Mental Health Awareness

[P1x3l 42]

I don't have a certain illness or anything it's just that I feel numb and disconnected like all the time and then randomly feel extreme emotions but it's like I don't feel them fully?. It's mostly anger or anxiety but I don't remember the last time I was genuinely happy...Also I randomly get overwhelmed out for no where. But luckily in a few weeks I'm going to weekly therapy and hopefully they'll sort it out. 

[Tanta 30]

Rather a complicated topic for me. I do have aphantasia and was diagnosed with dyspraxia. Both of these combined mean I struggle with a good deal of tasks and feel extremely hampered artistically.

But, what caused me the most anguish was related to a surgery I had. No formal diagnosis of any kind, but it did result in a bunch of symptoms adjacent to C-PTSD. It's a daily struggle. I'm doing better than I was say, covid times but I suspect it is something I shall have to bear for my life.

[Raskolnikov 863]

16 minutes ago, Tanta said:

Rather a complicated topic for me. I do have aphantasia and was diagnosed with dyspraxia. Both of these combined mean I struggle with a good deal of tasks and feel extremely hampered artistically.

I have wondered if I have hypophantasia myself - I can somewhat try and imagine pictures in my head if pressed (so not full aphantasia), but it's very hard for me to see/add details etc - it's blurry visuals for me. It's similar to memory recall for me in that it makes recalling and describing events or instructions hard, and I tend to struggle with instructions when they require visualisation. I'm not sure why?? I used to write fanfics as a teen so I don't know if my ability to visually imagine things rapidly went downhill after I stopped engaging with fiction in literature, so my visual imagery "muscle" atrophied, so to speak. Or maybe I was always like this and never thought about it as a kid, who knows. Reading fiction these days is very hard and somewhat unrewarding for me because of this these days, while nonfiction texts I think are easier for me to read than the average person. *shrug*

Interesting you brought it up because I can see how it makes tasks harder, I do wonder if it has to do with me struggling more than most with instructors

[Ganondorf8 11,553]

There is one thing that I did forget to mention.

I've also been suffering from depression for almost twenty years. It tends to ebb and flow depending on what experiences I happen to be going through at any given time.

[ExplosionMare 18,612]

I've struggled with anxiety issues since I was a middle schooler but they're not near as constant as they used to be. They can get bad enough every now and then though where I start to feel physically ill. Thankfully I've learned how to deal with that via peppermints and medication if I need it. I don't medicate for my anxiety though since it was never unmanageable enough without meds.

I also realized that I had struggled with depression for way longer than I thought, possibly since middle school like with the anxiety. It got really bad a few times and it's the worst feeling because it's a total lack of feeling. At least when I was just anxious, I'd still have feeling. Depression is one of those things I figured I'd be feeling forever, but I've managed to pull myself out of it through therapy and just learning to cope on my own by giving myself things to be motivated about.

I have also struggled with self-harm and intrusive thoughts. Both are incredibly scary and I'm so grateful that they're not a 24/7 constant like they used to be. With intrusive thoughts, I trained myself to strike a balance between letting some thoughts go and challenging others. You can't fully fight against your brain but at times, you do need to challenge your thinking if you want to grow and re-wire any consistantly negative paths. As for the self harm, therapy helped me the most with that and learning how to regulate my emotions. My urges were so hard to understand for the longest time but now I know it was just my natural response to being overwhelmed emotionally and mentally. I have learned to let myself stim (in a non-harmful way) if I am feeling that kind of overwhelmed or I grab a plushie and cuddle it if I have one nearby. Avoiding triggering content as much as possible has helped too, since I used to consume that sort of content all the time without realizing I was just feeding my urges.

[rascalrat 61]

im usually a private dude but ill say something: i have a psychosis schizophrenia bipolar thing going on(i need help finding the right name for this please) ever since i was a child i had these issues but i didn't know. everything checks off. im very happy though, but this is an intense thing for me. i scare myself sometimes with hallucinations.

[CowBoyKid 2,095]

I have many mental health issues that I live with, I am not going to list what but I do have them.

[CowBoyKid 2,095]

I guess I will name one of my mental health issues, I am diagnosed with schizophrenia.

[IridescentEdge 199]

13 minutes ago, CowBoyKid said:

I guess I will name one of my mental health issues, I am diagnosed with schizophrenia.

What’s that like?

[CowBoyKid 2,095]

12 minutes ago, IridescentEdge said:

What’s that like?

Well, I used to hear and see things that weren't there, it's a rather complicated illness to explain, I was hospitalized twice in my life and spend 3 weeks each time, I mean I take meds for it now so I don't hallucinate anymore, I'd say to google it, for more info on it because I don't know how to explan it any more then I have.

[ExplosionMare 18,612]

On 2025-06-12 at 5:33 AM, rascalrat said:

im usually a private dude but ill say something: i have a psychosis schizophrenia bipolar thing going on(i need help finding the right name for this please) ever since i was a child i had these issues but i didn't know. everything checks off. im very happy though, but this is an intense thing for me. i scare myself sometimes with hallucinations.

I think that's called "schizoaffective disorder". The kind of schizophrenia with the bipolar mood swings.

[rascalrat 61]

On 2025-06-14 at 6:52 AM, ExplosionMare said:

I think that's called "schizoaffective disorder". The kind of schizophrenia with the bipolar mood swings.

oh thank you so much! ive been doing research on it now and 95% checks out. ill keep looking it up c:

[Fritzy 1,939]

Lets see. Just disorders/illnesses I suppose 

Adhd Autism and Did

take a guess which ones the ‘most’ fun /s /j

I do struggle often with them because well mmm one of them makes things a bit more difficult to even know what’s going on let alone when or what I said 

[Fritzy 1,939]

40 minutes ago, Fritzy said:

Lets see. Just disorders/illnesses I suppose 

Adhd Autism and Did

take a guess which ones the ‘most’ fun /s /j

I do struggle often with them because well mmm one of them makes things a bit more difficult to even know what’s going on let alone when or what I said 

And like others yes I am willing to answer questions on did you might have 

they might not be like 100% factual but they’re more from my experience 

 

[Tye456 8]

Mental health is so important for a healthy life. I’ll give a small example from my own experience — I really wanted to get a haircut, but for some reason, I just couldn’t get it done. It might sound small, but it affected me more than I expected. I felt mentally down and restless until I finally got the cut. That moment made me realize how even little things can impact our mental well-being. So yes, always take care of your mental health, even in the small ways that matter to you. 💙