Mental Health - January 2007

We broke up a year ago (her decision; although I was such a great guy to her and never did anything wrong - she was just confused of her feelings). We met last night for dinner after not seeing each other for 6 months.

She seemed really unhappy with her life, job, where she was right now. She'd put on weight, didn't talk much. It was very sad, as she wasn't her former self. Despite that, she knows I still like her a lot, and I know she still likes me, but she's unhappy with her life right now.

I suspect she's depressed, given what I saw from her last night (she made excuses and after less than two hours of dinner saying she didn't feel well and was feeling tired, and we left the restaurant).

I'm kinda concerned for her, and am wondering what to do. She broke my heart when we broke up, so I'm conscious I don't want to get hurt again myself, but I don't want to leave her lying there as she seems so low and hurt right now.

Do you think she's depressed. What should couild I do?

2007-01-21 09:51:33 · 3 answers · asked by James 1

Quite often, I feel depressed, I get irritable, I don't enjoy certain things anymore, I worry too much on my future and sometimes I think my future is going to be negative. I feel like I'm not good at anything. I feel stressed all the time. I have low self-esteem. Sometimes I feel lonely and no one cares about me.

I'm only 17. I have a good family and live in a good place. I think some people in my mom's side of the family have gone through depression. I haven't really considered suicide. I really don't want to go see a doctor or get addicted on medications for the rest of my life. I knew a kid who was going through depression and he was on medication and he killed himself.

Please help. Serious answers only! Thanks!!

2007-01-21 09:47:22 · 8 answers · asked by I love the cake 2

my doctor has me on what I think is a huge dose

2007-01-21 09:42:37 · 5 answers · asked by frogbfound 4

I have a friend that just called me and wants me to take them to Mental Health because he is depressed. He works 96 hours a week on a farm and gets paid $300. He is upset over a girl. Can he get SSI for having a mental problem?

2007-01-21 09:31:07 · 6 answers · asked by Pooh 2

some of my buddies got the buzz on the other day. they had some birds in a cage and for entertainment they started teasing the birds by blowing smoke in the cage and blowing smoke in the birds lungs. well the next morning after all the fun a games were over and everyone was all dragged out they found all the birds scattered through the house dead as a dorr nail. the cage was open.what to do?

2007-01-21 09:29:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i love my boyfriend, he is the best thing that ever happened to me, but i tell him i want to break up with him and when he cries i smile..i dont know whats wrong with me..i love him so much but when i get depressed its like im a monster. ne one else feel this way?

2007-01-21 09:12:14 · 25 answers · asked by erica s 1

I have been told i have bipolar 2 by a phycryisit,I feel like now I know what I have im ashamed,afraid to tell people but family..I have suffered from this for 13 years bfore someone got it right..If you have bipolar or know anything about it please leave me a comment.

2007-01-21 09:06:50 · 12 answers · asked by LINDA E 2

2007-01-21 09:04:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

ive had a traumatic year going through emotional hell. i made alot of mistakes, and so did my husband. after a brief seperation we are together and it is great. but i am finding it very very hard to forgive myself for making mistakes and for letting myself down. torturing thoughts and feelings go through my mind andheart every single day. how could i let my marriage get to such a state. but i have learnt alot from all this and it has changed me so much. but not being able to forgive myself and thinking what if is making me very sad and makes me very upset all the time, it got to the point where i didnt want to be alive to keep feeling all these intense feelings.. is there any cognitive therapy i can use to help my mind get through this? i dont want to take anti-depressents, i want to get through it myself somehow? please help me? louise x

2007-01-21 08:44:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-21 08:36:53 · 11 answers · asked by kitaihaboshi 2

2007-01-21 08:36:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

anibody knows about a natural remedies or techniches to fight a panick atack or bipolar disorders?

2007-01-21 08:32:37 · 6 answers · asked by sergio_ricoh2000 1

any info on SEROXAT how people find it works,side effects so on?

2007-01-21 08:25:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Quick bit of background - I've suffered severe depression in the past couple of years and I'm over the worst of it now, but still find that I get quite low and tearful when I'm by myself.

I also suffer from social anxiety, which makes it difficult for me to make friends quickly and feel comfortable with them, and means that I'm very anxious in busy, crowded situations (eg. shopping centres etc).

Anyway, I'm a junior doctor, living in hospital accommodation at the minute. I do have a few friends here, but they tend to go away at weekends, either home if they live close enough, or to stay with friends/boyfriends etc. I'm too far away to go home at weekends, and don't really have anyone I can stay with locally.

I'm having problems at weekends trying to keep myself occupied. There's only so much time you can spend watching TV or reading, and I find myself getting very lonely and depressed again. Anyone have any ideas as to what I could do?

2007-01-21 08:17:01 · 10 answers · asked by Jen 5

recently, I have found my self to be rather repetative and going 'Over the top' with things in my life & internet. For example, when i talk to my friends via instant messaging (sorta like email), we would usually have some fun, like flooding the chat window, It usually lasts until a minuite until my friend says stop. But I sometimes can't stop my self from continuing. And as a result, my friend will sometimes have to block me/Ignore for a few mins until I forget about it. I've never really had this before until recently.
I've heard of disorders like this where the person is repetative. I'm starting to wonder if I may have one.

2007-01-21 08:16:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-21 08:16:07 · 1 answers · asked by Gumballbear 2

Has that thought ever crossed your mind?
Did you ever think that maybe you drink too often, too much, or think about drinking more than you think you should?
Moreover, if you answered yes to any of these questions, have you ever tried to quit? andf how did that work out for you?

2007-01-21 08:16:05 · 12 answers · asked by Jeff 2

I stopped going to this doctor last year. He tried to diagnose my mental health although I didn't ask him about that, and since I have a degree in psychology I knew his questions were really unproffessional as well as insensitive. We live in a small town but we do have other doctors, fortunately. Being a small town I see him at social events sometimes. The other night when I was getting ready to leave a dance he made a comment about how the action must be unbearable for me. So, am I overreacting to a random comment, or is he a nut? Do you think maybe he is a jerk to me in particular because I'm racially mixed? I asked other doctors and no one but him thinks I have the symptoms he thinks I do, although I've been recovering from depression. Besides kicking him in the nuts (joke!!) is there anything I can do besides ignoring him as much as possible?

2007-01-21 07:51:09 · 12 answers · asked by mj_indigo 5

Looking for a great Herbal Remedy to rid me of Anxiety!
Thanks.

2007-01-21 07:16:12 · 12 answers · asked by TropyWife 1

I work out at the Y and it seems every time I am in the gym or in the pool, I see people staring at me and laughing. This does nothing for my self esteem and sometimes I want to quit. I have done all the Anthony Robbins stuff and self esteem classes, etc. I am at my last rope

2007-01-21 07:08:26 · 12 answers · asked by Lisa 2

I am a 35 year old woman and have just found out that my Dad cheated on my Mom several times while they were married. Unfortunately I got to hear the gory details as well. I know that he was violent and aggressive and hated my Mom going out on her own. But I feel really bad now finding this out. I haven't spoken to him for years because of his behaviour in the past and more recent problems. I do not know how to deal with this and it's opened up the wound again. Anyone any ideas?

2007-01-21 07:05:24 · 17 answers · asked by Michele 3

I am 15 years old and a sophomore in high school. Lately I have discovered masturbating and have been doing it quite frequently. I dont have much privacy because I have 5 sisters so I often go downstairs to my basement and take off all my clothes and masturbate. I often download pictures off the internet of Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and others and just masturbate to them. Is that normal? Otherwise I often will just sit nude on my recliner and masturbate to girls in my high school bent over with a skirt and no panties on. I love butts. Anyway, is it wrong to do this? I almost got caught the other day by my sister Dawn. I dont want to get ridiculed for this in case I do ever get caught

2007-01-21 06:55:27 · 12 answers · asked by ehaters101 1

2007-01-21 06:47:09 · 13 answers · asked by PAYlURTACK* 2

Whenever I have to do anything with another person, I start panicking. I get paranoid and nervous. I feel completely worthless, terrified that everything I do is the wrong thing. This goes for everything. I can hardly order in a restaurant, I can't run errands for my parents, I'll walk an extra five blocks to the ATM so I don't have to ask for cash back.

It's really serious, deep and really impacting my life. I only feel confident around my boyfriend, and even then I'm a bit edgy. It's not him at all, I know it's me.

I'm only 14.

2007-01-21 06:39:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I seem more depressed and emotional at home and at school I'm nice, fun, and have a lot of friends that like me for me. Also, I get back aches and neck aches and headaches when I'm really stressed out.

2007-01-21 06:33:52 · 8 answers · asked by music ♥ 5

I've been feeling suicidal for a while now. I feel better days later as all normal people would like a normal person would. But this has been going on for years now. I thought I would outgrow it as I am 21 now. I know I am still young so I try to shrug it off. I thought it was the big holidays or the darkness but I get much sunlight and I was the happiest man alive in for about two weeks in December and January.

I've been keeping a journal of each time I think about killing myself. In the last week its been twice. The last 4 weeks its been five times.
I was happiest most before moving back to my school's campus. Now that college has started again it feels like everything is hopeless, ect.

I am not too concerned about my problems but I am extremely worried that I'll kill myself when I am feeling down. Am I depressed or is it just in my head or something else? Thank you for reading and answering my question. I went to great lengths to post this anonymously.

2007-01-21 06:32:51 · 7 answers · asked by JosephA.Pixley 1

2007-01-21 06:22:40 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-21 06:14:14 · 4 answers · asked by NeoV9 2

Hi I'm not potnetially a grass but I believe this family needs help, serious help & now this relationship is interferring with everyone including mine & very abusive where do I go from here without involving too many people

2007-01-21 05:59:27 · 12 answers · asked by Littlehoneybee 2

I am 35 years old and I have nothing to show for it, I started drinking at a very early age and have been in and out of trouble since. I am very ashamed of my past, and as a result I have over the past 5 years stopped going out anywhere I am afraid of who I might meet, I do not remember a lot of my past and I can not defend myself against people when I really have no idea of what I did and when I do remember I just want to curl up and die, I was a total prat " could be called a lot worse". The thing is that I am a totaly different person now. I am no good with people I get pannic attacks and depressed I am afraid I am on my own for the rest of my life and I don't like it. I was a happy child.

2007-01-21 05:53:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous