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So you've already kicked, but you're thinking of relapsing? Just don't do it. Think of it like being off drugs, if you go back to it even the one little time, that drastically increases the chances that you'll do it again, and then again.. And then you're right back in the same boat as before...

I received news that some of the people at work, who I thought were cool and supportive, are in fact out to get me. Real mad about that one.

So feeling this right now. I chose my job for the insurance and benefits, then stayed in the one I got for nine years because it is low stress and I can do it. Or at least fake it. But still I get little tiny anxiety attacks dozens of times a day. I want to run out of the place and go home and...

I agree. I would like it if people stopped making that link as well. Actually I was shooting for the whole index, but here's something nice to consider. Cassey Just saying that there are efforts out there to combat the stigma of mental illness. Looks like I was dead wrong about the 'good luck...

Yeah, I get those sorts of episodes all the time. I can be really happy and confident and then it's like there's a black cloud that comes over me. I have to remind myself of my accomplishments in recent years. Great idea for the physical list! @RussH

(statement redacted) I was doing a point by point argument based on your quotes @shimmerz , but that's lame. I read your last post again a few times, and I think I understand what you're getting at. I do think you're kind of barking up the wrong tree there, as what you quoted was an examination...

Whoa.. This is a hell of a thread to get into. I say that with the highest respect for all involved. I am mentally ill. No doubt about it in my mind. According to the Oxford definition. Do I think that PTSD is a mental illness? Certainly. From what I've read on these forums it's also a kind of...

Welcome! I couldn't do what you do, so good on you. Strength!

Well it sounds like what you are experiencing are Night Terrors. They are a strange phenomenon wherein you return to consciousness before your bodies' sleep paralysis ends. The human body paralyzes itself when sleeping so you don't thrash about and actually try to run physically like you do in...

Wow. My friend and I have been talking about it for days. As you're not seeking commentary, just know that my thoughts are with you all. And I'm so sorry about how your family behaved. It's not at all easy to come out in the world, regardless of what you're coming out as..

I usually take a nap if at all possible. It lets me reset.

For me it is a beach that I went to back in the day. I do feel safe there, though I have some trouble accessing the memory that often. I may have to try some of the things that people have suggested here..

Yeah.. Well I heard some guys the other day through the door saying something along to lines of "they figure it's probably a mental thing' and then when I walked through it they kinda started chuckling to each other. I guess they didn't know that I can hear so well.. LOL.. There was a time when...

Yep, it's considered a disability here in the US. Not sure about in Canada though. I identified as disabled the last time my employer asked.

I know what you mean. Sometimes it's a struggle not to just run out of the place.. But I'm pretty good at seeming *kinda* normal. I think by now that everyone knows that I'm 'the odd guy' and they all pretty much accept it. I wish they -didn't- know that.. That I could just fit in with...

I used to ruminate almost constantly on my traumas.. That got some better with proper bipolar meds, as it was preventing me from making any headway. I was still quite bad about it, but have gotten better recently. It's like.. I still remember those things, but I have other things to think about...

(((((((((((desiderata))))))))))))) I don't know what to say, except keep doing what you're doing. All of these things are true of you as well, even if you don't believe them.

I think you have the right to feel conflicted about this. The fact that you want to be there for his sister only compounds it. But don't be afraid to be angry about all this. I have troubles too, because I often feel like I don't have a right to be angry about things. It's a real pain in the...

I know exactly what you mean. I used to be so bad at assuming what other people were thinking that I would finish their sentences for them. It was a massively jerky thing to do, and they hated it. But I was so suspicious of every single human being on the planet that I did that. It took a while...

Yeah, I do. I mean, I'm not so proud of having it, but instead I'm very grateful for the diagnosis. I had been suffering the symptoms for decades, and thought I was the most miserable excuse for a human being on the face of the planet; a complete failure in almost every sense of the word. Then I...

I've been avoiding the news of his death as much as possible. I really really wish the media would stop talking about it, that people would stop posting about it on facebook. I'm not sure why, as I really dig the guy and really care about mental health issues in general. I think that it's just...

Might have to look into these crystals. :)

I don't know of anything that helps.. Most of the time I just try to remind myself that people generally have their heads so far up their own asses that they really don't notice me at all.

You should totally tell your partner the truth of what happened. He's probably so completely confused right now that he doesn't know which end is up, particularly if he had an idyllic childhood. As for your roommate, his brother.. I would say that you need to let him know a truncated version. If...

Yup, there's the moodiness too. And a bit of the Fatalism. These are major symptoms of a definitive down cycle. (I studied abnormal psych a lot in college.) I know this is going to sound silly. But this is your symptoms doing most of the talking. You aren't like this. Just from what I've seen...