Mental health

Depression, anxiety, burnout, psychiatric medication and recovery

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  1. visakanv — trusted by 155 posters here
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  3. QiaochuYuan — trusted by 147 posters here
  4. nosilverv — trusted by 140 posters here
  5. vividvoid — trusted by 135 posters here
  6. the_wilderless — trusted by 120 posters here
  7. AskYatharth — trusted by 109 posters here
  8. RichDecibels — trusted by 99 posters here
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  10. univrsw3th4rt — trusted by 74 posters here
  11. algekalipso — trusted by 78 posters here
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Top posts in Mental health

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  1. So my old house had a huge black mold infestation that I didn't discover until I moved. Now that I've been out of there for about three weeks, it's insane how much better my health is: - Mood and… (vividvoid) — 42 likes
  2. In the last couple months, - diagnosed w hashimoto’s disease - an episode of serotonin syndrome - unable to work, sales cratered while I spent money on medical treatment - had to remove almost every… (the_wilderless) — 38 likes
  3. question for people who have experienced long dark depressive periods in the past and are mostly better now: how did that happen? (RichDecibels) — 35 likes
  4. I’ve been intensely depressed the last couple weeks. feels like the clouds are parting for a second so I want to write about it, see if that helps shake it off. hiding seems to be a key part of the… (RichDecibels) — 35 likes
  5. “Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different… (eshear) — 33 likes
  6. same. a mild culture shock (a culture... jolt?) for me was discovering how many people identify as anxious overthinkers. i'm more aligned with feynman's vibe of "thinking solves problems". thinking… (visakanv) — 30 likes
  7. scott hypothesizes that depression involves something like defending a sadness set point; you deeply feel that you are supposed to be sad and actively work to make yourself sadder if you become too… (QiaochuYuan) — 29 likes
  8. Consistently the best approach I've found for managing depression is to always do slightly more than depression tells you is reasonable. Depression is a contraction of your lifeworld, and the only… (DRMacIver) — 29 likes
  9. took me years to begin to understand that one of the most heroic things you can do is not hate yourself (visakanv) — 28 likes
  10. Health scare. Won't make it to Vibecamp ☹️ Please share your experiences of it so I can live it vicariously true you (nosilverv) — 28 likes
  11. Hey, quick request, I just spent the past couple days bouncing around the hospital, having needles and drugs and blood taken in and out of me, got an MRI, got some diagnoses I'm not a fan of, and to… (the_wilderless) — 28 likes
  12. I'm becoming increasingly certain that this is much much more closely tied to "most people are physically very sick" than any of us really understand https://t.co/fVbnHThfp2 (the_wilderless) — 28 likes
  13. i just need to fix my sleep schedulei just need to get in shapei just need to get a significant otheri just need to read that booki just need to heal my traumai just need to find my purposei just… (univrsw3th4rt) — 26 likes
  14. I had a difficult time at vibecamp. Walking around alone, feeling like I didn't have anything to contribute, desperate to meet and be held. And within all that countless sweet moments of connection.… (UntilTrees) — 25 likes
  15. Hikers all seem so mentally healthy. Big contrast with gym-goers. Would be fun to plot sports by how mentally healthy modal practitioner is (nosilverv) — 25 likes
  16. This is your reminder to turn off self-view entirely during video calls. Why would you voluntarily receive 1d4 psychic damage per round? (eshear) — 25 likes
  17. Almost half of all people have a vicious inner critic, an internal monologue that ruthlessly judges and shames them, everyday. These ppl should disregard any spiritual advice about losing their ego.… (vividvoid) — 24 likes
  18. i quit smoking twice so far the first time, i counted my daily cigs, slowly reduced until 0, then tried to maintain 0 terrible cravings. gave up after 5 months the 2nd time was when one day out of… (mechanical_monk) — 24 likes
  19. For all my new followers: Guys, you remember how anesthesia was discovered and then _not used_ for about 50 years? Yeah, for 50 years it was known that nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform could… (algekalipso) — 24 likes
  20. Me at the gym: oh i failed this lift! I bet I need to nourish myself better, rest, start smaller and work my way up, i'll get it ☺️ Me in daily life: i failed this task. alert, character flaw… (bashu_thanks) — 23 likes
  21. The thing about Adderall and other stimulants is that they don't actually give you focus. What they do is chemically numb the separation you feel from your work, so it becomes bearable. They're an… (vividvoid) — 23 likes
  22. It's unbelievable how much healthier I am since moving out of that house and into the van. I just keep marveling at it. I didn't know I could feel this good 🥹 (vividvoid) — 23 likes
  23. This has been resolved. Yesterday I got the chemo port in my chest removed. Onward to the rest of life!If you've DM'd or messaged in the past few months but haven't heard back, please re-send! 🗽… (danielgolliher) — 23 likes
  24. always pretty sad to see how flippant people are about other people's coping mechanisms that they don't relate to like i've never had a problem with say, binge eating, but i know that "just eat less… (visakanv) — 23 likes
  25. because there seems to be interest lately, an old essay about my 15 years of prescription and the fallout: IDENTITY UNDER ADDERALL I took psychoactive drugs, mostly prescription amphetamines, from… (BLUNDERBUSSTED) — 22 likes
  26. I'm in a bit of a low era at the moment. I feel undeserving and small. 😮‍💨 I could use some kind, inspiring, or enthusiastic words, if you have any to spare. (__drewface) — 22 likes
  27. i repent every time i said i wanted to become more unhinged. i think for the first time in my life i wouldn't mind becoming a little more hinged, all things considered (QiaochuYuan) — 22 likes
  28. Any advice for feeling overwhelmed and burdened by vision? https://t.co/6U4JArqlMm (the_wilderless) — 22 likes
  29. i do not have any irl friends where i live, i do not have a girlfriend or wife, i have a terrible relationship with my family. i have probably the worst quality-of-life : follower count ratio of… (QiaochuYuan) — 22 likes
  30. @AnneSelke A Rwandan guy talking about how some Rwandans treat depression https://t.co/jaPzedBatV (TylerAlterman) — 21 likes
  31. sometimes I have unkind thoughts about depressed people, like: there are things you could be doing to feel better but you're not. I don't know what they are! you need to claim happiness as your… (RichDecibels) — 21 likes
  32. I had a long commute ages 22-28 and I co-sign this. If someone said that the leading cause of my general happiness and joy in life is that I don’t have a commute anymore, I’m not sure I’d dispute it… (visakanv) — 21 likes
  33. Tips for anxiety and depression 🧵 I've had three distinct rounds of debilitating anxiety in my life, and the focus could be described as "death anxiety". Ages 23-24, ages 26-27 and ages 30-33. Both… (frideswyth) — 21 likes
  34. when i was a young, healthy man, progressive believer in all things scientific and rational, i unequivocally supported the medical system im still a young, healthy man, but i know something now. the… (AskYatharth) — 21 likes
  35. felt some kinda culture shock today watching music youtuber Rob Scallion's new video about his experience of psychosis & bipolar he's making a useful awareness-raising/self disclosure move but… (RichDecibels) — 21 likes
  36. “Finding the others” isn’t actually good if you’re all mentally ill (nosilverv) — 21 likes
  37. For the last six months I’ve gone for a 30 - 45 minute walk every morning as close to waking as possible. I’ve missed maybe three days when it was raining heavily. It’s become one of my favourite… (m_ashcroft) — 20 likes
  38. the meta-gaslighting that enables other forms of gaslighting is the undermining of direct perception, the idea that you are not allowed to perceive something unless it is on the list of Socially… (QiaochuYuan) — 20 likes
  39. many lovely people feel depressed, lonely, and uninspired because they are in a depressing, lonely, and uninspired environment, and it has nothing to do with them. There are actually pretty easy… (__drewface) — 20 likes
  40. I am about ready to throw in the towel and just accept that I have some kind of ambiguous ongoing chronic health issue endless fatigue, poor digestion, cognitive power is not what it should be of… (m_ashcroft) — 20 likes
  41. my beef with mental health culture is that it adopts the medical frame, so saying you have a mental health issue is equivalent to saying "I have a problem and I'm outsourcing the solution to the… (IvanVendrov) — 20 likes
  42. i’m sorry but if i could reach into your brain right now & remove one thing it’d be the fantasy that there’s something fundamentally wrong with you i’m afraid it’s not based in reality. there is… (_brentbaum) — 20 likes
  43. i had no other option because there was not a single person in my life who was capable of looking at me physically and noticing that i needed help. i probably did a very good job of looking like a… (QiaochuYuan) — 20 likes
  44. anyway. i don't really follow this advice because i'm riddled with self-doubt and social anxiety and skill issues but, hell, it might be useful to someone else this wasn't really a short thread but… (mechanical_monk) — 20 likes
  45. [warning: disturbing thought] Part of the reason why I was close to burning out in 2019 is that I interviewed a bunch of people with cluster headaches. What I learned was that when physical pain… (algekalipso) — 20 likes
  46. if you wanted to "de-traumatize people at scale", how would you do that? Right and wrong answers accepted (bashu_thanks) — 20 likes
  47. i want to talk about terminal mental illnesses, and i do not want to be flippant. i aim to be compassionately, surgically precise: there is a class of mental illnesses that kill you and some of them… (puheenix) — 20 likes
  48. I eventually made it through winter, to vaccination and to connecting with friends again. I found this community, TCoT or Ingroup, whatever we're calling it this week, which has been lovely, and has… (vividvoid) — 19 likes
  49. among other things this is part of why i’m very critical of cultural constructs related to “insanity.” sometimes an “insane” person is someone who genuinely senses something that the people around… (QiaochuYuan) — 19 likes
  50. It was all about how to feel safe, again (nosilverv) — 19 likes

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