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9ezsfi | e5t3oxh | I'm done saying I love you to her because I don't want to hear a lie back to me. I feel so ugly and unwanted and unloved | idk what a Red pill means exactly but my advice to you is if she treating you right then fuck her there are billions of other girls out there, and if u feel like in love with her and just leave her then try to not care and you have to accept the fact that some girls(as well as some guys) will lie straight to your face ... | 0 | null | No Communication |
6b2cmc | dhj8tcb | Always feel like I'm being criticized and mocked even when alone.... Does anyone else experience this? | I think it's social anxiety , that creates paranoid feelings , unless I'm wrong but that's how I feel | 2 | unless I'm wrong but that's how I feel| | Strong Communication |
8iz0as | dyvq1ne | My diet becomes fucked when i get depressed.. I can't control myself in the grocery store when I'm feeling down. Chips, cookies, soda, cake, you name It. Anyone else a stress eater? | By any chance do you think you're in a loop. Junk food can make you depressed. And being depressed probably makes you eat more junk food? For a while that was my problem too. Even if its just random, ill probably binge and feel bad later. Only to indulge in more later to try to cheer up. | 2 | For a while that was my problem too. Even if its just random, ill probably binge and feel bad later. Only to indulge in more later to try to cheer up.| | Strong Communication |
aow3l9 | eg40ecq | I hate not knowing why. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety when I was 14. That's almost 4 years ago and I still don't know why I am like this. I have more than enough, yet there are moments where I feel like there's no hope nor a bright future waiting for me. I feel alone and abandoned even though I have frien... | depression. not sadness which is caused by something and is healthy. Depression is an actual mental disorder which commonly goes untreated. The best things you can do for depression is first of all, not hiding it, tell your loved ones so they can help you. also get a therapist, very helpful and help you cope with depre... | 2 | I take antidepressants and my depression is gone, it change you like I originally thought it would, it just makes me the same but not sad all the time.| | Strong Communication |
5aliuq | d9hmspc | Not arsed with school. Can't study or do homework.. My family is in a bad way right now and I'm in a bad way, mentally. I just can't care about school anymore. Feels hopeless | That's why I'm repeating 11th grade. It sucks. | 0 | null | No Communication |
auo0t4 | eh9cb6a | My parents wont allow me to sick medical assistance because they think my depression is bs. Title. I'm 16, got no money. What to do? | Ask your school counselor what resources they can give you. Just go into the office, ask for the counselor, and see what they've got. | 0 | null | No Communication |
7oi3es | ds9oti2 | I called in sick to work today. For the first time in a couple months I was feeling so Shitty I called into both my jobs today. Just feeling too burnt out, but I slept a lot, read quite a bit and finally managed to shower so the day a complete waste | Is that really so bad? Maybe it was the smart decision because you needed that time to read recover. You're being kind to yourself when you need it and that's important. Hope you feel better soon. | 0 | null | No Communication |
8r6onw | e0oz7y1 | Lost my job, have no reason to live. My career is over, my personal relationships are barely existent, and the friends I do have live far away. I have absolutely no reason to live, no job prospects, no way to afford treatment. I will be killing myself soon unless a miracle happens. | Why can't you get a job as a lawyer? | 0 | null | No Communication |
7gipvi | dqje246 | i wanna jump from an elevated place. i wanna kill myself, like really really would like to jump off an elevated place, but not die what do i do? drugs? fall from somewhere not far above the ground(like a 4meters jump)? you know, i'd just like to die but i have a gr8 life other than that (I have different lives in two d... | I don't want you to jump. I don't want you to die, in either one. I don't know exactly what you're going through but from the sounds of it, I'd suggest focusing on the parts in your life that you enjoy. | 0 | null | No Communication |
5l3qho | dbstkc3 | Wrong diagnosis-ADHD vs Bipolar Depression. For the past 5 years I've dealt with being misdiagnosed. I have ADHD and Depression but was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Has anyone else had this happen? What were the ramifications? How did you handle and what actions did you take? | It's not uncommon. Bipolar can be very difficult to diagnose. We tend to think of it as a constant swinging between high and low but really you can be low all the time and still be bipolar if you had one high at some point. What you do is move forward with your new diagnosis and work on treatment and coping skills. ADH... | 0 | null | No Communication |
73yymy | dnue2hm | How long is this going to go for?. I wish I fucking knew. Fuck you and everyone else. | Expecting people to stop being depressed like turning off a light is extremely stupid. | 0 | null | No Communication |
7vs790 | dtuopol | I've had a hard time going back to school. Going back to school has been difficult for me, It's been around five years since I've been in a class room and I ask the teachers and the people that I go to my classes to cut me some slack for being rusty but they tell me that it doesn't matter, and my step mom doesn't want ... | sorry to hear that, but been in a similar situation after taking some time off of school. My best advice is to take the minimum amount of classes possible so you get too overwhelmed. For me essential to plan my assignments in advance, so that I can just do things one by one and not let it all get piled up cuz then I wa... | 2 | For me essential to plan my assignments in advance, so that I can just do things one by one and not let it all get piled up cuz then I wanna die| | Strong Communication |
96zkq7 | e44llwe | Depression. So any non med for depression ? | The generic answers heard over the years tend to go something like the following; exercise, sunlight, talking, therapy, stroking animals, eating healthily, meditation and writing one thing thankful for daily. I say with sincerity that any of those have worked for me but helped others. Keeping busy with hobbies on the d... | 2 | I say with sincerity that any of those have worked for me but helped others. Keeping busy with hobbies on the days able to function might help. It does slightly for me.| | Strong Communication |
aad2xy | ecs529t | It’s terrible being alone in a crisis. Just wanted to express this. | No amount of 'you are not alone's from internet randos who won't reach out to you after will help. My local mental health system is an absolute joke and often made me more suicidal. So I also am alone when in crisis. | 2 | My local mental health system is an absolute joke and often made me more suicidal. So I also am alone when in crisis.| | Strong Communication |
8jsjf8 | dz25gpo | honestly what is in this world for me.. nothing thats what i feel like living to make other people happy when they only like me cause they feel sorry for me not cause they actually like me jesus i live such a sorry life. | at least you got people trying to comfort you. I even dont have that. Again there are people who got it Much worse | 2 | I even dont have that. Again there are people who got it Much worse| | Strong Communication |
7409m9 | dnuofxb | Why the fuck am I depressed. I don't even remember when or why but I just feel empty Like I'll be having a great time and suddenly I just want to go home and sleep It's so fuckin dumb I just want to be happy I'm not even sure why like is it because I'm a little overweight? Or stress? Or because I can't get a girlfri... | Does there need to be a reason? Depression is an illness, and like any other illness it doesn't need some form of justification, it just *is* | 0 | null | No Communication |
50sgzd | d76kxsp | Don't know what this is.... Not sure if this is the right place but here I go. I feel alone, I feel trapped in my mind, I feel like life is a cycle and I don't know what to do anymore. I have gained weight in the past 3 months, everyone has noticed it all my friends and family. I have never been depressed nor ever fel... | Thats totally normal, most people get that from time to time. It will pass, the when is the real question. Good news is you can work on the when, at least it works for me. I think the key is to accept whatever you are feeling, not fight it and not try to change it, even try to get yourself to cry. The point is really t... | 2 | It will pass, the| | Strong Communication |
afrkpz | ee0zvki | Why does death make people sad?. a relief from the hell known as life | I don't really think life is he'll but I don't understand the weird sadness or fear of death that people have. I've known a few people who died. I wasn't sad at all. Everyone I know is going to die and one day I am going to die. Why is that sad? | 2 | I don't understand the weird sadness or fear of death that people have. I've known a few people who died. I wasn't sad at all| | Strong Communication |
52z6f7 | d7okpmm | When everything is a challenge. Tying your shoes..eating..pulling your shirt over your head, even just walking. Everything is hard like you're climbing up a mountain. What I wouldn't give to see the world differently | ive just sat in my room crying my eyes out thinking mostly about this. Conversations with people ive known my whole life i find difficult, its not natural. Everything feels so forced! im sick of trying so so hard to look normal. I hide my feelings from absolutely everyone and im exhausted. No motivation in life, feel l... | 2 | ive just sat in my room crying my eyes out thinking mostly about this. Conversations with people ive known my whole life i find difficult, its not natural.|Everything feels so forced! im sick of trying so so hard to look normal. I hide my feelings from absolutely everyone and im exhausted. No motivation in life, feel l... | Strong Communication |
5ycfvy | deozw6l | I don't wanna go back to a psych unit a third time.. I feel like I'm being pushed over the edge. I don't want to go back to the psych unit for the third time in a 6 month period. What do I do? | Omgosh. I just want to validate this feeling because I have been there. That said, if it's a matter of safety, there is no question. You know that you need to go. You just do it. It's not some kind of failure. You are taking care of yourself. It DOES super suck though. Don't let anyone tell you it's all fine and fun to... | 1 | I have been there|Don't let anyone tell you it's all fine and fun to go through that. I've been there. I've come out the other end and been okay for long periods too though so I mean, it doesn't stay like that| | Weak Communication |
60bfpl | df4zctv | Nothing works. They took me off the one pill that worked. The pill I'm on now is the worst one of them all. Should I call them and tell them? I dont know who exactly to call. Please kill me. | What were you taking before vs what are you taking now? Are you being prescribed by your general doctor or a psychiatrist? Do you feel like you are in danger right now? | 0 | null | No Communication |
5bwehm | d9rrwzq | I'm gonna become an alcoholic. I don't want to. I haven't touched a drop of booze in my life. I don't really have access to it, as I'm underage. But I think more and more about drinking every day, and I wonder if it will work to mediate the symptoms just a bit. My grandfather is a recovering alcoholic, and I don't want... | I'm down in that hole. Don't get sucked in is my advice. You'll get nothing good out of it. The thing with alcohol is that, once you start drinking too much, too often, the idea that it makes you feel better is entertained while it is not true at all. It's: *I drink to forget, but I've drank so much I don't know what ... | 2 | I'm down in that hole|I drink to forget, but I've drank so much I don't know what it is I have to forget. So I drink, just to be sure.| | Strong Communication |
75b9y7 | do4xd9d | I’m okay all of the sudden. How can i be so fucking depressed thinking about suicide every single day to just being fine? been a month or two since been feeling suicidal and out of nowhere i just feel ok. What. The. Fuck. | Thought I was ok and it passed away for half a year, but now it is coming back, and it hits twice as bad as before. | 2 | Thought I was ok and it passed away for half a year, but now it is coming back, and it hits twice as bad as before| | Strong Communication |
51jqxo | d7cifel | I've been in bed for 5 days. I can't seem to stay up for more than an hour at a time. Tomorrow is my last sick day. If I can't get up I will lose my job. Somehow I really don't even care. I wish I could just blink out of existence. | Get up and take a shower, and then go for a walk so you can clear your mind. That usually helps me after going through one of these periods. It sucks, but you'll get through it. And don't lose your job, you don't want to end up on the street. You're stronger than you think, there's just a cloud of depression around you... | 0 | null | No Communication |
7fc5zn | dqauptb | .. Why do I always have good news followed by a shit night, followed by sitting up at 2am wanting to kill myself? Why is life so difficult? Why is it so impossible to be fucking happy for once in my shit fucking life? What's the point anymore? | well not for nothing but you made it extremely difficult to read your post by only using a period in the title. JUST saying not judging. | 0 | null | No Communication |
91lmlc | e30aswq | Does anyone else sleep early to escape thoughts you get at night?. I always see people say how depression causes them to stay awake at night or become lethargic during the day but after 10pm, I become increasingly paranoid and depressed and so I force myself to sleep. Just want to know if anyone out there is the same..... | i used to. rn im in the area of not going to sleep so tmrw doesn't come | 2 | i used to. rn im in the area of not going to sleep so tmrw doesn't come| | Strong Communication |
av5m25 | ehcws6m | how do I get $100 quickly and easily?. I want to buy weed. of course some one who is depressed like me needs drugs. but im serious i want weed so i can just smoke 24/7 to help with the depression. | I mean fastest way is a pawnshop or trading stuff into GameStop | 0 | null | No Communication |
7xbcg0 | du6wne4 | Since we all hate the world and how unfair it why dont we all just become humanitarians. :) even though the bad outweighs the good at least we we will be helping others :):) | If I had any will to do something good, I'd be doing it. | 0 | null | No Communication |
64oj5u | dg3tl9l | Had a dream about my parents falling apart and crying because they thought I'd killed myself.. Dream!me hadn't yet, but was unable to tell them because for some reason they couldn't see or hear me. So all I could do was stand there beside them and watch them break down and cry. Thanks, brain. I haven't been feeling shi... | Okay, so feeling shitty is necessarily a shitty feeling. But, even subconscious you is empathetic and cares about others, which is a beautiful fuckin' thing to be. It's why you have the capacity to feel so bad, and it's also why you can (if you want to) be an amazing resource for people. Being able to feel things as de... | 0 | null | No Communication |
7f5fsf | dq9m34m | changes. i see no changes wake up in the morning and i ask myself is life worth living should i blast myself | Each day repeats with the only change is it gets worse, preach man. | 0 | null | No Communication |
6x3pj9 | dmd08x0 | The only thing getting 'lit' this weekend are my fall scented candles.. I am so lonely. I'm in summer vacation and I just lay in bed all day, and browse random shit online. I wish I could do fun things, but Nope, couldn't even get that in life. | Treat yourself to some body lotion, chocolate icecream and maybe a glass of wine while you're at it. Couldn't ask for a more relaxing weekend than that. | 0 | null | No Communication |
5pc1m5 | dcqzatf | who cares if i exist?. today is a sad day. its just one of those days i guess. i'm just kinda done. theres not much to look forward to these days. everything is just kinda the same. | I care, man. Hang in there, things will get better eventually. | 0 | null | No Communication |
8rg0st | e0rck6m | Someone please come and break my legs and put me in hospital. I can't go to work anymore | Dude. broken my arm so bad that I needed a titanium rod. I was in hospital for 5 days. Let me tell you that it was the most depressing and humiliating thing ever. I was in a ward with a man who was dying from pancreatic cancer and another one who was about to have his legs amputated because of diabetes. It is absolutel... | 2 | Dude. broken my arm so bad that I needed a titanium rod. I was in hospital for 5 days. Let me tell you that it was the most depressing and humiliating thing ever. I was in a ward with a man who was dying from pancreatic cancer and another one who was about to have his legs amputated because of diabetes. It is absolutel... | Strong Communication |
72aafz | dnh1x5v | It was my 20th birthday yesterday. I had no emotions at all towards it. | Mine is coming up and I am generally indifferent to it. I told my family I don't want to do anything for it. | 2 | Mine is coming up and I am generally indifferent to it. I told my family I don't want to do anything for it.| | Strong Communication |
4txc2v | d5l4ikp | I'm contemplating suicide via ruining my life.. If I can't do it quickly, then I'll do it slowly. I'm in no rush. I mean fuck it. I'm going to be miserable whether I'm working my dream job or being a cashier at McDonald's. What's the point in taking up something someone else is gonna enjoy more? | Maybe one day things will become brighter for you to see it in a better light so that dream job might be ideal | 0 | null | No Communication |
6asair | dhh6rh8 | emotional trauma/neglect and being re-traumatized on top of the depression. I can't take it anymore I just want out. | How did the trauma come about? | 0 | null | No Communication |
anl7mz | efuency | Fuck it. My girl and I broke up and im done. I was doing so well. Been clean for months now and now... I just want to die and get it over with. | I hope you're still here. It gets better. | 0 | null | No Communication |
7x6g2f | du6glnp | Everyday I ask myself why I haven't killed myself.. And as each day passes I have less reasons. | If there's one thing I regret not doing, it's that I didn't kill myself when I was 12 and actually attempted it. It's been all downhill in the 15 years since. | 2 | If there's one thing I regret not doing, it's that I didn't kill myself when I was 12 and actually attempted it. It's been all downhill in the 15 years since.| | Strong Communication |
8oe8ku | e031zmb | I finished a 6 hour motorcycle ride between two states.. Why didn't I get hit? | a motorcycle ride sounds super cool. i can't even force myself on my bike. | 0 | null | No Communication |
8ddtra | dxmdx5u | Why is it so easy to blame ourselves?. It's strange, sometimes when I make mistakes that clearly not my fault I blame myself for it, but why is that and how can we stop blaming ourselves for everything? | I'm trying to increase my self worth so I stop doing this exact thing. My frustration immediately gets taken out on the one thing I seem to hate the most: me. I've started to set small goals for myself every day so each day feels like a success when I achieve those goals. This has led me to branch out and actually put ... | 2 | I'm trying to increase my self worth so I stop doing this exact thing. My frustration immediately gets taken out on the one thing I seem to hate the most: me.|I've started to set small goals for myself every day so each day feels like a success when I achieve those goals.| | Strong Communication |
79mrmc | dp3d78n | Is the good even worth it?. idek anymore. Too much bad... | The good is worth it! Hang in there! You can get through this because you're stronger than this! You can make it through cause the good will be worth it! Lots of love! | 0 | null | No Communication |
84nlem | dvrblpq | People said try finding yourself a goal. But I have goals. I can't work on them because I feel tired. Which makes me feel more worst due to my failure.. I am not sad I am just feel...given up. | i guess the idea is that have something strong enough to motivate you towards it. I personally have goals but I never have so I really help you here. | 0 | null | No Communication |
akxbo9 | ef9wa41 | I have become comfortably numb. afraid of who I am becoming | What does that mean in practice? Are you one of those persons who got tired of being used so now you use others? | 0 | null | No Communication |
6d5crp | di1eayy | It would mean so much for someone to just notice something is wrong and ask if I'm okay. Just once, I want someone to know I'm spiraling down without me having to pour everything onto them. If they'd just be interested enough in my well being to *ask*... | When I read this, I had to think of a girl in our company. I saw her like 2-3 days a week, always with a sad face. So, one day I just asked her, if everything is allright. She said Yes, of course, thanks. How about you? I answered with I'm fine. But I don't believe you. If you're ok, why can't you smile for just... o... | 2 | When I read this, I had to think of a girl in our company. I saw her like 2-3 days a week, always with a sad face. So, one day I just asked her, if everything is allright. She said| | Strong Communication |
8obw80 | e02fiyo | I can't even drink to escape my sorrows because I can't stand the taste of alcoholic drinks. So at least you guys have that going for you haha. | Weed make my sorrow funny | 0 | null | No Communication |
5wtgcl | ded0uva | I think God laughed the day he put me on this Earth.. Depression is the cruelest punishment of all. | He's laughing at all of us, that sick fuck. | 0 | null | No Communication |
43i6ys | czilwjh | Anyone feel homesickness at home. I know that sounds strange but I think that's the best way to articulate it. | No time to find link right now, but Sarah Silverman said exactly this in her interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air a few months ago. | 2 | Sarah Silverman said exactly this in her interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air a few months ago.| | Strong Communication |
abe2qp | eczl002 | What did you live through in 2018?. Every year, my mom has the family reflect on things that we've gotten through during the year. Good or bad, we made it through something. So now, I'm asking you the same thing: What's something you lived through in 2018 that you can now say, I made it through. ​ What I l... | very cool accomplishments! a photographer as well, love to see some of your work if you wanna share. at the end of last year my girlfriend of two and a half years left me, i had to move back home with my parents and lost all but one of my friends. but it pushed me to finally come out as trans and get hormone therapy. ... | 1 | at the end of last year my girlfriend of two and a half years left me, i had to move back home with my parents and lost all but one of my friends. but it pushed me to finally come out as trans and get hormone therapy. one year later and i feel like myself for the first time in 22 years. a few months ago i stood up to m... | Weak Communication |
7klbxa | drf7fp3 | Anyone else have a hard time this time of year? Looking for some help.. I have 2 kids and am having such a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit. The darkness makes me tired all the time and I feel like doing anything but going to bed. | Personally I hate Christmas and all the Christmas spirit crap. | 0 | null | No Communication |
4vgd9d | d5ygwc3 | Anyone else feel incapable of being happy?. No matter how good things are I just can't seem to be happy. | I just feel like I don't have a purpose. Like while I need things to survive. The things I need don't need me. | 2 | I just feel like I don't have a purpose. Like while I need things to survive. The things I need don't need me.| | Strong Communication |
95pf4d | e3ufpuf | im at my lowest point in life. i keep on failing at everything i do, i have no reason to live. Please help i cant do this anymore. Its become too big for me, i have no idea or hope on what to do. Please, help. | I'm here. I'll try to help. | 0 | null | No Communication |
7rhsvy | dswzg71 | Got back from therapist.. and it was useless... she only questioned me why i dont work and why i dont have any meaning in this life... useless visit for a useless person.. well i guess its time to stop this.. | I felt this EXACT way when I first went as well. I felt like it was a grilling of my life, and I even tried to lie and say that I'm mostly 100% happy with my life and that I just wish I had more friends and cleaned the house more. YEAH RIGHT. I'm a mess a lot of the time and have so many problems I dont know where to b... | 2 | I felt this EXACT way when I first went as well. I felt like it was a grilling of my life, and I even tried to lie and say that I'm mostly 100% happy with my life and that I just wish I had more friends and cleaned the house more. YEAH RIGHT. I'm a mess a lot of the time and have so many problems I dont know where to b... | Strong Communication |
511gnt | d79eey5 | Wish my parents would die so I could commit suicide. I don't want to be alive. | My current goal is to outlive everyone that cares about me. It seems like the nicest thing I can do for them, and it also grants me a chance to figure stuff out. All of my self-preservation instincts are driven off of the pain I would cause loved ones if something were to happen to me, in all situations, and that fear ... | 0 | null | No Communication |
6rijqn | dl77r7h | My dog ran away today.. It's my fault, I left the gate wide open. I feel like shit. | It really is one of the worst feelings. My dog who was my best friend for 6 years was just gone one day when I got home. That was about two years ago and I still miss my buddy | 2 | My dog who was my best friend for 6 years was just gone one day when I got home. That was about two years ago and I still miss my buddy| | Strong Communication |
5as2mw | d9j9jdo | I miss my mum. I'm just crying a lot today and.I'm really depressed because I miss my mum | I'm sorry, my friend. I lost my mum too, two years ago. I feel your pain but it'll get better for you, I promise. | 2 | I lost my mum too, two years ago| | Strong Communication |
7jd5nn | dr6qlb0 | Maybe I'm not depressed. Maybe I just don't like living.. I mean, I don't seem to have ANY depressive symptoms except being generally dissatisfied with life and being suicidal. None of the drugs worked. None of the shrinks helped. Maybe living really is just a shitty, boring thing in aggregate. | Everything is pointless, all our feelings are illusions because they are all brain chemicals. I don't see any meaning in life, there is no purpose, no happiness, no satisfaction. Why being happy/wanting to live is the normal quality of a human? Can't depressed be normal too? Is depression real? | 0 | null | No Communication |
8uvz33 | e1imena | I feel numb. This year has been so hard. I have never felt loneliness like I have this year. Overwhelming feelings of sadness and despair wash over me as I am just walking long the road or sat at work. It takes so much energy to pretend to be normal for family or colleagues. I am so tired. My day used to be happy. I u... | What I can say that I can relate somewhat to your situation. Upholding social standard is hard and especially hard is keeping in line with what your family wants from you. You need to be able to find joy in new things, in what you find interesting currently, even if it isn't exactly accepted socially and your family mi... | 1 | What I can say that I can relate somewhat to your situation.| | Weak Communication |
6v4wtx | dlyjhsx | Anyone take mental health days from work?. Do you use vacation, PTO, sick, FMLA? | Back at my old job, I used sick leave. | 2 | Back at my old job, I used sick leave.| | Strong Communication |
60qpap | df8zgb9 | Its silly how out of the blue it can hit you and ruin everything you built mentally up to that point.. especially during the ACT. fuck me. | Its not silly, its cruel ;-; | 0 | null | No Communication |
ag4b23 | ee3ih48 | It’s like I’m driving with no driving wheel. And just wishing for the car to hit a wall | Except we're all driving on a flat plane | 0 | null | No Communication |
5e1hfm | da903n9 | Your entire reason for existing explained in one word.. Work. . . That's about it. | Revenge. . . On a life thrown away. | 0 | null | No Communication |
4jo290 | d38rr6v | Getting out of your situation or not is a choice.. Paraphrasing what a former friend used to say. Splendid, I felt so enlightened I could cry tears of joy. | Well yeah, but what about the relatives and the mess? | 0 | null | No Communication |
7m7ncr | drrwnq7 | Anyone feel numb/epmpty. I don't really know of its depression but I figured you guys could help. I have this number feeling where I just don't feel emotions other then sad or angry I just feel empty. Like I'm just a shell with nothing inside just going through life. I don't really know what to do with myself I don't w... | Hellow, is bad to hear that you're doing bad, I feel kinda the same, don't kill yourself, you're going to die anyway, so try and enjoy as much as you can. I hate how my life is right now, I feel empty and bored with everything/everyone, but.. **I love being alive**, you know, even tho existence itself has no meaning, w... | 2 | I hate how my life is right now, I feel empty and bored with everything/everyone, but.. **I love being alive**, you know, even tho existence itself has no meaning| | Strong Communication |
70znnh | dn7d9b0 | Today is my birthday. I should be happy and shit, but I'm just empty. Does this happen to you, when you should be happy but your just empty? This sucks. Want this shit to end | Happy birthday bud :) Being a Virgo has its perks... this isn't one of them. Always a perfectionist, never happy with anything. I feel you man.. tomorrow is my birthday. | 0 | null | No Communication |
57lakv | d8t7my8 | Idk. It's 5 am and everything is hitting at once | same man I feel you | 0 | null | No Communication |
5ith76 | dbavdkj | Do any of you guys feel like me?. For some background, I'm 18 and in my freshman year of university. For a couple months now I've just been feeling sorta weird. It's like a long funk. I don't know how to describe it. If I had to choose, I'd say I feel empty or indifferent. I'm still able to laugh and find things funny... | Sounds like apathy to me. I'm guessing you feel kind of lost and without a direction and you just are following the path that you feel is required of you. While apathy is one symptom of depression, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have depression. By no means am I downplaying depression or trying to convince you th... | 2 | I felt like you for a while, just a few small pleasures but nothing really else. For me, it went away after a few months.| | Strong Communication |
a3ucss | eb97xgf | I'm curious about how anti-depressants have affected you. I've been dealing with depression since I was 12 (I'm nearly 19 now) and in the past, my doctor recommended anti-depressants. I was hesitant because I've had friends say it essentially makes you feel like an emotionless robot, so I ended up declining that option... | Really depends on the particular medication. Everyone responds differently as well. I have mostly had bad experiences with antidepressants, but I am not a good example. I know people who really improved while being on them. It is a bit of a gamble and it can take time to find the suitable med for you. I would say it is... | 2 | I have mostly had bad experiences with antidepressants, but I am not a good example. I know people who really improved while being on them.| | Strong Communication |
8a6nbe | dwwibke | Does anyone else feel normal late at night?. I find myself depressed mostly morning-evening. However I feel content and relaxed late at night | Late at night is pretty much the only time I feel normal. Too bad I waste most of the night on sleep. | 2 | Late at night is pretty much the only time I feel normal. Too bad I waste most of the night on sleep.| | Strong Communication |
5udu49 | ddtar8i | Feeling dead inside. For the last 1-2 weeks feeling nothing inside, like most of the other people, dont know what to do. Thoughts in the middle of the night well, i might die, i dont have what to live for. Literally void of nothing, black space. | As someone who's felt the same, what do you have? And I'm speaking objectively, because I typically don't want to admit that I have what I need when I feel as you do. Not that I'm saying that you do have a lot, but your post doesn't necessarily shed a lot of light on what's going on. It's easy, or it has been for me, a... | 2 | As someone who's felt the same| | Strong Communication |
8j0pu8 | dyw38lq | Feel like I'm forgetting what enjoyment is. Time with my partner doesn't feel fulfilling, not like it did. Even my zoo job feels routine; I don't do much there, and today, I feel dull to it. I hate this; I don't deserve numbness, I should be grateful for my life. Depression, thieving fucker.. | You deserve it! No one does! should yourself, though. Try to roll with it instead of beating yourself down more. You could comfort yourself instead and see what that does. | 0 | null | No Communication |
9clfjw | e8799hm | The 20's. Are the 20's supposed to suck this bad. I want to fast forward to when my life gets better. Kind of like a click remote. | Will pray for you my friend. Pray lift these things and issues up to God. Pray without ceasing. Put your faith and trust in the Lord that he would help you overcome these issues and struggles. I wish you the very best. God bless you my friend. | 0 | null | No Communication |
7ngkf3 | ds1l9jk | Feel so lonely and hopeless... My mind even clear enough to articulate my thoughts to write here clearly. I just feel so lonely and want to die. | YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!! You posting here proves that. No matter what give up. There is always a better day, a better year, and a better life. There is so much help waiting for you. Talk it all out here if you need to, we judge and we can all relate. Please rob the world of your life! PM if you need help or need to talk, ... | 0 | null | No Communication |
8j7t4g | dyxniz8 | Lonely in a crowd. I'm hanging here at a party of about 75 drinking, and I feel completely alone. | Exactly. Don't worry OP it will be ok, if one of your conversations got awkward just shrug it off, it doesn't fucking matter. If you see someone alone , go talk to them. If everyone is in a group just be like hey guys what's sup , again don't try to be weird just be yourself. People will accept you I promise. It's bes... | 0 | null | No Communication |
85o241 | dvyu0kk | Feeling nervous when happy. So yesterday I felt happy for the first time in a while and switched from my depressing music to my happy music. I quickly switched back to my depressing music because the happiness made me feel uneasy and nervous. Anyone else have this happen to them? | Yea, things go more wrong when happy. Kind of. Really I just get more nervous because I suddenly have that happiness to lose. When Im depressed it is what it is, but when like carrying a bag of money through a bad neighbourhood at let me lose lol. I be happy if not risking something. The risk and fear of losing the hap... | 2 | I just get more nervous because I suddenly have that happiness to lose. When Im depressed it is what it is, but when like carrying a bag of money through a bad neighbourhood at let me lose lol. I be happy if not risking something. The risk and fear of losing the happiness, is part of how I feel good.|I feel proud that ... | Strong Communication |
4rroe8 | d53v6ke | I don't why but I just cut myself out of sheer boredom. I don't know why this happens and how to stop. | Replace cutting with something else. When you wanna cut do something else. I smoke haha but seriously maybe theres other things that you might enjoy. Before I lost all motivation for anything I used to like running till my body hurt. It releases endorphins and other good stuff. I can vouch, I felt good afterwards. | 2 | I smoke haha but seriously maybe theres other things that you might enjoy. Before I lost all motivation for anything I used to like running till my body hurt|It releases endorphins and other good stuff. I can vouch, I felt good afterwards.| | Strong Communication |
7vzguc | dtwwsfk | no friends for 10 years. no gf. ugly. wtf do i do?. I'm a 24 year old old man. | Depression is a hard fight. I am 29, on meds and I still struggle. All I can add is to start with yourself. Keep a daily routine, like hygiene or reading, find something that allows you to clear your mind and be calm. Go to work or go to school and be yourself. Always find something that can make you laugh. A great sen... | 2 | Depression is a hard fight. I am 29, on meds and I still struggle|I had terrible acne as a child and hated how I looked, but as I grew older I gained more friends through my humor. I only really have 2 friends but they are great friends. Quality over quantity and all that jazz. As for being single I too am in the doubl... | Strong Communication |
a60p68 | ebqr262 | I wish i had cancer. So my family was helping me, instead of judging | Dude don't say that man your family loves you and trust me you do not want cancer | 0 | null | No Communication |
5hduca | dazg0jr | Depressed.... I've faced the biggest betrayal ever, and I am depressed as shit. Any thoughts? | actually, you've faced the biggest betrayal up to date. Wether a bigger betrayal will happen in the future or not, you can't know. so if i were you i'd try to get over it. Life may be short but a betrayal is just an event in the story. Flip the page and carry on! | 0 | null | No Communication |
85fknw | dvxea9r | About to clean my room. Need a little encouragement.. I'll report back when I'm done or how the progress is going. I have to use adhd medication to get me to start, even though I tend to do other things instead, and the come down makes me think bad thoughts. Sigh. Wish me luck. | Should this really be in depression | 0 | null | No Communication |
8t5jbk | e155k6r | Can’t sleep, Any techniques to suppress my depressive thoughts about my future and fall a sleep?. I just sleep more then 3 hours Please help me | I just make up fantasy stories in my head until I do, maybe you could find something similar to do? | 2 | I just make up fantasy stories in my head until I do| | Strong Communication |
4an3xj | d11tgm7 | Living in the past .... How to be more present.. | Yesterday was yesterday, today is today. Tomorrow is tomorrow. If you have one foot on the past, and one foot on the future, then you are pissing on the present. Think about that one. | 0 | null | No Communication |
8enrwz | dxwtpn3 | Anyone else use to be smart and then after years of being idol you became stupid. Happened to me. awful. I think from constantly disengaging myself | I was the smart kid getting straight As. Now I struggle to get Cs. | 2 | I was the smart kid getting straight As. Now I struggle to get Cs.| | Strong Communication |
5m2v3v | dc0va7h | That feeling when you look at the dental bill.... ...and could scream in agony, realizing no one but yourself is to blame for abusing you by neglecting your teeth, including expensive previous dental work that's now gone to hell. Depression carries some very heavy lessons. | That feeling when your teeth are rotting away and you're too scared to go to the dentist. :( | 2 | That feeling when your teeth are rotting away and you're too scared to go to the dentist| | Strong Communication |
8dkhol | dxo1pds | I don't really want my depression to go away.. Its a part of me even though it keeps me from doing anything it also makes me me. Suicidal thoughts are a large part of my personality. | Strangely.I feel deeply so I know I will always suffer deeply. | 2 | Strangely.I feel deeply so I know I will always suffer deeply.| | Strong Communication |
6vb23p | dlzfhp4 | Had to promise not to kill myself. Dont think i can keep it.. My therapist made me promise to not kill myself but i cant keep suffering | I had this perception for a long time myself. But I realized eventually it's because I wasn't reaching out to them myself. I'm here, and I haven't forgotten about you. I'm here to help! :) | 2 | I had this perception for a long time myself. But I realized eventually it's because I wasn't reaching out to them myself| | Strong Communication |
9uva8p | e97d5em | Sister is depressed how can I help?. My sister is 4 years older than me. She has been depressed for at least 4 weeks maybe longer. We don't live in the same city. Based on your personal experience what kinds of things do you like to hear from a loved one? That makes you feel better? | This is really sweet. Send her horrid memes, lol. Or maybe remind of something really funny that happened between you two in the past. You can mail a small box for like $5, mail her a letter and some of her favorite candy. Any small thing you can think of that just might put a smile on her face would probably help. Eve... | 0 | null | No Communication |
78kh54 | doujbkg | Not going to kill myself but I really want to die. What is the point?? Everything is shit anyway?? I really didn't ask to be born and then my parents put this life responsibility on me. Anybody else feel like this? | omg lol I 100% blame my parents. After taking an AP Psychology course at my school, it kind of shifted my own perspective on my depression. I know I can't claim to be an expert after reading just one textbook, but even an idiot can realize that your behavior and who you are is just totally as a result of your parents. ... | 2 | I've directly told my parents I blame them for who I am, and as perfect specimens, they told me that I can't keep blaming them for everything. There's truth to that of course, but it's rather incredible that they can find the gall to abdicate themselves of all guilt and responsibility. I'd better just get on my hands a... | Strong Communication |
90wh5n | e2to3uy | I hate going to sleep knowing I’ll wake up in the morning.. I wish just end already. | I understand. You regret going to sleep knowing that when you will wake, it will all be the same. Nothing changes, same problems different day. But I have realized, slowly and painfully, that the changes won't happen unless I make an effort to try and change things Currently I keep getting pissed at myself for stayin... | 1 | I understand.| | Weak Communication |
5bm7sa | d9q9x1y | Any good literature or media about depression?. PLS help I haven't read anything in years and I feel like something that can I can either relate or help me through this will help me out of this rut | I can only recommend fiction (apologies; not much of a self-help/non-fiction kind of guy) but The Perks of Being a Wallflower (the film; never read the book myself) deals with depression among other things and is very powerful. Much of Sylvia Plath's poetry centres around mental health and depression, if that's of inte... | 0 | null | No Communication |
986zsw | e4duq6z | depression is an endless fucking cycle. you're depressed so you do stupid shit. you make your life worse. and you get more depressed. cycle continues | Fucking true. Made some bad decisions including a drunk driving stint last weekend and now I'm trying to deal with the consequences. Feel like I'm being punished for being self destructive. | 2 | Fucking true. Made some bad decisions including a drunk driving stint last weekend and now I'm trying to deal with the consequences.| | Strong Communication |
a3x9u2 | eba7jit | Holy hell why cant I sleep?!. I just started taking Zoloft a few days ago and since then I can not fucking fall asleep. I'm not an idiot I know it's a side effect but shit this is annoying. I have school in the morning | been taking Zoloft for a few days and it made me more sleepy then ever. Today I only took half a dose (25mg instead of 50) and I feel less drowsy, but worse. | 2 | been taking Zoloft for a few days and it made me more sleepy then ever. Today I only took half a dose (25mg instead of 50) and I feel less drowsy, but worse.| | Strong Communication |
5re5nv | dd6kgtd | 3rd week im skipping school. Kill myself>going to school, I wish I had drugs now... | As a 24 year old that needs to go back to college and pay his way there. It is absolutely imperative you succeed in school to get tuitions for college. I know what you're feeling, well actually mine was worse since I had little friends but if I could back and give myself advice I'd tell myself to man up and do well, wo... | 2 | well actually mine was worse since I had little friends but if I could back and give myself advice I'd tell myself to man up and do well, work out and socialize because the rest of your life is so dependant on how well you do at your age right now| | Strong Communication |
9gcz5u | e6agbjz | What do you call someone,. who has the solution in their hands, ready to use instantaneously, and yet doesn't do it and chooses to continue whining about their life? | not sure. I whine about life all the time but if I had the solution, use it right away. be gone tonight! | 2 | I whine about life all the time| | Strong Communication |
7rh2lc | dswyizt | I don't want a partner or even just friends because I want the freedom to kill myself, with the least number of people affected.. This way, it's only my parents and siblings who will be saddened. | I used to imagine hoping myself out of existence, because wishes usually fail. In any case, I'm just recently starting to appreciate how all our lives are connected or rather it's a delusion to think there was never a connection to begin with, else itd be different. Anyway, it's ok to take some isolation to figure thi... | 2 | I used to imagine hoping myself out of existence, because wishes usually fail| | Strong Communication |
7ydypn | dufpjxf | How to become an Introvert ?. It may sound wired but i think that being extroverts suck and becoming Introvert may help me in depression and anxiety and the worst i think i have BPD.Can someone give me a guide on how to become an Introvert. Thanks | Introvert here, I still get super lonely I just stress out about what I would say to people and every single thing I can say wrong. | 2 | Introvert here, I still get super lonely I just stress out about what I would say to people and every single thing I can say wrong.| | Strong Communication |
5f4qoc | daigm3a | Trust is a curious little thing.... We take it for granted... until we eventually realise: it's a concept that doesn't actually exist. | You're wrong. It's hard to trust and you may get burned, but you have to be willing to take that risk. There are people who care about you. | 0 | null | No Communication |
7apk4s | dpbu152 | I failed my suicide attempt. I tried to hang myself but I was saved by my mom. :( | I'm glad your mother loves you and was there for you. I hope you are able to pass through this time and feel better. Perhaps find a local nonprofit to volunteer at. Something simple like a food bank, maybe a soup kitchen. That way, you can know that by being alive in the next few weeks, you have a direct purpose. It's... | 0 | null | No Communication |
671wsw | dgn29px | I feel like drunk me is the person I'd be without depression. With drunk me I mean being drunk and on xanax | I feel you. I'm only happy and at ease when I'm drunk. I'm sure I'd drink a lot more if I had more disposable income. | 2 | I'm only happy and at ease when I'm drunk. I'm sure I'd drink a lot more if I had more disposable income.| | Strong Communication |
4m4jic | d3skpoa | I want to die. I fucking hate myself and my miserable existence. I'm a shitty excuse of a human being. I can't even kill myself properly but that probably won't stop me from trying again soon. | What makes you think you're a shitty human being? I don't know who you are and I don't know your story, so pardon me if I'm coming as rude by saying this (that is not my intention, I'm solely trying to help), but maybe some of those reasons aren't founded. For example I often worry that all the people I love will aband... | 2 | I often worry that all the people I love will abandon me, and even though it's not really founded and I know in the back of my head that it probably won't happen, it is still one of my largest fears.| | Strong Communication |
4zg350 | d6vohtx | how do people deal with deprrssion. I got depression recently. Iv4 never had it before. Some days I wanna end my life and some days i am happy. How do people overcome this | You don't overcome it. You learn to live with it. Its who you are and there's nothing wrong with that. I find thrill seeking helps me. I'm sure it's not the most productive strategy, but it definately gets me to keep waking up. If you ever need to talk, feel free to message me. | 2 | . I find thrill seeking helps me. I'm sure it's not the most productive strategy, but it definately gets me to keep waking up.| | Strong Communication |
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