Mental Health - February 2007

I am 18, and mentally, for years, I have felt lost in my head, lethargic, sometimes moody, insecure, and my moods go back and forth throughout the day, talk to myself, socially isolated from the world, pretend I am other people for self-confidence, etc. One minute my mood's pretty good, next minute, something might trigger me and I might be suicidal or feel so worthless and want to die, etc. It seems I wake up so often fatigued throughout most of the day, lethargic, and then late at night, I gain ton of energy, pace the floors, feeling creative and I can't sleep and am up all night, full of ideas... then suddenly I get exhausted and feel mentally drained. Lately, for some months, my moods were more further apart where I went periods of being relatively normal - where at least they were much farther apart - but now it's been coming back more and more frequently and where the moods change daily. Just today I was feeling down and suicidal and wanting to die after some incidents happened.

2007-02-11 22:00:44 · 8 answers · asked by Reginald VelJohnson 2

2007-02-11 21:43:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

these past few weeks have been AWEFUL...i'm so down and while i'm thankful for what blessings i have, i'm still tired and emotionally drained. i wanna pamper myself..i'm 21. what should i do? :D open to all answers!

2007-02-11 21:28:55 · 5 answers · asked by blah123456 1

Hello.

I have always been curious as to how hypnotherapy works exactly. And also especially curious as to if it works.

I have suffered from depression/anxiety/etc. in the past. I have had years of psychotherapy, but my troubles still seem to reoccur. I would like a way to ease my mind of repetitive, self-destructive, negative thoughts that cloud my mind, and learn to think (and essentially act) more healthlily.

Will hypnotherapy help me to achieve this goal? And if yes, how does this process work?

[Serious answers only please. Thank you.]

2007-02-11 21:04:29 · 4 answers · asked by lostlittlegirl 2

I live alone in a single-bedroom house and I lock my bedroom door shut before going to bed. Last night, after locking my bedroom door when going to bed, I clearly remember turning off the bedroom light before going to bed because I remember groping for my phone in the dark. And when I wake up the light was switched on. How? I mean how? When I first woke up I never thought about it but now it got me thinking how on earth could that have happened? I checked my main door and windows and my house had not been broken into. And I live alone so no chance of a housemate prank or anything like that.

Am I sleepwalking? Or is there some kind of electricity fault that causes switches to get turned on by themselves?

2007-02-11 20:56:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Explain to me why during an operation when patients die they leave their bodies and spectate their operation and tell the nurses and doctors what the conversaton was about when they were out of their bodies, and the doctors back it up and told them they were correct in what they were discusing and the patients even explained the instuments they used. Blind people since birth for the first time were able to see. There have been 3 world wide studies of life after death, and at first the therory was lack of oxigen to to brain, drugs given to patients. But a recent study has proven that theory to be wrong, and they have discovered at the point of death your consiousness continues to exist.all three studies confirmed this, and this came from experts in science, professors, etc from around the world. There was one lady who died a few years ago as the doctors were trying to ressucite her. She left her body and was on the roof of a hospital and saw what she could never see in her body, she saw

2007-02-11 20:48:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

what are the primary symptoms and how to manage it - upto late detection level

2007-02-11 20:14:09 · 4 answers · asked by ? 6

i wana rip my ribs out ther crushing me. nothing feels real. i cant find god. if i sleep im afraed ill never wake up. i cant see strate. i cant think. nothing makes sence. this world is all fake. i see my self but cant control my self i see my self "live" day to day with no meaning. ill never be remembered. im just a gust of wind that will pass and never come back. i fear ther is no haven to go to that once i die its dark black forever what the hell is that? nothing whats the point how can we live day bye day like this what is my point in being here i dont understand i dont wana feel like this or think like this wer have i gone?!?

2007-02-11 19:35:32 · 5 answers · asked by johnny c 1

im 22 healthy male(i think), i used to have a powerful memory till i was 15, when i was 15 i left to another country to go to college, ever since then the problem gets worse, i forgot my name under 3 circumstances
can anyone give any help or info or hints, or where to get help ONLINE, i got no medical insurance

2007-02-11 19:28:38 · 7 answers · asked by The Hitman 4

2007-02-11 19:25:55 · 10 answers · asked by Jennifer S 3

I'm organising a talk to students about signs and symptoms of depression. However, I have troubles coming up with a title and iI need a catchy phrase to attract them to my talk without making them feel intimidated. Something like: Why I am feeling so emo?

2007-02-11 19:12:13 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you believe in chemical imbalance?
i personally think that there is alot of people.. who might have brain damage..but psychiatry misdiagnosed them for schizophrenia etc...
even if the brain scan is normal.. but brain imaging does not rule out brain injury. i have heard of widespread brain damage mri/ct scan are not able to detect.
mri and ct scan only scan brain structure.
i think the goverment invest more money for new and better brain imaging technologies.

2007-02-11 19:09:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-11 19:04:48 · 28 answers · asked by shadow of a girl 1

can you all support me with a joke? or some meaningfull words?
anything?

2007-02-11 18:55:42 · 7 answers · asked by Button Face 4

i cant live eny more every thing in my life was become a nightmare. i almost died a month n a half ago and every since then i feel like im dead. nothing feels real eny more im severly depressed and have panic attacks 3 to 4 times a day along with enxiety attacks it feels like my rib cage is crushing me. i cant work or think i have to control this day to day so i dont get fired or freak out my freinds. some times i just flip out and cry and feel like i cant breath and need to run out side and keep running to nower. i used to be happy and love life now my life is a nightmare with no sleep. i dont even injoy eny thing eny more. no one knows about this i even broke up with my girl becouse i was afreid of making her weiry. im scarde 24/7 for no reason. i dont know what the hell is wrong with me eny more i just wana be my self again

2007-02-11 18:42:41 · 21 answers · asked by johnny c 1

please what can i do to stop my bad temper.again.
i have been controlling for quite sometime .for years already .. i have toned down alot but recently people and some circumstances has made me have even a shorter fused.. i get angry so easily.. its like worst then last time .. i will just slam things or talk loudly... or scream and the urge to just slap the person face..
people been thinking that i'm quiet but its really been getting to me .. people are stepping over my head..

i really need change my temper coz its such a bad thing for a lady to be having this character.. i always tght its a commen thing among men but not women

plz help
any advice is appreciated

2007-02-11 18:41:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

This week, it will be 4 months since we had to put my dog Tyson to sleep. It has been really hard for me and my family... almost seemed unreal. He had lung cancer & we didn't know he had it until it was too late. We guess it was hereditary... we may never know. He was only 4 yrs old. With him I lost a major part of my spirit.... He was like a second younger brother to me and more. I Love him and Miss him soo much and there's not a day that will go by when I don't think of him. Since then, I light a candle and communicate with him before I go to sleep... just to get my feelings out. It does help as weird as it sounds. And In a weird way... It feels likes he's still here. This week, I've also been having bad dreams about him... but I can't really remeber them. I know they're so bad that I wake up crying at night. What could this mean and how can I keep coping with his loss?

2007-02-11 18:41:40 · 12 answers · asked by oh joy! 2

Im 19 and i have ocd. I have noticed lately that it is getting a little worse. There was a time for a few years where i hardly ever though about it or let it affect my life. I also told my best friend late last year about it. So i guess now it is somewhat more real now that someone knows about it.

My problem now is the day to day rituals aren't getting worse but my thinking is. Im really negative in my mind and im finding it really hard to control my thoughts. The things i think about scare me and im really scared im going to become depressed if i cant get a handle over these thoughts. I feel like i have no control in my life anymore and i cant stand it, i have a massive need for perfection and to be in control of everything that happens in my life. Anyone with ocd have advice? Besides go see a doctor or get medication..

2007-02-11 18:24:43 · 6 answers · asked by CP 2

One of my friends gave me alot of valium she told me it would tack my pain a way.Shoud i tack it? How much should i tack?All i told here was i felt alittile down.Is this ok to tack?

2007-02-11 18:07:03 · 9 answers · asked by xo 2

How can I get over this?
I was abused as a child, but I can't seem to convince myself that it was real. I tell myself it wasn't even a big deal...that people in the past went through worst, so it is justified. And I turned out fine, so what's the big deal. But sometimes I just really hurt inside, and wish I had a home with a mother who loved me. Sometimes I have memories of the things she did to me, and it hurts so much, because I bet she was stressed. She was a single mother. She was a waiter. She raised my sister and I on her own. I just can't seem to admit that it wasn't my fault, and it's tearing me apart. She's normal now. She eventually went to college and got a better job. Less fiancial strain, I guess. I want to forgive her, because she is okay now. But it is so hard. What do I do?

Some hings she did:
--beat me with fists, broom, anything in reach
--bloody noses
--pull my hair
--bang my head against the wall
--when I was little, I would scratch myself after beatings. I don't know why. when my mom found out, she called me crazy and "helped" me by scratching my neck and back
--tape my mouth shut with tape

Please help. I love her, but I want to *like* her. Counseling is not an option, so don't suggest that.

Thanks.

2007-02-11 18:06:38 · 16 answers · asked by bones_to_heaven 2

i know that i have been, i think im getting better, but i want to know why you invidually are depressed...it just seems liek there are soooo many of us out there...thanks!

2007-02-11 17:58:54 · 13 answers · asked by L 2

is that possible?

i'm currently tapering off of the drug lamictal, which i was using for mood disorder. since i started weaning off of it i haven't been able to sleep well. i have to get up for class in five hours and i've been tossing and turning for over an hour. partially, i'm sure, due to the fact that my stupid roommate keeps her lamp on. nonetheless, one of the side effects of lamictal is insomnia, but mostly in patients with epilepsy (i.e. not me). i've never had this problem before, but it's been really bad within the past few days, which is how long i've been coming off the lamictal.

I WISH I COULD FALL ASLEEP RIGHT NOW!

2007-02-11 17:52:14 · 6 answers · asked by conste11ations 2

2007-02-11 17:52:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would like to switch from Concerta tommorow because I have such tremendous Headaches...
Any opions on a different stimulant....Please be honest Thanks so Much!!!

2007-02-11 17:45:41 · 4 answers · asked by j6 2

I tend to cry a bit much over a family death. Is this healthy?
I don't know, but it just seems to let my feelings out. If I keep then bottled up, I feel depressed and just not myself. So please, is it really OKAY to cry, and mourn this much??

2007-02-11 17:42:10 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do, I do so much that I have dreams.
My nap dream today I was driving drunk, looked it up and it said... Drunk

To dream that you are drunk, suggests that you are acting careless and insensible. You are losing control of your life and have lost a grip on reality.
To dream that you are driving drunk, indicates that your life is out of control. Some relationship or somebody is dominating you.

2007-02-11 17:27:33 · 5 answers · asked by ShiftyShadyBitch 2

I think I may have bipolar. I'm going to see a psychiatrist on Friday but I'm having a lot of trouble getting thru some days. I go from one extreme to another. I go from being decently happy to wanting to die within say a couple hours. I work full time and I"m having trouble staying focused and not flipping out on people. I tend to wear a mask during the day and normally at around a certain time at night, I feel liek a totally different person. Tonight I felt like really strange. I mean lately I always feel really frustrated like nobody gets it, but tonight I felt confused, and like everything was spinning around me. I didn't really feel alive, I felt like I was here on earth but my emotions were totally dead. Like I couldn't feel pain or heat or coldness. I don't know if I can last til I'm supposed to see my doctor. I can't really afford to miss work but right now I don't know what to do. I feel excited about a new day but at the same time I just want to OD. No one gets it.

2007-02-11 17:06:35 · 6 answers · asked by janis_krisfan 1

im 14 years old, and i find school very boring. Whenever i read anything my mind goes else were and i read it, but i dont picture it or anything. i try but i just cant remember . i have read paragrphs 7 , 8 times and i just dont remember it, and my grades are suffering. i have stupid D's which i only get because i actually DO the work. now if it was correct, then i would be getting B's or even A's. There is one exeption to this. science my favorite class. Physical scienc, life science whatever. i have a B in that class, but everything else is D and i cant even do the work n history its so sosososos boring i could just die. i DO read the material but dont remember it and when the time comes to answer the questions on the test it has all left my brain by then.
My father did have ADHD when he was little...but i dont think thier is any hyper-activity. All i wanna do is sleep not run around .

2007-02-11 16:59:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've felt sad/hopeless/unmotivated for a couple of years and last year I started feeling really anxious all the time and I would like it to end. I can't seem to shake it, I've tried exercising, eating healthy and everything but I can't stop feeling this way no matter what. I want to see a counselor but I'm extremely nervous to see one. I get horribly anxious just thinking about going. I'm really afraid and I feel like I'll be wasting their time. How do I get over this to take the first step?

2007-02-11 16:54:33 · 14 answers · asked by Sam 2

ask anyone and this is how they would describe me (besides knowing my salary) so why do I sit at home cutting myself? I love shaving razors - they rip so many layers of skin off.

2007-02-11 16:47:20 · 9 answers · asked by jennainhiding 4