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- I don't always like talking about my own struggles on here because sometimes I feel like such a fraud offering others encouragement when I'm not always okay myself.I felt I had been doing better the last couple of months with the positive changes I...
- Tomorrow is my first day as a volunteer at the cat shelter. I usually have no confidence in myself to do anything especially when it is for others, but surprisingly I am not that nervous or down on myself at the moment.I have been wanting to do this...
- I am going to take my placement tests for college tomorrow so I can enroll towards my degree.I am also doing a mock job interview on Thursday as part of my current course. I am nervous because there is a lot to practice!
- I am going to a shelter for cats to submit an application shortly and I'm so freaking nervous! Could use positive vibes!
- Unfortunately I have to leave DS. It's my only support. I am crying over this, but I have no other choice. I have to leave for my own mental health, but it also devastates me that I have to leave my wonderful friends and all of the supportive...
- I have an interview with my state's office of vocational rehab Thursday morning. I am hoping they can help me with a job/future career. I've felt awful all my adult life because I haven't been able hold down a steady job due to my social phobia. So...
- My mom is 72 years old, lonely, suffers from untreated mental illness which got worse since my dad died nearly two years ago. I'm the only person that she has left.My mom never goes out on her own any longer, but the other day she went to Dunkin...
- I posted this in my journal but I am posting it here, too. My local community program offers a free course for those with mental illness. It's essentially a way to prep people for jobs and obtaining a degree. If I choose to go on to work towards a...
- I would like to ask those who feel completely and utterly hopeless about having a better future watch this short youtube video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ooCeoh6608It is a quick story about one man's depression and the hopelessness he felt 12...
- I am feeling pretty crummy tonight. Sometimes I feel like no matter what I do it's just not good enough. It's gotten to the point with my mom where she even blames me for *her* actions. Then I essentially get accused of being a bad friend because I...
- I suffer from severe depression and life has feel like one bad event after another for several years now which does not make things easier. Especially when it feels like there is little good that happens.Well about a month ago I made up my mind that...
- I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade because I know this is supposed to be a fun group, but I find some of the comments on here that are said in 'fun' to be hurtful. Maybe I am just overly sensitive, but I come here to laugh and I end up feeling...
- I feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders and I am cracking under the pressure.Life has always been a struggle for me mentally, but the past 4 years have been particularly rough as it feels like we have experienced a series of bad...
- Sorry for another hug post, but I carry a lot of burdens on my fragile shoulders which are weighing me down right now. I fight and work so hard, but the darkness takes over every now and then. I just wish I could have a real hug, but the love shown...
- For those on anti-depressants how often do you take yours? Once or twice a day? I am just curious because I was looking at the information booklet on my medication and it says it is usually taken twice a day, but I have only ever been prescribed to...