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Things that some (maybe a lot) of people would find creepy or a little weird that help relieve your anxiety after a panic/anxiety attack? For me, when my heart is pounding and I'm feeling very nauseous I like to sit in a completely dark room. I can't even look at my phone because of the light, due to it adding to the s... | self.Anxiety |
[U.S.] Why aren’t there longterm INPATIENT programs for mentally ill people like rehab and E.D. clinics? Not acute, PHP or IOP—but longterm inpatient. They’re so hard to find. | self.bipolar |
For what it's worth... Tonight I went drinking, then smoke weed till high again... I began to feel disgusting for so long... And I saw this quote somewhere... It sums up all I was feeling... And I hope it will be something for you too... Everything's gonna be alright...
"For what it's worth... it's never too late, or ... | self.depression |
Anxiety making me physically ill So my life has come crashing down because I feel as though I chose the wrong major and have no idea what I want to do with my life. I went to the er on Saturday for a suicide attempt (took too much adderall) and I haven’t been the same since. My anxiety is even worse and I feel so depre... | self.Anxiety |
I was so ready to open myself up, but maybe that’s just not in the plan for me [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Just walked off in the middle of the night after getting into an arugment with my father. I'm sitting here in the back of a small restaurant on the concrete floor.
I'm sorry I don't have a job yet.
I'm sorry I don't feel confident in myself to go out there and expose myself.
I'm sorry I'm such a disappointing son an... | self.offmychest |
For the first time, I knew why people become alcoholics It was just before new year's eve that my girlfriend broke up with, I felt so down, i wasn't expecting it...
On the new year's eve, some friends who didn't knew of my situation literally dragged me to a party, it was so fun, but i got so drunk, and at some point,... | self.offmychest |
Weird vision Does anyone else here experience weird vision, i cant really tell whats off but my head and eyesight just seem cloudy. I cant explain it. I had this since my panic attacks started two weeks ago and still have it as of today. What could it be? I dont feel that anxious anymore i think | self.Anxiety |
accepting limitations I've recently had another reminder of the limitations this illness can cause. Last week I was hospitalized again, had to put uni on hold again, had to put work on hold again and move back in with my mum who now has control over all my meds. I'm lucky to have the support that I do but the constan... | self.bipolar |
I'm falling in love with you and I have to leave. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I shouldn't ever say anything because all it does is get me hurt. Story of my life. | self.depression |
I'm getting really close to the edge. Not sure what else i can do. Hey /r/depression, This is my first time posting anything of this nature at all on reddit. But I'm in desperate need of something, anything. I've very recently broken up with my girlfriend of 3 years. She cheated on me around a year ago and I haven't be... | self.depression |
I feel anxiety having other people sleep in my room, but I don’t know if it’s valid or not. Thoughts? To give super minimal info, I didn’t have the best childhood, and I think that because of that, my room has always been like my security blanket.
I have always been particular about who I want in my room and how long ... | self.Anxiety |
Are benzos worth it? They sound like they would be perfect for me but i also have a very addictive personality, and from what i’ve heard it sounds like i would probably end up with a problem.
Is it worth it? | self.Anxiety |
She left yesterday. A close friend of mine went to live in another state. I cried myself to sleep last night, then I woke up and cried some more. I love her so goddam much and I'm happy for her, I support her, I want her to persue her dreams and I wish nothing but happiness for her. But it hurts so much. I just wanna h... | self.depression |
Cant eat/sleep/function w/o weed Not really sure if this is the right place to post this... But i feel like there might be more people here that understand the struggle!
Starting around age 14 (25 now), my family (and myself) started to recognize that I was having trouble identifying emotions, socializing, eating, sle... | self.bipolar |
Trying to take it slow with a new relationship after an intense first week I went out with a girl for drinks on Halloween. We hit it off really well, talked for three hours at the bar and made out by her car.
The next night she invited me to her place to hang out. I ended up staying the night, fooling around with her... | self.bipolar |
Just somebody please... just tell me to do anything to start somewhere... God I'm sick of staring at my computer screen and refreshing back and forth between the same 3 social media to find absolutely nothing. I don't even have the energy to binge watch anything. This holiday break feels like it's going by so painfully... | self.depression |
I saw my dad cry for the first time. I really don't know how to start. I've been lurking around r/depression for quite a while now, but I've never posted anything. Until now.
I feel extremely hopeless, and I don't know what to do with my life. I have autism and ADHD, which literally makes my brain function differentl... | self.depression |
can't live a happy life I have been on antipsyhotics for 3 years. I don't want to live with them for the rest of my life. I hate taking them! | self.SuicideWatch |
Will medication make me less productive or more productive? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
When I'm in public... I sometimes just want to cry, I'm so lonely I bothers me so much when people say they "have no life" or "no friends" etc.
Do some of them actually know what loneliness is? Complete isolation. I wasn't always like this. I use to be one of the most outgoing and funny/popular kids. My life really st... | self.offmychest |
Opened up to a "friend" about my depression. It could've gone better. Hello, Reddit.
I've never posted here before. I'm a bit nervous about sharing this story (I'm very shy, even anonymously), so I want to thank you in advance for taking the time to read it. I'm hoping that just getting it off my chest will help, even... | self.depression |
Just wanted to tell someone I really don’t have the energy to write very much. I just wanted to tell someone, anyone, that I think I’m going to kill myself. I’ve been here too long.
| self.SuicideWatch |
Sh*t myself for 1st time since ages. Feel disgusting,scared. Help This afternoon I got back home from having done my grocerues, yesterday I pulled an all-nighter so I was totally fucked up. I fell asleep at around 9.Forgot to lock my door and woke up bc heard one of my housemates back from a night out in the kitchen. N... | self.Anxiety |
My wife has deep chronic depression. (A question about memory) She has tried a number of antidepressants over the years, trying one or two then spending years without them, with a few months of ups here and there and downs the rest of the time.
There were two that worked very well for her, Wellbutrin and Cytalopram. B... | self.depression |
Is it so bad that I want to kill myself? [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Ketamine Therapy So the other day I'm on the net and I see an ad for a ketamine clinic that promotes it for bipolar, but provided no information. I requested the science to support their claim, and sent it to a scientist to back up what I had read. Thid scientist was also part of the DC ketamine trials and helped analy... | self.bipolar |
I'm worried about being lonely. I'm a senior in college, and I don't have a girlfriend, and I don't hang out with people nearly as often as I would like. I don't know how to meet people and college is (I've heard) an easy time to do that.
I'm worried by minimal dating experience will be a weight on my future relation... | self.offmychest |
Ruined my reputation in my family. I can't see how this ever ends well. Short story: I viciously attacked my adult niece via Facebook PM a few nights ago over the way she treats her kid and her family. I am nw shunned and hated by my wife's family.
Long story: My uncle died around 10 days ago, not too unexpectedly, bu... | self.SuicideWatch |
I don't know what to do anymore I don't have any friends. My family treats me like shit, especially my mom who calls me names, hits me, and threatens to kill me. School stresses me out so much because I've always been so good at school but I've been getting bad grades because I'm so sleep deprived and I can't concentra... | self.SuicideWatch |
A tree dies in the fall. The memories of yesterday fall from my mind like leaves in Autumn;
Only to be swept away by the chaotic wind.
My emotions like roots; buried, not visible even to me.
My face is like bark; hard and unchanging.
Someday i hope to swing from that tree.
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Edit: Just wrote this down without a... | self.depression |
Best way to go I just can't stop thinking about dying, and it's kinda got to the point where I started to think everything through, not just methods but the pain felt through them or the way that I'd just end up as a number and well
What's the best way to go, painless, easy, quick, or long, hard and painful, or somewh... | self.SuicideWatch |
I have an engineering degree, but I can't find a job regardless of the hiring boom in my city. Feeling worthless. I went through hell to get my degree, and I moved to a city where there's supposedly a hiring boom for engineers. I've tried everything from applying to dozens (if not hundreds) of positions on company webs... | self.depression |
Found this "personal health narrative" I wrote for a class a while back [deleted] | self.bipolar |
I'm in love with a man I rejected. When we first met, I thought he was the most attractive man I'd ever seen. I didn't think there was any way he could fall for someone like me, so I just ignored it and watched my friend fall for him. She leaves for a semester and he and I start talking, start falling in love, etc. I g... | self.offmychest |
I really need help, but my mother isn't in a mental state to deal with it [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Need your help Reddit, I need your help right now. Ive been under so much stress this week and my anxiety is lasting almost all day, multiple anxiety episodes coming and going. I'm actually worried I'm going to have a heart attack or stroke any minute. I bought a box of Yogi Kava Stress Relief tea, but I'm not sure if ... | self.Anxiety |
I have the worst supervisor I've ever had at any job I've worked at to the point I actually hate her. I started up a new job a few months back. I'm actually overqualified for my job. I have years of experience on the job, but I make mistakes like everyone else. From the first time I had work with her she has targeted m... | self.offmychest |
Latuda and vomiting Latuda is amazing but has an unfortunate side-effect of making me randomly vomit.
It's worse if I don't eat enough, but even if I do hit the 300 cal mark, I still may.
However, I can't afford to see a psychiatrist, and even then, all other meds have caused me to gain weight, which is extremely dis... | self.bipolar |
I will always be alone. I will never find any friends. I don’t have “friends” and seems like every time I make one, they disappear after finding out how fucked up i am mentally.
This is my cry for help, please someone change this. I’m alone and not sure how much more my mind can take of this. | self.depression |
I wish I had died in my first attempt last year to avoid the pain that I have been feeling. So alone and wish I could tell my only friend what I am going through. I failed my second attempt and now am trying to figure out why I can’t thing of the positive in life. 3 years ago, my ex girlfriend and I had a 6 month old s... | self.SuicideWatch |
[HELP] I’m lost about this one thing and I don’t know what to do. For the past few nights I’ve begun experiencing this weird sensation where my heart starts racing and I begin to feel antsy. The type of antsy where you cannot stop moving no matter what accompanied by a feeling of mild nervousness in my gut.
Full disc... | self.Anxiety |
relapsing sucks balls. Yesterday I had a full blown panic attack and I had to head home right away. I slept the entire day so I wouldn't kill myself. Now I'm about to head to another class that's even further away on the third floor and idk. I'm going to try but I'm just afraid I'll freak out, embarrass myself, clammer... | self.Anxiety |
very odd stomach/anxiety connection Hey all, every once in a while I experience this insanely weird sensation, usually after eating something that doesn't sit well. Most of the time I'll eat it, it'll make me feel a little uneasy before I go to bed, and then I'll wake up in the middle of the night experiencing it. So... | self.Anxiety |
My mom wants to kick me out of home because I'm depressed and I don't want to work [deleted] | self.depression |
My grades aren't good enough to go anywhere, and even if they were, I'd be going somewhere alone Getting yet another ~50% on an exam just reminds me that I'll never be the doctor I want to be. I'm incapable of writing as well as I need to in order to create a career out of that. I envy the friends of mine that work dea... | self.SuicideWatch |
A sort-of friend of mine has been contacting me often about his severe depression and I don't know how to help him. [deleted] | self.depression |
Can't tell if I have crappy roommates or if I have high expectations It's currently 12 AM on a Sunday night (or Monday morning. Whatever) and my roommate(s?) have about 4 -5 guests over who are all drunk and LOUD as hell. The only reason I haven't asked them to be quiet is because there are no classes this week (finals... | self.offmychest |
Dear younger self, You are not crazy.. you have feelings for a reason. Do not allow your mother to take your joy away or your father. When you are moved across country don’t wear those hoodies and curl your hair 🙄 you look fine like always. Younger self stop throwing up! And stop starving yourself. You may only do it ... | self.Anxiety |
I hate having a divided family Long story short my parents had a nasty divorce. My father being the adulterer and the one with a wealthy family managed to make my two siblings believe my mother was in the wrong. Well karma eventually hit my father and he died of alcohol withdrawl but my grandfather of course made it al... | self.offmychest |
Bipolar and Anxiety Disorder I'm wondering if anyone on here has a diagnosed anxiety disorder and bipolar. I am struggling so badly with my anxiety that I would choose major depression or mania over it every single time. I can't take an SSRI because it can cause a mixed state, but my mood stabilizers don't remotely hel... | self.bipolar |
I’m about to lose my mother, and I don’t know what to do. My mother has been diagnosed with a lung disease that is incurable and has a very high chance of death after 2 years. She is my only parent left because my father died when I was 7 years old. I’m a 20 y/o college student, and she lives across the country. I’m de... | self.SuicideWatch |
Numb, not sad Been having on and off suicidal thoughts since around December. These have gradually become more serious to the point where I have started planning and testing my plans. This mess begun when I started hearing voices, one in particular has even encouraged me to jump over high balconies and in front of an a... | self.SuicideWatch |
Promiscuity Wondering if any one has been overly active in (or out of) bed? Any stories? Number of partners? Juicy details ;-P | self.bipolar |
Am I a bad boyfriend for wanting to kill myself? I've been with my girlfriend for nearly a year, and although me and her are both only 15, we're best friends. We do everything together. She knows about my suicidal thoughts and is worried about me, and I'm just wondering if I go, if that means I never loved her to begin... | self.SuicideWatch |
People aren't as scary as you think. What you have in common with people will really surprise you!! [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
When to Tell Someone You're Dating You Have Depression Usually I would probably wait, but this is a slightly different situation. I'm getting electroconvulsive therapy three times a week, so I'm out of work. I don't want to lie when he asks how my day was at work, but I don't want to scare him off either. At the sam... | self.depression |
I have 4 weeks no work due to store reverb and I am already getting lonely and a need to cut Work was my only way out of the house and I have 0 friends who would talk to me outside of work
I can't go pub till next Friday when I get paid
I can't go OK much longer I'm gonna relapse soon my music isn't helping | self.depression |
So I made an attempt this week I kinda have a background of mental health issues and I'm also a borderline.
I have been going through a rough breakup recently and on Tuesday I got to the point where I just couldn't take it any more we got into an arguement over text and the abusive texts from my ex just kept coming an... | self.SuicideWatch |
I lost 250k USD (almost all of my savings and gains) in crypto market During the last week of December 2017, when crypto markets were crashing 40% from its high, I lost all of my bitcoins on a derivatives market. Prior to this, my crypto portfolio was making a big gain.
The worst part of it is that I never had to take... | self.offmychest |
Anyone else here isolate themselves on purpose? I do it as i don't believe i deserve to be happy. | self.depression |
Driving Test Tomorrow Hi all,
I've always had anxiety issues throughout my life and especially around driving. I went out for my test last month and failed parallel parking due to nerves and me rushing it. I'm going back again tomorrow and while I know I can definitely pass there's still a part of me that's freaking ou... | self.Anxiety |
Dealing with increased anxiety after quitting cigarettes. So I am on 10 months without a cigarette and I thought with time the anxiety would lessen but that seems to not be the case. I realize now that I used smoking as my crutch to ease and deal with my anxiety. But that tingly feeling in my heart, the butterflies in ... | self.Anxiety |
I hate myself and I want to die. not usually one to complain and I won't do anything drastic, not to worry. this is honestly how I feel and I just needed to share. I have been chronically depressed since childhood and it just gets so hard.
I'm so sick of being me. | self.depression |
Valentines is coming up! You know what that means! Prepping for another wave of sadness and loneliness! Woohoo!
As if preparing will help. LOL. Hope I survive. | self.depression |
Been struggling for a while, now GF is knocked up, feeling completely broken, lost, and alone. I've been struggling with depression for most of my adult life. Found out last Thursday that my GF is pregnant, and I've been able to think of little else along with the rest of my failures.
Self medicated through all of my... | self.depression |
I got stopped I made a thread a few days ago about wanting to kill myself.
I left the notes at the house and took the car and went to go binge eat and at that point my Aunt Called the police and a Health Center. She works at the station as a 911 dispatcher and was able to pinpoint me in the car and tried to talk to me... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anyone else have set plan? Like for instance, if I'm still unhappy, suicidal, and depressed by the time I'm 30, I'm going to kill myself. Anyone else? | self.depression |
Quick tip that has helped me! If you’re feeling socially anxious, think me.
Yep. You read that right, **me**.
Scream it in your head
“**ME ME ME ME ME ME ME**”
Now do it again.
Idky but this helps. I stop ruminating and focus on **my reality** rather than ***someone else’s*** when you play into someone else’s re... | self.Anxiety |
documenting Just trying to document this. I don't know.
-Recurring, repeating thoughts of "i want to die" and "kill me" over and over in my head for months. six months plus. I say these things out loud when I'm alone. google says that this isn't intrusive thoughts any more but suicidal ideation. I am working on a bank... | self.SuicideWatch |
Someone please talk to me I need someone. I can't take it anymore. Please help me. It hurts and I can't stand it anymore | self.SuicideWatch |
Will this work? 50mg Xanax
400-500mg Valium
600-700mg Codeine
1l of Jack Daniel's
Please no comments about my worth or potential in life etc, I just want to know if it will work or if I'm likely just to wake up feeling like shit etc? | self.SuicideWatch |
i’m a fuckup this post is going to be all over place and i apologize, i just really need somebody right now. i’m f14 im in 9 grade. in 5 grade there was nothing wrong w my life but i was so depressed and had suicidal thoughts but i knew i would never act on these thoughts. well i would be okay for a few months then de... | self.SuicideWatch |
I don't want to be alive anymore Everything makes me sad because I feel like I'm never going to be able to afford to move out of my parents house and I'm going to be stuck here forever with my mom treating me like shit until the day I die. I have no diploma, no license and no car, and I never will because people keep t... | self.offmychest |
"Why don't you speak up?" Because maybe I'm called "weak", "a pussy", or an "attention seeker" when I do. One of the WORST things about having depression is dealing with ignorant assholes and the stigma. The stigma itself is why we refuse to tell anyone. I just want to know when people will wake up and realize that thi... | self.depression |
Your first honest realization: I am bipolar / I have bipolar (depending on your preference) [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Determined to become the healthiest version of myself. What steps can I take? Diagnosed BP1 a few months ago. Currently taking lithium and latuda, and it's starting to work. Seeing these changes from meds alone has inspired some hope in me and I want to make other changes to become the best, most stable version of myse... | self.bipolar |
Just letting some thoughts out Death.
I still think of it from time to time.
There are days were I just can't help but to yearn for it.
And I feel guilty, ashamed... Of wanting to end this suffering because of what I might be possibly missing.
I have scars that will never heal
I've been cursed with this low se... | self.SuicideWatch |
What do you do when you feel like you're about to fall into a depressive state? [deleted] | self.depression |
JEEZ... Seriously, how difficult is it to get a medical practioner who isn't incompetent?
I've been taking antidepressants since 2005 due to quality of life not being so great.
Now I see a goddamm psychiatrist, who seems to have diagnosed me with schizophrenia. I know for a fact I'm not schizophrenic. I've done enoug... | self.depression |
You can save someone's life. A long time ago I was in a dark place. Then one of my friends who was always a dick to me told me that I'm a good person and he appreciates that I take it in stride. He led me on a path to recovery. You can do that too. Find the kid in the corner of the classroom and talk to him. You can sa... | self.depression |
I feel alone I see people everyday, going through their motions with a sad desperation, struggling to make a dollar stretch. They wake up tired, go to a job that they hate, and come home frustrated. Their frustration seeps into their families, and the family ends up needing a budget for shit food and/or drugs just to c... | self.offmychest |
I've been in research for 10yrs and I hate working under Medical Doctors [NAW from MDs] [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I literally have no idea what to title this Obligatory formatting is terrible because mobile.
I've rewritten this post once.
I don't even know what to do anymore, or with my life. I'm travelling down a hole with no end in sight. I feel like the air is getting thinner and there's not a reason to do anything. Suicide h... | self.depression |
Wow No One Cares Wow no one gives a shit. I post on here and get no fucking reply. Wow no one cares, everyone is out in the fucking world, fucking doing nothing. Its all pointless. Its all pointless not point in improving anything in life. | self.depression |
Depression is a sun that casts shadow instead of light [deleted] | self.depression |
I've never met someone with anxiety like mine. For reference, 25/f. Struggling with anxiety as long as I can remember, but completely out of control once I started college a couple years ago.
Everyone has their struggles. Most people I talk to say that they experience or have experienced anxiety/depression to some deg... | self.Anxiety |
Does anyone else feel like "trained professionals" all just say the exact same thing All the help lines, all the doctors, all the therapists. Just try to do things to keep your mind busy, if you need to, use a rubber band. It's not helping and it seems that every. Single. Person. I talk to says the exact same same thin... | self.depression |
Just had the worst first day of work ever Long story short, I've got deformations to the intestine that are made worse by IBS and an anxiety disorder. I'm legally disabled and I've been surviving on SSI and food stamps for a little over a year.
After some surgeries and heavy medication, I got a little cocky and felt l... | self.depression |
All i do is sleep and relax but im more tired then ever Its funny to think that im just so fucking tired and then i think about it that all i do is chill (video games music eating movies) and sleep alot but still i have never felt so tired in my life. | self.depression |
Scared to feel happiness? Does anyone else get scared to be happy because it means you might swing into a depressed state afterwards? I recently went to a concert and I didn't let myself be happy because I was worried I'd swing the opposite way. I'm disappointed because it ruined a night that could have been so fun. | self.bipolar |
life is just a bunch of goodbyes the people who i want to spend time with me dont seem to care about me as the same way i care about them.
im tired of feeling this way; my friends have their own lives to live, goals to accomplish, stuff they wanna do. i know that much already, but it feels as if im being left behind. ... | self.offmychest |
FUCK YOU AHHHHH FUCK YOU EX FUCK YOU TEACHER FUCK YOU PARENTS JKS I LOVE YOU TWO FUCK MY OLD BOSS FUCK CHURCH FUCK GOD FUCK DEVIL FUCK ARMY FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOUR FRANK FUCK YOU JENNIFER FUCK YOU CHARIYA FUCK YOU MURAT FUCK YOU JERAMY FUCK YOU KELSEY fuckkckckckckckckkc... | self.offmychest |
I've got a question? I'm not sure if this has been asked before, it probably has. Does anyone know the age you can go seek help without having to tell your parents? I don't want them to worry about me anymore than they already do, but I'm also struggling very bad... | self.Anxiety |
My life so far feels like i've been in one giant coma. I don't even feel alive most of the time. | self.depression |
I started hitting myself again. Someone just remind me I'm not a monster. That I have feelings too. That I shouldn't just jump onto an overpass. That I...
I don't even fucking know.
I feel like I'm writing bad emo bullshit and it's so stupid of me to feel this way. I just want to keep hitting myself.
Yes, I'm writi... | self.SuicideWatch |
Just dropped out of grad school, because I thought I didn't enjoy it. Deep down, the truth is my depression teared me apart. It's strange, throughout my life I've always been a struggler. I would know and acknowledge that I felt "wrong" in comparison to others. But I always told myself it was a test, and that success w... | self.depression |
Just so tired of being harassed I am a senior in high school and have been constantly harassed by my "friends". They constantly make memes about me and post them online. Insult me in front of everyone and I am tired of it. Most of the time I ignore but lately they have been escalating the amount of stuff they do. Such ... | self.offmychest |
There’s just NO escaping no matter what you do [deleted] | self.depression |
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