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Consumed by constant fear i'll get sick 2017 has been a tough one. I've been constantly concerned that I am developing a disease or will get sick or injured in the future. It started out small, and then recently progressed to a debilitating fear I had colorectal cancer, and I had the symptoms to match (or so I thought)... | self.Anxiety |
Is Freud correct? Sigmund freud conclusively proved that the subconscious is a powerful force that can dictate many of our actions and apprehensions without consulting our conscious mind. He wrote in length about how people use the word "forget" to describe premeditated acts of resistance to doing or remembering certai... | self.Anxiety |
i'm going to get better hi i don't know if this is the right place to post this but i don't really have any close friends to tell. i'll try to make this short but i talk a lot
long story short in elementary school i started cutting myself, having suicidal thoughts, all the way until now (i'm 18). i got diagnosed with ... | self.SuicideWatch |
How do you get access to mental health services in Canada? Looking for participants who are living or lived with a mental health condition to share your experience.
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This will help me help you make a better and improved experience :) | self.bipolar |
Abilify sedation will it go away? I went from 10 mg to 15 mg and am so tired now. Im taking it for a week now do I need to give it longer? Any expierences? | self.bipolar |
Is it a good idea to tell my GF I'm Suicidal [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I love her but to forget her i pretend like i hate her It was this girl I fell in love lately, she was full of grace and radiance and kind towards me. Naturally I developed feelings for her. But she was not ready for relationship but still remained friend with me. But my desire for her grew day by day. To get her out o... | self.offmychest |
"Try to develop some hobbies". I would, if everything didn't depress me to death. [deleted] | self.depression |
Want seriously end it all. I’ve just had enough of life. I feel numb. I’ve got no real friends and I’m lonely and I’m just a failure to everybody in my life. I think it would be better for me to hang myself nobody would really care anyways. | self.SuicideWatch |
Friend is suicidal, need help and advice Hello, I need help and advice on how to deal with this, I have no experience and I am completely out of my element.
My friend called me last night crying with suicidal thoughts. I went over to her house and checked up on her. She had written up a suicide letter. She also told m... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anyone ever have there SO push them away from depression to have them come back and continue to have a relationship? I’m in this situation now, and I want her back, but I want her to be happy with herself, and be able to deal with her depression even on the hardest days.
Just didn’t know if anyone else was ever in th... | self.depression |
Anyone know of any legal way to get antidepressants without seeing a psychiatrist? [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Scared for my life, for your life Sorry this is kind of long and a bit weird because I wrote it as it ahppend on my phone. I wrote it like it was happening right now but its not anymore
Ok so my family and i often have arguments but it got really bad earlier. we were going to go to a store and then out to eat because ... | self.offmychest |
Exit plan in place I was hit by a car 30 yrs ago. They can heal with pins plates, casts almost everthing except your back. The car left me with 6 discs in various stages of herniation. L5, L6, S1,S2 are the worst. I have a great surgeon who fused my neck, did epidurals, ablations. I was forced to concede I needed seri... | self.SuicideWatch |
Had a breakup 3 weeks ago and went sober. I feel very lonely I'm alone now, with no friends to talk with. I also struggle just getting out of the house to get a job to keep myself occupied. I'm also not studying like i wanted to. I keep postponing everything except video games and social media that i use to look for pe... | self.depression |
Any tips on knowing when you're ready to go back to work after being on disability Does anyone have any tips? My mood is starting to lift from a dark depression but I am still worried I am not good enough to return to work. Also I am sleeping 12+ hours a day which would make it hard to function while working. | self.bipolar |
I planned to do it today. I w as gonna do it today. One of my friends asked to hang out with me on vacation. I brought her along because I know I wouldn’t do it with her here. I still think about it though. Right now I’m in Hawaii I’ve had a blast here but I feel like if someone came up to me and put a gun to my head I... | self.SuicideWatch |
Can you still have withdrawal symptoms from being off Zoloft for almost a month? I feel like ever since I took my last dose after gradually weening off almost a month ago I’ve had withdrawal symptoms like scary nightmares (which on it or before taking it I would have one dream or nightmare a month even if that) sleep p... | self.depression |
what's it like changing pdoc? I've been going to the same pdoc for the entire time i've been diagnosed. It's been fine. He puts me on the right stuff and it's mostly just in and out, no problem. But he's said some weird things that make me want to not do back to him. How easy is it to switch? Is it as easy as just call... | self.bipolar |
Mania! Yes, finally motivation to do things! ......aaaand crash and burn I try so hard to adapt and stifle my sadness and not show it even if something is causing me a lot of pain, but it's never enough and I'm still being treated like I must be doing SOMETHING wrong/bad by everyone but i really am trying so hard to be... | self.bipolar |
My parents don't care I am 19 and I have been depressed most of my life. I always thought I could get help but I was too scared to ask anyone. This year I finally had the courage to tell my parents. My father rolled his eyes at me and mocked me. My mother laughed at me. Neither of them have brought it up again. After t... | self.depression |
Any advice on how long it takes Zyprexa to work? | self.bipolar |
New Art Subreddit Hi everyone! This morning I created the sub reddit r/Manicart. For all you artists, writers, poets, photographers,song writers to post to... if you want to. I love seeing everyone's creativity, and I think a one stop subreddit would be sick. | self.bipolar |
is there any hope of a happy life for people who grew up mentally ill/ depressed from a young age does an adult who never learned how to love, be happy, think in healthy thought processes, or live a content life have any hope at all? is there any reason to be alive in that situation? | self.depression |
How do you talk about depression to your friends? [deleted] | self.depression |
Shortness of breath boi Just shortness of breath coming back woohoo anyone else have this | self.Anxiety |
Had to stop my meds, ready to restart, I'm terrified to tell my doctor and therapist My health insurance lapsed for two months (long story that's not worth telling)
Because of that I couldn't afford my meds or therapy visits so haven't gone and just rescheduled my visits til after my insurance kicks again
My insuran... | self.bipolar |
Close to Attempt #2 I'm not here to spill all of the tragic things that have happened in my life thus far. Sad things happen to everyone, I'm no different than any other depressed or suicidal person in the world, or on this thread. I wouldn't be hurting people in my life; my roommates and I are pretty independent peopl... | self.SuicideWatch |
I did a dumb thing. 6 months ago I was looking for a new side job. I was hurting for money and I found a job online for what seemed like a moving company. I'll spare you the drawn out story but a week later I was pulled over and it turned out that what I was moving was pot, a lot of it. I was arrested, bounced around j... | self.offmychest |
Can't stop drinking whenever it's just too much Whenever my anxiety builds up to a shaking, suicidal level I haven't found anything that can ease it the way alcohol does. It's a highly destructive habit once I sober up I'm left depressed. When that happens I'm partial to drinking more, which reinforces the cycle. I can... | self.Anxiety |
In Canberra Australia can a Neurologist prescribe SSRI medications? Hi all I’m suffering from Epilepsy and depression which both are triggering seizures.
My neurologist gave me Mirtazepine but that started seizures. So I wanted to get proper SSRI medication but just wanted to know if a neurologist in Canberra Australi... | self.Anxiety |
Becoming a toxic, antisocial person. My depression and anxiety are definitely worsening.
With the rest of my life ahead of me, the early part of my life hasn't been good, to say the least.
I have depression and anxiety, and loneliness is slowly killing me.
My frustrations from social awkwardness and loneliness are... | self.SuicideWatch |
What hypothetical life conditions, if present 24/7, would totally eliminate your anxiety? For me, it would be having a constant monitor of my own blood pressure, blood sugar, electrolytes, EKG, vitals etc. If I had constant reassurance that my body was functioning properly I'd never have anxiety again.
What about you?... | self.Anxiety |
I’m done I’m 15, Male. I stand (with good posture) at 5’4”. It’s crippled me with insecurity to the point where I can’t take photos with people taller than me and can’t watch movies with younger people that are taller.
I’m out - I can’t deal with this overwhelming insecurity and anxiety. Thanks. | self.SuicideWatch |
I have one year and two months left in the Army and I don’t know if I will make it. [deleted] | self.depression |
[NAW] I act like i don't care, while the reality keeps hitting me like a truck [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Four girls dead because of me I don’t know if this will get taken down, I hope not, but I need to post this
About 5 or 6 years ago, I was great friends with 4 girls. We would hang out and things like that. I didn’t realize they were severely depressed either, due to the fact I was completely oblivious to what was goi... | self.offmychest |
Help I become suicidal over the smallest things and the only thing that stops me is family.
Most of the time I'm happy but the smallest things make me wanna do it.
A few hours ago I picked up a knife and hid it in my room.
I took it back half an hour ago.
I'm scared I'm going to act out one day.
Help me.
I'm too ... | self.SuicideWatch |
28 and I've ruined my life and it feels like there is no way to fix it | self.depression |
I hate being black AND I hate being female. Might as well shout it to the fucking world how much I hate myself.
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I cant bring myself to get help Im so apathetic and unmotivated and honestly the only reason im alive is bc im afraid of pain and i dont want my family or friends to be sad. I want and know i need help, my apathy is ruining my life but theres this thought in my head that thinks "wow im so pathetic im probably just lazy... | self.depression |
Getting over fear of answering the front door I’m absolutely terrible at this, and it’s gotten to a point where my anxiety spikes if I hear a car drive past, so I’ll go and check the window or the driveway so I can be sure it’s nobody arriving at the house, and it’s driving me insane. I leave the blinds down in the liv... | self.Anxiety |
Hard times making decisions without worrying I have a really hard time making decisions because I feel like it's going to alter my future in a way. I'm always afraid to do more than what I would because I feel like if I make the wrong choice bad things are going to happen and I'll just be fucked in the end. Is this nor... | self.Anxiety |
Cheaper options for Latuda I commented in a post earlier, but my psychiatrist last year linked me up with a web pharmacy named maple leaf meds which has saved me a TON of money on getting my script (40mg) for a literal fraction of the price ($450 for a 6 month script of 80mg which I cut in half). They do advertise abo... | self.bipolar |
Should i go to a therapist or a psychiatrist? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Coffee? Think I'm realising that coffee is a massive trigger for me. Makes me overthink everything in my past and massively break down.
But, I don't know if coffee is providing clarity in which I can finally see the ruin of my life, or is warping my brain and making things seem worse then they are.
I have a similar e... | self.depression |
How to self-soothe when you just can't believe in someone's love? How do y'all self-soothe and calm yourselves down when you just cannot believe your partner loves you/cares for you, even when they haven't done anything wrong?
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For the first time in a long time I've got nothing to get off my chest [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Working, and not working. I have had GAD literally for as long as I can remember. I'm also a perfectionist and totally over ambitious. So I started a new job in early October. I was, to put it lightly bored, and basically went crying to a manager there wasn't enough for me to do, now I'm being given 100% more work... B... | self.Anxiety |
Might've flunked completely out of first year I had a complete mental breakdown around the middle of October which resulted in me never going to classes and staying in my dorm room for a month. After which, I only went to a few classes. Anyway, I know I failed at least three out of six of my courses which means my aver... | self.offmychest |
My dream of becoming a YouTuber I’m 19, halfway through my second year of college, currently sitting in the dark at 3am, tears running down my face while I wait for my gameplay video to finish rendering.
I’ve had clinical depression for the majority of my life. Having to live under the shadow of my older and incredibl... | self.depression |
Is wanting attention selfish? I’ve expressed in almost every way imaginable that I’m not okay and I feel as if almost no one cares, not at all. Is it selfish to want attention? Is it selfish to want at least one or two people concerned about you? I’m so fucking close to ending it all and if/when I do only then they’ll ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I think I'm ready to let things go. you know ive always thought what do i lack in life? i have a pretty stable family, stable economic conditions, an ongoing college education and pretty good people around me.
So why do I feel so empty on the inside? I would have let go already if I hadn't stopped myself to think abou... | self.SuicideWatch |
Family member not suicidal but wants death because of impact of anxiety Didn't really know how to title this properly. Basically, a family member recently is going through really bad anxiety to the point he has a panic attack. Hasn't been able to sleep properly for about a week and complains of feeling different and so... | self.Anxiety |
I FINALLY PASSED MY DRIVING TEST! I failed it about a year ago but i got to redo the test today and i passed it even though at one part i did super bad i was convinced i was going to fail! but i’m so happy i passed i’m so excited. | self.offmychest |
Waking up every morning holding onto the little hope I have left to get me through the day. It feels like I'm just drifting through life. I don't recognize myself. Anyone relate? | self.depression |
Fearing nonexistence but also fearing life. Since I was a kid I've had these dark thoughts about forever remaining nonexistent after death. I thought they'd become more manageable as an adult or that I had just blocked them out.
 
Forever remaining existent also causes me to feel a sense of panic. I sometim... | self.depression |
Guilty about depression? I have been having a very rough 15 months after a breakup which really shouldn’t be the end of the world, but it’s really fucked me up. I moved back in with my parents and have had no energy or motivation to move forward with my life. I’m also 29 so this is pathetic. I feel guilty for having de... | self.depression |
I really sincerely want to suicide, but I’m so tired. Just for this one time in my life, I want to have an easy time, so can I just go to bed one night and never wake up ever again? I can’t get hold of any prescription pills. I just really really need everything to stop. I don’t even know why I’m posting here. | self.depression |
God I fucking hate my csc department at school [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I've been sitting here with my pistol in front of me... [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
My lungs have been turnt upside down. I can not breathe , I don't want to do this anymore, it won't get better, it never will. The only shred of happiness in my life would be better off without me. I just need to find resolve , I don't know where else to find it.. I can not think straight. I just know that I can no lon... | self.SuicideWatch |
I just figured out what I want to do with my life and I’m terrified [deleted] | self.offmychest |
How long does your depression last? Hello, I was diagnosed bipolar 1 a few years ago. I went through about 5 months of mania in 2015 mixed w psychosis and delusions. It seems that since the episode, I have been depressed. It was very bad depression for about a year once my mania wore off. The depression seems to get ba... | self.bipolar |
It has gotten worse, and I owe you all an apology. I love you all, to a fault. Thank you for your help, and I hope the same courtesy is extended to you. No human being deserves to go through this. I'm ready to finish it. | self.SuicideWatch |
I just missed a hugely important meeting with my potential grad advisor because I could not get myself out of bed. [deleted] | self.depression |
Today a friend of mine died She wasn't that close, but a friend is still a friend. Three/four years ago she got her leg removed due to cancer, today the same cancer spread and took her life. Her death is obviously a great weight, but knowing that a person with such difficulties was able to live her life happily is also... | self.depression |
have to go back to school tomorrow after being sick and I'm freaking out HELP! So I woke up Monday morning feeling like a train wreck so I came down stairs and told my mom how I felt and my mom agreed I could stay home since I had a fever. She took me to the doctor later that day and it turned out I have strep throat n... | self.Anxiety |
Went to an end of year work event and depression and suicidal thoughts attended as well. I went to an end of year work show last night, i was happy for half the night and then I just got sad. Being around so many happy people dancing, having fun etc really brought me down. I managed to go outside for air and wrote this... | self.SuicideWatch |
tired of trying to be happy i get upset over dumb things im not sure if i will ever overcome i should have died
it hurts i mess up everything for myself all the time | self.SuicideWatch |
Invisible I'm feeling incredibly depressed, and to be honest, kind of suicidal. I'm lonely and I'm tired of exhausting myself trying to speak to anyone. No-one replies. I wait weeks for a reply from anyone, and I'm fed up of it. I'm fed up of the fact that so-called friends read, but don't reply, to messages. I'm fed u... | self.SuicideWatch |
I am horrible One foster home i lived at my foster dad would always hit and hurt my younger foster sister. He would make me hurt her too. He also sexually abused her too. Yet he never did anything to me. Sometimes though i think about it hearing the bed squeak and how she cried and i hate myself for never doing anythin... | self.offmychest |
When parents make it worse Im going through the toughest moments of my life right now. I dropped out of school a while ago cause I hated med-school, it was the hardest decision I have ever taken, I couldnt get out of my house for weeks cause I was destroyed. Now Im trying so hard to be better, Im doing a full time job,... | self.depression |
Sudden realisation that I have no friends and no one likes me [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Depressed because I'm ugly Hi, so I'm writing this because maybe somebody can relate to me... Or maybe even offer advice.
I'm about to be 25 and all I do is obsess about how I look. I am in a constant battle with myself over the week about how ugly I am.
I am constantly getting mistaken for being older than I am alth... | self.depression |
I think I likely have some form of Traumatophobia(extreme Paranoia/fear of war) I think I might have some form of this given all my recent threads about north korea or russia and the fact I keep on asking those questions despite all the reassurance I have received
Another thing is war has never bothered me this much... | self.Anxiety |
Just need a quick vent and some support I have anxiety regarding a bunch of things, but what really sets off an attack for me is my health/mortality. I am sick with a head cold and I didn't really eat as much as I should have today, so I got very light-headed and my heart started pounding. I worked myself into feeling ... | self.Anxiety |
How do I get out of this...funk? (Warning, bad language) [deleted] | self.depression |
10 hours sleep 10 hours work 4 hours waiting to work again [deleted] | self.depression |
My gf broke up with me She said she couldnt take me anymore and shes done all shes could. she said we can still be friends. I never felt so fucked up... | self.depression |
I don't know what to do I'm a 17 year old girl and I feel like I can't do this anymore. I've spent the last few months doing essentially nothing because of school falling through due to a family emergency. I feel like I'm throwing my life away because my depression has gotten to the point I can't get motivated to do an... | self.SuicideWatch |
slowly giving up I hope this isn't too heavy or too much but I feel like I need to somehow vent this as I'm anonymous, it's easier to speak to people who don't know me with no prejudgement and that some of us are on this rocky boat and understand it.
I've attempted to commit suicide several times and this was back in... | self.SuicideWatch |
im so fucking fed up i am so over my life i hate every aspect about it (ugly poor you fucking name it) and am becoming closer and closer to jumping off the local parking garage. my parents have always been insensitive to all my problems so maybe this will get them of their fucking asses when im spilled on the floor | self.SuicideWatch |
Anxiety is finally going away Man who knew videogames can help with it lol | self.Anxiety |
My girlfriend dumped me Yea. I'm a little bit of a huge mess right now. 9 months together exactly. I loved her so much. I am having a meltdown and I just miss her so much already. It's only been 2 hours, but it feels like years | self.Anxiety |
I'm just kinda venting here. Feel free to ignore or read as you please. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Going off the lithium Day four of lithium at a super low dose (150mg) but I just can't bring myself to take my pill today. I've been sleeping almost nonstop for three days and I need to feel like I can function. Last night I had a black out period where I woke up on the couch and didn't even remember lying down to begi... | self.bipolar |
Constantly feeling guilty for no reason Does anyone else get this? A lot of times I feel like I'm a terrible person for no reason or for a very minor reason (such as I was talking too loudly or interrupted someone). The thing is is that I know that I'm not a bad person and that it's okay to make these little mistakes, ... | self.Anxiety |
Massive anxiety while playing video games Hi.
I've always had really bad anxiety problems, just something that's followed me my whole life.
Video games have been a very passionate hobby of mine and my go\-to thing to help calm my mind down and take my mind of things for a bit...but lately, for no apparent reason, vid... | self.Anxiety |
I'm so exhausted and damaged. If you can see my post history, my recent post is one of the reasons I'm contemplating to kill myself.
Also is the fact that I will never be accepted for who I am.
The fact that I cannot be the person I want to be.
The fact that I am not continuously happy despite of my achievements in ... | self.depression |
Anyone else spend months being useless for every week they're productive? [deleted] | self.depression |
Existential Terror I have no idea what's happening to me. For a long while now I've been slowly getting more and more paranoid about death and existence. It started small with talking about the idea of death being nerve-wracking for me, then it evolved into a constant fear of being murdered or dying suddenly (not becau... | self.Anxiety |
We'll Never Be Like Normies I have M.D.D. (major depressive disorder), diagnosed and under a psychiatrist's care. Thankfully he's a dedicated and compassionate one. I've had it all my adult life, and probably seeds of it as a teenager. It gradually got worse and worse starting in my mid-20s. I hate talking about it, ye... | self.depression |
I have a crush on a close friend We've known each other for over three years now. He's one of my closest friends at college but he's straight. Sometimes I think maybe there's a chance. He doesn't know I'm bisexual so maybe he is too and I don't know it. But I've never gotten up the nerve to talk about it. I don't want ... | self.offmychest |
Next semester... ...I want to set goals for myself. Im tired of feeling lonely so I’m really trying to push myself to open up more (which I’ve had luckily a lot of progress with in the past few months) and make new friends. I feel like not only will it be a huge milestone for me, but it’ll also help me network myself. ... | self.Anxiety |
i don’t feel like an actual person every morning i wake up and one of my first thought is “i’m not ready” because i don’t know how to cope with just being a person every day. i feel like i don’t function the way other people do and everything is just so much harder for me. i go through entire days feeling terrible and ... | self.depression |
At the ER for the 3rd time in less than a week [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
How to fall asleep? I can't fall asleep ever, ever since I was 12 I usually get around 4-6 hours of sleep on a GREAT night. Other times it's usually 2 and it honestly just keeps ruining my day to day functions. I've tried everything. White noise machines. Melatonin. Different thinking processes. But my mind never sleep... | self.Anxiety |
the only thing keeping me going is the obligation o feel to family, friends, and pets [deleted] | self.depression |
I feel ugly/fat/disgusting. I've been really sick this week and I feel like I've been eating way too much to balance out my activity. I feel like I'm just going to gain weight and look worse than I already do. I can't make it through a day without wanting to change everything about my appearance. I wish I had lost my a... | self.Anxiety |
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