i suffer from bipolar depression myself. and the talk about feeling everyone is out to get you, self-harm and stuff sounds very fimilar to me... i am almost always on the verge of tipping over... i just dont know what and how it will be triggered or worse when...
infact here are two very recent threads that i started on this very board which will show you the seriousness of my problem...
http://www.mysticboard.com/general_discussion/17962-thank_you_swetha.html
and then this one where let off a lot of steam ...
http://www.mysticboard.com/general_discussion/17316-i_wish.html and disappeared and only came back after days and here is what i had to say ...
http://www.mysticboard.com/general_discussion/17316-i_wish-10.html
and you will find many threads about me my problems and i'll tell you this (and i may sound hard) BUT there is no way to deal with it. medication help but only to certain degree. the only way you can successfully deal with your problem ... is to learn to live and let live.
And i'll also tell you this ... no matter what you do .. or no matter what i do and how we see things and how we feel... will NEVER be fully understood by anyone - not until they come over and sit in our chair and wear our shoe (and i pray hard that noone ever has too).
What the both of us or anyone with depression feels is a very unique thing all by itself. fight it with all you got and decide you wanna come out the winner ... it is the only thing that will "really" help at the end of day.
Regards,
Abhishek