r/depressionmeals • • Feb 13 '23

WHO TO CONTACT IN A CRISIS

272 Upvotes

Hey all!

Mod post ☺

This is also on the sidebar but am posting it here for easy access.

It's just some useful resources if you do ever feel you need them ☺


WHO TO CONTACT IN A CRISIS


Australia

Lifeline: 13 11 14 / https://www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/online-services/crisis-chat

Kids Helpline: (ages 5-25) 1800 55 1800

Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 / https://www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/online-services/crisis-chat


Canada

Crisis Text Line: text CONNECT (English) or PARLER (French) to 686-868

Trans Lifeline: 877-330-6366 for transgender people staffed by transgender people

https://suicideprevention.ca/Archive-Directory


Ireland

Samaritans: 116 123 anywhere in Ireland or Northern Ireland


New Zealand

Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor

Lifeline Aotearoa: Call 09 5222 999 if you live within Auckland or 0800 543 354 for those outside of Auckland

Youthline: Call 0800 376 633 or text 234


UK

Samaritans: 116 123

NHS First Response: 111, option 2

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): 0800 58 58 58 / https://www.thecalmzone.net/help/get-help/

Shout: Text HELP to 85258


USA

Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 for transgender people staffed by transgender people

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 988 / http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 / https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

The Trevor Project: (is a nationwide organization providing services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth)

The TrevorLifeline can be reached at 1-866-488-7386.

TrevorChat can be found at https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/

TrevorText can be reached by texting TREVOR to 1-202-304-1200


More resources can be found elsewhere on reddit, or otherwise:

https://www.reddit.com/r/depressed/comments/3d6gaa/my_massive_list_of_depression_resources_part_2/

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/therapy-medication/directory-of-international-mental-health-helplines.htm


r/depressionmeals • • 3h ago

my ED is becoming noticable to others

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54 Upvotes

idk how to hide it. my family doesn’t really notice when i don’t come upstairs to eat when im home, considering ive lost 115 lbs naturally and as a result just don’t eat much in general anymore. but i work in EMS so im constantly with others who are somewhat “trained”/ have experience with patients who struggle like I do. not to mention im with them at a minimum of 12 hours a day, and sometimes up to 36 hours straight depending on the shift.
since we’re in such close knit quarters (plus we only have one communal kitchen) for so long i feel like they always notice when i do and don’t eat. i don’t eat meals cooked by others most of the time due to not knowing the nutrition facts and brands of all of the different ingredients. other than that, i still try to eat in front of others when at work even though it’s incredibly difficult just to kinda throw off any suspicion but it’s been hard. we also have a gym at our station so im always training when I can during night shifts.
i can’t necessarily say i “dont want” them to know, because at the end of the day i also dont want anybody thinking i WANT to look this fat. but overall it is pretty embarrassing because i should be skinny to begin with.


r/depressionmeals • • 2h ago

A mama Karen is yelling at me for making sure her kid didn't run out into a busy street and get killed.

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23 Upvotes

Kid is probably about two or three years old. I'm sitting at the low bar stools in the corner of this Chipotle restaurant trying to stay as far away from people as possible.

​I'm sitting right by the front entrance to the building, and I see this kid screaming and crying and running out the door. I pause for a minute and no one is chasing this kid. My first thought: big sister mode. My sibling does this kind of stuff all the time because they have autism and don't always realize the danger.

​I go after this kid because it's 5:30 p.m. where I am, and there are cars and traffic everywhere. I'm worried this kid's going to run out into a busy street and get killed.

​I pick up the kid and they are in full-blown meltdown mode—punching, kicking, biting. Whatever, it's a toddler so it's not like they can hurt me.

​I came back into the restaurant and said, "Whose baby is this? It's pouring rain and getting dark out. This child just ran out into the parking lot and could have been hit by a car."

​Well, the parent was not paying attention to her child. She put down her tablet, looked up, and said, "Oh my god!" And of course, she's a classic Karen.

​Did not get a thank you. Instead, I'm being accused of trying to kidnap her kid... yeah, right. I don't want a screaming toddler. So I'm just enjoying my food now before I have to go to work this evening. Karen is over there throwing a fit, and you bet the police were called.

​However, I think the security cameras are going to tell the honest truth. Miss Karen is going to get herself into trouble because she wasn't watching her child.

​God... I haven't even been up for 3 hours yet and my day is already turning to shit. Can't wait to work customer service this evening. Why can't people just be nice?


r/depressionmeals • • 10h ago

at least I ate something. my cereal looked fun 🌈

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83 Upvotes

r/depressionmeals • • 8h ago

i love going out in the rain because i can hide under the umbrella

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33 Upvotes

my first girlfriend left me (again) and i'm 99% sure it's not because she wants to work on herself, but because she can't get over her ex, but she'll never tell me that unless i find enough proof for her to give up on the lies. long story, cheating included, i don't know what to do. i just want to be loved without being betrayed and lied to, over and over again.. potato salad among other bullshit i probably won't finish.


r/depressionmeals • • 9m ago

Quit my 300k a year job to start up my own law firm. 2 months in. Zero clients

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• Upvotes

American Waygu skirt steak, roasted potatoes and a Squirt Zero.


r/depressionmeals • • 8h ago

Why is it so hard not to care what others think?

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13 Upvotes

It's gotten to the point where it's become detrimental, whenever I talk to my friends online or anyone online, I feel like myself, loud, making jokes, having fun. But whenever I go out, I feel so quiet, so anxious and whenever I wanan say something, no matter how hard I try I can't as I always overthink what if I sound stupid, what if they don't want me to talk, what if they think I'm creepy, all that. Even if I just walk outside, I'm always thinking about what random people passing by might think of me. And I know it's all bullshit, but in the moment, it's like I don't know at all.

Anyways, here's an attempt of mine at making beef rendang:)

it was very yummy


r/depressionmeals • • 1d ago

I just can’t shake this unbearable sadness. It finds me when I’m alone and whispers sweet nothings in my ear. Chicken Fajitas

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51 Upvotes

w lettuce, rice n beans and sour cream


r/depressionmeals • • 1d ago

Crème brûlée, I feel like a big disappointment

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36 Upvotes

I just feel stuck. I want to be successful and make my family proud but idk if I can get over my mental issues, laziness and lack of discipline


r/depressionmeals • • 1d ago

My mask of a Palatable Mental Illness is slowly slipping in front of everybody. Two Tres Leches Cups for lunch

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56 Upvotes

r/depressionmeals • • 1d ago

Everything is pointless. Vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and chex.

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42 Upvotes

r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

i was just regular degular depressed, then my cat goes and dies

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164 Upvotes

haven’t eaten since yesterday, the vietnamese food that was being made at the restaurant we got the hellish call from our roommate

$2 entry to the fair, so i got myself out of the house in a daze thinking that a cinnamon roll is the only thing I would want to eat rn

i’ve never been so aggressively sad


r/depressionmeals • • 1d ago

Update from last post

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6 Upvotes

After speaking to some people about what we could we had two options take it to court and sue the principal/school which cost a lot of money or have me set a list of demands to get done which sounded alot better since I hate court and I don’t have that much money. I said that I wanted the principal to be fired an never work in a school again and the kids that accused me to be expelled and the officer that pat me down to be fired but since they were “doing their job” there wasn’t much to justify it so he got to keep the job. But it turns out that the principal tried to bribe my mom to keep me quiet. I want to sue or do something I’m just to poor a would have to fight against a whole district and there crazy rich. But it wasn’t all bad a few of the parents my mom talked to at my school started a fundraiser to pay for my therapy which I didn’t know about and it was only supposed to go to like 500 dollars but it ended up raising like 2000+ which is crazy because I don’t even know that many people at school.

Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post and showed love and support I really appreciated the kind words.sorry for all the people telling me to sue I would if I had money to go against a whole district and department.

Nutter butter so I can keep this post in the sub.


r/depressionmeals • • 1d ago

Alcoholism is ruining my life.

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39 Upvotes

I’ve been binge drinking for two weeks straight and I need to stop. Last night I was apparently being very uncool. My girlfriend and I got into a fight and I threatened to kill myself. I then begged a good friend to hit me as hard as he could over and over again. Ended up having a gay experience that I seriously regret as well. Here’s my sad little chicken Caesar wrap.


r/depressionmeals • • 1d ago

I have no social life and it’s embarrassing

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48 Upvotes

I’ve been out of school for about a year now. I’m going back in January for university which means I have three more months to try my best to get through. If there’s one thing this time has taught me it’s that making friends is the hardest thing in the world and I am lonely when it comes to friendship. I text one friend on and off, but she’s busy with school so we haven’t hung out in over a year. I thought that I would have an incredible social life at this age, going out everyday and partying or hanging out with friends but instead I’m in bed by 10 pm every night. I don’t leave my house except to go to work. Going on social media makes me spiral because I see people with their huge friend groups hang out every day and have fun with one another. Im so lonely and all I want is someone to meet and hang out with. I’m tired of doing things alone, I want to share these moments with someone instead of being by myself. My parents were strict with who I went with and where I went out when I was younger. They sheltered me a lot and it’s paid off like this. Having nobody and struggling to find new people. I’m embarrassed of how boring my life is.

Brookie I made but it’s really dry.


r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

My bank account is overdrawn and my car started shaking on the way home. Pumpkin ravioli with sage and brown butter.

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28 Upvotes

r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

Got rejected from a job, here are some cookies

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54 Upvotes

I’m an engineering student, I’ve been sacrificing a lot the last few years to keep up as my curriculum is kinda evil. This job market is so rough, and I got rejected from a job i miraculously made it to the second interview round for. The d-bag interviewer’s WiFi cut twice because he decided to work from home, and he was just meaner after each cut, not wanting to ask anymore questions.
Anyways, here’s some snickerdoodles.


r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

feels like all I can do is barely stay alive

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36 Upvotes

pecan pie and English breakfast tea

Running super late for class because leaving the house is too hard. I feel terrible.


r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

I really wish conversion therapy worked

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78 Upvotes

There’s nothing great or good in my being trans. If I could be a cishet man I’d much prefer this to whatever I am right now.


r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

Why is my body always broken

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15 Upvotes

Hey y'all.

Food is some trashy takeout fries, so damn good.

An update from my old post kind of, (mods I'm sorry if that's not allowed I didn't see it mentioned in the rules), TLDR of that is that I couldn't pee.

I ended up getting a sacral nerve stimulator a month ago and it works, I am VERY grateful that I can pee without catheters.

But, I got an awful staph infection at the surgical site which sucked ass and totally upended my life, and although that seems better after a ton of antibiotics, I'm in a TON of pain still.

Seems the pain is not from the surgery itself, but all the crap going on in the area reactivated chronic pain from an old injury (fell down the stairs last year landing so hard on my butt, and nothing really felt the same since). I was taking NSAIDs last few weeks which really helped but they fucked up my stomach and now I'm just using ice and I'm miserable. I can't even sit in a damn chair, I want my life back.

Anyway. I'm not asking for advice (I have plenty of doctors and I'm very lucky to like them) but maybe just good vibes.

I'm feeling really down and hopeless - my world feels really small from the pain and I'm just trying to survive from one Spravato session to the next (truly lifesaving medication for me). But yeah this sucks and I feel really crappy.

Thanks y'all for reading my rant, I'm embarrassed to be so vulnerable but I'm really having a hard time 💙


r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

I'll try again tomorrow...

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117 Upvotes

r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

I'm so lonely but I don't have it in me to meet anyone new. Multigrain rice with bulgogi, jammy egg, mushroom, kale, kimchi

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57 Upvotes

More than anything I miss having a companion who knows me inside and out, but I am too busy/jaded/insecure to go try to connect with anyone. I feel like no one understands me. Multigrain rice with bulgogi, jammy egg, mushroom, kale, kimchi


r/depressionmeals • • 3d ago

My only account got shadowbanned (for no reason) and I lost 8 years of content and friends. Garlic chicken with basmati rice and spinach.

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28 Upvotes

r/depressionmeals • • 3d ago

Started ketamine therapy. This is my last hope

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174 Upvotes

French bread pizza


r/depressionmeals • • 2d ago

Please god help me (the pumpkin IS my meal)

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10 Upvotes