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I promised that I'd make my own thread and say a little bit about myself, so here goes nothing. Hey everyone! I don't really know anything specifically about what I'm going through, I only know how I feel. I'm really opposed to opening up to people I don't know, because I have a hard enough time ope...

Thanks, aim. This isn't the first time I've felt depressed. I don't have time to write it all out now, and I don't want to steal away Mich's thread and interrupt the line of discussion, so I'll try my best to post a thread of my own up later. But thanks for the advice, based on the little I gave awa...

Hey everyone. I'm new here as well, this is my first day on the site. First off, I want to say that I hope that all of this has worked for you, Mich. I don't have any helpful advice to add that hasn't been mentioned already. I also wanted to thank everyone who replied to Mich. My main problem right ...

The steps that brought me here. *I am a 20 year old female college student. * I've had some form of depression since 7th grade. I used to mainly get depressed over not feeling like I was good enough in school, and I'd self harm (though never to the extent of putting myself in any actual danger) * Fo...

I don't really know what to say here. I've always been terrible at this sort of thing. I'm 20 years old. I know I have some issues, I have little bouts of depression and some issues with anxiety (mainly in social situations). I've been trying really hard to work on this on my own by doing things lik...