Gotta support each other more š«¶š»
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It breaks my heart reading how many of you are struggling… Wish I could reply to every single one of you, and tell you that you’re worth it. Tell you that your struggles are okay and that you are very welcome to talk about it (not just here on reddit). I hope you all find the courage to reach out when you need help. You’re worth it.
And realize that his subreddit proves that YOU’RE NOT ALONE
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Pretty great most days!
My mental health has been through more ups and downs this year that I honestly couldn’t tell you
Iām losing it
My imposter syndrome has calmed down enough for me to show a little ambition and go for a pay rise at work. That looks like it might come to fruition so I’m looking forward to getting the imposter syndrome back in a couple months.
Shitty but I have no reasons to be shitty cuz Iām on mental health meds that are semi new so I should be fine ? Noooo (I think it has to do with me being trans but Iām scared to admit it bc Iād be less of a guy AND I would get hate comments from this community so I HAVE NO REASON TO BE SHITTY)
Pretty good until my girl tells me it’s a problem that I don’t cry as often as she does.
Currently, pretty shit actually. But im powering through
Honestly? Pretty decent lately. Iāve been putting more effort into my mental health, like, even when thingsĀ seemĀ fine. Iām a bit of a tinkerer, so I finally turned that energy inward. Figured it was time to pop the hood on my brain and see whatās rattling around in there. Turns out, getting to know myself better and moving through life with a little more intention actually feels kinda great. It’s like a garden, you have to keep showing up, pulling weeds, and watering it if you want it to grow and thrive.
Just found out other guys have group chats with just male friends. Iāve got a few group chats but itās not the same
My will to live has been gone for 13 years. (I’m 24) im only here incase I ever need to hurt/kill someone for my sister, niece and nephews.
Not great but not terrible. Emotional issues, been one of those days for about 2.5 years now, admittedly itās been a lifelong struggle. But I got a good family and friends and my kitty. I get low but my support brings me back up, so I canāt complain.
Honestly? Not very well. Somewhere along the lines, my life took an unexpected turn and I was given the responsibility of caring for terminally ill parents. Which is not the hardship itself, it’s just that they are fundamentalists with no concept of accountability and taking responsibility for their actions.
A good son cares for his parents, but having to watch in silence while they continue making the choices that led to them being terminally ill in the first place, I’m sure I would be nominated for sainthood. What with all the tongue-biting and turning the other cheek that I’ve had to do in this lifetime.
Took some time off for myself recently and decided to buy one of those vape pens from stiiizy. Burned through four pods in less than four days. It was eye-opening. Reflecting on what I saw that day must have had an enormous psychological impact because I find myself doing the little things again in order to keep a level head.
Go to the beach, take a walk in the park, and even though I already have an exercise regimen in place, I am starting to search out little places around the city where I can go do my workout outside in nature.
tl;dr things suck rn but I’m working on them.
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I think like a lot of us, it depends on the day
Fucked.
Itās improving. Been working on some things, and just taking life more seriously. Iām ultimately the one responsible for my own happiness.
Awful
Not good
Up and down, clean diet and exercise seem to matter so much more now.
Dialysis and kidney disease is making me more depressed that the potential life I could’ve lived is now lost to me forever. Sports and activities that I wanted to try are now too dangerous for my body. And finding a job, let alone one that may possibly need to be remote/hybrid to fit with my eventual permanent dialysis solution, is a total wash right now.
Absolute shite …
It is what it is
I’m upright and ambulatory.
Not good at all lol partying and working my way through it tho. Loves fellas.
Really bad, but i have met someone and they have given me reasons to continue
In need of a post nut clarity
The world is on fire, evil men are destroying life in every corner of the globe, the country that should be the leader of peace and compassion is a fascist dictatorship, and my back hurts. How do you think?
Sorry that was last month. Iām fine now.
Got a new job coming so nervous but excited!
Awful. Still coping with losing my dad and there’s barely a day that goes by that I don’t contemplate dying and I can’t talk to anyone about it.
Great, how’s yours ?
Better than it was a few days ago
Better
Absolutely amazing and has been for the last 6 years or so
Itās very good to get your feelings out
Comes and goes. The positive is I have the wife of my dreams, the darkness comes from knowing I don’t provide enough for her.
Getting worse each day. Bizzarely I can feel it.
I’m powering through as much as I can but finding I’m wanting a drink more and more. Crying a lot more when I’m on my own. Hard to see a way out anymore.
Sorry for the vent.
Not great Bob
I want this to be over
Broken and lost. donāt really know what iām doing here. I feel like I wasnāt meant for this world.
Pretty bad but must be getting more bad to heal and get better again as I am talking to a psychologist
Fucking terrible. Thank you for asking though
Sigh, it’s been rough.
Its shit!
I was down a month ago, but small wins make a big difference. Completing a task really does help you to progress on other projects as you go.
It’s shit but not as shit as it was last week. Having a dance around a multicolored fire seemed to help a bit.
Getting better but not quite there, got promoted at work which is keeping me busy and helps, but with today’s economy and our current government its scary, I can’t really afford to live alone which directly effects my mental health, I’ve been single for a long time because I can’t meet anyone that I feel like wont disturb my calm that I do have and everyone around me is married with babies…do I want children? Not really but never having the option may have effected that decision
Oh, you know. Same sh!t, different day.
The mask is still on, and I smile at people.
Pretty shit tbh
Im at my all time lowest and i dont see it improving knowing whats coming.
No complaints, nobody cares anyway lol.
Strange. I took the whole week off for vacation because itās been a long while. Itās rained a lot, but I have gotten under my car for an oil change. Iāve taken a nap or two. Played with the dog. Right now, Iām watching Miami Vice re -runs and dressed exactly like Sonny, while sipping a pina colada I made in my blender.
All of this, which is great, while listening to Sun City on my home system, because leaving the house where I live means your wallet starts getting drained when you step out the door.
My personal life is great, but my family life and the world at large both suck, so I’m in a really weird mental health limbo
Bout to turn to Jesus Christ kinda mental health
A fucking roller coaster. Unforeseen/ out of my control obstacles that set me back years financially to new health milestones, I am in the best shape in many many years
Like a 7/10. Hanging in there. Exercise and sunlight is key
Terrible but Iāve been really busy at work and when I get home Iām so tired I just eat and then go to sleep so it doesnāt bother me too much
A dumpster fire.
Appreciate the looking out OP
My mental health still could use some work but it’s definitely getting better. A lot of my days are self-reflecting and journaling as well as exercise and making sure I’m eating the right foods.
Getting off of Discord was a game changer
Therapy recently ended and I’ve been using the tools I have received to help me level up.
Let us know how you’re doing too
Iām tired boss
Absolutely fine if I have access to weed & beer š
Fucking dogshit, been going up and down a lot lately
Horrible
Iāve had better days
Honestly better. I started taking lexapro about a month ago, itās like a switch flipped in my brain. I donāt know if itās placebo or what, but I donāt get those overwhelming episodes of depression since starting. It went from daily, unbearable bouts of wanting to kill myself to literally nothing. From being unable to stop the spiral to being able to focus for once and actually get up and do stuff.
I love it. Donāt kill yourselves guys.
Not great. Not gonna lie.
Feeling shite lately. Stressed out, not really present, tired, but gotta pull through
Hahahahahahahaha
Iām dealing with a physical injury at the moment so been going a little stir crazy ngl
It’s much better if I don’t look at the news or social media.
If I am being honest, not so good.
I bored, extremely busy, financially concerned about the future, making the most revenue I ever hadā¦.all in one day. Haha
Right now, my mental health is mostly stable; but my outlook and hope of any future at all for humanity is diminishingā¦
Depressed.
Actually pretty good!Ā
I realized that a lot of my problems were all related to the fact that I was basing my value on what others thought of me and so Iāve been tuning back into myself to establish more self love, worth, and respect.
Iāve noticed a lot of good changes – Iām more tuned into my needs, my stress levels have gone down, Iām less anxious, and Iāve been getting more smiles from people on the street.
im fine but i have no life… i really am fine, but ive been so so alone for most of my life. 33 now
Still some of it left. No, you can’t have any, I need it myself to function.
Decent Iād say.
It breaks my heart reading how many of you are struggling… Wish I could reply to every single one of you, and tell you that you’re worth it. Tell you that your struggles are okay and that you are very welcome to talk about it (not just here on reddit). I hope you all find the courage to reach out when you need help. You’re worth it.
And realize that his subreddit proves that YOU’RE NOT ALONE
To simly put it I about to k1ll myself if life doesn’t turn around before 2026.
My mental health is really good. I have quit all the substances, which really was a long list. I exercise, I get enough sleep, I have good friendships, I eat good food, and I am madly in love with my partner. I have clarified my values and boundaries, and am living my best life. Life is good. Stress happens sometimes, but it’s nothing I can’t manage.
In the shitter due to long term unemployment. I just work out, apply, try to do gig work to make some money. Somehow my interview anxiety has gotten worse when you’d think now is when I should be the most motivated.
Itās pretty ass but who cares? No one is gonna throw a pity party for me
Completely screwed. I’m doing better than I was a few weeks ago, but the depression and loneliness are always in the back of my mind and starting to seep into everything a bit more again, which is weird, because I’m happier than I was. I don’t really feel happier yet, I just seem to know that I am. Probably because the frustration is down a bit. Not much, but a bit.Ā
Reaching out doesn’t mean we’ll all get help, or at least effective help. And not being alone doesn’t really solve loneliness, it just allows all of us to be miserable together.Ā
Bad. I’m feeling depressed and ashamed. Inm feeling really alone. Just real low atm
The more I live the more I understand, taking birth isn’t worth it. And I am the last of my family tree.
https://ltamh.com/
Honestly, a bit shit. How I appear to friends, family, loved ones, bears no resemblance to how I often feel inside. Often I am anxious, āhollowā, weary, fed up, flat, occasional suicidal ideation. I have no reason to feel any of those things. I take antidepressants, have had therapy, have people I love and who live me, have people I can talk to honestly, but still ā¦ š¤·āāļø
I see a psychologist once a week. I am stressed beyond all belief. Every day it gets easier. I’m just glad I have someone to talk to.
Absolutely no idea. Iām fine on the outside, thatās all that matters, right?
Lol/10
Ever have one of them days that your luck was so bad, that if it was raining boobies youād get hit between the eyes with a pecker? Thatās me today.
It comes in waves but at least then I could predict it and prepare
Iām in a good place right now. Job, hobbies, friends, etc. In all honesty the only complaint I have is being single. At 29, itās getting boring.
Our son died, my wife’s grandfather (who lived with us) died, I lost my job, then my wife’s grandmother sold the house out from under us, telling her pregnant granddaughter to “get the fuck out” because we refused to give her the title to our car so she could give it away. This all happened within 3 months, last year. Now we’re struggling to pay rent and our bills are all past due.
I’m bipolar and I’m in a mixed state with some weird psychosis, delusions, and even hallucinations. I can’t afford to go see my psychiatrist, neurologist, or gastroenterologist, so even though all I want to do is find my former junkie crowd to buy a few grams of heroin and just end it all, I don’t have much option but to keep going for my wife and the 2 kids we still have with us.
There’s no help for us, right now, and since I’ve accepted that, I can start rebuilding our lives. Maybe I won’t crave death, one day, but that day isn’t today.
Well started this yest with losing my relationship, and my job so not great š
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!
depressed as fuck, contempting suicide but not quite ready to do it, I’m trying to get an appointment with a psychiatrist so that i can get prescribed antidepressant and then i hope to find an office job tbh
but yeah shitty as ever
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I was pretty decent until this morning. Iāve been at work thinking all day about a few of my friendships and been feeling like shit.
I’m tired chief….
Cancer and emphysema.
Moving into a new house though and it has a heated pool.
My girl still wants to fuck like a rabbit
So I guess i can’t complain it is what it is.
Terrible. I have been taking Lās left right and centre
Mild clinical depression.
Bad but not as bad as it has been before. There have been a lot more better days. But I do want to be left alone more than ever before. I feel at peace when I’m alone and not lonely anymore.
Lol
Shitty. Turning 40 this month. Moved to the uk 10 years ago. Father whoās been to Europe three times since hasnāt come to visit and after promising to come still isnāt going to turn up and some how itās my fault.
To the fathers out there. Donāt be shitty dads it fucks youāre kids up for life.
It’s good, but mostly because at my age (early thirties) I don’t really care about much anymore.
I used to be so passionate but I’ve kinda lost the life force to do so.
The year started out really well and for the first 5 months or so I was feeling better than I’d felt in 6 years. But then my dog of 12 years died violently and my girlfriend broke up with me 3 weeks later, so it’s been hard to even maintain the low I’ve been at for the past month. I keep telling myself it gets better, and it will, but I’m still not eating or sleeping enough so the effort is barely even there anyways. My heart goes out to all the other guys in the comments that are struggling too, it will get better for us, someway, somehow.
Terrible, therapy is a sick con, canāt believe I let some sadistic woman talk down to me like that. My mental health was far better before therapy. Itās a marketing ploy to keep the therapy cogs churning more money.
Honestly as long as we are functioning properly no one gives a shit about how we are feeling what’s our mental status, nobody even wants to hear about it.
Not the best but better now than in years.
Catastrophically bad.
Awful, it sucks to be isolated. But there are moments of realizing I dont need anyone and that feels strong. Looking forward to moving back to the woods and mountains soon.
Not good, brother , emotionally and silently crashing out almost daily(not at anyone just mentally). Deleting social media has helped a bit, but I don’t know how long I can go on repeating this cycle. Something has to change
Im tired, boss
Couldn’t be better.
I am falling apart.
On the outside, I look great. I take care of myself, I look good, I make a shit ton of money, I am about 2 years away from a position that pays between $900k and a million a year, I should have it all figured out.
Inside, I fucking hate waking up. I am ready for death and if it weren’t for my kid I would have suck started a pistol a few years ago. I keep waiting for something to give and it doesn’t. I just want to die and be left alone.
Not great man, not great
It’s been stable for a while now. Sometimes it can get bad when I least expect it, but it’s not how it used to be when I first started therapy and medication.
I don’t know where to start.
No one is ever there if I need help.
If I do need help, they just listen and expect me to move on or get over it.
Sometimes I say things and they use it back in arguments against me. They say that I’m weak or that I shouldn’t have these kinds of issues. Yet when they have issues and I listen to them, it’s the same thing and they want support from me for it. I’m supportive to others, I wish others were just as supportive to me.
That’s the main reason I just say “I’m fine, don’t worry about it.”
Meh, at this point I’m just on autopilot, the only way I can survive is just to shut my brain off as much as possible and focus on what’s right in front of me, I’m constantly telling myself not to think too much about the future and just focus on what I can get done in the next 24 hour period
Can’t count on one hand how many times I’ve had to tell myself “it’ll get better tomorrow” this month alone
I’m fairly certain that I’m on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and if I have too much time to think about it, it will inevitably happen.
Devastated and flowing in and out of collapse. It’s been a long week and it’s only Tuesday
Im ok sometimes. Sometimes im not. But no booze and increased physical activity have really helped out.
Honestly I haven’t even considered it recently. I feel like shit.
I’ve figured out the voices shit’s amazing. It’s all the ones who haven’t that’s jamming my frequency.
Plummetingā¦. On anti depressants. In therapy. I exercise every day. Try to get good sleep. Eat healthy. I have reasonable wealth. Happily married. 4 great kidsā¦. And I still want to stay in bed. Iām exhausted. I feel stuck. Trapped. Catastrophic thinking. Scared. I am
More introverted now. Itās all awful.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. If you can dodge a ball, you can dodge your feelings.
I’m still getting pummeled by wrenches.
So, on my way to serenity. Serenity now
I’m livin’ the fucking dream.
Pretty good.
It was shit. Bad break up, dad died right after.
Got a little money from his death and took a year off. Got my mind right by basically doing nothing. Video games and zero responsibility. The stress relief was incredible.
Started my first job in a year yesterday. 5k a week, easy, and Iām happy to be here. Feels good to be back in the world, and nice to travel again.
Powering right through
Pretty bad but nobody seems to care or help. Every time I mention something I get stories of how they have it worse. Everytime I mention it to a doctor, I get the āyou have nothing to be depressed aboutā speech. Theyāre right, I donāt have anything to be depressed about, but Iām depressed.
On the edge of the abyss and
About to jump in, but here we go
Eh, not terrible, not great. I work away from my wife currently (7 months away), so that’s hard. I miss her and my dog very much. I love my job, but the people I work with suck. Feel alone even though I’m surrounded by ppl, so that’s shitty.
Not really that good. I always feel like I have āmyself vs the entire worldā type of mentality. Itās sad for me to say this but thereās nothing wrong with asking for help, however, nobody ever thinks about reaching out to me for guidance, help, or anything. Iām always the one who texts first or reaches out to people who either want nothing to do with me or leave me on read. Iām always giving to those who do nothing but take from me. I genuinely always feel like Iām not good enough for anybody, even when it comes to friendships or relationships. Iām only a human being. I know that I made my own choices, decisions, and mistakes in life. What did I ever do to deserve this kind of disrespect?
The golden rule in life is to treat people the way that you want to be treated. Why canāt society recognize that?
Doing well.
Made a new friend last night. Random guy out alone. Me and a buddy waiting to be sat at the restaurant. Wait staff asked, “Just two?” I said, “Yeah, unless he wants to join us?”
He did. We talked for 2 and a half hours. Exchanged numbers. Looking forward to hangout out next week.
The sons are doing well.
Me and the friend group still make time to hangout and talk.
Big supporter of my mental health and the people around me.
We talk and hug it all out when needed.
Might consider ending everything because of my infinite introspective, recursive self sabotage. Honestly, just living it by the day. So far, itās barely enough to not ācomplete the taskā. It all weighs upon a micro imbalance. Part of me just wants to let it all go and hope my loved ones donāt get drowned by my actions. Another is that life actually matters and I have an opportunity to survive another day.
Itās pretty good. I have a pretty strong mental constitution and have dealt with a lot of stressors and traumas over the years but managed to keep myself reasonably healthy and functional. In my 40s, Iām probably in the best shape (mental and physical) of my life and have been maintaining and improving it for years now. I built strong support networks, live in a place where environmental stressors are at least somewhat balanced by the broader environmentās alignment with my values and have made choices that led me to a career that allows me to do all this.
Honestly, lately I have been nothing short of amazing!
I escaped the cult I was raised in, left my gay ex-wife with whom I am still best friends with so now we both get to live freely and honestly! It does mean that my family and former friends will no longer speak to me, but it’s more than a fair trade for how I feel these days!
Never the best, the slightly varying degrees of isolation all my life have not helped, combined with being cooped up with the wrong people and still not having any real independenceā¦ that’ll change when i get my license and a vehicle š
I shove my emotions in a sack and throw them into a river. Wife and kids come first…..dad’s always finish last.
Got meds fixed and Iām feeling better
“I’ll Keep On” by NF came on my rotation the other day and I almost broke down. It captures it pretty well….
Oh these hands are tired
Oh this heart is tired
Oh this soul is tired
But I’ll keep on
I’ll keep on
I’ll keep on
Booze helps. It’s getting less bad.
Suffering breeds character but no one needs to suffer all the time.
Mental health wise, I’d say I’m about even. Good days offset the bad.
Pretty shit. All the time
Honestly, after I lost my job. I have been struggling and it’s Honestly pretty fucked. Im trying to find the Joy and drive to continue moving on. Im thankful that God put my dog in my life bc I have feeling that I would be worse.
Feeling stuck and powerless, but I’m listening to Thank You Scientist right now, so things aren’t awful.
horrible but i keep going
I feel like I’m walking a fine line between trying to get better and realizing I’ve fought for so long I just want to be at peace and end it all. The fight is getting harder and harder.
Amazing, actually. Against all odds I find myself exactly where I need to be, doing what I need to be doing.
Parkour
Fucked.
…anyway here’s wonder wall
My country is going to shit, I barely get by, no girlfriend, not much makes me happy these days. I have my dog though and Iām still here for him.
Grandfather got hit by a truck and died a few weeks ago and now Iāve travelled halfway across the world to attend his funeral.Ā
Mental health has been pretty shit, but, weirdly enough, through this grief Iāve developed a renewed sense of appreciation and perspective on life.Ā
Bipolar here. Didnāt get out of bed yesterday, but dusted myself off & got greasy diner food & showed up to my Maās house. Hopefully tomorrow is a good day.
Honestly not good but I’m hanging in there. Rooting for you guysšš¼
I have a 9mm next to me right now. 3 actions and no more worries.
It’s pretty ok. I don’t particularly like the amount of work I do for the amount of pay but it pays the bills and is at least in the wheelhouse of what I like to do. Just bidding my time until I get to leave for something more fulfilling
Fucked, thanks for asking lol. Solo dad with 2 teenage girls, their mom bolted 6 years ago and doesn’t pay her child support. I can’t believe we’re still above water and have our house. If anything breaks I’ll have to sell the house because I won’t be able to pay to get it fixed. If my car breaks and I have to start a monthly payment again I’ll also have to sell the house. I’m so damn frustrated and exhausted all the time just solo parenting, and everything keeps getting more expensive when I’m already on the bottom rung of the ladder…
Not too bad. My last relationship messed me up so bad the love language I wanted to received turned from acts of service to words of affirmation. Now itās not because I lack confidence but more so because I just realized that my former partner acts like sheās single on social media. Imagine us going on dates and all she posts are the places and the food we eat. Not even a finger of mine or my shoe gets posted. Made me feel like I wasnāt really the one she wanted or appreciated.
Pretty tired
Getting through it, alone. Because no one cares.
my mental health has been okay so far. thank God.
Not great at the minute, but my family needs me to be strong, so i keep striving for them.