you’re on them? | self.depression |
Girlfriend problems have me stressed out to the point it affects my sleep and bathroom needs... After over 2 years together my girlfriend and I took a break. It was mutual, and it was mostly her that pushed me away due to how stressed she was and she’s horrible at communicating her problems. She’s from England, I’m fro... | self.Anxiety |
Any Unipolar Manics Out There? I consider myself pretty much a unipolar manic. I haven't had depression in 8 years, but have had multiple manic or hypomanic episodes.
Anyone else? Anything you'd like to talk about? | self.bipolar |
I always comment on my friends' stories, but they rarely comment on mine. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
My existence is a mistake. The only way to restore peace to my life is to end it. I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like I'm coming apart at the seams. There's this *thing* in my head. Like an itch from a bug bite that I can't ignore.
It wants me to hurt myself.
It was just on the peripheries at first, someth... | self.SuicideWatch |
Not so Lonely I've been kind of lurking here and not staying to myself just reading what everyone is saying. This sub blows my mind. It restores my hope in humanity to see so many people come together and share their stories. I know for me it's terrifying to share with someone that I have depression because most of the... | self.depression |
Don't belong in this world as it's proven over and over [deleted] | self.depression |
I don’t really know what else to do. For about a year now, I’ve been feeling constantly down, and it’s taken an impact on my life. My grades are suffering, and my relationships are too. I tried talking to my family members, but they all say it’s just “teen phase” or to “snap out of it”. It’s gotten to the point where, ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anyone ever get really depressed after hanging out with friends? Like, having a good day with friends then coming home to have these thoughts that I hate | self.depression |
It took hours to turn this run-on sentence into an articulated thought [deleted] | self.depression |
Starting Zoloft I started 50mg of Zoloft on Thursday and throughout the weekend I felt so awful because of the side effects. I skipped it today and my anxiety was bad but manageable. I was gonna start back on it tomorrow but I was gonna cut the pill in half and do 25 mg in the morning and the other 25mg at noon. Did I ... | self.Anxiety |
What situations make your anxiety flare up? I [21/F] have recently read feel the fear and do it anyway. The book says to try something that scares you every day. I hate change and I hate new situations; I’m planning to write my own list but would be interested to know which situations scare you so that I can potentiall... | self.Anxiety |
I feel trapped. I feel like I shouldn't be here. I get a feeling that everywhere I go, everyone hates me. I'm pathetic... I cry to much. This illness seems like something that is never-ending, and I hate it. I care about everyone, except for myself. I hate myself. I just want someone, anyone, to give me a reason to be ... | self.depression |
Just don't know what to do anymore... The last 5 years have been a complete mental health roller coaster for me. Such a long story of dropping out of college, hospitals, marriage, failing friendships, new jobs, agoraphobia and just plain bad luck. Now, I have a steady job and I leave the house but life just doesn't fee... | self.SuicideWatch |
I think I might be suicidal and not know it... I'm too scared to die, and I don't want everything my families done for me to go to waste. I've accepted that I'm stuck here now that I've been put here. I dont think I'm suicidal... but at the same time, I don't think normal people wake up wishing they had never been born... | self.depression |
I want to help my anxious kindergarten student! I'm a kindergarten teacher and I have a student who is smart, well liked and from a supportive and involved family who is so anxious about school and being away from her mother that she is terrified and breaks right down many times a day. She lost her grandfather last yea... | self.Anxiety |
Does anyone else notice they get anxiety literally over not having anxiety? Like wait what am i forgetting? Is everything really okay? Just before, i realized i had nothing to be anxious about at the moment (besides the run of the mill existential dread on the back-burner of course). But anyway, yeah, i’ve been not mis... | self.Anxiety |
Today was not a great day. I took a lot of shifts this week. I work in the customer service field and I have been working quite a lot this week, which already started to give me anxiety.
A lot of bad things happened today. I dreaded coming at work because I thought something was going to go wrong. Turns out, my higher ... | self.Anxiety |
why should i care about anyone when no one cares about me? [deleted] | self.depression |
My girlfriend wants me to talk with psychiatrist.. Should i go? Shouldnt i talk with psychologist? I dont think even whats the difference, i know only that psychiatrist can prescribe medicine...
And i think that psychiatrist helps only people who are fucked up completely, im not that bad i think
I think almost all th... | self.depression |
I wonder if other people feel like this... I feel like I spend every holiday whether it’s Christmas or new year waiting for something really special to happen or for someone to make plans with me, instead nothing happens. Tonight, everyone said they had small plans ( none of which I was invited to) and now seem like th... | self.offmychest |
I just want out Hello. I've always been plagued with suicidal thoughts all my life, but today I think is the strongest I've felt it so far. I've been having severe problems for the last few days, and it doesn't help that my aunt is treating me like shit. This day, she's been angry at me for going to the kitchen for wan... | self.SuicideWatch |
Capricorn (2018) So I was recently on Snapchat. Well...my sister was. And she came across something, like a reading for 2018. Reading mine, I really thought about what it said. It actually got to me. It said to strengthen ties with friends and that they can support or help you. But...why? How would it know that I’m goi... | self.depression |
Why do people care about us? So, there's this podcaster/YouTuber I stumbled upon, and in one of his recent videos, the topic of suicide comes up. In the video, he speaks about all the suicidal messages he recieves from people
all around the world who listen/watch him. As he goes on, it gets harder for him to talk abou... | self.depression |
hang myself I'm gonna go grab a rope and hang myself I'm 54 rady to die | self.SuicideWatch |
I fuck shit up every time I try to establish friendship In this case a coworker too. I hung out too much at my workplace when I was off yesterday now I got her in trouble. Today her bf got in contact with me saying to cool it, presumably allowed him to get my number from her phone. Well, that's another bad impression I... | self.depression |
Any of you guys have problems with gambling (when manic/ in general)? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
When I have a moment of me without depression, the realistation of what I have missed is like a knife in the heart I occasionally have moments where I am normal again, and I see the damage that depression has done to my life, and it is like a stab in the heart.
Occasionally when a new life experience forces itself up... | self.depression |
Has anyone tried therapy and what form had worked best? | self.Anxiety |
Feel like I’m going to be in trouble for something Last week I felt very depressed and desperate. I was just feeling so frustrated and helpless. I made a bunch of posts about that, and ended up more frustrated with the answers I got.
This week I feel less depressed, but so anxious I don’t know how to interact with oth... | self.Anxiety |
speechless I don't know what to say. I'm done. I should off myself. I really fucking should. I was so close to saying something. Parents asked what was wrong and nothing came out. I had a chance and I said nothing. It's like I was screaming but nothing was coming out. I fucking hate my lard fucking body. I am the defi... | self.depression |
I️m having mixed episode and I️m concerned for myself Hi, never posted here before but here goes. I was diagnosed w Bipolar 2 around April of this year. I was on lithium for a while, super low dose, but then I went off it when I ran out and had been doing fine. Recently, I am going through a VERY stressful time, and I ... | self.bipolar |
What’s the point I got another email from my professor about how I’ve missed so much class that I could fail, but he’s giving me another chance which is good but I’m so used to fucking up everything why should I live it would be so much easier just to end it all
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I don't like the people I go to college with. I've been at my local community college for almost two years now, and for the most part it's been okay. I've met some really great professors, I've made a very close friend, and I've done a lot of hard work. But something has been bothering me about this college, and it's t... | self.offmychest |
That's it. I've decided that no matter what, or how hard I try, I'll amount to nothing in the end. and that's that.
I've finally accepted the fact that I'm worthless. | self.depression |
I thought getting a job would help. I was wrong I'm worse now than ever. I don't want to get up in the morning and go to work, I hate interacting with people. The money I get isn't even enough to comfortably live, I'm lucky to get $100 a week. I've had two breakdowns on shift just last week alone, and I get home every... | self.depression |
What medicine works best for irritability / anger for you? | self.bipolar |
I can't conform to the social norms of people my age [deleted] | self.depression |
Question about "de-realization" My short-term memory has been really bad, particularly in times of heightened stress, but recently I have started feeling like my lack of ability to remember things is a symptom of my losing touch with reality. I read about "derealization" and "depersonalization" which seems to explain i... | self.Anxiety |
I'm a mistake. I am nothing. I am just a heavy baggage for everyone around me. I just can't see nothing in front of me. I want to die. I don't know what's worth fighting for. | self.depression |
I just made a legit suicide plan I've always attempted on a whim before. But this time, I've got a plan. Saturday, when I get my meds, I'm going to tell my boyfriend I love him and I'm running to the store. I'm going to park my car somewhere empty. Im going to take all my pills and wash it down with as much alcohol as ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I envy some of you. Everyday i read posts on here and see that most of you have either friends,family,soulmates...
I have none of that and reading that makes me wanna die even more.Well good thing my time is coming very soon. | self.SuicideWatch |
I got engaged only to realize that I have no close friends I recently got engaged. I'm only having groomsmen to make my fiancee happy. In reality I don't have any friends that I am that close with anymore except for 1. Outside of one who was married a few years ago (and I was in his wedding) none of them are married an... | self.offmychest |
I never finished college, quit my first salaried job, now work as a rideshare driver, and am scared every day that my family will find out and yell at me. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
why do i feel like this? since yesterday i just felt my chest was so heavy and my heart was beating fast and i feel so worried that something bad will happen. when i do something i feel like i cant focus or dont feel like doing anything, i feel suffocated and depressed. is it because of loneliness or boredom? | self.offmychest |
I'm having a good day and it scares me Normally everyday I'm riddled with self-pity and disgust, feeling shitty with myself and hearing constant arguments between my parents from the next room. But today was different; they didn't fight, they smiled at me and didn't insult me at all and I didn't think of killing myself... | self.depression |
I feel trapped at home with my own family Ever since they knew I had a bf and that I'm gay I'm a shame to them, they're aren't please with Anything that I do, my mother has insulted me, my sisters it's just a bully in some sort of way and it's just nice when she needs a favor, and at the end I'm the only one that is wr... | self.offmychest |
I can’t drink because of my meds, but what do I say to others? The majority of social activity seems to revolve around drinking, and people can be really inquisitive and pushy toward the one sober person in their midst. I want to still get myself to go out and socialize, but I don’t want to admit I’m on anti-depressant... | self.depression |
No interest in anything that I used to love... I am 20 years old. Second year in college. I spend most of my days locked in my dorm room, pretending I'm stuyding, while all I am doing is overeating, sleeping and crying.
I don't know what caused this. I used to love my major (history, pretty much all I can do), but thi... | self.depression |
Stuck in my car - because I'm too depressed to go inside to work I usually really like my job, even though it's pretty stressful, to the point that I was actually *excited* Monday that the long holiday was finally over. Excitement faded well before lunch. I'm still struggling badly to fill the role of this promotion I... | self.depression |
I think I loved the person I thought you were. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I sincerely hope you're dead, and that doesn't make me a mean girl. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
How do you cope with all this? What do you do when you feel overwhelmed with all your problems, and you MUST succeed but it's just too hard? | self.SuicideWatch |
statistics regarding anxieties and types of therapy? Anyone have some source of (or a list of) statistics regarding what forms therapy have been proven to best treat certain forms of anxiety (social, health, etc.)? Thanks | self.Anxiety |
Just venting If you want to read, any advice would be helpful. Otherwise, this is one hell of a wall of text. Stay strong folks.
I get up around 7:30. I eat my granola dry with a glass of water because I can't eat milk. I shower, brush my teeth, pack my bag then walk to college. I enjoy this part because I can just ge... | self.depression |
I'm really starting to hate living my life. You(I) don't know how to express my thoughts or emotions well. every social interaction you make is practically a play, or a move like in chess. and the more that people disappoint you, the more validated the system becomes. It's just so frustrating. You have goals and you ha... | self.offmychest |
Wow!! Night and day difference going from 60mg to 80mg Latuda Like its almost hard for me to believe. I had been on the 80s for about 3 weeks then insurance got screwy and I had to fall back on the 60s. I got to say time on the 60s wasnt all that stellar and then I missed a day and it kind of went to shit after that.
... | self.bipolar |
How do you feel when u actual suicidal? I'm scared I feel that feeling right now.
I went for a walk today and it was dark outside, and it came car after car and I walked next to the road. I started thinking about "what if I jump" and started playing it in my head. And I feel I get a adrenaline rush out of thinking on ... | self.depression |
Trying some things. Don't think just do. Day 1 [removed] | self.depression |
What did I do to deserve this? My BF just helped me confess to my best friend that I have a big fat lesbian crush on her.
It went so well. :) | self.offmychest |
DAE ever feel guilty for complaining because “at least you get to be happy”? I’m not sure if I should post here since I’m undergoing evaluation rather and we have not confirmed a diagnosis yet.
I have friends who have unipolar depression and this thought crosses my mind quite a bit. Also my ratio for mania vs depressi... | self.bipolar |
I don't know what's worse Being depressed because things are bad, life is hard, you're alone and hopeless, or when things are good and you're loved and heading for wonderful new things?
I should be happy. Great new job opportunity, ending a chapter of my life plagued with fear, sadness, and guilt, a fantastic marriage... | self.depression |
Being unemployed is like having your self-worth get beat with a baseball bat everyday It hits at random times, really, really hard. It's so sad. Dunno where to put this so here it is. Wrote a long thing but fuck it. | self.offmychest |
Upped my citalopram dosage, feels like I'm starting over I just upped from 10mg to 20mg. My regular anxiety was increasing and my normal maintenance methods were not working as well as they usually do. I was originally supposed to up to 20 after the first 2 weeks last year but I tried and couldn't get past the side eff... | self.Anxiety |
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