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i've been trying to justify why i should choose to socialize vs. mope. i visited a school club. there was a smelly guy there. i reach out to someone. he prefers to be alone. i feel so awkward in social settings. but i don't want to be alone.

school's starting and i'm going back to college. i remember everything that happened last year. i hope i dont repeat the same mistakes. i hope i dont end up having a mental breakdown by the end of the spring semester. i can't handle another mental breakdown.

I can barely recall when I was feeling my lowest. So, does it still exist? Should I still try to analyze it?

Ever since I made it clear that I have a lot of mental and health issues that I'm dealing with, my parents have been fighting. in school, there are two schools of social classes, nerds and socialites. it's hard to balance both and if you're a nerd, your social life is gonna suffer. now that i've...

My mother was yelling at me. Loud noises raise my stress levels regardless of who they're from. I went down to the isolated laundry room in my apartment building and got three bags of chips from the vending machine and ate them sitting on the black couch. I enjoyed the nearly expired flavor of...

after taking zzzquil at 4:30pm and falling asleep at 10pm for three days in a row, i am happy to announce that it has been one year since i've felt this amazing in the morning. now i still get fatigue in the afternoon but i am so grateful that i feel good during the morning. this progress has...

What was your idea of family before reality hit? Are families the core anchors behind every happy individual?

I've recently felt like i'm being brainwashed by my religion, i-guan-dao. I joined the cult at age 8 and everyone knows me there. during my depression period in high school, this 'church' helped through lonliness and anxiety by giving me a community to talk to and spend time with. Now I am 21...

Even thought I developed anxiety when I was on a 6am - 10pm wake schedule, I experienced a mild insanity when I became nocturnal. i realized that the graveyard shift was not right for me. I am still recovering from this habitual insomnia for 1.5 years. I am on Ambien, and this weekend, I was...

1. Do not have your patients tell their life story during the appt. Have them send a written, digital version of their problem. I've recently switched to different therapists and constantly having to tell my story all over again is a drag...especially when they tell you they can't help you in...

Towards the end of each term at college, i end up burning out and failing my classes. I'm just not confident i can pass a class. I never know when i will get tired. Does anyone have tips for overcoming this?

My main problem is that I feel I want to volunteer at church organizations but my anxiety gets in the way. I feel it is more reason to rely on medication.

150mg of bupro had similar effects to alcohol and was euphoric with slight numbness. It took about 3-4 hours to fully take effect and 1-2 hours for the anxiety to dissipate. I took half a pill before an acupuncture session due to my anxiety with needles. What i found both times was that in the...

I went to my first paid therapist visit and was turned off by his impatience. I changed therapists and noticed that both of them wanted to blame me for my problems. The male therapists I went to were middle-aged and old respectively. They both said that they didn't know how to deal with my...

I wasn't doing anything and in my room. My vision began to double over. I got a headache. My arms and fingers cramped up and I had trouble breathing. My body got tingly all over. This doesn't sound like a panic attack, but it's the first time I've experienced this. After the tingling subsided...

Recently I've come across some information regarding an individual's diet and its relation to anxiety. Has anyone changed their diet to an unprocessed, vegetable heavy diet? I am willing to try this. I have always been an anxious person and I hope to see positive results. I know I advocated...

A year ago, an old classmate of mine who I met at a Christian club on campus told me about why she became so pious. She said that because she grew up rich, she suddenly felt that her life was very empty. Today, I finally understood what she was trying to say as I notice myself using the...

The computer, television and books were good ways for me to pass the time in the absence of social activity. I'm looking at social activity for each of us like the time the surgeon general suggests for daily exercise. Do we need an hour of positive social interaction a day in order to stop...

After getting my medical diagnostic back from my physician she said my vitamin D levels were low. This got me thinking whether there were physical things that was preventing me from getting better. I always thought it was because of genetic disposition and environmental factors but there is a...

… If you can equate your happiness with more friends you will always not be satisfied