Do any of you suffer from any mental illnesses?

Wanted to make a post to see if there were any other sufferers of any kind of mental illnesses from all walks of life. Men, women, trans, old, young, from any part of the world on this forum.
I myself am a sufferer of Bipolar II, Major Depression, C-PTSD, Anxiety, Insomnia, and that's it so far as I know.
It's not something I would tell people in my real day to day life unless it concerned them, which it usually does not; but I wanted to hear other people's stories about this. Sometimes these things can feel so debilitating and so lonesome.
I came here wondering if you noticed any changes on your NoFap journey on your mental state whilst being sober, when you relapse, etc etc.
When did you know that you had any of these illnesses, and what do you do to alleviate them?
Do you go to therapy?
Take meds?
How does this affect your NoFap journey?

I know I shouldn't be, but I am off meds as I found every one of them have negative side effects that greatly outweight the positive. I am trying to get back into therapy, I meditate and workout and attempt to eat healthier than I used to. I don't do drugs, barely drink alcohol, and I'm out of dating at the moment. I am trying to steer clear from any breakdowns and working on myself to the tee.

 

My condolences.
How long have you known about this?
How does this affect your nofap journey?

And have you been off your meds to observe the differences between being on and off?

 

That's rough, I am sorry you have to deal with that.
Have you ever observed yourself off and on meds?

And same question for you, how does all this affect your nofap journey?

I know for me, it affects me that when I abstain from pmo, my stomach gets serious anxious emotions to the point of nausea at times.
It's always in the mornings as well, or right before I'm about to sleep.
Abstaining makes all these feel better, but when the urges come, so do all the symptoms of thick depression and the tick-tocking of anxiety.
I watch what I eat to alleviate my symptoms, as well as exercise and meditate.

 

That is rough. Do you tell anybody in your real day to day life about this?
5 days ehh? Jesus. So I am assuming you have before. Any side effects to abilify?
And dyu feel that meds have made your life better?
Dyu go to therapy?
Any other addictions?
If you don't mind me asking.

I would agree that pmo is to an extent, a mental illness, definitely, like drug addiction.
I get the panic attacks as well and stomach pain and all those things you mentioned. That's rough man, my condolences.
I would recommend getting yourself checked out to see what's going on to hit it head first.

The mental health awareness brigade is all pizazz, flash, smoke and lasers, but there is still very surface level and misleading information out there about everything. So for sure it's garbage and the stigma is even worse due to lack of education of said subject.
Relapses do seem to accentuate and even amplify said mental issues to the point of delirium.
Do you do any exercise?
What dyu do besides nofap to help self regulate?

No problem, thank you for sharing and opening up about your struggles, I appreciate it!
It's not easy to talk about and I believe having a space on here would help, not just us, but others who feel they can't talk about it.

Are you still on antidepressants?
And how long did it take for the side effects to subside?

Yeah, M-ing without P can still be quite the mental pushback. I wanna know if it's like that for those who have no addiction to pmo,
Or any kind of mental illness at all whatsoever.

Interesting. Prayer is a form of meditation. That's good!
Dyu have any other addictions beside pmo? If you don't mind me asking that is.

Jeez man. Well, it seems like you are seeking help. Dyu feel it helps and makes things better? Has your life become better on meds?

I empathize man. What dyu do to help you through it?
Anything productive that helps you push through the bogging down?
How long have you had it and when didja know?

How long have you been taking your meds?
Any side effects to the meds?
And when did you find out you had ADHD?

Exactly man. No matter how much mental health awareness has vastly progressed these past couple of years, there is still a lot of stigma, a taboo and an uncomfortable silence and awkwardness surrounding mental health.
Depression and anxiety and insomnia are more of the openly talked about ones that people have no problem empathizing with
And discussing openly about.
But if you have any of the others that require meds, hospitalization, or anything like that, people treat you different.
I despise telling others about it because then they take that label and treat you differently because of your mental health.
It's dehumanizing, even if they feel its giving us special treatment, it's not.

That's good to hear that you managed to wade through all that. What made you go in and get diagnosed for schizophrenia in the first place?
Did you read about the symptoms? Did you feel something was off about yourself?

That's awful man. I was almost hospitalized myself. Did you find that being in a ward helped?

Therapy does help man. i myself stopped going since the pandemic hit back in 2020. I need to go back.

What side effects dyu get from your meds?

That's good man.
It has been helping and its been cathartic to know there are others who deal with these things.
My heart goes out to them and to you guys, thank you for sharing.
It hurts to know others struggle as well, but it makes us feel less alone and not feel so alien with our eccentricities.

That last sentence you wrote is beautiful. I agree, I need to start doing that again. It's been a while since I've done that, thank you.

How long have you been in therapy?

I empathize with the self isolation from people you know and dropping out.
Do you take meds?

Dyu do anything to help alleviate your symptoms? Besides abstain?

Once again, thank you guys for responding to the forum. I appreciate it!
It's been therapeutic.
Having a job with all these things, when I go a night without sleep, I go into a mini panic attack due to being afraid of going hypomanic.
And with having a job and having to work the next morning whilst hypomanic is nerve wracking.
I don't want anyone to see me all fucked up out of my mind.
It happened at my last job and I was barely getting any sleep at all.
I thought I was gunna die the whole time.
I have to watch what I eat, avoid caffeine, avoid staying up late at night,
All this to make sure I don't go into an episode.
Abstaining for me definitely helps with my mental health as it clears a lot of the fog.
Also, another thing I have noticed during abstinence is that suppressed emotions come up with a vengeance,
And that make it very hard to remain sober.
I heard Bipolar gets worse as one gets older.
Not gunna lie, it terrifies me a bit.