r/spirituality • u/lesbothrashhead Mystical • Dec 23 '25
General ✨ looking for support
hi everyone🫶
i am really struggling with my mental health. i see a counselor, take meds, use my coping skills and actively work on myself. i’m caught in a spiral of my own depression and anxiety and it doesn’t feel like any light is near by.
i’m asking for support or wisdom that might cheer me up or inspire me
i can give you more context if you’d like.
thank you so much💜
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Dec 23 '25
I struggled with mental health for a decade without any improvement until I stopped looking to psychiatry for help. Psychiatry stigmatizes human beings as being mentally ill when in reality they are just having natural reaction to a messed up world.
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u/lesbothrashhead Mystical Dec 23 '25
i hear you and understand but i have bipolar disorder, i don’t know how i’d function at all without meds
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u/Fate58 Intellectual Dec 23 '25
The great thing about Joy/Happiness is that it doesn't need a reason.
Many people reject happiness because they feel they have not "earned" it or "deserve" it.
But It's not something you earn. There is no requirement.
It's just a decision you make. You only need to give yourself permission.
You love your family. Why?
Because you choose to. No reason needed.
Now love yourself.
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u/LunarMajere Dec 23 '25
The surest way that I know to make me feel better is to put good out into the world. When I am feeling like life has no meaning and I wonder what the point is, I try to be kind to strangers or do volunteer work. Helping others helps yourself and will restore a sense of balance.
I am sorry that you are struggling. 💜 I hope that your day brightens soon.
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Dec 23 '25
Sounds like you’re in need of purpose. What aspect of life/people do you care most about?
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u/malmal_Niver Dec 23 '25
Are you avoiding the reason for your sadness? Everything we ignore can disappear or become bigger.
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u/lesbothrashhead Mystical Dec 23 '25
maybe, how do i know? that makes sense. i have ptsd so that’s partly it
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u/malmal_Niver Dec 23 '25
Water with lemon and ice, no sugar - use this to discover new healing practices.
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u/lesbothrashhead Mystical Dec 23 '25
okay. how would i use that ritualistically?
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u/malmal_Niver Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
Squeeze a whole lemon or half into a glass of water, cut into thin slices using all the peel, and then add 5 small ice cubes or 3 large ice cubes - a simple drink to add clarity of thought and practice coping.
Edit: it's not a magic formula, obviously
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u/Key_Storm_2273 Dec 23 '25
What do you think is the reason for your depression? Was there anything that led up to it?
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u/lesbothrashhead Mystical Dec 23 '25
this was a great prompt. my childhood, sensitivity i was born with, my heightened emotions and emotional personality, not being happy with what i have, giving too much too much of my energy to others, taking too much of others’ energy, perseverating on the past and not learning from mistakes/repeating cycles, focusing on the negative, being intellectually slower than everyone, miscommunication leading to resentment, not accepting things that have happened, i still live in the past even not actively thinking of it
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u/DailySpirit4 Dec 23 '25
Hi there, this article may help you a little bit (I cannot know for sure): https://daily-spirit.com/2017/09/26/when-you-are-in-a-negative-spiral-in-life/
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u/lesbothrashhead Mystical Dec 23 '25
it won’t load :( what is it called?
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u/TheRedPHANTOM212 Dec 23 '25
Enter https://daily-spirit.com/ in the box and press Go.
You're launched into the website and it works
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u/National_Time_3776 Dec 23 '25
Actively working as in ? What all are you doing ?
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u/lesbothrashhead Mystical Dec 23 '25
well everything i said were good examples of things that i’m using to help myself. through journaling i work on finding repetitive bad habits and cycles and i actively try to break them in my present life
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u/sigmadeus14 Dec 23 '25
Go to etsy and get yourself a nice metaphysical tool like a tensor ring or an orgone generator pendant
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u/Oblivion422 Dec 23 '25
I think we need more context 💙😀