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I am trying to improve my self confidence as this is one thing that I have acknowledged as causing depression. I am particularly interested in hearing from gay men. I am 38, and I used to be confident as a young man, but over the years, things have happened, and I now have lost about 90% of my confidence. I need to get it back.

Yes I am seeing a therapist, and on anti-depressants.
Please no smart alec answers.

If there are others out there who have had low self esteem, self confidence, please tell me what you did to improve it, what worked for you, and also what didn’t work for you. We are all individuals, and different methods work for different people.

Cheers

Well I’ve always had really REALLY thick hair, all my life, and every time I got a haircut the person would always point that out to me. Now I’m 20 and lately my hair has been falling out, not balding or falling out in patches, but just thinning. Like when I run my fingers through my hair its not as thick anymore.

I recently died my hair a really dark black color, and I though that might be the reason, but I only did it once and the color is almost grown out completely and still nothing has changed. I’m also clinically depressed and up until a week ago was taking Wellbutrin for two months.

I noticed the hair falling out once I dyed my hair, I guess because it was black it was easier to spot in the shower, but it does fall out at the roots, I know because I can see the root still attached to the hairs that I find.

So is this normal, has anyone my age experienced this and is it genetic or is it the result of stress, depression, anti-depressants or the hair color.
Also I’ve changed my diet significantly, I avoid milk very much and have switched to soy milk. Everything else I eat in moderation, I also avoid red meat, but pretty much all my diet changes are supposed to be healthier.

i live in pakistan , am 40 yrs of age. am married with 3 kids. i have a mild claustrophobia since a long long time. it seems to me as its growing severe with age. i have typical stmptoms of the disease , like getting anxiety attacks and panic in places that are confined or unable to escape. i always avoid elivators and get worried during flights but i do take an hour or two flights but all the time am trying to dispurse the thoughts of anxiety. with a chewing gum in my mouth i find a little help. i try to keep the anti depressants with me , though i do not use it but that keeps me calm somewhat as i have a hope that these pills will make me relax.
i even get anxiety attacks while having a dental treatment or having heavy shampoo on my hair. during these attacks my heart beets are very much increased, my hands and toes get cold, my face gets pale, i feel like my breath is not coming.
i am very much worried about this situation and wonder if if if i can ever get out of this? plz help

I have people that I talk to, however, they are not really friends. They are just people at school I talk to. I don’t have any one close to except my mother, and at age 19 I would like to have someone my own age.

There were these girls I talked to in class. We all met each other one the same day. However the other two went to go hang out and I wasn’t even invited. I don’t know if there is something about my personality that makes it so difficult for me to connect to other people or for people to connect with me. I am shy which may make me seem uninterested, but I am. I was advised to start initiating conversations/relationships more, but it is difficult.

I had to be put on anti-depressants for this, but I don’t want to use medication, so I stopped…

Perhaps it is minor, but it bothers me very much. I would like someone where I can be there for them and they can be there for me. Like a sister or brother.

Any advice?

Okay, well I’m 14 years old.
You make think that I’m young and have no idea of what I’m talking about but I do, just listen please. Right, just take note, I have depression running in both sides of my family, my mum’s side and my dad’s side. My mum used to be on a high dose of anti-depressants, but now on a low dose because she’s getting better, and my brother who is 17, self harms as he’s so depressed about college and stuff he should be stressed or worried about. Anyway, well, lately, I’m feeling so paranoid about EVERYTHING. I’ve been liking this boy for ages and ages now and we’ve only started going out for like 4 days now. He makes me feel good about everything and anything, but my friends, they bring me down all the time. Not about anything personal, it’s just silly stuff, like bitchy comments and little spiteful things like that. I know I sound so pathetic at the moment, but I know, I don’t feel, I know, it’s just worst. I’ve just sat talking to my best friend about it, but I can’t put the message through to her, so I’ve failed there.

I’m not feeling depressed as such, just overly paranoid.
I just need someone to tell me how to get myself over this, because at the moment it’s making me feel down in the dumps, which I don’t need that because I’m young and I don’t want to be growing up like this.

Thank you for listening.
Thank you guys for answering so quickly, I just had a confidence boost, so thank you!

Hello,

note: to the people with adhd, I am wondering what your experiences were like going of the medication for a long period of time.. I went off for 4 years, and this is my experience that i’d like to share.

I was diagnosed ADHD at age 5, medicated till I was 14. Went off the medications, 2 years later diagnosed social anxiety and major depressive. Could not pay attention in school nor to friends, so basically bombed out of school and lost all friends. I had trouble reading through a paragraph AND actually remembering what I just read. I’d sit there and read a paragraph over and over for 10 minutes untill I finally got it. I tried 3 kinds of anti depressants of a period of 2 years, they did not work… Tried therapy… Did not work.. The friends I did make during this time, didn’t like being around me cause they felt I didn’t value them as important as I’d forget whatever they told me. :(

I made the choice to get off anti depressants and back on adhd medication. I can honestly say my life has changed dramatically. I started noticing things I was doing or not doing, and was very suprised. My performance at work is getting a whole lot better, and people are seeing me more social able rather than a introvert. I’m reading personal stories online of people who went cold turkey off their adhd medication and who’s lives completely fell apart. When they went back on the medication their lives had changed dramatically just as mine.

I’m just wondering if it’s possible that the two diagnoses (* depression and social anxiety *) may have been caused by not treating the adhd? I brought this up with my pyschiatrist, and he thought it was interesting and would permit me to participate in a trial – I’d get perscribed Metadate CD, and report back on my progress. I report in on August 30th, and so far, I have nothing but good news.
Jason, I think your experience is interesting – However I don’t think I have mercury poisoning. I’d give the medication for Adhd one more try.. I too joined the Army DEP when I was 17, and could literally not pay attention in class. I’d fall asleep – the sergeants would make me stand at attention and do pushups – even after that i’d fall asleep.