Hey folks. It’s me, VubDapple. I’m a (not so active but still present) mod for this community and also a mental health professional. Recently there was some upset at this young community’s rule about posts concerning suicide. I thought I’d offer a few thoughts about suicide and where things seem to stand right now. Sorry for the delay in my response; things have been rather busy in my life.
so every time i close my eyes, especially in the dark or exercising for some reason, i feel the presence of a “ghost” and see an image of a dead/zombie woman etched into my mind. she is hanging and “staring” at me but she has sunglasses and i can’t see her eyes, but i can feel her vacant stare. “she” is not real but it feels like an actual entity is haunting me and the more i think about “her”, the more she appears. but to think “she” isn’t real scares me too…
so my brain is being really weird lately. lately i have “compulsive crushes” on people where my brain tries to force myself to fixate on them and think about them and makes me have thoughts of wanting to kiss them or date them, but it doesn’t feel natural and feels more platonic than anything…
Sorta due diligence on reaching out. Got a possible refererral but us and chances they take the insurance is low (im from the us). Been an effort over months to go see the doc but the thing im worried about is depression but maybe also other things because of family history and such. got to work on looking into the referal but also tax time. Owed a pretty decent junk of change considering I effectively made no money last year. A lot of it state because its tax is not progressive.
So, my friend Steve insists that he is fine but always seems angry/talks in an annoyed or frustrated tone and it makes me sad. He doesn’t seem to care about anything and he says he cares about me but he’s so dry, usually depressed, and doesn’t wanna talk about it, insisting he’s fine and doesn’t talk to me at ALL. It’s really draining but I feel like a bad person. I wanna be there for him but I just feel like I’m bothering Steve.
Will (23NB masc) apologized for “being a dick”, in his words, or not giving me enough affection, but he’s a pretty good and cool friend even if he can’t be there for me or have those feelings as a boyfriend. It turns out, he lost feelings for me a while ago but didn’t wanna tell me that so he pretended to be romantic and make me confused so I didn’t feel bad. In the end, he helped me get over my attachment to him :)
I am absolutely done. Try to post anything I need help on and I get downvoted just for asking a fucking question on Reddit. And people are so rude to people with different pronouns like, they/them but especially neopronouns or whatever they’re called, like fae/faer and xe/xem.
Most of my adult life has involved lots and lots of work. Right now I’m juggling like three and a half jobs. I “only” worked five hours yesterday because of the holiday. I need to go back to sleep now to get up to be ready for work at 8 am. I’ll be working until 9 pm, with a similar schedule tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday.
Just before the holidays in 2025, Julie Hart felt stuck. A nagging problem she had struggled with for years left her ruminating all day and questioning nearly everything she had ever said, done or could do.
People, especially outside of Lemmy (in fact, I think only outside of Lemmy), have said to me that the way I feel, being poly and upset and jealous of my boyfriend Will’s other partner is unreasonable, so why do I feel the way I do? They say I should be happy for him and that Will’s boyfriend Dave is probably his primary and that I’m being a jerk, but he doesn’t even pay attention to me and everyone downvotes me and ignores me for saying so.
My (22F) boyfriend Will (23NB/M) only spends time with his other partner Dave (26M) and only mentions him. It’s always “My boyfriend Dave this” “My boyfriend Dave that” or “I can’t wait to see my boyfriend!” “I miss my boyfriend!” “I’m sad I lost my phone so I can’t text my boyfriend!” (today)
My name is Itzak, 37, from Bulgaria. I live in extreme loneliness and poverty. For six years I have not known a kiss, “I love you”, or a shared night with someone. I feel invisible.
I’m really fearing being thrown into a hosptial, so ive been disassositing a lot at work, I definatly have anextity and dread about going to work, and I’m definatly burnt out. What feelsl ike 5 minutes to me is 30, and I’m genunily dealing with being disabled. My fear is if I dont say enough my leabe won’t be granted cause burnout isnt a reason to not go to work in the southern united states, meanwhile I worry if I say too much she will call up cops and I will be dragged to a hosptial and stay for 10 days and be immediately cleared to go work afterword not only defeating the purpose, but leaving me worse off than before. I keep feeling if I get 2 months off at least I can maybe formulate a plan to avoid burnout and get therpy. Vs if I get thrown in the mental hosptial , I will get kicked off medicaid following an income review, while I will likely be granted leave, it will be an unpaid week and I will immediately repeat this cycle.
So my dad has depression but he always says stuff to my cousin on my dad’s side (his 10-years-younger brother’s child) like “Oh, you’re depressed? But you don’t act like it, you don’t mope around the house and hide in your room crying and acting sad”.
Duloxetine works great for me until I sleep, then I wake back up into the pit of despair and I feel like I’m supposed to wait until ~24 hours since I last took it in order to take it again. I can’t find any cases of other people reporting this and it’s not something my medical professionals have heard of. It makes it hard if I don’t have energy due to not getting enough sleep the night before so I take a nap, and then when I wake up I still don’t have energy due to lack of willpower. I’ve also found it harder to get out of bed in the morning shortly before taking the medicine.
If you want to change your behavior, it’s more important to find the behaviors that fit your disposition and what you naturally enjoy, instead of trying to fit yourself into what you “should do” and what you should like.
As the title states, evolutionary psychiatry seems to be the most logical, likely explanation for mental disorders and their prevalence in the world today. The article explains the underlying theories and supporting evidence.
Yesterday I advised somebody that physical activity is highly beneficial for mental health and can help more than medications would alone. The community did not like that. I am here again to remind you that physical activity is Paramount to mental well-being. Go out and garden. Take a walk in the park. Go for a jog, whatever it may be that gets you out of your current location and allows you to reflect and think.
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