Mental Health - February 2007

Do we give up control of our minds during a movie? When is the last time you got so involved during a movie or TV show that you actually felt emotion? You were literally in a hypnotic trance, although you still have the power to emerge from that state if desired. Your mind may be guided by a movie, TV show, self-hypnosis tape, or Hypnotherapist, but YOU still have the power to resist.

If you are sleepwalking, is that a form of hypnosis?

2007-02-28 23:59:26 · 5 answers · asked by Dave S. 2

I have been on cymbalta for 6 months and now i am having very vivid dreams filled with hurtful things, not hurting myself but hurting everyone else

2007-02-28 23:51:15 · 3 answers · asked by Norman S 1

2007-02-28 23:34:42 · 15 answers · asked by Subliminus 1

I have recently stop taking celexa and have had dizzyness, a shocking taste and feel in my mouth also very sleepy. Are these normal symptoms? I was also on paxil and have stoped taking it for about two weeks. I stopped taking the celexa about 72 hours ago. How long will these symptoms last? I needed to stop taking this medication because my husband and I want to have a baby. How long will it be in my system. On the Paxil I could not get pragnet at all because It gave me long hard periods. We switched to the celexa thinking it might be safer but we read it can cause lung problems and desided it wasn't worth the risk. Is there any antianxiety medication I can take that will be safe during pragnacy? I have flash backs and nightmares also along with anxiety. They are the same symptoms people from war have.
thanks for any answers on this

2007-02-28 23:06:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-28 22:59:51 · 11 answers · asked by polish 2

My best friend is a single mom with a very difficult to deal with 4 year old little boy. He has behavior problems and doesn't listen to her commands. She is very stressed out from dealing with him because the father is not in the picture, her family is 8 hours away and she is raising him all alone.
She works at a job dealing with special needs teenagers that can become physically violent at any moment. She says that the stresses of her job and then having to come home late in the evenings and deal with her son are starting to effect her health.
She says her memory is starting to go and her hair is starting to fall out. She plans on going to the doctor and asking for a prescription for nerve pills to deal with her problems. Are drugs really the solution here?
I am concerned about her but am not really able to help much because she lives in Maryland and I am way up in Michigan. Should she really be taking nerve pills to deal with her everyday life?

2007-02-28 22:50:52 · 7 answers · asked by joyce 5

2007-02-28 22:45:41 · 4 answers · asked by gaaabbers 2

I have reached the end of my tunnel, and still see no light. I have no one to turn to and i am desperate and depressed, turning every which way and finding no way out. I have recently gone emo but managed to stop cutting myself. I cant find a way out!! Someone please help me! im tired of sobbing myself to sleep and whispering myself untrue comforts...im only 14, and i want it to stop...Please, what should I do?? Please do me a favour, and just say a quick prayer for me...maybe you can save me...

2007-02-28 21:41:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

large nuber of devotees like strong volenteer, aol teachers, other family members of aol family facing swere health problem last 2 years. what shall we do? how thy live disease free life. my mother is practising sadhna daily, she cant walk . she is sle patient, steoriods affets her hip bone? we are confused now? help and guide?

2007-02-28 21:37:39 · 4 answers · asked by anil vaid 1

I think it's a real possibility, but the voices tell me that I'm not.

Who's right?

2007-02-28 20:58:02 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

He did not take any medication for that.He is completely normal when he is not drunk. he is a very nice person. But when he drinks he becomes a completely different person. Talks non-stop, curses everybody, once out of anger broke the T.V, glass furnitures everything. He was then admitted in the rehab. He came out, again he is in to depression and alcohol. He drinks little and acts ok. I want to know whether alcohol is inducing any mania. Will it aggravate the bipolar problem? will he be ok without any medication? He is not willing to quit alcohol tho had been to AA meetings and rehabs.

2007-02-28 20:56:33 · 7 answers · asked by roxy! 1

what for?
what was your first visit like?
was it worth it?
were they nice or understanding?

2007-02-28 20:32:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend,25, of 6 months was diagnosed with PTS after his fathers sudden death 5 yrs ago( he said his dad was his best friend) and recieved counselling for 1yr.

A year ago his mother passed away from cancer.He was living with his ex (together 2 yrs) in another city at the time and when he went back after his mothers funeral his ex and one of his best mates sat him down and told him they had been together for some time, while he was travelling to and fro home to his sick mother.

When I met him he had returned to his home town , it was 9 months since he had split from his ex and he said he was ready to move on with his life.

We had a good relationship until we had our first serious row 3 weeks ago.Now he's gone very distant . I've brought it up he says he"struggling with life in general" at the moment.He is a proud , sensitive ,intelligent guy . I gently brought up him going back to counselling and he joked was "I worried he was mentally unstable"? Can I help him?

2007-02-28 20:30:22 · 13 answers · asked by Evelyn M 3

Lately I have been having freaky dreams. I have had them four nights in a row. They have all been about someone dying. The first night, their neck was cut off by a chainsaw, the second night was an axe, the third was a spear and last night was two metal plates crushing their head. The person is wearing a marsk with a question mark on it. They are being killed by a dark figure that I cannot identify. Can someone give me an explanation and what to do because every night im afraid of going to sleep cauz i think ill have another dream. I'm 14 years old. Please help.

2007-02-28 20:20:20 · 12 answers · asked by Sophi 2

I'm almost 17 and I've been getting panic attacks since 2004. At first i just got one a week, but now they're getting worse and worse. I now get them everyday. My doctor diagnosed me, but said I'll be fine and just breathe.

When I get one I seriously feel like I'm going to die and sometimes i wish i would. Why is it so bad?

What can i do to feel better?

2007-02-28 19:59:10 · 7 answers · asked by Dictionary Queen 2

Its me again ( sorry if you are getting tired of me)

I have been really down for quite a long time and this is really affecting my work at uni. I feel so alone and spaced out, I have distanced myself from family and friends, they don’t understand. I have been having some dark thoughts and I can’t seem dig myself out of this hole. I am trying to sort myself out, but it is taking too long.

Last semester i messed up and failed 3/5 of my courses, fortunately i can retake. You can only fail two credits in the whole year.

So this semester I promised myself, I would try to go to all my lessons. But I have failed to do this as I keep on putting off going to class. I don't know what's wrong with me, every time I think about going I feel nauseated , I get have a stomach upset, once I threw up, I don't know why feel this way.

Today I found out that in one of the classes (I have never been to), an assessment due in. There's no way can I complete it as I have no ideas what it is abou

2007-02-28 19:52:29 · 13 answers · asked by Blackout 2

What is the best way to come out of depression? And what are the symptoms that tell you that you are having depression?

2007-02-28 19:49:59 · 8 answers · asked by ukriti 2

2007-02-28 19:27:55 · 10 answers · asked by Bug Catcher 3

I get angry/frustrated very easily, I worry what others think about me I have zero self confidence. I think to myself, well they probably think this or that about me so I might as well act that way even though I'm not like that, it makes me very angry.

2007-02-28 19:18:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sleeping pills are amazing, but I don't want to get addicted to them.

I seem to be very jumpy and on edge, even when relaxing in bed hanging out...and then my brain starts to turn on and then i'm not asleep unil 4 or 5am.

If anyone knows of any good meditation exercise you can do alone in a room without watching a video tape or listening on CD, i'd be greatly appreciated. I'm not afraid of silence, but i'd rather be in my thoughts with music and not bring in outside influences.

I don't want to buy an instructional tape, but if you know of any good meditation or yoga or new age CDs, please let me know the titles and artists. Thanks!

2007-02-28 19:05:46 · 5 answers · asked by foreveryoung 1

Hello People I am 23 and I had a large depression by 3 years due to people that I loved and ended hurting me real bad and i Ended in drinking alcohol and eating alot.....Right now I am ok , step by step y ending this drinking problem , going to the gym , metting new people adn studiyng...
I got a bipolar disorder according to my therapist, try to help me but i am not 100% all right, sometimes I wake up normal but having trouble because there are some sudden changes In me, Like suddenly feeling sad, angry ...... These stuff I used to have all together but I really want to enjoy life... I dont mean always being happy or always being angry , I need balance , but dont know what to do

2007-02-28 19:01:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I started this new job working with teen girls. These teens are diagnosed with adhd,add,ocd,odd,boarder line personality disorders. some of the girls have a history of eloping,high risk sexual behavior and all other type of things that could be a parent worst nightmare.My job is to keep these girl safe,and get them ready for independence,and respect for them selfs and other people without making them feel like kids.


I'm looking for only positive advice.

2007-02-28 18:23:25 · 4 answers · asked by ruckert12000 3

2007-02-28 18:19:07 · 2 answers · asked by Jay 1

There's only so much my wife can do to help. Eventually she will have enough of me being depressed all the time and cutting myself and threatening to do suicide because I can't get anywhere with these blood sucking companies that are suppose to provide benefits so I can afford to get better. My doc thinks that trying to save the industry by fighting with my employer is useless. Will I ever get justice in this corrupt Canada?

2007-02-28 18:07:51 · 2 answers · asked by numb nuts 2

The legal system only helps people with money. My docs say I can't handle a court trial right now. No one in the company believes me when I tell the truth.

2007-02-28 18:03:47 · 2 answers · asked by numb nuts 2

And tired when I get more? By "less" I mean 4 hours. And by "more" I mean 6-7 hours. Is there a reason?

2007-02-28 18:01:40 · 5 answers · asked by Sarah 4

I'm afraid to say anything to workers comp or standard life because they are so greedy they have no interest in paying benefits so I can start working on getting better. They keep pestering me to make mistakes and I no longer care what my wife will have to deal with if I do suicide. Public insitutions no longer help people, they steal from people.

2007-02-28 17:59:15 · 3 answers · asked by numb nuts 2

Around new years i had a panic attack wich scared me too the max i was constantly thinking about wat was it and if i was i gonna die. and now i learnd many new ways too relax and calm down from sessions i been haveing in therapy and not too think about panic attacks becuase it only makes it worse. But the part that makes me wrry is now i feel light headed ALL THE time like if thier was this fog (hard too concentrate) and it feels like it will never go away wich makes me live my life very uncomfterble :( plz help with any information

2007-02-28 17:57:00 · 8 answers · asked by brawler96@sbcglobal.net 1

I'm being told I have to get interested in something, hobby etc. What good is that? Its all going to end in failure when I try to use it to get work, just like the last 100 times and I'm not gong to put myself through that kind of stress again.

2007-02-28 17:52:19 · 12 answers · asked by numb nuts 2

Fighting for benefits via workers comp and standard life for 4 months is stressing me out so bad that I don't want to live anymore and I cut myself on a regular basis. My psychiatrist and counsellor want me to stop working on getting benefits causes its stressing me out. Who's gonna pay my bills? When am I gonna get treated like a person and get benefits so I can afford to get better? Finances have to come first or I'll have only 2 options, go back to work before I'm able to deal with it or be forced to do suicide.

2007-02-28 17:48:32 · 3 answers · asked by numb nuts 2