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I literally have no idea what to do. I’m afraid I’ll get fired So I started a new job two weeks ago and I’m in training. Training has been getting out early although we are scheduled from 8-5 so the trainers normally just let us leave. I’ve been having really awful anxiety as part of my hypomania since Friday and had t... | self.bipolar |
A Day to Get Drunk and Forget The response to learning my birth date is always the same: "You were born on New Year's Eve? That's so cool!" It is always met with a slightly sad chuckle. "Yeah, the whole world gets drunk and forgets about my birthday." Though, to be fair, it is not always the case that people forget.
I... | self.offmychest |
I'm ending it all. I don't wanna live anymore with pain bye world. | self.SuicideWatch |
My mom. Before I begin I just wanted to be a little light-hearted, even though people reading this are probably struggling as I am and feeling quite bad. When I chose this title, it reminded me of Muscle Man from Regular Show, he's one of my favorite characters from that show and it's funny when he always makes jokes, ... | self.depression |
What is the most easiest way to die according to you Don't worry this is just for a book I need ideas | self.depression |
Hurt and Rejection — What happens when you reject others? Usually people share their hurt feelings when someone hurts or rejects them or when they get their heart broken.
But, is it normal to feel miserable when you are actually the person rejecting the feelings of someone else?
I had a great conversation with a guy ... | self.offmychest |
I want my mind to stop freaking out & making my life harder than what it really is I wouldn't normally get hung up on NYE resolutions but I wonder if my mental health led me to some of my life perceptions/thought processes or vice versa. True, I don't like my current life, but I hate any unpredictability or lack of... | self.offmychest |
today? i'm pretty sure today is the day, hoping someone can give me a good reason not to because i don't want to go but it feels like my only choice. i've tried thinking of my family but it doesnt work anymore. its hard to live for someone else. please help me | self.SuicideWatch |
Three days on Abilify & Paxil... something feels right. Got a med change last week. I know it’s too early to feel any sort of major change, but I feel really fucking good. I’ve been productive and happy.
I’m nervous this is placebo or maybe I’m manic. Let’s hope not.
Anyone have experience with this combo? | self.bipolar |
Hopelessly infatuated I found a boy on the internet a few months ago.
At first I didn't think anything of him. Just another guy, doing his thing. Living his dream life and sharing his achievements on the Internet.
But the more I looked into him, the more infatuated I got. I wish I didn't.
We're the same age, both ... | self.offmychest |
I dont know what to do I made a new account because I don't want anyone I k know to find out how lost I am.
Pre edit TLDR: I just want to make the people who care about me be proud of me. It rips my heart apart watching my mom and dad have to talk to people about how I'm doing when there isn't anything ood to say
T... | self.offmychest |
I'm proud of being a shitty person Despite everything: the DPDR the anxiety the self doubt the dysfunctional and non existent relationships with my parents I'm proud to be human to try and try and fail and try again. I'm proud that despite sometimes I forget it, I have friends who love me and I love them too. Whoever y... | self.Anxiety |
Has anyone's severe emetophobia/agoraphobia been helped by seeing a psychologist? I've had a fear of vomiting for as long as I can remember, but it wasn't as severe as it was until a few weeks ago. It's now gotten to the point where I fear being a passenger in a car, not because I get carsick (I don't) but because I mi... | self.Anxiety |
I can drive again! About six months ago my old car broke down, and ever since then I've had to rely on family and public transportation to get around. Then my sister bought a new car and gave me her old one that just needed a starter. A friend loaned me the money for a starter, and now I'm back on the road!
I've just... | self.bipolar |
I'm fucking over this. i cant wait to get out of this house. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Depression I usually have a couple of bad days a month (on a lot of meds), usually I have crying spells, overwhelming sense of dread, I hate myself and think I’m a horrible person who’s always and always will fuck up everything good in their life. Then it goes away pretty quickly.
The depression I’m experiencing has b... | self.bipolar |
I wish my family stopped loving me If nobody cared about me I could final kill mysefl without hurting others | self.depression |
Need Advice for a newbie First time visiting this sub and it’s cause I need help! I’ve had panic attacks for 20 years and am able to calm down after taking Klonopin. Within the last week after taking it, my mind isn’t racing but my chest feels like there’s a brick on it. Normally my Meds would relax me mind and body... | self.Anxiety |
Lived through five attempts so far, debating on a sixth. I'm a total waste of space that saps the life from everyone around me. I hallucinate, experience delusions, have horrific anxiety, and have focus issues. I almost never leave the house, live a pathetic existence off of SSI/disability, and am a drain on my family.... | self.SuicideWatch |
Mood tracker other than daylio? Are there others that people here would recommend? I like daylio so far but I just wish it had more moods to choose from, or a way to customize the moods the same way you can add activities in daylio | self.bipolar |
What do you say to people when they ask if there’s anything they can do for you? I always just want to say that there’s nothing they can do. It’s all on me. But maybe that’s the wrong thing to say... | self.depression |
I don’t hate my life, I just hate myself I don’t have a bad life (which makes me feel guilty for even posting this)- I’m in college, middle class, in good health besides severe anxiety. But I’m basically ruining my own life. I used to be a star student, overachiever. Now I do the bare minimum...all I can bring myself t... | self.SuicideWatch |
a kind of poem for a kind of an attempt at a kind of romance gone by Bubbling inside, tumultuous-
imagine that instead of toys you gave your kids cymbals, and on top of it they were avid bed-jumpers
it's over and it's unfair.
it was always going to be those things
I hope I see you some time.
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Hate being touched when upset, hate therapists/people who cry at my story.. [deleted] | self.bipolar |
I’ve been getting rejected from clinical year programs I applied to, and I’m afraid I’m not going to have a plan for after I graduate. I’m planning on going into medical lab science and becoming a med tech. Basically if you don’t know what that is, it’s the diagnostic side of medicine. They’re the people that will text... | self.Anxiety |
I miss my estranged dad. We're estranged for a reason. I'll leave it at that.
Maybe I should try to reach out to him before he goes, even though I'm only going to get my heart broken again.
I miss you, dad. It would hurt a lot less if I didn't. | self.offmychest |
I need to kill myself cuz it's the only true solution for my loneliness Sorry, I'm just fuckin sick of spending my life alone. I won't actually kill myself because I got fuckedd as an only child so I can't end my miserabke existence so long as my parents are kicking. But boy do I fucking want to. One reason why is beca... | self.SuicideWatch |
I feel like I'm slipping I've been having problems with anxiety and panic attacks since high school. I went to therapy and got on Zoloft and, for a while, I've been managing pretty well. Recently, I feel like I'm slipping back into my old ways. Today was the first day of class this semester, and I had to leave my first... | self.Anxiety |
Anyone else Freaking out about returning to work tomorrow? I took off from work from xmas through new year's. I work as a contractor, so I didn't get paid, which was a dumb move financially but I desperately needed the time off to recover from bad work anxiety. The vacation ended up being great: very peaceful, lots of ... | self.Anxiety |
Everything feels like endless work. Like right now, I just got up. I need to feed my pets, clean the litter box, brush my teeth, start some laundry, and eat something. It feels like too much. I'm so anxious right now, and I just want to go back to bed and shut down. I don't care about today. I don't want it.
But if I... | self.depression |
has anyone experienced only one episode of mania in their life? or a long time between their first episode and the next? Last September (a year+3 months ago), I experienced my first and only episode of mania that I've had in my life. It was the most intense thing that's ever happened to me- a full blown episode where I... | self.bipolar |
I thought I was going to die last night but i didn’t
i’m thankful for myself, for snapping out of the violence
my mind body and soul hurt
i need a break
to another year of living | self.offmychest |
My life is better than ever... so why did I wake up this morning feeling depressed? [deleted] | self.depression |
How To Cope with Time Anxiety? Hi all, I hope you all are doing well.
By "Time Anxiety" I'm referring to something related to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/2sr176/does_anyone_else_have_time_anxiety/
During the weekdays, I work and go to school and usually have two hours in the evening for free ... | self.Anxiety |
I feel like my only friends are the Youtubers I watch every day And they're clearly not actually my friends... they just make me feel like friends are around, I like seeing familiar faces and hearing familiar voices joking around because that's the only time I get to experience that. How pathetic. | self.depression |
I started Writing. These past couple of weeks have been the worst for my mental health in waking memory. I've been the most paranoid I've ever been and I was so anxious last night that I couldn't sleep until 4:30 AM and I threw up as soon as I woke up.
A friend reminded me today of a story I wrote a few years ago that... | self.Anxiety |
My childhood molester might be downstairs i dont know to do im just......:'( | self.SuicideWatch |
I snooped through messages on my girlfriend's Snapchat account. I'm disappointed in myself. I always said I'd never be that kind of person. We're in a long distance relationship at the moment while she's at university and I'm working at home. So I like to be able to text her everyday and it lets me know she's still int... | self.offmychest |
Funny how my depression makes me stay up all night when all I want to do is sleep It's this awful cycle lately. Staying up until 3, 4 in the morning (more recently 6, 7), then sleeping until noon before getting up and going straight to work. All I want to do all day is get back to bed, then when I'm finally home and in... | self.depression |
This is me, not killing a bird. I'm in my yard, trying to work on my car... one of my close neighbors, who happen to be bat-shit crazy and completely unapproachable, have a bird. I've never seen it, no idea what kind it is, but it whistles all fuckin' day long... a screech whistle, that is a mimic of the whistle people... | self.offmychest |
Fear of not being good enough Episode 3: Your emotional imprint
Sometimes our attempts to get others’ love aren’t successful for different reasons. One of the very common is missing the skill of effective communication with those you seek their love. When one of our relationships isn’t working and we’re in such a bad ... | self.Anxiety |
I've got a problem I've got a friend, I've known this guy for ages but only really became friends with him in the last year or so. He's got adhd and it really effects him, from what I know he's developed forms of both depression and anxiety. So the last few months he felt like he's lost alot of friends, he feels like p... | self.depression |
Panic attacks brought on by going away for school [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Sad. Drunk. Alone. And eating Doritos. And also listening to Philip Glass. | self.offmychest |
Life is good, yet I want to die. Is there others out there like me. Who deal with the kind of depression that's not affected by your surroundings or circumstances? My life is actually really good. I'm close with my family, i have a lot of friends, i could have a boyfriend if i really wanted to, i have a pretty good job... | self.SuicideWatch |
I only have one enemy. It doesn't matter if things change if I'm still the same. It's not like you guys, where heaven and hell are out to fuck you over. I don't have any enemies except myself. Literally nobody hates me except myself. | self.SuicideWatch |
Someone else feel like this? I hate this, why do i keep feeling so lonely even when i have people around me, today i found one friend from my old college and she hugged and talked with me a little bit, i don’t know why but i felt so fucking emotional after that, i wanted to just lay down and cry, i was feeling like the... | self.depression |
Blabber a bit. I'm in a weird spot. In fact most of my life I've been in a weird spot. I keep trying, you know. Just really tired of trying.
I keep thinking that I want to die but tbh I'm not going to kill myself. To scared. To intense.
Life still sucks a lot though. I've been getting help. It's been making things... | self.depression |
I had the calmest suicide attempt last night I wasn't really depressed. I was pretty normal for a person as dead as I am. And I asked myself what I wanted to do for the rest of the night. Or the week. And I decided to try and hang myself. I tried for maybe a hour or 2. Wasn't doing it right and got pretty sad. Sat ther... | self.SuicideWatch |
Whats the easiest and most painless way to kill yourself (and easily affordable too) [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
New to the sub Hello All,
I got pointed to this sub when I was mentioning a my diagnosis and would appreciate any "newbie" info. I'm a little fortunate as I have a really good routine currently but now, as it is diagnosed and not just "likely" I need to start that whole due diligence bit. Things like: How does this ... | self.bipolar |
Fuck all the bullshit in my life. I think everything is irrelevant. Fuck friends. Fuck relationships. For once I think this life is worth living but I guess it’s not. But sometimes it is. Everyone is hypocrite. But one thing is for sure no one deserves to die alone. Im fucking drunk. Im spitting non-sense. Just random ... | self.offmychest |
Do I hate people or just the ones I'm surrounded by? [deleted] | self.depression |
my last relationship sucked I'm a recent graduate of college and im having trouble getting over my last relationship. Basically, after I fell for this girl, she broke my heart, put it back together, broke it again, put it back to together, and then broke it and dragged it around the floor for a couple months. ugh dis i... | self.offmychest |
I Love My Family But I Can't Stand Them! I'm incredibly irritable right now. No noticeable triggers for this, I just want to be alone.
I'm soo strung out from these constant conversations and expectations, and we've only received a portion of the family to come.
I've tried everything to calm me down. I can't stop thi... | self.Anxiety |
I'm sitting here with my heart racing. Everybody tells me that we are doing great and I have good future in store, but I feel like there's this long dark tunnel with no light at the end in front of me. I just want to stop worrying and struggling to keep ahead of the game. I just want to curl up in a ball and sleep unti... | self.depression |
What does it say about our community that the front page is nothing but selfies and memes while serious attempts at starting discussions get ignored? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Scared of change I have noticed that whenever I think of doing something new, I feel like flinching or i actually flinch. This nervous feeling lasts for about a second or two, but it's happening every time and I am a bit concerned. Literally, I would try to change text editors and get anxious about it. I feel weird whe... | self.Anxiety |
That moment when.... You get that pit in your stomach and you know the attack is coming so you try to identify the trigger but you end up not being ablr to figure it out which just makes the attack come faster and then you freak out because you're having an attack and you just lose to the anxiety. | self.Anxiety |
I turn 20 next Friday and I feel more alone than ever. I turn 20 on November 10th and I getting more and more depressed as it gets closer to my birthday. I have no friends, no boyfriend, I have no job so I can't do anything for my birthday. All I do is go to college and honestly, I'm having second thoughts about that. ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Should I push to be medicated? I've been diagnosed with anxiety but since I'm 16 the doctor is reluctant to prescribe medication. I didn't mind at first and I thought of meds as a last resort but I have tried everything and I can't live like this for much longer. Counselling does nothing for me, it gives me little to n... | self.Anxiety |
Trust issues and anxiety are starting to get the best of me. I can't remember the last time I went a full day without feeling some sort of anxiety. I am constantly thinking myself into inadequacy, "I am not good enough for her", "Not good enough for that job", "my friends are better off without me". I generally just th... | self.depression |
writing it down, trying to figure it out What am I doing? Writing to help sort things out, writing to get some opinions. A mind left to itself is a dangerous thing and I've been alone for far too long.
My background:
We were pretty poor growing up, income came from one parent in a family of 5 and it was roughly 28k ... | self.depression |
Today was a weird day I’m about two and a half months in to studying psychology at A - level. It’s been pretty good so far, learning about how people are influenced and all that hind stuff except today we started a new topic. Mental health. It was going okay until we started looking at depression. We looked at the NHS ... | self.depression |
I am a goddamn moron in school and i hate myself for it. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I don't feel any better after being admitted into the psychiatry ward I got forcibly admitted after attempting suicide. Didn't spend too long there, but when I was there, I was ready to get out into the real world. Now that I am out, I instantly feel exhausted.
I managed to convince the doctors that I am now ready to... | self.depression |
Not sure if this is bipolar related but I want to ask! Do any of you feel like you're going to die all the time? Like you just have anxiety about something being wrong with you? | self.bipolar |
Why do I let anxiety control me? What I don’t understand is the fact that one day I was happy and a silly kind of person and in one day my life turned to constant fear. It’s like even when I’m happy and try to change do something that would help I can’t because I’m to scared of what people think. Like taking my meds I ... | self.Anxiety |
Does it ever actually get better? Or do we all just learn to cope? I'm in a really depressed state right now, and I need some hope. I'm not feeling suicidal, but I am questioning if there is any point to my existence. I'm in the dark more than anything else and I can't seem to find any light. I have things in my life t... | self.bipolar |
my ex blocked me on FB. I am both happy and sad. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
What medication has worked for you? newly diagnosed with bP2 I've had major depression for about 2 years now, and recently, my therapist re-diagnosed me with bipolar 2. she thinks it's rapid-cycling, acute bipolar with hypomania episodes and more frequent depressive episodes.
i've tried several antidepressants. Paxil, ... | self.bipolar |
Is It safe to take ibuprofen while taking Citalopram? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
This relationship is stressing me out. Can someone give me some words to calm me down and think logically? I have been dating this guy for only a month now. I have been so stressed because I really like him. We are a great match. However, he has a very busy job and won't/can't respond to a text for at least 24 hours. I... | self.offmychest |
Growing up Mormon with undiagnosed bipolar (TW: Religion, psychosis) TW: Frank discussion of childhood psychotic break. Religion. Satan.
Originally posted this on /r/exmormon, but felt it belongs here as well.
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I was recently diagnosed with bipolar type 2. It really shouldn't be that much of a ... | self.bipolar |
I just want to die I'm drunk and in the middle of nowhere ans just want to dufjing end it i cant juet fucking tjae this pain anymore fuck living | self.depression |
My grandmothers are dying... Let me just get this off my chest, my grandma is my mom's mom, she disliked my brother and I and we dont know why. She now has Breast cancer and lung cancer, the doctors gave her six months to live, 9 months ago. My granny is my dad's mom, she's always been here for us. She had a stroke aro... | self.offmychest |
Buspar experience? My doctor recently put me on buspar and after lots of failed medications, I’m hesitant to try it. Has anybody had experience with buspar, positive or negative. I’ve already been on lexapro, Wellbutrin, cymbalta, Ativan, gabapentin, abilify, trazedone, and some others. So I would like to hear how busp... | self.Anxiety |
How do I overcome anhedonia? Have any of you managed to do it? [deleted] | self.depression |
I can't handle people being mean to me on the Internet [removed] | self.depression |
Do you also feel tired of talking about it with friends or family? When I started feeling weird, I didn't want to talk about it. I hided it from my closest friends, made excuses for why I was missing classes. Then, I started telling a lot of people, little by little, and since I broke that barrier, I would spend many h... | self.depression |
Can you be physically tired while hypomanic/manic? I didn't sleep at all yesterday and felt great though my left eye kept twitching. Wasn't able to eat because I wagered that I would get to use my free meal ticket but there was nothing left. Felt really good in P.E. and was awesome. Went home and at 1:00 am I reluctant... | self.bipolar |
Fuck loneliness fuck thinking the whole world is against you, fuck trying to distract yourself from it, fuck thinking your a piece of shit because you have noone, fuck the lack of connection, fuck this stupid fucking shit its the only thing that brings me down back into this depression, I don't know what to do I've tri... | self.depression |
Today I definitely really want to do it, there’s just one thing holding me back. I’m a little over 5 months pregnant. I’m still considering it, I just feel guilty. I feel even more guilty to know that my kid would have a depressed mom. I frequently fantasize about finding them a loving home through an adoption agency, ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anyone use modafinil? Need some help. Hello all,
I have been having serious problems staying awake during the day. I spend most of my time in bed or sleeping on the couch. It's really making work and home life difficult. It's possible that Geodon is making me tired, but I've been on it for months without any issues. I... | self.bipolar |
I just wish something couldve made me happy Every attempt I have made to be happy has gone to shit. My world is crumbling around ne and I cant take it anymore. My family are emotionally and verbally abusive towards me. The only person I've ever loved left me 2 months ago. We were together for 3 years. In going to bring... | self.SuicideWatch |
People who have their dogs put down because they can't train them properly, are scummy bastards [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Performance Anxiety I just lost my virginity.. Technically
I could not get hard at all, I had had a lot to drink in a short amount of time but I felt okay, fairly calm, I went with what was happening and did what I "knew" to do but when it came to getting hard it would not happen, she tried to help me in all ways she ... | self.Anxiety |
I thought I was alone! So glad to have found this sub! I am happy to have found this subreddit!
I'm a 28f and have struggled with health anxiety for the past 4 years. Right after the birth of my last kid.
I'm in constant worry that I'm dying. Every day, holiday, or event I wonder if it will be my last. So I try to ch... | self.Anxiety |
Therapy is Bullshit I went five (5) times to a therapist LMFT and all she did was listen to me for 50 min and take my money.
The only advice was sending me to some meditation website.
What they did do in addition is send four (4) armed policemen to my door ... guns drawn ... saying "we know your in there ... you want ... | self.Anxiety |
Never a good word. I haven't lived a particularly long time, but I don't think anyone, in that time, has ever had a good thing to say about me. Not about my personality, not about my efforts or interests, not about my intelligence and not about my appearance. The most I've gotten are positive comments about my work, no... | self.depression |
When they say “Why don’t you do anything about it” [deleted] | self.depression |
A little guidance would be very helpful. Hi! I’ve browsed this subreddit off and on for the last few months, and I gotta say, I’m super grateful for all of you and your stories. I’ve decided to post today because I feel as if I’m incapable of seeing through something possibly detrimental to my mental health. I have fri... | self.depression |
My grandmother has dementia and it's tearing my family apart My grandma was diagnosed with Alzheimer's a few years ago and it's basically been killing my mom. Even though grams is in an assisted living facility, my mother takes her to appointments, the hair salon, etc., and does her laundry (which is nasty b/c she's in... | self.offmychest |
So much about nerdom just increasing makes it feel unsafe for folks like me (long post, depressed whimpering) First aspect: I'm an autistic, anxious and panic disordered, transfemine enbie, who will likely have to make a break entirely from a toxic home environment.
I'm going to go over the liberal/'apolitical' versio... | self.offmychest |
Nightmares and cold sweats The past couple of nights I’ve had bad dreams and woken up in the middle of the night heart racing and in a cold sweat. Wondering if anyone has had similar experiences. It’s been pretty scary. I’ve also recently stopped smoking weed so that may have an effect as well. | self.Anxiety |
My new psychiatrist doesn't believe in bipolar disorder. Thoughts /advices? So I'm seeing a new psychiatrist because my old one moved. I've seen her only three times and she says she doesn't believe in bipolar disorder, and that the fact I'm diagnosed with it is totally uninteresting to her. She means that it's just a ... | self.bipolar |
New pdoc questioned my diagnosis Backstory: My insurance changed and so I have a new pdoc. The insurance will also not cover 900mg of Trileptal which means that I have to change my meds. I've decided to make the switch to Lithium. I know it's the tried and true method but I'm intimidated by the switch, I haven't been o... | self.bipolar |
Stuck as a fat ass in a world that idolizes skinny men... I'm a 31 year old gay male. And I'm fat. I've tried everything to lose weight. Dieting, exercising, personal trainers, pills, all of it. But after one whole year of being really diligent and going to the gym multiple times a week and watching what I eat, I'm act... | self.depression |
I deleted Facebook today I just couldn't stop myself from checking it all the time, from looking at my ex and his new girlfriend's profile pics. Even seeing people that I love and care about being happy made me compare my life to theirs and find myself wanting. That isn't right, I can't believe I've fallen so far I beg... | self.depression |
Question on what female hairstyle to have less maintenance So I’m kinda having major difficulty with self maintenance. My hair is past my butt and I’ve always loved my long hair. But my depression is at a all time high and I have 0 motivation to brush it and maintain it anymore. I figure I should get it cut, but I’m at... | self.depression |
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