For me Reddit was always the place where you can find firsthand raw experience. A place where people are free to share and ask questions. A place where you can seek support and find a feeling that you’re not alone. I thought it would be nice to find something similar here.

So anyway some time ago I was struggling through the consequences of a bad drug trip. I was experiencing a bad case of depersonalisation and derealisation. I was almost at the verge of breakdown. At some point I wasn’t sure if reality was a stable thing or was about to shatter any moment.

It was r/drugs who helped me realise I wasn’t alone in that, nor was I having the worst. It helped me identify the substance and understand how it affected me. I browsed through the stories similar to mine, and it finally gave me a piece of mind and a sense of closure. it’s been over a decade since I had the last psychotic episode.

Bottom line, I though it would be cool if we shared some personal stories about how did Reddit community help you through tough times.

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

Encouraged me to abandon its platform.

[–] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Getting diagnosed with Crohn's disease. That's the one community I will likely go back and visit from time to time.

[–] MorganCS@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi I created a Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis group here! I miss the reddit group too.

[–] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahh sweet! Thanks for doing that. I wanted to do it, but don't really have the time to moderate.

[–] MorganCS@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I honestly don't either, but hopefully as it gets bigger, I can recruit others to mod as well.

I love the fact that this feels like the beginning of reddit. :)

[–] Thetrademarq@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Reddit turbocharged my startup business. I’m going to miss it for that. I didn’t need Reddit, and I could have survived without someone posting me to a particular city’s sub, but everything changed after it happened.

It’s still fun and hard to think about because I had truly convinced myself that I was an idiot and that I was going to fail at life. I lived with a lot of smart people in college, some of them are very accomplished. When everything happened I felt so vindicated.

Y’all. Forbes wrote about that business. The most significant thing Reddit helped me through was realizing that I wasn’t a failure but that my time hadn’t come yet.

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Sorting out my sexuality. No one directly helped, but just being exposed to different possibilities really got me considering how I've lived my life so far and what it really pointed to.

The answer is boring, agender, asexual. But having the most bland answer ended up being really tough to pin down and realize. Nothing is either overly enjoyable or overly upsetting, it's all just kind of flat lined.

[–] Sooperstition@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

/r/starbucks! The community helped me get through a strange, stressful job there and continues to be great

[–] pokexpert30@lemmy.pussthecat.org 2 points 1 year ago

Reddit helped me get diagnosed with ADHD, France community.

Helped discover many things, apps, lifestyle things.

There was a post on asklemmy about feeling like you had a breakup with reddit. Many people said "no it's for the better, fuck spez", but myself, yes it felt like a breakup. Not because the service is so good, but the community was.

[–] totallynotsocsa@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Reddit has always been a toxic force in my life and if I am honest I have derived nothing of value from it

[–] cannoli69@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Mental health. Specifically men’s mental health and having essentially a peer support group online

[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crazy how quiet these are without even trying to do it well:

https://youtu.be/UWoXFdRhPKc?t=62

[–] sunspider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey dude - did you post this on the wrong post?

[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 1 points 1 year ago

I updooted but didnt even click into this post yesterday! must be a sync thing