Mental health thread

[fake-kun]

The other method I have in mind is repeatidly hitting myself in the head, but I tried it a couple times in the past and got no results

How did you expect injuring yourself to help?

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

There has to be something that gives you positive thoughts.

Well I like games but my family doesnt like that I mostly care about games

How did you expect injuring yourself to help?

Discipline

 

[fake-kun]

Discipline

Physical violence is not a discipline.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Physical violence is not a discipline.

Then why do lots of parents do that to their kids?

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Well I like games but my family doesnt like that I mostly care about games

Is there any goals you set up? Like today I'm gonna do this or I'm gonna read this or study this

 

[fake-kun]

Then why do lots of parents do that to their kids?

Because they're terrible people.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Is there any goals you set up? Like today I'm gonna do this or I'm gonna read this or study this

I do my homework but always procrastinate when doing it. Like, I do my homework for five seconds, then be online for like 30 minutes, rinse and repeat (i'm doing that right now btw)

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

I do my homework but always procrastinate when doing it. Like, I do my homework for five seconds, then be online for like 30 minutes, rinse and repeat (i'm doing that right now btw)

Well you gotta place the phone away either outside of your room or do it the hard way that is focusing on the task at hand.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Well you gotta place the phone away either outside of your room or do it the hard way that is focusing on the task at hand.

What if I need it to research homework?

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

What if I need it to research homework?

Its a matter of focusing on the task and doing the right thing +willpower

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Also I don't want occupational therapy bc I don't want some random guy to monitor what I do 24/7

 

[fake-kun]

For the last few months I've been avoiding watching news as much as possible because they give me panic attacks. The downside is that I sometimes feel guilty for being "uninformed".

 

[Deleted member 13897]

For the last few months I've been avoiding watching news as much as possible because they give me panic attacks. The downside is that I sometimes feel guilty for being "uninformed".

I struggle with this balance a lot too. I think it’s helped me to get my news from relatively unemotional places, like associated press. Not that emotionality is bad, but it helps me reduce the reactivity that can ruin my day. Sometimes I just give myself permission to do my reading, not linger on it for too long (I’ve already spent so, so much time lingering), and move on.

Not saying that bc I’m making any assumptions about what you read or don’t read, I guess I’m just musing about my own struggles with this. It’s hard on us.

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THE HORROR OF KNOWING

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Also I don't want occupational therapy bc I don't want some random guy to monitor what I do 24/7

You might be running away from a potential solution.

 

[YoshifreakZX]

Ever just feel like the one introvert in your family sometimes?

 

[Tonberry]

Venting post:

My medication I received a few weeks back to deal with my IBS pain (amitriptyline) is also an antidepressant. I knew this beforehand and didn't mind it. It's been working wonders for my neuropathic pain (from the IBS) AND it's making me less anxious, and it's almost entirely removed my headaches.
However, this weekened I noticed that my pulse was really high. I always have a high resting pulse at around 80-something, but it's been way over normal now, between 90 and 100. When it first happened I had my fourth ever panic attack which sucked (luckily I wasn't alone so it went over easily).

Apparently this is a very common side effect (more than 1 in 10) and might just be my body adjusting to the medication, as they said it usually takes a month for the medication to completely start working (I've been on it for about three weeks), but I'm going to book an appointment with a GP tomorrow just to be sure (I didn't have time today), because it was really scary. I'm on a small dose of 25mg once a night before I go to bed, and apparently there's even 10mg doses if I need to take a lower amount.

Thankfully I've not had any chest pain nor have I had any other scary heart-related symptoms, which leads me to believe it's the medication. Still sucks though because I really want to keep taking it as it's improving my quality of life so much, as I've walking around with untreated IBS pain for 13 years.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Ever just feel like the one introvert in your family sometimes?

Can't describe myself as an introvert all that much but yeah when i game i don't want to see anyone

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Venting post:

My medication I received a few weeks back to deal with my IBS pain (amitriptyline) is also an antidepressant. I knew this beforehand and didn't mind it. It's been working wonders for my neuropathic pain (from the IBS) AND it's making me less anxious, and it's almost entirely removed my headaches.
However, this weekened I noticed that my pulse was really high. I always have a high resting pulse at around 80-something, but it's been way over normal now, between 90 and 100. When it first happened I had my fourth ever panic attack which sucked (luckily I wasn't alone so it went over easily).

Apparently this is a very common side effect (more than 1 in 10) and might just be my body adjusting to the medication, as they said it usually takes a month for the medication to completely start working (I've been on it for about three weeks), but I'm going to book an appointment with a GP tomorrow just to be sure (I didn't have time today), because it was really scary. I'm on a small dose of 25mg once a night before I go to bed, and apparently there's even 10mg doses if I need to take a lower amount.

Thankfully I've not had any chest pain nor have I had any other scary heart-related symptoms, which leads me to believe it's the medication. Still sucks though because I really want to keep taking it as it's improving my quality of life so much, as I've walking around with untreated IBS pain for 13 years.

God that sucks......when one gets sick he always starts remembering how sweet it is to be without any tiredness or pain good for you bro a happy tonberry is a good tonberry

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

I want to make my brain stfu so badly

 

[Tonberry]

God that sucks......when one gets sick he always starts remembering how sweet it is to be without any tiredness or pain good for you bro a happy tonberry is a good tonberry

You said it.
I REALLY hope I get to keep taking it (It literally makes me wake up in the morning without horrible stomach cramps for the first time in over a decade, so you can imagine how refreshing it is!) and that this is just some adjustment phase my body has to go through.
A friend of mine said it's really common that ADs make your heart race, and I've read the same online, but course I'm going to have it looked at instead of just going on others' anecdotes.

 

[99nereids]

trying to talk myself into getting back into therapy. i only have about 4ish months left of being on my mom's health insurance which is kinda the only way i can really pay for healthcare & its been feeling like a ticking time bomb i guess. im on two diff antidepressants & on hrt so its a lot of medication to pay for (sad kirby reaction image)
spent the bulk of this past year in a bad depressive episode & dropped contact with everyone who wasnt in my immediate family, moved back in with my parents, deleted my socials etc etc. it kinda feels like starting my adult life over, ive just been trying to feel like a normal person again. thankful for the support i do have in my life, i just feel like i have the weight of the universe on top of me rn and it makes me sleepy

whoever said shit stops being funny when you hit 25 was right lmao

 

[DrunkGecko]

I had a nightmare that my adoptive mom was throwing me around the room and beating me and cutting me with glass. And I tried to call for help from my mom but she was outside in her car with the skin from her face peeled off

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Tried hitting myself in the head again to get amnesia, no results, only 5 seconds of pain

 

[Kamako]

I had a nightmare that my adoptive mom was throwing me around the room and beating me and cutting me with glass. And I tried to call for help from my mom but she was outside in her car with the skin from her face peeled off

That sounds like an awful dream, but in a way maybe it's good you had it? I'm not a Doctor, but I hear dreams are one of the ways our minds try to "defrag" themselves of our experiences and traumas...
After my Mum died, I was unable to picture her face in my thoughts without seeing a blurred image of her corpse. But a few months ago, I finally had a nightmare where I saw her face post-stroke, clearly. It was scary and sad, but I think it was a very *slight* step in the right direction? I don't know. I still can't see her very well.

For the last few months I've been avoiding watching news as much as possible because they give me panic attacks. The downside is that I sometimes feel guilty for being "uninformed".

I've also stopped watching almost all news and using all social media (except this website), and I am certain it has been a net positive for me. I still read books when I can, so it's not like I'm no longer absorbing new information. I hope your guilt subsides and is replaced by some type of peace.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

I've also stopped watching almost all news and using all social media (except this website), and I am certain it has been a net positive for me. I still read books when I can, so it's not like I'm no longer absorbing new information. I hope your guilt subsides and is replaced by some type of peace.

I like being online and I might never take a break by my own choice

 

[Kamako]

I like being online and I might never take a break by my own choice

I like being online, too. And in the future, no-one will stop you. So it'll be entirely up to you whether to take a break from online browsing.

I personally find it useful to take breaks, and I recognize that I should probably take more breaks than I do. But every person is different in that regard.