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to everyone who's fighting or suffering alone

I see you. I feel you. But most importantly: I love you.

Intermittent Fasting Improves Long Term Memory: Mouse study reveals intermittent fasting improves long-term memory retention and promotes hippocampal neurogenesis. The findings could help to slow cognitive decline in older adults.

Be proud to be broken!

I don't know why my mental state is so fucked up now but I found that understanding why I have certain thoughts instead of instantly challenging them made life soo much more bearable. I'm happy that I got to the the very edge and came back, because I now understand just how vulnerable it makes you and it changes your perception of life. I am proud to live with whatever is wrong with me and I hope that you can find the same peace to move forward with your life. Strength and pain drive me.

I have quit social networks and feel much better.

When I was using Facebook and IG, I was constantly comparing my life to others, and it made me feel depressed and anxious. So I said fuck it and deleted them all at once a few months back. And you know what, it actually worked! I am starting to feel more like myself now, and my confidence is coming back. I would even switch back to the old phone with buttons, but unfortunately, I have to use Whatsapp and Telegram for work.

Auricular hematoma or cauliflower ear An auricular hematoma is a collection of blood underneath the perichondrium of the ear. Auricular hematoma typically occurs secondary to trauma. Auricular deformity, commonly known as "cauliflower ear" is the result of untreated or inadequately treated auricular hematoma. #medical #clinical #science #ent #doctor

sooooooo... i quit therapy

i had been with that therapist for 4 years. it wasnt helping anymore. my mom forced me to go and because i felt forced i didnt really tell him anything about self harm or my suicidal thoughts. i wanted to quit years ago but i recently became able to quit where i live. i know i still need help but i cant get it. not when i know that they are legally required to tell my parents if i have any intentions to kill or hurt myself. my parents are not close to me. im not close to them. i hate them and all the rules they put up for reasons that are unclear to me. and they think i am a failure and a disappointment. i just had to get this off my chest.

The finish of the Triwizard Cup was WILD. https://t.co/JDAlvpK6zx

Anyone else just want to keep sleeping?

I just want to keep sleeping, I don’t want to face and deal with life. I don’t want to do much, and anything I do I’m kind of forcing myself to do it. Life is scary and takes so much energy. I know the responses will be ‘depression’ but I’m already taking medication. It keeps me going but I don’t find happiness. Anything I think I want to do and commit to I find myself not wanting to do it when it comes to the time. Literally I could sleep every day. But I know that I can’t. Anyone else?

holding everything in

i’m 15f almost 16 and i’ve been dealing with mental issues for many years. my adoptive mom never goes through making appointments to see a therapist. i have a boyfriend but he doesn’t seem to understand that i’m broken and he can’t fix me. i’ve been having really bad thoughts lately; just feel completely drained at the moment. for a week or so i feel right and then at other times some days going on week or so i feel so lifeless. i’ve dealt with self harm since the 6th grade and have actually been clean since February but those thoughts are coming back. i feels no need to be here but the only reason is because of my boyfriend. i don’t know who to go to because when i try to talk to my boyfriend about my problems he always feels like it’s his fault because he says “he isn’t doing enough” so i’m coming here to try to understand how other people get through and seek guidance i guess.

im struggling

I hate my head, i hate that im constantly paranoid and jealous, i hate i cant control my emotions, i hate how scared i am,I hate that i poison all my friendships. I hate having mental health issues, I hate having panic attacks. I just want it all to stop

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I smiled :)

Yeah just as the title says I smiled, after basically years of having to fake a smile I had a genuine smile, the problem is that it's because I was sitting in bed crying and started thinking of killing myself, I thought about it before and usually it just makes me cry more and feel even worse than I did before but I just started smiling and felt even relieved that it could be over on a slightly better note I guess I get pretty close to getting myself help before having a self attacking breakdown but my dog jumped on my lap before I can do any real damage so that's pretty nice, I don't post to often and I usually delete post out of shame so thx for reading I guess

Should my friend get a rabies shot?

My friend and I are on a roadtrip and we were going through some cave systems in Idaho, when my friend went through a particularly narrow passage and scratched herself. She scratched her hand, her knees and her calf, three of them deep enough to bleed (including her hand.) Now, the issue is as she made her way back out, she realized that there was bat feces (and potentially urine) on a lot of the rocks (this area has a lot of bats) and shes concerned that if she scratched herself on a rock with contaminate on it, she could have exposed herself. We asked the park ranger, and he didnt know. He said it wouldn’t hurt to ask a doctor. The problem is, we are virtually in the middle of nowhere, with very weak signal. We’ve tried calling a few clinics and gotten no answer since we arent local. Google hasnt been super helpful, as this is more of a specific situation. Does anyone on here know if she should get the shot? Or should we just disinfect it carefully?

Existential questions are plaguing my mind, how can I make it go away?

I was good before all this but now I wait for when I sleep for relief among all this angst.. All day I just come about this existential realization that life is meaningless and this is all there is and it just makes me so stressed and suffocated with this feeling of meaningless and hopelessness. I am taking Zoloft (Sertraline) and it’s been almost 3 weeks I think and I just need to know that I will return to normal once the medication takes effect... I had such a spark for things in life, almost like everything just had an innate meaning and motivation, and I just want to have it back.. :’(

I just want to feel fucking real for once!!!!

Please, I'm so tired of feeling like a ghost 24/7. I want to die. At this point I feel so unreal that I am surprised when I wake up. I wouldn't be shocked at all if I just randomly vanished at any given point. I am so tired of switching between alternate realities the whole time. I can't turn off my autopilot. The only way I can get rid of whoever the fuck is controlling my body is by killing that person! I've already tried hurting his wrists and starving him, but I can't stop him from taking over. He keeps speaking through my mouth. Why am I stuck behind my own eyes??? Let me out! I'm scared