this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2025
20 points (95.5% liked)

Mental Health

4957 readers
42 users here now

Welcome

This is a safe place to discuss, vent, support, and share information about mental health, illness, and wellness.

Thank you for being here. We appreciate who you are today. Please show respect and empathy when making or replying to posts.

If you need someone to talk to, @therapygary@lemmy.blahaj.zone has kindly given his signal username to talk to: TherapyGary13.12

Rules

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

  1. No promoting paid services/products.
  2. Be kind and civil. No bigotry/prejudice either.
  3. No victim blaming. Nor giving incredibly simplistic solutions (i.e. You have ADHD? Just focus easier.)
  4. No encouraging suicide, no matter what. This includes telling someone to commit homicide as "dragging them down with you".
  5. Suicide note posts will be removed, and you will be reached out to in private.
  6. If you would like advice, mention the country you are in. (We will not assume the US as the default.)

If BRIEF mention of these topics is an important part of your post, please flag your post as NSFW and include a (trigger warning: suicide, self-harm, death, etc.)in the title so that other readers who may feel triggered can avoid it. Please also include a trigger warning on all comments mentioning these topics in a post that was not already tagged as such.

Partner Communities

To partner with our community and be included here, you are free to message the current moderators or comment on our pinned post.

Becoming a Mod

Some moderators are mental health professionals and some are not. All are carefully selected by the moderation team and will be actively monitoring posts and comments. If you are interested in joining the team, you can send a message to @fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Anything troubling you?

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Zomg@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The women I'm seeing has had a significant family issue about 2 months ago. I don't know what happened, we hardly speak right now (though I'd love to more often again), and it's all just got me anxious. I'd like to know what's going on and be supportive to the issue, but idk what the issue is, nor do I think it'd be good to ask for answers on a very sensitive subject for her.

The best I can do is be here I guess? But I feel hurt by being closed out of the loop, and I feel like I'm being annoying by trying to engage her to keep some, any, type of communication happening. Most times I don't hear from her.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

no real words, but sudden and anxious pointing at everything, waving hands around, and making "ahh"s and "uh"s like a really scared ass frustrated and anxious deaf kid trying to tell you that everything is very wrong

Everything.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

My provider switched my mood stabilizer a month or so ago, and it seems like I’m finally getting my moods under control. I’ve cleaned, cooked and started taking care of myself again. I was in a bit of a dark place for a few months, and it seems like I’ve emerged. I’m hopeful for once. Now I just need to lose the 10lbs that I put on during that time. CICO does work.

Edit: Scratch all of that hopeful bullshit. My mood swung so wildly in the other direction today. If I say any more it would be an invitation to my pathetic pity party.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 week ago

That's great! Well done

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm still puzzling out how I can empathise with myself the way I can empathise for others.

It's not a sad thought, just something I don't have a frame of reference for. Like not being able to imagine what it feels like to move a muscle I've never used before.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 week ago

I hear you. It's hard treating yourself in a way you've never done before

[–] KingOogaBooga@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Pretty much... this

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm doing great, how are you?

[–] coacoamelky@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I feel scared to look at my self critically