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I'm sixteen and depressed I think it's fair to say I'm depressed. I've got insomnia for 3 years now. I always feel tired and depressed, I don't have many friends and I've got anxiety, even simple things are scaring the shit out of me. I lock up myself in the room and cry everyday. I'm too obssesed with ficional world b... | self.depression |
EMSAM I was just prescribed this antidepressant and I wanted to know what if anyone has had personal experiences with it or info in general. It’s a 6mg patch that can be worn on the arm, leg, chest, or back.
Thanks | self.bipolar |
I don't know what has been happening to me. I'm worried and struggling with life. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
why put 100% into anything? I'm generally thought of as a very optimistic person, lots of friends, big social life, but it all feels really fake. I put on this facade @ school just to seem normal. When I come home, I tend to just collapse into this depressed phase. I find it incredibly hard to form deeper connections w... | self.depression |
Feeling lost and unsure of where to go It's been almost four month since my suicide attempt. I remember getting out of the hospital and feeling so much better and hopeful for a positive existence. It's been almost four month since I tried to take my own life, thinking that maybe it would be easier than continuing to li... | self.depression |
Bipolar depression? I've been diagnosed with depression as well as a few other things but if something upsets me, even in meds like right now I go straight to suicidal ideation. Thinking up a plan right now. Anyone who has it and has feelings like this? | self.SuicideWatch |
I don't think I have anybody to open up to, or I have a really hard time being open with people. And it's really hurting my ability to cope with stress and anxiety. I have always been fairly decent at speaking in front of crowds, and making small talk, so some people get this impression I'm happy and energetic, and hav... | self.offmychest |
Where do I go to, and what do I have to say? Need help Do I just go to my doc that I also go to when I'm phisically ill?
How do I speak to him, exactly? I dont want him to think that Im there to get meds for something like drug-abuse. I also dont want to tell him my history for an entire hour, especially to avoid a men... | self.depression |
I've never been more depressed. In high school I had a friend I was jealous of. He was out having sex and going to parties and I was the awkward quiet kid who pretty much just went to school then went home. I would practice guitar alone in my room all the time. This friend and I formed a band. It didn't last long and h... | self.depression |
Anybody else feel like they are making this shift from a reality I don’t control to one that you do? It’s like my whole life I’ve been sad about my situation, feeling sorry for myself. Just wishing that things were different, wishing that things would stop being so hectic and crazy all the time. It has felt like my lif... | self.Anxiety |
How do you deal with school stress and due dates? I need to get schoolwork done, but I always put it off because it stresses me out, to the point of having anxiety attacks and throwing up, sometimes triggering manic symptoms of hearing and seeing things in my room because I'm stressing out so much, what can I do? | self.bipolar |
Asking for help? It’s nearing midnight, which is the perfect time to be gloomy around my house. It’s been a tough 23 days, already this year. And it’s been a consecutive string of rough months, melting together into years of depression. I don’t want this anymore though.
I don’t want the midnight gloom, the exhaustion... | self.depression |
Question regarding medication Hey guys, I’m on a whole load of medications including diazepam, citalopram to name a few. I also take lorazapam for stress. This is a muscle relaxant which really helps. This is for when I need a top up. I’m just wondering how much stress I should choose to handle before taking lorazapa... | self.depression |
I think what I choose to read influences my anxiety levels. I've read a lot of things in the past few months. Some of them being support groups, some of them self-improvement ideologies, some of them advice books, and I find that the general attitude of what I read induces either relief or anxiety. When I read somethin... | self.Anxiety |
I think lamictal is actually helping me. I had a rocky road adjusting. Now I feel really good. | self.bipolar |
Can anyone recommend an informative book aimed at a person whose loved one has bipolar 1? As you can probably tell from the title, I have bipolar 1, and I'm looking for some kind of book that will help my fiance to learn about my illness, and how to live with it.
He's already incredibly supportive, but I haven't had a... | self.bipolar |
What techniques help you best when you have an anxiety attack [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I just want to start over I already screwed up my life here in Ohio. My family was going to move to Arkansas, where I could hopefully change myself and be a better person, but nothing came of it. I’m stuck in Ohio and I’ll live with my mistakes and failures | self.depression |
How does time passing feel to you? I feel like sometimes when I look back on things that have happened to me - whether earlier in the day or farther back, the usual or the exciting - that it all feels so distant from me...I don't fully know what words to use to describe what I mean...
 
I guess my (super w... | self.depression |
I would like to stop wanting a relationship. Any advice? One of my biggest sources of stress has always been my lack of a romantic partner. I've had a few close calls where I thought people were showing signs of interest in me, but I was always wrong and nothing ever actually took off. I lost a few valued friendships... | self.depression |
My Dad Owns An Auto Body Shop, Convinced That My Brother And I Are Going To Get Cancer As the title says, my dad owns a body shop. My brother voiced his concerns to me in the past about him working at my dad's, but I always laughed them off due to the fact that my brother didn't work there for too long, relatively spea... | self.Anxiety |
I think I can ride my bike now... Navigating life is like trying to ride a bike, and meds are like training wheels. Can you imagine being told you have to keep training wheels on your bike your WHOLE life...that you will absolutely crash without them. Training wheels! They make it hard for you to tip over, but at the e... | self.bipolar |
I have no real problem yet I feel like shit [deleted] | self.depression |
I am going to commit suicide next year, but I wanted to know if you all have something you want to do before you do it. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I really fucking like you I love every minute we’re together. I love going out on spontaneous hang outs. I love being with you one on one. I love being there for you. I love sitting in a car and just chilling with you. I love being able to mess around with you, like untie your shoelaces or poke you in your sides. I lov... | self.offmychest |
It's like I'm always finding a reason to feel like shit. | self.depression |
I dont know what to do with my life The only thing Ive ever valued about myself and my life is math.
I keep comparing myself to someone ludicrously better happier than me more successful than me.
Funadamentally, I have no idea what to do with my life. Math has become painful. Its the only thing that was ever goo... | self.depression |
God damn it I'm fucking done. I just suck at everything. I give up. I fucking quit. I cant handle this world I'm too god damn weak. I don't want to go to school, I can't fucking do it. I haven't even registered but classes start in a few hours and now I need to go beg to be let in why do I do this shit to myself. I'm f... | self.depression |
Have been "stable" but burnt out and sluggish (mentally and physically) for over 6 months. SO many meds; I want to feel better but NOT manic (BP 1, 26yo) So pretty much since I came out of my last mania in late 2015, I've settled into a blank, foggy, "mild depression" with only enough energy to force myself to do what ... | self.bipolar |
A month’s sober ! I’m 31 days alcohol free! This is good especially as I am on Lithium as well as Keppra for epilepsy. Have any of you guys ever abused or even just drank alcohol while on your medication? How did that go? | self.bipolar |
Please someone help me. It's been so long I've been without a person to talk to, I'm dying from loneliness. I have no friends, my family abuses me to a point where the want to leave a bruise on me. The online suicide help line isn't working because I can't talk to anyone without breaking down and crying, I have terribl... | self.SuicideWatch |
He says I should just fuckin kill myself. What if he's right? I'm alone. The hotlines haven't helped. Crisis text line didn't help much. The direct quote was " go fuckin kill yourself cunt". This from the man I loved more than anything in the world. I hear it on repeat over and over on my head. I just want it to stop. ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm going through a thing, in life. i'm a pos i guess. [deleted] | self.depression |
Is this Psychosis? So, I had a thought the other day while watching a movie.
In the movie, they said "Hell isn't a place, it's a beautiful confusion".
My brain immediately said "What if that's my way of telling myself that I'm in hell, in the same position".
Is this a psychotic thought?
Or is this something som... | self.bipolar |
Can someone take their time in their day to read this? Feeling alone and unwanted. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I feel so alone. And empty. And i am so tired of feeling this way. I just want it to fucking stop. | self.Anxiety |
Life sucks, then you die Alcohol helps, mellows me out, and gives me something to look forward to each day.
Reason to work? to afford alcohol, reason to look forward to tomorrow, alcohol.
Can't drink if dead.
I feel your pain, go get drunk, repeat, stay sober for work.
Never know, things might change, if not, there is ... | self.SuicideWatch |
How I describe a bipolar down Literally having to talk my brain into the fact that I should continue living. The incessant thoughts that ending my life is the best option, but I toss on a smile because I’m at work, and don’t want to deal with the questions. Yes, I know things will swing back up, but for those bleak mom... | self.bipolar |
Can you hear me? I've been alone for so long, I'm too afraid to get close to anyone again | self.depression |
afraid I have Prostate Cancer Hello all, so I woke up today with some discomfort in my penis, I peed and immediately felt like I needed to go again, this has persisted throughout the day. I went to the doctor and my urine culture came back negative for a UTI the Doctor said that my symptoms could be a precursor to an a... | self.Anxiety |
Jealousy/Envy is one of my main symptoms Anyone else? If I see someone having a good time with their family, I get jealous. If I see a happy couple, I Get jealous. Basically if I see any one moving on with there lives as if it were nothing, I get extremely fucking envious. | self.depression |
My heart hurts Sorry in advance for rambling. I just have a lot on my chest to get off.
I'm a high school senior. I have almost no friends and I'm in an emotionally manipulative relationship with a girl threatening to kill herself if I break up with her. I don't know what makes me happy anymore. My relationship is unf... | self.depression |
I told a friend something personal and then they told others. [deleted] | self.depression |
Can anyone help me get a better understanding of what social anxiety is? My boyfriend has social anxiety and he explained a little bit about it. Also this is my first post on reddit and I usually don’t post things on community stuff like this. So personally, I kinda get scared/shy to talk to people. For example, whenev... | self.Anxiety |
How can I help support a long distance friend with their depression [deleted] | self.depression |
Parents are paying for school, feel like I'm stealing from them I’m 21 years old, studying statistics at a Canadian university. I've been in school since I was 18; much of my time here was as a part-time student, taking general ed courses. Therefore, I have taken only three courses so far that count toward my major. My... | self.offmychest |
Can this be consider killing yourself? Two days ago, i came out with my depression to a close friend, I still havent told my other close friend, but he will know when time is right.
I told them how hard it was to handle myself and how my "needy" personality didn't appear out of nowhere for the past 2 months for nothin... | self.SuicideWatch |
Was anyone else first diagnosed with depression? How did you find out you were bipolar? what were you experiences with SSRIs? what it mania/hypomania like?
debating on wether or not to tell my therapist i’m questioning my diagnoses or just put myself in a straight jacket :) | self.bipolar |
I built my life around my wife who is leaving me [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Stability This may sound utterly ridiculous but does anyone ever get bored with stability? | self.bipolar |
Why did my boyfriend have me lay on the bed when I was having a breakdown? I don't know why anyone would love me. I don't even like myself. I was having an emotional breakdown about something earlier and my boyfriend tried calming me down. He tried holding/hugging me but I told him to get away from me and said that he ... | self.depression |
How do you deal with all your friends abandoning you? [deleted] | self.depression |
I'm falling so low My depression is running rampant, ever since I started university I haven't been doing well...mentally. I have ADHD as well so I feel like I understand less than my peers, that I'm learning slower than them. I'm struggling to stay together in general. I want to be on this course so much, I worked so ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Ever fantasize about someone beating the shit out of you? [deleted] | self.depression |
I feel like I'm going through life on hard mode Everyday tasks are so hard for me. The worst part is getting out of bed. | self.depression |
Father is in ICU Im just trying to keep my mind off him, he was a firefighter, EMT, Truck Driver, Construction Worker and many, many other things. He grew up with adopted parents and his father died when he was 14.. and hes been a quadriplegic for almost my whole life... Since I was about 6 and hes always.. Always been... | self.depression |
how much time in a 24 hour day are you actually anxious? I'm just curious, because sometimes I feel that my anxiety is not as bad as I think it is. Off meds, it can really ramp up during the day at work. It may jump for a couple hours in the morning, a couple hours in the afternoon, and that's about all. It definitely ... | self.Anxiety |
Does Anyone Else Ever Have Trouble Eating Dinner? So from time to time I will go through times where I just cannot eat dinner. I get up eat breakfast, go to work eat lunch, but then when I get off work I get part of the way home or get home and feel bad. I get my anxious feelings of a tight chest, trouble breathing, a ... | self.Anxiety |
Anxiety is destroying me Over the past few months my anxiety has made it impossible to function. Any type of music being played in public (be it sung, or from a speaker) will trigger my anxiety, no matter how small quiet it is. It can reduce me to tears, being physically unable to talk or communicate, or self harming (... | self.Anxiety |
Having an abortion, really just need someone to talk to [deleted] | self.offmychest |
When you don't "seem" like you have a mental illness. I think a lot of people misunderstand high functioning anxiety and depression. In my friends, I'm not the shy one. I'd actually consider myself very outgoing. I'm always trying to make new friends or make people laugh. I take solo back packing trips and my friends r... | self.Anxiety |
I'm about to fail a class for the first time in my life and I just dont have the motivation to fix it. I dont know what to do. I'm about to fail my college inorganic class. I still have some time, the final is in 2 weeks. I could still pass if I get an 85 on it, but I just cant seem to find the motivation to study. I d... | self.depression |
My birthday is in a few hours and I want to end it all Happy birthday to me | self.SuicideWatch |
Living in a rural area and not being able to legally drive is bringing me down.
I actually can drive and willing to but, the freaking state jerks me around. Because oh... You went to a mental hospital for two weeks from being suicidal when you were 16! That was almost 4 years ago and, it brings me down. They tell me t... | self.depression |
Reminders of death taking its toll I don't understand why my mind is doing this to me. I'm an undergrad with a part time job, attending a workshop which will get me film funding if I submit a video script in two weeks (a few minutes long). This is an amazing opportunity, yet I'm anxious about fucking it up and that lea... | self.depression |
Every single day I think "I wish I could just be normal." We don't even know what it's like. And I look at others and think how great it must be. To just have regular problems like you missed the bus, or your coffee order was wrong. For us our minds instead go into deep dark corners. They make up stories or scenarios ... | self.bipolar |
I miss my ex and it's tearing me apart We didn't work out, but she was my best friend. She's still in my life from a distance... I don't know how to take it... | self.depression |
The thoughts are bad again I was getting better for a while, a couple weeks, but now I hit the bottom again.
The suicidal thoughts are just so strong right now.
My mom even asked me if I am okay, because she knows about the suicidal thoughts now, but I just told her yes.
I don’t know how to help myself right now. I’... | self.offmychest |
Mania at its finest I know Im manic because I just planned out my next 3 months down to every hour And Its 5 am and Ive only slept 3 hours. | self.bipolar |
Hopefully someone can relate. This also might be a large post. I've been treating my depression somewhat successfully for about a year. Just over a month ago I missed one dose of my trintellex,( I take it at night) so when I woke up I took one. But that didn't help. I've been spiraling out of control since then. My dep... | self.depression |
Do you give in or abstain during periods of hyper sexuality? When I'm having hypersexuality problems, I tend to indulge my urges, but I wonder if that can make it worse/if I should try to ignore them.
I'm not doing anything unsafe or irresponsible, but I wonder if it increases those kinds of feelings if they are alwa... | self.bipolar |
BPD VS Bipolar II diagnosis I feel so conflicted. Both my therapist and my psychiatrist are conflicted about whether or not I have BPD or Bipolar II. I see both sides. I'm so upset by the fact that I could have BPD that I feel absolutely hopeless. I am very resilient to therapy due to a lot of walls i still have up and... | self.bipolar |
Morning Anxiety I have been struggling with this for years now, so I thought maybe someone here has a similar issue. Every morning (with the exception of mornings I have to wake up early) I wake up in a panic attack. It’s not necessarily triggered by a specific event or thought, seeing as it happens right as I wake up.... | self.Anxiety |
Good morning, it's 4:33 am for me Good morning.
It’s 4:16 am at the time I started writing this.
My name is Toods and I am 20 years old. I have been abused mentally and emotionally all of my life. I was sexually assaulted 6 different times by close family friends, bullied heavily throughout my schoolcareer, and was u... | self.SuicideWatch |
Please. I just want the pain to stop. This sadness, loneliness, grief. As long as I am capable of loving, it won't go away. Why must it take so much effort to die? | self.SuicideWatch |
I believe the root of my anxiety is feeling inadequate. How to challenge myself? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
my best advice Hi my name in omar and I'm really depressed and sad. I find the best way is deal with depression is not to focus about it. and try to out of your bedroom | self.depression |
My idiot friend has told somebody something he shouldn't and now I feel terrible [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
My boyfriend killed himself, and all our common friends blocked me thinking it was because of me And i drink myself to sleep since then. We were soulmates, fell in love from the first day, to the last. I Had some major problems all my life, but solved them, until recent when i found out about this. We broke up 2 months... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anxiety and the rhythm of the body I experience this "symptom", if you will, that's highly prevalent when I'm in high-stress periods such as exams. I've been struggling with it for a long time, and I feel that if I can somehow learn how to navigate or adjust this area, I'll be SO much better off taking on the challenge... | self.Anxiety |
My doctor misunderstood me to be suicidal So I've been seeing a psychiatrist for my depression and with the holidays and relationship strains and then the news of a celebrity suicide, I had a brief moment last week where my thoughts dwelled on what if it had been me in that suicide situation. However I've always had a ... | self.depression |
There is so much wrong with myself... I like being myself although I think its just about 50% of what a real person would count as being "real" on the outside... If you were tricked here by my terrible wording in the title box, welcome to this rant of anxiety that I just wanted to write. (This subreddit has brought me ... | self.Anxiety |
I’ve given up on this life Hi, this is my first time posting on this site (I made this account specifically for this post). I don’t know why I’m posting this, maybe just to tell my story.
I’m a 24 male and suffered with depression since I was about 10. Throughout my shitty life I’ve been bullied, over weight, and aban... | self.SuicideWatch |
I want to die Iam 15yo and everything seems fine Hey guys let me introduce myself my name is Paul I live in germany. I have a girlfriend my parents divorced and I dont have too much money problems.The question is why do I want to kill myself and the answer is I dont know I talked to many people I thought I had depressi... | self.SuicideWatch |
Ruined my life - any advice would be appreciated for this hopeless situation Warning - my story is super depressing, embarrassing and honestly just flat out weird. I don't know how anyone will react to this because I feel like it's a pretty unique situation with absolutely no hope. It's kind of a jumbled mess so I'm ju... | self.depression |
Is there any hope for a loser like me? Hi.
I hate myself. Don't really think that I have any good qualities. Not handsome, skinny, whatever. I'm also quite lazy, never able to commit to anything. Never had a girlfriend. I'm 20 and still living with my parents. I also decided to quit university. No job currently. I bar... | self.offmychest |
Alcohol induced anxiety I've never had anxiety in my life before. This is something new and it's worrisome.
I went on a cruise a few weeks ago and got pretty hammered for the first time in my life. I'm pretty sure I was something close to having alcohol poisoning. I threw up for about six hours and had the shakes.
... | self.Anxiety |
Lonely night, considering suicide again. Need someone to talk to. I'm gonna be alone again tonight and don't think I can handle it, my thoughts have been worse and worse the last couple weeks and self medicating doesn't help at all. I have no one and really want to talk to someone in a few hours when I get out of work ... | self.Anxiety |
Psych ward poetry I awake every morning to the moans and groans of those society has deemed insane
No longer covered in filth, or fettered by chains
Except of course for chemical restraints nonconsensually shot into muscles
And veins
Burning pain
And I can no longer carry on after they pump me full of Geodon
All
... | self.bipolar |
I got Catfished this week and I feel awful. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I was diagnosed with bipolar in February and since then have been on Lithium. Was previously on Dexedrine, Xanax and Seroquel prn. Well my mood still wasn’t stabilized so we added Rexulti, then Latuda, and now just Seroquel at night. How long do you think it would take to get off all these meds So many meds changes | self.bipolar |
Last year against all odds (broke, no insurance, etc.) I once again managed to admit that I need help with my depression. Finally get to a dr. and try some meds for the umpteenth time. Cost me $300 a month out of pocket. Absolutely no change 6 plus months later.
Now let’s try some different meds, right? It’s always tha... | self.depression |
Committing suicide tonight Iv reached the final straw. I can't go on anymore. I'm 31 years old and have fucked up for the last time. My family no longer talk to me. I have no reason to go on. I'm 100% serious about ending my life tonight. If any of my family see this I'm sorry | self.SuicideWatch |
naming it = coping with it. my long road with this exhausting GAD is still ahead of me but, I fond it EXTREMELY helpful to use analogies and naming state of minds where anxiety is the think leader and not you real self.
My analogy is like treating anxiety as a "Shadow".
By that I mean to treat your state of mind... | self.Anxiety |
How can I leave a positive impact before ending my life? All I want to do in life is make others happy. I really hate myself though, and simply can't put up with living with myself. It's just not possible. I'm thinking of ending my life really soon. About to get what I need for it. Thing is that I'm probably just gonna... | self.SuicideWatch |
Why do I hate my life. I'm not good at these type of things but I don't know what else to do. I'm at point where ive cried myself to sleep three nights in a row and I cant even say truly to sleep because ive slept a total of maybe two hours. I have a wonderful little boy who is the only reason I haven't gone thru with ... | self.SuicideWatch |
its my birthday i was gonna type out a long sob story but i don't really feel like it so i'll do the tldr
todays my bday and ive felt like shit for awile and tharapy/meds aint doin shit so ima just kill myself tonight, and i chose my birthday so that my family will only remember me 1 day isnted of 2. thanks for being ... | self.depression |
How do/did you survive college I’m all set to go back to school next month (by back to school, I mean I’ve completed a grand total of two weeks of college since graduating high school in ‘15) and the closer I get to starting, the more freaked out I feel.
On the one hand, I feel like I have no option. Living at home h... | self.bipolar |
He loves me he loves me not . My bf of 5 years 31m I 31f ,
April
He said he was going to Colorado to clear his mind I said great! he went to sleep with a woman he met at a work conference they both flew to Colorado had a 3 day affair.
He broke up with me after...... saying he doesn't have these feeling for me tha... | self.bipolar |
Going to a friend's wedding So I am here in my bed thinking how I won't be up to the situation. Like, my hair sucks because my hairdresser was sick this week, I am not sure of my dress choice (but I had to travel to here, so no other dresses). I am having cramps and have social anxiety so I won't be able to have conver... | self.Anxiety |
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