Anxious and depressed at the same time.

[Frag1]

I woke up feeling emotions that I can't explain. Maybe some members could help me out. I've been battling addictions for 7 months ( porn and alcohol ). The porn has literally destroyed my brain. Since quitting, I have had severe anxiety, delusional thoughts, paranoia, severe depression, racing thoughts, and phobias. I would've thought by now I would recoup, but I wake up feeling like I have zero libido, but also feel hypersexual and anxious. I have no drive for anything and just walk around like a zombie. My psychiatrist says it's PTSD, BiPolar, and OCD. I feel like I'm in a fog and can't explain it. I'm getting to the point where maybe I need medication. Any thoughts? Also, I am severely depressed about how my life is going. I keep looking back to my life of years ago and wonder where that person is.

 

[Bry]

I used to drink alot for so many years, i finally figured out that i was self medicating from Anxiety i never knew i had. Once i cleaned up, i realized how difficult everyday life is- felt like i was basically starting my life over again. Took a long time, but you will come back to yourself after the addictions have been removed from your life. I did get help from my doctor for anxiety meds and my life has been great. There is life after addiction and my addiction was to remedy the anxiety. Hope this helps a little.

 

[Lanchparty7]

My addiction is social media. It is literally rotting my brain from the inside out and far too often, I am going down the “rabbit hole” of things I shouldn’t be. Also, I almost never focus on happy or positive things. It’s all the sad and depressing crap that just makes me all the more miserable and hopeless. I’m on it when I am supposed to be working (plus I work from home) and it is becoming a distraction causing me to not be where I should with my workload and to make careless mistakes.

 

[Jonathan123]

My addiction is social media. It is literally rotting my brain from the inside out and far too often, I am going down the “rabbit hole” of things I shouldn’t be. Also, I almost never focus on happy or positive things. It’s all the sad and depressing crap that just makes me all the more miserable and hopeless. I’m on it when I am supposed to be working (plus I work from home) and it is becoming a distraction causing me to not be where I should with my workload and to make careless mistakes.

Now you are not alone. Like all things in life, social media can be good or bad depending on the circumstances. I have no media sites on my computer. I have, in the past, found them totally irevalent and distracting. Now that is not to say that they can't be useful for things like family get togethers and such. But why do we need them? I am of an age when they didn't exist. No one had a computer, and the few there were were in big companies. We got along fine, and we never heard of anyone committing suicide because of what they read and what their peers thought of them. If we are old enough to have the wisdom of life experiences we can overcome criticism because we are aware that not everyone is right. But young people, and especially teenagers, have not got that experience, so suffer from criticism about their looks and behavior. If you feel good in your own skin and have kindness, understanding and empathy you will know that none of what others say matters. I listen to someone who says something about me. I ask myself, 'are they right', because very few of us can sit back and look at ourselves. If they are right then we can correct our error and thank them for pointing it out. If not, thank them, but say you disagree. Never get angry when criticized. Anger is a powerful emotion. I suggest you stop looking at social media. If this is not possible then cut it down to the 'must see' items.