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As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I feel this is connected to my social anxiety but i'm always worried i smell bad, for example if someone acts off with me, i assume it's because i smell bad, if i'm in public and someone walks away from me, i think it's because i smell bad. The worst part it, i don't know if i do? i have had one person say they can smell one of my perfumes even after i've left the area, and others say i sometimes smell you but it's always a pleasant perfume smell and isn't too strong. I constantly can also smell myself, people say if you can smell yourself badly then so can everyone and i ask others and they say all they can smell is perfume…so is this anxiety? or maybe do i smell bad </query> | <response>n nIf you know how to properly clean/store your clothes and toss them when they are too far gone as well as don't risk wearing something you are 'working on' cleaning, are hygienic throughout the day, shower regularly, and use appropriate deodorant you have little to worry about unless you have some medical condition.n nThere is the occasional dog poo on the sidewalk/grass or the wild animal that sprayed some grass/bush etc and maybe you brushed up on it though that you need to be careful about. If you avoid the grass, bushes and watch where you step you should be fine. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Obviously, most redditors aren't doctors, as doctors are too busy to use Reddit. I've been struggling with mental health issues all my life, mainly emotionally instability and obsessive thoughts. I just need help figuring out what's wrong with me. I hope you understand.nnHere's why my mind is a mental storm:nn1. I have incredibly anxious, obsessional thoughts. For months on end I might ponder a philosophical issue such as free will, the nature of reality, or other things like if I'm a terrible person or not. There's times where I'd obsess about these things every waking hour, and no matter how much reassurance I had that everything was fine I still found another way to be anxious, a flaw in the system, an insecurity. It got so bad that I've had suicide attempts because these thoughts would give me this soul-sucking, utterly hopeless depression.n2. During the daytime I'm usually very tired and at night I get too energetic and I can't fall asleep. There's times where I get random spurts of energy and my mind keeps jumping from topic to topic and I can't concentrate on anything that requires effort. There's small periods of time where I suddenly feel very happy or very sad.n3. The way I feel grief is...weird. When the first time my cat died the grief was uncontrollable. I hated the feeling so much, it nauseated and terrified me. It was one of the worst feelings to ever have. When my grandma started dying, I started distancing myself from her, because I didn't want to pain to be so bad--which was terribly selfish. As I got older, whenever someone died I just felt this weird sense of shock, of unreality...and then the grief would go away. As if part of me still believed they were alive somehow. Whenever I saw other people grieve I would feel incredibly uncomfortable, even annoyed--again, which sounds awful. A few weeks ago, I visited the grave of a friend who died to suicide. When I went to their grave I didn't feel much of anything. I wondered what was wrong with me. Was I a sociopath? Then I walked over to the really old graves, from the 1800s, where moss smothered people's names out and no fresh flowers were laid--and I was near the brink of tears. No one grieved these people anymore. They're completely forgotten, but they had just as important and valuable lives as our own. They thought differently--even immorally, by our modern standards--but they still understood virtue, love, beauty, they still have loved ones and were loved. Then I walked over to the graves of children and teenagers--I thought to myself, what kind of cruel God would allow these people to die? They barely even had a shot at life. And I was really, really, holding back tears at that point because I didn't want to cry.n4. With emotions, I either feel everything or nothing at all. Either I don't feel a whole lot for other people, or I feel immensely for them--especially for total strangers, or even characters in a movie. Art is easier to express emotions with--because it gives you a </query> | <response>then you may wanna look into seeing a professional about cyclothymia. cyclothymia is extremely similar to bipolar disorders but the mood shifts are less intense. most people with it can function in life, but with difficulty. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Yesterday at work when was on break and one of my co-workers was in the break room with me. She pulled up a chair next to me and started talking to me. I was excited someone genuinely wanted to talk to me, but she told me mid conversation her phone was dead so I feel like she only spoke to me to keep track of time since she was on her break. Which I mean it's okay to ask for the time, but the conversation seemed so forced. nnI hate being taken advantage of and I hate being a people pleaser. But I don't wanna come off rude either. </query> | <response>Ah that sucks :( I remember in high school there was this girl I was friends with for a little while, then she decided that other people were more interesting. A while after that, one day I was standing against the heater waiting for class to start and she came up to me and started talking. I was really excited for a moment. Then she told me she was only standing there with me because she was cold and her clothes were wet from the rain. Yes well thanks.nnI mean I had still other friends but it still sucked </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> This may be weird but does anyone else absolutely despise the very idea of Disneyland? Every one of my friends has been and they all say how great and fun it is; and while I've never gone myself I just can't imagine standing in huge crowds and lines just for little rides and enjoying it (and it's all very expensive)nnMaybe it's an extrovert thing, but for me it's my worst nightmare </query> | <response>Yeah same, a bunch of people just equals more anxiety for me. But the Grinch does sound fun I think it's also a matter of actually being interested in the attractions as well </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> This book is life changing. It's really gets into the core of social anxiety; why you experience it and how it affects you. nI will say you've got to be in a good headspace to read this book. It can be confronting to have the entire disorder cross examined before your eyes and finally see it for what it is. nnHere's a quote from the book: u2018Social anxiety comes from the fear that we are not enough and are therefore not lovable. This fear makes the idea of being found out, judged, and rejected terrifying, and we avoid certain aspects of life at all costs. This leads to a life of playing small, avoiding connection, and steering clear of anything that might cause judgement or rejection. The more we avoid, the smaller our life becomes, and the more limited our future looks.' </query> | <response>I agree, one of the best books to overcoming your social anxiety. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I have been talking with a friend about hanging out for a while, and we were all set for spending some time together tomorrow so I can help her with learning to use her new gun. Then today she asks if it's OK if she invites another friend, someone I don't know who also needs the practice, and so of course I say yes, because there's no good reason for me not to be OK with it. Now I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to get out going without being a huge asshole. I set the whole thing up, and if I don't go it all falls apart. So I'm going to go, grit my teeth through the whole thing, and waste a day trying my hardest not to be awkward instead of enjoying myself... </query> | <response>I always get same dread right before doing any social event but find myself more relaxed and often enjoy it when it happens. nnIf you're dreading meeting a new person then I get hate, I hate meeting new people too. However I always find it turns out much easier to meet new people when their friend of a friend, it's usually easier to break the ice and feels less awkward as you have a friend there to help you along. Also you should remember that if you've both made friends with the same person then there's a good chance that you'll get along well. I also know that I feels incredibly stressful to have your plans changed last second but you'll feel like shit if you cancel it so sometimes you just have to go screw it and go and I'm sure you'll feel much better when it happens to how you do now. nnEven if it does go bad then you can be proud of yourself for going ahead with it when you were anxious and stepping out of your comfort zone. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> So I had my first Therapy appointment a couple days ago after long years of needing it. I found out I have much worse mental health (anxiety and depression) than I thought. Like I'm in top 90th percentile bad. Right off the bat I was advised medication is what I should do and to go see a physciatrist. The problem is I don't like the idea of being stuck on medication and don't want to be dependant on it. Id rather be independent on finding my happiness although I can barely do that anyways.nnIs that normal for the very first Therapy appointment I have ever been to??? nnShould I still go see a psychiatrist??n(Are there other benefits than medication being perscribed by one) </query> | <response>If it is for depression you may as well take an AARI/SNRI I personally would not take an antipsychotic but that is me I just dislike being a zombie and possible perm side effects.nnAre you starting therapy at all then? you could get started learning all different therapy skills. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I'm a dual enrollment student (simply put I'm like early enrollment so I'm in high school & college at the same time) at a commuter college, so are a lot of my classmates. It really sucks for me. I was dx'd with social anxiety when I was in 8th grade, although I'm pretty sure I'd had it for years before but I was too nervous to say anything about it. But it was really, really bad then, I'd have panic attacks every single school day that would last for over an hour. I'm pretty sure this was heavily linked to my abusive parents, who I still have to live with (yaaaay-_-). I haven't had panic attacks for a few years now but I'm still horribly shy. nnI have no friends, I'm pretty sure nobody except the profs know my name at school (and I don't know theirs), and I feel incredibly alone. The disconnected feeling is horrible; how could we be so close, sharing the same space for hours a week, yet so disconnected at the same time? It is hard not to breakdown crying in the middle of class. In fact on the first day of class one of my profs specifically asked me if I was worried, I'm sure my face looked a lot like that, because it's a struggle to keep a straight face. Funny thing is I rarely actually cry, it's almost like I can't because I fight it so hard. IDK. nnAnyways, I end up eating alone in my car in the parking lot (I park furthest from the entrance way in the back) most days, partially because I'm embarrassed of people seeing that I pack lunch, and partially because I'm embarrassed of people seeing that I'm sitting alone. It totally sucks, obviously.nnI'm too worried about possible negative reactions that I will never be able to get a positive encounter. I wouldn't even know how to start. Most people here went to the same high school before going here (DE & regular students); I went to a small school and I don't know anybody. nnI have no friends in class, so I haven't been able to ask anybody what the assignment is from the day I missed (sprained my wrist, didn't skip, ha!) and I'm too nervous to email the professor. I've been considering going to the student disability center, but the diagnosis isn't recent enough for them, my parents were against therapy and I'm not going to ask them about it, and I'm too nervous to call and make an appointment with the psychologist they have. My high school's therapist is literally awful & thinks I'm </query> | <response>You should go see a good counsellor because you need to work through all the beliefs you have and challenge them. At the same time, make it a goal to do small things that scare you. Even as simple as just saying hi to someone while you walk past them. Approach them with fake confidence, just act like you're confident even if you're scared. During and after the encounters, keep telling yourself that none of it scary and there's no danger or threat.nnAfterwards you'll probably have all these negative thoughts and feel scared that something bad is happening, but that's just the anxiety fucking with you. Keep reminding yourself that there's nothing to worry about, no danger, no threats, nothing to be scared off. If you spend the time to think these things through rationally, you will come to the conclusion that you don't need to be scared. Being rational doesn't make the fear go away, but it's your starting point for training the fear away.nnTry parking your car closer, then closer, then closer. Everyone time someone walks past your car, make eye contact with them. This is because it feels scary, and practicing scary things is good! Focus on staying calm and reminding yourself that they're not judging you, or if they are, they're barely judging you. Keep attacking things head-on like this. All the physical symptoms like beating heart etc are totally normal - you will feel that even when you're not in danger. That's fine, just keep practicing.nnThese are just some examples of practice activities you can do, but you can probably come up with your own better ones. Just find some simple things that scare you which you know shouldn't scare you, and practice them while giving yourself positive pep talks before, during, and after. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> nI suppose if you didn't already know how anxiety/depression brain works here is a layout for you. (In my experience). nnComfortable moves into hope. Hope turns to sadness. Sadness turns to extremes and fear. Fear turns to breakdowns and panic attacks....after panic attacks... I can regather and try to be a hopeful person. After that I feel self conscious and intrusive for being me...and I retreat back to everything COMFORTABLE and hide from the world..........nComfortable moves into hope. Hope turns to sadness. Sadness turns to extremes and fear. Fear turns to breakdowns and panic attacks...after panic attacks...I can regather and try to be hopeful person. After that I feel self conscious and intrusive for being me... and I retreat back to everything comfortable and hide from the world....... I've struggled a lot lately. Let me know if anybody wants a link to counseling. I found a pretty good one that offers financial assistance. </query> | <response>Oh absolutely. One of the things I struggle with the most is immediately going to the worst possible scenarios. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I live with my boyfriend and his grandma and his family came over for Christmas. My own family lives across the country. I haven't socialized with anyone but him in two months. I'm feeling so anxious and his extremely extroverted sister just found out I like the same kind of music so they're doing everything they can to pressure me into talking with her and when I don't, it gets awkward. I just don't feel like doing this. I feel rude especially after they gave me gifts and all I wanna do is get out. I currently went upstairs to take a breather cause I felt like I was gonna have a panic attack. My boyfriend doesn't understand why his family makes me nervous and uncomfortable. They're great people with huge, unique personalities and that's WHY I can't. I don't want to disappoint them cause I'm just boring and awkward. </query> | <response>It is! LolnnYeah I agree with those points it's just that half the time im perfectly content to just sit in my room and play games. I'm almost worried that if I become social i won't have enough me time. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I constantly have to think of how someone is going to react before I even start a sentence and if I even have a glimmer of a bad vibe I won't say how I feel. EVER. HOW TO REMEDY </query> | <response>I do the same thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy crap I truly thought I was a crazy person for doing this!!!!! I legitimately will shut on myself to make sure the other person doesn't feel uncomfortable or upset or anything that's not < content. I don't know how to this but it's comforting to know I'm not alone. Sorry I don't have an answer lol but just know I HEAR YOU. If I find any good subs about this I'll let you know or repost it here :) </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Anyone else feel super proud of themselves when they make small talk with a stranger for a couple of minutes? If I make a little chit chat with a rando at the grocery store I feel super social and cool for the rest of the day, almost normal. I will look around to make sure someone has witnessed me being 'normal'. haha </query> | <response>I'm still riding on the high of making some appointments on the phone a few weeks ago </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Everyone at my internship is great. They all are friendly, knowledgeable, easy going. The training has been alright so far. However, I got into a conversation with one of the employees and my anxiety kicked in and I started to feel nervous and my body was shaking. I hate how this happens to me. What should I do to help rid myself of this? I tell myself there is nothing to worry about, but that doesn't seem to help since my mind still disagrees. </query> | <response>For me i would have run away. I'm so bad at speaking. Social anxiety hits me in the face. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> As a child in the 90s I never played games very much. Occasionally the n64 or whatever. I never had social anxiety until about 14 or 15 when my parents got me a laptop around 2004. I got addicted to playing an mmorpg on it and from then on I developed intense anxiety around others which hasn't gone away till this day (I'm 31). It just puzzles me cause as a kid before I got really into gaming and the Internet I never had this curse of social anxiety. Anyone relate? I also thought maybe social anxiety is a side effect of the shame I feel for having wasted my life. </query> | <response>I spent a lot of time wondering why on earth I'm like this. The things I described that made me shy weren't these hugely traumatic events that feel proportionate to the extreme social anxiety I've developed. I think some of us are just more sensitive </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Doc put me on 150g of wellbutrin today alongside my 30mg of Cipralex. Curious how long before I can expect a change and what others experiences on Webutrin are. </query> | <response>Every person is different. In high school Prozac + Wellbutrin worked well for me. Around 30 I tried I think Effexor + Wellbutrin and it gave me intense anxiety. Give it a shot and see how you feel. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Sorry for the long post here but I just found this subreddit and after reading a few things I think I may fit in. Social anxiety or just sever introvertism?nnI just recently realized that I'm showing signs that fit pretty well into social anxiety but I don't know how to bring it up to anybody that could possibly actually diagnose/help. nnSo basically I spend almost every single night alone in my room but because I'm very introverted so this never seemed unusual to me. What really made me notice is my complete avoidance of people I don't know and asking questions. Last year I didn't turn in the homework for the first 2 weeks of college because I was afraid to ask all these strangers how to work the printers. (I only figured it out because I watched one of my friends print something) On top of that, I always feel like I'm being judged and looked at. When talking to people I always worry about where my hands are or what I'm doing with my arms, how I'm standing/sitting etc. When I'm driving, I feel like people are constantly judging me and often times I'll take much longer ways to my destination just to avoid other drivers.nnI'm currently a vocal performance major studying to perform Opera and the like. I have little trouble in performance but in rehearsal I always feel so awkward and like I'm being judged for everything I do.nnI have a lot of trouble expressing my opinions or feelings and will almost always just put up with something that bothers me than confront someone about it. </query> | <response>Nothing major like my whole body trembling or profuse sweating or fainting. But I certainly get some minor shortness of breath, my hands and voice shake a bit, and I feel a bit nauseous. In addition I often stress about really insignificant things. Like if on Monday, my friends invite me out to do something on Friday, the whole week I end up thinking about it and thinking of ways out of it and get a little stressed. To answer how long I've had these symptoms, like I said I always just chalked it up to being a major introvert but thinking about it, probably the past 5-6 years. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I'm scared. Lol... </query> | <response>Honestly I have no idea the teacher just said she wanted to interview me. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> So I told this guy (let's call him A) that I would show up for his private event, we're kinda friends but I had to cancel last minute on him, I know it's bad to be flaky but his response was “I'll pretend to be shocked!!!” And then he laugh reacted (this was on insta) to me saying “Okay disregard that last message, I'll go”. So now I'm going to his thing because he made me feel bad, and also because I feel like I should prove him wrong and show up for something I said I would do. But was this really mean and somewhat manipulative of him to say? I need some other views on this. </query> | <response>But what if I changed my mind because of what he said which fucked with my self esteem and mental health? I had valid reasons to cancel, it was just very hard to say no to someone who said that </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Should I see a therapist?nn(https://www.reddit.com/poll/vk3him) </query> | <response>Contacting my Student Advisor was the best thing I've ever done. She was supported and she understood what could be done. Also she assured me that she will always be there when I have to have an anxious meeting with professor etc </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Just random observations about other people, but more so about myself I guess..nnDo y'all ever watch a movie where two people are having an intense conversation with their faces inches away from each other, and instead of focusing on what they're saying, you're like- “Wow how is he/she not shaking/sweating/stuttering/etc.?”nnAnd true story- me and a friend stepped out to run an errand and right before we leave, she downs a whole can of Redbull. And she was just her regular self the whole time. No noticeable increase in energy or anything. I watched in amazement because if I did that my regular anxiety that kicks in when I'm in public would have quadrupled!nnIt's these little things that “normal” people probably take for granted that I'm just amazed by. Relatable? </query> | <response>Right?! Like what superpower do you want? Umm the power to socialize </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I can't find stuff about it anywhere and nobody can relate but my therapist labeled it a mix of social anxiety and being introverted. Basically I hate socializing with my friends. Getting invited anywhere is panic-inducing. Talking to them on the phone feels like a burden. It doesn't ever cross my mind to invited a friend over. I also have severe depression. nobody seems to understand I love them, it's just unpleasant to socialize with them. Like I don't have a good time. It takes all my energy and I'd rather be alone in bed. For some reason, though, the idea of meeting new people is preferable and more fun to me. Like am I just bad at having friends? </query> | <response>the difference between introverts and extraverts is that extraverts gain energy through social interaction, while introverts lose energy through social interaction. I also find social interaction to be draining and exhausting, I feel like I can only handle it in small doses if at all and need to be on my own for a few hours just to recharge the batteries. Also I've just never been that interested in people or relationships in general.nndepression also made me extremely withdrawn and not want to be around people. depression sucks out all your energy and motivation and makes it even harder to do anything.nnUnlike you I hate meeting new people and can't stand being around strangers. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I call it “fake it until you make it” I basically just try to act like the extroverted person I really want to be as much as I can even if it's out of my comfort zone. I can't do it 100% perfect obviously but i think it's working at least a little bit. nnDoes anyone have anything they've done that's helped ? </query> | <response>Then you realize nearly everyone on the planet is doing this at least half the time. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I have a couple of friends, but I don't contact them as much anymore to hang out because it drains me. It doesn't make me feel good anymore. I just feel crappy afterwards. Like I haven't talked enough or been fun enough. There's also a group chat with some people I'm acquaintances with and some friends. I don't text in it anymore or look at it cause I don't have the energy. I don't feel good enough to be apart of their group. Sometimes I would rather just be forgotten by all of them. It's really contradictory cause I feel so lonely often but I feel worse when I'm around people and I'm having a shit time. </query> | <response>A suggestion is to make a kind gesture occasionally toward a few of these friends (like remembering their birthday or an important life event). It is something you may have to force yourself to do. But if you do not display kindness to others, you will find yourself completely alienated by people when you are older. I lost most friends (due to social anxiety) that way and regret it. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I dunno why, I've just felt like I've been unappreciated and unloved at work and in general. Like I'm worthless to others and others seem more important and loved. Am I worthless then? I just, it's complicated, I just feel like I am despite giving advice to others and trying to cheer them up… Just want some advice or support I guess. </query> | <response>I think social anxiety is just the fear of being vulnerable. What seems like everyone else being unable to connect with us, is actually us not showing vulnerability and people closing off because they sense that we're not being fully open with them.nnWhen I became more vulnerable with my husband, our connection deepened dramatically. He was closed off to me but not to others, so the problem had to be me, even thought I always though it was him. Learning to be vulnerable is the key. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> ...not only me...i hope..? </query> | <response>Exactly, it's such a freakin' catch-22. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I have always had social anxiety, but started to come out of it in my adult years.nBut after the pandemic it kicked into high gear, so much so that I have even avoided social media.nIt seems like the world hates me although I try to be humble and kind.nNo matter what I say or do I'm being pulled both ways in a no win situation, and if I do say anything I'm almost always harshly bashed further pushing me down.nFor example, on another anxiety subreddit I was told to shut up and get off social media after I let my emotions out. I ended up just deleting my whole account and said screw it. nnI'm in a mental prison with no escape, no matter what I say or do is right whether in person or online..nI have considered quitting being a nice guy and just treat others the way they treat me, versus treating others the way I want to be treated, but I just can't do that. </query> | <response>It's really rare that people would just attack you for no reason, maybe you hold some reasonable but controversial opinions, or maybe came across as someone who projects their mental health problems onto others? I'm hoping you will get better experiences from now on. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Hello all, so I am 18, a girl and as you probably can guess have really bad social anxiety. I've made last minute plans to visit my only friend over night at her college in a big city about an hour and a half away from me. Everyone else I know this year went off to college and I stayed home, hoping to be ready next year. I know this should be something fun, but I'm already so stressed about it. I get extremely nervous around people my own age. She said we will probably go to a party and I feel like I will just feel terrible the whole time. Any suggestions are welcome!!nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn </query> | <response>If you go, what do you have to lose? What's the worst that can happen? Think about your fears logically, and try writing them down. They look less scary when they're on paper. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Whenever I'm in a store or something my anxiety sky rockets and I can hear people whispering or talking about me. I hear things like “look this guys crazy, look at this psychopath” Idk if i'm making it up or people are actually whispering about me. I sorta think I'm hearing people talk and then my anxiety is twisting heard convos and i'm filling them in w my insecurities. Idk if this makes sense, can anyone relate? </query> | <response>happens to me all of the time </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> ill be fired if i dont get a vaccine, and its so hardt o get onennthe only appointment time this weekend is in 3 hours its too soon for me, i need time to work myself up to going. I can't go during the week because I have work, and even next weekend the only appointment for me to take is far away as i dont have a car or drivers licensennand i have insurance but i dont know anything about it and i dont have an insurance card; im not sure how to explain it to them when they ask, and if im going to have to pay for the vaccine if i don thave my insurance card becuase i dont know how much it costs </query> | <response>Geez, the downvotes. I like how our empathy and understanding of someone's social anxiety suddenly vanishes once it involves the vaccine... They're not even denying the vaccine's effects or anything guys, they're just afraid to go out. Ease up, maybe? </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Only God can judge me? Makes me nervous lmao </query> | <response>i don't think god is watching lol.. i just think someone placed cameras in my room or the smoke detector has a camera in itnbeen feeling like that for 5 years nowneveryother day I'm searching my room for cameras </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I really want to get a job that I will like, even if it's just for a few weeks, but i also have a hard time to interact with people and it's stressing me a lot ud83dude15 I think something relax would be best but I don't know much part time jobs that doesn't seems stressful, so I wondered what kind of jobs you guys have? I am an artist and would like something that requires creativity and not something like a cashier (that seems simply way to stressful) Any ideas? </query> | <response>I dont work there anymore and when I did work there I wasn't in the backroom primarily :(nBut sometimes I was able to help out back there. They sometimes have to lift heavy items but if its really heavy they have equipment to help with that. A lot of times it seemed like they were backstocking items, organizing items, or packaging orders to be shipped out to customers. It is physical because you're on your feet the whole time, but if I ever went back to retail that's where I would go. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> ive wrote here before, talking about my mother.nnsince then, ive noticed that whenever we talk it leads to an argument, and ive realised that whenever i open up to anyone, it leads to an argument. i pushed my friends away and i have no one else. i ruin everything i have and im so lonely, im desperate. im so done with everything i dont really want to be alive anymore? im finding it extremely hard to cope. i just want someone who makes me feel wanted and understood, but i prevent myself from having that. nnim so exhausted </query> | <response>I know there is no simple answer but we can start with a cliche ; it won't always be this way. Start but working on yourself first . But yourself before anyone else . Focus on what makes you feel good , educate yourself about what your struggling with, look at resources and seek psychiatric help. I have bipolar and I've been in your position before on more than one occasion. The best thing you can do for yourself is train yourself to not care what others think. It's hard I won't lie. For me writing everything down helped me express what I was going through. Giving myself time for self care also helped. Simple things overtime will be rewarding and soon your energy will attract the right people and you'll be in a better place . You are not alone in your feelings here. I do understand what you are going through . It's not your fault , depression is scary and often takes over us . You don't ruin everything I can promise you .. everything just looks worse in that lens and feels impossible but you will get out of it and look back take a deep breath and be so proud of yourself for getting through it . I believe in you . You got this ! </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Been having some crying spells lately, because I have way too much shit on my mind and how the world is right now, it's overwhelming ud83dude25ud83dude2d </query> | <response>I wish I was numb like you cause I keep crying so loud the cops are called on me :( </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I didn't used to have this problem, I mean I was okay at presentations a few years ago, but since last year every time I have a presentation I start shaking really bad. I thought it wasn't visible to the audience, but my teacher just told me he could see it, and he was sitting in the back of the class.nnWe had to give a presentation about a website we made, and I made this really great website. Probably one of the best in the class (if I may say so myself) and my presentation just ruined it. I got a 7/10 for it (which is equal to a B/B- in US), but I know I could've gotten a much higher grade for it. Especially because everyone got at least a 7 for their website.nnAnyways, any tips for how to handle giving presentations? Most importantly, how do I stop shaking? How do you guys deal with it. </query> | <response>Practice. I know it can be difficult, but the more you practice the more comfortable you are with presenting to other people. Start small with a friend or family member first, and just keep practising and eventually you will overcome your fear and it will feel natural. I still get nervous before presenting, but once I start it almost feels automatic and the nervousness goes away. Best of luck </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I am a 35 year old man with severe social anxiety. I had it in High School, but it got really bad a few years after graduation. I live a very socially isolated life, and at times my anxiety is so bad I isolate from family due to feeling judged. I am currently in one of those periods, and have been for almost two months now. I haven't seen anyone except for people at the Gym or Stores, and those are all strangers. I feel like less of a loser during this Covid time, but know that I need to change something or I have no reason to be around anymore. I have also been unemployed since January, and my unemployment ended. I have applied for dozens of jobs and have only had one Zoom interview. I'm sure I didn't hear back due to how awkward I came across on camera. Anyone else feel this same way? </query> | <response>I really just have to get out of my own head, i worry too much about what ppl will think of me </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> U know 20 years ago...sharing our lives on a social media platform wasn't a norm. People dont post picture of every events or Instagram stories every occasion. nnWell, I have bad social anxiety from bullying in high school years ago. So, I'm a really late bloomer when it comes to posting and sharing my life to the world despite my age. When everyone is a pro at Instagram/Snapchat, I dont even like to use the app. Truth is, I'm scared for a long time to let my bullies see how I'm doing in my life. I'm so self-conscious that I totally feel very uncomfortable letting the world see how good or bad my life is. Weird right? nnTill today I'm still not posting unless its a very happy or picture perfect occasion. I'm impressed with people who just shares all the nice and ugly sides of their life so publicly. nnBut still I dont share every happy occasion even if I have perfect pictures these days. There's a part of me that just likes to keep it private with who I share my time or where I went like a little secret. I realized it could be very self-fulfilling. nnIts like I wanted to share but not at the same time?nnI dont know if anyone in this sub has weird side effects of social anxiety like mine. But if u do, u are not alone :) </query> | <response>I feel you! But I have a different perspective on the matter. I'm just afraid people will see how hard I'm trying even when I'm clearly not doing that well.nnI don't think an adult would go through the trouble of bullying someone online. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Lately I've been struggling with my phone call anxiety, I really want to get past it, but I can't seem to be comfortable with the way I talk and I sound. I want to expose myself to it, but the mere thought of simply doing it terrifies me. I've tried to speak in voice calls and the closest thing I get to is to unmuting my microphone. English is not my first language but I still struggle in the same way with my native language and I don't know what to do. Any advice? </query> | <response>Think about what your gonna say and talk slow. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> bottom text </query> | <response>Yes, although I don't express it I feel anger and resentment towards others and myself. It concerns me because I know it's a dangerous and bad way to live. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Hello!! I have very bad social anxiety and going to events and or going out by myself makes my incredibly anxious due to my social anxiety. However for the time being I am living at home and do not have any friends, and mostly hang out with my dad (no shame on that though). Does anyone have any recommendations for how to find friends with the world u201copening back upu201d but with very bad social anxiety? nThank you! </query> | <response>Look at (https://meetup.com) I actually found a social anxiety group on there I went to before the pandemic, but then it started being hosted on zoom and that was just too fucking awkward. Unfortunately the leader of the group disappeared and is not running it anymore (maybe she was too anxious). Good luck. There are groups for pretty much everything on there. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Overthinking is so tiring as f. I can't pull myself up to do my school works. I woke up in the morning, thinking again and it continues until these hours and until night to midnight, not until i fell asleep. this is just so tiring, and idk anymore how to escape unless ppl will talk to me constantly. how am i supposed to do school stuff if i am like this I can't focus anymore, I'm overthinking with no gaps in a day. :((( </query> | <response>Hey you don't have to be perfect. No one has ever been perfect and no one ever will be. It's human nature to fall down, to be akward, to make a mess it's how we learn. The goal is not to achieve perfection or even to achieve </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I am currently with my new boyfriend right now who has SAD. He's amazing and wonderful and I try to tell this to him often and try to be there for him as much as I can even if we can't be physically together. However, sometimes I feel he's just not that into it as much as I am, although I understand that his anxiety is probably hindering him from being as affectionate as guys who don't have anxiety do. But I do really like him, and I'd probably even fall in love with him, and he did agree that we should be exclusive when I asked him to. I'd like to know what people with SAD think about being in romantic relationships, especially when their partner believes in them a lot and thinks they're amazing. I just wish I could let him know how great of a person he is. Thoughts? nnPS: I might frequent this subreddit as a support group, btw. I really want to understand and be there for my boyfriend. :) </query> | <response>The answer will differ depending on who you ask. I've heard people with SAD (this might even apply to most) that they don't think they could ever be in a romantic relationship because they're too afraid of people.nnI've never actually dated in the typical sense. Both of the serious relationships I've been in started out as friendships, online friendships to be specific. So in both cases, I'd known the person well before-hand through comfortable interaction (video games), started to talk a lot with them elsewhere through e-mail, IMing, etc, finally dare to go on a video chat (scary and takes a few attempts to get comfortable with), gradually start to like them in a romantic way, find out they feel the same, and by that point the experience doesn't feel social anymore. I'm so comfortable around them I don't feel judged or like I have to put on an act, so social anxiety doesn't even come into play. That's how I feel with my current SO.nnIn a typical dating scene though, I can imagine having trouble. Being expected to know someone all at once might be scary. If I didn't know them very well yet I'd feel they were judging me, that everything I said was stupid, etc. nnOf course I don't know the details of your situation or why your boyfriend is acting the way he is. But I would guess the answer probably lies where it does for all relationships, in communication. Tell him your concerns, ask him what's going on for him and if there's any way you can help. If he doesn't feel comfortable expressing some things in words, maybe he could write it down or something. That would be my best guess as to what to do. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I miss playing Leauge of Legends </query> | <response>But doesn't alcohol make you not care that you will look stupid </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Honestly where? I'm a 23 yo guy with social anxiety and I feel like I'll never meet a girl with ny condition </query> | <response>r/2meirl4meirl </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> i have bad anxiety and usually when i do something i'd like to have some help of someone walking through what i should do or say and this is just one of those cases; basically i have some cash i need to get loaded onto a debit card and the best way to do that is to hand cash to a clerk at a store and i guess ask them to load it on??? i don't know what i should say or do to make it a less awkward exchange?? anyone else had to do this and what exactly should i say?? (and is this even the right sub to post this on? i just saw something of someone asking how to go about another like customer service encounter like this and someone explained what they should do so i'd figure i'd ask) </query> | <response>It sounds like you're from the USA (u2018store clerk') so im not sure if this applies but in the UK when ive walked into a bank ive usually been approached by someone working in the bank after a few minutes of me looking confused asking if I need any help. Also I remember when I was little and my mother, whose english was pretty broken, would often ask for help. The point in trying to make is that they've always been super helpful and have always seemed willing to help (after all it is they're job) nObviously we're in the middle of a pandemic rn so you may not be approached which means you will probably have to go to clerk for help. A few things that may help with the interaction(?):n1) say u2018hello' when reaching themn- it will prompt them to say u2018hello' back and they will most likely say something along the lines of u2018is everything okay/ how can i help etc'n1b) if for some reason they haven't given you an opportunity to ask for help, ease in and say something like u2018i was wondering if you could help me out with something' n- mentioning the word u2018help' is key as they will be obliged to reactn2) if you happen to feel anxious during any of this its okay to take your timen- a professional wont disengage with you have their attention nnIve never given advice like this but ive always found that this helps me in situations like this. I hope this helps and good luck :D </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> hey, nnso I have depression and anxiety especially agoraphobia and some more mental sicknesses... But today I went to Starbucks. That's something I wanted to do like for 9 years. I talked to the person and ordered something ALONEnI just feel pretty good rn and have noone in real life to tell because who's proud to finally go to Starbucks lolnAn overpriced very delicious coffee is my success today nnthanks for listening nnps my first language isn't English so I am sorry for any mistakes! </query> | <response>Yes! Thank you! </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Just writing a bunch of buzzwords that you know isnt true. ‘I'm a good communicator' yeah I'm about as good at social situations as a piece of cardboard </query> | <response>Literally the existence of my resume makes me cringe. Name? cringe. Photo? cringe. Designation? do I even know what that means. Profile? this is totally not me, but it sounds like a person who can work. Skills? stressing over how experienced I am because my comparisons usually have high standards. Education? I don't score like that anymore plus one of the schools doesn't even exist now. Internships? you ask what I learned from them? nothing. Achievements? I sound like a self centered prick. Hobbies? super self centered prick. Contact? someone might come rob my house or prank call me. Portfolio? It's a work in progress that I never wish to publish. Frankly, I have no idea how I'm working. I don't want to. I just go along with the world and hope for a break someday. I don't have people I love anymore and I've gotten tired of the people I hate. Overall, just exhausted with living. Not gonna try and off myself again, but I still don't get why I'm here after all these years. Maybe I'm being selfish, but I kinda wish I'd succeeded then. But unfortunately, I hate pain </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I've heard psychological treatment for social anxiety does not work while abusing cannabis , is there truth to that? </query> | <response>no sounds like me. but typically use edibles more, they're more convenient. I overuse it as well, in the summer it was daily. Was supposed to take a break in September but didn't, my tolerance has been getting worse so more of it lately.nnI honestly dk if my SA is worse because of it, it was already so bad hard to notice. I will stop it for while but im practically addicted, it's the only time it seems like im having a good time now days </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I'm going to the ER tomorrow morning. Going to come clean on my plans to die. I'm probably gonna be admitted. ANYTHING you can tell me about I might expect...it would be a blessing. </query> | <response>I don't want to rain on your parade but the hospital I worked at did not allow people to wear their own clothes on 72 hour hold. They got gowns like everyone else. Maybe some pj bottoms if we felt we could trust them with em.nnOP definitely do bring your glasses. Know that anything you bring will be gone through. (I once found a bunch of pot in a dudes bag but I talked the charge nurse into having it locked in the safe rather than thrown away, I was surprised he agreed) Anything that may be dangerous might get thrown away. If they allow your own clothes/toiletries that's great, if not they'll just be put into a bag and locked away so there's no harm in bringing them incase. You probably won't be allowed access to your own phone but they will let you make occasional calls if you need to.nnThe hospital I worked at we had to mostly follow the lead of the psych people (advocates? Idr) as far as the freedoms we were able to give each psych hold patient. This covered everything from what kinds of foods they got (finger foods only vs getting utensils) to visitors to being allowed books in the room. The more cooperative, nice, compliant, lucid a patient was, the quicker they got more relaxed rules. Remember that, even if it doesn't feel like it, pretty much everyone is working those jobs to help people. We don't want to see you in a blank room with just a bed for 3 days, possibly restrained. That's the last resort option. Even if it doesn't feel like it, we want the best for you and want you to feel better. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> A bit about past me:nn- Big geek/nerd, afraid to show it to others for fear of being teased n- Grew up in an all-boys school, very shy and awkward with conversation (especially with girls!) n- Very few friends, never had any close connections n- Reliant on existing friends to introduce people to me n- Always went home kicking myself for being too shy to say 'hi' to someone I thought was cutennA bit about current me:nn- Still a big geek/nerd (lol), able to express it proudly - easiest way to meet new friends! n- REALLY like meeting new people (especially girls!), starting conversations is always a fun challenge n- Much larger social circle, several really close friendships n- No longer reliant on existing friends to meet new people n- Always go home feeling happy and proud of myself no matter the outcome of a new interactionnnThese results are from years of trial and error and embarrassing stories.nnHappy to help answer questions! Let's post here and share some advice with everyone. </query> | <response>Hey! nMost crucial thing I learned was learning to become 100% happy and comfortable with myself - conversation with nearly anyone became 100x easier! Do you feel like you're someone who struggles with self-esteem and confidence in this way? </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I'm considering hanging myself in my garage. </query> | <response>Ah, does your current job take much of your time? </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Hi guys.nnI've been applying to jobs ever since I left my last one. I've been out of work for 2 weeks and can feel the depression and anxiety creep up again. Anyway. I applied to this walmart job. It was for an instock associate position. The lady called me and did this pre-phone interview interview. She asked a bunch of questions. I think I answered them OK. Then the manager called and gave me a phone interview. Again, I probably messed up but he said I did a good job. nnNone of that is why I'm anxious though. He said I need to go in for a group interview and then he asked if it would be OK to switch from instock associate to cashier. Fuck. First the group interview. I've been reading about them and they sound like hell. You go in with a group of people, you need to introduce yourself to every then you have to roleplay selling an item. Oh god. Why did they have to be group interviews? I'm fine with solo ones as there's no one to laugh at me. Group interviews though? Fuck. Any advice?nnThe second problem is that he changed the job to a cashier. I'm terrible with money. I'm scared of making mistakes if I get the job. nnHas anyone been a cashier? Is it difficult?nnnI'm so nervous at the moment. </query> | <response>Don't worry it's a breeze. I've had 2 group interviews, one with a major bank and another with an insurance company. The biggest thing is just smile, be relaxed, and polite. This is an interview at Walmart for a cashier position, I'm not even sure why they are doing a group interview, it seems like overkill, especially with the people I see working at the local walmarts where I live (I don't mean to judge, but there's something special about walmart employees if you know what I mean :P) I also don't mean to lower your self esteem but don't even sweat it. The fact that you're posting makes me think you are not the average walmart employee type :)nnIf you already passed 2 phone interviews I'm sure all you need to do is go into the interview, be polite and smile, and you got the job. That easy. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I'm close to graduating high school, but still have no idea what I want to do for the future. Honestly I kinda wish I could just stay in high school forever. Maybe seeing y'all's majors/jobs will give me some sort of idea for what to do. </query> | <response>I am an electrical engineer, currently unemployed because my country is a mess, first three years of my studies were a hell due to my crippling social anxiety, i made literally 0 friends and were alone in the campus all the time, no one to help me with works and exams. Last two years were different, i made a lot of friend wich boost my confidence and i actually enjoyed, now i have been unemployed for the last 4 months, most of my classmates have already find a job, mostly because they have contacts and i dont, feeling very frustrating because of that </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Over the last few years, as my my latest episode of severe depression/anxiety kept my mental state in a bad place, I find that it's harder for me to watch TV show or read books. If I watch too many episodes of a show or get really sucked into a book, I start to identify with the fictional world in an abnormally deep way. I get severe anxiety when something upsetting is happening in the story, but the anxiety doesn't go away when the show is over. Same thing with the depression: if something sad or scary happens, I carry those feelings over into my real life. I think I actually grieved for a week when one show ended. nnI have always empathized with the characters I watch or read, but this is so much more severe. One movie had a big scene in which animals are hurt and die, and I actually had a panic attack because the situation made me feel so bad. It's like the fiction stirs up a surge of emotions, and then my brain won't let go of it and turns it all into a filter over my real life.nnIt's starting to interfere with my life. My poor husband tries to guess what genre of entertainment NOT cause me to freak out. I hurt for people that don't exist. I am a huge fan of horror, but last week I started reading a new book that freaked me out so much I had nightmares and had to leave lights in when I went to bed.nnWhen the anxiety/depression got really bad, fiction was my safe place where I could escape all my mind stuff. Now I can only reread books that I know well. This can't be normal. It's more than standard apathy from the depression. I'm hoping someone out there might have some advice. </query> | <response>I don't really have any advice but I do have a similar experience to some extent. I used to use books as an escape from reality. Had my own imaginary world that tv shows I watched and books I read inspired. And it was a way to escape depression and anxiety for a while for me. However recently it's been disappearing, and I'm not sure why but it's making me sad </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> help I need help calming down from my panic attack. I've tried deep breathing and it's not helping. </query> | <response>sorry just now seeing this I'm ok today I'm going to attempt to go shopping </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> My dad was talking to my boss after work today and he said, </query> | <response>If I had said anything it probably would have been this. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> last week i started my first job as a receptionist. the women that hired me are aware that i have social anxiety and are completely understanding - the job is at a mental health clinic. im very grateful for that, but i dont think i can do this. its my first job and i havent been able to look anyone in the eye - not good when im the one thats supposed to be greeting people.nnive been trying to convince myself that it'll get easier, but i've already kept myself up all night just thinking about the job and having to talk to people. i want to quit already, im just afraid everyone will be disappointed in me after finally seeing me get a job. i honestly considered not even showing up today. idk what to do and if i cant even do this, idk if i'll ever be able to work </query> | <response>Exposure therapy can be good in moderation, but don't torture yourself. Receptionist and customer service jobs are really, really hard for me and after trying them a good long while I figured out that they just don't work for me.nnLuckily the job market is still good in most places. If it would be easier on you, there's no shame in finding a quieter job, working with fewer people. Or at least fewer phones and strangers. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I work with a friend very sweet genuine and honest we had a disagreement yesterday, she told me I was being hypocritical because the other day she asked me about clothing guidelines at work she asked why her outfit may be crossing them or be considered unprofessional. She dresses in oversized clothes I could tell because it didn't look as if it was made for her size I asked to see the tag to confirm if I was right and I told her that she should try wearing her size clothing smaller that may be were the guidelines disagree with her wardrobe. Then today she shows up in much tighter clothing at first I didn't know if she misunderstood what I said or if I caused her to overthink her clothing because she does have social anxiety. I decided to ignore it maybe I was the one overthinking. During our lunch break she called me a hypocrite for wearing baggy clothes after I told her what she wore was inappropriate. I explained that my clothes are baggy and hers are oversized the difference being my clothes are appropriately made for someone my size they are made to fit baggy while hers may be misconstrued as an insult to people who are the size clothes she was purchasing they were designed for someone much larger. Anyway she apaulagized she wanted to hug it out I told her it was okay and while we were giving she holds onto my sleeves when she let's go they remained rolled up I didn't notice. She asked me why I had so many scars. For context I have Depression I'm getting treated and I'm fine now but for awhile I used self harm as a coping mechanism I burned my self with matches, pieces of rolled paper and especially cigarettes my dad used to and despite not smoking it was something I did. I'm have alot of difficulty talking about it even with family so although she is a coworker and a friend I left rolling down my sleeves. I assume she senced she made me uncomfortable. Then yesterday (the next day) she came in a even tighter outfit she's confided in my about being insecure with herself I assume it was so she can show that she intended on being vulnerable with me. The moment she walked into the office she attached herself to my arm and rubes her head against it. I'm very, very sensitive about my personal space although it's not something I said allowed it's kind of known in the office, it took years to be okay with huging her and it's going to take even longer to be okay with it in public I don't know if she just didn't understand or maybe I should have just said out right my personal boundary. She told me </query> | <response>Yeah I think so. Sometimes ppl with anxiety are so in their own head that they don't notice what they do. That's why some come off rude or awkward, they're not fully present and can do things ppl think are odd. From what you said she seems respectful so I wouldn't take any harm, she apologized and knows the boundaries now. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> It's a major problem for me. Even when I know everything has gone well, I churn through the details and find something to stress out about. Recently I had a depressive episode & had to stay home for a few days & not see anyone. Returning to socializing now has confirmed to me why it is so tiring :P I enjoy it but I also found it takes a hell of a lot of energy to monitor myself in the moment & then do like, almost performance reviews afterwards. How do you deal with these issues? I try to relax afterwards with nice music or by watching something funny & minimise time I have to think about it. </query> | <response>That sounds like a great mindset, I think I try to cultivate a similar one in that I have always told myself that I won't let my anxiety hold me back. But there also needs to be room for forgiveness in that, which I think your approach has. :) </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Your body tenses up and you try to do everything as fast as possible just so you can return to a safe place away from people.nnI believe this is because we're so hyper focused on not messing up and viewing ourselves in third-person which then leads to us actually messing up and drawing even more attention to ourselves.nnThe cycle then repeats and you kick yourself when you return to your safe place, believing everyone thinks you're special/incompetent. </query> | <response>Yes,nIn the subway for example I always walk like ultra fast, but cause I have a lot of anxiety in a crowd of people.nOr when I'm in a group of 3 people (or even just me and 2 more), it's horrible.nAnd I look like a rock the whole time. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Wow this week seems to have flown by! The 14th of February already!nnSo how's your week been? What's been good? Whats been bad? And what's been plain Meh?nnOf course its valentines day too(eugh!) Any plans? I have a date with some assignment work but that's about it ud83dude06. Nothing quite like a whole day devoted to love - to make you feel even more of a reject.nnBut hey, we will all get there!.....myself included ud83dude06(maybe)nn </query> | <response>Pretty good.nStarted doubting if i'm really socially anxious after going to a birthday party for a middle-aged woman I've never met before with no one near that I knew. It somehow feels like I get more anxious when I'll socialize with someone I want to socialize with, like meeting someone IRL for the first time (or the first time in a while.) nnReally strange story though. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Hiya so how did some of you decide to be on or off of meds? I just got off of almost 10 months of being on lexapro and I must say it has been a relief to be able to feel a range of emotions again, to not feel insanely fatigued, and to have a sex drive. But alas, crying at everything and having more anxiety also ain't it... So, what helped you decide what to do? I know my psychiatrist is ultimately going to make it up to me always so... </query> | <response>I have two very differing stories for you here.nnI'm currently on venlafaxine. 300mg. A day.nIt's a lot. I get annoyed at having to take so many pills. In my worst times, I feel bitter that I have to go so far to </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> People will talk to me and it's like I can't hear them. I just go along with what they say. When I go to the store it's like I'm having an out of body experience. When I'm at home I just stare at the TV without actually retaining anything I'm seeing. I feel like I've lost my mind but clearly I'm still sane. Tomorrow I'm supposed to go hang out with a friend but I'm afraid I'm just going to shut down. </query> | <response>I feel the same. I Haven't found a u201cfixu201d yet. However, I did find a way to justify what I'm experiencing personally. I read somewhere that if you are experiencing this u201cout of body experienceu201d just how you described it it's a sign you are maturing and you are trying to find your fit in life. For me, Watching Netflix all day or playing video games all day only made me more anxious because I wasn't seeing the bigger picture. The bigger picture which is the unconscious need to create and not just consume. Stimulate your mind by reading books. Not fantasy books but books that will help you with what you personally need in life. For example, you need more money? Read a finance book. You need better social skills? Read a book on how to overcome anxiety. Need peace? Read a book on meditation..etc. This is how you create your own self which you are so anxious to become because you're stuck in a cycle of only consuming and not executing for your own benefit. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> So I have social anxiety currently on Propranolol which helps with the fast heart but I'm down in the dumps alot (depressed) anyone know anything that actually helps with it ? You know wanna be happy sometimes lol </query> | <response>no prob ! :) nnsometimes it takes a lot of work to get on an </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I am 34 years old male ,married and have SA ,i inherited SA from my father.I want to make children but afraid that my kids will also have SA .Need advices from you. </query> | <response>Yeah, I thought they were talking about something else for a minute </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Or I am just going insane here? </query> | <response>Me too & I speak to myself in third person too. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Please help </query> | <response>Is it connected to ur room? if so just do it while letting the shower run and play music while doing it </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Would you rather have to wake up at 2 am and drink a tuna shake everyday for a month, OR have a 15min presentation infront of your class/coworkers </query> | <response>daz tru </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Social anxiety sucks on so many different levels and settings. nnFor me, it's particularly at work. I tend to overthink what I want to say, and when I finally decide to speak up, the moment has passed. Or voice accidentally clashed with someone (esp. with online meetings). That's why I'm always the u201cquietu201d one. When I try hard, it came across as aggressive/insensitive (prob. due to lack of social practice) nnDo you have any tips on how you handle work scenarios and not let SA affect your work performance? </query> | <response>Thank you! I had some customer service background prior too and I found it much easier to talk to customers that I know I probably won't see anymore than talking to other people at work. And often time the conversation with customers could even be quite enjoyable. Did you have a similar experience? </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Im almost 20 years old and I can't do anything, like at all. I have zero ability to do things in house or really anywhere. Washing dishes for example (which is so basic and I feel pathetic for doing it bad) driving a car (to scared of it) and so on. Im a fucking kid and i feel miserable about it.nnMy life is getting worse with time. I'm so fucking secluded, all due to been scared of getting judged for trying to fucking learn how to adult. How to do things normally. I just wanna disappear. </query> | <response>I feel you on this. I'm 23, the only </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Is it possible to get rid of SA just by looking at highly confident, assertive people and just copying their behaviors? </query> | <response>It's possible, but deep down we still aren't like that. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I am getting very stressed out about the idea of trick or treaters showing up for treats. I have never felt this stressed out by it - never loved it but this year for some reason it is really freaking me out. I know it is stupid and irrational but that is the fun thing with anxiety it doesn't care that you know it is irrational. I haven't given out treats for a few years so I am sure that is why. I just had to get that out. Wish me luck they should start to show up soon. </query> | <response>Just keep your light off then. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Hi guys, I've been reading this subreddit for a while and you all seem to be helpful so I thought I'd ask for advice.nnI'm 20, male (it seems like most people here are female), and my anxiety is getting worse every year. I'm a Junior in college, and my anxiety is starting to really affect my schooling. Semester just started, and after learning that we have to give a 20 minute speech in one of my classes (120 people) I dropped it. I picked up another class that doesn't require a speech, so that's not too bad. But, in one of my required math classes (difficult for me, theory of computation) the teacher CALLS on kids to answer extremely difficult questions. When I learned that he does that, I couldn't focus on the lecture, let alone be ready for these questions. I seriously considered dropping the class, but I wouldn't be able to take it for another year, and it's required to move forward in my degree.nnI have no idea what to do. I'm considering just going to the teacher and politely asking him to not call on me so I could relax and focus, but I'm too embarrassed to ask for special treatment. It's so bad that this is making me reconsider my major, even though I enjoy math. nnWhat do you kind people think I should do? I've never sought counselling or psychiatry or anything, but I need to do something. I feel like life is way too stressful, lonely, and all I want to do is not be around people. </query> | <response>Again, I'm not saying drugs aren't going to work in the short term. They do. I am saying however they can have consequences that make things even worse in the long run. You have your experiences, I have mine. Me? I advise against drug use.nnAnd yeah, it's all a conspiracy when people start dying from fen phen and all the other bullshit. Am I right? Please sucker. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I currently volunteer at a cattery in the middle of nowhere and I am very anxious about these types of things to the point where I hardly go outside, I don't have a car meaning I need to go by bus. It's then a 20 minute walk to the cattery, I was originally really anxious about it, but the journey was short and I remembered the signs for the bus stop so that I knew where I was going. I feel good about this. The cattery is also very secluded and I know most of the people there so it's a nice environment.nnIt's good to actually get out a bit, you may feel like you're going to die, but you're not. You'll be fine in the end. </query> | <response>Nicely done! You will be fine in the end! </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> So, I am cutting right to the chase. I need to talk to someone, as my mental issues are acting up and I am a little aggitated as well </query> | <response>Do you mind if I Private message you? </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Ugghhh I want to hide in a cave, so I (21F) was out vaccuming/sanitizing my car after getting it back yesterday from the car repair shop (just to get rid of the mechanics germs) and the place where you vaccum your car is on a busy street where tons of cars go by and there were shops/resturants across and behind where cars parked that could visibly see me its not like you're hidden. Well suddenly out of nowhere 2 or 3 bees started swarming around me and at first I just screeched a bit as I was shocked but then they wouldn't go away and I know not to try to move when they're near and I think they're actually cute but im terrified of being stung and they followed me to my car and inside my car and then I got back out to try and lure them out of there but they just came by me again. Mind you I still had the vaccum in my hand because I was in a panicky fight or flight mode and I didnt know what to do. nnnNow comes the embarrassing part where I just started freaking the heck out and flailing my arms around, shaking my head I literally just dropped the vaccum as if I was in a horror movie and ran inside my car screaming while there were probably people in there cars watching me and cars on the road watching me. Once I got in the car there was still one bee on me and would not go away, I put my hands up against my face (careful not to touch my new snake bite piercings) so it wouldnt get there. I tried not to move as I was in my drivers seat then it slowly crawled up towards my face and then I had a freakout again, shaking my head, screaming. I had the windows up bc there was another one lingering by my car. I eventually opened up my car door again, I took off my beanie, my hair was a mess, my left piercing on my bottom lip was bleeding from my freakout , so I had to go home and clean that quickly. But the bee went away! and when I got home I double double checked my car, under the seats to make sure there was no other bee or insect. My heart was racing and hurting a lot and I was sweating too. I just feel like a moron and so embarrassed. </query> | <response>Yea, honestly after it was all over I did laugh at myself a bit </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> It's the most awkward thing ever </query> | <response>It's the worst!! </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> A family member asked me if I wanted to get lunch recently, I accepted so I wouldn't seem rude, and we only went to a fast food place. Of course, when I ordered, I couldn't even make eye contact with the (pretty) cashier, and when I brought my wallet out, my hands to shaking so much. n nFML lmao </query> | <response>Hey man, this is a random but friendly visit from someone also socially awkward here to remind you to be gentle with yourself because you're doing more than you think by actually pushing your boundaries. You're doing just fine. You did go out with family which is awesome. Keep it up, bromigo. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> nnHi there,nnI dont know if its more of a CPTSD or a Social Anxiety thing but I have huge difficulties in social situations. As soon as I meet or talk to someone I immediatly freeze. Its like I am paralyzed. If this happens, I am not able to talk properly anymore, my voice gets shaky, my mind goes blank, I cant hold eye contact anymore.... this is so frustrating....Additionally, I have a new job next week where I have to talk in front of groups. I have no clue how to manage that (Beta blockers dont help me).nnCan anyone relate to this? </query> | <response>Same. I also suffer with speech block. Do you want to connect right now? Maybe when 2 people who struggle to speak meet and talk we can get comfortable. You don't have to be conscious while talking with me. I won't judge. I will DM you </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Hello, sorry for my bad English, it is not my native language. I am currently 20 years old, I do not have many professional experiences, and I would like to share a little of my life and ask for some advice... nnI was born in Japan, my mother gave birth to me at the age of 17 (My father was 21 or 22), and my maternal grandfather wanted to abort me. nnAt the age of 2, my family decided to leave me with just my paternal grandmother, recently widowed, in Brazil. While living with my grandmother, I passed from 2 to 8 years old, and during that period, I suffered sexual and psychological abuse from a man who lived on the same street as us. I never told this to my family, and no one has any idea that this has ever happened to me. At the end of that time, my mother came to Brazil, and we moved to another city together, to live with her parents (my maternal grandparents). nn In the new city, it was a more dangerous and absurdly different region than where I lived before. As soon as we moved in, I received the news that my father had betrayed my mother, and it really rocked me at the time. In this city too, I went through my first school period, from 9 to 14 years old suffering bullying, physical and verbal abuse, humiliation and all kinds of stupid things that assholes do with others. At that time, I just locked myself in the room and played mmorpg's alone, cried in the room and wondered why that kind of thing had to happen to me. nn When we moved in again, I went to a small town to finish my last school year. I was already 17 years old, suffering from extreme anxiety, insomnia, without any family support, friends or perspective on life. When I finished my school years, I no longer wanted to live, I didn't sleep at night, I mutilated myself and I started to suffer from alcoholism. Every night I had to drink alone in the room until I passed out, or I was unable to maintain nights of sleep to do my homework, cleaning and cooking (My mom worked out of town all day). Amazingly, at that time when I suffered the most and saddened myself alone in the bedroom, it was also followed by a time when I made my best friends in life. nnUnfortunately, in 2019 I had to move again with my mother, and leave the only city where I had friends and reasons to continue living. I spent the whole of 2020 locked in my depression room again, visited psychologists and got a volunteer job on a TV station, but none of that worked. (Do you know when you taste something so good, that other things are not so good anymore? I felt that, nothing was as good as living in that small town where I had my few and only friends).nnAt the end of 2020, we had to move again, but this time to a rural and isolated area. In this place, I have a very weak internet that barely supports any online game, I am no longer able to study or work, unless I go to another city alone. In these last 4 months living in this rural area, I started to mutilate myself again, with insomnia problems, crying and anxiety attacks, and I can't think of anything else but to end my pathetic life. The only thing that saved me, was staying at Discord talking to my friends from that small town, and playing RPGs. Unfortunately, in this most recent week, everything just started to get worse. I can no longer be in the mood to play, and whenever I talk to my friends I am irritated by the problems at home, and I end up being rude and rude to them. Even though I apologize and they understand my situation when I explain, I don't want to involve them in my personal problems and destroy our relationship. Every day and night I hear threats of eviction from home (coming from my paternal grandfather), he calls me trash, useless, pathetic and vagabond, my mom and grandma just don't care and have already given up on me. I don't know where to go, I don't know how to take the next step to continue living, and I don't even know if I have enough strength to go on. nnI am deeply grateful if someone took the time to read a little bit of my story. nnI hope that for all of you who are reading you will overcome life's problems, and keep on fighting! Thank you very much for your attention. </query> | <response>I'm happy to hear that, I hope I really did help you out. If you ever feel the need feel free to message me and I'll try my best to help.nnBeing a teacher is very admirable! I hope you get the opportunity to continue your education. It sounds like you're fairly isolated there though which I know can be difficult. How did the online classes you took seem to go? I know it can be difficult if your Internet connection isn't good.nnAs for being a digital artist, that sounds pretty neat too! If you really want to do it, I imagine you and your friends could make some awesome stuff. Now from my knowledge game development isn't as lucrative as it used to be but it might at least help you to earn some cash as a side gig. Plus I do think expressing ourselves through art can really help us deal with our negative emotions and feelings, so that may help you as well, if it interests you. And hey, artists are always in demand so you may even be able to make money off of commissions as well.nnI truly hope things improve for you, you deserve much better and I'm sure you'll be able to achieve it. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Things have gotten BAD and I am very mentally ill. It's NOT an emergency type situation, but my best friend and only supporter is helping me check into a psych ward tomorrow. I'm terrified! My parents couldn't even be bothered to actually care. Any words of wisdom? I have no idea what to expect. </query> | <response>Breathe in and out, and try to relax a bit. Sometimes, families act more like strangers than friends. But, friends act more like family than strangers. I have been in your situation, minus the psych ward part. I see a therapist for my issues. Just hang in there, and let them do their thing. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I know people say that exposure and just “trying to put yourself out there” in social situations is how it can get better but EVERY single time I socialize, I end up beating myself up over something I shouldn't have said or could've said better. It's not even that I'm saying anything remotely offensive it's just that I have such a strong belief that after people have a conversation with me, they think I'm awkward and socially inept. Something as simple as a change in body language or even a single micro-expression will put me off immediately.nnI've never felt a sense of reward from “fighting” my SA so it makes me want to “flight” every single time. But then I know isolating won't obviously help it either. nnI truly feel stuck. </query> | <response>These thoughts feed the cycle of avoident behaviour. Rumination and assumptions of how others perceve you are distortions which reflect more about how you view yourself, and should be viewed with a grain of salt.nnI left a music gig a week ago out of panic. I greeted many people and left straight after. When I asked my friend if anyone said anything they said no, and told me not to worry about it, so I've decided not to. If anyone brings it up I can be honest, or tell a disinterested lie, but for the sake of my well-being, it's not worth thinking about. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I have anxiety and I had a scenario in my head about saying an intrusive thought out loud by accident. I was wondering if that was possible, considering Freudian slip? </query> | <response>Well, not common tbh but could happen. Have ocd but never happened to me. It's very unlikely. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Just wondering if SA is mostly prevalent in younger adults and it goes away as you get older </query> | <response>16 </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> So basically I work a stupid service job and it gets tiring and annoying however I noticed when I started working 70 hours a week I feel better in terms of anxiety. Before, I used to get the worst anxiety if I wasn't completely busy doing something. Now that I mindlessly am always busy at work I never think about anything and when I get home I'm so tired I just fall asleep and eat. nnI have no time to really have anxiety . Shouldn't it be the opposite tho? I don't know, I feel like I have to be stimulated and someone making me do a bunch of tasks and it helps me avoid my anxiety issues. I have the most anxiety when I'm alone or have free time . Is this anyone else? nnI actually really wish I could have lots of free time and do stuff that isn't labor and not having anxiety. I want to be able to relax and not having anxiety :( but IT is nice that I'm not having so much anymore </query> | <response>Speaking exclusively from my own personal experience, I relate. I want to explain why and talk about the diagnosis I came to after getting medicated for depression and anxiety, which made things worse for me. nnI excelled when I was working almost full time (~35 hours), going to school full time, and volunteering/having social events on top of everything else. I would get great grades, had a decent social life, and no time for myself. It was often 12 hour weekdays and “less busy” weekends, where I had every other weekend off.nnBut there were downsides. I couldn't (and can't rn because of the pandemic, woo!) so much as have a shower without it devolving into a panic attack if there's nothing else to focus on but my own thoughts. I was exhausted all the time and gained a lot of weight. nnTurned out that anxiety and depression were caused by my undiagnosed adhd. It made me seek out stimulation in the form of high stress situations and more importantly, structure, because I otherwise wouldn't function. nnBut when I didn't function (made stupid mistakes, forgot to do basic things, couldn't clean my room despite wanting to, etc.) I just blamed myself because I thought I was a failure/catastrophe/space cadet/air head/dumbass. nnI wanted to comment because your line “I feel like I have to be stimulated and someone making me do a bunch of tasks” OR ELSE everything is a disaster is me to a T. But getting diagnosed has really helped me decode my own behavior for myself. So maybe look into it? I got well into adulthood and everyone thought I was fine because I managed to do well for myself (I'm a good worker, listener, student) so all my internal struggle was overlooked as me just being a “conscientious” child and anxious adult. nnIf it's *not* adhd, I still relate and thoroughly understand the anxiety needing something solid to latch onto or else growing into it's own overgrown viny monster. For that, I suggest taking up hobbies that your brain can chew on when there's nothing else going on. For me, I started learning about suminagashi, which is cheap and pretty. I think about color combinations or what I can marble to look cool. I have an aquarium that I love to watch and need to monitor. Sometimes it causes me stress, but yesterday I found a baby fish (corydoras!) in my tank! And I was so happy that my fish were happy and thriving that it gave me more things to think about. Should I make more hiding places in the tank? Do I need to buy special food for teeny fish? These things help my anxiety from swelling me whole. Hope this helps! Would be happy to provide resources for ADHD, which is way different than what I imagined it was growing up. Also just here to talk if that helps too. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I'm a 23 year old guy about to go on a first date with someone I met on a dating app. We're grabbing drinks this week and I feel like I'm going to make a fool of myself. Anyone have any advice for staying calm during a date? </query> | <response>The date went really well! I felt nervous of course but it eventually faded a bit to the background. I even have a second date lined up, thank you! </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Soo I'll be 26 next month and have never been in a serious relationship and am still a virgin. When I was younger I had opportunities to have sex but was so anxious that I couldn't. I probably could now but I am so socially awkward that I'd probably cry and go into a deep depression because of how awkward I was. I feel like I'll forever be a virgin and single . </query> | <response>Man.. a few years ago a girl that I really liked asked me to go on a coffee date and I told her I'm too awkward. She hasn't messaged me again to this day </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I think I look like a tiredass person in the morning with zero energy... but despite that, some neighbors(especially old) give me small talks like </query> | <response>Thanks! </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Over 10 years ago I had a mental health issue and had to seek treatment. I have a heinous ex husband who is now harassing me about this to get custody of our kids. I have full custody currently, perfect mental health, employed in health care. He and his wife are basically telling everyone they can about my private health information to gain some kind of leverage as child support obligations would change if he got more custody. I am an excellent parent as well, and could have many vouch for that in my community and my profession also my physician has written a letter before confirming my stellar mental health as sadly this is not the first time the ex husband has tried this route. How can I get them to stop this gossip, smear campaign against me? It's seriously affecting me and my kids? Also I'm unfortunately not in a position to hire a lawyer as I'm financially responsible for a house and children so there's never much left over for anything extra. nPreviously I suggested mediation to him but his smear campaign is strong and I feel like I'm dealing with an uneducated, sick individual who is a school yard bully. What can I do? Any recourse that I can take? </query> | <response>Thank you so much for this information and your kind words </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I just deleted my Facebook and I can honestly say I haven't felt this kind of relief in awhile. I no longer feel like my I need my friends to validate my worth by </query> | <response>I purged and shut down my facebook for a while at the end of last year. When I came back on it was much better. nnNow I just have reddit to contend with. ;) </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I can't for the life of me enjoy an alcoholic drink. Even if it's mixed with fruity juice all I can taste is the bitterness of the alcohol and it makes me wanna gag. Really sucks because it makes me feel like such a party pooper whenever I'm in company of ppl who drink. I'd also like to feel its effects to reduce my anxiety but it tastes like straight garbage to me. I'm going on a double date this Sunday and thinking of trying to chug my drinks to get them over with. It feels so alienating not liking alcohol when everyone around you (even online) loves it. </query> | <response>I found alcohol works for a while, but eventually one day it stops working like it used to. Now whenever I drink it makes my SA / general anxiety worse. nnWhich sucks, since I like beer and so much of my country's culture is centered around having a drink. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I feel like I am naturally low in agreeabaleness but I come off as someone who is very agreeable due to social anxiety. My </query> | <response>Are you talking about the Big 5 personality traits? </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> On the one hand it helps me focus, adds motivation and overall it makes me productive. Duh. The downside is I'm having flashes of anxiety that consume my body and became a massive mood killer. nnI'm not sure what to do at this point. I can't concentrate at work and carry on my day without the additional kick, else I start dozing off after 1 pm. Half my day I feel trapped in a malaise. With coffee, time moves faster but it's harder to talk to people, and I also feel anxious over things that wouldn't normally bother me. nnHave you had any similar experiences and what do you suggest? I'm thinking of maybe switching to tea, it could have less caffeine, I also could try more breathing and meditation practices. I'm not sure.nnThanks in advance for any suggestions! </query> | <response>What? Usually it makes me more talkative. You are probably drinking a bit too much coffee </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I am bored although I am doing what I want. I love creative works and plan on becoming a writer, create a language and music. I do so many things, and I do it nicely and yet I am bored and find myself so frustrated with myself and start hating on the hormones that doesn't seem to give me the ability to work.nnWhat to do with this boredom? I am bored no matter what I do. I have rehabilitation to do, and it bores me. I have creative work to do and it bores me. I have read a lot of light novels but they seem uninteresting. No matter what I do to deal with the boredom I will keep feeling it. I cannot do anything when in this state, and it makes me so frustrated. Everything feels pointless. Everything feels useless.nnI just took my medicine for my, well, you might call it schizophrenia for simplicity. Is it my medicine that is making me feel like this? If so I have even more reasons to hate on my medicine, but if I do so too much the doctor will notice that I hate him as well.nnHonestly, how can someone think that medicine is the solution to one's problems. At least if it is making me bored that is serious. It will just eat away my life and make me die unproductive, which is something I fear more than anything else! </query> | <response>I think I do but I am not diagnosed, although I succeeded at school. I was never restless enough to not make it. I could hold it in so to speak and was intelligent enough to learn most of the things from the teachers and didn't need to study that much. I did well at school, although I didn't get the best result because I was bored with everything. I am however diagnosed with aspergers. How so? </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Making friends and dating is all impossible </query> | <response>I have no idea lol been trying to figure that out for over 10 years </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> so, I tend to miss a lot of school because being there makes my anxiety go through the roof, sometimes to the point where i'll shut myself in the bathroom the whole day just to avoid everyone- the work on its own can also be pretty overwhelming, which sucks because once I'm behind on one thing, then it feels like i'm behind on everything, which then makes me too overwhelmed to even touch work and so the cycle goes- I was supposed to go to school today too but i can't bring myself to even leave my bedroom- i do take meds for my anxiety but meds can only take you so far :( </query> | <response>i totally get what you're saying!! i wish it wasn't so hard to live without worrying all the time </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Social Anxiety is perfectly normal, you do NOT need to feel bad for not being able or wanting to socialise, or feeling anxious.nnIt is a logical defence mechanism that is triggered when your brain senses you are in an unsafe environment. Unsafe doesn't need to only mean physical, but mentally/socially. nnThese environments include groups of people you don't know, or who are toxic or judgmental. All these situations do pose very real threats.nnWith society progressing as fast as it is, there is less need to socialise face to face to get what we want. It's only a bad thing right now because it's transitionery and many people who have needed to socialise don't understand. I predict the prevalence of SA in future generations will become so widespread it'll be considered normal.nnI do understand there are extreme cases like agoraphobia or not being able to buy things at a store. It's difficult to define a line on what's </query> | <response>Agreed!! </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> Sometimes I'm afraid to go to the same cafe twice because I feel like they would recognize me </query> | <response>- can't think logically, even the smallest things considered to be of easy logic lol... nn- avoid looking at cars. nn- not let myself wear what I like.. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I've been on a few dates which always ends up me being so far into my head that I forget to make conversation so now the other person is talking the whole time and trying to figure out why I can't hold a normal conversation and lack all these social skills. It's bad. Especially on top of being out in a public place. So bad. </query> | <response>I'm the person thats always talking.. It isn't better though.. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I'm thinking of trying it but I don't even know what strain to look into or etc </query> | <response>Yes, you will have more anxiety than you did prior to smoking once the weed wears off. Dude just find a medication that works for you. At least we have experience with those meds. </response> |
As a mental health counselor, your role is to provide empathetic and supportive responses to individuals seeking guidance and support for their mental health concerns. You are trained to offer effective coping strategies, validate feelings, and foster a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to express themselves. Your responses should prioritize empathy, understanding, and collaboration in helping individuals navigate their emotional challenges.
<query> I went to a breakfast restaurant by myself this morning I didn't feel like I did anything wrong but then I told my mom and she kinda gave off this tone that it was kinda weird. I don't have friends to do things with so I like to go out and do things by myself. </query> | <response>Not at all; Keep doing stuff like this. Challenge social norms.nnI dislike drinking because I think that alcohol tastes like burning and I don't like the way it makes me feel.nnBut for whatever reason, if I ever mention this, (organically, i dont offer this information) people get defensive about it like I'm judging them for doing it (I'm not). </response> |
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