Mental Health Thread • Page 150

I live in Melbourne and saw this shit the other day too. A friend of mine who's gay had the best Facebook post on this, alluding to the lines of "Hey Malcolm Turnbull, I didn't get to vote for your marriage. What gives you the right to let Australia vote for or against mine?"

It actually sickens me that this is an issue. I feel so fucking hurt for all the LGBT people in Australia, and the fact that their rights have come down to a tick box that cost well over $100,000,000. I have so many friends from that community, and their hearts are breaking every day over the shit they're seeing on social media. :(

 

Can't wait for it to be over, tbh. There's a new "no" advertisement on tv as well and my dad agrees with it - he even asked me to mail his form for him but he voted no so I threw it in the bin... sorry, but voting no when I'm bisexual is just hateful and I can't deal with it.

You live in Melbourne too? Would you like to have coffee or something one day? I thought I was one of the only Australians on here!

 

Yeah, 'no' voters can go fuck themselves. I mean, they're entitled to their opinion...but it's the wrong opinion so fuck 'em.

Hell yeah! Chorus friends ftw. :)

 

Yep, exactly!

Okay, great! I'm pretty shy and awkward in person lmao but if we're talking about music I'll be fine

 

I didn't post about this when it happened, but I was sexually harassed a few months ago. It was a cold day, early afternoon. I walked to the music store around the corner from uni. That store has free music magazines on a stand outside, and I love to read them because I feel motivated me to read something other than uni work. That day, I took a magazine, and as I walked back towards uni, this guy and his friend got out of a taxi and introduced themselves to me. One of them put his arm around me without asking, and when I tried to move, he held me tighter until it hurt. His friend walked behind us and laughed any time I showed discomfort. He started talking... telling me I was beautiful and looked smart, and that he'd love to take me away, that he'd break my heart "and more" if I said no. Luckily, my uni wasn't far but when we got back I asked him to please let me go because it hurt and he just said "only if you put a time in your phone to see me next week". And his friend shoved me a little and told me to hurry up, they were waiting. So I put a time in my phone to see them (I didn't go, of course) but he finally let me go when I did. Then his friend grabs my hand and says "are you gonna give us a kiss?", I responded that I have a boyfriend and they just laughed and kissed me anyway then left.

I was so shaken that day, I felt that if I didn't go along with what they wanted they'd hurt me and sexually assault me, I had no choice, but I still felt weak and stupid. I told my boyfriend and my two best friends everything and they were there for me. I never reported it. I could just hear "oh, it wasn't that bad" or "they were just being nice / flattering you!!!" But, with all the stories about sexual harassment and assault coming out every single day, I'm brought back to an incredibly hopeless place where I need to be protected like a child does. I was sexually harassed by a friend via messages and unsolicited nudes, but with him, he's blocked on social media, he gave up on me when I started ignoring him, I was able to share my experience with other friends who could've been at risk from him. But being harassed in person, in a very public place (a busy street in Melbourne's CBD), is extremely difficult to move on from. I walked down that street today just to get a coffee and looked over my shoulder the whole time, and nearly broke into a run back to uni. I shouldn't feel so uncomfortable in my own environment, you know? I just needed to let this out. Sorry

 

Very brave of you to share this with us. So many stories of similar incidences are coming out lately, and it's a real shame it's happening in the first place, but also so many people feel afraid to come forward. I hope you're never put in a situation like that again, and that sharing it with us has helped with the weight of the whole thing.

We're all here to listen if you need.

 

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it I don't walk alone very much anymore (unless I'm walking my dog). For a few weeks I didn't leave the house and didn't leave uni once I was there, and if I needed fresh air I'd literally ask someone from class: "please come outside with me. I was harassed walking the street and don't want to be alone". It's tiring and I just want the world to be a better (and safer!) place

 

Everything hurts today. I just want to go home and curl up in a ball and drink.

 

whoof life just piles on sometimes, this past week has been awful and today it all culminated in one big long awful day of things catching up to me

 

I'm here if you want to chat. Try to take it easy. I think you're great and always like seeing you post on here

 

Question for everyone...

Has anyone tried a social media cleanse/blackout? Not as in deleting all your platforms and accounts, more just like, staying off Facebook and Instagram for a few days, for no real reason, just to feel better and get away from it all?

Thinking of giving it a shot. Just because I've been so involved and concerned with what all my friends are doing that I haven't been looking after myself.

 

My twitter feed over the last 18 months I morphed into my way to stay connected with politics and I have to basically go every other week with it. One week of checking it everyday and then one week of just purely ignoring it. It gets very, very draining mentally. So I would say give it a try and see if it helps you out a bit.

 

I deleted Facebook, was a huge relief and getaway from all the negativity in the world.

 

I feel as though by controlling my use, and just in general putting these sites by the wayside, I'll feel less self-conscious and care less what people think, if that makes sense.

 

man...my bestie dropped some major news on me today.
currently we live together with her boyfriend and one other good friend. she told me that she and her bf are starting to plan a small super intimate wedding for next summer, and this coming may they'll be moving out to the duplex attached to her parents house so they can save money to buy a place of their own.
on one hand I'm super happy for them, but I'm also kinda freaking out. I've been doing better than I have in years for the past 6 months, and I'm worried such a big change might mess things up. I've been feeling the craziest combo of emotions in the hours since she told me.

 

planning their life 7 months in advance? showoffs
but I understand, I hate change

 

This is kinda tricky to navigate but someone I know often uses their trauma to explain why they are well... Kinda irritating and idk how to feel about that. Any time someone brings up a legitimate grievance they come back with this thing and of course nobody wants to undermine someone's experiences but at the same time it's like... When does it become an issue when someone seems to be deflecting valid criticism with their past trauma and how do u even handle that? Like I need to confront them about something and I feel like it'll just get turned around on me.

 

Anxious, stressed and tired. Really don't want to travel this weekend. It majorly stresses me out ahead of time (though I weirdly enjoy packing, just not actually following through) and then I'm all out of wack during the trip and even though I should be relaxing and having fun, all I'll think about is how I can't wait for it to be over. Fuck fuck fuck.

 

I broke last night.

I feel like I could cry at any moment today, too. Which is why I hate breaking and crying. Once it happens, it just doesn't stop. So now I get to go through my work day trying not to cry.

Life is just too much sometimes

 

I have so much studying and stuff to do and the motivation is there, but every time I begin to do work I get all of these intrusive thoughts that just make me angry and depressed, it's impossible to do anything. It's so frustrating because I'm trying so hard

 

seeing my psychiatrist always turns my mood around. talking with him really puts my problems in perspective and makes me think i can overcome them. things have been looking up the last few days and my family is being ridiculously supportive after initially being rather harsh on me, i did fuck up pretty bad getting in two car accidents in two days both my fault (one was a fucking love tap tho i swear no damage 2mph tops) and felt like everything was falling apart around me but im getting confident again that within a couple weeks ill be good, i just need to find a job and keep my head on straight.

 

I feel like I am constantly failing at my job and I have two meetings coming up to discuss goals both in the short and long term and they're kind of freaking me the fuck out because I keep feeling like I walk out of each meeting with "well, we though you'd be better so we're going to go in a new direction. Thanks for what you've done." and I'll be looking for a new gig.

 

It took 5 weeks to finally get an appointment with this psychiatrist that takes my insurance, and when I got there yesterday they told me my appointment "didn't save" so lol nope no appointment, and too bad that I had to use vacation time to get there, and that I'm almost out of medicine...as this woman is not my doctor yet...so I have no doctor and no refills. When they rescheduled for next week they took me into their tiny office and sat me in a chair next to stacks of patient papers. If I wasn't frantically texting my therapist at the time and was a little more dishonest, I could have easily helped myself to some names, addresses etc. Lol who needs hipaa with an office like that?

Yeah so I looked up what cold turkey withdrawal from wellbutrin xl is like and it sounds pretty much like how I feel now, so I'm seriously considering just saying fuck it and not taking any of these pills anymore and just using my mmj prescription to manage my depression and anxiety (and the withdrawal symptoms). No more making calls to offices, no more incompetent people who can't click save, none of this weird "you've hit your limit of30-day refills, you have to get a 3 month Rx or your next fill is not covered" shit that CVS Caremark is pulling on me with that wellbutrin rx...I'm so fucking over all of this shit.

 

I know this doesn't mean a doctor tells you to listen to My Morning Jacket but I wish that was the case

 

It'd be a hell of a lot cheaper!