There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't.
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
This community is here to provide our members a safe space to share their experience with mental health challenges they are facing - either their own or those of family or friends. Mental health problems are medical conditions and treatments are available to help people successfully manage their specific challenges.
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
This community is here to provide our members a safe space to share their experience with mental health challenges they are facing - either their own or those of family or friends. Mental health problems are medical conditions and treatments are available to help people successfully manage their specific challenges.
Mental Health Conditions Circle
Number One
Dear Universe, I used to frequent this site, many moons ago, in the early 2000s, as a teenager. I cannot recall my username; therefore I have less to cringe at. Now I am in my 30s. I think I need to make this journal part of my journey, my therapy. Yesterday I underwent an assessment…
050. Tears understood
Are you supposed to get done with your therapy session and feel like you've been run over by an emotional truck? Are you supposed to have cried so much you no longer have tears? Are you supposed to feel this tired? When people say that you have to "do the work" in your therapy, they…
042. Trade-offs: OCD vs. Depression
This entry contains descriptions of my specific mental health problems and the coping strategies of my day to day life, specifically my struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Sometimes people find other people’s experiences with mental illness and OCD helpful to their own healing process, ...
Idk what’s wrong
TW: mention of self harm and suicide I don't know if I should be in this group. And if I shouldn't then I'll leave straight away but I do know there's something wrong with me. I've never been to a doctor or a therapist because only three people know and they think it ended long…
I.
Nice to meet you. My name is Liz. I have been alive for 23 years, 2 months, and 10 days so far. My heart has beaten over 1 billion times, and that number keeps on growing every second. I am scared for my future. I have been unhealthy for a very long time, and with…
Frustration. So much frustration.
Every day is a little more frustration. Really, a lot more frustration. Living with someone with untreated mental illness is a roller coaster ride I want off of. Add in the fact it’s an adult, with an almost 2 year old AND pregnancy hormones. I am going crazy. Everyone in this house is going craz...
Joining the Circle
Hello! I just joined this circle and I am a schizophrenic, I am here to write about my personal experience with mental illness and help anyone else who needs advice! -Peace and love
Depressed and tired
I’ve lived with Depression, Anxiety for years 8 years ago, my youngest son was murdered through me into a tailspin that I’m working hard to control my son had a newborn baby girl and we adopted her after his death we brought her home with us when she was 13 days old Im raising a…
028. Taking the plunge
At the request of my husband, my sister, my friends, some of my coworkers, and even an old family friend from my childhood, I have started therapy again. Therapy has been one of the best things in my life to turn it around. It's also super anxiety-inducing for me to meet a new therapist. I'm…
Comfortably Familiar
Another day. Lately every day is simply that. Another day. They continue. Over and over in this chaotic world. My anxiety has been awful. Miserable. Thank god for sleep. I live for sleep. Really, thank God for meds. Am I depressed orrrr are the meds working THAT good? Probably a mixture of both. ...