intrusive thoughts

Hello, everyone. I’m E. I’ve been either depressed or anxious (or both) my entire life, off and on. My most persistent symptom has become much more intense in the last five or so years: I can’t stop myself from constantly thinking about current events, culture wars, politics and our stupid...

Before explaining my problem, I have to start with a past event that caused it: This started my General Anxiety for everything and relationships later on. Indeed from a positive person I was now I'm a slave of my fears and mind. Thinking that Those who loves me I push away and Those who I love...

I'm 17 and for the last 2 years I've been living very unhealthy. Smoked cigarettes, drunk lots of coffe, didn't eat breakfast, used to get drunk, smoked weed... I also had a lot social problems with friends, guy I really loved used to use me, had a lot of mental breakdowns, besides that I was...

I’ve always had bad anxiety. Especially post partum. I had a baby a year ago and had it pretty bad then. I worried incessantly about developing psychosis and harming my baby or family. (Fifth baby and this has happened with all of them). This was an ongoing fear. Even before I had her. Then a...

I'm a first timer, and am a bit anxious (duh) about trying something like this, but here goes nothing. I'm a mid 30s male, and have in a way struggled with life for as long as I can remember. Spent a decade on meds which made me more zombie like than less anxious/depressed; have spent time...

Hi everyone! 25 year old male suffering from what has been diagnosed as anxiety/depression. Worried it could be more. I was on Paxil from age 19-25. I wanted to try a new medication because although my anxiety/depression was manageable I still felt that I could improve on things like focus and...