Ask the Therapist About Depression
Why Should I Change for a World that Makes No Sense?
From the : I haven’t been doing too well the past few years. I’m 20, I have GAD, social phobia, depression, ADHD, and OCD, and I feel like I’m...
I Don’t Know How to Be Close to Anyone, and I’m Constantly Blaming Myself for It
Hello, and thank you for reading this. Ill keep it short and sweet My parents left me when I was very young and while it I know it was...
Disorientation & Confusion
For background: I have been diagnosed with chronic severe treatment resistant Major Depressive Disorder, PTSD, PMDD, GAD, and mild agoraphobia. All those combined equals lots of sleep disturbance, including...
A Lot of Factors Seemingly Contributing to a Poor Living of Life
As a child I loved reading and drawing. I was a smart student, but I thought the world was against me. I was picked on because of my skin...
Mother Daughter Relationship
Growing up, I lived a quite sheltered life because I wasn’t allowed to go out and have friends. This has really affected me even later in life as I...
I Am Humiliated by Myself and Everything I Do, All the Time
I hate every word I say, every thought I have, what I look like, what my name is, how I eat, how I sleep, how I breathe, how I...
A Homeschooled Friend Is Suicidal
From Canada: A friend who we’ll call JD has recently opened up to me about the seriousness of her depression. She has self harmed and thinks often about suicide,...
Thinking about Suicide
My life has just started to fall apart and I cannot put any of the pieces back together again. I have never seen a doctor or taken any medication...
Do I Have Depression or Is This Just Normal Sadness?
From a teen in Malaysia: I was 13 when my friend talked me into cutting. At first, I thought it was harmless and it was genuinely just for “fun”...
Parents Don’t Understand My Mental Illness
From a teen in the : Whenever I tell my parents about my issues and me feeling suicidal, they threaten to hit me and tell me to suck it...
Attention-Seeking Depression?
I have most of the symptoms of depression, but I’m not sure if it’s for attention. I feel that i have these symptoms and emotions but I also feel...
Socializing
It sometimes feels I do not know how to socialize. It is hard to talk about this because my only parent, mother, neglects the problem but it impacts every...
