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I vented my problems to my husband and I feel even more alone and empty than before. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I can't do this. I am worthless. I know I'm a dime a dozen here, but it's true. My face is ugly, my body is ugly, and worst of all, so is my personality. I wish my self esteem wasn't so shitty but here I am. I'm overbearing, needy, and somehow feel like a narcissist and a piece of shit at the same time which is sur... | self.SuicideWatch |
feeling trapped in a social engagement that could lead to more harm than good Hello fam
first, i love you.
second, my v close friend is playing in her band tomorrow night. there's a guy there who i potentially might hook up with, even though i am hesitant about it. but im not good at listening to those hesitant ... | self.bipolar |
To everyone posting this winter season, you are not alone. Please read. I have been clinically depressed and under medication for most of my adult life. Yes there are drugs available, yes they have side effects. In my case, I think they saved my life. It was worth it. Recently I tried getting off of them and immediatel... | self.depression |
I am desperate, lonely, and hopeless. I need to get this out, I think I'm at the worst I've ever been and I don't know what to do. And this will probably be really long because there's so much, I am sorry, I dont blame you if you find me annoying.
I feel completely hopeless, it's like everything bad that could happen ... | self.depression |
Loved one has depression and I don't know what to do. [deleted] | self.depression |
How can I convince myself friends and relationships aren't important? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
How to not kill yourself? The older I get, the more I run out of reasons. I’ve tried everything. Im 27 and still have lost friends and family that always swore they would be there. I can’t handle my brain. If I didn’t have family, I’d be gone by now.
Help? | self.SuicideWatch |
What to do when people (usually girls) don't text back? Honestly idk if it's even worth it to keep trying. You know when you send a text, and she (or he) doesn't reply and then the anxiety comes flooding in like
"Am I being annoying?"
"Maybe they're just busy"
"Maybe they didn't get the notification?"
"Should I se... | self.depression |
How can I convince my doctor I need a Benzodiazepine? Because I really do, I can’t go out in public without freaking out and I get super paranoid at home. I really want Ativan, but I’m worried my psychiatrist won’t give me any. What do I do? | self.Anxiety |
Don’t know what to do So my problems aren’t huge I probably have a fantastic life, but I’m Mexican and 15 and my Visa (E-2) we been having problems renewing it. So now I’m in Mexico in my grandparents house, and like it’s been like this for 3 months. I been doing my homework but more and more I’m losing motivation to d... | self.SuicideWatch |
Today I learned how to tie a noose. I can tie one in under 30 seconds now. | self.SuicideWatch |
Does anyone else have intrusive thoughts about everyone they know dying? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Im not good with titles but it seems like a good day to die Heres a bunch of reasons not worth killing myself over that im going to anyway.
I got kicked out of my house because this dude spreas lies about me so now i dont have any friends/connections and the only place I can live is with my mom who refuses to move out... | self.SuicideWatch |
Trying not to break down My husband leaves today for 2 weeks. He will miss Halloween. He will miss the switch over from my old job to my new job. He will miss my volunteering at my son’s school.
He always cooks so that will fall on me now. I sick at cooking. He always does the drop off and pick up from school but tha... | self.bipolar |
Am I crazy for wanting to get back with her? So let me give you guys a bit of a timeline first:
- April 2017 we met at work, became really good friends. She still had a boyfriend, but broke up with him about 2 weeks after we started hanging out.
- June 2017 I told her I liked her as more than a friend, she didn't f... | self.depression |
What do they do to you in the hospital and pysh ward? | self.SuicideWatch |
None of you care. I'm ready to kill myself [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Having shit to do gives me anxiety. Having nothing to do gives me anxiety. | self.Anxiety |
It's 3am and I can't sleep. I am a light sleeper and generally have a hard time going to sleep, as my brain goes a mile a minute and despite being physically tired..I just can't. I was awaken by yelling and that really makes me anxious. I'm nauseous and I really hate the fact that I have to live with people yelling, ag... | self.Anxiety |
I feel so despondent today. The depth of my depression hit a new low today. Everyday I wake up wishing I was dead but today its really bad. I have no intent at hurting myself or others. This is been going on for over two years.
 
I'm 50. I have no friends to speak of, no family other than 1 sister. I've bee... | self.depression |
Whole family speaks a different language, feel left out? My dad started dating this Spanish woman and she doesn’t know English so everyone speaks Spanish. Is it normal to feel left out because of this? My dad took the time to learn Spanish and now they pretty much only talk to my two little brothers in Spanish. | self.depression |
Just stopped my meds: what should I expect? I know it's different for everyone but I stopped my meds a week ago (seroquel & remeron). I am more often depressed versus hypomanic but I'm not sure what to expect right now. My panic symptoms have come back full force but other than that I'm not sure if my losing sleep ... | self.bipolar |
I hate coming back everyday just to find something. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
It's days like these that really emphasize how miserable you are. Everyone's out there celebrating. People you know brandishing how far they've come and how they're gonna take control of the upcoming year. Bring in more blessings. Get more out of life.
While I'm here.
I've slept all day. I've been stuck in my bed f... | self.depression |
Do people think you're slow or unintelligent? I often have this from people. They think I am slow, even online. I wonder if this happens to anyone else? Can anxiety make us appear slow and unintelligent?
Edit: I certainly know it's not my anxiety that is making me think people think I am slow or unintelligent because... | self.Anxiety |
I have a weird relationship with my friends around this time Recently I’ve been trying to be really mean deliberately to my friends and just making a really big argument with them over nothing. This is because I want them to temporarily dislike me so if I just die for whatever reason, which I do hopefully, then they wo... | self.depression |
So sad watching my bf go to hella parties on his xmas vacation while I'm alone/working I know it's not his fault and I could have even maybe gone with him but it sucks I feel really alone and I'm not good at having a social life. It's 10pm on Friday night on Dec 22 and I'm alone in my office. My bf is texting me a bit ... | self.offmychest |
[Serious]Powers out, how do you make it less boring? I have extremely bad anxiety, and when the power goes out it just gets worse and worse. I think due to getting bored, which leads to over thinking. Any advice or tips to keep my mind busy would be a life saver! | self.Anxiety |
I get it now. I get it now.
My hurt didn't start two years ago when you decided you weren't seeing me anymore. The time you blocked me, months later randomly decided to call me "for closure", only to block me again.
It wasn't when you saw me on the same dating site we met on and randomly decided to say "hi", like w... | self.offmychest |
I've tried every suicide chat I can get my hands on. Just someone please talk to me... I'm questioning my entire gender (male, feminine) and sexuality (asexual).
Why am I plauged with anxiety and doubt and a constant stream of stress where I inevitably get completely wasted in an attempt to cope but instead I just lo... | self.offmychest |
Just broke up with my fiancee because of my depression. I'm just gonna end it... [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
No matter how much progress I make I just backslide. I forgot to pick up my prescription because they sent the refill over to the pharmacy when I wasn't close to running out, so the pharmacy said I had to have it re-sent. I haven't been able to get through to my psychiatrist's office in the past several days because th... | self.bipolar |
How normal is it to be consoled? This is probably going to be one mess of a post, I'm not doing super well right now.
I can remember but one time in my life when I've been consoled by anyone and that was when I was a little kid and scared to death because of a surgery I had to undergo and my mom would tell me she woul... | self.SuicideWatch |
I asked a question in class today! I'm a sophomore in college and my whole life I have been plagued with the anxiety of talking to professors or having to plan out every word I say when asking a question before I ask.
But today I was in class, raised my hand, and asked a question with no former planning. I hadn't even... | self.Anxiety |
Welcome to your Wednesday Mid Week Check in for 8.23 How you all doing?
If you posted your goals on Sunday, you can find them [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/BipolarReddit/comments/6uyg6s/goal_setting_sunday_82017/) somewhere amongst the 40 comments.
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this dream I had for many years, I understand it now For years I kept having dreams of being chased by someone or something. It would never get me though, because I would be too fast, but it would keep chasing me. I would fight back and I would always win, but I would end up exhausted when I wake up.
I guess that drea... | self.Anxiety |
Loneliness will be the death of me I do not have any friends. All my immediate family are Jehovah’s Witness and will shun me when I tell them I do not want to be a JW anymore…I have nothing in this life. I love my girlfriend with all my heart but sometimes I don’t know if she feels the same…Maybe she just has a hard ti... | self.SuicideWatch |
I can't wait to finally move out of my parent's house Disclaimer: I know much of this rant can be attributed towards my faults, but the thing is, if I were to move out, I would be in such a better environment to fix all of my stuff since I would have control of what I eat and how much of it. I know what my weaknesses a... | self.offmychest |
How to you explain depression as a mental illness rather than just a certain feeling that has been caused by an event? I feel like it’s sort of missing a certain body part that you need to use all day and everyday. You can’t use it even do it is demanded of you, and you always feel that lack of being able to do things ... | self.depression |
Anyone else struggling with concentrating? Have meds helped you with it? I want to ask my doctor about it but I want to know what others have experienced. | self.depression |
No offence But every fucking day I have another thing to be depressed about. Like when will this end | self.depression |
Dealing with endless thoughts? Recently (last couple of months or so) I haven't been able to get much, if any, sleep because my mind starts racing as soon as I lie down. It could be 3am and I'll be so tired it feels like I could fall asleep standing up, but as soon as I get into bed and commit to actually sleeping my m... | self.bipolar |
I just want him in me (NSFW) I can't get over him. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I was released from the psych ward this week and am on a lot of meds. I'm having undesirable side effects. Story in comments I wasn't sure where to post this so I'll try it here. As the title says, I was released from the psych ward after 6 days because of a suicide attempt. They put me on several anti depressants and ... | self.depression |
I feel like I was born in the wrong world [deleted] | self.depression |
Considering depression medication, but scared of it This is cross-posted to /r/getting-over-it. I realized there were more people on this sub and thought I might get more info. Long post, so skip to the last paragraph if you don't want to read it all.
I've been dealing with depression and anxiety for years. It comes a... | self.depression |
Should i drop out of university? I'm a 23 year old nobody who attends university, but there is something that's really gnawing at me to the point that i can't sleep at night.
You see, i have become aware through higher education how pathetically stupid and incompetent i am compared to my peers. I spend pretty much eve... | self.offmychest |
Life after death? Not knowing the answer to that question is the only thing holding me back. | self.SuicideWatch |
44 [M] Walk around in tears all day This sucks. Just miserable. I’ve had anxiety but now it is just depression mostly. Doesn’t help I’m getting a divorce. I just cry at the smallest emotional thing. Anyone else have this issue? | self.Anxiety |
Will I ever change I can see myself just laying down for decades without changing a little bit. | self.depression |
Anxiety about Loved Ones Dying I often have crying fits thinking about my parents or boyfriend dying. The thoughts are difficult to block out. I'm having one right now. I wake up every day thinking that someone could have gotten in a car crash. Or how my parents have only 40 to 50 more years of real life left. Or how I... | self.depression |
how slipping in and out of a depressive episode feels yesterday I was thinking of a comparison.
Bipolar depression is like swimming in the ocean , minding your own business. Life is good, the ocean is warm. Life makes sense. Then all of a sudden, the ocean changes and the waves are bigger. You dive under the pounding s... | self.bipolar |
This is something serious... I need to let it out. When I was around 8ish I went to a private school. This was right after I had to be disciplined and sent there because I was forced to go there. The transportation included buses but I had to ride a van. I met a friend who I don't think he is my friend anymore.
I do n... | self.offmychest |
Do you ever feel stuck in your life? It sometimes feels strange in my own mind. I try to distract myself with books and movies but right after those end I find myself back in my own empty reality.
Wish I could get away from my thoughts sometimes but I guess living doesn't work that way. | self.depression |
Sometimes I don't realize how bad my anxiety is - my DOC says i can have a theray pet OOPS: title correction: **THERAPY** PET ;)
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I am beyond thrilled and excited at this idea.
Just talked to my roommate about this and he is totally cool with it. After I get the paperwork from my Doc I can then show it to my apar... | self.Anxiety |
How could someone ever love who I am? Eliminate all variables such as expectations, social standing, career prospects, how others perceive me, and I feel good about who I am.
Now add those variable back into the equation I feel inadequate, unattractive and worthless. How could another human ever love me? The answer is... | self.depression |
Hi, how are you? I'm so annoyed by this custom in many countries. No one gives an honest answer. It's just some sort of pc script we're supposed to follow. For example...
Employee: Hi how are you today?
Customer: Fine/good, you?
Employee: Can't complain (or whatever generic 'I'm alright' response is)
It just gets ... | self.offmychest |
Started Prozac today Also quit smoking, and all my other unhealthy drug habits which I am already guilty about.
But with this medication I hope I dont have be high to be comfortable and escape, I want to be sober for the rest of my life. Just never had the power too.
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I work in politics and the shitty men make me want to drink myself to death [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I feel like those who can't emotionally support themselves are annoying This is 100% completely my opinion, and I wholeheartedly understand if some completely oppose where I am coming from, but we are all entitled to our own opinions.
I am a minority who grew up in USA, and honestly I am very happy that I was fortuna... | self.offmychest |
Why is so much so wrong with me? I feel like I have no talent and I have no motivation to invest time into learning skills. I'm so incredibly drained no matter how little I do. I can't enjoy anything anymore. I have no self-worth and nobody values me. I don't like my mother and I couldn't care less how anyone would fee... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anybody else here who's a shame of the family? It hurts a lot to hear something like that from family members. In a heat of a fight my mom told me I am the shame of this family. I knew my both sides of family don't really care about me but hearing this out loud just made me feel absolutely crushed. Later you meet them ... | self.depression |
It wouldn't matter if I exist or not :( No respect or loves me. I'm a ghost in the shadows. If I say or do something meaningful. It means nothing. But, If someone else say or do the exact thing. It means a lot more. My family and friends have little or no interest what I say. I never felt so sad and lonely. Even if I t... | self.SuicideWatch |
On the borderline Shame. Guilt. Humiliation. Despair. Fury. Exhaustion.
The feeling of being raw, split open, skin peeled back. Everything hurts. Everything. Criticism, abandonment, rejection, emptiness. That emptiness. A black hole of a soul. Nothing fills the void. Not sex. Not drugs. Life experienced with a layer o... | self.offmychest |
“Remove negative people from your life.” I always see this little tidbit in articles about how to overcome depression. Bitch, I’M the most negative person in my life. They’re not the problem, I am. I wouldn’t want to be friends with/date a cold stone like me either. So should I just remove myself from my life then?? | self.depression |
My anxiety comes in waves every few years Most years I feel pretty good, and people usually describe me as an upbeat, happy person. I would consider myself both outgoing and an extrovert. What most people do not know is every few years I get crippling anxiety. It cropped up when I was 10-13 (to the point where I was me... | self.Anxiety |
Intentionally starving I hurt a friend's feelings Sunday night by leaving a party without a word, so I intentionally starved myself yesterday and intended to cut as deep as I could last night. My roommate (who I just moved in with and doesn't know I starve or cut) made me eat, and noticed the scars on my wrist. We talk... | self.SuicideWatch |
Is anyone else on klonopin? I see like, no mention of klonopin on this sub. I actually find that in addition to my Latuda it helps maintain my mood really well, keeps my anxiety at bay and keeps me from feeling hypomanic. The latuda can make me feel really hypo and taking a milligram of klonopin at night keeps me reall... | self.bipolar |
What's your bullshitter like at work? Mine asks something then no matter the answer goes to superiors and says the answer he was just told and acts like he knew all along but "he just making sure". Also for the self confessed "best" worker (apparently he's better than the people with 20 years experience-he's not) he as... | self.Anxiety |
Is this mania/hypomania? I've never been so sure on the difference on what is mania vs what is cause and effect reaction. Thanks for taking the time if you can.
An hour ago I called my Mom on lunch to wish her a happy birthday. She just had some tough surgery last week, some balls are in the air. However, this convers... | self.bipolar |
So depressed that I’ve lost my sex drive.. Older guy here..
Just came to the realization that my sex drive is dead because I’m deeply depressed. Wife is unhappy and taking it personally. I feel guilty that I’m doing this to her. She deserves better.
In addition my job works me to the bone so I’m home at late hours ... | self.depression |
Thoughts and images of my sexual abuse keep coming up.. and I think it played a huge roll on how I turned out. [NSFW] Hello.
Throwaway for obvious reasons.
I'll try to keep this short and simple.
I was abandoned by my mother at the age of 18. She threw me to my dad who was busy with a new family, moved to Canada, an... | self.offmychest |
New Art Subreddit Hi everyone! This morning I created the sub reddit r/Manicart. For all you artists, writers, poets, photographers,song writers to post to... if you want to. I love seeing everyone's creativity, and I think a one stop subreddit would be sick. | self.Anxiety |
How can I share my sadness to the people around me? [deleted] | self.depression |
Today is the worst Today is the worst. My car broke down. My mom won't watch my dog anymore. I'm homeless. I hate myself. I've got a cold. I'm going to be alone forever.
Tomorrow is the worst, because the only change in my life is the growing debt I continue to ignore.
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How do I get space from anxiety triggers when I live with them? Throwaway account. NOTE: If you are going to tell me to go to r/raisedbynarcissists, I have been there before and finding support there caused a year-long rift between me and my family. I can't afford that since I live with them currently....
EDIT: I am n... | self.Anxiety |
It's finally hitting me. My grandmother died two and a half weeks ago. I understand that old people die, and it's the cycle of life. But my grandmother was like a second mom to me. My dad wasn't around so my mom and grandma took care of me/ helped raise me.
My grandmother was in bad shape the last couple of months and... | self.offmychest |
I'm not diagnosed but i have symptoms and i cant fucking handle it anymore I know this is long, but please someone read. I need any advice I can get . I am currently medicated but I've been put on anti-depressants once again, which isn't my case. I'm prescribed with Lexapro (10ml), Valium (5ml), Phenergan (25ml), Melat... | self.bipolar |
No reason to live. People just don't care about me anymore. I literally spend every day in bed because I can't fucking stand seeing people I know. I graduated from high school and it still stands in my head that I was laughed at for no reason by powerful people and told that I would be better off dead. I was told nobod... | self.SuicideWatch |
H3H3 podcast with Jordan Peterson talk about anxiety He talks about a theory for a cause for anxiety being that we don't have a goal for what we want to achieve so we're always anxious feeling like we never get anything accomplished, etc. They talk much more about it but it helped me.
[https://youtu.be/vx4ltQhdlhg](... | self.Anxiety |
I don't care about net neutrality I really don't care if net neutrality goes away. If that statement gets you worked up, mad or frustrated, well that's how I feel when I hear people say they don't follow politics or don't vote because it doesn't matter.
We are in this mess because people don't vote, and when they do... | self.offmychest |
DAE start to worry that you're ill (with anything) and get legitimate symptoms as if you actually are? I'm a hypochondriac/germaphobe/emetophobe and all of my anxiety surrounds getting sick, mainly with minor viral illnesses like colds, flus, and *stomach bugs*. Sometimes I'll have days where I'm convinced I'm going ... | self.Anxiety |
Do you ever feel suicidal when you hear about a success story or when you see someone close to you achieve something? It happens when they meet a similar goal that I want. The r/GetMotivated thread also triggers these emotions.
Also, I could be completely normal and someone would bring up a hypothetical positive outc... | self.SuicideWatch |
[Advice] Anxious International Travelers I've was diagnosed with GAD and panic disorder seven years ago. I spent many of those seven years finding the rights meds and in therapy. I manage pretty well now, but there are still certain triggers that really get my anxiety going. Traveling is one them. My wife wants to plan... | self.Anxiety |
I want to die Hi, right now I'm all alone at home. And all I can think of is that I just want to die. I was going to write this long post, telling my story and why I feel this way, but it's mostly pointless.
I've lost everything. I don't feel loved anymore. I've lost the will to live and try. My heart is broken. After... | self.offmychest |
I don't know what to do anymore. Feel completely alone I've managed to ruin my first year of A Levels for myself. Kind of. My teachers are all said similar things at parents evening "shes good, she just needs to believe in herself" well heres the thing. I don't. Never have really and even though I didnt hit all my targ... | self.offmychest |
Seasonally Affected So I know that as soon as the light changes, the "ok" gives way to what ends up as deep depression that doesn't lighten up until the light changes again. I'm noticing that my depression is starting with amotivation, difficulty organizing and keeping things together, not having my head in the game, f... | self.bipolar |
I am scared to start medication I'm thinking about going back on medication to help me get through the semester. I have seasonal depression and GAD and uses to take lexapro but I don't really like being dependent on medication. Does it make me weak that I can't deal with my anxiety naturally?
It's so silly that I'm h... | self.Anxiety |
idk what else to do like i dont want to kill myself because my girlfriend broke up with me, but rather because she was the only thing stopping me from doing it , so im like, well might as well now. also im really tired of "dont do it because it will affect your friends and family" i know it will, but i really dont care... | self.SuicideWatch |
I miss you... I tried hard, tried to be "happy" and "okay", but to be honest, I do miss you. We don't talk anymore, but every day when I pose silly pics on snapchat or instagram, you still click on them and click like, I guess that's the little happiness of me, knowing that you're somehow still in my life. I really don... | self.offmychest |
UK car insurance provider suggestions? Hi /r/bipolar
I (not bipolar) and my fiancee (type 2) are looking to get insurance here in the UK for a car. We're aiming to buy a 2012 Skoda yeti (somewhere between £5.5-7k budget). I've had my licence for 20 years, my fiancee for 8 years. We're 39 and 27 respectively but bec... | self.bipolar |
Anyone else lose sleep because of the thought that in no time you’ll be old and your body will fail you? [deleted] | self.depression |
.. Joined the mil..thought it would be good, have a family, and nearly everyday I want to take this benchmade knife out of my pocket and cut the wrists, I don’t really know what to do because it’ll fuck over my kid. | self.SuicideWatch |
Coming to terms that I am a piece of shit [deleted] | self.depression |
It’s inevitable I’m going to kill myself. Not today or tomorrow, but eventually. One day I’ll decide I’ve had enough, put a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger. I’ve gone through depression, thought I beat it, but it comes back. I hate myself, even though sometimes I retain some sense of pride for whatever unimportant... | self.SuicideWatch |
My ex only talks to me when he’s horny [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Afraid of never finding love and building a family My life is not coming together.
All I ever wanted was to have a loving relationship/marriage, and to have children. I have a very strong nurturing side. I'm an honest and loyal woman. Family is everything to me.
But at 29 years of age, I do not see myself obtainin... | self.SuicideWatch |
Hey, I’m new here! I just wanted to ask some questions. Does anyone go through the whole ‘range’ within a few weeks? Ie, a (I presume) brief period of hypo/mania, to the depressive stage, to anxious to eventually ‘normal’ to then swing back round to it all? I’m in denial, and don’t want anything to be wrong. I’ve had f... | self.bipolar |
Wow. I have so much to say. I don't know where to begin. It's all jumbled up in my mind. Like a dam about to break. I'll probably stop every now and then and continue at a later time. I've never done this before.
I'm in my mid-40's, male. Slim. Divorced. Kids live with their mother, but the kids and I are very close. ... | self.offmychest |
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