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Surviving anxiety while in flight? Finally, after 3 years, I have decided to visit my family back in my home country, which includes a 3 hour flight. The flight is in 2 weeks and I'm mostly OK with it, but I get spells where I get terrified of what if I get panic attack on plane and won't know how to handle it or how t...
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At what point do I stop hoping that you'll come back and just let it go? At what point do I stop replaying different scenarios over and over in my head, wishing I'd done things differently so that you'd still be around? I'm flying out of town tomorrow to see my former best friend and celebrate her birthday with her. I...
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An update. Turned out to be a big ol mental health day today. Called in to work because I was so fucking agitated and stressed, went to the local mental health hospital (where I learned they don't have outpatient psychiatric care), left, talked to my boss about my absence and my illness, and filed for FMLA. I know I'...
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Redditers with BP who are stable: how did you do it, and what was your low point? I'm in my low point now (just got out of psych ward, fired from job, losing insurance at end of year etc etc) and if I don't start making big changes in order to get stable, I'm going to lose my marriage too. So, you awesome people out t...
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Does your anxiety make it difficult/impossible to rationally see situations and nothing's just a little bad - it's always cataclymic Couldn't think how to title this. I've got other issues but I'm thinking this one may be tied to my anxiety/panic problems (or maybe it just exacerbates them?) For example, I've noticed ...
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Going to therapy for the first time today, just had an intense anxiety attack [deleted]
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Feeling really numb I feel like my emotions are piling up to point where I think I will break. I have no idea what is wrong with me. I used to have good grades, used to care enough about who I will be when I grow up, used to have a dream I wanted to become a business man or some sort of IT worker. I remember when I was...
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Does anyone have literally 0 friends or people to talk to? Yes, literally 0. I kno we like to say we are lonely here, but actually most people here actually have someone to talk to, even if it's online. That being said I just havr to say that I am trying to deal with it and as embarrassing as it may sound I often tal...
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Suicidal I think about killing myself nearly everyday and I don’t think I can deal with it anymore
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I'll know that I'm completely over you the moment I stop searching for and reading Reddit posts that I wish you wrote about me. But until then, I'll keep scrolling and allow myself to feel until I just can't anymore.
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Welbutrin XR, anxiety and being unable to focus. The doc wont listen to my concerns. WTF? [deleted]
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I don't want to live any more. I don't feel safe talking to anyone in real life about this. I'm not using a throwaway, I don't know why. I'm a suicide survivor. I've been in and out of the mental recovery ward throughout my life. Recently, my depression has manifested as as blind rage. I've pushed away so many people,...
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I feel nothing I've been feeling myself slipping into nothingness for months. I've been struggling with memories of being raped, because recently I started a new job in which my manager has sexually harassed me several times. Every day I wonder what it would be like if I had the guts to go through with it. Last week I ...
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My son has come home I don't know. I'm just so glad and relieved that my son is back home.
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Depth and Fighting Depression How do we stay happy even in hard times? Why does depth seem to result in depression? How do we fight depression?
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It's Debilitating I recently had a major manic episode. My meds were adjusted, but my professional life took a HUGE hit and I'm feeling guilty and sad. I'm eating again and getting better sleep. My husband is by my side (thank God) and trying to encourage me not to feel guilty or insecure. I don't know how to deal w...
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PMS anxiety Hey everyone. I've begun to notice a pattern to my anxiety and that is it swings by around the same time PMS does as well. It's strange because I don't get hardly any physical symptoms but mentally at times I can feel like a completely different person. It's really hard for me to get control of because I ...
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I feel like I am creeping there .... I don't know if I am actually getting depressed or not. **I am not going to self diagnose as no one ever should**, but I do feel like I am getting more sad by the day. I am not trying to be an attention whore so every time a friend sees me sad I just say I am okay or I am tired. I d...
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Open To love completely and irrevocably, unconditionally, is to let yourself feel. Maybe the most dangerous thing you can do. Over a year ago, with all these thoughts clouding my brain I never once would have thought that love would be one that consumed them all. To love is to let yourself feel. To open yourself....
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[Venting] Feeling useless In my job its a very important part of the year, and I am still learning how to do certain phone calls which require making conference calls. In the last 3 calls, something has either gone wrong with the people I am trying to call or my phone system. It's starting to make me feel like I look ...
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help Alleviating my girlfriend's anxiety I've been with my SO for three years now and I'm running out of ideas of how to help her. She was verbally abused and ostracized by her own family as a child. Being alone much of her life (we met when she was 16, 19 now) she's developed a propensity to withhold her feelings an...
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cross-country move w/o job [Help] Hey yall, Im planning to move across the country from the East coast to LA. I'm most likely not going to have a job at that time (tho i have one now) and I'll ask my psych to get me 3 months worth of meds. Anyone do something similar and have any advice? Thanks, Ya boi P.S. if ...
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Where does irritability and rage fit in to bipolar and what can you do when you realize your experiencing them? [deleted]
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Lost my mom and now I’m more depressed than ever. [deleted]
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wish everyone has a calm weekend. may u c the light to solve your issues peace
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Panic attack I'm having a panic attack I don't have any friends to talk to about this. My boyfriend of three years broke up with me and I have to move an hour away with my mom and my huge dog and live in a tiny room. I can't breathe I can't think I just want to stop feeling everythint
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I'll be without lithium until monday (and other concerns) [deleted]
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Fucking useless All those normal experiences people have I don't. I'm paralyzed by indecision and the only thought going through my head is end it
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Help Work 8 hours a day, and have no time for myself. Got no money, no savings. Born with nothing. I am young... and I am really starting from 0. Any advices on how can I manage all this?
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Mom said I should kill myself I'm suicidal every day and I'm pretty honest about it, and today my mom was talking about how she can't deal with me anymore and I asked her not to call me a burden cause it makes me want to die more and she said "If you want to die so badly, you should kill yourself". So that's great. Jus...
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When you've become a "regular" at the pharmacy The other day, I had to fill a "few" prescriptions, and when I arrived I was immediately greeted by name. I don't live in a small town AT ALL so this was kind of mortifying even though they're all very nice and respectful there. I feel like I'm too young (er, kind of) t...
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I need help. There's been betrayal in my marriage. Its happened a total of five times now. I don't know how to handle it now because it's built up after all these times. I'm severely depressed. I've reluctantly given up. I have a newborn who needs me, and I put a happy face on so he doesn't have to see what mommy goes ...
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Is there a way I could find out if my cousin left a suicide note here about 2 years ago? My cousin unexpectedly committed suicide 3 years ago. It messed up our family big time, my aunt is probably having a bipolar depression that weighs on all of us, my grandmother arguably aged 10 years in a week and lost her mind, a...
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Does anyone lack concentration on during a heightened anxiety episode? Hey there. I have been suffering from OCD and Anxiety since I was a teenager. It’s only been amplified in the past few years. Whenever, I am going through an anxiety episode, my chest is tightened as if there’s a large weight and cloud on it. Addi...
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A letter that will never be read... Why were you so fucking terrible to me. Why were you so fucking mad all the fucking time. I did so much and I tried so hard to give you everything and to be everything that you could ever need. I was never good enough. You beat that idea into my thoughts. You did so well at making me...
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Back at rock bottom. Legitimately scared of myself right now I’ve struggled with depression, anxiety, self harm and trichitillomania for the past 10 years. I’ve had ups and downs, been on and off various meds but I seem to always end up in the same place. This past year has been really hard and I feel like I’ve reach...
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I can’t sleep at night; I try thinking of nice things like kittens, which is a mistake, because I then imagine horrifying things being done to these kittens. Then I try to think of anything else and I feel sick with nerves about everything that’s going to happen in the future. Don’t know if this even goes here... whate...
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I'm in love with a girl i've been "stalking" for a year [deleted]
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The most realistic scenario for me being okay is winning a massive lottery [deleted]
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Tips on how to get out of a crisis? * I'm on vacations from my job. I thought about spending those summer days relaxing at the beach. * A couple of weeks before my vacations, I met a man and we've been dating. For my reasons he seems awesome and I'm obsessed. The moments we were together were very good and pleasant. ...
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Holidays Sucks Going on social media was a bad idea. It hurts to see how happy people are when I can never obtain it. All I want is to be happy, but that's even something to too far out of my reach. I'm just glad I'm not at a big get together because I just don't have the energy to do anything. I really haven't even ...
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Every day I stare at my messenger app looking for someone to make me feel less lonely Never happens. Just wanted to throw something into the abyss. Edit: thanks for the messages folks, after I posted I fell asleep and now I'm headed out to work, so won't reply for a while
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Haunted by the past, disengaged from the present, fearful of the future. Things are not looking good for me.
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Wrong Drive I heard this song and I realized why I feel empty in all I do. Here's a rough translation of it. "I can't feel any emotion with no one to relate. I'm just living life patient For dedication and greatness How can I be so great when the projects are my validation? I wish my grandma was still here to wa...
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Little bit of me dies everyday....If one of you reads this, god bless you. (sorry for bad english/grammar) This is really hard for me, as this will be the first time sharing about what a pathetic life I've had and kind of life I live everyday. Depression has always been like a friend to me that never left. It all sta...
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What would you like to let others know about Bipolar? I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 years ago at age 40. I have a hard time explaining the effects of Bipolar on me, my family, and my daily life so I'm here to ask you... What would you like others to know about Bipolar?
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Morning anxiety recurring: Why is it so hard and what's hard about it? I've had diagnosed depression for about 2 years now, undiagnosed could go all the way back to 14 yo. I've come a long way in terms of coping and dealing with it. Started pills then eventually weaned off. Started therapy with great success and improv...
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Drinking myself to sleep I just drank 2 bottles of wine. My doctor told me not to drink after taking my pills but what the hell. It's Xmas. Also my ex girlfriend's birthday. I just watched Muppet Christmas Carol like I did when I was a kid. I always felt like scrooge was someone else but I just realized I'm him. I'm s...
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This is a first I always keep it to myself and I know it's bad for me, I don't show it and even if I told someone close to me how I feel, I couldn't explain it to them, it's just there, that horrible feeling of emptiness, I have no reasons for it and I wish I did so I had some sort of excuse.
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this week fucked me up I failed my math tet, my gf who i loved so fuking much broke up with me, and im sick. I cant stop crying
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I am very afraid of pretty much everything This will get very personal. If you feel like you might be triggered from a text post getting in depth about one's insecurities with no answer or conclusion, please stop reading. Also contains profanity, mentions of medication and self loathing. When I was 18 I used to have d...
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Ireland Anxiety. Has anyone had experience with going through HSE for therapy? Good or bad experience?
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I had no idea I had PTSD until today [deleted]
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I hate how when you’re depressed you just forget everything. You forget to do stuff and you forget the stuff you did. Time passes without you realising and instead of doing nothing for ten minutes you did nothing for three hours but you didn’t even realise you were actually living.
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Appetite Problems With Mood Swings And Medications I’m only in my early twenties, and I used to have a huge appetite. These days, have no appetite, and eating always feels like a chore. I know this is because I’m stressed; also I take lamictal, which helps a lot, but suppresses my appetite. I don’t want to complain tha...
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Ex GF spreading rumours that I’m psychotic Hey guys, having a really tough one here. I’ve been sent screenshots by my histrionic ex claiming that I’m mentally unstable (I am, but she’s doing it in a stigmatising way). When she dumped me it was horrible and she used the cops against me after I dumped flowers and a let...
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Started B-12. It's making me hypomanic? So three days ago I started B50 complex and 1000ug of methyl B-12. I've heard it can really help with depression and sleep. I didn't get my levels checked before starting. Anyway, I feel somewhat hypomanic. Unfortunately a bit irritable and restless but also a bit euphoric. ...
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Anxiety from Past (Embarrassing) Interaction I was going through a particularly hard time around 6-12 months ago and I messaged the dad of one of my ex-best friends. My friend was like a brother to me and he sort of just dropped me out of his life without any explanation. It was/has been really tough for me to accept b...
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How to bear a life with a dead end job? [deleted]
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Rexulti Experiences with this? I’ve been on everything in the book. I guess this is new. I have bad experiences with side effects. I’m BP1. Having bad mixed episodes. On topamax and lamictal for a long time. Adding this to help
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Everyone's gotta die make mine tomorrow please I have no reason. I hate me and everyone else should to
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Failed my driving test I wouldn't even really care if it the appointment could have been sooner. I started this whole thing in September and every time, something goes wrong. Scheduled at a different dmv, missing a piece of paper work, next nearest time for an appointment over a month away. Good god this is frustrating...
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Is it possible that Ritalin gives me anxiety where as Concerta doesn’t? I’ve been feeling painfully anxious on and off for a few days and the only thing I can seem to pin it on is the days I take Ritalin. My prescription is usually for Concerta and I have no issues with it. This time I got Ritalin and just have the w...
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Fuck bullies I feel like this has to be said. Bullies are the worst, for everyone. I think many of us who are depressed have been bullied by someone in our lives at some point.(I know others may be depressed for other reasons as well), but I was bullied through elementary and middle school and I think it has a lot to d...
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How long do your depressive cycles last? I've been experiencing one since August. Sometimes the length of my depressive cycles makes me question my diagnosis. Then again, I've certainly experienced a bit of hypomania (it's never been the full-blown, can't-sleep-for-days-on-end type and it usually only lasts a week or t...
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I'm having a lot of issues discerning honesty, and gas lighting. Basically because of my paranoia I'm unable to tell who is toxic and who is trust worthy in my life. I think I'm an idiot. Can I get someone to give me like a check list they use to tell if they're thinking rationally? I need to know what I can look f...
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medication making me hypomanic? First of all, I am loving life right now without excessively spending and fucking every few hours. I love being hypomanic because I'm extra nice and feel good without the repercussions. I'm getting things done and actually dressing nicely which I haven't done in a while because of a depr...
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Ever wonder if we’re not the problem with ourselves? Sometimes it seems that I’m only the way I am because of environmental factors, like I live in a society that encourages me to become this way.
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Got my first rejection. Feels like shit, I think I lost a friend, and nobody seems to give a fuck. Guy in freshman year of college right now. For the past 2-3 weeks I've been spending a lot of time with this friend together. We've been watching netflix in my room (her idea), texting, getting breakfast together etc. I r...
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I still sleep in my mum's bed sometimes. I got dumped yesterday. By the love of my life. While I was on my way to see the mental health crisis support team at my local hospital. I told my mum and she immediately told me to come visit when the doctors discharged me. So last night I spent the night in her bed with her e...
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Therapist Advice Manchester, England Hi 👋🏻 I’m looking for a new private therapist in Greater Manchester. Not too sure where to start looking for one. If anybody has any advice I would really appreciate it! Thanks in advance EDIT: Not for crisis or trauma just general day to day thought processes and to keep an eye...
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I have an extreme self hatred for myself and I can't take it anymore have this intense self hatred I can't get over. I had since I was in elementary school when kids used to call me ugly and bully me everyday, now I'm 28 and nothing got better only worse. I can't stand to be me I hate it. I hate this life, I don't kno...
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Nobody can help me I don't want to say I'm done trying to get better and have people think I'm going to commit suicide because that's not the case, but I'm starting to give up. Nothing anyone can say, no coping mechanisms they can teach,and no medication they can give will make me feel any better. I've been severely de...
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Place to study at night? **One sentence version:** I started a class at night school and am looking for a place to study outside of my house. **Version with pertinent information:** I just started school to get my real estate license. I'm *really* proud of myself for taking it on, haha, but I have run into a problem. ...
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Has anyone hear ever tried Brintellix/Trintellix? I’ve tried Prozac and Zoloft and neither helped. Prozac made me lose my conscious and lose friends. Zoloft did nothing. Wondering if anyone has tried Brintellix or gone through multiple SSRIs to eventually have one work?
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My birthday is tomorrow and I just can't see how anything is going to get better. I'm not ok at the moment. I guess that's obvious. I've been dealing with depression and OCD, both pretty severe, for over a year now. Childhood wise, I was bullied at school, had an abusive father and a mother who was objectivley abusiv...
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Growing up with fucked up parents.drug, crime, alcoholism, I love them and I know they love me, but I'm still fucked up. [deleted]
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Please help me I’m ready to end it all, I have a knife in my hand right now. I wish someone would talk to me but no one seems to care about me. Mom, I’m sorry
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Always with the doubting :/ So, just trying to work out what happened earlier today. Spend most of my morning overthinking I guess. Even this is part of it. Last week I had a panic attack. I felt rather alone and forgotten. I convinced myself nobody cared etc. at all for me. After calling somebody close, crying a lot ...
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Everything is telling me to die My life is completely worthless. I work a customer service job with no future, I dropped out of college and couldn’t get back in if I tried, and now I know I don’t matter to anyone. I asked what few friends I have left if they had NYE plans, and not only did they not respond, they posted...
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Random rambling about jokes for a few sentences. Its amazing how one can turn a incredibly serious thing into a joke if one doesn't have the balls to do it. Whenever i back off from my plans just seconds before i should do the thing ive planned to do, i immediately start planning my next opportunity to do so. Example...
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Who to Send the Note To After a fifth failed attempt to leave my boyfriend, and now realizing that I've lost the opportunity of a lifetime because of it, and I have to continue the endless cycle of dating my boyfriend till one of us dies (I can't leave, I keep trying but don't have the willpower to do it), I've decided...
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Doping during mania I wonder what happens if someone makes you a doping test during mania, the results could be anormal or they will be normal?
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Broke Myself, Fixed Myself, Broke Myself Again Well. Here I go again. The basics about me: 22 year old male, INTP, and as of two week ago, a Marine. If I'm being honest, I've probably been depressed for most of my life. About four years ago my parents kicked me out, and I lived alone after that. About three years ago ...
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Has anyone been successful getting disability? I am losing my job soon and am in the exit process of getting terminated. Once that happens I will be applying for disability. I have a very strong case and my pdoc actually recommended disability. Have any of you guys gotten it granted? If so, how did you do it? What made...
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I need help with... life I am losing everything. My close friend over in Israel stopped talking to me. I have lost my family and everyone from school. i feel disconnected and can no longer complete simple tasks. It is exam week for me and I am going to fail. I am worth nothing. I am a huge mistake.
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My Last Attempt Was Pathetic I’ve tried killing myself so many times it’s kind of funny. When I was younger I thought fall damage could kill me so I kept trying to fall of the jungle gym at weird angles, I just ended up braking my arm. I tried suffocating myself with a scarf in 4th grade but I just ended making an as...
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One of the hardest life lessons I've ever had to learn. [deleted]
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I just don't think I can do it anymore, i'm trying so hard but I can't. I can't keep feeling the way that I do all the time, I can feel it destroying me. I can't keep living trapped in this life, I hate myself so deeply I can't imagine things getting any better. I've always tried to be what everyone wants me to be and ...
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I feel like a fool for thinking things would work out Before winter break at university, I began talking more with a girl who was in a group project. I think we really hit it off, and we started snapping a lot and getting to know eachother. I started picking up on all the signals that she was interested: always snappin...
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Some get depressed due to significant loss. Others are depressed because nothing in life is of value to them in the first place. I got a job a few months ago and racked up a few Gs, and aside from usual expenses, I have not really spent any of it. I'm no longer working (on government benefits) and yet my bank account i...
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I see no reason to go on For a while I have been feeling very depressed and have been considering killing myself. I feel like I am worthless and have nothing to live for. I am good at nothing, I have no friends (I have been trying to find some for ages), I am constantly bullied by people at school and by my siblings, I...
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Venlafaxine ER is curbing anxiety, but increasing appetite I started taking Venlafaxine ER to get my anxiety under control. Doc warned me that it may increase my appetite. As a stress eater, I figured it would balance out, and stay about the same. Wrong. Apparently Venlafaxine has increased my appetite by much more tha...
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Failing every fucking thing Im a senior in high school taking full-time college sophomore classes. I just finished this first semester, but I haven’t even checked my final grades because I’m so scared and anxious I did bad on them. I never want to find out if I ended up failing or just barely passing. The lowest final ...
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Day 3 of drink myself to death 3 days ago I was diagnosed with Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) I always had hope that my depression would go away Ive felt depressed since I was 7 Now I know it won't ever leave and I see no point I'm on a suicide mission I've started taking drugs again and I've been drink...
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I need a razor Shit. I need to cut. My hands are shaking. I need a god damn razor. I don’t know how to get one right now. The one I usually use is at my moms house and I’m at my dads. Shit. I could kill myself. I have pills in my room “just in case”. Tonight could be my second attempt. It really could. Maybe it will be...
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Dealing with anti-depressants/Giving support I've struggled with depression myself and I know it's extremely tough to cope with. So I've got a certain knowledge on how to support someone else with it. Though recently, a person came in my life whom I've grown to love. I know this person doesn't have the easiest of li...
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Felling more alone every day I have always been depressed and anxious. Which is why, as a man at the age of 35, I have 1 friend and have never been in a romantic relationship before. I live by myself and am rather used to being alone at home. I feel safe and confortable when I'm by myself. I've always been very anxiou...
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when I’m anxious or thinking too much, my wrist tingles Been clean for about 3 months now. Does this happen to anyone else?
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I now hate furrys and can't trust anyone now. [deleted]
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