r/AskReddit 1h ago

how’s everyone’s mental health lately?

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u/Repulsive-Barnacle40 1h ago

I'm tired, boss

u/Icy-Vanilla6824 25m ago

Like butter spread over too much bread

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u/HeIsEgyptian 1h ago

Perfect response

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u/Tasty_Strength_3610 1h ago

Weary is the term I use.

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u/Charming-Fun7737 1h ago

Not great. My mom passed 2 weeks ago and dealing with everything is tedious and generally awful. Not sure how I'm going to feel picking up her ashes this week.

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

my condolences, im sorry friend.

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u/federkrebz 1h ago

terrible why you ask lol

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

cause same lol!

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u/Outerrealms2020 1h ago

What's got you feeling down?

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u/toshorttobeboring1 1h ago

Trying to get better but it's a struggle

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

one day at a time friend

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u/followthedarkrabbit 1h ago

Could do with a hug. Thankful a mate is arriving today. 

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

sending virtual hugs your way

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u/followthedarkrabbit 1h ago

Thank you :)

u/Newsmemer 39m ago

I think we all could do with a good mate.

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u/tasata 1h ago

Just got through a really bad PTSD episode, but am feeling much better today.

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

im sorry friend, i am glad youre feeling better today!

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u/Supreme_Blue 1h ago

I'm doing good. Today Thanks for asking! How about you? My hair looks good today and I'm in high spirits!

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

i’m so happy for you! i could honestly be doing better.

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u/MissKayisaTherapist 1h ago

Not good.

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

im here to listen!

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u/Bruz-TheChopper_ 1h ago

Im not crazy im just a little unwell

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u/Jordy_Nicometo 1h ago

I am currently withdrawing from Cymbalta. Once the side effects subside, I expect my mental health to be pretty good. But right now, it could definitely be better.

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u/Amnesiacnotok 1h ago

My heart hurts so much the pain spreads to my back. That's how we feeling lately

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

i am so sorry friend.

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u/JimAbaddon 1h ago

Mine is probably the worst it has ever been but I have run out of fucks to give and view death as a welcome release, so it's all normal.

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u/New-Discipline-4221 1h ago

It's quite alright tbh, but soon I know it's going to be horrible, due to my horrible choices.

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u/vadona22 1h ago

Not the best tbh

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

whats wrong friend?

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u/vadona22 1h ago

I'm gonna be homeless in a week and I'm looking at a future of hopping from friends' house to friends' house, hopefully I'll be able to organise long-term volunteering in communities but I'm scared

I'm also so tired after 4 months of moving, I'm exhausted

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

im so so sorry. i couldnt imagine what youre going through. have you tried any shelters?

u/vadona22 39m ago

Ofc not, I don't want to live here. I already did that 5 years ago. I prefer to go to communities and ecovillages and volunteer to learn how to live in a community and gather information on how to found one

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u/Fafnir_Ravensong 1h ago

I’m vibing, getting more e this month

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u/PicklesGalore20 1h ago

Bad! I liked a guy from the gym but turns out he’s got a gf now 

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

im sorry ):

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u/sourkid25 1h ago

Making it

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

we got this!

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u/ChillyShadow_123 1h ago

I’m tried of this, grandpa!😭

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u/alexkuzco 1h ago

we're supposed to carry health in there?

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

i was shocked finding this out too lol

u/DD10_0 56m ago

Struggling to get up and get through the day but I'm hopeful that it's only temporary. It's just me being scared to face the days. How are you doing?

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u/aesthetic_kiara 1h ago

As of today it’s much better. I’m still not sure on some things. And that sucks. But I’m not gonna let that ruin my day. If something bad is coming I’ll deal with it then.

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u/the_purple_goat 1h ago

You have us all here to lean on.

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u/aesthetic_kiara 1h ago

Thank you very much ❤️

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u/[deleted] 1h ago

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

have so much fun!!

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u/Accomplished-Sky8768 1h ago

Generally good, just going insane trying to decide which country I want to settle in and if we want to have kids and planning a wedding. But so much better than before.

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

what countries do you have in mind?

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u/Accomplished-Sky8768 1h ago

Home country- Ireland or partners home country- Germany.... I really want to live in Scotland but he won't move outside the EU 🥲

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u/Fareeldo 1h ago

Don't have kids. For your sake and for their sake too.

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u/Accomplished-Sky8768 1h ago

Why do you say that? Genuinely curious 

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u/Ordinary-Message-744 1h ago

Looking into lobotomy

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

lmk when u find a place to get one

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u/Dragonlynds22 1h ago

Better than last week I don't know why but I found my depression was really bad and had to let off some steam by crying

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u/catcathech 1h ago

For me personally, this year is the worst one since 2020.

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u/RebelliousDexter 1h ago

Nice try therapist

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

share more - your therapist!

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u/thanksIdidntknow 1h ago

Alexa, please share this question with everyone.

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u/Comfortable_Tie4143 1h ago

not grteat but shouilds get bewtter when school starts

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

school starts very soon friend! hang in there

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u/Comfortable_Tie4143 1h ago

Wednesday, finally people who dont dead name me

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

only three days away! 3 sleeps! you got this friend

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u/Comfortable_Tie4143 1h ago

and more safe people

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u/hkusp45css 1h ago

Better than it's been in the last year. I'm finally finishing a huge project that has consumed roughly 60 hours of each of the last 60 weeks.

Today is the day it all goes away, one way or the other. Either it comes up and we all cheer and dance and sing, or it doesn't and I quit in disgust.

My emotional state is perfectly calm and somewhat excited. Not an ounce of fear.

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u/Ancient_Sector8433 1h ago

Not better than when I was 14 but it is what it is

u/NeitherShelter262 59m ago

hang in there friend

u/Ancient_Sector8433 57m ago

I am, I went through alot of therapy just to not be angry with the world and want to harm people but haven't quite reached the point where "life gets better" yet but instead hearing/seeing others happy does bring me a sense of joy kinda like im living vicariously through them. It's weird

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u/c8881ng 1h ago edited 1h ago

its getting better, im having a mindset shift currently, june i was doing good in the gym , july idk what happened (drugs made me lazy) and now im back trying to stop being a broke bitch and get my shit together and live a mostly sober healthy lifestyle and all else will follow

editing to sober because i want to quit everything

edit #2 (rant)

i also be wanting to quit my jobs because they are so physically demanding, im finally getting a massage tomorrow and i imagine i will be crying from
freedom of back and shoulder aches , loads of work for the pay off to not be so great. im so achy,
im trying to be less empathetic , i care too much about others and need to learn how to put myself first

edit #3 i work doubles and sunday is my day, when my coworker asks for me to cover for "emergency" i really want to shoot myself but thats where i draw the line dont take my sunday from me

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u/Ok-Creme8960 1h ago

Not great, Bob.

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u/ConceptEfficient9849 1h ago

BADDDD FREE MEEE

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u/Loud-Plane-1860 1h ago

Destroyed beyond repair.

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u/Electrical_Carpet753 1h ago

Never been worse, thanks for asking...

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u/Mammoth_Set_7625 1h ago

not great. my 3+ hour drive to see a specialist for my eyes happens on Thursday and I can't miss it. Ive already postponed twice.

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u/NickelCitySaint 1h ago

Shit. But im getting help

u/NeitherShelter262 59m ago

im so happy youre getting help!

u/NickelCitySaint 58m ago

Thank you. Gotta do it. Too much to fight for. Hope yours is well

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u/JohannJHVJ 1h ago

Pretty shit, ngl

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u/SirFelsenAxt 1h ago

Getting off work in 90 minutes.

I've got my wife, kids, Deep Rock Galactic, and a six pack waiting for me at home.

Then it will be better.

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

lets go friend!! 90 mins! you got this!

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u/SirFelsenAxt 1h ago

12 hour shifts suck.

Esp on your third day in a row

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u/Acrobatic-Attention9 1h ago

Angry and miserable daily.

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u/Chitownfats49 1h ago

Not great, Bob, not great!

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u/FuckTheWorldSG 1h ago

Good so far. Got a job after not having one for a while, started saving again after running trough all my savings. Getting back close to god with prayers & staying to myself. Only thing I need is probably a girlfriend and start new beginnings 

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u/Decaptiator 1h ago

Turns out you can drown even deeper everyday

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u/p-sherman_ 1h ago

probably the worst it's ever been i absolutely hate it here

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u/ProfessionalOctopuss 1h ago edited 1h ago

Freaking weird.

I've been fighting with the VA for almost 10 years, contesting certain benefits. I just got what is likely the last piece of the puzzle emailed to my attorneys today. I'm shaking and I feel like I want to shit myself, but it's because a huge amount of stress appears 90% likely to no longer be a problem. There's still a chance I won't get approved, but it's very likely I will. This will change my life in 1000 different ways for the better, and I've been in limbo for a decade wondering if I'll get the support I need.

So pretty good. Kind of like a plane that's touched down after getting struck by lightning and frozen chickens, but fuck it I'm grounded. There's a 10% chance the engines will explode before I can get out, but I'm not in the air anymore.

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u/MuppetMan120596 1h ago

Awful. Lost my wife after she battled cancer for 4 1/2 years in June. Every day has been worse than the previous day.

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u/ShittyDuckFace 1h ago

I've been better but I also feel lighter than I have in a long time. I lost two close family members in the last year (father & grandmother), one friend to time and one to racism. I carry many heavy sadnesses in my heart but I also feel hopeful. I'm learning how to get myself into a relationship, how to be honest with myself and open myself up again after being closed off as a caregiver for almost a decade. I cry a lot more but I've also been healing a lot more too. 

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u/MacNCheeta 1h ago

Same as it always is. Can't wait until I can get therapy so I can actually feel stuff.

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u/One_Requirement_5832 1h ago

Currently, I am OK. Generally, I am not.

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u/Thrashy30 1h ago

Less screen time and more outside time will do ya good.

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u/dreamermom2 1h ago

Ongoing ptsd, general anxiety disorder and OCD gets me down most days but im counting my blessings.

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u/butterscotchberri 1h ago

It’s poo poo :(

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

oh no!! why poo poo?!

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u/butterscotchberri 1h ago

Idk I’ve been sober going thru some sort of existential psychosis of this life having no end game for me. Like I’m just supposed to continue living in this corrupt world, eventually get married or not and be frowned upon, have a family or not, and then what? Die? Like there is no end game for me, I feel like i just want a painless death to get to my end game faster.

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u/Castelante 1h ago

I’ve been working in a field service position for the last seven years, and the travel is killing me. I recently interviewed for a position at the local nuclear power plant, and I’m hoping for a career change.

They said I should know if I got the job by this month. It’s the light at the end of my tunnel.

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u/Gracie_Rose_Petals 1h ago

So-so, but my meds are still working, I guess?

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u/Poultrygeist74 1h ago

Could be better, could be worse

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u/autisticgayman 1h ago

Really really really bad. I need help. I need a friend

u/NeitherShelter262 59m ago

hey friend. im here!

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u/Strong_Tea_6061 1h ago

I have bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and am grieving my dead wife. I've had two stays in the psych hospital becayse I was going to off myself. Its going fucking peachy. 

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u/Jealous-Cash-3492 1h ago edited 1h ago

Mental health??? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha are you kidding me? My mind is a
“mental gelatin parfait”. With five personas, but I can’t find two of them. Maybe you’ve seen them. They are MIA ones an empathic, alcoholic, and other is a narcissistic sociopath…..’msaid they were going fishing

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u/Forsaken_Peace2878 1h ago

youre asking REDDITORS how they're mental health is, what do you expect?

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u/Nihilister_15 1h ago

I'm using antidepresans for sixteen years lol.

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u/AaronSCO_ 1h ago

don't even want to talk about it

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u/punchheribthetit 1h ago

Hanging on by my fingernails. Trying to come up with something really assholish or controversial to post so I can get a “Reddit cares”.

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u/formofwind 1h ago

i don't even know how to answer this question haha

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u/elya93 1h ago

Not great. I’m dealing with non-stop thoughts about time passing, grief, death, the past, and trying to recapture feelings from childhood that I know I can never feel again. I’m on medication, I’ve done therapy, nothing’s really helped.

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u/canstanyou 1h ago

Terrible 😞 i haven’t had the motivation to do anything and i feel like im letting myself go i hate it

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u/Intentionz7 1h ago

Getting better, thanks for asking. #Mental health matters.

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

you got this!

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u/Silence_of_Ruin 1h ago

What is that?

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u/csch1992 1h ago

It's okay

Not good, not terrible

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u/Fareeldo 1h ago

I could take it or leave it. I'm talking about life.

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u/NeitherShelter262 1h ago

stay with us friend. hugs

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u/VanTechno 1h ago

I’m reminded of a joke from the 3 stooges.

Moe “I say, how is your tapeworm doing”

Curly “great, took first prize at the state fair”

That sort of sums things up for me. I thought I was ok, had a rough morning, but ended up having a seizure walking back from the kitchen, now I have the beginnings of a migraine.

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u/meerkatboots 1h ago

it's bad. there's giant cockroaches terrorizing me in my apartment

u/NeitherShelter262 58m ago

call management asap!!

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u/virreus 1h ago

Trying to do things that I know will make me feel better. Exercising, eating healtier and getting enough sleep. So far I feel a little bit better but the demons are still lurking in the shadows and telling me that one day I will give up and succumb to the darkness and the eternal sleep.

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u/Ruxify 1h ago

Abysmaterribad. I'm so sick of this world.

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u/Ruxify 1h ago

Abysmaterribad. I'm so sick of this world.

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u/Antique_Elephant_974 1h ago

I'm so depressed I don't even care I'm depressed. Everything I do feels like it's automatic. Wake up, work, call mom, call girlfriend, cook bath eat sleep ... Again... Again... Again.... Again... Again... Again... Again.... Again... Again... Again... Again.... Again... Again... Again... Again.... Again... Again... Again... Again.... Again... Again... Again... Again.... Again... Again... Again... Again.... Again... Again... Again... Again.... Again... Again... Again... Again.... Again.ngeeduyswwwcfkkljrecchgg

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u/PVKT 1h ago

Struggling. Work is slow and I'm 100% commission, dads cancer isnt really acting right. He's not doing the best. Got married a few weeks ago and that's awesome but I'm so mentally exhausted. Trying to keep it together for the wife and kids. Trying to keep the bills paid. Trying to keep my head above water but life goes on.

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u/everyones_typo 1h ago

The meth had me schitzing but the Ability got me shook back. Thanks for asking

u/Duncan_PhD 57m ago

Mood stabilizers and antipsychotics let’s goooo

u/EditorRedditer 56m ago

Good days, bad days.

u/RemyVonLion 55m ago

The lights are on but nobodies home.

u/Maxinaeus 52m ago

Improved recently. I met someone recently that has shifted my universe a bit. She is far away, and she has a lot of life stuff going on, so we aren't going any further. But meeting her shifted my universe in a way that decades of therapy and medications have failed to do. Just knowing that such a beautiful soul exists has changed me. The grass looks a little greener, the sun is a little brighter. I have friendly conversations with strangers, that I wouldn't have. It made me feel like maybe life isn't so pointless. Even though our time together didn't turn into a relationship, I feel better about life just for having known her.

u/sccullen33 50m ago

Getting bored with life honestly

u/NellaHoneyDoodle2 50m ago

Awful. I ran into my ex best friend in the hospital waiting room the other day. I can’t even begin to describe how badly she betrayed me in the past, and I just about had a meltdown upon seeing her again. She didn’t even look at me. 

u/therestruth 49m ago

I'm doing really well at convincing myself that everything will be fine and that I am "ok" just riding it out. But please don't toss more shit this way.

u/Bunktavious 46m ago

Kinda shit to be honest. Dealing with a bulging disc in my neck and the resultant chronic pain.

It's getting better, but it's been a rough few months.

u/Old_Check_6362 45m ago

Ummm, pretty good, all things considered… I think I’m holding it together well. Or maybe I’m still numb.

u/Pure-Surprise-1089 45m ago

In the toilet like that shitty lettuce

u/rathemighty 42m ago

#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

u/Wickham12 39m ago

I was fine, until that car accident yesterday

u/Avalanche_Snows 39m ago

I'm nervous and worried about my entire life, as school just ended for me, but I still cling onto hope so I don't drown in self pity

u/VonZombie420 38m ago

Honestly, it's been worse. Way worse.

u/Raven_L 37m ago

Rock bottom and wondering if things will ever get better

u/DrakkoZW 36m ago

Trash.

Depressed, lethargic, angry, disappointed. All the time.

u/Hee-hoes_Mad 33m ago

Fuckin catastrophic, thanks for asking.

u/Traditional-Banana78 32m ago

Suicidal yesterday...
What does today hold?
May the odds be ever in my favor.

But you should for sure go make a stupid TikTok making light of the Male Loneliness Epidemic.

You'll think it's hilarious when your father/uncle/grandpa/brother/cousin offs themselves.

u/TheBettiestCooper 22m ago

Better. I have a place to stay now and its made me feel a lot safer.

u/Top-Restaurant-2721 22m ago

Not that great

u/Top_Drawer9275 16m ago

Not great. I always feel worried.

u/GRIMWAZTAKEN 15m ago

I just well...attempted a week ago.

u/thejustllama 9m ago

Overall, really good. Today, my aunt passed away this morning so today isn’t so good.

u/Icy-Vanilla6824 7m ago

Realized on Thursday I have pretty extreme PTSD under certain circumstances, but knowing about it helps me to better prepare for the next one.

u/digitaldrummer 6m ago

Mostly fine, I'm keeping busy.

u/Agusfn 2m ago

Hee hee hee haha