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My bf says I'm okay one minute and cross the next and he can never tell if I'm gonna snap. This is ruining my relationship. Maybe I should get back on some sad pills. But not the fat ones. I have anxiety every minute of every day. Always calming down a panic attack. I get angry when I'm...

I used to think I was PTSD cured but now I think my fat pills might have been masking my symptoms. Life looks a little bleak knowing I'll have to live the rest of it with this mental illness.

I didn't read these next comments until now because things were going well for a minute until all hell broke loose this morning. Needless to say, I feel like I'm being pulled in many different directions and everyone I'm supposed to please is pissed at me. I'm supposed to please my boss who...

I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for 4 years. When we first got together, I was not on antidepressant medication. Shortly into our relationship, I was prescribed cetalopram. It caused me to gain 30+ pounds. I did not like this so I tried to lose weight. Nothing I did helped, so I...

Thank you for this. It's hard to see clearly during and immediately after. I realize my bf's friends are his friends and I don't necessarily have to be as close to them as he is. Not all of his friends are like that. Mainly the female friends I can hang out with and most of the male friends are...

Thank you, arfie that means a lot. Thank you for your kind words. I hope for healing for all of us on this forum.

I don't have any friends and I won't ever have friends because of how I am. Where do I go after accepting that? Anger towards my abusers. Anger towards the stigma associated with mental illness in the Hispanic community. Anger towards my caretakers, my mother, my step-dad who thought himself...

Or am I just a bad person? I go to dinner with my boyfriend and his friends. One of his friends likes to pick on me, but it was always verbal. That night he flicked my hair. I got angry but didn't show it because I wanted to have a good night. Then he sneaks up and touches my shoulder from...

I'm using this the next time I feel guilty for being lazy. Besides, it's exhausting fighting your inner critic, dealing with unwarranted anxiety, trying to be an example of a productive member of society who just so happens to have a mental illness. I don't know why I get onto myself for having...

Please be kind to yourself and take EXTRA care of yourself, like caring for a child but the child is you and you are the parent. Maybe this can be a discussion with your therapist when you next see them, that you feel this way when you miss a session. Your therapist can give you tips on how to cope.

Update ii: I might have spoken too soon about having more energy. Didn't get out of bed until 1:30pm yesterday and I cleaned as much as I could. Today, I just want to rot. The feeling of wanting to rot is still there as usual. My dreams are coming back again. They are about my abuser forcing his...

I want to provide an update. My doctor changed my birth control to one that is used in treating pmdd and told me to start taking my hydroxyzine every day for my panic attacks. I stopped taking hydroxyzine every day a whole back because it caused me to have dreams that just got worse and worse...

I'm a ways away from retirement but I have feeling that's going to be another beast to master. Maybe doing something for animals or gardening. Or wasting away and waiting for death's sweet kiss. I'm just kidding, not suicidal by any means but sometimes when I listen to near death experiences I...

I sound like such an a**hole smh

I'm sorry that happened to you.

This is kind of why I have a job. If I don't have a regular 9 to 5 day job, I will literally make myself go insane because I would sleep all day every day and speak to no one. The only time I talk to people is when I go to work, and of course the occasional conversation with my bf who is also...

My depression took a dive last week. I am always tired. Even when I'm not tired, I'm tired. I envy people who get sick because all that is expected of them is to rest, eat and watch TV. If that is what heaven is like, I hope I get there one day. My constant tiredness, not wanting to do anything...

This almost made me choke up. All I want is for my mother to apologize like this and I would be willing to give her the world despite what she did to me and my brother. But, of course, that will never happen.

I would find a therapist that I trust (which takes time) to tell these things to. I'm sorry about your first experience with a therapist, but there are good ones out there.

Thank you. My thoughts sometimes get the best of me. I've made an appointment with my therapist and am considering going back to once a month sessions instead once every two months.

In my experience, my groomer/molester would say it was drugs that made him hurt me but then he just continued to hurt me even while sober and I would notice odd things he would say about other kids. But he would go insane if someone called him a pedophile. I feel like if someone hurts a child...

Been in a long term healthy relationship for more than 3 years now. Had some progress with celexa and some antihistamine medication to treat depression and panic attacks. I take birth control. I got my job and health insurance back. I'm just fat. I didn't realize I held myself at such a low...

I am in my 30's and do not have kids, nor do I think they are in my future. My main purpose in life is my career, it is the only thing that gives me a sense of accomplishment and that I am a contributing member of society. I like going to work, accomplishing tasks, being a part of something...

In my experience, if she is near retirement, a lot of things get overlooked because she will be gone soon anyway. The only thing that keeps me from fully supporting that, though, is the possibility that she could have entered other people's information incorrectly as well. If she did, I feel...

Have you tried an antidepressant?