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Help with heart palpitations I was recently prescribed antibiotics for a tooth infection and had to stop taking them because they made me throw up, and caused my heart to race. I was dealing with anxiety before this, and was actually feeling a lot better, but now it feels like I'm back at square one.
I've had bad h... | self.Anxiety |
What are your holiday season survival tricks? It's that time of year again...
Everyone is going to be filled with cheer and what not, meanwhile I have to pretend to laugh and be happy and whatever.
So what are your top tactics for making it through the season successfully?
Mine: get involved in the holiday baking.... | self.depression |
I just reapplied to university! I finally got around to reapplying, I've been having a good and productive day so I got it done! I'm excited to see where this takes me as I really do like the program. | self.bipolar |
blah i hope i start tapering zoloft today i hate feeling like a zombie for 1.5 years | self.bipolar |
I'm going to end my life very soon. I don't know why I try. If you knew me you cannot say I didn't warn you
If you are reading this and you know me I'm not sorry for leaving
I don't care if I'm selfish
I'm dead
I'm doing this for me
I need to die | self.SuicideWatch |
Ugh why is sleep so hard to obtain! So another day and night no sleeping took lunesta but it didn't help just made me feel irritated. The room is pitch black I leave my phone in the kitchen tablets in the kitchen. Alarm clock covered and faced away I just can't relax thoughts race and intrusive commanding thoughts jus... | self.bipolar |
Rapid Cycling? Hi, I've been having a hard time since I started on lithium with what I think might be some sort of rapid cycling.
Before I got on lithium, I would have 1-3 months of deep depression and then 2 weeks-3weeks of hypomania (I'm type 2). After I got lithium, those long cycles started disappearing and I s... | self.bipolar |
It's been a rough year I've been to treatment twice this year. This last time, I made it 60 days then I relapsed. I stayed sober for a few weeks then relapsed again this past week. I cannot afford to continue the therapy I was attending and my medication for anxiety, depression and ADHD and my parents have had enough a... | self.SuicideWatch |
I don't really matter to other people's lives. I've always been observant. A bit too observant, in fact. That's because I pay attention to the smallest of things. How people's faces change depending in the stories you tell them, the face of disinterest when they don't really like the topic, things like that. I know peo... | self.SuicideWatch |
What's a good thing to watch on Netflix/Hulu if you're kinda cycling through a depressed mood? I have an appointment with my psychiatrist Wednesday, so I'll be talking to him about it because I've been kinda depressed and hypomanic. However, I do need something that's good to watch in this mood. | self.bipolar |
Pretty sure Im going to kill myself tonight. Or probably not because the only reason Im posting here is for help so I guess that means I don't want to. I'm trying not to smoke weed anymore but it is the only thing that provides a relief to the crushing anxiety. | self.SuicideWatch |
The future seems hopeless, I really dislike myself, and nothing seems to be getting better. I'm really starting to hate life. I'll be graduating college soon with a Bachelor's in sociology, and it seems like as soon as I walk the stage, my life will essentially be over. During the holidays when I visited my family, th... | self.depression |
Why do my parents hate me? I need help. My dad hates me, and my mom is missing(All you need to know about her). My dad constantly lectures me every time I even look at him. Here's a few examples of his behavior:
1. He says I will lose everything if I don't bring my grade in English up. I struggle with English and the ... | self.offmychest |
I'm just building myself up for suicide Or tearing myself down, rather. Haven't washes my clothes or bathed properly for two weeks. Still haven't tried to work. Ignoring my future because I don't want to be here. Ignoring debts. Cultivating a burning hate for social interraction, other people, and myself. Smoking a j a... | self.depression |
What if i told you life is really unfair and sucks... [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Fuck Thanksgiving. And fuck my bipolar and anxiety from keeping me from enjoying it. My mom goes to her friends house for the day, and my other option is to spend the day with my Dad's family but he is dead and I'm not particularly close to them. Additionally I have SERIOUS issues with driving at night, and it gets so ... | self.bipolar |
How can I Stop worrying? Surely there must be some trick to this that doesn't require therapy. | self.Anxiety |
What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without showering during a depressive episode? Make me feel better about the last week and a half of my life. Life is hard sometimes. | self.depression |
I'm too young to think this way, but I can't help it. I wanna do it so bad. I go to sleep wanting to die every single night. I've failed three times. I was self harming. Went to the hospital once. I'm twelve. [removed] | self.SuicideWatch |
Hello to my stalker You showed me you read my posts, did anyone teach you that eavesdroppers learn things that tend to hurt them?
This is a public forum, and I have no assumptions of privacy through this. You don't scare me, and will never scare me into not posting what I want to.
It's been a while, and a new year. I... | self.offmychest |
Fun with Medicaid For those of you following the saga, Kentucky continues to move ahead with its plan to screw those of us on Medicaid. /u/redrahlooo alerted me to the category of "medically frail" in which bipolar folks will likely fit and which would allow us to continue getting our healthcare.
Since the good Gove... | self.bipolar |
I have a job interview in 2 hours & I haven’t eaten in 16 hours [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
How do I cope? I rely heavily on my relationships for happiness. And now it seems as if this one is ending... I can't stop crying, I can't find anything that makes me happy, and I can't even find a single thing that distracts my mind from it. I feel like I'm going crazy. I sleep downstairs on the couch because I get an... | self.depression |
My time here on earth seems to be over [deleted] | self.depression |
I have no plans until March. Other than work a job I hate 5 days a week and watch TV the rest of the fucking day. How do people put up with this shit for 40 years? Trying to make plans for vacations/concerts to make it feel somewhat worthwhile but, how do people deal with the day to day drudgery? Looking for a new job... | self.depression |
My anxiety is worsening my aquaphobia, what do I do? This is really stupid but I’m aquaphobic (the proper term for fear of water; hydrophobia refers to the fear of any water, specifically as a result of rabies infection) and usually it’s just bodies of water, baths, and — if I think about it too much — showers.
&... | self.Anxiety |
My best friend suddenly passed away at 22, 2 years ago on November 16. I generally have a rougher time of it than I typically do in the month of November. I miss him all of the time, but around this time I really struggle with hating myself for still being here while he’s gone. He was one of the most positive, upliftin... | self.depression |
Getting anxiety meds TL;DR: What are your experiences with getting anxiety meds? What were you put on? And were you given everyday meds or as needed meds?
I'm going to the doctors tomorrow and I'm going to discuss my anti depressants (prozac), but I've only been on it 3 weeks so she might want me to be on it longer, b... | self.Anxiety |
If you aren't escaping, then what are you doing? [deleted] | self.depression |
Depression and self-image I’ve struggled with depression for 10 years or so.. when I first started struggling with it, I weighed 110 pounds because I didn’t eat, nor cared to. Then I started gaining tons of weight after being diagnosed with hypothyroidism and PCOS. Now, I can spend hours in the mirror looking at my bod... | self.depression |
I have been begging in my head for someone to start a conversation with me so that I can tell them that I am not all right, but so far no luck. I just need to talk to someone because I feel like if I give into the panic the is just beneath the surface then that will be the end for me. I doubt I'd actually commit suicid... | self.depression |
I found out recently that more people than I'd like know about this [deleted] | self.depression |
Family gatherings are exhausting I just felt so alone and really sad in a full room of people. I wanted to run away but instead I faked how everything's fine. I got my moments where I wanted to let myself cry but I didn't. I feel so exhausted now that I'm back home. People in general exhaust me. I can't enjoy anything ... | self.depression |
Does Gabapentin make anyone else slightly hypomanic sometimes? I took a little extra to help me sleep (docs orders) and it makes me want to clean everything and do crafts and I have no focus.
Anyone else get this? | self.bipolar |
I can’t handle this pain I have anymore No matter how hard I try my suicidal thoughts won’t stop. I’m so sad and I can’t tell my anyone. And I feel like if I physically cant tell anyone it’s just bottled up inside me. It’s breaking me I started cutting almost a year in 7 months ago so I didn’t have a kill myself. I don... | self.SuicideWatch |
Sadnessoverload One of my fav artist died today, i hope ur in a better place lil peep. His music helps me so fucking much on a daily basis.. im just so sad rn. I thought it was silly when people got sad over celebritys deaths but i was so ignorant. I know exactly how it feels now. | self.depression |
I like my therapist a lot, but I'm starting to realize how difficult I've been and I feel so sorry [deleted] | self.depression |
My father says I'm the greatest disappointment in his life I don't know how to explain this, but simply he says that once I was part of his pride, but now as I grew up I turned into a "stupid adolescent who can't do anything right besides taking drugs" (his words). He said that not only him, but my mother, my brothers ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Inpatient When did you know you should check yourself in. I’m not suicidal but I feel I’m going down hard. So much life changing things have happened the past month and I’m loosing grip of everything. I want to break down and cry. (And I have) but I don’t know how to cope. I need a mental break. Does this qualify for n... | self.bipolar |
Check mate You know how you play a game of chess and you only have your king and a few pawns left... but no matter what you do, the other guy has more powerful pieces than you. No matter how hard you try to stay in the game you just cannot win. The inevitable is you have lost.
That's exactly how I feel about my entire... | self.SuicideWatch |
Work, money, and being 29 As our late 20s is typically when our careers take shape, or take dramatic turns (for better or worse), the resulting income disparity among friends and its effects are overarching.
For me, my friends' salaries range from 20K to 140K (I’m somewhere in-between), while others are still in schoo... | self.offmychest |
I hate you, Internet... You're scaring me more than the "mass on my lung" letter I received last week. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Hate this fucking disease. I hate it. I want it gone.
Debating giving myself a fucking lobotomy at home.
I can feel it. It's in my head. At the front of my head.
It's in my brain.
I don't know how much more I can take. | self.depression |
What's going on ? Someone posting one or two word and gets like a hundred replays. One pours ones heart out or asks a legit question about coping with suicide or self worth, ten comments max. Not sure if it's right to be honest here, but this will be ignored as well I'm almost positive about it. | self.depression |
So, I missed my lamictal last night And when I noticed it this morning, I took it with my Wellbutrin.
Holy crap, I feel pretty good right now! I’ve done a load of laundry and didn’t avoid getting it out of the dryer! | self.bipolar |
I just want to fuck. At this point, I don't really care who it is. I just want to fuck. I'm sick and tired of your stressed out, "I just want to do whatever it is I want to do but it's not you" attitude. I don't care that you work a full-time job - the same as I do - I just care that no matter how attentive I am to you... | self.offmychest |
Warmest Love to Cold Heartache Today I was lucky enough to get to go to the park with my niece again. It was great, just my mom, niece, and I, no drug addicted father to make the situation tense. I can't remember the last time I've felt loved by or loved someone. Today I had to warmest feeling of love and happiness bei... | self.offmychest |
Mini panic attack? Just felt weird Was driving home from the gym (well I was riding, my dad was driving) and just felt weird. Felt like I was in a dream and felt like I was floating or falling, felt weird in my arms and legs.
No pain at all, just felt weird. Sat there for a few seconds, kinda came and went, felt it s... | self.Anxiety |
...problems I do not enjoy talking about quite a lot of my problems
The moment they come out
from the block in my mind
and become real problems in this
Reality
I am pulled farther into my depression
the block in my mind protects me
however it is a foe as much as it is a friend
I fear the possibility of
shame
e... | self.depression |
Driving test is less than a week away? What can i do to prepare as i am freaking out already | self.Anxiety |
anybody i'm planning on bringing things to an end soon, but i have nobody to talk about it with. anyone i try to go to will freak out and get me hospitalized or something of the sort. i'm sixteen, i just want someone to talk about everything with. anyone's appreciated. | self.SuicideWatch |
I’m a 16 year old guy with terrible social skills and seemingly no actual talents and I really want to just find an easy way out. Hey, Reddit. I’m sixteen in high school during my junior year. I can’t start conversations at all and usually end up standing on the outside of a group of “friends” and nodding every once in... | self.SuicideWatch |
Pdoc and therapist say I'm manic I've been really really paranoid and can't sleep. My first reaction was that they are just trying to control me and keep me from being myself, from knowing the insightful truth, and holding me back from feeling good and creative...
But I've been working hard and I don't want to ruin ... | self.bipolar |
Worried theres something else wrong with me So, the other night I has this weird thought.
To explain it, I need to give some background info.
About three years ago, my mom told me that a family friend needed to get rid of their new kitten bc it turns out she was allergic. After some talking, she told me I could ado... | self.depression |
Hey... I've been quite depressed and I don't know what makes me happy anymore. Please give me some things to do to chill me out. Thanks! [deleted] | self.depression |
Don't take on a pet if you can't afford one. At least 10 times every week someone posts on the various assistance subs that they don't have enough money for a desperately needed vet bill that they should have taken care of a month ago. They are begging people to help them take care of their pet because they never saved... | self.offmychest |
Honesty doesn't happen in argument/debate Honesty happens when you're driving down the road, win or lose, and realize that they too are filled with human err and working with outdated information from yesterday. | self.offmychest |
Do you have an outlet and if so, what is it? As every day passes, I'm becoming more reliant on my outlet. I can't sleep, relax or just enjoy myself unless I'm focusing on whatever is on Reddit or getting a message from somebody I've texted. I hate that becomes an obsession though and I'm not sure how to stop?
On one ... | self.Anxiety |
2017 was brutal All of my recent med changes were on 2017. Zoloft made me mixed and totally insane, I got lithium poisoning, akathisia from abilify, suicidal from trileptal, suicidal on latuda, depakote didn't work out, haldol wasn't right, too much wellbutrin made me unstable. It's been an almost nonstop joyride.
I a... | self.bipolar |
When liberals were sitting at their coffee shops mocking rural people, Trump supporters went out and voted. no political sub has accepted this, so it was on my chest.
what exactly was going on at the coffee shops, liberal, to stop you guys from having a good chance at the election? was there some comedy sketch where ... | self.offmychest |
Any one else feel They've Plateaued in Their Success with anxiety? Ive long since held the belief that I can achieve all the things I want despite my anxiety, by facing it head-on and getting what I want. And I've been right, Im well on my way to graduating with a masters, great friends, socialize frequently, several g... | self.Anxiety |
I am doing it next weekend I feel a bit more of a calmness now. I have to dogsit so have to be responsible. But I am planning on doing it with two packets of sleeping tablets and a bottle of vodka.
I am a bit scared, but knowing that I will no longer feel pain makes me feel better. | self.SuicideWatch |
I feel like I only really have on true friend. That is my roommate. I feel like any time I try to get involved in anything, learning programming, guitar, even roleplaying games, anything that could pull me out of my funk, none of my friends want to do anything with me.
I invite them to partake because it's hard to mot... | self.depression |
Have you found quitting Reddit and other social medias a good start to recovery? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
A song I refer to people when talking about Bi-polar disorder is Do ya thing by Gorrilaz The whole structure of the song is so much what I think of the different states that one would go into, its insane manic middle with Andre 3000 screaming about his delusions of grandeur and the low depressing end, the low sung voic... | self.bipolar |
I want to quit but I'm a coward. I can't stand my job. I know logically it's not even that bad and really I just can't stand getting out of bed. But being there right now is killing me. It feels like a piece of me is dying inside.
I would quit, but I'm to scared and pathetic to talk to the boss. "Hey Juan, this is go... | self.depression |
Imagine if there was just a "Delete yourself from history" button I'm not killing myself because I don't want to hurt and ruin more people lives than I already have, but if there was just a button to remove every trace of me including all of others memories, I would hit that in a heartbeat. | self.depression |
How many people here feel that suicide is the best answer? [removed] | self.depression |
Tips for eating healthily with a low appetite and vitamins proven to aid recovery (with links) [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I did it, I actually did well in school! Long story short, I was told to take a year off from my program in university since both my grades and mental health were shit. I chose to enroll in a technical institute in a one year program just to keep myself busy and get some more training. Back in university before this I ... | self.bipolar |
At the Edge I'm 22year old student and at a state where I experience extreme depressive episodes almost every day or so. Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life so far where I started cutting myself and drinking much alcohol in a desperate search for an outlet of all the frustration, crushing sadness and self ha... | self.depression |
Fun with BIPOLAR acronyms! What can you come up with? B- being
I- insane
P- probably
O- obfuscates
L- love
A- and
R- reality
*I hope using "insane" does not cause offense: I refer to my own experience. | self.bipolar |
It Hurts Too Much and I Cannot Do This Anymore Since October, my life has been pretty messed up. Called the police, parents in and out of the house, jail sentences, etc. I won't go into detail, but since then I've spiraled into what I didn't realize was even abnormal at first.
And then I was taken to a doctor. Diagnos... | self.SuicideWatch |
Third time in my life I post here. Four failed attempts of suicide behind me, and I'm not getting better. In fact it's getting worse.
I'm just waiting for the last push so I can finally jump off the window. | self.SuicideWatch |
Everybody’s busy. This time of year when I most crave for social interactions, friends, even family and none of them responded. Everybody’s busy living their lives while unemployed, depressed me can’t stop thinking of dying. I messaged about a dozen of people today and none of them replied.
Must’ve felt good having a l... | self.depression |
It's funny how a 3 second video can ruin your day [deleted] | self.depression |
My brains stuck on fast forward. Hypomania in full Effect [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Sleeping all the time to escape reality Does anyone else have an amazing ability to sleep when really depressed? My life is so terrible now that if I don't force myself to get up, I could easily sleep day and night without waking up as an escape. When I'm asleep I'm unconscious and don't have to deal with horrible thou... | self.depression |
What I try to do at least once a day So pretty much life has become a whole much easier and over sometime I've been going through some healing which leads me to have my body improve a bit more. I believe it's 2 years when I began my path in tai chi and qigong and since then I have been focusing a lot on qigong mostly b... | self.depression |
Bipolar 1 diagnosis, new psychosis only present when meds are stopped [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Is it possible that I have an anxiety-related condition or just symptoms of anxiety? I've always felt that there is something not quite right with me. Like most of the time my mind wanders and thinks back to something I did/said that I felt was really embarrassing or ashaming or just plain stupid or pointless. Then I c... | self.Anxiety |
Sick and anxious hey everyone. for about 4 days now i've been sick with a fever, cough, sinus congestion, fatigue - all that nasty stuff. I took a flu test at urgent care two days ago and it turned out negative so they prescribed me antibiotics. I spoke to my regular physician later that day and he said that the tests ... | self.Anxiety |
Which sort of therapist should I seek out? I posted here last week. I was stressing out over my job. Well. I gave my two week notice. I'm still stressed to all hell. Im not certain who I should speak to. There seem to be so many different type of therapy. Anger management. Cognitive behavior therapy. General anxieties.... | self.Anxiety |
Clean slate tomorrow? Hearing for record expungement. Right before I was committed and diagnosed, I had a few legal issues. Enough that the hospital picked me up from county and took me to inpatient. I had accumulated a few charges while manic as all fuck, including two violent criminal mischief charges.
Originally th... | self.bipolar |
Don't know what to do anymore Mostly just want to get this off my chest, but any helpful advice or comforting words would be great to hear.
I just transferred to a new school. I was diagnosed with general anxiety and depression, and was on a rather good course, or so I thought. But transferring across the country awa... | self.Anxiety |
I don't need a reason It's weird. I've been thinking about killing myself for more than a year now, and the truth is, I don't have a reason. Family will miss me, friends will miss. I have some books I want to read still, movies I want to see. But nothing matters. More than sadness I feel this constant emptiness. I go t... | self.SuicideWatch |
I am incapable of accepting... Why? Wether it's me, others, ideas, concepts... Anything.
I thought about doing efforts, but gave up because I could only see them failing and being pathetic.
I tried accepting others, but whenever I look at someone my mind automatically races to taking apart everything they do, and the... | self.depression |
I lost so many people and I want to follow that path I'm 17 years old, suffering under Mutism and I'm already suffering with years of depression and suicidal thoughts.
Three years ago I've lost my parents in a car accident which I've been involved in, seeing my Parents dying infront of my eyes not being able to do any... | self.SuicideWatch |
What is your low mood / depressive / mixed state like? I’m just curious what other people experience because sometimes I’m truly not sure if I’m just exhausted or if I’m going into an episode. Seems like sometimes I just need a day to myself to sleep and do nothing and recharge, like physically not capable of much and ... | self.bipolar |
How to help my suicidal friend? I have a friend who I really like and he told me that he is suicidal. He opens up to nobody and distracts himself from suicidal thoughts with overworking himself.
He said he is looking for a therapist and that he might have found one (not sure what exactly was meant by that).
Because h... | self.depression |
I'm so addicted to my computer and porn I don't know if there's any turning back. I have no idea what to do in my spare time without it. | self.depression |
It will all end someday. It will all end someday, and not in a good way.
I’ll resort to alcohol for now, but eventually I will fall.
There’s no way out of this mess, I’ve done my best.
The future looks like shit, the green light is no longer lit. | self.depression |
What's The F**king Point? All I ever wanted to do was succeed in life and help people, but I've turned out a massive failure instead, I've tried killing myself about 10 times in the last 2 years trying to find any way to get off this fucking planet, I've tried standing in front of trains and walking in front of cars an... | self.SuicideWatch |
My cuts became infected and I had an opiate relapse [deleted] | self.depression |
No one's explaining anything to me Hey, guys. I had a really surreal weekend in which I smoked too much pot and had a breakdown. But a lot of the things I remember made sense. It's all very surreal.
When I talk to my friends or whatever, they told me to call my doctor, to stay present. People have been talking to me ... | self.bipolar |
I havent left my room or eaten for 2 days [deleted] | self.depression |
Does anyone else have major episodes of depression as soon as something fun and happy ends? First time in a while I was able to hangout with some people after work including a girl I have been talking to and the weirdest thing from the moment I got home to now 3 days later a major depressive episode hit me. Like I've a... | self.depression |
Why is it so hard to find a woman who wants to be my girlfriend? How does everyone else do it? I posted this yesterday but I didn't get the help I wanted, and instead, got made fun of about my tinder matches. Edit: I also snapped 5 friends Happy Thanksgiving and none of them replied. That shows how little people care a... | self.depression |
Why does this hurt I love it when I post something on Facebook or something to try to be funny and a way of trying to please people and then they ridicule me for my posts while their shit gets tons of likes and it's all stupid shit
Sorry this is really dumb I know it's just been making me kinda angry for a while now ... | self.offmychest |
Drinking on Zoloft Hey guys! Sorry if this has been repeated but I wanted your advice. I've been taking my Zoloft medication for almost a month now and I no longer have any of the side effects. I haven't drank any alcohol since I started but wanted to go out with some friends. Do you think I'll be okay if I take it slo... | self.Anxiety |
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