[emijec]

What are you thinking/feeling right now?

[gayleggg]

I'm unsettled. Depressed. My husband got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, so the house isn't serene. His cussing rants leaves me feeling stressed.

[elevatedsoul]

i've lost my mind... have you seen it?
it left a note... reading:
im out! see you later sucker!

but where am i to go without my mind?

echo... e c h o. . . e c h o . . .

[LittleEarthquakes]

I feel like I should run away and hide so everyone can have a break from me.

[CSneezer1]

I am feeling Extreme Sadness, Lonliness and overall Terrible about myself today and most days.......

i'm feeling sick (not really, terribly sick), but a bit blah because of the depression and anxiety

[ljthepeculiar]

I'm pretty hopeless. I woke up and went outside this morning to see that my car has been repossessed. Just added insult to injury after losing my job a couple of weeks ago. Now I'm immobile, confused, and just sitting in my living room trying not to think about my own funeral.

[Patagonia]

I don't belong. Anywhere. I don't matter. This is not my life! I'm in the wrong person & can't get out!

[Katieissweet]

How meaningless most people's lives in the west are,all they care about is shopping,and nearly every place you go there's almost nothing to do but shop, grateful my life is so meaningful.

[Patagonia]

Originally Posted by Katieissweet

How meaningless most people's lives in the west are,all they care about is shopping,and nearly every place you go there's almost nothing to do but shop, grateful my life is so meaningful.

That is a massive generalization! A bit egotistical to say I think

[Katieissweet]

Yea sorry I didnt mean everyone hehe but I just got back from the shops and it was just full of people absolutely everywhere buying useless michel kor bags etc etc.
It's just all really void.

[ScientiaOmnisEst]

I'm probably irrationally ashamed of my sense of humor, the childish, innocent, stupid things I laugh at. It's not bad, I know, but I still feel inferior to those who brag about their dark, sick sense of humor, or who look at the things I find hilarious and consider them juvenile or obnoxious.

Also, other thought from earlier today: there's a nearby clinic that offers sliding fee counseling. I'm considering signing up, but really, I don't trust at all that they'll help me. I don't know if I can be helped.

[DarknessForever]

Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst

I'm probably irrationally ashamed of my sense of humor, the childish, innocent, stupid things I laugh at. It's not bad, I know, but I still feel inferior to those who brag about their dark, sick sense of humor, or who look at the things I find hilarious and consider them juvenile or obnoxious.

Also, other thought from earlier today: there's a nearby clinic that offers sliding fee counseling. I'm considering signing up, but really, I don't trust at all that they'll help me. I don't know if I can be helped.

I think the same thing, but I am still seeing a psychologist. What could it possibly hurt? It might actually help. I say try it out.

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I've just posted my feelings on "The Daily Check-Ins".

[emijec]

Originally Posted by elevatedsoul

i've lost my mind... have you seen it?
it left a note... reading:
im out! see you later sucker!

but where am i to go without my mind?

echo... e c h o. . . e c h o . . .

it reminds me of Where is My mind by the Pixies

[ScientiaOmnisEst]

Originally Posted by DarknessForever

I think the same thing, but I am still seeing a psychologist. What could it possibly hurt? It might actually help. I say try it out.

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Heh. Literally just spent the last 15 minutes rereading "mental illness doesn't exist" stuff, that claims it's all cultural, or based on the behavioral "fashions" of the day, or pathologizing normal feelings and behavior. Someone mentioned there is no normal (though I don't really believe that). One alternative explanation is that people "mentally ill" simply never learned how to get their needs met and need to be educated, not "treated".

The point of all of this being that therapy is bad and unnecessary, or that there's nothing actually wrong with the likes of me...I don't know. I just know I suck at dealing with life.

I'm also numb today. Not sure why, but it's a nice change.

[Patagonia]

Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst

Heh. Literally just spent the last 15 minutes rereading "mental illness doesn't exist" stuff, that claims it's all cultural, or based on the behavioral "fashions" of the day, or pathologizing normal feelings and behavior. Someone mentioned there is no normal (though I don't really believe that). One alternative explanation is that people "mentally ill" simply never learned how to get their needs met and need to be educated, not "treated".


The point of all of this being that therapy is bad and unnecessary, or that there's nothing actually wrong with the likes of me...I don't know. I just know I suck at dealing with life.


I'm also numb today. Not sure why, but it's a nice change.

Have you seen images of MRI brains with mental illness compared to "normal" brains? Interesting to see

[little turtle]

Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst

Heh. Literally just spent the last 15 minutes rereading "mental illness doesn't exist" stuff, that claims it's all cultural, or based on the behavioral "fashions" of the day, or pathologizing normal feelings and behavior. Someone mentioned there is no normal (though I don't really believe that). One alternative explanation is that people "mentally ill" simply never learned how to get their needs met and need to be educated, not "treated".

The point of all of this being that therapy is bad and unnecessary, or that there's nothing actually wrong with the likes of me...I don't know. I just know I suck at dealing with life.

I'm also numb today. Not sure why, but it's a nice change.

mental illness doesn't exist stuff.....interesting topic...how are they defining mental illness...

There is too much deceit and not enough decency and common sense. Those who believe in decency and show common sense and do not practice deceit are derided and treated with derision. We are required by a selfish society to crawl and sell our bodies for a pittance. We cannot challenge those claiming to be in authority lest we be labelled as a troublemaker. As a person struggling with mental illness I am forced more and more to be silent about my thoughts because some therapist filled with books tries to tell me how to change. Sometimes I wonder who really has mental health problems, me or the people in charge. From the top down insanity rules. Soon I hope my body will finally fail and to the earth I shall return.

[Katieissweet]

I wish i had a puppy.

[ScientiaOmnisEst]

Utterly distressed about my economic situation. Seriously, finding a low-wage subsistence job until I can work up to something better should not take three ******* years. Back into hating myself for being in the situation I am, knowing I incur so much disgust and vitriol. I want it to end, but I'm don't see how I'm not powerless to change it.

[DarknessForever]

Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst

Heh. Literally just spent the last 15 minutes rereading "mental illness doesn't exist" stuff, that claims it's all cultural, or based on the behavioral "fashions" of the day, or pathologizing normal feelings and behavior. Someone mentioned there is no normal (though I don't really believe that). One alternative explanation is that people "mentally ill" simply never learned how to get their needs met and need to be educated, not "treated".

The point of all of this being that therapy is bad and unnecessary, or that there's nothing actually wrong with the likes of me...I don't know. I just know I suck at dealing with life.

I'm also numb today. Not sure why, but it's a nice change.

Well, I don't think there is normal. Really, it's a paradox. Normal is not being normal. Not being normal is normal. But trust me. Therapy is not bad. You just need to find the right therapist for you. And a mental illness is so much more than that. It is real. It is painful. We can cope with it. That is what therapy is for. Helping us cope and heal. Just go for it. It will be really hard. I won't lie and say it's easy. But it will be worth it in the end. It has to get worse before it gets better. So cliche.

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[DarknessForever]

Ever have those moments when you feel so alone, it's as if you are in a crowd of people but invisible? When you feel everyone is ignoring when the rational part of your brain knows it's not? That you have no friends, even if you have their numbers and talk to them? That they just laugh at you behind your back even though that are supposed to be your friends? Ever feel an emptiness or airiness in your gut even though I don't think that is a word? That you were a mistake? That you aren't meant to do the great things people seem to think you are here for because they have no clue what goes on in your mind because you don't tell them? No? I feel and think this plus more that I can't even think of what they are.

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[DarknessForever]

I feel trapped, in a way. And to top all of that off, I have no clue why I feel this way. These feelings aren't stranger, but I have no clue as to why they show up sometimes.

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[lavendersage]

Anxiety. Constant, never-ceasing, gnawing at my nerve-endings, inside I'm frantic (ALWAYS), can't stop worrying A-N-X-I-E-T-Y. The other side of the crappy mental state (flip the doody pancake and it's crushing depression) I live in