What are your most difficult mental health symptoms to live with and why?

[SoleBizzz]

Mine are my emotions, going over the past, emotional eating, anxiety about what others have said to me and how they said it with good reason ie being snapped at at work, over thinking,occasional insomnia and hormones/menopause.

How do we lose our stories?

Bpd as all the other mental illnesses have medication that can treat it. Bpd is life long depression and anxiety can be short term if you have the right mindset

Bpd is life long depression and anxiety can be short term if you have the right mindset
BPD is not the same thing as depression, although some people may experience depression as an associated problem.
And BPD no longer is guaranteed to be a lifelong diagnosis or problem, see NHS website:
Many people with BPD can benefit from psychological or medical treatment...Over time, many people with BPD overcome their symptoms and recover.
Not to be nitpicking, but personally I find it affirming and positive that BPD is not untreatable, nor some sort of life sentence. I know accessing suitable treatment is hard and not readily available enough on the NHS though. It’s difficult.

My low moods and exhaustion. I lose days in bed and feel useless. I want to be an active 30 year old but some days I am lucky if I manage to shower. Also being at work and feeling like I am function at 10%.

@flippyflapper that sounds like it could be dissociation, which is a truly awful feeling and quite scary sometimes, you're not alone though, lots of us suffer from it

Feeling sad, depressed and lethargic but also bad tempered and irritable.
I am not sure if the irritability is a mental health symptom or whether my family are just really pissing me off right now. Maybe a bit of both.

I have an (adult) child with Pure O. Life can be hell for him, there are days when even looking out of the window could be a problem.

Anxiety, the constant, constant thoughts rushing around my head and the butterflies in my stomach

My biggest one is rumination, where my mind will play back all the bad or stupid things I've done, and brings up a lot of unnecessary feelings, like guilt and shame over things that happened years ago (and no one else probably even remembers but me). This started when I was a little girl, and it was only in my mid 20's that I learned how to stop it without distracting myself.

Anxiety is still an issue, and in the last few years I've been getting some ocd like symptoms (constantly checking taps etc are turned off, plus some nasty invasive thoughts, which thankfully I can now kerb mentally).

I'm still the black sheep of my family, which doesn't help, but I'm learning to live with it (without being bitter or twisted).

"a constant running memory playing out over and over in the background."

I had this when I broke up with my abusive ex. He kicked me in the face once (we were on a staircase and he was above me). He insisted it was an accident, but later I replayed that kick (and other horrible memories), the hatred on his face and how clearly he lifted his leg to do it, over and over. I would physically reel sometimes when I'd see his foot (seem to) connect with my face. That was awful, but only lasted a few months thankfully. The instrusive thoughts I get now, are mostly horrible things I've imagined/am imagining.

I still do maladaptive daydreaming, but I actually find it helpful?

Im really socially anxious and lack self esteem and self confidence. Almost every interaction can drain me. I constantly over analyse myself. Why did I say this? I should have said this. She doesn't like me. I'm not a nice person etc etc..last night, it was parents evening and my heart was racing whilst I was waiting. At the core of it is that I'm scared of people.

This. This is me

Paranoia, audible & visual hallucinations, negative symptoms ie lack of motivation.

Binge eating,overspending,procrastination,insomnia,chronic low self esteem,lethargy,I could go on and on.The Dr diagnosed Clinical depression and social anxiety although I'm not sure that's correct as 2 siblings have BPD.
I get really offended when people say as possible has that depression can be short term with the right mindset,I don't choose to be depressed and go out of my way to try says to limit symptoms etc but a lot of the time the physical symptoms are debilitating.

Anxiety. So much worse now I have DD.

Fear of failing/making the wrong decision. Can be over stupid things like beans and sausages or just beans with dinner.

Skin picking. I’m pock marked through my own devices.

Chronic social anxiety. I only have one old friend (from school days), I feel very lonely but I’m also terrified of social situations

Also this

*Mood swings - the tiniest thing can completely change my mood & when it's at its worst I get so overwhelmed I genuinely can't even speak. If I'm pushed when I'm in that state then I just shout at everyone & I'm not a lot of fun to be around!

I'm also completely anti-social. I get really sensitive to any perceived slight & generally assume no-one actually likes me. I refuse any invitations to socialise because I think people are only inviting me because they feel sorry for me or out of some obligation but don't actually want me there.*

This is also exactly me, plus the obsessing over the past as pp have said