u/Optimal-Complaint-90

Each to their own, I’d never shame somebody for having their own taste or opinions, but I see White Bear in 90% of the audiences top 10 picks and it’s left me wondering if there’s anybody else out there who really doesn’t like it? I’d have to rewatch it again to give a detailed explanation of why, but from the few times I have watched it, I just don’t find it enjoyable. I understand that the themes of the episode aren’t meant to be enjoyable, it’s supposed to make you uncomfortable, which it is successful at. I just don’t like it.

Of course I have a stomach for disturbing themes, I wouldn’t be a fan of the show otherwise. White Bear just never did it for me.

I’m very bored and I’d like to make some friends. I like movies, music, games. I’m trying to find some new hobbies. I like people who talk a lot, overshare, are funny, sarcastic.

I am a NEET right now 😔 trying to get my life back on track, if you’ve been in a similar position I’d like to hear about it. I’m quite an open minded person, I think humans and all their quirks are very interesting. Looking forward to speaking with you’s.

I started university in September 2024, became very depressed, started sertraline. The sertraline made me emotionally numb and that numbness/apathy is apparently what I needed in order to confess to my parents that I was a failure and wanted to drop out. I dropped out in May 2025 and have been a reclusive NEET ever since. I stopped taking the sertraline after a few weeks as it just made me incredibly suicidal. I didn’t finish the course, therefore never felt the benefits.

I later had 12 counselling sessions which led me to reconsider medication/review my other health issues (PCOS). I was prescribed duloxetine (cymbalta) at 30mg, I have been on the medication for 8 weeks. I have felt an improvement in my anxiety, although I still feel depressed. I have no energy, no motivation to do anything. I have done some research about the medication, which I should’ve done a while ago, and found out that 30mg is prescribed for anxiety, whereas 60mg is prescribed for depression. I felt like my doctor hadn’t really understood that I was experiencing both depression and anxiety. I have requested to up my dose to 60mg.

Not having the improvement that I wanted from the medication has led me to think that I might just be a lazy twat. I wonder whether I’m genuinely depressed or just a bum. How would I even go about figuring out the difference? I don’t want to be in the position I’m currently in, I feel like a fat incel basement dweller. I want a job, I want a social life, I want to improve myself but I just don’t have the energy- or maybe I’m just lazy and can’t take responsibility for myself. I thought I could use beating myself up as some kind of motivation, but it is not working. I desperately want to get back on track, but I feel like I can’t. Or maybe I can and just am too stupid to.

My nephew is 13, he lives with me and my parents. He can be mature at times, like in conversation, but most of the time he carries himself like a much younger kid. I understand that when we’re younger we can have an over inflated sense of how mature we are, I was definitely not as grown as I thought I was looking back, but I feel like I was more capable in a way. He doesn’t have any self awareness or responsibility. He doesn’t clean up after himself, doesn’t shower, or get up for school unless he’s told to. We argued the other day because he wouldn’t make his own breakfast after I woke him up. Maybe it’s just him, but the way I see other kids acting online, especially hearing about how they’re doing worse at school than previous generations, makes me think it’s the general consensus of teens these days.

Until he came to live with us, I have been the youngest of 4 siblings, my brothers and sister are much older than me, so maybe growing up around adults and teens opposed to other children put an old head on my shoulders.

I feel like he should be more capable and have some self urgency by this age. Do your younger siblings act like this?

I’ve been taking cymbalta for over a month now, and I’m having my first period since starting the medication. I have never in my life experienced period cramps this horrific. I’m wondering if anybody else has experienced this. I’ve had heavy periods in my life but I’ve never been in this much pain before. I feel nauseous.

I can’t help but feel that my life/myself would be entirely different, for the better, if I never had pcos. It has been such a hindrance on my life, and as I’ve reached adulthood, I’ve only become more aware of that. The effect it’s had on my mental health has my life on halt. My body feels like a curse. I try to remind myself that having a body at all is something to be grateful for, but it’s hard to deal with.

I honestly feel like a monster, I feel pathetic saying it, but it’s true. I haven’t been able to be open or talk so plainly about it because I feel so much shame. It’s deeply embarrassing. I feel like the more I try to hide it, the harder it is to conceal.

I asked my doctor if I can go on birth control, but my bmi is too high, so I’m trying to lose weight, like I’ve been trying to lose weight my entire life. But they said my bmi is not high enough to receive weight loss help. I’ve put off going on birth control for years as I was scared about all the complications it has caused for others, so to get this result after becoming desperate and finally getting myself accustomed to the idea is frustrating.

My gp made me a referral to a dermatologist to discuss spiro. I’m glad I’m trying something, but I’m dreading the appointment. The thought of showing my body and discussing my hirsutism and acne is horrific. I feel like it’s just never going to get better.

I started anti-depressants 3 weeks ago and I’m seeing a counsellor, so I am kind of trying to keep myself in check.

Hi, my life is kind of stagnant right now, and I have a lot of free time, so I’m looking for people to talk to. I’m from the Uk, I like watching films, playing games, listening to music, all the usual boring stuff. Please be a little funny or sarcastic.

I just remember having health anxiety in the dream then noticing weird blotches on my breasts. I tried telling people about it, trying to get help and being brushed off. I decided to deal with it myself and the blotches tore open and big selenite crystal like objects started coming out. It was painful and disturbing. I don’t know what it would mean.