Mental Health

Hey folks. It's me, VubDapple. I'm a (not so active but still present) mod for this community and also a mental health professional. Recently there was some upset at this young community's rule about posts concerning suicide. I thought I'd offer a few thoughts about suicide and where things seem to stand right now. Sorry for the delay in my response; things have been rather busy in my life.

I’m nothing without them is something I hear a lot. I’m useless. Why can’t I just be normal is another thing they ask. When I forget to do things, I’m a selfish, lazy asshole who’s personally attacking them.

I am not doing the best mentally. Because of this, I tend to attract people with mental health issues. This has happened once already, with my girlfriend acting pretty on edge and talking to me in what felt like a condescending tone. When I would talk to her about this, she’d get more aggressive.

Hi. I don’t know where to post this, so I decided to post on this community on Lemmy. If I posted on Reddit, I’d probably get shit on or they’d delete my post because it keeps saying “removed by filters”.

I’m not sure what I’m going to title this because I’m just going to stream of consciousness this post. i hope I pick a good title

They didn’t give me that much affection, but I still miss said affection and good times. I know we’re still young, but I’ve been really upset in the relationship. From their point of view, I feel like I was a mean person who did them wrong and just abandoned them when I was closest to them, and I understand if they hate me now and talk behind my back and all their friends hate me.

I cant get it off my mind.

I’ve had a low opinion of myself for as long as i can remember. I’ve always hated myself and can never feel proud of my achievements no matter how big or small they are; im just “oh i did that: cool!” And be on my way.

I don’t even know what to do with myself right now because of how intense this feeling is. I (30M) am having memories of my childhood dog, who passed away in 2013. I’ll never ever forget him, and I suppose that’s bittersweet. Sometimes I get down for no reason at all, but now it’s just my sweet dog.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.04.23299380v1.full , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OesHOZrX9V4

Just wanted to say that I scroll this community once in a while, especially when I’m not really able to understand why I’m feeling a particular way.

I know it’s wrong to force a mentally ill person to compare their suffering to others. When I tell my doctor how horrible my mental health is, what the symptoms are, and they tell me to “think about the casualties of war in Iran”, I feel horrible. I would never ever do this to a person who’s suffering from mental illness. They probably already have enough on their plate as it is, and shoving the problems of the world in their face at that moment doesn’t help anybody. Is that it? I’d appreciate your input on how to verbalize, as pedagogically as possible, why it is wrong, or why it can be wrong.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50586786

I have excuses, but im fucking up.

I’m in my early 30s, so not necessarily “mid-life”, but I think what I have been experiencing can be described this way. I went through a lot this past year, and it has both left some large scars as well as healed some other aspects and caused new ways of thinking in others. I’ve tried new things and enjoyed the things that I’ve tried.

I joined two days ago because I was having a really rough time. This morning, I’m trying to have a conversation about ADHD and how different people’s brains process things differently. Only to have multiple comments deleted and conversations interrupted by my new friend’s posts getting deleted. I saw the reasoning, and I don’t agree. Then after getting called out for their actions, the mods banned them from the community.

Every day just seems to bring more problems that accumulate faster than I can fix them.

lol hi I’m new to actually trying to get a grip on my psyche so please bear with me

Hello! I’m a resident in counseling who’s been lurking around on Lemmy for a while and I want to use this lovely community to both uplift myself and others. I had a period of time in graduate school where I was able to maintain daily meditation sessions, but with the stress of entering the workforce a lot of my good habits fell by the wayside.

I have been suffering from anxiety and panic practically constantly for the past 4 months, and most of the time it feels like I’m anxious for no apparent reason. I get so frustrated that I can’t figure out the root cause, and I’m so desperate to know so that I might have a fighting chance of working through my problems to get some relief.

I just really need to vent. I’ve typed this whole post out at this point and I’ve considered not posting it because I feel like it’s stupid. Feel free to not respond unless you really really want to for some reason.

Hey, do you know any practical resources like workbooks or zines to print out or even apps or games that help you to develop emotional and mental health tools, specially during low moments?

Im not gonna do it. If I didnt have a support network and family though, Id be feeling it.

Edit: thank you all for your wonderful, heartwarming support! 🩷 I must’ve had a particularly bad episode (?) last night and I needed to vent. Wish you all a pleasant day! 🩵