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If I lose my job, I'll hang. Guy in his mid 20's, have a well-paying job but lately I've been struggling to keep up (pdoc has diagnosed me with possible ADD, among other issues). Recently, I got a written warning that my performance was insufficient and with annual reviews coming up soon, I feel that getting fired is i... | self.SuicideWatch |
How bad is my anxiety? What should I do? Hi all,
I'm 17,
My parents don't think I have anxiety and in general while they are supportive I don't like telling them anything.
I'll often worry about what the guy behind me is doing, so much so that I'll stop walking so people behind me pass. I can't stand having people w... | self.Anxiety |
I just cut myself Nothing changed. I'm still a worthless piece of shit. I'm still a bad person. I still drive everyone away, I didn't want to be close to them anyway. I feel so empty. Why can't I go to sleep?
How can one love someone that they never trusted? I don't get that, Brian. u/Champloo12, can't have it both w... | self.offmychest |
I'm freaking out I'm on my vacations, and i'm freaking out.
I'm taking antidepressive pills, i go to psychologist (she thinks i have dysthimia) and psychiatrist (she thinks i have social anxiety).
I'm gonna be in my second year in college and I already afraid to not get a job, or to get a job with bullying at work. I w... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm so confused with my own emotions. I feel inferior. I’ve read so much about mental illnesses and how bad people suffer. And then here I am complaining that I’m no good but there are many people out there suffering worse.
I lost my best friend due to an illness and now I regret not having told her more often how muc... | self.depression |
Do you feel suicidal people should always be talked out taking their own life, or would you let them? I’ve been wondering this for a while and it often comes up in my psychology classes.
One part of me thinks people who are about to take their own life deserve to be helped and provided the right treatment, because the... | self.SuicideWatch |
Was Looking for company, now afraid I'm going to be kidnapped It started out as just wanting some company and wanting to have sex. I go through waves of being very sexed up, which I've had therapists and psychiatrists attribute to my BPD, for one reason or another.
I met this guy online and chatted with him via Kik. W... | self.Anxiety |
Just really hurt Gonna just get into it, in a fairly new relationship, we had a bit of a misunderstanding and we were just going back and forth with messages, she's not one to get angry, I don't believe she was when she said it but without giving away too much it was along the lines of me being a hypocrite and defendin... | self.offmychest |
I think I have an eating disorder I was pretty chubby for much of high school and up until 2015. I was depressed, mentally ill, and didn't care about my health or appearance. Finally, during the summer of 2015, my situation began improving, and I started working out, because I realized that being fat is uncomfortable.
... | self.offmychest |
I can see why I shouldn't, but I don't care [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Need advice I'm at the point where I'm concerned that I'm going to kill myself soon, I've been planning it but can't build up the nerve to do it.
I'm either going to kill myself or get myself sectioned.
If I get sectioned can I lose my job? I work full time (about 50+hrs a week) and my hours are even more important a... | self.SuicideWatch |
I feel like my depression has really limited my progress in life.. [deleted] | self.depression |
I've started talking to a girl who is very clingy and makes me feel guilty, but I'm afraid that if I cut her off (which I want to do) she will kill herself. Any advice is appreciated. I am 16 (male) and she is 15 (female).
I met this girl through a club at my school. At first she seemed really shy and, as a person who... | self.offmychest |
Dont feel sad but depressed? Been having some weird stuff happen to my personality/mood and I think that it might be depression. The only thing is that I don’t really feel sad? Here is a post I made earlier describing what is happening to /r/askdocs
I have noticed or been told things about myself recently that I don’... | self.depression |
Does anyone else get anxiety from LinkedIn? Just seeing everyone else my age in these high profile careers and reading intimidating, complicated and overwhelming job descriptions makes me really anxious. | self.Anxiety |
Reading about gender differences is upsetting and I don't really know why I don't consider myself a social justice warrior or someone who is overly politically correct. I don't try to deny science or make it seem like science doesn't matter.
However for the longest time, I've had a very strange and unusual problem wit... | self.offmychest |
Losing it Hello, i am dire need of help. I have been on lithium 1200mgs and luvox 150mgs daily for about 5 years. Last year i started lifting weights again after taking about 5 years off, which was before i was diagnosed with bp2 and depression. I increasingly started to feel ill where the ill feeling would last for... | self.bipolar |
The sexual abuse ruined my life. (TRIGGERING). Posting this under a throwaway account I created just now. After tonight, I won't be logging in again.
I was sexually abused as a kid and no one cared enough to get me help. Also my parents never explained sex to me so I grew up thinking I was dirty and evil for havin... | self.offmychest |
Panicked at work today I had to call a friend so he could help rationalize my thoughts... after he did I just started crying. Wasn’t too sure why, but now I’m home and I’m crying again because I’m so disappointed this happened. Does anyone else struggle with the aftermath of a spike in their anxiety/panic attack? | self.Anxiety |
Major Mom Guilt :-( My pre-teen daughter has a non-life threatening medical condition for which there are limited treatment options here on the west coast. I found an alternative treatment on the east coast and I've taken her twice this year. Treatment appointments are spaced 4 months apart and she is due for treatment... | self.offmychest |
Maybe this is only just my head... Recently... I found out there was no meaning to life. I very well understood that I was suicidal from a long time ago. I won't deny it. But it's not really about the rant of what caused the feelings. Sure, my grades fell, failed to keep my own time, got rejected several times. No big ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I don't know what to do I'm diagnosed with panic-disorder and GAD. I'm on a shitton of medication; An SSRI, Benzos and a Anti-psychotic... And I'm still broken. All these medications seem to do is dull my ability to feel anything else than pain. It's either anxiety or a full on void.
I live with chronic back and neck ... | self.Anxiety |
My Life's been decided for me and I don't know what to do. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Her. I don't really know how to start this. I've deleted the post several times. And need to use a throwaway because the person I will probably talk about knows my reddit username. And I'm sorry if I just go on and on. I just need to get this out. I feel like I'm annoying my friend.
I have battled with depression for ... | self.depression |
I (25) think I fell out of love with my girlfriend despite her being everything I could ever want on paper and I'm scared to leave her.  
We met through a dating app almost two years ago. She's very much my type in both personality and looks. I couldn't have designed someone more align with my preferences who... | self.offmychest |
I just found out I need another semester of college This might be a rant but I’m pretty sure I’ve been depressed all 4 years of college. I’m a comp sci major and i hate it but it’s too late to switch. Now I found out I need another semester to graduate and I’ve been nonstop crying/sleeping for days. I feel so terrible ... | self.depression |
I'm so ready to fuck him I've been waiting 2 weeks, i've never had sex with a guy and I'm ready to just fucking go for it oh my god it's been so long. He's fucking 6ft how amazing is that | self.offmychest |
I can't seem to think about old friendships or the past without feeling sad and lonely. One of my old high school friends is getting married, and I realized that I was not invited amongst our old group of friends - granted only two us no longer live in the same hometown. I started thinking about all my old and some cur... | self.offmychest |
Not doing very well tonight, anyone up to chat [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
More barking. I play video games, a lot of them. So many, that I'm legitimately surprised that I'm not fat. Well, being 6'1 may have something to do with it, but still. I play whatever makes me feel curious at the time. Sometimes it's horror, sometimes it's an RPG, sometimes it's survival, or even a goddamned dating ga... | self.depression |
Noise sensitivity-- repetition, not volume I can't seem to pinpoint exactly what the term for this is, so I figured maybe someone here will be able to point me in the right direction. I get really irritated/anxious when hearing certain repetitive noises. It's not specific types of noises, either, like people chewing or... | self.Anxiety |
Just got my son back, broken up with, and now need to move, what should I be doing? Was with a guy I thought I'd marry. He helped me get my son back but chickened out the week he finally got here. The relationship was on weird grounds, and he's young. I figure the responsibility screamed at him too loudly, even though ... | self.offmychest |
I’m stuck and I don’t see a way out [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I wish I could just do it I keep planning bits and pieces
I wish I could just let go and do it
I feel pathetic that I can’t seem to do it
Like wow haha this bitch can’t even kill herself???
I shouldn’t even be posting here
Because I never actually fucking do it
I’m just the perpetually suicidal person draining everyo... | self.SuicideWatch |
Is seeing a psychologist instead of a psychiatrist a waste of time? I asked a family member to make me an medical appointment because I need help. I literally fear having to talk to strangers, which I'm sure sounds pathetic.
They made an appointment with a psychologist when I asked them to make an appointment with a ... | self.depression |
Dysphoria and Depression I dunno. Just felt like posting somewhere. I’m doing so well right now. I mean not right RIGHT now but I’ve had so much success. I started my gender transition, I got bylines as a journalist with Bustle and Wear Your Voice and Daily Dot and VICE!! all of these things I should be excited about b... | self.depression |
Pelvic cramps/twitches Hey everyone. Hope you're all having an excellent, anxiety-free day. I'm a 23 year old male.
I know this might not be the most "typical" symptom out of the thousands there is (which concerns me in itself, lol) but does anyone have any experience with muscle cramps/twitches in the Pelvic/Prostate... | self.Anxiety |
I'm sick of seeing Jenny McCarthy every year on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show. Everyone is ranting and raving about Mariah Carey coming back to perform despite what happened last year but no one bats an eye when Jenny McCarthy is announced as one of the cohost with Ryan Seacrest. Mind you that this is the sa... | self.offmychest |
I just want to leave I just want to win the lottery and travel alone for 5 years and then settle in Denmark or something and delete all my social media. I can't do this anymore. | self.depression |
After changing my career, after endless applications and interviews, after depleting my unemployment insurance, I didn't just get a job - I got my dream job with one frustration. I'm originally an engineer and left behind what would've been a very lucrative career in order to pursue my passion for teaching math. I've ... | self.offmychest |
can't tell if I'm depressed? I've been on latuda since May and have felt much better than last year when I had horrible cycles of depression and hypomania. Lately I've felt super tired, I sleep 10-13 hours a night and nap for 3 hours most days. I feel okay emotionally I'm just really stressed out from college which is ... | self.bipolar |
Emotional Support Animal / Service Dog for OCD? TL;DR - College student with OCD / depression / generalized anxiety disorder, would an emotional support animal or psychiatric service dog be helpful for me? Looking for advice, opinions, or others experiences!
Hi all! This is my first time posting on this community, a... | self.Anxiety |
19 (f) I really dont want to but I cant see any other answer. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
What’s wrong with me Why is my head not cleared? Why can’t I sleep? What the hell is wrong with me?! Why am I not okay? Why do I want to cut? What the hell is wrong with me?! Why am I anxious for no reason? Why do I contemplate eating or not? What the hell is wrong with me?!
I’m not normal. All I ever wanted was to be... | self.depression |
Stomach Flu Fears I have huge anxiety about throwing up and this is the second time I'm getting some type of throwing up related stomach virus in a matter of three months. Any tips on getting through the next few hours? | self.Anxiety |
How to cope with depersonalization from anxiety? Hey guys!
I went to a counseling appointment at my college today to basically vent about something that’s been disrupting my daily life: spaciness (or derealization). My default mode is to be zoned out, oblivious to my surroundings, not thinking enough to even apply bas... | self.Anxiety |
My depression is an excuse I can’t help but feel like my depression and suicidal thoughts are just an excuse to be lazy and not try in life | self.depression |
Pdoc went on vacation without filling out my disability paperwork. Turned it in for her to finish Oct 24th. She won’t be back until the 21st of this month. No one told me until yesterday. No Christmas for me this year. I’m so upset that she would be so negligent. I literally can’t pay rent. I can’t find work. I can’t g... | self.bipolar |
I want to stop being jealous, and start to smile. but I feel like I can't relax. I feel like I'm start to panic. Because I'm jealous about a women in my hobby group. And I usually use hobby as relaxation. Context, I have a crush on a women in my board game group and another guy is also in my board game group. I don't w... | self.Anxiety |
What do you do when you simply cannot find an available psychiatrist in your city? [deleted] | self.depression |
[Vent] [Rant] I'm a failure in every sense of the word I'm an utter failure of a human being. I'm ugly, awkward, talentless, dumb and just completely incapable of being loved by anyone. No matter how hard I try I constantly get fucked over in the end because God/Allah/Fate/Destiny/The Force really fucking hates me for ... | self.depression |
"You have no right to be depressed.... you have money, you can eat regularly..."
If the world followed your logic, Kurt Cobain wouldn't kill himself | self.depression |
For many years now I have occasionally had suicidal feelings.
Any time you want to do kill yourself, wait 24 hours 1st.
It may pass.
Do not forget that most who try and fail find new reasons to live.
I do not really know why I started to post here... I know recently I feel like killing myself again.
But I will not. I ... | self.SuicideWatch |
So I met this guy, got really close, and now he tells me he's going to commit suicide. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Restless legs!! It happens about an hour after I take my seroquel every night since we increased to 150 mg. Anybody else experience this? If so, can we fix it?? It’s maddening! | self.bipolar |
I just wish life would end For almost half my life I've ether wanted to kill myself or I can't wait for life to end. I want to be happy but it's so hard. When I tell people about my life I don't think they believe me and that's ok because some people don't want to see the world for what it really is. I know and others ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I should be happy about the next stage in my life, but currently I'm just not So I'm here to write down some feelings that I want to make some sense of. I've been pretty down these last few weeks and I'm hoping this will help.
I graduated university in the summer with a first class, and a few weeks ago I got a job off... | self.offmychest |
I have dreams about being in a relationship Honestly i feel so alone and its honestly gotten to a point where it kreeps itself into my dreams like in my dream i just had i dreamt that i looked at my phone and just saw that people had messaged me. Its just sad that i have these dreams and wake up hating my life feels li... | self.depression |
Not urgent I keep wanting to do it although at this point I'm starting to realise I probably can't. I can't imagine ever getting out of this family and even if I can someday I feel so hopeless at the thought of enduring this shit for at least 5~6 more years. I know it's a short time compared to my whole life but I can'... | self.SuicideWatch |
Inspired by the other cousin post- I am dating my cousin [deleted] | self.offmychest |
What to do when life is good but you feel like shit? I have a good job. My finances are good enough where I don’t have to look at prices when I buy food. I have friends and family. I travel and go to concerts and live life.
Yet I don’t care about any of this for the most part. Nothing can really improve my life bec... | self.bipolar |
Just not who I want to be So much has been going on in my life the past couple years, and I'm just really... depressed. Unfortunately I have BP2 with either rapid cycling or a lot of mixed states (we're still figuring it out) so I get depressed pretty often.
I'm in college and sometimes I just feel like school in gen... | self.bipolar |
Recurring brain zaps on Zoloft that aren't caused by missing a dose [deleted] | self.depression |
Please Help, its not enough and im scare of CTE. Im a 22
Sorry for my bad english.
Fuck! im crying now but let me tell you first some things i went through:
my mother left us when i was 10 and my dad made sure to let us know that the only reason he didn't walk out on us (2 sisters and i) was because of other people'... | self.SuicideWatch |
my GF of 10 years recently left me for her uncle who molested her from the ages of 10 - 17. in August she turned 32, I am 35 years old and I feel more confused about life now than anytime before.. its like I lost hope in mankind. can someone please talk me down from the ledge...??? I'm lost fam | self.SuicideWatch |
Well it's my birthday I got to 20 without killing myself Thanks for all the comments I did not get any happy birthdays today so all of these were nice
Thanks
I love this community thanks for saving my life | self.depression |
please somebody just talk to me, I need a distraction from this pain [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
LOST I don't know where else to turn to.
I have severe anxiety and depression and I can literally feel it eating me alive. I have lost so much weight lately, along with all my curves. I feel so awful about myself, my self-esteem is trash. I feel like everyday it takes more and more work not to end it.
Lately, I've had... | self.depression |
I have an irrational fear of being cheated on. I have a great boyfriend. We’ve been dating for several months now, but I can tell he’s the man I want to marry. And he wants to wife me up in the future as well, so it’s a win-win.
He’s perfect in my eyes. He’s funny, handsome, talented in pretty much every area (wink, ... | self.offmychest |
When someone take their life ... PSA: when someone takes their life, the wrong thing to do is reach out to their closest friends asking for explanations surrounding their depression and general mental state. You certainly DO NOT state that you wish the deceased had reached out to their friends. NEWSFLASH: THEY WISH THA... | self.depression |
I think it's funny and ridiculous how when you Look up the best methods to die the first results are suicide hotlines and people telling you not to do it. But they don't know you and they don't know your life, it's crazy how people can sit there and lie to your face and tell you every life has meaning and everyone dese... | self.SuicideWatch |
i finally get to spend Christmas this year without being forced to see my dad in jail for the past several years, my siblings and i have been taken by our mother to go visit our dad in jail during christmas eve or christmas day. she thinks having a complete family for the holiday is everything when i absolutely despise... | self.offmychest |
Hard Night I am having a really hard time recently. I feel like a failure, I can't get anything done properly. I've been in college for four years and yet am still a year away from my AA. I am running in circles, not going any where, just making a deeper and deeper track that's trapping me. I almost did it last night. ... | self.SuicideWatch |
The impact of those words "I want to commit suicide"
My family is in shock, some of my friends know.
I feel bad I'm the cause of so much sadness. They love me.
Still feel like a loser, there's no hope, and no future. | self.SuicideWatch |
The only mean well I miss my family i miss rhe dogs and cats the quiet country i wanna come home even for just a visit
But several states away i sit in apartnent filled with menories of n ex who abandoned me
Each time i ask to come home in met with oh well just visit
Im 27 i just wanba fo home n feel safe n secur... | self.depression |
feels like i'm suffocating I'm a 15 year old girl and am at a loss at how to be a 15 year old anymore. A year ago I was dealing with difficult things, but I could deal with it. It felt impossible but I was ignorant to real pain. 2017 came with more than just goals, but with suicides, changing my perspective and changin... | self.depression |
Currently having a mental breakdown in the middle of the dining hall Crying. No one seems to care. All alone. Don't help me. Just **save** me. Please. I'll give you anything you want
Edit: it hasn't even been 5 minutes and I get downvoted. feels like home. i love you guys
... Ok. What do you want? A huge wall of tex... | self.depression |
I have to tell my therapist something, but no matter how hard I try to do it, I can't How am I supposed to tell her if I legitimately cannot spit it out? Writing it on a piece of paper and giving that to her wouldn't help either. | self.depression |
Severely hearing and speech impaired senior in Highschool. I want to kill myself. I had hearing problems since I was 4 years old, I soon went deaf and got implants at 11 years old.
I was homeschool most of my life until I entered school in the 10th grade 3 years ago.
I want nothing more then to be able to talk, laugh... | self.SuicideWatch |
It was a year ago today my mom died. My mom (53) had stage 4 colon cancer. She was diagnosed in March last year and started chemo in August. She fell and fractured her hip in late October and died 19 days later. She was in a rehabilitation facility for the last week and a half and could no longer communicate completely... | self.offmychest |
Stuck in a cycle of pain, regret, and confusion. [deleted] | self.depression |
I don't even have the will to leave my room anymore. I don't expect any replies, just wanted to write out a select few problems of mine.
I'm not sure what's been motivating me to go to school everyday for the past 2 years, I honestly live like a zombie doing whatever you "need" to do. And even after 2 years of severe d... | self.depression |
Would rather be dead than stuck in poverty forever I was born poor and had a shitty childhood because of it, and things have never gotten better. It makes me so mad to hear people talk abotu how poor people should have kids because they “don’t need much” or “love is all they need.” Yeah, love will fix their fucking rot... | self.SuicideWatch |
All my energy goes into not crying and holding a neutral face when I'm around people...the best I get is people thinking I'm boring and stuck up All that energy holding back the tears means I have no energy left to be chatty, or happy, I just seem like a boring reserved person. Looks don't matter when people think your... | self.depression |
surrounded by a brick wall So I'm a 19-year-old male who is currently a sophomore in college, and over the past couple months, I have just fallen into my most depressive state since Middle school.
Frankly, I hate being in school right now, I have no idea what I want to major in, the friends I made last year haven't ta... | self.depression |
How to lessen anxiety over things not going as planned? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I'm not really human Growing up I was treated poorly by many people and was never able to make good friends. I have always been shy, awkward, and unconfrontational. In elementary school especially I was an easy target for bullies and many of my "friends." I was too scared to ever tell my friends they were hurting me or... | self.depression |
Loneliness... It Fucking sucks I hate being lonely, years and i just cant take it, my depression comes and ruins me, when i talk to girls i always fuck it up something when i feel they are the one and then something happens, Im scared every night i will be lonely. Has anyone else felt the same? I mean i have that feeli... | self.depression |
so... I still wanna die after surviving an OD, you'd think I'd have a bit more of an appreciation for living but I honestly just wish I hadn't called that person who called in the ambulance.
I hate that my family says that if I do something again, they'll kill themselves. I hate that they spent money to keep me alive... | self.SuicideWatch |
Just started medication for bipolar diagnosis, need advice please?! I have a similar story to others. Had many mental health issues throughout my life, got about 5 different incorrect diagnosis, was on various meds that did nothing, etc.
Well, within the last 4 months I've been diagnosed with Bipolar I, and it's been... | self.bipolar |
Nature vs Nurture... It drives me nuts when people attribute that which is attributable to nurture to nature instead...
White people can’t dance - yes they could, but they don’t generally grow up in households that encourage it
Black people can’t swim - tell that to any African who lives on the coast and whose entire... | self.offmychest |
I'm starting to scare myself I'm 28 and mostly detached from everyone around me but usually pretty okay with my life. I keep a good face and crack jokes where I feel they would work, but over the couple years, I wake up sometimes with the feeling like nothing I do will ever matter to anyone and I hate everyone and ever... | self.bipolar |
My phobia is making my depression worse. Please help. Ever since I was a little kid, I've had a fear of being confined. When I was little, walking in big crowds of people was painful to me, because if I ever got stuck between people, or if people even just blocked the door to an otherwise open room, I'd feel like I was... | self.depression |
I really don't want to die, but I can't find any other way. I'm going to try to keep this as concise as possible, because otherwise nobody will read it. (And I'd understand that.)
I'm 23, turning 24 this year, male, and a huge loser. A story as old as time. Due to the undesirable circumstances of my existence, I'm af... | self.SuicideWatch |
Ex boyfriend ghosted me a year ago, suddenly and abusively reaches out asking for $3000 for "lawyer fees"?! My ex ghosted me just over a year ago and I honestly thought he was gone forever. I've since found another (better) boyfriend and had long forgotten about this guy.
He suddenly reached out to me yesterday throu... | self.offmychest |
I think parents whose kids beat them up or do whatever they want are pathetic Yes, **before anyone asks** yes, I have dealt with lots of kids, worked and lived with them. I love kids because they need JUST the right guidance to become good, dignified people and being a kid ND having fun doesn't mean being an asshole to... | self.offmychest |
Overworked, underappreciated, and now I can't focus on studying for a huge midterm because I keep getting flashbacks to previous suicide attempts [deleted] | self.depression |
It feels more like a "when" than an "if" [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Has anyone else had to give up a career because of depression? I worked as an advertising copywriter but have been off work for 5 weeks now. I'm thinking I'm gonna have to quit because I've completely lost the confidence to be creative. I might just get a supermarket job because my brain has turned to mush after so man... | self.depression |
Can't Escape this HELL I'm 29 and wasted my life away alone no longer have any friends and never had a girlfriend because I can't get close to anyone somethings just broken in me. I am now completely isolated with no way out just suffering everyday alone. I can't escape this hell in between life and death I'm stuck... | self.depression |
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