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I wish I could tell my teacher he has changed my life. I didn't know knowledge could exist in such a diverse way until I met my teacher. He has knowledge in so many different topics and he never ceases to make the entire class laugh with his comparisons and jokes. He's just a rad fucking guy and I've never had a cool t...
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Does anyone else feel like growing up sucks I think I'm getting some separation anxiety vibes right now. Heart beating fast, not knowing what to do. I'm scared about when I might not be able to see my parents again. I know it's weird. I'm in college now, so I go faraway every semester. This wasn't even my choice. I ju...
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3 years ago, i moved to the US. 3 years ago, I moved to the US from Vietnam. My life in VN wasn't exactly the best or anything, but at least i still have all my close friends. When i moved to the US i ended up in a different country with no friends. I still went to class and work everyday but i have no purpose, i dont ...
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I’m so tired and over fearing the worst!.... To cut a long story short I’ve had anxiety/ocd of developing a serious mental illness(schizophrenia)for the past 12months and I’m just so tired and feed up with fearing it and every thought and sensory overload I’ve had due to the fears of this illness!....I just wish my bra...
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Random Attacks All day and for no apparent reason .-.
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ok reddit, i'm dealing with a weird one here Hey guys, I forget if I've posted here before, possibly even on an older account, but I'm 29 years old, male, had OCD+GAD+Depression since 2006. I live in New Jersey and the *wonderful* state of health care in this country has done me some real shit service in this time. We...
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How do I handle "you're using your depression as an excuse" comments? I'm failing one of my classes and that has been a huge factor of my depression getting worse. Whenever I talk about it I'm told "you're using it as an excuse" and I wanna cry because i want to do things but I have no motivation, get panic attacks and...
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whats an easy way to commit suicide hard to get pills that'll actually kill me, bleeding out is tedious, jumping off a high place is kinda eh bc that's just traumatic for anyone who sees it. are there medicines that are obtainable that can cause overdose leading to death?
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I think everyone in my family is depressed, and being around them makes me feel terrible [deleted]
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What’s the point in trying to interact with people anyway? It’s been about a semester and I’m about as pissed as ever just to go back to my high school again. I’ve been trying to encourage my self to be more expressive and out-going but it doesn’t seem to be working at all. I keep daydreaming about seeing myself being ...
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Should I still try therapy? (18 yrs. old) I’ve had a lot of ups and downs recently. Around October-November, my depression was some of the worst it’s ever been. I was thinking about seeing a therapist, but over the past few weeks, I’ve been doing pretty well. I guess I’m afraid of going to a therapy session and feeling...
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I want to die so badly. I hate myself and I’m ready to die. The only reason I’ve stayed was for my boyfriend but I’ve shown myself time and time again I’m an awful girlfriend and nobody deserves to date someone like me. I feel terribly bad for everyone I’m going to hurt but I’m done living for other people instead of m...
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Will my bipolar ex return? Last year around this time My ex was talking to someone I don’t find out til may when I came home and seen a beer can in the trash that I do don’t drink I asked her about and she lied and said how do you know it’s not mine well I knew it wasn’t hers because she doesn’t drink beer on April 14 ...
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It doesn't always get better. For the last 2 years of my life i have been so lonely and slowly have been beaten down worse and worse. I don't understand why we have to live as losers just so the winners can win? Although the way i see it - I won the lottery when it comes to life. Upper middle class, loving parents, ...
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My wife and my co-workers routinely test the limits of my medication. Do they not remember I am in possession of a shovel and now a backyard of my own?
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Looking for a podcast. Tomorrow I'm going back to work after a few weeks off to finally see doctors and get my bipolar under control and I'm quite nervous. Is anyone aware of a good episode of a podcast where they discuss this type of situation?
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Ex GF (19F) of 3 years recently broke up with me (21M) I️ want her back so badly.. [deleted]
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I made a public post about my depression and adjustive disorder to all my friends To summarise, for 10 years I was bullied. They beat me up, took my things and made me chase after them, and verbally abused me everyday. But somewhere in between, I chose to stand up for myself rather than be a victim. But I became a very...
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A small little success Well, recently, i bought a combo of stuff from iherb, mainly to treat GAD. Its still early to say, but ive recently tried Theanine and went to a family gathering at cousins place. Usually, my symptoms will start to flare up, but this time it was kept under control. Granted, ive also taken it ...
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Super anxious about the dr tomorrow I scheduled a regular wellness visit tomorrow. I plan on bringing up a few things that worry me that usually pin on “just anxiety” (stomach issues etc). I’ve been fine all week but now that it’s tomorrow I keep worrying that I’m only going to have my fears confirmed. Plus the typical...
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Hey all. I'm showering for the first time in a week. Then I'm going to clean out garbage..I've got this. I'll check back tonight. What is one thing you want to bet done before tonight? *get
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Just a rant: Therapist said I let my illness control me My therapist pissed me off because she said I let my mental illness control me. It made me mad because I see my psychiatrist regularly, I see the therapist once a week for 1on1s and DBT. I started a workout routine (3xs a week starting out) and other routine thing...
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When someone says I've lost weight and ask if I'm on a diet but I know I've been starving myself
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I've given up. I'm 32, alone, depressed, and now friend-less. Its painfully clear that nothing positive is ever going to happen in my life and I'm always going to feel the way I do right now. So I go through my life waking up every morning saying to myself "I want to fucking die", hoping that some freak accident will k...
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My SOs mom hates me... My SOs mom is very nice to everyone. It's who she is. But she does not like me. She doesn't like the SIL either. I really think it's a "no one is good enough for my boys" deal. I try to be very kind, I don't bring up any topics she may be offended by. I offer to help whenever and however I can. ...
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Just gonna vent, no need to click Everytime I wake up, which is a quite a few times every night, I want nothing more than to finally fall asleep, knowing hat I won't wake up anymore. That this time, I get to have peace and that it'll be final. I don't want to come back into this life, where all that awaits me is despai...
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It Gets Better For everyone on here, I'd like to offer a little light. It was only a year ago I was incapacitated by my anxiety, anytime I would go to class, go for a walk, try to take a nap, it was always there. It seemed anytime I would try to relax, my body would fight me, constantly in this battle between mind an...
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burning out again, messed up my life already I'm 22, have been starting posts this way since 19- unemployed, live with parents, not stupid but had problems at school and studied art like a dumbass. I've been unable to tear myself away from the computer trying to apply to jobs because my family can't really afford to li...
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How can I stop assuming people dislike me on sight? I feel like I don't belong anywhere and like people hate me. I made a post asking how easy it is to find a job in the city I want to move to. I got downvoted and now I'm paranoid I wouldn't be welcome to move there lol. Daft as it sounds.
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Music is the only thing keeping me alive, and worth hanging on to. [deleted]
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Empty Emptiness. That's just all it is. If you knocked on me, I would echo and ring like a bell. It's always the emptiness. The smallness. The loneliness. It follows my steps during the day, and catches up to sneak into the bags under my eyes when I'm not looking. There's nothing more ironic than being full of empt...
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¿Is life really worth living ? Have you ever just felt that your not enough for this world, people hurt you in many ways even family, I’ve looked for help in my mother but she never seems to get me or notice that I’m truly hurt and broken. I’ve trusted people that I thought could help me but they only hurt me even more...
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I'm trying. I really Am. I run. I meditate. I practice thinking positively. I lift weights. I eat pretty well. I take anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication. I even have Alprazolam for panic onsets -- just in case. But I have so much pressure in my chest and intense chaos in my head. Sometimes, I even hypervent...
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My dog just passed away, rough day Hello everyone I’m not sure if this is the best place to post, but I’ve had a really rough day and needed to speak about it. Last night around 11 PM my pitbull mix Finn succumbed to a severe case of pneumonia. My husband and I had been monitoring his recurring condition since he was a...
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[discussion] anxiety after eating, can someone relate? Lately, Im starting to connect between eating and anxiety, it seems that every time that i eat I'm feeling a bit off and anxious which trigger even more scary thoughts and feeling. Yet again it could be just a coincidence, I'm more anxious then not.
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Rawr. Sometimes I just get so angry and it's not over something big but I get this pure hatred in my heart, I can not do anything when i'm like this because if I try to I will end up breaking something or myself. In moments like this all I can do is lay there and try to breathe, I know that in these moments is when i'm...
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I just had my daughter committed and I feel relieved. I had my 17 year old daughter committed today. We have been terrified that she is going to die every time we go to bed. She is manic. She is suicidal. She is a danger to herself and other people. She does lots of drugs. She choked her 10 year old brother for making...
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I've posted a lot here but need help. Just lost my dad So this morning I went to check on him after a routine eye surgery last night. I found him dead on his apartment floor. I've gone through so much recently: new diagnosis of this disease, ending/hiatus of a 3 year relationship that has suffered due to my bipolar, an...
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New and need some help Hi I've never been on this thread but I'm hoping for some advice/support! I just wrote a brutally honest breakup letter to someone that I was in an abusive relationship with. I left it outside and he read it and left. I am having so much anxiety. It was a harsh letter. I know there's nothing I ca...
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If things don't improve , I don't see an alternative to suicide I like myself. I really do. I am a nice person who has always tried to be of help and has always been nurturing of others. But I hate my life and I hate my self sabotage actions I have always been an outcast. People initially like me , but for some reaso...
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Help for dealing with the death of a loved one. [deleted]
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There's nothing like finding a friend who's as fucked up as you are. I recently transfered to a new command 2 months ago, I was put directly into a position of leadership due to my rank, and we had a kid that had gotten in trouble for smoking pot. I instantly hit it off with the kid mainly because he said he was going ...
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Was he insulting me? I texted my boy and told him that I don't understand why he likes me since I'm fat and ugly? He texted back "you're not ugly. Maybe u can get your hair done or buy new clothes to make yourself feel better." Was he insulting me?
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Insomnia and Depression My insomnia used to be a rare thing that happened to me over five months ago, and if I woke up anywhere between 4-5 AM I'd certainly worry over myself, but the feeling would pass soon. Those many months later, and each day is an extra melatonin and an extra hour lost. Today I woke up at 2 AM, ex...
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Why should I live if the world needs less of me? Why is it considered so terrible to end it all when the world does nothing but complain that there are too many people in the world? I hear everyday why my life and those around me is terrible due to limited resource. There isn't enough to go around so I either need to b...
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questions and guesses and me I wonder how it feels to wake up and feel happy you get to live another day..because every morning i wake up hating myself and wishing i was dead. I wonder why did God let me live. I don't fit in here, in this life..so then why.! I don't deserves it all and it's hard to know that i'm loved ...
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Don't know what to do I've been okay for the past few months, just distracting myself from problems and trying not to spiral or do anything rash. Now I feel like everything is catching up to me. All the breakdowns and tears that I suppressed for the past 5 months have collected and formed a pit in my stomach that feel...
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It’s slowly killing me I’ve always been an anxious person but lately my anxiety just started getting out of control. Panic attacks, insomnia, not being able to eat.... Anxiety is literally killing me and I can’t seem to find something to do about it. Any suggestions??
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I have a good, prosperous, and promising life. But after 8pm I don't want to be alive. After 8pm I look at the 200+ tramadol capsules on my desk and wonder. My girlfriend left me and I can't move on. She just left, she didn't say why. I'm 21, I'm a campus celebrity who gets a first in every test he does. I'm also a bod...
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Any of my anxious friends experience shortness of breath and a burning sensation in their chest?? :(
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It's crazy I always feel like people are judging me..I really am self conscious and weird thing is sometimes I look around to see if people are laughing or looking at me
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22, student, If this is life, I don't see how anyone would want to live [deleted]
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Help me please. I've almost hung myself twice already today. I just want the thoughts to stop. They won't fucking stop. I have my note ready. I have everything ready. But I know I shouldn't. Fucking shit just need some comfort right now please
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No matter how hard I try, I just don’t want to be alive. I come from a home that has always been broken. I’ve seen my father beat the holy hell out of my mum as a kid. My mom beat the holy hell out of me when I got older. I’ve attempted suicide more times than I’d like to admit. I’ve been to therapy and been hospitaliz...
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Hopefully going to start Lexapro in a couple of weeks. [deleted]
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I'm sorry. Sexual/physical/mental abuse as a child. 0-4 Almost sold into human trafficking but someone intervened. 4 Put into a foster home with a women who tells me that she spent her life praying for a daughter, and her I am. 5 Returned to mother, foster parents told they will never see us again. Relocated from Canad...
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fuck this shit and fuck my brain feeling the depression coming back everything went so good, my mood was nearly perfect then i got side effects from my mads and we decided to go down with the dosis, this was a week ago and now i feel the depression coming back
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I'm trying so desperately to not feel this way. I'm a quadriplegic and have been for almost 10 years. I've lost my childhood, most of my friends, I'm a burden on my family, I feel alone, and I just don't want to do it anymore. I don't want to call the suicide hotline, but I'm afraid to die, so I'm here. I've been sui...
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I have isolated myself from the people I love for so long I forgot how to socialize After my ex of seven years an I broke up I felt like a monster. I cheated on him for 6 months and would constantly flirt with others before that. I know what I did was wrong. If you love someone like I loved him you would not betray the...
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No money for food, unable to pay rent, can't support parent, feeling hopeless. Everything was going well at the beginning of 2017 - I had a good job and was headhunted into an even better job. I was even going back to school - taking evening and weekend classes. Then due to an unfortunate chain of events I was unable t...
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Can't handle this empty, loveless life. Life just feels like Hell. Up until about half a year ago, I was being physically/emotionally abused by my partner. A recurring thing in our relationship is that we're poly, but whenever they became interested in someone new, they would compare me to the other person and devalu...
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Life is so fucking pointless it hurts Everything we do is so pointless and boring and it usually takes a lot of unwanted effort, everything is basically materialism and it's like society is too blind to see that life is so fuckin terrible. I have NO interests, so what's the point? I try and try and try again, only to g...
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Acceptance I️ have always struggled with depression and anxiety but learned to cope in college (I️ stopped self harming at 17). I️ go through extreme emotions and I’m so tired of the muscles aches. I️ haven’t touched things I️ loved in years. However, now that I’m turning 25 in a matter of hours, my anxiety has gotten ...
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I feel like I'm broken beyond repair I was abused by my parents my whole childhood. It fucked me up in the head. I suffer from loneliness a lot. Complete social isolation for the past 4 years. To cope with the abuse and the periodic years of loneliness I developped addiction**s**. I already tried to kill myself 3...
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Back on Meds. OH, MY GOD, THERE'S SO MANY. So, after two years of trying to fight on my own, I am back on meds and I have some questions about interactions. Here's my new routine: Lamictal 25 mg before bed. Lithium 300 mg twice a day Wellbutrin 75 mg one a day for a week, then 150mg. This is mainly to help me quit smok...
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Light at the end of the tunnel For what seems like a lifetime I've suffered with depression and anxiety. I didn't see an end only a journey of self torture and denial but now here I am. I've improved a lot and I'm starting to see progression with my social life and work. I've gotten a bit overweight but I'm okay with t...
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Orgasm? Has anyone else had issues orgasming while on meds? It is really frustrating and could b potentially damaging the one semi-functional relationship I have.
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to make my mood stable, i listen a lot of music with different genre's
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Really want to die Got rejected on tinder, in real life, friend recommendations whats the fucking point. All I attract are women I end up sleeping with and dong end up finding attractive even one bit. I'm honestly sick of seeing couples happy I wish I'd die so I wouldn't have to endure this misery.
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I had never been happier in my life. Now I've never felt worse. Last December, I met a boy who I fell in love with so quickly. He and I dated for seven months, everything seemed perfect, he even encouraged me to go to college near him so we could continue dating through then. So I enrolled in a college south of his; m...
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Been struggling with depression over my background for over 5 years now. Getting worse by the day. [deleted]
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I hate Christmas Since I've got depression I've hated it because of the expectation to be happy and festive. Wish I could just hibernate till it's all over tbh. Does anyone else hate Christmas?
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Why Why do I have to live in a dysfunctional abusive family, why do I have to be mentally unstable, why do I have to be the worst boyfriend, why does my life have to be full of sadness, why do I have to feel hated by everyone, why do I want to keep on living
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Men make me want to die all the time I’m a sexual assault survivor, as is my mother and little sister. I got into a fight with a bunch of anarchist white men who argued that its immoral to sentence a rapist to prison because the prison industrial complex is bad and won’t prevent that rapist from raping others while in ...
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When does it get better? How long does it take? A 12 month long hurrang of trying dozens of different medications (through a doctor of course) Results? NOTHING A four month long super health marathon that included going to the gym 3-4 days a week, super healthy eating, daily vitamins, no drinking, and forced posi...
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Feel like I am the saddest man alive, starting to destroy myself lol I suck at everything, and my whole life has just been sadness, angst and loneliness. I think I have some kind of high functioning autism, and although I seem superficially normal, if you scratch away at the surface you'll notice theres something diffe...
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Nice guys really do finish last Before you all get judgemental, no I’m NOT talking about being in the friend zone. With that said, I’ll continue. I always try to be as nice as possible to people whenever I can. I may not have talked to you in over a year, but I’ll talk to you when I see you around. I always message my...
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Mania can be funny I stayed up all night hallucinating and tweaking out. Then I decided today to hit the gym and just had the best manic rage workout and now I feel great. It can be a funny little devil sometimes.
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I need help. But the last shrink i went to made me feel like shit and now im never opening up again. [deleted]
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Weighted Blankets Do you have one? Do they work? Where can I find one that isn’t gonna break the bank? I found some on Etsy but wanted to see if anyone else had ordered from them.
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Don’t know if I have Borderline Personality Disorder or Bipolar? Sorry if my this doesn’t come out properly, I feel sometimes as if I have so many Things to say, but I don’t know exactly what it is to say. This is mostly a venting. When I was a kid, I was diagnosed with Depression. I’ve mostly felt depressed my enti...
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I felt suicidal twice last year, both in November and at night time. Is it possible that I can feel suicidal for a 3rd time? November 6th, 2017. 1:00 am Eastern. November 26th, 2017. 11:00 pm Eastern. No ideas. I just had the suicidal feeling. So, is it possible for me to feel suicidal for the 3rd time? *I'm just c...
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I am being punished. I must have committed some atrocity in a past life. I must be an awful person. I'm being punished by some higher power. I must suffer. I want to stop eating and drinking and just die because I deserve it.
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Convincing pDOC to add wellbutrin to lamictal and olanza/fluox [deleted]
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I don't know if I want to be diagnosed Hello, I am 21 years old, I study medicine and I started going to the psychiatrist around September, last year because of an eating disorder. After some sessions with my doctor, I brought up something that had been bothering me for years: my suspicion of suffering ADHD (I might el...
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Am I crazy Three years ago I was diagnosed bipolar type2 with gad schizophrenia and ptsd. Tried several med cocktails but all of them made it harder to function due to a zombie like state. I've been hospitalized six times in three years, lost my job, family distanced themselves from me and my friends are non existent. ...
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I'm looking to talk to someone to understand bipolar disorder a little more. Signs, symptoms, etc. I just need help. [deleted]
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I've started to hit myself I dont really understand why I'm doing it but sometimes it just overcomes me and I hit myself for a moment and then I try to go on.I usually hit my fore-head, probably so punish my stupid brain, but sometimes i hit my Keyboard when I'm too dissapointed by myself. This feeling mostly comes whe...
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Just a small motivation for all the ppl who are thinking about or tried to kill themselfs:) [removed]
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Procrastination and moving - a rant of failure. In all shortness I just moved and tomorrow at noon I gotta hand in the keys for the old flat, but here I am on the floor in my old flat and have yet to empty all the cupboards in the kitchen and do all the cleaning. There's at least one large car load worth of things to ...
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Just an incomprehensible mess All i do is complain about *random name for boyfriend* Adam. Thats all i do to my friends. I comlain about how he isnt good to me and how he hurts me and hes even pushed me into lying to my firends. Hes stolen from me, he doesnt seem to care that much, he never really says much either. Hes...
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My friend is having panic attacks everyday, how can i help her? She's been having panic attacks for 2 weeks now, almost everyday. She works at a hospital. One day she went to the ER when she was having a panic attack and the ER doctor told her to make an appointment for a Psychiatrist. She wants to see a psychiatrist b...
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I need advice I've been struggling with what I feel is anxiety for the past year now and only recently has it gotten worse to a point where it's affecting my everyday life. I don't so much struggle with people it's more or less myself for example I overthink minor inconveniences a lot like a good few times a day for ex...
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Today I have 0 money in my bank account and I want to kill myself I work full time and just got paid, but I’ve fallen behind on my taxes. Like faaar behind. And today when I checked my bank account it said zero. I’ve heard the local government takes it out of your account without notice but never thought it would happe...
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im sorry it had to be this way i just want to go home wherever that might be
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Is unfaithfulness in relationships something to accept as an inevitability, or is it just my anxiety? [deleted]
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How did meditation worked out for you? I just started reading books and watching videos, but I wanted to know what you think about it.
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Suicidal feelings getting worse, depression and anxiety not going away, and medication not helping...I don't know what to do. I'm a second year university student and things have just been so bad lately in terms of my depression. I feel so isolated at school. What's really affecting me is I'm losing friends or things j...
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I went to a therapist and they wanted to send me to a day clinic [deleted]
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I want to just hang myself 27 years old. No skills. No friends. No social skills. I'm just a body taking up oxygen my mind is trailing off. I just dont want to exist. Why is it so hard to be happy? Why is everthg'fsd/ I just want a life. I dont know. I just want to hasng my self. Hopefully I can do it right and it sna...
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