I haven't called a suicide line, but I've definitely felt suicidal a lot. My first way of asking for help was talking to my regular doctor. He prescribed me prozac and it actually spiked me into a manic episode. I stopped taking it without even talking to him about it. A few months after that, I was at the end of my…

I love doing chicken salad with leftover chicken - you know, just chop it, then mayo, onion, celery, maybe some walnuts and craisins. I eat it on bread, but it would probably be good on celery sticks or in a lettuce wrap.

Dude, mental illness is still illness. You're sick, stay home and take care of yourself. You don't have to explain shit. Just be vague and if anyone questions you, say you don't want to talk about it. Or say you have a bad fever and your doctor won't let you go to work. Or say something vague about your uterus (if you…

I think you are totally in the right. However, to save yourself some stress, you might want to look into going to a laundromat! 10 people is a lot to share 1 washer dryer, and people get really fucking annoying about laundry.

Lol. I got your joke ☺

My apartment wasn't "no pets" but I was supposed to pay extra rent if I had a pet. I was there with my unreported cat 2 years and nothing ever happened. I'd be more tentative about bringing a pet to a place where there's not supposed to be any animals at all though... my place animals were allowed, so it's not like…

I had the pretzel pizza. I liked it. But I love horrible food.

Agreed. The diamond engagement ring definitely represents something I don't want to be a part of.

me! And, bonus, it took me a long time to accept what happened because I couldn't believe that I had actually been drugged and raped. So, awesome that some people are trying to spread the word that being "roofied" isn't a real thing to worry about.

Thanks for the reply! What exactly do you do as a management consultant?

Alcohol can make depressive episodes worse, which is why I mentioned it. It's why I quit drinking... for my health, not necessarily because i thought i was an alcoholic.

Thanks :-D

I made some chili and it turned out soooo good!

If you've been thinking it might be a problem, then maybe it is. You're the only one who really knows. Some questions you might want to think about: do you find yourself saying you won't drink, and then drinking anyway? Or do you set a limit for yourself and then break it? Are you hiding your drinking from anyone? …

I feel like I'd be into that.

yeah, I feel you. I see my therapist more often and I'm in there crying all the time. Like.... why am I doing this to myself?

Are any of y'all reading this former teachers who do something else now? Are you still in education, or did you go a totally different direction? I'm not sure I can do this forever, but I'm also not sure what to do instead. I know I have a lot of options (my degree is in math), I just want to hear some stories.

Could be hormonal. Would it be possible to get on hormonal birth control, or if you already are, to try a different one?

my advice is to do whatever your doctor tells you to do! I broke my collarbone when I was 13, and I had to wear this stupid brace all summer. I was supposed to keep wearing it but it was time to go back to school and I was like "fuck this I'm not being brace girl" and I stopped wearing it and my collarbone has never…