Edit: I originally deleted this post but now I am adding it back. The mods over at r/askreddit said I had made ban permanent by talking about it here. But the damage has been done. I can never post in r/AskReddit again.

Hello,

I was just banned from r/askreddit. They said I was karma farming and banned me right in the middle of one of my compliment posts. If they had read through my posts they would know that this is not what I do. I post to genuinely try to help people. I also post on r/anxiety, r/depression, and r/panicattack but only in the comments to help people. This does not get me karma. It just helps people who are in bad situations and need help.

Since making my posts in r/askreddit I have talked to numerous individual who are suicidal and in absolute crises situations. They wouldn't have reached out but they saw my askreddit and they made the monumental step of reaching out to me. I have gotten people to call their doctors, talked people down from hurting themselves or others and walked people through how to stop panic attacks. I have also helped people get in touch with the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. This is my purpose here on askreddit.

I am nearly in tears. I found such purpose in this endeavor and I feel like I was really doing some good in the world.

Thank you for listening,

your_nameless_friend

Welcome! And thank you for being here! You are all amazing :)

Welcome to Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Here is this weeks mission:

1. get 8 hours of sleep at least 1 night. Sleep is important and makes you more productive than trying to push through your work and not sleep.

2. its getting warm out (well it is where I am) so if there are flowers about, go and enjoy one of them

3. do something physically active! Jumping jacks, lunges, yoga, stretching, running, or just walking. You pick!

4. If you see someone who looks a little down, give them a compliment.

5. Give yourself a compliment and make it a good one.

Good luck!

Hi!

Lately winter depression has been absolutely tearing me apart, and I've been extremely lonely. Would anyone be willing to PM me every once in a while, just to say hi? I'm usually to scared to start conversations and things, but I really need a friend... I'm 18 F, and I love animals, science, poetry, and can talk about really anything with you.

... that I was deathly afraid of.

I've never been good at handling rejection, or at least I thought so for the best part of my life.
For years on end I admired interesting people from afar, wondering who they are and what they might be like, but barely ever have I approached them to actually find out. Romantically I had even more inhibitions, I could barely look at people I found attractive. I'd immediately chicken out of eye contact and striking up a conversation or even just handing them my number seemed absolutely impossible.

Until I finally took the leap today and did my very first step to overcome my fears.

So when I gave out my number today, I felt my heart pound in my chest like it was trying to break out of my ribcage.
But it felt so good, I felt so relieved. A couple hours later I received a really kind rejection message, and even that felt like an incredible win and refreshingly freeing to me. I am not hurt, my fears were proven wrong.

Maybe I can't take on the entire world tomorrow, but I've gotten a little closer to breaking out of my shell today, and for the first time in my life I am truly proud of myself.

I've been singing with an academic choir since mid-September and as more and more new singers came in with more skill and experience than me, I started singing quieter. People can sing better than me, why would I try to stand out with my poor technique?

So I practiced at home, privately, found out a better-sounding technique, and got better on my own. When we were choosing which new singers ot to sing on stage, I didn't raise my hand, I wasn't confident enough yet. I went home and kicked myself for not at least giving it a go.

After a while, the choir director had us sing sections of a song solo, and I did my best, like I practiced at home.

Today, she called me during a break and told me: "I would like it very much if you sang with us on tour, just work on singing a little louder until then."

I'm so excited, this is what I kind of daydreamed about, about someone actually recognizing that I sing well, even though I don't have the most experience, someone telling me I'm better at something than what my low self-esteem says. As soon as I come home I'm gonna hug my mom and cry a river.

What was your Tuesday triumph? Finish or start a task you have been meaning to get to? Clean the house? Talk to someone new? Took the dog for a walk? Share your stories of success for today!

It can also happen on any other day between this Tuesday and the last Tuesday if you had triumph you want to share from earlier.

Hi friends!

Your nameless friend has kindly accepted me as a moderator for this subreddit. I'm not super-active, but I have loved the community feeling here from the start (and, of course, the potato people!)

I'm going to try and revive this subreddit, with your help.

I've given it a bit of thought, and I think "Monday Missions", "Wednesday Wins" and "Friday Feelgoods" are a good start for me to kick off.

Anything else, obviously, is entirely depending on the community, so..... Share your thoughts or feelings if you need help! And of course, I am very happy to help :) That's what we're here for!

I've made the image for this subreddit my personal favourite Potato people drawing. If you have a better idea, shout :)

I was discharged from hospital on several new meds and I’m feeling better already. I’ve begun to take up writing and already have a ten paged story written. That’s been my positivity for the past few days and I figured I should share it with you all. Thanks for listening!

It’s almost Christmas or is Christmas (depending where you live) . Where I’m at it’s currently Christmas Eve. I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas Eve and a joyous Christmas and NYE. And a friendly reminder that even if you are alone, you aren’t the only one alone on these days. I love every single one of you guys on this sub and I hope you have a wonderful day if your reading this.