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I've self-harmed a bit over a few years, but never for long periods at a time and I could stop fairly easily. But I've started again and have been doing it once a day, at a regular time since last Wednesday. My counsellor and a couple of friends know that I'm doing it and I know that they don't...

Hi Sometimes when I'm doing better, I have thoughts of suicide but I don't feel suicidal and when I am really struggling, I'm not suicidal at all. I don't believe that suicide is ever the right way out. Does anybody else have this? Earlier on I was bombarded by evil thoughts, I couldn't...

There's a situation in my life that I can't control so I want to cut myself or harm myself in some way so I have some control but I can't do anything because I'm at work.

Does anyone else have coping mechanisms for depression, excluding self-harm, that's not constructive or helpful but you keep doing them? You don't have to say what they are if you don't want to.

I know the title is going to get everybody interested in knowing what I did lol. I'm generally a shy person around people I've just met and I've never had a boyfriend or many guy friends and I'm 31. I've browsed Christian online dating sites before but I've always been too scared to sign up or...

Hi everybody, my name is Tracey I've just recently been diagnosed as having bipolar and that was only really because I went through so many anti-depressants which didn't work and it was only when I was put onto lithium did my depression stabilise. I take other anti-depressants and anxiety meds...

I know I haven't been on here for ages but I really need to talk about what's going on in my life. There's a guy who has started coming to my church who is from England, hres here working in a sports mission organization. He used to live in another town about 7 hours away and I'd met him a...

I have a good friend who I have told about my self-harming. She doesn't understand why I do it which I can completely understand, I wouldn't either if I was her. How have you tried to explain it to people so they understand why you do/did it? I'm not trying to make it sound like a good thing...

I'm a christian but I feel like I'm completely evil, like nothing I do has any pure motives at all. I know I'm saved so that's not an issue. I want to cut myself so all the bad <staff edit> can come out. I'm really lonely too and don't have anybody in real life who I can speak to now.

Hi I've been on 120mg Cymbalta a day for quite a few months, among other drugs, and its been helping. I hadn't had a depressive episode while I was on it. Then my psychiatrist changed it to 90mg and I'd been doing well but since Thursday I've started feeling depressed. Sometimes I feel a...

I have a terrible habit of mistreating people when I get depressed. I turn inward and get nasty with people, even if they're trying to help. When I'm in this state, I don't feel guilty for the way I'm behaving or think its wrong, its only when the depressive episode has ended that I realise how...

I've finally accepted the fact that what I suspected may be causing my depression actually is. Its something I went through as a child that I now have to deal with. I've been writing the memories down in my journal but its a difficult, painful process. The weird thing is that my depression was...

Hi I used to self-harm a few years ago but stopped when I scared myself by hurting myself badly. I started again last year sometime and I don't do it regularly but I see it as a 'normal' way of dealing with my emotions. I know other people would find it shocking so how do I change my...

I used to cut myself for a while a few years ago but the one time I cut myself badly and I scared myself into stopping. I've only lately started wanting to do it again and I had told a few people - my psychologist, psychiatrist, my pastor and a good friend who I asked to hold me accountable so...

For the most part, I'm pretty independent and I don't have the desire to get married and therefore, don't want to meet guys or have a boyfriend. I'm going to a conference this weekend for youth workers and, apparently, most youth workers are guys and there is a good chance that there might be a...

Has anybody torn a ligament? If so, how long did it take to heal and what treatment did you have - medication and bandaging? I've torn a ligament in my thumb and I went to the hospital the day after it happened to get x-rays to make sure it wasn't broken which it isn't. I was given...

We used to watch this movie on TV every year on New Year's Eve but they haven't shown it for the last couple of years. My dad got the DVD for Christmas so we've just watched it. It is just as funny watching it for the tenth time as it was the first time. Does anybody else know of it? I...

I got this idea from something FLNativeGirl said in another thread, she said she got used to dealing with stuff by only relying on God and no people. I'm similar, I have parents who I still live with but they have each other and I have a sister but she's married and has a child. I've been...

I don't normally like asking for prayer, maybe its a pride thing, but this is more for prayer for my extended family. My uncle passed away on Saturday night from colon cancer, he was diagnosed six months ago and it ended up spreading despite chemotherapy. I just want to ask you to pray for his...

I know this sounds alot like another thread that's just started. I've had depression for a few years and I've been on medication that has helped but I recently started suffering from burn out and I was put on stronger depression and anxiety meds. For the past week or so my depression is worse...