How many people here suffer from a mental illness?

The internets can act as a safe-space for people with social anxiety, as it creates a level base everybody starts with.
Nicknames are´nt ill, fat, ugly or being hindered in their form of expression whatsoever. It´s kinda the same principle that protects trolls, a nickname will never haphazardly punch you in the face.

For instance, I dunno why, but I always feel itchy with people of my age (or younger) around. It´s as if i can feel some sort of alpha-conflict all the time, and it makes me fucking nervous! That ain´t the case around elderly persons, where theres a feeling of mutual acceptance instead.

Some way along the line i got it all wrong.
But on the internets i don´t know your age, hence talking to you does´nt make me nervous :p

i'm crazy and lunatic , my treatment is impossible !

I'm not diagnosed with anything, and I don't think I suffer from any mental illness.

I get extremely anxious easily and have a very hard time dealing with many things involving human interaction without getting stressed out, but in all honestly I really doubt that's a mental illness. I'm just not fit for socializing and stuff, and I'm a nervous/anxious person in nature. :P

schizoaffective disorder, depressive type. it sucks, but it could suck a lot more and gets a bit easier now (10 years after the very stressful diagnosis circus of psychiatrists, brain scans and neurological exams). i like the internet because people don't see i'm a weirdo as easily.

also, I like HOGs and Truck sims.

Waitttt. You mean there are people who don’t?
Irony, haiz it gets better is such an annoying term but it does get better dears!!

Got recently diagnosed (in May, if I remember correctly) with depression. Have been on meds ever since, and already changed it once. I'm also taking meds to sleep, because every night I can't maintain it. Thankfully, here in Brazil, we kind of have a program that helps with expensive meds (you only pay a percentage of it), otherwise I doubt I would've been able to pay.

And I'm not going to a therapist because it's pretty expensive here, and the ones that are free (aka Psychology major students that have a compulsory internship of 6 months) I'm not willing to go because I'm a very closed person, and it takes way past those 6 months to fully open up to someone. So I'm only taking meds and hoping that it'll solve everything.

Including but not limited to:

• Depression
• Social Anxiety

I mean, haha yes

Been struggling with a bunch of disorders since my late teens, aka over a decade now. Diagnosed with a whole rainbow of them, namely G.A.D., Major Depressive disorder with psychotic features, conditional social anxiety, recurring hypomanic episodes and some cognitive issues relating to short term memory. Spent a few years on therapy accompanied by two years of trying a wide array of prescribed SSRIs, antipsychotics and anti-anxiety medications with little to no effect before I gave up on them a couple years back.

Thanks for starting this discussion so we can all share. I'm diagnosed and had issues since childhood. I've also worked in the mental health/ human service field for a long time. Currently a full-time student with 2 full-time jobs.

Social Anxiety

I do, can't begin to describe how much there is...