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How are SNRIs helpful for anxiety if they increase Norepinephrine? [deleted]
self.Anxiety
Nothing is okay. I am not okay. Where do I begin? When did it start? I don't even know anymore. I am only 31 years old, depression is starting to ruin me. I have multiple sclerosis. It was all well and good and only a minor pain in the ass. Then I got laid off from work the day before Thanksgiving. No more physical the...
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I'm tired of picking myself up all the time I feel like I just damage myself all the time. Because I know it's not good for me. Because I know it will hurt in the long run. Yet I still place myself in the line of fire thinking that maybe this time... this time it will be different. But it never is and it burns so damn...
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sitting here crying through tears looking out the window i dont take anti depression meds and i have the phone in my hand ready to call my doc but i just sit here and dont do it. its like i know this episode will pass, so why bother, but it always happens again and im in the same boat. i want to stop this depressive ...
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I have a long list of things that, if they occur, will give me the permission I need to finally kill myself. I find it exciting. [deleted]
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Am I the only one that music is the only tho g that makes you happy and get you through the day? [deleted]
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I can't cope with farewells. Every time I post here, I tell myself that I shouldn't because there are so many other people who have much worse worries than I do, but I post anyways because besides crying, writing sometimes helps me control my emotions. Anyhoot, here's the story. I moved to Melbourne on a working holid...
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Fear of recovery. So, I can't be the only person that's ever thought of it this way. When I bare in mind that I am going to die eventually it makes the idea of not wanting to die quite scary. Knowing you're going to die one day is a really easy thing to cope with when it's exactly what you want but going through all th...
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Fuck Society I go the extra mile for people, whether it's family or friends. I help others knowing very well that I too need help, but I put others before myself because I'm a good person.(at least I hope so) But when I ask for help, everyone treats me like a stranger. You tell me to "man up", "be happy" or "you have i...
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If Anyone Came Here To Help Save A Life, Or Can Help, Plz Give Me Feedback On My Situation. =[[[ I'm kind of in a serious situation. It really sucks. Your input might literally save my life, because I've considered ending it over this honestly it's bad. Hear me out. Okay so. I've always been kind of an socially anxiou...
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I feel the loneliest when I'm surrounded by people [deleted]
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I decided I'm going to try to kill myself next weekend. I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I've decided. I've tried before--three times, in fact, and despite being told each time that it gets better, things have only worsened. I'm weak, and a coward by nature, so there's no guarantee I'll be successful th...
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I get anxious and maybe jealous of how other people are doing in their lives I’ve been realizing as of late I’ve been comparing my life to others like crazy, and it’s driving me insane. Whether it’s about work, money, or relationships or sex life I just get so caught up in all of it and just so stressed out because I a...
self.Anxiety
I don't see the point... ...and I'm tired of hearing "it gets better". No, actually, for some it doesn't. I'm in my 30s. I'm trying to finish up a degree I didn't complete before, but I'm just doing it so I don't have to work minimum wage anymore, not because I actually care. I don't have any family except for my fat...
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Suicide She tried to kill herself. My girlfriend. Idk what to do and I want to call an ambulance because she took a lot. Fuck. If I was awake I could’ve stopped her.
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How to find a reason to live while depressed? Today is the 2 year anniversary with my now ex-boyfriend I've known almost 3 years. He broke up with me because he doesn't love me as a girlfriend anymore, whereas I am painfully in love with him still. Since about July my depression has got the better of me and I've been...
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I'm set to move into a third floor apartment soon... It has balcony and looks like the perfect place to hang a noose from. A segment of rope for is a lot cheaper than buying a gun so it looks like I found my new way out.
self.depression
I fucked up So I've been lying to my husband to avoid dealing with the truth of my financial fuck up for a couple years. Also about a health condition. Finally it came out. I confessed my sins. And I feel even worse than I did before I told him. I have intense guilt, shame, and anxiety. He's going to forgive me. We ...
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My boyfriend has low libido because of medicine...please help! I'm loving the fact that he feels so much better, but he's just not into sex. Like at all. He started taking resperidone, along with gabapenten and quetiapine about a month ago. The only side affect that I can see is that he has no libido at all. Like I...
self.bipolar
I’m meeting some members of my husbands extended family tomorrow and I am so nervous. [deleted]
self.Anxiety
Just a quick rant before I try to sleep Man I wish there was something, anything I could look forward to. The things I used to do for fun are just a chore I go through to avoid the rest of my life. Everything has either become boring, tedious or torture. Also having to hide your shitty mood all the time makes everythin...
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What is this behavior called? I’m currently diagnosed with bipolar 2 with psychotic features. But I believe I may have something more like borderline personality disorder. I have a habit of being a liar, manipulative and I lack a sense of who I am. In a cognitive way, it looks like this: Has a thought about how I feel...
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Failed attempt, scared about my future with LDR boyfriend [deleted]
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Alone And Misunderstood I question my purpose daily. Will I ever find the "one" for me? This spiral of emotions I deal with on a daily basis has me emotionally numb if that makes any sense. It's noticable in day to day conversation. Praying for better days
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Why my psych only prescribed me cymbalta and zyprexa and no mood stabilizer? I still don't know much about bipolar but I've been reading a lot about mood stabilizers like Lamictal. My psychiatrist never even mentioned anything about mood stabilizers and frankly, after months of taking Cymbalta and Zyprexa I was still f...
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Depression has turned me into something I'm not supposed to be [deleted]
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Post anxiety remedies So I’ve been way anxious as of recent. I have a pretty big certification test coming up and basically I know i’ll Probably have maybe another 4 or 5 anxiety attacks prior to the test as it’s a big deal to me. What I have yet to find is a rememdy for the post attack body aches and sleepiness that h...
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It's my first time, and I need to get something off my chest Sorry. I don't know why I feel the need to apologise, but I just do, maybe because of how insecure I am, feeling like the kind redditors here are just wasting their time on me. This is my first post, and I feel vulnerable right now, so I pray you are kind wit...
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I just don't know how much longer I can go on Sometimes life just feels so draining. I'm just so sick and tired of thinking my life might actually get better, and then it not. Or even worse. I'm a 27 year old single man, and in the past whenever I expressed my problems with women people would always say "oh but you hav...
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My family is becoming highly toxic and it's destroying me inside. My family has never been very healthy but now things are getting very bad. Grandmother and Aunt are basically asking me to work, find an internship and stay in school because my mother is completely financially irresponsible. I'm getting so burnt out fro...
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I should have taken him up on it. After I was raped, my dad offered to contact his old mob clients and get a hit carried out on the rapist. He could have, too. I declined the offer, because I didn't want my dad to go to jail. I regret declining the offer. I got him kicked out of school, but that's not nearly enough...
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I’m exhausted.. So.. I don’t know where to begin but I will try to keep this as short as possible. Please bare with me as I have barely talked about my experience even to the mother of my child.. For aslong as I remember I was abused physically and mentally by my father, at a young age he would beat me without holding...
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so there was a recent post about how you react to weed, now how do you react to "stronger" hallucinogens, like MDMA and LSD
self.bipolar
I told my uncle about my recent anxiety diagnosis and he shamed me for taking Prozac I've been diagnosed with an anxiety about a month ago. I'm going to counseling and my doctor has also prescribed me to take Prozac. Since these treatments, I've felt so much better. However, I just told my uncle about everything and h...
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My anxiety makes me come off as a dumbass [deleted]
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I sabotaged my 20s and then I changed I was that girl who got everything she ever wanted. I was a spoiled brat who didn't care about anybody but herself. My late teens and 20s were spent on using people for my advantage. Men were replacable and every one of my relationships was just another fling. Ugh I cringe thinking...
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Going through rough times... I've been depressed for the last three years while living with my parents after high school, trying to help myself without anyone in my family realizing it. It got to the point of self harm and suicide by overdose attempts before I decided I needed help. I was slowly improving once I starte...
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Having a good relationship w/ myself I've made several posts in the last year about how to have better self-esteem, primarily because I didn't want to be alone and I understood that people generally don't like being around people with low self-esteem. Now I am finally beginning to feel better about myself. I don't rea...
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I have numbed myself so much that the only thing I feel anymore is anxiety.
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If I have to listen to someone having a phone conversation on the toilet at work while I'm also using a toilet for a fourth time today, I will wait for them to come out and smack them in the face with a shovel. The men's room is no talking zone.
self.offmychest
I just realized change does not always result in pain. Hey I just wanna say I had an epiphany today about my past trauma and how it effects my anxiety of change. Ever since my father died when I was 16 I've been dealing with my anxiety and fear of change. I've been paralyzed by fear of change and often chose the wors...
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Showers I have depression and anxiety and I often take long showers to help me calm down. I dont know why but the warm water running down my body just calms me down. Laying at the bottom of a bath tub while the shower is on just tends to put me in a better place.
self.depression
Should I leave a suicide note? Should I leave a suicide note, I’m confused as to whether I should or not. If I leave one, it might just upset people even more. I need advice.
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Happy birthday to me I️ tried to make plans because I’ve been in my room for weeks but nobody responded or lives too far from me. Most of my friends forgot my birthday which made me feel really terrible, especially since I️ briefly talked to many of them. And then my mom continued to make me feel bad about the gift the...
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I might do it soon 2 weeks ago I made myself a promise I'd kill myself if my mom and my step dad would break up. Sure enough they did. I have nothing left in my life. I really don't have anyone who cares about me, somehow in the past 2 and a half years I've managed to lose every single person who truly cared about me a...
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How can I help myself be less self sabotaging? Recently I have entered into a relationship with a guy that I like a lot. At first I was feeling pretty confident in the relationship but now that things are starting to reach that “comfortable and steady” sort of stage I’m starting to get worried that he’s going to get bo...
self.Anxiety
Want to go now Literally have no fucking reason to go on. So extremely unhappy and stressed. I’m human scum. I want to be free from this life
self.depression
Need some support Hey Reddit, I did something really stupid and I need some support right now. I went out fridaynight and we ended up partying through the night and taking some pep drugs saturday morning. I went to sleep and woke up today with really severe anxiety and panic. I can’t eat or sleep, I’m really scare...
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Trying to get out of a low but seems like forever [deleted]
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If just medication alone isn't enough for someone who's chronically suicidal and has been planning it since they were around 12, then what is? [deleted]
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The hole eroded into me from the lack of any sort of love is the only thing my Prozac doesnt help Im an 18 year old kissless virgin. I don't count the one single time I did kiss a girl because it wasn't really serious. However it did feel amazing. I am painfully near-devoid of any affection in my life, friendly and r...
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Hopeless and alone, ready to die but scared To begin with, I'm not alone. I'm married and we have a five year old daughter. I love them both, and I have a great family in my parents, brother, and in laws as well. They are all beautiful people in their own ways, and all of them are aware on some level or another that de...
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Those rare moments when you're having a great day and don't feel anxious at all and your brain is like wtf is going on this is weird and then you get anxious... [deleted]
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I just need a place to talk to I've not been feeling very good in my head I suppose. Everyday something new happens to make me feel worse about myself and my situation. But I've never thought about suicide like I have been lately. It's constantly a thought either in the back or front of my mind. The thing is, though, I...
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I finally took my meds today It's lamictal and I've been off it for a while so I know I won't feel better for a few weeks but goddamn it I am tired of not taking them.
self.bipolar
Pressure in head So I thought it was tension headaches but idk anymore. As soon as i woke up the pressure surrounding my head came back. A week or two ago I was drinking lots of water for months. Recently i drink more soda than water. Could that be the issue?
self.Anxiety
Anxiety won't let me clean my room My anxiety has gotten to a point where if I move anything in my room I can't leave it be. I will have to put it back. It stems from things starting to go well that day, or just in general, and I don't want to mess anything up. My room has become a disaster and my dog keeps finding thi...
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Hey Be careful with your heart. Sounds like your exes just going to screw with you and keep having sex with you as long as you give it to him. I don't know where you're from but I'm from New York and would kill to have a beautiful girl like you.
self.offmychest
experiences with topamax? i was prescribed topamax today to take in conjunction with prozac; i’m starting at 25mg and have to work myself up to 100 over 4 weeks. has anyone had any experiences, good or bad? side effects? i’m very sensitive to medication and it’s been difficult finding ones that don’t cause adverse reac...
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I want to make our dreams come true. He is in my dreams every night and I think it ended for really stupid reasons. Do you have any advice? Do you want more info? I dream he is with me every night. I unconsciously insert him into my life plans. I just want things to be how they are supposed to be. Feel free to PM me...
self.offmychest
Sometimes I can be happy one day and then the next day get thoughts of wishing I was dead
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Why does my anxiety go away when its night time? [deleted]
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There's always a way to come back If depression can crawl back to you and make you feel miserable over and over again even when you think you are defeating it, there's always a way for you to fight back too. Always fight back my friend. You are stronger than this monster. Fight it back and show it what we are made of.
self.depression
Insane headache and nausea , I leave my medications and still didn't help, I'm afraid to leave the house so any tip? I'm really hoping it's brain tumour which will be awesome! but my wishes never come true.
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I hate the holidays Every year before Christmas, my family makes a party, a gathering with every member of the family and friends in it. It's nice sure, but I dread going to that shit show. I know a lot of people would love to be in my place or would like to have a big "loving" family but I don't think anyone understan...
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I think i need to resign I am really depressed and also are struggling with anxiety. I am having 2-3 panic attacks a day. I will be home alone over the Christmas period, and I think I will struggle to just look after myself It's a temporary job, but I need it for my resume. But what good is it to have it on the resu...
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If I fail another class, I'm going to do it for real this time Tired of being a failure. College sucks and I wish I was smart. My parents are pushing for me to go to grad school, but my GPA isn't even at a 3.0 and it's senior year. Even if I do pass everything, maybe I'll still do it. And I won't fail again this time l...
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Anyone else quit a lot? I haven't been able to so any of my hobbies, and realize that my childhood is riddled with a bunch of quitting.
self.depression
I think its time I think I have had enough. My pain and addiction are more than I can stand. I have searched to the end of the internet for help. I have tried everything.
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Have You Ever Been Pushed Into Taking Therapy? Today my mom pushed me into setting up appointments to meet with a therapist I haven't talked to in 6 months since I became unemployed. I honestly gave up on expecting my issues to be solved through talking so I've been repeatedly denying that I was facing problems and iss...
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Frustrated with the system. In the beginning of October I started the process to get back on my meds for my diagnosed bi-polar. I got an appointment on October 20th with my PCP. They said they couldn't help me and referred me to psychology on November 15th. They called me this morning to cancel that appointment due to ...
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No more pretending I'm not anxious I want to stop pretending I'm not anxious. I want to stop apologizing for sometimes seeming distracted, or uncomfortable, or agitated. I want people to not have expectations that I'm not anxious. I want to be able to say how I am actually feeling without people becoming worried or c...
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Feel guilty about everything .. Hey .. I don’t know how to explain this but everything I do I feel bad or guilty about it .. even the simple things like eating the last cookie .. I don’t know what to do.. I also am realy socially awkward so every time I try to smile at someone they just roll their eyes or just laught a...
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Depressed and suicidal partner doesn't want help or to try anymore. Is there anything I can do? [deleted]
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I wanna die. I just want to die right now Why can't something fall and crush me? Why can't I just choke and die? Why can't I just not wake up in the morning? Why can't I just fucking die????? I'm so fucking over everything. I keep telling myself it'll be okay but I don't know if it will be. The semester is over next we...
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How to suizide, mentally? I want to die so hard, but this cancerous biological programming keeps me from doing it. How do I get over this mental barrier?! I hate myseof for not being able to kill myself.
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I'm looking for a way to get diagnosed for bipolar online. I show a lot of symptoms for many disorders, but it's mainly bipolar. Can anybody help me find a sure that will help?
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i always feel like i'm being made a joke everytime a guy talks to me, gives me attention, says he likes me or something along those lines, i never believe him. it just doesn't add up in my head that someone would have any interest in me, because i find myself so unattractive and annoying. at the same time, i know im j...
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I'm at a crossroad. I'm a recovering drug addict. Currently I've been clean for a year now I was addicted to painkillers for two years from my junior year of high school to my first year of college. The drugs helped me cope with my depression and my suicidal tendencies. Then I meet this girls she was wonderful I loved ...
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I wish someone would kill me I'm a 16 y/o male, been suicidal for years but too cowardly to do it. I recently thought about having someone like a professional hit man kill me instead. I was thinking, as a birthday present. Sniper on the grassy knoll type of thing. Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this, or ...
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tired of it all for the past couple months I’ve been lying to my therapist for the sake of me not being thrown in a looney bin— and I’m tired of it. if you start seeking help for your mental state, depression and anxiety in my case, they have to do something if you start harming yourself and mentioning suicide. and I h...
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My mom broke my heart. After a restraining order I petitioned was dropped by the court, I had a major breakdown. I’m talking crying, screaming, hyperventilating, the works... all of this in public despite my best efforts to calm myself. My husband was trying to calm me and hold me while I had my breakdown, and kept ask...
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I saw something I shouldn't have. I accidentally saw my boyfriend's best friends dick. We were all drinking. Bf passed out on the toilet and I brought him to bed. Gave our friend a blanket and pillow for the couch. I went outside to grab my cat and lock the doors and came back to see if he needed anything before I went...
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Suicidal I'm pretty done with life, I feel like taking out a large life insurance policy and wandering around east LA picking fights..... I am pretty sure my family would be better off that way, without me.
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"getting better" always means someone dies Each time I was starting to get better from my mental illnesses, I'd have a death in my life, either of a friend or a family member. Now I feel obligated to not get better so that no one else dies. My most recent one was my cousin. She killed herself. It was only about a mont...
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Zoloft or Propranolol: Which medication is better for treating social anxiety and why?
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Anxious about messy house after being sick I’ve been sick. So have my kids. I’m feeling better today but they’re not. I look around and my place is a disaster. Stuff everywhere. Dishes piled up. My dog chewed his beg so there’s stuffing on the carpet. Full trash bags that need to be ran to the dumpster. I guess I’m pos...
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Is there any suicide hotline in Dubai? It’s just constantly battling everyday to be alive.i shut down myself to anyone, and I don’t know what I want.
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Was molested by 16YO(F) friend when I was 14(F) I have probably typed, deleted, re-typed and then deleted this over a hundred times over the last year. I have thought of every possible way to say this, every possible way to phrase it, every possible way to explain what happened and to somehow put it into perspective. F...
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My childhood is being sold for $1700. The worst part is that I asked to buy it so many times and now I cant afford to.. [deleted]
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I'm in such a low place, I'm nearly crying because I met a girl so amazing today from a dating app and I might not ever see her again [deleted]
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Freaking out over upcoming storm I'm still a relatively new homeowner on the east coast and on Thursday it's going to be super windy and snowy. And it's absolutely frigid out - single digit weather and lows below zero. Anyway, I'm always anxious about bad weather events but this time I'm a little off my rocker. If the ...
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I was such a piece of trash, when I could have been the best guy in the world.. I was so fucking bad to you. I made it official after two goddamn weeks, and in the end it was all because I didn't want to wait for sex. I didn't let our love develop naturally. After it was official, all I wanted to do was cuddle and fuck...
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A really bad week My dog had a seizure, i reached my overdraft limit, I got a letter about an issue I thought was long dealt with taking me to court,my landlady told me I have two months to get out as she's selling and all my local rentals are no pets. My job is incredibly stressful and my dog is my baby. What do I do?...
self.Anxiety
I can't think of anything that's not a coping mechanism to endure life's suffering I really am beginning to think my depression stems from understanding the true nature of living and the fact it is a painful process from birth to death. Everything in between is a process of mitigating this pain and/or distracting you...
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I wan to help my internet boyfriend... ...but I do not know how. I've been trying really hard to give him some advice, but either nothing works, or he's just not able to do it. He gets really stressed after school and feels pretty much no motivation for anything after coming back home, so escersise is pretty much out o...
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I’m 22 and an alcoholic. Lots of reasons “why.” Girlfriend just got a job as a cocktail waitress and she’s amazingly faithful, and I’m happy for her. But I don’t feel well, I don’t feel like myself. I’m young and dumb but I’m smart as fuck and I’m wasting my potential. I am lost. [deleted]
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Abilify vs. Latuda Anyone have experience with both? I was taking 80mg of Latuda and had to switch to Abilify due to losing insurance and the cost of the medication. Doctor has me on 10mg of Abilify. Is this a comparable dose to 80 mg of Latuda? I’ve been taking Abilify for ~2 weeks, and am trying to figure out if I ca...
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I'm an addict. Reddit, porn, masturbation, games. My phone is my window into my addictions. But getting rid of it seems unrealistic. I use my phone to track workouts, take notes, set reminders, look up a question, stay current on events, stream music, watch movies, GPS, calculator, camera. It's so functional. But I abu...
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I really hate myself sometimes and I'm so tired I feel okay most of the time but when I feel bad I feel terrible. And when I feel terrible it feels like all I've done is draw back the curtain. My horrible self loathing feels more real than anything I think or do. Small things don't always set me off but they could, and...
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