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Empathy help Lemme preface this that I'm diagnosed with depression rather than bipolar, but that I have a family history of bipolar. Also that I hear this is an issue that people with bipolar have, and that I have no idea where else to post this.
So, basically, I feel I don't have anywhere near the level of empathy pe... | self.bipolar |
Should I kill myself? I don't feel worth it anymore. I've been battling depression for years and I finally want to give up... Should I? | self.SuicideWatch |
Day 3 of insomnia (help please) My girlfriend broke up with me almost two weeks ago. I flipped out and said mean stuff out of hurt. Immediately after I felt terrible but because we had broken up I didn't try to reach out and apologize. I'm incredibly saddened by this whole thing. I then drank every night for a week unt... | self.Anxiety |
Anyone 16 and have severe anxiety? I want to talk with someone. | self.Anxiety |
Anybody else ever feel like their entire world is crumbling right in front of you? **Edit**: THANK YOU ALL for your absolute kindness and empathy. I’m touched, really. I really wasn’t expecting as big of response to this as it got, but I’m truly appreciative, as reading these comments and just knowing how I’m feeling i... | self.Anxiety |
I’m not in the mood for Christmas My grandparents are gone, my kids are grown (but not with families of their own), my husband has depression which he’s unwilling to treat, and I have my own issues like chronic pain and not being able to let go of old happy memories..
I’m tired and I just don’t want to do this.. | self.offmychest |
Too tired to carry on I'm just so god damn tired these days... can't bring myself to show up to class, got dropped from one already, anothers probably coming. I'm not entirely sure what to do but this constant depressive feeling scares me, I have so much I want to do and achieve but I just simply cant find the energy o... | self.depression |
Why do I have to be me? It hurts. I just want to disappear. I wish I were someone else sometimes, a lot but I’m sure I’d still be awful | self.depression |
What should I do with my stuff? 20m here planning on catching the bus in the next couple weeks. Ive come to terms with the fact that I'm too goddamn lazy, useless and boring to ever find friends or a relationship and I don't have the willpower it takes to change myself. Ive got my method and everything worked out but I... | self.SuicideWatch |
Almost had a threesome (long) He's currently my ex, but me and my boyfriend at the time were talking about our plans. We agreed that we'd try new things in my room. New positions, etc. He brings up a threesome. I, wanting to try new things, am now interested.
He mentioned bringing along his buddy, whom I met on a doub... | self.offmychest |
It amazes me how people don't recognize the symptoms when it's them. You ever have someone telling you how they're feeling down, and they just start giving a veritable checklist of depression symptoms?
The word is out to get you, don't feel appreciated, sleep all the time, can't enjoy anything anymore, etc. And to som... | self.depression |
My husband cheated, and the girl is pregnant. Yesterday night me and my were watching Netflix when he got a call. He took it in the other room, but I could here him and could tell he was upset. After a few minutes he came out, said he’d be right back, and left without answering my many questions. About an hour later he... | self.offmychest |
Does anyone else have an anxiety ‘kit’ in their bag/backpack/whatever you carry? If so what do you keep in it? I’m trying to gather some ideas since I heard this from a video a while ago. | self.Anxiety |
Serious question about weed on medication I am on Lamictal and Quetiapine and my psychiatrist is adamantly against me smoking the devil's lettuce. I've only been taking these pills for a week, but weed helps me a lot. It calms me down and makes a lot of things less bearable. Does anyone have experience with smoking and... | self.bipolar |
Being swallowed up whole by my depression I have just been so depressed for the past couple months. It started back in late august, where I fell into a deep depression, I thought it was slowly getting better, but honestly it's still there. It is especially bad in the mornings, that's when I feel the worst about myself ... | self.depression |
Lost her forever yesterday..my best friend got so angry at my stubborness she blocked me everywhere and threatened me if i tried talking to her again...she got so upset because it wasn't the first time i asked her for a second chance to be back together in a relationship..she cares about me and i hope to God she could ... | self.depression |
Help me Literally at my wits end. Want to have help but I’m not getting any. Seriously want to kill myself or have someone help me and care for me. Doubt this post will do anything but this how desperate I am. | self.depression |
Reading /r/IncelTears makes me violent and suicidally unstable It's like an entire sub devoted specifically to attacking me for my depression and loneliness. And, not the violent things they post, rather, every single post attacking non violent people, or the ones filled with bullshit platitudes. The idea they're too c... | self.SuicideWatch |
I hate humanity. I hate white supremacists. I hate sexual assaulters. I hate shooters. I hate liars. I hate narcissists. I hate greedy people. I hate selfish people. I hate ignorant people. I hate people who don't care about the earth. I hate anti-vaxxers. I hate people who try to force their beliefs upon others. I ha... | self.offmychest |
I wish I was dead I can't keep coping. I'm going through this so alone. I go to my therapy appointments and participate. I go to my pdoc and take my meds as prescribed. I eat. I shower. I go to work and do more than the bare minimum. I know I have worth, to my principal, to the other teachers, to my kids, but it doesn'... | self.bipolar |
I don't know what to do... Im a junior in HS and I am miserable. I have almost have no friends and I hardly talk to anyone. Things happened in the past that seriously fucked me up, giving me trust issues and feeling worthless. I got over that stuff but it feels to late. I acted stupid and dumb in the past to other stud... | self.depression |
Long term effects of depressive episode I don’t know if it’s the wrong meds or depression, but this 3 months and counting depression I feel like has permanently changed my personality for the worse. Is that possible? | self.bipolar |
How can I try to understand my loved one with Bipolar? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Rational anxiety. I got pretty hardcore anxiety and agoraphobia, but as a disabled guy who has been accused of faking my very real medically proven impairments in various really combative and hurtful ways at my university this anxiety feels perfectly rational. The problem is, it's not useful.
It is rational to avoid s... | self.Anxiety |
Feeling like a burden My girlfriend and I have been together for a year but lately I've really seen how much my depression is impacting her. Lately I've been sleeping all day and not really doing much and I can tell how frustrated she is. I understand completely where her frustration is coming from but at the same time... | self.depression |
So I am going to see a therapist tomorrow [deleted] | self.depression |
life ruined by anxiety after almost fainting once Throwaway account. This ended up being super long, so I'm sorry for that. First time actually posting to Reddit though so hopefully I'm in the right place. I am mainly looking for some advice, or to see if anyone has suffered the same thing. I just don't know what to do... | self.Anxiety |
I guess I just want to talk Does anyone else experience this - around a couple of times a month I wake up confused and disoriented, freaking out about nothing and everything at the same time. I can't describe this kind of feeling, just this knowledge that I'm a person in a body and there are countless things beyond my ... | self.depression |
My first diagnosis was bipolar Bipolar was my first diagnosis. Now I'm schizoaffective (I hear things). I had a really good day today. I had lunch and I drank some water. | self.bipolar |
3 weeks in Citalopram (Celexa) but having stomach pain. Doc wants to switch me. [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
The hell i feel I'm lost. More so than I've ever been. I feel I have no friends. Nobody is there for me to talk to and completely confide in. All I have is myself. The kind of love I use to feel has been gone for years. I'm very slowly yet surely starting down a path of self destructive behavior. Not sleeping right, ea... | self.depression |
The shame you feel when you actually ask someone a question about something and they say it wouldve turned out fine if you'd just said something I have noticed a lot of things could've been better in my childhood if I hadn't been so anxious. If I had asked things and been myself.
But at the same time I remember how ter... | self.Anxiety |
Does anybody get anxious about becoming anxious? There’s something that’s happening this weekend that I know for sure is going to make me extremely anxious, and I’m currently nervous about the anxiety that I know is sure to come
| self.Anxiety |
People suck My bestfriend/girlfriend broke up with me 3 weeks ago since then I haven't been able to stop crying.
If I were a stronger person I probably would have killed myself, but my worry for parents and my fear of death won't allow me (though if I did I would have the sickest of funerals). That being said this has... | self.depression |
Persuade me with reason that life is worth continuing. I am calm, relatively free from emotions of hopelessness at the present moment, and am capable of listening to good suggestions.
I am currently living in a broken economy in a rural county in the Southern U.S. I came to take advantage of an opportunity to room wit... | self.SuicideWatch |
How do I stop motivating myself with self hatred I've noticed recently that my only motivational force is to hate myself hard enough that I do what I need to to stop myself for a while.
I don't do what I enjoy, only what I have to to get by and it's because I don't have the motivation to do literally anything.
I ima... | self.depression |
Need a friend. I’m a very lonely person, I’ve been suffering with depression for awhile and I’ve lost all my friends through it. Times get really lonely, is there anyone who would be my friend? Or at least somebody to talk with? Being lonely and depressed really sucks. | self.SuicideWatch |
this subreddit is the only thing that I have Got rid of my phone for 2 weeks because social media made me really sad and today I decided to use it again. 0 messages from people. I already felt like I didnt exist now its confirmed that I dont exist. I feel like a phantom floating between the masses. | self.depression |
So I kinda fucked up. I need some advice. I just started at this fantastic new job. Easily the best I've ever had. Well, earlier this week I called out. Honestly don't remember why, I think I was too much of a depressed mess to go in. I have a horrible memory due to a combination of meds and dissociation so I don't eve... | self.bipolar |
weird feelings Hi guys,
I’ve been dealing with anxiety due to a big change that will happen in my life for the past 2 weeks. At first, the symptoms were very pronounced and I even went to the hospital: rapid heartbeat, panic, trembling, depersonalization, you name it.
But as I learned more about anxiety and understo... | self.Anxiety |
I just ran from the cops. 130 in a 75 [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Why does my family constantly tell me I'm worthless? I've been really depressed lately because my job sucks and so I've been taking notice of little things that usually fly over my head because I feel so emotional right now. I'be realized now more then ever how often my family tells me I'm worthless. They tell me that ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I never thought I’d actually make a post here.. Of all the subs on this site, I didn’t think this would be the first I post in. I’ve been lurking for years but have only now worked up the courage to make myself heard. I’ve been battling with depression/anxiety/ADD for close to 20 years now. I’ve been on and off of a wi... | self.depression |
Is there a place I can go? I live in America. 27. I have been to a mental ward before for about a week but you need money.
I just feel like I am not capable of even taking care of myself. Like I can't continue to try with this crushing feeling all around me. I do small things and it feels like tearing the world apart... | self.depression |
How do you pass a waking night when you can't focus on anything (i.e. games, books, shows, etc) I've been sick the last few days, and the meds are making me restless and keeping me awake. I've tried getting work done, writing music (unfortunately it's too late at night to practice or I'd just run scales for the next 6 ... | self.Anxiety |
Just posted in here recently but for anyone who has social anxiety please read! [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
I am a selfish piece of shit who doesnt deserve anything or anyone. I messed around with my best friend's crush. He has been crushing over her for the longest time and telling me about all his feelings for her. I went a party with her and got drunk and fucked around. I have been friends with this guy for the longest ti... | self.offmychest |
i'm crying in my car rn i take my medication maybe every other day because the side effects are awful, i'm trying to get a medical marijuana card for ptsd (i was abused as a child and now good healthy relationships seem impossible) I'm crying in my car right now cause i dont have enough money yet to move out of my par... | self.SuicideWatch |
People's comments on the internet actually make me hopeless What's the point in trying to participate in this world anymore when these are the fucks I have to coexist with and potentially depend on? Christ. | self.depression |
A Place for counseling and support. Check it out, if you like it follow us on social media, maybe book a counseling session https://starrynightslifeline.com | self.depression |
Can't even brush my own teeth, just laying in bed and sleeping my days away. | self.depression |
Anyone else feel like 2017 is the worst year of their life so far? [removed] | self.depression |
Can you love someone if you don't love yourself? I'm 30. I turn away every girl who is interested in me. Causal sex does nothing for me anymore. Every girl I'm attracted to has the worst personality. Every girl I like I'm not attracted to. Where are you woman in the middle? Do you exist?
I also avoid relationships bec... | self.depression |
Do you know what it is like? To live with no mistakes,
To know that your every step is guided?
Do you know what it is like
To walk along knowing that your presence makes life better,
That just being there makes the sky brighter,
The world, better.
Do you know what it is like
to live in a perfect world,
To be a perf... | self.bipolar |
has anyone ever taken a medical leave So I was a freshman in college and I had to take a leave of absence due to mental health reasons. Taking a leave of absence was one of the hardest decisions that I made. I only had 8 weeks remaining and it hurts to see what I lost. I love college. Although my health was going down ... | self.Anxiety |
What is Wrong With Me? I'm trying to figure out what I have. It seems like a little of everything. I'm in severe pain right now. I feel very bad, and having difficulty describing it. Maybe someone can help.
Symptoms:
Indescribable, horrible feeling/sensation. Not one of the traditional senses, or emotional. Not sure w... | self.bipolar |
Socially awkward - life is already ruined i'm too scared to get a job. i am so socially awkward i'd fuck up and not cope even if i got the job
no money for me.
hate school and want to apply for something else. too scared socially
struggling but want to ask for help. too scared socially
i have no way out and want to... | self.SuicideWatch |
I got the courage to ask for a raise but now i'm having anxiety waiting for the answer I finally mustered up the courage to ask for a raise at work, but 3 work days later I still haven't heard anything. I'm starting to get anxiety about it now, of all times. | self.Anxiety |
I just don't want to be me anymore. Its so painful to be in my thoughts 80% of my waking day. The unbelievable thing is that I am so utterly alone but I want nothing to do with other people or making friends. Typing this out so painful because Im not posting for pity. I genuinely would be at peace to die tomorrow. | self.depression |
Does money bring happynes? Well so im 19y old who will soon go to university. I dont have the best parents my dad is a alcoholist mum is paranoid about everything so lately i feel emty actualy i have feeling empty for past few years. First time i had thoghts about suicede when i was 13 or 14.
Life feels so meaningless... | self.SuicideWatch |
having a hard time watching tv... So this might be weird but does anyone else get secondhand embarrassment so bad that you can't even watch tv?
I start to feel it even before something obvious is going to happen and I have to stop watching or pause. Most of the time nothing even happens, I just overthink it and expec... | self.Anxiety |
You can't choose your family Which is true, but I wish we could. Or at least, I wish my husband could.
The Holidays are supposed to be a happy occasion, but there's always this air of anxiety surrounding his family. There's always drama and problems that come our way from his parents. A lot of pressure is around my hu... | self.offmychest |
I contemplated suicide and i thought i would do it tonight [deleted] | self.depression |
Don't expect formatting or logic in this post. I'm just writing my thoughts as they come to me. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I think am done... Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose in life? Did I pick the wrong career? Do I really love my girlfriend? Do I really want to be a part of my family? Why do I feel this way? Why am I not normal?
Those are just some of the questions that haunt my mind every single day and keep fuelling my dep... | self.depression |
I can't wrap my head around the fact that it's possible to not be depressed I have a problem: I think a lot. Even when I don't want to, my mind just starts thinking about stuff and the things it thinks about usually aren't... good for me. I have to be doing something all the time or else it will start thinking. Sometim... | self.depression |
I'm a prickly person My family hates being around me, it seems like. For good reason, too. I'm ungrateful and irritable and detached. It sucks, but I don't like being around them either. It's too draining. Being near people makes me feel sick to my stomach. My friends tolerate me. They think I'm an alright person, but ... | self.depression |
Finding ways to be humble and less self-focused. One thing anger, sadness, and all other negative emotion cause is withdrawal. I feel as though the world is focused on me and I'm not focused on the world. When things go wrong, of course they went wrong for me. When I wake up in a haze, memory is foggy, the better fe... | self.depression |
I guess this is asking for help, kinda sucks I’m usually not the type to reach out for help (hence the throwaway) but I don’t have a roadmap to deal with this. I can usually handle this. I can’t anymore and I don’t know why.
I’m that horrible cross between a hardcore, ambitious type A personality with nearly cripplin... | self.Anxiety |
First psychologist appointment Does anyone remember their first appointment? I feel like I got nothing done. I know she needs to get to know me and everything but I had scheduled an hour and it was only 45 minutes. There was no help with my anxiety or anything but she wants me to come weekly... is this normal? | self.Anxiety |
Does anyone else have a million diagnoses? Xpost And no one seems to agree?
TL;DR Feeling invalidated by everyone's differing opinion.
I have to get a new pdoc see [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/BipolarReddit/comments/7bwo7h/lost_another_pdoc_why_is_finding_one_so_hard?sort=top) as to why.
I went t... | self.bipolar |
I'm crazy and I know it. This is my proof. I've never told anyone these things, but had to get it out somewhere. It was last year that I experienced my first acute manic psychosis. I didn’t understand what was happening until my doctor diagnosed me with bipolar disorder. My manic episodes spun the whole world upside do... | self.bipolar |
I think my dad heard me yelling at myself in the kitchen about killing myself [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Scared easily I hate scary and mysterious videos and stuff like that and I always get the urge to watch them but I know that I'll get so scared that it'll be all I think about for the entire week or month | self.Anxiety |
Manic anecdote you've shared as a hilarious story and looked up to expressions of horror? Like when I oh so hilariously grabbed the wheel of my friend's car and swore I would swerve us off the road if he didn't admit that all 5"3 of me was an intimidating and commanding presence (you weren't really joking, were you emm... | self.bipolar |
I keep making stupid mistakes that mess up my life I keep making rash and stupid decisions that are making my life just that bit harder, and I don’t know why. I’m too embarrassed to tell them, because they’re just that stupid.
Wondering if others have done the same thing? | self.Anxiety |
Resentment My mom is largely what keeps me here when I don't want to be. She's an amazing woman who has given me everything she had. But, for whatever fucking reason, I wish she hadn't. I wish she didn't care. I wish I could just die without destroying her, and I often resent her for it when she absolutely does not des... | self.depression |
Fragile I'm at a loss. Two years roughly since my last post. Two years of ups and downs passed by.
But here I am once more, but this time is different.
I've fallen apart, I've crumbled, I've broke beyond any visible repair. Every ounce of my body is screaming to just fucking kill myself. But I'm desperately trying ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Whenever i close my eyes I can feel someone watching me. Someone right behind me, and I can hear talking all around me. I feel like I'm being studied, like nothing around me is actually real and I'm just locked in a room somewhere and this is all in my head.
Part of me says that can't be true, this is the bipolar, I ... | self.bipolar |
I just realised something... WE ARE FREAKEN SUPER HEROES
Okay so kind of stupid but i realised that we do some extraordinary things. Most people don't have to fight themselves to get up, or to go outside but we do. It's a constant struggle yet we still do it.
You are stronger than any "normal" person because they di... | self.Anxiety |
How do you guys stay motivated? I’ve been hypomanic for 2 weeks now, probably the longest period thus far, and I’ve had an exhausting day and I’m worried it’ll trigger a depressive episode as feeling tired generally triggers horrible feelings. I had a lot of ideas and projects in the works, but I’m scared I’ll end up b... | self.bipolar |
I finally reach a point that I want to kill myself but haven't because I haven't found a painless way to do it yet. I am 26 years old illegal immigrant struggling in the U.S, I thought things were going to turn up but now things keep stopping from wanting to achieve my dreams. I feel alone and I dont even want to talk ... | self.SuicideWatch |
What now? Hi. Props to you if you read this, it is quite long, boring and probably excessively self-indulgent..
So, a couple of years ago, I graduated and after a lot of working for free, found a way into working my full time dream job. Whilst were many areas of my life were unfulfilled, I had stability, inspiration a... | self.SuicideWatch |
Anxiety in Tokyo Sorry for the wall of text on this post,I have a lot on my mind.I flew to Tokyo yesterday. I'd been so depressed/anxious i had barely left the house since leaving high school in June, So my parents booked me a trip to Tokyo knowing I've always had an interest in japan and thought it might help me overc... | self.Anxiety |
I hope everyone here is having a good 2018 so far. As always, we're all here to help. Much love to everyone. | self.Anxiety |
What is the most ridiculous thing people have said about your anxiety? | self.Anxiety |
Experiences with Effexor? I have been on Effexor for about 6 weeks. Started on 37.5mg for three weeks then 75 mg for three weeks. I have an appointment with my doctor on Friday to follow up on progress. (Note: I am also going to therapy and doing other things to help)
I am not sure I am seeing any results. I still fe... | self.Anxiety |
My best friend died and my mom tried to slit her wrists all within the last 3 days. [deleted] | self.depression |
I’m happy but I’m thinking about suicide. I’ve been really happy of late, like really, just grinning for no reason, but I have these thoughts. I think they’re related to my anxiety about what others think of me but even in these moments when I feel on top of the world and that nobody can touch me something comes in and... | self.SuicideWatch |
Why is it that I can be there for everyone/anyone with a full heart, but no one is ever there for me? This may sound arrogant but I am extremely selfless. I am there for anyone who falls, I am always a listening ear. We haven't talked in a long time or we've never hardly talked ever? I'll get in the car, find a ride, g... | self.depression |
I think I'm just going to start working as much as possible Obviously human relationships are too much to ask for so I'll just fill the void with money. Fuck it, no more feelings. Just hedonism. | self.depression |
Hangover anxiety Damn, I was doing better but saw some friends yesterday and ended up drinking quite hard. Now I have hangover and feel anxious.
I really need to be better at saying no to alcohol. The evening was fun, I saw some childhood friends and all went well. But now I feel that I wasted all the good process of... | self.Anxiety |
How do I know the difference between hypomania and just not being depressed anymore? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Panic attack after they've been gone for more than a year? Right now I'm experiencing a panic attack. It occurred after I took a shower. It's weird because they've been gone for more than a year. It also is really weird, because a shower normally calms me down...
Do you guys have any experience with panic attacks re... | self.Anxiety |
What are your favorite coping mechanisms for dealing with stress? | self.bipolar |
Rows with depression continue
From 12 to 22, I've changed. My idealism has been stripped away. I've noticed to the extent that relationships are transactional. That my overly empathetic nature is useless in self-serving society. There's not really such a thing as selfless love.
I can't feel very much, probably as a ... | self.depression |
I have a question about switching doctors I've been doing so much better when it comes to my mood disorder. I'm not rapidly switching between anger and sadness and hypomanic episodes. Which is great! I feel more in control of things and although I still get very depressed I can at least handle it better
Only problem is... | self.depression |
I'm not quite sure what's the point of living anymore My life sucks. Growing up, I always was one of those kids who had a lot of potential to do something great. Smart, quick study, passion, motivation. But throughout growing up I also struggled with severe depression and social anxiety. It got bad near the end of high... | self.SuicideWatch |
Hair loss bums me out, pill(finasteride) can have negative effects on neuronal functioning/depression Oh well, took it. I’ll keep you guys updated. I have determined that I’m just anxious about my return to college and maybe going through a career midlife crisis.
My general sadness isn’t really comparable to some folk... | self.depression |
This is my "yell into the abyss" moment as an intern. [deleted] | self.offmychest |
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