u/Alarmed_Kangaroo9979

I’m rewatching season 9 and I cannot believe what an absolute dick Sandoval was! The way he treated Katie, tried to play victim about how hard it is to be a “cisgender straight man”, manipulated Schwartz by withholding his friendship, and the list goes on.

Honestly I know it can be so hard to leave a relationship especially a very long term relationship where you literally own property together…. But I can’t believe Ariana could watch his behavior in this season and not be absolutely disgusted. Same goes for Tom Schwartz! Who lets someone take credit for bringing money into their household, belittle and put down their wife, talk down to them and then decides to keep them as a best friend and defend them over their wife. HORRIBLE.

He really got what was coming to him. I’m glad Ariana got off that ride! I can’t believe Schwartz is still on it.

I have been dealing with severe ibs (switches between C and D) for about 20 years. It has brought on severe anxiety and depression and sometimes I just feel like I’ve died but I’m still here. I have high ambitions, I love being out and about, I’m naturally happy and bubbly, and I have so many dreams I know that I would be capable of achieving if I didn’t have ibs but instead I’m stuck inside a body that won’t cooperate.

Sometimes I try and push through but the pain, exhaustion, and brain fog gets so severe that pushing through just ends up setting me back so far I can’t get out of bed for weeks. I’ve been to every doctor I could find, tried alternative medicine, every antibiotic, medication, meditation, hypnotherapy, therapy, psychiatry, you name it. I’ve probably spend upwards of $20K out of pocket trying to fix this and nothing has worked. I’m really just at a complete loss and sometimes feel like if I can’t live the life I want I’m essentially already dead.

I’m in my 30’s and recently got married. I’ve had very severe anxiety and depression my whole life and also struggle with extreme chronic illness. I made this very clear to my partner while we were dating and they said they fully accepted me as I am.

I go through periods of time where I feel okay or even good and happy but the depression always comes back especially when my chronic illness is acting up. My partner usually does a good job of supporting me but sometimes in trying to be supportive says really hurtful things like “stop being so doom and gloom” “stop being so negative” etc. My partner does not struggle with any health issues and only has the occasional situational anxiety so has absolutely no understanding of what depression can be like.

I never had the intention of getting married but I loved my partner so much I decided to just go for it. I’ve always thought I was ment to be alone and when I fall into this type of depression I wish I had never even given dating a chance in the first place. It’s hard to reconcile with having an amazing life and partner but being unable to enjoy it because of how sad I feel when I get depressed. I worry that I’m ruining life for my partner and should have ended the relationship so they could be free.