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Not an FML. This is everyday life. Learn how to handle it.
Eh maybe that wasn't the right comment. I'm always really cynical about clinical depression/anxiety. Just the fact that you told your roommates about it and sat in your room and cried tells me that you're looking for a pity party. And the fact that you used all your sick days (probably for your "breakdowns") makes me think you just need to learn how to deal. Maybe you should've went out and joined your roomies for a while instead of sitting in your room feeling sorry for yourself.
boooo ******* hooo! some of us don't even get sick days, other people don't even have a job!! Some of us are so ****** up but cant afford Xanax let alone a doctor to prescribe it.. listen to pearl jam: just breathe !!! Count your blessings and stop whining!
If you had suffered a mental breakdown, you would be in an institution or the ER, not posting on FML. And if your friends are throwing a party , they are either assholes or have heard you complain so much they are immune to it. Either way, apparently your meds aren't working, so get off the net and go talk to your doctor.
What makes it hard is that "breakdown" isn't really a clinical term, so there's no good way to know what someone means by it. I, for one, wouldn't have called a night crying in her room a breakdown, as awful as it probably was for her. The term "breakdown" I think naturally suggests that she needs to take some time off from her life to focus on dealing with her mental state and getting back to a place where she can function in her normal routine, and for most people that involves some kind of institutionalization.
You're retarded. If I had a mental breakdown and was sobbing in my room and needed medication, the last thing I would do is get on FML and complain about it -especially if I had to go "get up in 2 hours to work a 10 hour shift". According to this post you're half crazy as it is..I'd try to work a long day without sleep if I were you, too. And don't try to blame your lack of sleep on your roommates' party. You work, don't you have a car? Go sleep in it or drive to a parent's or friend's house if it's possible. Or, instead of wasting time on here, go see a therapist. YDI
Inconsiderate housemates do stink and I thoroughly understand the annoyance, but the term 'mental breakdown' seems to be bandied about a lot these days. Frankly, if you're up and posting on FML then it's probably not a breakdown and you need to have some respect for the people who actually HAVE had one.
Oh my God, people. Very few of you seem to get it. 1. This website is called F*** My Life. The ENTIRE purpose of posting on here is to share with other people something really shitty that happened to you that qualifies your life as being f***ed up [not necessarily your entire life, but your life as it is now]. So to those of you saying "OP should stop getting on here to whine, and instead she should do something about it", did you ever think that maybe she IS doing something about it and that coming to FML wasn't the ONLY thing she's done since this incident?? 2. It is ENTIRELY possible that she didn't have a chance to go refill her meds before they ran out. Same thing has happened with me. I don't have a car or reliable means of transportation, so there have been times I haven't been able to get my BC on time. 3. Also, just because the OP ran out of sick days DOES NOT mean she used them when she wasn't actually sick!! I am prone to illness so I understand having to miss class or work because of being sick. It doesn't happen terribly often, but usually when I get sick I will get one thing and once I'm better I immediately come down with something else. I'm sure I'm not the only one with a shitty immune system. Normally I don't rant like this on the internet, but as someone who does have some mental issues [depression related], I understand what it's like to not want to do anything but sit in your room and just cry it out until you can't cry anymore. Some people, every once in a while, just need to let everything out if things have been piling up and creating stress. People handle stress and anxiety differently, and the fact that the OP's roommates decided to have a party was completely disrespectful. I am lucky enough to have fantastic roommates who would let me have my freak out, but then they'd try to help me out and distract me from my problems. They'd either try to get me to go out with them and forget everything, or they'd give me my space and let me be alone if I really needed to be. They wouldn't just have a bunch of people over for a party just because I didn't want to go out. OP, I hope things get better for you. Take a nice long shower, take a nap, listen to some music, or do whatever it is you can think of to relax yourself. Use your next day off to treat yourself to something, even if it's just something small. I hope you have family and friends you can go to to escape for a bit. Going home to my dad's always makes me feel better! :] Take care of yourself.
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That sucks I know what it's like to have a mental breakdown it's not fun. Your friends should be more understanding. And to the person who posted get over it and stop complaining you must not suffer from real depression. It's not just being sad it's much worse than that sometimes you can barely get out of bad even with medication. Don't judge other people until you have been through their situation
And THAT's when I stopped reading the comments posted on FMLs. Because it's illegal to show empathy, be sympathetic, or even be just a little less of an ass than you could possibly be on the internet. Because the OP taking Xanax obviously means she's junkie, right? Or the OP crying in her room for one night definitely means that she's not going to do anything about her situation, and just continue to whine about it. Human beings are all the same -- everyone handles breakdowns, depression, and trauma the same way, and people that are a less skilled at coping just suck and are not deserving of a break. Hell, if you're even depressed you're defective. Because we automatically know everything about this girl's life, and can safely conclude that she deserves everything she gets due to her inability to take care of her own life. Right? Yes? Okay. Just so we're ******* clear.