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I Don't Know if I should Share This with my Friends Hey y'all,
For a large portion of my life, I've struggled with my depression. I cannot recall a time (until as of late) where I did not feel as though I was supposed to be here, if that makes any sense. I've gotten professional help this year and I've made leaps and... | self.offmychest |
Merry Christmas you legends First time poster just looking to open up a little.
I'm just feeling more down than usual, have been for about a week or two. It's probably from a lot of things, mainly just feeling regret of this year now that it's coming to an end and also intense anxiety towards moving in February. I'll ... | self.depression |
I've lived with this for 10 years now, but I'm not giving up on getting you to smile or laugh. All types of depression fucking suck. Mine feels like a daily battle and a war of attrition. But what I really want in life is to love someone again or to make people laugh. Will you go look in your mirror (or use the camera... | self.depression |
I didn't do any of my final exams. Help me. Hi everyone. I'm a senior in college, I'm severely depressed and I have ADHD. I took four classes last semester, and had an exam in one and final essays in three. I didn't do any. I'm terrible and I kind of want to die.
I want to graduate, even though it will take me longer... | self.depression |
Psychotherapy, a joke. What even is this? A capitalist joke?
How is it supposed to help me, knowing all my wrongs?
I know them already. I dont need someone pointing out how lazy and pathetic I am, I already know it myself.
Like, how the fuck is self-analysis supposed to get me out of depression, when its one of the... | self.depression |
I'm afraid I lose everyone I care and love This year has been full of great people who I am now proud to call my close friends and even my family.
Some of them are relatively new but we are close nonetheless. I also know that my family loves me.
However I have this fear that some of my decisions in my past and some o... | self.offmychest |
Don't you just love the initial side effects of antidepressants? Posting this while on toilet for the 20th time today. | self.depression |
New here but serious question. I just want to get away. Am I the only one who feels like this? I love my family and some aspects of my life but I just want to leave I don’t feel like being here anymore. I don’t know maybe I just need to vent or something but it’s stuff I can’t talk about with my fiancé or parents. It’s... | self.depression |
Medication I take Wellbutrin and Prozac. Does anyone else? How does it help/not help? | self.bipolar |
NyQuil bad trigger during hypomania and depression Anyone ever taken NyQuil for a cold during a depressive or baseline phase and have it cause deeper depression and anxiety the next couple days? I’m trying to figure out why my depression intensified recently. Taking Q96 supplement and Lithium Orotate (10-20 mg/day). ... | self.bipolar |
keep making driving mistakes This morning, I had pulled into a parking space and may have bumped someone’s car... This was right before school started, which is very traffic-y and crazy. I pulled into the spot, checked behind me, then went to back up in order to get closer to the curb. A woman had pulled up behind me, ... | self.offmychest |
is someone out there going through something similar to me? I have been going through anxiety for years now. And a lot of my anxiety now is attributed to my job. I currently have a good job. Good pay, good benefits. But I find myself feeling really depressed and constantly anxious. I take phone calls all day, and I fin... | self.Anxiety |
"why do you talk to strangers online?" Many people have asked me this and my answer to them is somewhat like this "I believe that people are quite judgemental about a persons somatic attributes...here in this place words hold a greater value to people rather than facial feature they try to find a short lived comforting... | self.depression |
Massive failure Cant even do a basic pizza job right... I work at a pizza place and I am probably my bosses worst employee ever. When I take the phone I mess up the order probably 50% of the time. After fucking things up all day my boss tells me to just go home and he will take the wasted food out of my check. I should... | self.depression |
I never go outside My life consists of waking up, turning on my tv and watching YouTube all day. I eat if I can manage to get off the couch.
I never really leave the house. I don’t work, have an income or run any errands, my girlfriend does. The rare time I do leave it’s for something essential like food. I’ve gained... | self.depression |
Does anyone suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder? [Link to wiki page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder).
Idk if this is really a thing, but I can tell I felt weird for 2 winters already.
Some background, I come from sunny Brazil, but live in Germany currently. Winter here is much harsher t... | self.depression |
[NAW] Lost my online neko friend I had for YEARS [deleted] | self.offmychest |
My sensitivity to sound is ruining my social life I’ve always been very sensitive to certain sounds, but the list of sounds and the effect of my hearing those sounds has grown exponentially in the past few months.
Someone chewing with their mouth open, chewing with it closed, sneezing, biting their nails, sucking on s... | self.Anxiety |
Hi guys, I am having suicidal thoughts :) I have been through a rough year. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
How do people facetime and talk on discord? I get way too much anxiety from it. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
What is it like to be manic? I'm wondering if any of you have experienced psychotic episodes & what you have done about it? Did you get treatment? Have any of you tried treating your bipolar 1 a non traditional way and been successful? (Such as not using meds)
Thanks for your help. | self.bipolar |
Hard to stay motivated I'm sorry but not sure where to post this, but I too suffer from depression. It's a long story but I'm trying to change, my main issue right now is consistency. I work as an uber driver and I like it and the pay is good. But I find it hard to get my self to do it. Thing is when I am doing it , it... | self.depression |
My brother is promiscuous and I don't like it He's in high school and he's sexually active with multiple girls. I'm not upset that he's had sex. I'm upset that he refuses to get a physical exam and tested. He's just 18 and his health is so important. He refuses to get blood drawn. I think he's afraid they'll find some... | self.offmychest |
Anyone have work-related anxiety? (specifically people seeing you not doing anything) [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I never want to feel like this again I feel like it's getting worse, before I would only freak out occasionally but it's become more frequent and talking out loud to people is getting harder and harder. I've never felt more lonely in my life, all I want to do is lay in bed and listen to music all day. I don't want to b... | self.offmychest |
I can’t stand my mom anymore Ok, I’m only 17 as I’m writing this. My parents have been split up since I was a year old, and I lived with my dad till the age of 15. It wasn’t much of an issue, as we lived up the road from my mother and grandmother so I got to see them often. My mother was never really a mother to me, bu... | self.offmychest |
My life is great… so why do I feel this way? I’ve been struggling with chronic depression ever since my preteen years, and anytime I’ve thought about suicide I’ve been able to very easily dispel the thought by thinking of my loved ones who would miss me. Also, I don’t ever want anyone to have to find my body, a scenari... | self.SuicideWatch |
Welcoming Newcomers & Free Talk Thread - October 30, 2017 Greetings & Salutations!
Use this post to introduce yourself if you're new. Or maybe you're not so new, but haven't gotten around to introducing yourself yet in one of these posts. That's ok too! Either way, we'd love to offer you a warm welcome to our ... | self.Anxiety |
I think I was hoarding I had 7 boxes of things that were sitting in the middle of my apartment. The last time my landlord was over he made comments about it a) smelling like smoke (yes, I was smoking in the apartment, in the bathroom and figured the fan would fix it), and b) trying to keep it neater.
My lease is up in... | self.bipolar |
The constant reminders of me being forever alone I'm a 20 year old college female. And I've never been in a relationship. Ever. Sometimes I feel like a failure because it seems like everyone around me is happily in love with someone, and I'm just here by myself. I desperately want to know what it's like to be in love, ... | self.offmychest |
I'm a virgin and yet I really want to get laid. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
accused of being a snob in childhood, went overboard to correct it Somewhere in my childhood, probably about 5th grade, I was accused of being a giant snob and spoiled only child. I think I was accused by a group of girls who had a lot of self-discipline problems and behaved nasty most of the time. From that point, I b... | self.offmychest |
You all want to know the truth? The absolute truth? I'm a shit person. I'm the lowest of the low. My parents knew this and this is why they abandoned me. I was getting in the way of my mother's partying so I had to go. My father had a new family and didn't want to be reminded of his old family. So I ended up with my a... | self.offmychest |
How have things become so bad so fast I think back to just three months ago, and I felt like I was on top of the world. I had everything a guy could ask for - I had a close group of friends, was at peace with myself, happily single, was headed off to a highly ranked college with nearly a full ride - but then recently i... | self.depression |
My sister's Christmas gift to me was showing her true colors. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Exhausted. In bed still My anxiety and depression like to take turns torturing me. Now my depression is currently in play. I’ve slept all morning and still exhausted. I’ll probably end up sleeping all day. | self.depression |
i literally just tried to kill myself but i given up last second and came talk to friends
they're helping but it's every day on the edge of trying again
the tools that i was going to use are still there set up it's just a few seconds and i can die for real
i'm trying to see reasons to not do it again but i can't see an... | self.SuicideWatch |
Found out my gf of 3 years cheated on me before we broke up She lied about the reasons we broke up, lied earlier about saying to trust her, lied about to me about not talking to that guy seriously, lied about saying she wanted to still be with me, so many lies and so much heartbreak because she couldnt just own up mont... | self.depression |
My life means nothing , why should I continue ? | self.SuicideWatch |
Merry Christmas everyone! I just wanna say that its okay if you get a little anxious or irritated. If there's too many people, try to find your happy place. Excuse yourself if you need to for few minutes. Give yourself a moment before you go back to the crowd. Try to focus on fun and not of what could go wrong. I'm a l... | self.Anxiety |
One of my only two friends left from college has ghosted me [deleted] | self.depression |
I feel that nobody really cares. I feel empty. I don't know why I feel like this. I thought things we're getting better. I was gaining confidence, i was working hard and trying my best to achieve. It all came crashing down. I just don't see a reason to keep trying. I've never liked who I am, all I've ever wanted was fo... | self.SuicideWatch |
Depression & feeling lost Do you ever find it hard to know if you are doing anything right in life because you feel regret or nothing over every decision you make? Personally I moved away from my family and friends to be with my gf I have a better job here than I have ever had. Thr problem is i hate my job and i ha... | self.depression |
I feel like his friend rather than his girlfriend I love him. But I feel like I'm in such a mentally and emotionally starved relationship. We've been through a lot together. He was my bestfriend for so long but it's always come down to it: We are very different people. He is more into technology and video games. He tal... | self.offmychest |
klonopin Withdrawls? Due to an extreme panic/anxiety episode I am currently in, my doctor has prescribed me to take 1mg of klonopin in the morning and 1mg at night. He told me to do this for 1-2 weeks until this extreme anxiety episode ends (Im talking about eating next to nothing a day, crying spells, constant panic, ... | self.Anxiety |
Nothing is gratifying enough when I try to selfharm Honestly no selfharm is even remotely enough, it satisfies my urges for 5 maybe 10 minutes but honestly I feel so fucking suicidal I feel afraid that fucking breaking my arm or something is the only thing that would really feel satisfying. As of right now my arm is co... | self.offmychest |
Need reason Potential greatness may thrive on mere execution, but waiting for the law of decay to kill me. Patience is key people say, and as my patience fill the day it will be the key element to my death. | self.SuicideWatch |
Does anybody Else Get Panic Attacks from Positive Interactions? I work at a hotel, so conversing with strangers is a necessary and frequent part of my day. Because of my social anxiety, I often have some pretty...rough conversations. Not the smoothest. I'll walk away from these disastrous interactions shaking, clenchin... | self.Anxiety |
Afraid I might not be able to spend Thanksgiving with my family because I'm too afraid to ask for time off from work My part-time job requires us to ask for time off at least two weeks in advance. I meant to put in my request this past Thursday for Thanksgiving, but it just slipped my mind. I feel deeply uncomfortable ... | self.offmychest |
Obsessing over a new diagnosis Hi guys. I got diagnosed little over a couple of months ago. My behaviours have been tell tale since my mid to late teens, and have been severe since I’ve been in my early 20’s. When I look back it all makes sense. Plus I always knew something was up and I intended to get help when I had ... | self.bipolar |
My brother said when I text him he just deletes them because I’m annoying. [deleted] | self.depression |
Why am i incapable of having normal relationships with people? why am i the way i am Ever since i remembered i'm constantly insecure about all my friendships, i always think all my friends hate me, even the ones i had for may years, it prevents me from contacting them, and i'm growing apart from all of them, but i'm to... | self.offmychest |
I feel Paralyzed So I'm a new stay at home mom. I have anxiety. I find it very difficult to juggle a 3 year old, a newborn, and keeping up the house. Weekends seem to be spent outside of the house. I hate starting my week with no clean laundry or dishes. I'm thinking about just staying up every Sunday night and cleanin... | self.Anxiety |
Struggling I’m really struggling here. I don’t know what to do.
I’ve been seeing this girl for awhile now, and before we started dating, we were friends. I knew that she had liked me for awhile, but for whatever reason, I resisted. I wasn’t sure if I really was into her or not, but after awhile, it became clear that I... | self.offmychest |
Great opportunity and don't want to ruin it. I am traveling this Sunday out of state for a brand new job. I have to train for 2 weeks away from home at a completely new position and employer. I am terrified that this will throw me into a depressed state because of the stress. I hate being away from my husband and dog a... | self.bipolar |
Intrusive thoughts. I was put on Lamictal, probably three weeks ago. But the dosage has been changing until this week. They slant it up, and I didn't like how 100mg felt so I went down to 75mg, and took that consistently for a week until today. And for two days now I've been freaking out because of some intrusive thoug... | self.bipolar |
My first day in COCC At first it seemed to go well. Me and 3 other guys were going through the commands and the COs are fixing our forms. It was all going well...
But then everything changed when they taught us about the punishments...
And it went relatively well...
Until the squats came in.
All I know is that it w... | self.offmychest |
Do you think you can do anything through willpower? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
told a family member i was suicidal a few weeks ago [deleted] | self.depression |
DAE’s anxiety always get worse around this time of year? I started dealing with anxiety around this time 2 years ago. Just when I thought I had learned to cope with it, it came right back at this time last year, and it’s starting to get worse again right now. I’ve been to the ER on April 19th the past 2 years from heal... | self.Anxiety |
grades Just found out I failed chem and have to retake it. Pretty much one of the easiest classes and I just fucked it up. Costs several hundred a credit hour so this is basically at least a $1000 fuck up. Where does this end. Next I lose my scholarship which is basically guaranteed and im about to fuck up my calc ... | self.SuicideWatch |
My girlfriend wrote a document containing 100 reasons why she adores me, and then she sent it to me. I couldn't ask for a better life partner. There isn't an occasion for her writing this document. It isn't my birthday. It isn't any significant milestone in our relationship. It isn't for Christmas. It was just a seemin... | self.offmychest |
Having people who ridicule you for being depressed instead of being supportive. It’s at the point where I’m expected to just be happy or I’m a burden. They expect me to just be happy and ridicule me. I don’t have a support system, so yeah it’s pretty hard to fake being happy anymore. I need a ‘harder shell’ apparently ... | self.depression |
Panicking when I go 15 minutes or more from home... feeling broken. Hi everyone. Recently I had a panic attack outside of a job I was working and quit during that episode. The other day I was driving somewhere an hour away and I had to turn around. Today I was going 40 minutes away and I had an awful panic attack, to t... | self.Anxiety |
Im retarted I think im retarted. Or atleast i am too stupid to get a good education. That means i will always be poor. What do you think. Is this a good reason to kill myself? Because i have no perspectives. I will be poor or worse homeless. | self.depression |
I fantasize about attempting suicide but surviving Throwaway account for obvious reasons.
I've narrowly escaped hospitalisation a number of times because the idea terrifies me. But also, there's a part of me that really wants it. I want someone to validate my pain, to have sympathy and care for me, and to look after... | self.depression |
Every night, as I lie awake in my bed unable to sleep... I plan my suicide for tomorrow. But I never follow through even though I KNOW there is no hope of a positive future for my life. I have one person who would be saddened by my loss, my mother. Other than that, I think it'd largely go unnoticed.
... I'm taking me... | self.SuicideWatch |
Explosive Crying Panic Attacks | Crying and Screaming and Shaking Intensely and Hyperventilating for Hours | Aftercare | Help I can't feel my face. And not in a good way. In a scary way.
It's hard for me to even find the energy to write this, but I think it will help some people...
I just came out of an intense psych... | self.SuicideWatch |
My boyfriend is trying to help me and knowing that I'm giving him this stress makes me feel worse. I need a job. I just found out I meet the criteria for ADHD which might explain why I can never get anything done. But it's so much effort for me and it's incredibly frustrating.
I had a breakdown a few days ago thar he ... | self.depression |
Because he died I will not I didn’t know him much. His name was P-E . When we were 14 he was 13 and he decided to jump off the 7th floor. It hit us hard at the time. Growing up I often think about him. At 13 I was dumb and also quite sad but since then so many things have happened, even the worse days were replaced by ... | self.offmychest |
I have issues with emotional lability. I am either extremely happy and energetic or extremely depressed and tired. I am considering taking lamictal to stabilize my moods and improve my life. What have yalls experiences been with this medication? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
When I was a teenager, I groped one of my best friends when we were drunk laying in a bed next to each other and I wish I could apologize to her for it. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Because of social anxiety I have few friends and accordingly, few social media followers. Felt embarrassed about my little followers and left IG. I want to get back on IG now but I'm still nervous. What do I do? Here's my dilemma.
I've just graduated secondary school and will be going on to tertiary education soon. So,... | self.Anxiety |
I almost commited suicide but things are looking up If you go trough my account you can see that anxiety, self-injury, depression and suicidal ideation are some very frequently reoccurring problems in my life.
I had been researching bridges and jumping off them and went to a bridge on Sunday night in the city 45 minut... | self.depression |
Anxiety is a liar This is a thing that I am reminding myself of and that is helping me get through the night. Anxiety is not the truth. It does not have your best intentions in mind. It can be scary and hard and have real-life effects, but those thoughts are not true. Now I'm working on finding the courage to consisten... | self.Anxiety |
The only time people would hang out with me is if I paid them... And that's the sad part about it.
Thank you for letting me vent.
Peace. | self.depression |
Anyone feel super good in the morning then everything crashes down? [deleted] | self.depression |
Anyone feel more depressed this time of year ? I don't know why I think it's the fact another year has passed and i don't feel happy, still suicidal thoughts still on medication and half the time I have no idea why. Anyone got any opinion on this? Or something similar ? | self.depression |
What's wrong with me? List. (long, confusing, and embarrassing...so brace yourself) Reasons why I'm stupid and need to...go:
I am a 21 year old and I still walk on my tippy toes. That is not normal or okay. I thought I killed the habit by now, but people still notice.
Can't make eye contact with people for anything.
... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm killing myself because of Ocipital Nueralgia aka the suicide disease. Its nit a disease its a condition. Its a bad berve I have on my head. It feels like I'm constantly being hit on the head with a hammer. Nothing helps. All meds make it worse and some have made it so bad that I've tried to end it half heartedly be... | self.SuicideWatch |
Unbearable Situation On the same day of my 18th birthday, my father moved us from our home, to a new country, without attempting to get us legally settled (which he had many occasions to do) he bought us a tiny apartment in the middle of no where, and left us here, he went back to his country to do "business", sold our... | self.offmychest |
Whats the point I've been wondering this every day now. I've had bouts with suicidal thoughts before but its clear now that its the only way I can free my self...of my self. I hate myself so much. I hate that I get so clingy I hate that I get so jealous. Im 19 and have never had a girlfriend. People hate me. Once they ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anyone have experience with TMS? My psych thinks I may be medication resistant . Curious for other experiences,, either being med resistant or trying Transcranial magnetic stim | self.bipolar |
ladies on lamotrigine, what Kind of birth control do you use? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
I can't stand it My pillow was really flat
and my mom KEEPS SCRAPING the bowl with a fork and
anyways I wish I had someone to talk to really badly!!
as my tumblr says, I can't get a counselor yet cuz of technical difficulties
I really wish I had a friend to talk to online =( | self.Anxiety |
I wish I had a friend! I am all alone all the time and have depression. This makes my life just pure sadness all day long, it’s nice talking to you all but I wish I had a friend that could help me through these dark times. Someone that I could be with and just hang out with socially. It would be very good for me right ... | self.offmychest |
Is anyone having trouble affording the proper treatment if you're diagnosed? My friend and I are starting a foundation to help those with depression pay for treatment (medication/therapy) so contact me if you know anyone or you need extra financial help we are still in the early stages so we will likely not be able to ... | self.depression |
Despite trying to get help it seems like it's all worthless in the end. Goodbye world, I wasn't meant to live in it anyway I'm in counseling , I started medication, and yet my suffering is not alleviated , I'm still tired and hopeless and things don't seem to be getting better. It's all worthless. Abused children like ... | self.depression |
I just need to say things somewhere I don't expect anyone to read my shit or say anything , it's usually that way. I just need to spew my brain some where. There will probably be typos and bad formatting. I don't care.
I'm suicidal. I'm depressed and all that. I've got a full host of crap wrong with my brain. At leas... | self.SuicideWatch |
My mom died today It doesn’t even feel real. She was only 34. She just didn’t wake up this morning. I haven’t talked to anyone about it, because I don’t want to bring down their new year celebrations with the news. I just feel alone. I really miss my mom. She was so happy these past couple of months. New boyfriend, new... | self.offmychest |
I'm doing "well" in life and I'm still miserable despite my best efforts. By most metrics, I'm successful in life.
I'm also in my 30s and have never had any kind of intimate relationship. This wrecks me, on a couple different levels.
First, it pretty much wrecks my self-esteem. I get that rejection is part of dating,... | self.depression |
Venting (wall of text inbound) I have been struggling with depression for about a year and every time I think things are improving I somehow find a way to fuck things up and push myself further into the abyss. I have ruined every good thing in my life and there was little of that to begin with.
I don't have the will ... | self.depression |
Break up Me and my girlfriend broke up a few weeks ago
And her friends,who were also my friends never talk to me, she never talks to me and I want us to be back together. Ill feel fine sometimes but then I'll just get really down, and I've started acting out, like doing stuff like kicking desk and such. I don't have th... | self.depression |
Does anyone else feel trapped in their room? Ive rarely left my house in the past year ever since I dropped out of high school (I'm 17) and since then I've felt more isolated than ever. i have no friends to do stuff with and it's really starting to get to me. I find myself struggling to eat ,sleep enjoy movies, music, ... | self.depression |
Husband of a bipolar 2 wife in desperate need of help My wife is bipolar 2 and over the past day she has fallen into the deepest depression i have ever seen to the point where she is saying that she is done trying, done fighting and wants it all to end. She talks about not being able to remember any positive memories a... | self.bipolar |
I'm 16 almost 17 I think I have depression and wanted to kill myself before. I still have these thoughts sometimes. And the reason is my mom. This is probably going to be long and thia is my first time ever sharing something online like this. I am in the 11th grade I still feel like killing myself sometimes. It started... | self.depression |
How to accept this girl may be going off me [deleted] | self.depression |
Just got ghosted/canceled for the third time this week. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
In ER, need help fast My cat bit me HARD on my wrist and I have 2 deep puncture wounds. I came to the ER where they cleaned them and gave me 2 antibiotics , a tetanus shot and now I'm getting one of my migraines that cause me to see double.
My stress and anxiety is through the roof and I'm terrified and alone. I'm ... | self.Anxiety |
Anxiety at 14yo I get usual anxiety due to thinking too much about certain things. For example, I get usual paranoias about my friends, crushes and family (usual teenager stuff) and I usually get sad when something bad happens between me and my crush/family (again, not the problem). I'm not antisocial, I have plenty of... | self.Anxiety |
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