Essential The Mental Health Thread

[MoroccanBoy]

I've had debilitating anxiety for years with bouts of depression that range from overwhelming sadness to completely dulled emotions, apathy, and lack of enjoyment in everything. I was at a good place last year as my depression lifted and I felt great. but the 24/7 anxiety was still there. Then I took some antibiotics and my depression came back with a vengeance. I've found some good stuff for my anxiety that focus on lowering the stress hormone cortisol. For anyone experiencing anxiety figure out if it is at least partially caused by stress.

What stuff is that?

 

[Scott Larock]

I'm realizing how hard it is to get your life together being older while working a full time job, something has to give. I'm about to go back to moms basement and sit there till I get real money.

Omxei get right my depression will go away, I'm depressed over my image and pockets.

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

What stuff is that?

The stuff for anxiety? I used to take buspirone but that raises cortisol and it made my body feel inflamed so I stop. Then I turned to more natural solutions and discovered an Indian herb called Ashwagandha. It basically balances your adrenal system and is used to help anxiety. My anxiety has significantly gone down and now I can be as productive as I want to. Anxiety can be caused by a lot of things so e.g. bodily inflammation, too much cortisol, fukked up adrenal glands (adrenal fatigue), neurotransmitter imbalance, nutrient deficiencies, stress factors in your life, etc so what works for me might not work for you.

But if you are experiencing anxiety, I would highly recommend Ashwagandha. It's like 13 dollars on Amazon

Daily recommendation is 2 capsules at most but some people take more. Don't take too much though because it might start doing work on your thyroid glands potentially. You can read up on it too if you are curious. It has a lot of valid research behind it.

 

[SmoothOperator88]

Recently got fired from my job. My depression and anxiety has been building all year. Finally got to dangerous levels right before I lost my job. To be honest I feel better because I hated that job and it triggered a lot of past traumatic experiences that I had and made me feel isolated and in some days have suicidal ideations. But I feel so lost because I don't know what I should do next or want to do. I know I need to get my head together because my anxiety and depression hampered my job performance and I haven't properly dealt with it because I was able to get by. Problem is I have financial and family pressure to get a new job but I'm not in a good enough place to start a new job without carrying all of my baggage with me and risking myself.

It's been rough. I can't even go back on my meds because I lost my perscription card and I have too much anxiety to contact my previous employer.

Also been working with a new therapist. She's great but I also recognize how fukked up I view myself and my lack of compassion i have for myself and the sheer amount of pain I endure and have to let go of. It's frustrating because I dont know how and my emotional support from those around me has always been lacking and helped feed the negative stigmas I have towards myself.

I wrote some hurtful self-hating shyt to myself tonight.

 

[TransJenner]

Haven't had depression since I started following god

 

[TransJenner]

Yep heard that too reason why you gotta be reaal careful with benzos

Pills in general rewire your brain , even if it's short use , stay away from all medications period


I look at people who use pills the same way as a person who uses street drugs

 

[nahnah]

A good little site with podcast's featuring specialists covering various subjects.


My Own Worst Enemy - Mental Health Podcast

 

[Mastamimd]

I literally had a breakdown last night because I tried to do an engineering interview and I failed. Miserably. Beat myself up about it and lost all control. I even allowed myself to use others to beat myself up because I got to the point to where I gave up almost. I've been suicidal before and it came to a toll. I decided to take a couple of days but my OCD started acting up. I'm gonna try to kick it and hopefully I can gain some sort of clarity.

 

[MoroccanBoy]

I have cured all mental health problems

 

[Virtuous_Brotha]

I have no desires to do shyt anymore.

nikka just about to spend my life wasting away slaving away for some rich cac wouldn't give me a stack if I really needed it.

At this point I'm just stuck in the matrix

Feel the same breh living to work and not even doing shyt on the weekends. Feeling like a senior citizen at 24

 

[Worthless Loser]

I literally had a breakdown last night because I tried to do an engineering interview and I failed. Miserably. Beat myself up about it and lost all control. I even allowed myself to use others to beat myself up because I got to the point to where I gave up almost. I've been suicidal before and it came to a toll. I decided to take a couple of days but my OCD started acting up. I'm gonna try to kick it and hopefully I can gain some sort of clarity.

You seem to have a perfectionist mindset, which is ok unless you obsess with it. That's how you beat yourself up and have breakdowns and let others attack you.

I was the same way. I was very hard on myself and to some degree I still am. Just not as hard. I learned that mistakes are going to happen and how you rebound/learn from it should shape who you are and what your true character is. Overcoming & Successful Rebound and Persistence > A mistake.

 

[Take It In Blood]

I'm lowkey kinda depressed right now but as a man I'm supposed to suck it up and stand up tall

Just need a hug brehs

Spoiler

preferably from a big tidday'd woman

 

[SmoothOperator88]

Depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, low self-worth, low self-confidence and general feelings of inadequacy are a bytch.

 

[kenreid0726eabos]

 

[ABlackMan]

Recently got fired from my job. My depression and anxiety has been building all year. Finally got to dangerous levels right before I lost my job. To be honest I feel better because I hated that job and it triggered a lot of past traumatic experiences that I had and made me feel isolated and in some days have suicidal ideations. But I feel so lost because I don't know what I should do next or want to do. I know I need to get my head together because my anxiety and depression hampered my job performance and I haven't properly dealt with it because I was able to get by. Problem is I have financial and family pressure to get a new job but I'm not in a good enough place to start a new job without carrying all of my baggage with me and risking myself.

It's been rough. I can't even go back on my meds because I lost my perscription card and I have too much anxiety to contact my previous employer.

Also been working with a new therapist. She's great but I also recognize how fukked up I view myself and my lack of compassion i have for myself and the sheer amount of pain I endure and have to let go of. It's frustrating because I dont know how and my emotional support from those around me has always been lacking and helped feed the negative stigmas I have towards myself.

I wrote some hurtful self-hating shyt to myself tonight.

if you need somebody to call and request that they send out a prescription card I’d call em for you man just Pm me. Look in this forum, look in this thread and realize you not alone and you can beat this shyt g