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If I might ask everyone, you've all given such great advice for the issue I have with my girlfriend before but now I want to ask another question: How do I be better with her? This morning, we got into this discussion and I realized that I haven't been the best as far as being a significant other w...

I've been recommended to join this post after speaking to my therapist. My husband has had undiagnosed depression for 2+ years and next week will meet with a therapist for the first time to discuss his treatment. My problem is I know I really struggle to ignore the symptoms and not make them about ...

Recently, my girlfriend and I received some bad news. Namely that our apartment has bed bugs. This had really set my girlfreind on edge to the point where she felt so disgusted that she didn't want to sit down anywhere. But after a while through the day, things seemed to have calmed down a little, ...

hello, I find myself staring at the mess on the floor for hours at a time. I cant seem to find any interest in anything anymore. TV sux, facebook is worse. i live totally alone with in the woods of nowhere, no neighbors and really having a hard time of it. I was in AA so long I kinda think like tha...

Hello everyone, I haven't been here in years. I had my anxiety and depression under control using medication for at least 5 years. Now something new, but not unexpected has happened and I am having some difficulties. My kid is moving across the ocean to study, she is studying for a PhD, she is 25. ...

Tired of feeling low and alone with so many people around me. Always either mad or sad rarely happy. Think about what makes you unhappy and confront the issues. Take them down one by one, you will not be able to move forward until you do such things. You can change the situation by being practical ...

As expected, depression/bipolar and other cases are studied through psychology and neurology. I've come to conclusions of why things are and what causes what. 1. As our brains evolved, the emotional/associative memory parts (hippocampus, amygdala, etc.) developed first and was of most use before ou...

My name is Star just like a star in the night time sky and I am writing this 100% Anonymously When your afraid to die the first things that go through your mind are the things you will never see again. Your family , your friends , your pets. You think of all the things in the world that will never ...

Hi. I'm Alex. I live in a rural community in California, and for the last few years I've been dealing with what I think is depression? I've never seen a mental health specialist, but I've been dealing with waves of suicidal thoughts, self doubt, and anxiety. So I think it may be something I need to...

This is definitely a weird one. I'm gonna be a sophomore and its been 2 years since I've been diagnosed with depression. I've told my psychiatrist about this before and all he did was ask some questions and concluded that I didn't have ADD and we never spoke of it again. I've been having weird memo...

[url][/url] https://youtu.be/fDS4GXebMXc Full Text: I have had depression for all of my life's time. I would get discouraged here and there. You know that roller coaster life of feeling discouraged then encouraged yeah you know what I mean. It all began with having a interest in the demonic spiritu...

Iḿ currently battling with depression and anxiety. I have great days, good days, bad days and terrible days. I haven been having terrible days for the past month due to anxiety involving my relationship with my boyfriend. I overthink EVERYTHING and there are days that I think he's not the one, but ...

Hey guys. New to the forum, so I'll share bits and pieces of my story. Age 28, living with my family, new job working with kids. Single and not looking (but still miserable about it), currently living a sedentary lifestyle outside of work, and otherwise just lonely. I have been battling with depres...

Hello, my name is Laura and I'm 26. I have a really long list of issues in my life: obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, 2 major phobias (one for needles, blood and stuff like that, and the other one for being sick in public) and also depression with some suicidal thoughts. I'm ma...

When I was 15 I lost my virginity and became super lonely and abused it. I started having sex with older men and started seeing this one particular one after school. He was fairly young and told me he loved me and I was his girlfriend. He raped me. I feel like I couldn't leave because I didn't wann...