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Growing up I was surrounded by so many people with undiagnosed mental illness mine seemed trivial. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 month ago by Clinicallydepressedpoochie to c/showerthoughts
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In my case it is depression. There is a bit a of anxiety and ADHD mixed in to keep it fun. Self-medicating with drugs/alcohol makes it difficult to go too long without causing life problems.

Although I'm currently down, I'm not having thoughts of suicide, and have not for about 4 months.

I have a huge fear of sharing those thoughts because I know I will likely get 5150 again. Hospitalization costs $$$$.