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NOW WHAT? I did all the right stuff. I read books, set up a list of triggers, talked to people about what was going on.....
Great
So I am hypomania.... I saw it coming...... and now what?
I told the doc I needed to sleep, he gave me temazapam..... nada.
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21 lonely male...close to ending his life.. Im so tired of being lonely... I want friends and people to talk with and hang out with, but at the same time a very shy and withdrawn person and get uncomftorable in social circumstances....
This has led me to feel very isolated and unable to relate to other people, but th... | self.SuicideWatch |
Short and irrelevant But since I cant find interaction on live chat, I will just shout it here.
How can loneliness be such a strong feeling, the kind which just make us wish we were not alive> | self.offmychest |
How to help lessen tension headaches? I have been struggling with anxiety for years now, but this week it has been a bit different. I've had this headache at my temples and the top of my head. It hasn't really gone away despite sleep, less alcohol, and less caffeine. All the research I've done says that it's a tension ... | self.Anxiety |
It's been 3 days Since I've had food or even the slightest hint of a will to live. I have no money or family or anything and I don't think I can do this much longer. I really hope things get better with America so no one else takes their life because too little social security income ruined their life. $700 a month isn... | self.SuicideWatch |
I’m just feeling overwhelmed about life right now 1. Got ghosted by a guy I’ve been talking to every daily and seeing for a month now.. we even had date plans this coming week
2. I got told my dog can’t live at the place I’m staying anymore.. he’s seriously my best friend and I am feeling absolutely torn apart, trying... | self.offmychest |
Everything hurts My closest friend committed suicide this week, I've been so heartbroken over it. I've had so much loss it seems like. I start college Monday and I just feel like I'm gonna fall. Everything hurts.. | self.depression |
My Bipolar doesn't really conform to "traditional" categorization, wondering if anyone could give me some advice/answers Hey guys, hope you're doing well,
Two years ago I was diagnosed with bipolar type 2 and am now being treated with Lamictal and Depakote, which have made an enormous difference in my symptoms.
Howev... | self.bipolar |
How do i see myself as not worthless? My doctor said that one of the first and main steps to me feeling better about myself and stuff is to see myself as worth-full and not worthless, But how do i do that? | self.depression |
I feel everyone is at fault for what I've become, ofc even myself [deleted] | self.depression |
Which medication has worked best for you? I have an appointment with a psychiatrist this Friday and I would like to be prepared regarding discussing my options. Let me know which anti-depressant has helped with your depression the most. | self.depression |
Potential new job, do I go for it even though it'll make me extra anxious? I had a job interview last week for a secretary position for a few doctors at the hospital I currently work at. They should be calling me this week to say whether I get the position or not, and now I'm starting to wonder if I should even take th... | self.Anxiety |
Thanks I posted earlier about doing my dishes and everyone was so wonderful. I have so few people in my life to lean on and you all were so supportive. This community means a lot to me, even if I mostly read and vote. Thanks everyone. You rock. | self.bipolar |
I hate my sisters husband My sister met her now husband when I was 13 and over the past 8 years these are the shitty things he’s done
-Punched her
-verbally abuses/ed her
-thrown her out of his house several times with their new born son
-sexually assaulted/ raped ? a 14 y.o. girl
-quitting and getting fired from mul... | self.offmychest |
Looking into the eyes of people I can’t do it.
Even though I have a masterful facade, and very few can tell when I’m in pain or depressed I just can’t bring myself to look into the eyes of certain people. It’s like I emotionally absorb all their sorrow on top of my own. And I’m worried they’ll realize I’m hiding some... | self.depression |
Is it normal to feel stupider after coming down from hypo/mania/? I just came down from my hypomanic episode a few days ago and ever since I've been feeling really drained and stupid. I can't find all the words I want to use and my spelling and typing has gotten worse. I was fine before this episode.
Am I just dealin... | self.bipolar |
Feeling kinda lost lately... I'm 19, I live at home, and I have a disability. My disability is a heart defect that I've had since birth and prevents me from working because I get tired out, it also affects my sex life a little bit because of tiredness, but other than that I function normally. I completed high school an... | self.depression |
“College is a waste of time and money” Search this up on google. You’d be surprised by how common it is.
I’m somebody who likes to listen to the opposite side of the argument at all times. And that’s exactly what I did. However, I am highly disappointed after doing so.
“College is overrated. Don’t go. You’ll re... | self.offmychest |
Having a heavy period and woke up feeling awful again It didn't help that people on reddit accused me of trolling when I just came here to say how I feel. | self.depression |
My life is kind of a mess right now *Scroll down for a tl;dr
Before I start, I feel I should give some background to my life. Growing up, I was heavily bullied because of my eczema. My parents were very controlling growing up as well, never letting me go to birthday parties, sleepovers, or having any friends. I can r... | self.depression |
i don't know what to do anymore i just spent the day talking to a dead girl and confessing my feelings because I couldn't do it while she was still alive i was a coward who let the only person that meant anything to me die and now i have to live with that for the rest of my life | self.SuicideWatch |
I have caved and am going the medicinal route this week for agoraphobia/ panic/ depression . Any advice or experience? 28-year-old male with a bit of a drug phobia. Don’t even drink alcohol because I’m afraid of her will make me feel. I feel like this is my next step. Any advice? | self.Anxiety |
I want to be done with this. I'm so fucking tired of never experiencing what a relationship is like. I just sat in the shower and cried like a fucking loser for an hour about it. I finally finished my security guard class today only to find out that security guards don't make jack shit salary wise. IM SO FUCKING SICK O... | self.SuicideWatch |
I’ve been Molested and touched as a kid one my parents know about from a step uncle asking me to touch him in order to watch dragon ball z at night when I was supposed to be going to bed [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Parents leave for Florida tomorrow while I’m at work, makes me not want to go to work They are going to take care of my grandparents who just moved down there. They come back Monday night. I have awful separation anxiety, on top of GAD and panic disorder. I am literally so scared to be home in a completely different st... | self.Anxiety |
Tomorrow night i die Im 21 years old. October i lost both of my parents in a car crash. Last week my girlfriend left me for another man. Today i bought my favorite bottle of champagne and a rifle. Tomorrow night i will go into the woods. There i will have my last drink before shooting myself.
I hope everyone in this s... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anyone else feel like they don't even know who they are anymore? Everytime I look in the mirror. I see somebody else. | self.depression |
I'm considering suicide because I feel left out I have great friends, and I truly love most facets of my life, however I feel left out from everyone else because I have never had a romantic relationship. When I first came to college it was fine because there were some who were like me and I didn't feel alone, but now a... | self.SuicideWatch |
Nicotine withdrawal is making me want to die My vaporiser broke and I'm out of tobacco, and I'm too poor to replace either. The nicotine withdrawal is awful. A load of stupid cunts have been telling me to 'just get over it', but on top of my depression and psychosis I'm suffering so much and I just want to die. I've al... | self.depression |
I look like the Sloth from The Goonies fell in to a wood chipper and got redecorated on the back of a baboon’s arse; I think this is a most appropriate reason to die. Is that weird? [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
One last time Today I went to see a play. After the play, I needed a ride from my roommates. They couldn’t or wouldn’t give me one. This brought me back to a crippling realization that I am alone. I have no friends, and I never will. This is something I’ve struggled to grapple with for many years. I’ve begun to accept ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Which do you find easier to hide - mania or depression? What are symptoms (of either) that you're unable to hide, from friends/family members/co-workers? Trying to pass off as stable to the outside world while I do my best to get my shit under control with therapy and meds. I'm curious about people's experiences trying... | self.bipolar |
Engineering politics I have no idea what I'm doing with my life. (And I know everyone has their own things to deal with that are far more important than mine but here goes). At the beginning of my college "career" I settled for a mechanical engineering major but I'm not sure if I like this path, or what to do with it, ... | self.offmychest |
having kids EDIT: this post has been made a lot and I forgot to search. But maybe the bonus question is still of interest.
I'm leaning heavily towards never having kids, but I do wonder about it sometimes. I'm 30 male. I think kids are great, but I have to devote a lot of my emotional energy to myself. And stress is n... | self.bipolar |
Had a massive anxiety attack today, not sure how to proceed. I guess this is more just me trying to get this off my chest, out of my body. Today I had my first massive anxiety attack at a friends house. I felt weird since waking up, but didn’t know what to contribute it too. Anyways, we were playing a game and halfway ... | self.Anxiety |
The Secret World of Lost Socks Why does my “official” sock drawer have fewer socks than my “lost sock drawer”? Please someone, tell me why so many socks form pairs no more. Do you, too, have dozens of lonely socks waiting for their mates? Is there a world out there, like the Island of Misfits, where lost socks wait?
... | self.bipolar |
I want to be numb please help I’m tired of everything... I don’t want to feel anymore, I don’t care anymore, is there pills I can take to make me emotionally numb or something? I’m seriously over life, people, and everything. I don’t want to die but I want to disappear. So how can I numb myself? I don’t care about anyo... | self.depression |
Why am I keep doing the things to me that I know are bad for me? Like I'm living lve super unhealthy.. Haven't eaten again all day. haven't been outside. Fuck. | self.depression |
Is it okay for my boyfriend to be saying this to me? We just got back together and he still hasn't changed.
During our phone conversation tonight, he said something about if he had the opportunity to sleep with Beyonce then he would.
Before that he said that it would be his lucky day if some beautiful girl threw her ... | self.offmychest |
I'm a misogynyist and I don't care Or at least I get called a misogynyist. These young liberals will pile on any label fashionable like xenophobe transphobic with Trump. I'm 17 so I don't care if I'm a misogynyist I done heard these labels thrown around too much, if you say 1 thing about women and it's negative it's mi... | self.offmychest |
Went out downtown for New Years, and I feel even more alone than in my flat Currently sitting 100m away from the Eiffel Tower. Had no friends to come with, it's crowded with families, couples, groups of friend and I feel so alone.
I'm cold, well dressed but for nobody. | self.offmychest |
So I was taking Latuda all wrong So I've been taking my Latuda and sleeping pill all wrong. every medication Ive been on, when it says take with food it means to at least have a little something on your stomach so you dont projectile vomit. When it says take on an empty stomach, I just assumed that meant as long as you... | self.bipolar |
Just Quit My "Friend" Group They were sharing pictures of a guy who doesn't have many friends in our group chat and taking the mick out of him. I am too old to deal with that level of school yard bullshit. Fuck em. I will find better friends. | self.offmychest |
Fuck mobile banking Goddammit I'm being hit with all these damn fees putting me in overdraft because mobile banking is so fucked that you can actually deposit an old check twice and my account might be closed. I don't have time for this shit man fuck the world. | self.depression |
So Depressed I'm having a really hard time with depression. Nothing makes me feel good. Nothing. I can't escape being numb/malaise. I fell like a zombie. On top of that I'm on Latuda which makes me feel like shit, and I want to taper off and go up on my Pristiq (just waiting on my prescription). I'm scared of the withd... | self.bipolar |
i tried and failed I was on a night out, on my uni campus, I was rather drunk and got overly emotional. Before i know it I'm trying to climb over a railing, 30ft from the car park below.
My friend grabs me and pulls me back before I can get my leg over and so I run away from him as security guards see whats happening ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Not Manic Well...I've been manic for a while. It's been amaizing. Productive, sociable, drugs, sex of course, ideas and projects and only mild overspending. Made a new friend who I consider to be very very close. He also has bipolar. We met with intentions of sex but didn't and are now just great buddies. Had hallucina... | self.bipolar |
I was about to propose to my girlfriend and she unexpectedly left me for someone else. She broke my heart, so I made a video. I loved my girlfriend very much. We dated for 5 years. We lived together for 3 years. We did everything together. I was finally ready to purpose to her. I bought the ring. I planned a surprise. ... | self.offmychest |
I can't take care of myself but I don't know how to tell anyone [deleted] | self.offmychest |
10 years diagnosed. I am 24 and this year marks my 10th year being diagnosed with severe depressive disorder. Somehow, I thought as time went on it would be easier. But the more time goes, the harder it gets to deal with everything. I second guess myself all the time. I find it so difficult to even breathe because any ... | self.depression |
When my phone goes off I pray it's from you... but it never is.
I hope I get a second chance to make things right. I miss you. I'm sorry. | self.offmychest |
I feel like dying again I've struggled with suicidal thoughts since I was 10. It's getting harder to fight the older I get. I'm taking a trip to New York City soon, and I keep having this reoccurring thought that I should just jump off a bridge while I'm there.
I'm not happy. I've been working hard for years to get to... | self.SuicideWatch |
Wish I could talk with someone My mom has stage one breast cancer, in a milk duct. I am aware that is pretty much as good as it gets if you're going to have cancer. She had preop yesterday, RFID will be today, nuclear medicine the next day, and surgery a couple days later.
I can't sleep, I haven't been able to think ... | self.offmychest |
No one will ever care I don't expect anyone to read this so here's a rant. [deleted] | self.depression |
Tips to sleep on abilify? I've just started Abilify (taken in the morning) a little over a week ago (2nd time i've restarted this med) and I'm having an extremely hard time sleeping. Without any medications to help sleep I'm getting maybe 1-2 hours a sleep a night. With Seroquel i'm getting 3-4 hours of sleep, with w... | self.bipolar |
Hey Guys, first post. Basic background:
Male, 24, first manic episode began June 2016, was in denial after diagnosis and 2nd manic episode completely destroyed my life. Have also just come out of a major depressive episode that lasted 14 months or so.
QUESTION: I am finally in a good place, I hit a turning point (will... | self.bipolar |
scared of possible retaliation, seeking advice! I live in a bad inner city neighborhood. my street is mostly warehouses and a few residential homes. there are two large homeless shelters nearby, so I get tons of vagrants who just hang around and loiter on my street. they are terrible people, but they have serious issue... | self.offmychest |
7 hours left in my shift and I don't know how I'm gonna get through it feeling the way I do I'm stressed as fuck about shit outside of work. I've been in unhealthy thought spirals for a while but the past few days I have literally not even eaten one piece of food. I have no energy and I cannot get a hold of my thoughts... | self.Anxiety |
My mom now knows how lost I am on Christmas Eve, and I'm afraid that I hurt her The only people who know about my years-long depression are my closest friends and my mother, after she found my AD meds. About a year ago she found them in my medicine bag, freaked out, and confronted me about it. I told her that I had bee... | self.depression |
So anxious I’m sick.. I haven’t been this anxious in a long time. Since I was with my ex boyfriend and in a really bad place. My new boyfriend.. fiancé, has been distant and pretty much isn’t paying any attention to me as usual.
Anyway, how do I get out of this hole. I’m sick to my stomach, I can’t eat, I haven’t lef... | self.Anxiety |
I killed someone driving drunk, the only way I see out is killing myself A few weeks ago I killed someone in a crash while I was driving drunk.
The blood test results aren't back yet, but I know I'm going to be over... There was also weed in my car, and empty beer cans.
I can't stand living with the shame of this... ... | self.SuicideWatch |
What is depression to you? What is your coping mechanism? i imagine that depression, like any emotion, is a kaleidoscope of various ranges and interpretations. To those who are a skeptic of depression (aka the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" sort), this post is not for you. im sure there are others channels t... | self.depression |
I miss my grandma, she was basically my mom. Please read all of it and understand why I’m not going to live longer. 2 years ago I was in great shape, living with my grandma and mom, sisters, and their Dad.
My grandma, has always been my mother figure.
My mom was a drug addict and my dad recovered and had his own fami... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm schizophrenic (or something like it) and I don't want to be on meds. I'm only 21 and I've been on so many medications. So fucking many, it's just one after the other and I eventually quit them on my own because I *hate* them. I hate the side effects. I hate not being able to cry when I'm sad, I hate that I don't la... | self.SuicideWatch |
Depressive blankness has stolen who I am... I’m a 25 year old female and don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve struggled with anxiety since I was 19 and depression a lot heavier the past two years. Depression to the point where I’m in bed all day for months. I’ve tried countless medications, therapy. I’ve lost all my fri... | self.depression |
vent.... I hate my fucking father. He is an old fucking piece of shit that doesnt or EVER treats me like a human let alone a son. Becuase of him im ruined for life. I hope he soon fucking dies and rots in hell and is tortured for eternity. Fuck him die already please fucking DIE ALREADY out of my life | self.depression |
Is my anxiety getting in the way of my relationship? I've been with my bf for a little over a year now. I've always been kind of reserved about the relationship, because it was my first "real" relationship after being in a long-distance one for years that was completely the opposite of healthy, but I wanted to ride it ... | self.Anxiety |
There's no point of life except for suicide. Happiness in only temporary while pain is permanent. You could attempt too avoid pain all you want with happiness, but that's the thing happiness is only temporary. Happiness is that bottle of wine, that video game you enjoy, hanging out with friends, or whatever makes you h... | self.SuicideWatch |
Mixed episodes feel like being on those spinney rides at the fair but you just ate way too much so you feel like shit but you also have that adrenaline rush too Basically, they suck
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Life became boring I'm here, again, just lurking around reddit, wasting my time, waiting for "something" to happen. I feel worthless at times because I'm not being productive, but I can't bring myself to begin. And I want that to change but I don't know how. | self.depression |
Everyday it seems like it can't get worse then the next morning your proven wrong. | self.depression |
i've had constant air hunger for over a month Life got really stressful for me mid-September and I started experiencing this really awful feeling of air hunger; that I constantly needed to be yawning or breathing as deeply as I could to feel better, and sometimes that the breaths I was taking weren't 'going through'.
... | self.Anxiety |
How to deal with loneliness ? I'm a 24 years old guy, I had friends during elementary school I loved to play with but when I entered middle school they went to other schools and we stopped seeing each other, I got a bit bullied during middle and high school and it caused me to have no friends and hate people and I lear... | self.SuicideWatch |
Worried I'm gonna drop out in last two weeks of high school? I'm graduating early so I have like two-ish weeks left of high school. But I've been working most of break so I never got a chance to sleep in or "reset" I guess... Anyways I don't think I can do it. I had been missing school more and more often before break ... | self.Anxiety |
23 days ago I tried to kill myself and have been dealing with it mostly by myself ever since. Things feel like they've changed so much yet barely anything's changed at all. One change is I have a couple friends I told about it and can talk mostly freely to, but I'm tired of worrying if my complaining is a burden to the... | self.depression |
Parent of depressed girl Hi everyone,
I'm posting here bc I am hoping to get some comfort. My daughter is 16 and has suffered depression, both clinical and situational (if that is a thing) and her isolation (not self isolation, just lack of even basically mediocre social situations) exacerbate everything. I have tried ... | self.depression |
Fed up with relations(typical post on r/depression) I am too old for love. Love is for teenagers, i think, and I can’t feel it anymore, for many years. To many atempts to find a girl who won’t cheat, or be faithful. I just want to find someone who will love me as much as I loved once. | self.depression |
My girlfriend of two years broke up with me [deleted] | self.depression |
Anyone notice different side effects with generics? Am taking lamotrigine
Manufacturer: Cadista, side effect joint pain. Joint pain went away after switching generics.
Manufacturer: Unichem Pharma, side effect Panic Attacks. Since I switched to this generic out of the blue panic attacks have been happening with inc... | self.bipolar |
I want to die and i dont know what to do Hey so i feel really awful right now because when i was 16 i used to send nudes to people who were much older than me and to people who were as young as 13 and they would send nudes back to me, it never turned me on or made me horny or whatever but i just feel awful because i di... | self.SuicideWatch |
Separation Anxiety I was wondering if any one was familiar with any form of separation anxiety. I’m 22 and I think I may have adult separation anxiety. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety back in July. However, I think I may have separation anxiety.
I was really close to my ex boyfriend. I was with him for 6 ... | self.Anxiety |
I'm missing a friend that i havent spoken to in a few years and our fallout was left with lots of questions. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I am more anxious than I've ever been in my life (apologies now for wall of text) [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
bipolar lawyers: who do you tell? I'm a law student and I haven't disclosed that I am bipolar to anyone/the school (nor do I plan to on the bar). Did you? Who did you tell? I feel like I can only tell my partner and my best friends at the school. | self.bipolar |
Hypersexuality help needed Suppose, hypothetically, that someone had aspergers and hypersexuality but because the aspergers makes them socially awkward, they could never get together with other people. Is there just some simple formula or script they can follow that would help them find the right people who will have s... | self.bipolar |
Identity Crisis edit: new to Reddit so I don't see a way to edit the title but it's not really a crisis as much as it is just a question about this. Crisis is a little too dramatic of a word for this
Does anyone else with BP sometimes feel like they aren't 100% sure what their actual personality it? Sometimes it feel... | self.bipolar |
kinda over it My life is just full of countless lonely geeky dudes. Fuck tonnes of people. I’m so fucking over it. My social life is retarded.
My dad said I’d not achieve much but I’ll get by.
My mum said I struggle through life and will spend it on the computer.
Mother aggressively screamed at me to drop out.
I wa... | self.SuicideWatch |
Urgent help for a friend So my friend had just told me about an hour ago that she's breaking down, then she cut, she told me that a clot of something had came out, the bleeding was slow and stopped and she could see a pinky color in the cut. She also said that she could feel a type of numbess in her lower leg. Any medi... | self.depression |
Mystery diagnosis inducing depression. 22M Around March of this year I started noticing hesitation when urinating... and that I had to go basically all the time. That progressed over the next couple months into what would normally be considered enlarged prostate symptoms. First I received 6 weeks of various antibiotic... | self.depression |
I feel like everyone hears my thoughts When I walk around in public, I often feel that I am just yelling out every single thing that the voice in my head says(even though I am almost certain I am not). Is this almost borderline schizophrenia development? The anxiety I suffer through is not helping this either, for mult... | self.Anxiety |
Can someone please just talk to me, I'm so sick of feeling down [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Coming back from a vacation--disorientation and anxiety are common? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I was in a car crash yesterday. New Year's Day. What a way to start the year, right? I've spent the last few weeks, maybe months feeling worthless and sad and wanting to die but not wanting to kill myself, so I fantasized about getting into an accident and dying in a way that looked like it wasn't on my own hands. I go... | self.depression |
I’m awake! So it begins. Hypomania just started. My plan is just to PLAN. Take no actions, until I come down again.
Wish me luck! Sending some good thoughts to those in their depressive phase -hugss- | self.bipolar |
How do you stop believing that little voice inside your head? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
if i didn’t have this brain..... i have been having days lately where i just wish i could remove my brain from my head for a period of time so i can have some peace . I swear that there are times when it feels like i got the incorrect brain for my body or vise-versa . when i die (hopefully soon am tired of this life) ... | self.depression |
my boyfriend just broke up with me i am absolutely in tears right now and i don’t know what to do. my boyfriend just texted me, essentially saying how he can’t continue our relationship anymore. he said it wasn’t the right time to get into a relationship and he needs time to sort things out. i’m sobbing in my bed and i... | self.offmychest |
Is suicide selfish? I don't know. I mean I would really like to kill myself. But I know that at least my parents would be hurt. I don't think someone else would mind too much, but I think my mother and father wouldn't get over it. Idk, I guess I wouldn't want to do it to them. But somehow it's all I can think about lat... | self.SuicideWatch |
25 and still a virgin. And a pathetic one at that. As you can see from the title I'm 25 and still a virgin. I have never had a boyfriend or any kind of real relationship before, never been in love never had my heart broken...
I feel like a kind of pseudo-adult, nearly everyone I know is in a long term relationship, en... | self.offmychest |
It feels like the hole in me closed Before, I felt that there was some hole inside me that MAYBE-just maybe-if I shove something in there, I would feel less empty.
Now, I feel like that opening of that hole is closed. It's just hallow. No more opening to shove things inside. Just...it's just there... | self.depression |
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