u/Old-Caregiver-4899

▲ 11 r/Anxiety

Can’t convince family to let me use western medication

Not because they’re distrustful of them, but only because it’ll be on my insurance record and they believe it’ll be a disadvantage in life. The furthest they can let me take is herbal medicine.

How can i convince them?

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u/Old-Caregiver-4899 — 1 day ago

Short term medication. Possible or not?

Been struggling with anxiety since adolescence, but it hasn’t affected my physical health significantly until now. Lately I can’t sleep or eat. The thought about food disgusts me and my heart races so fast during the night / morning that i get any quality sleep ( i do get sleep by passing out of exhaustion). Constant spiraling too, seems like i cannot distract myself like i used to.

I really wanted to avoid meds but I am so desperate at this point. All these symptoms are literally starting to kill me. Can i only take them short-term (3-4weeks)? Is this a usual option offered in psychiatry?

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u/Old-Caregiver-4899 — 1 day ago

0 appetite and severe insomnia after a semi- friendship (18f) (20m) breakup

I (18f) had a semi fallout with a friend (20m) (you can check my profile for details). After that i have 0 appetite and i struggle to eat. Thought of food makes me uneasy and smelling certain foods makes me gag physically. I actually passed out because i kept not eating or drinking twice 2 weeks ago.

I used to be able to sleep it off but nowadays my keeps heart racing and can’t even do that.

What can i do? It’s making me insane because it’s technically not completely over with him yet.

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u/Old-Caregiver-4899 — 3 days ago

0 appetite and severe insomnia after a semi breakup

I had a semi fallout with a friend (you can check my profile for details). After that i have 0 appetite and i struggle to eat. Thought of food makes me uneasy and smelling certain foods makes me gag physically. I actually passed out because i kept not eating or drinking twice 2 weeks ago.

I used to be able to sleep it off but nowadays my keeps heart racing and can’t even do that.

What should i do??? It’s extra painful because technically it’s not all over yet.

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u/Old-Caregiver-4899 — 3 days ago

Is it impossible to rekindle our friendship? Me (18f) my friend(20m)

I (18f) had a very close online best friend (20m) (mutually acknowledged). He became distant due to school recently, and at the same time, my irl friends were also becoming less attentive due to moving on with their lives (my “moving on” starts later). I seeked reassurance constantly despite him explaining his situation (although not idealy) multiple times. He tried to reassure me at first but after so many cycles, he started getting annoyed. Also I got really paranoid (i was convinced that he didn’t actually care about me at all. And is replacing me with someone else) and started being really mean to him.

He texted me yesterday after 3 weeks of complete silence. Nothing deep. Just casual conversation about gym and my injury (unrelated to gym). I asked him at the end if i can send him memes like we used to, and his answer was “maybe”, i asked him what he meant and he said “maybe means maybe”. Today, he texted me again asking me feedback on his gym progress. At the end on our conversation, i asked him when he’ll be free again and he dodged it by saying “idk”. I still have no idea what he means by that.

Does he mean “You may send me memes, but I may not be able to respond to you attentively like i used to”, or “take a hint. I don’t wanna rekindle our friendship to the previous closeness”, or “Take a hint. i’m only using you for my gym validation”.

Everything is so ambiguous and it’s making me spiral.

P.S his finals are approaching (starting from june). His classes are nearing the end at the moment.

TlDR: Was mean to a close online friend because I couldn’t swallow the fact that he is busy. After weeks of silence he reached out but his responses regarding our future is too ambiguous

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u/Old-Caregiver-4899 — 4 days ago

I am the problem.. The guilt is eating me alive. What should i do from now?

I had a very close online best friend (mutually acknowledged). He became distant due to school recently, and at the same time, my irl friends were also becoming less attentive due to moving on with their lives (my “moving on” starts later). I seeked reassurance constantly despite him being exhausted from life and became paranoid (i was convinced that he didn’t actually care about me at all. And is replacing me with someone else) and started being really mean to him. He texted me today after 2 weeks of complete silence. Nothing deep. Just casual conversation. I asked him at the end if i can send him memes like we used to, and his answer was “maybe”, i asked him what he meant and he said “maybe means maybe”. I still have no idea what he means by that. To be fair, it’s his finals season right now.

What should i do from now? Is there a chance that we may rekindle our closeness?

TLDR: I was mean to an online friend because I couldn’t swallow the fact that he is busy. After weeks of silence he reached out but his last response is too ambiguous.

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u/Old-Caregiver-4899 — 4 days ago

I am the problem. The guilt is eating me alive

I had a very close online best friend (mutually acknowledged). He became distant due to school recently, and at the same time, my irl friends were also becoming less attentive due to moving on with their lives (my “moving on” starts later). I seeked reassurance constantly despite him being exhausted from life and became paranoid and started being really mean to him. He texted me today after 2 weeks of complete silence. Nothing deep. Just casual conversation. But something tells me we will never be the way we used to be.

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u/Old-Caregiver-4899 — 5 days ago
▲ 75 r/jlpt

I got 180/180 N1 back in 2025. AMA

I lived in Japan for quite a while so I had a significant advantage, but I’ll still try to provide some advice based on my experience.

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u/Old-Caregiver-4899 — 14 days ago