In the attached Reddit article, I hear again what I have been hearing often from patients. They feel as if there is something fundamentally wrong and defective with their brain and their mind. However, this line of thinking often leads to feeling even worse. In good psychotherapy, one important goal is to help you understand […]
Your brain is not the problem Read More »
I’m 31 (F), single woman. Lost a lot of my life to mental health issues including depression, social anxiety and sibling and parental abuse. I want to get my life in order. I want to start with my mental makeup because I’m consumed with a sense of hopelessness that keeps me in a state of
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ok so i dont even know where exactly to start but here i go.. so in order for this not to be all over the place i will make up names so that its less confusing. theres me, my gf (at the time i was or i thought i was bi): Fusty, my long time
Why do i cry so much always? Im not normal. No one cries as much as me around me. I cry looking at people on road, I cry looking at underprivileged children playing in the sun with no proper food, shelter, clothing. I cry seeing an old man eating alone because it feels lonely like
I really don’t have the energy to explain why so I’ll summarise. I’m suffering a lot and have been my entire life, been ignored a lot my mental health services, have an estranged relationship with family, not getting support for AUDHD and I feel like a failure. Can’t get on public transport, go to the
I just want a hug :( Read More »
I have anxiety at work that has only been getting worse. I don’t have a proper cubicle, there are partial walls and there is someone that sits diagonally a few feet behind me. This person constantly has people coming over chatting and they sit right by my desk. I don’t like that people can just
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I fucked up big time and now I’m just walking around each day with watching eyes on me. everybody knows my mistake and they hate me for it. even though it has nothing to do with them and everything was resolved. my workplace just loves to gossip so much that everybody hates me now. I
consumed by so much anxiety it physically hurts Read More »
hey everyone. I feel like opening up about this finally, maybe it will make me feel better. So, to start, how do people even deal with low self esteem? I’ve read about a lot of possible ways to deal with it, but it’s not working. Like no, I don’t want to focus on the positives
You might say it’s 4am how is that early? I hate sleep. I hate the feeling of waking up from a nightmare in the middle of the night. The adrenaline the rushes through me. The wild Frantic thoughts of waking up with intrusive thoughts. The darkness. The thought that going to bed means I’m sick
I’m taking the first brave step in improvement, going to sleep. Read More »
A Personal Perspective: Is there a way to dial back the intensity, the anxiety I feel when I look at my son?
Managing My Overwhelming Stress Read More »
