hope

This is both a mini rant and a minor strategy for success. Fiction is everywhere, people are more concerned with it than their own lives a lot of the time. Books, films, theatre, TV, podcasts, cartoons, fables, video games, even some poetry and songs all shower us with narrative form. This is...

So it has been pointed out to me that I havent done a Cafe in a while, truth be told I never end up answering my Cafes so its been fun seeing and responding to other people's, but its about time I got on and made one, so lets check the topics of the day: Deskfast Day, Hamster Day, Library...

Hello all, it turns out I kinda wanted to do a Cafe today, and not only that, the days here are crap. Its "purple day", "Spinach Day", "Nougat Day" and more of the like, only 1 is actually decent, and I will be running with it like a child who had just pinched the whole cookie jar for...

May beauty grace your every day And music dance through the air. The smallest dream can light the way And hope can take you anywhere.

As some of you who frequent chat know, I have been the victim of discrimination at work and have had an overall negative experience in my current job. It is a cutthroat environment with very mean and ruthless people who will smile in your face but turn around and try to get you in trouble. The...

by David Whitehead a really inspiring and mind refreshing talk on depression. One of my fav teachers. Check out some of his other vids as well!

It's funny how we, the depressed, are the ones who are "sick"... ... Shadow hour. A motherless child, an orphan of the galaxy - the collective soul, humanity... People feeling lost and confused. People hurting. A hungry void, a vermin within chants of fears and lies... false beliefs. What can...

Sorry for my bad english. I am a 23 year old boy who have had suicidal thoughts for about 6 months now. I have always had low self esteem, but it have just gotten worse and worse the last couple of years, because of some bad choices i have made. It started 3-4 years ago where i would go on...

Today I feel numb because of the medication I use (antipsychotics). It scares me, because I feel cut off from myself, from others, from the world and from God because of the medication. It makes me feel emotionally and spiritually dead. I'm terrified that I will never come off and never recover...

Whatever you're going through, please, persist. Keep trying, don't give up. If you're in a bad place, a terrible place, if you're going through a rough time, an awful time, and start having bad thoughts. Those bad thoughts. Even then, try and hold on to hope, that things can get better. This...

Hi there, I wanted to share that I finally overcame my long-term suicidal feelings. I posted here last year and have been suicidal for a very long time. I suffer from psychoses and trauma and the medication made me lose all feelings of joy and love and become severely depressed. I felt...

So, the past 3 years, I've been going on and off to different doctors, all of whom never took me seriously. In a last ditch effort after my most recent bout of depression and suicidal thoughts, I decided to try and see another doctor. And I think I have finally found someone who will take me...

I've got that tired body post-exercise feeling. I'm all clean. Got my comfy clothes on. My fairy lights lighting up my room with a soft glow. & I'm listening to 'You've Got The Kind of Nerve I like' by Tiny Ruins. I'm loving this scene. It feels hopeful & a little sad. But also comfortable and...

I thought I would start a thread where people can share their reasons to live. It could something big like family or something as simple as the taste of your favorite food. We could come here and see what other people share. Here's a few reasons I'm thinking of: my niece chinese food my...

It occurred to me a while ago that you should never regret the past if you are the slightest bit happy with who or where or what you are because the events of your past all had to happen to get you to who or what or where you are now, so if there is anything about your life you are happy about...

Some of you know I am currently homeless, so needless to say my struggles are especially painful right now. I'm dehydrated, carrying over forty pounds of (just the basic!) belongings everywhere I go, and meeting even just my daily needs takes hours every day. One line to eat, another to shower...

I am here because I want to stay alive. I have had an incredibly difficult year, and it would probably make a lot of sense to many people in my situation, to just give up. Last April I thought I was going to marry my boyfriend. He was scary and controlling but I didn't really see it then. We...

Anyone who has suffered from depression and has sought any help or done any research will know that 'positive thinking' is often touted as the most effective way to get better, either on its own or in conjunction with medication and other treatment. You are often in essence told that it is your...