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I've been dealing with some pretty intense anxiety lately and it's mostly centered around whether I'm screwing up my kids. Like I'll have a normal day with them and then at night I
Honestly wasn't sure if I should do it but my wife encouraged me and I finally made an appointment last week. Had my first session yesterday and it was way less weird than I expect
Going through a rough stretch with depression and I feel like I'm going through the motions with my wife and kids. Like I'm physically there but mentally I'm somewhere else and I f
My therapist keeps asking me about my childhood and my relationship with my dad but I don't see how that helps with the fact that I'm struggling to get out of bed most mornings. I'
My kids are in school all day, wife works from the office, and I work from home. I realized today that I haven't had a real conversation with another adult in like 4 days besides m
Started getting these crazy anxiety episodes whenever I'm driving on the highway. My heart starts racing and I feel like I can't breathe. It's gotten so bad that I've been avoiding
Doc prescribed me sertraline yesterday and I'm reading all these side effects and reviews online and freaking myself out. I don't want to be a zombie. I don't want to lose my sex d
This might sound weird but I feel more alone now than before. Have two kids, married, but I'm isolated. Can't go out with friends, can't do my hobbies, everyone else is busy with t
Finally made an appointment after my wife said I needed help. Been dealing with depression on and off for years but thought I could just push through. First session was awkward. Th
I have this constant low level panic that something bad is going to happen to my kids. Check on them at night multiple times even after they're asleep. My wife says I'm being paran
I started taking 30 minutes every other morning to go to the gym before anyone wakes up. I was feeling guilty about it like I should be doing family stuff instead. My therapist poi
Work, home, repeat. I have friends but I never reach out first and eventually they stop trying. The weekends when my kids are with their mom are the worst. I just sit in my apartme
Been on them for about 6 weeks now and the fog is lifting. Not gonna lie, I was scared to admit I needed help. There's still that voice saying real men don't need pills but I'm try
Anyone else get that crushing feeling where you wonder if you're screwing up your kids? I replay conversations in my head where I got frustrated or snapped at them. My therapist sa
Some days I just feel empty and irritable. My kids want to play with me and I'm sitting on the couch scrolling mindlessly because I have no energy. Then I feel guilty which makes t
Before kids I had my friends, we'd go out whenever. Now I'm home with the kids while everyone else is still doing their thing. My wife gets her adult interaction at work but I'm ma
I drop my 7 year old off and immediately my brain goes to worst case scenarios. Did he forget his lunch? Will he get bullied? What if he has a meltdown and the teacher thinks I'm a
Been going to therapy for about 3 months now and I gotta say it's helping more than I expected. I was really hesitant to go, felt like I was failing at something I should be able t
This is gonna sound weird but I feel so isolated. I love my family but I don't have any real friends anymore. All my buddies from college have moved or we just grew apart. I work,
I'll be sitting there doing normal stuff and then I'll see an email from my boss and my heart starts racing. Even when I open it and it's nothing serious I can't shake the feeling