Mental Health - February 2007

To me life is full of ups and downs, and of course at times its hard to cope........ I'll probably get introuble for my opinion, but sometimes i see depression as a way out of dealing with life.

I'm the sort of person who is quite often down in the dumps but i just see that as my personality and i have a hard time dealing with things.

what are your views on depression, how many people do you know or do you take anti-depressants.

2007-02-11 16:45:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just want to know if there is any chance I could get or have the bipolar disorder.

2007-02-11 16:37:57 · 10 answers · asked by Ariana 1

Many people talk about ordering medication such as zoloft or ativan online. Does anyone know if this is safe? Does anyone use an online pharmacy?

2007-02-11 16:26:18 · 9 answers · asked by Teri Ann 1

Everyone seems so against heroin. Is there another drug that will help me forget my pain? Booze doesn't help anymore, and weed is childsplay. I want to be slammed, to forget the pain. HELP!!!

2007-02-11 16:16:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 14 and i have a great fear of death. Im scared because i donnot know what is to happen after. I feel like i am scared to die because i am just too happy being alive and i just dont want to go. I realized that i WILL die when i was about 12 and i get long exciety attacks when i do think about it and they last about 10-20 minutes and i just cry and cry. Ive had a relle hard life moving of 17 times and seeing everything in my life unfold and they worst things that can possibly happen happened to me and i dont understand why i wasnt scared then. Plz help me

2007-02-11 16:15:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Staying mentally active seems to help prevent or at least delay the development of dementia..... so, do you think that the Internet overall will end up helping prevent dementia? Or is surfing just mindless activity (for most people) that will promote dementia in old age?

2007-02-11 16:12:01 · 3 answers · asked by Tom Heston 2

2007-02-11 16:08:39 · 29 answers · asked by lizz_ 1

Please don't be rude when answering.

I am seeing a Psychologist. I see her again Wednesday but I am feeling a bit down. I would like to know why I think people have hidden motives when wanting to spend time with me or even complimenting me. My self-esteem is low I'm sure this is the cause, but why on earth would I think that? Is it because I don't like myself very much? And I'm not confident in myself?

2007-02-11 16:03:57 · 18 answers · asked by Missy 1

People say the deceased come to you in dreams. My sister committed suicide (bipolar) and my dad died of heart trouble. Both went without saying goodbye. Are they trying to reach me or is this just wishful thinking?

2007-02-11 15:56:58 · 9 answers · asked by Busy Lizzie 1

i'm not dumb OK.

2007-02-11 15:55:21 · 6 answers · asked by sms_cooolpc 1

2007-02-11 15:51:08 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

My loved one is severely depressed. He is angry, frustrated, losing weight, headaches, has no sex life, is tired, cannot cope, is always tense, has aches and pains that the doctors have even said there is nothing physically wrong! He thinks he is worthless. By the book clinically depressed! He refuses to acknowledge it. He refuses to get treatment or help or even consider it. He is so angry all the time that he demanded separation. How do I help him realize that he needs help!

2007-02-11 15:49:23 · 6 answers · asked by Christina M 1

but you don't act on them, it's just you randomly think about jumping off a bridge or throwing yourself in front of a train or things without meaning to think of it or quite wanting to do it? does that count as 'danger to yourself or others' that then they can tell on you or lock you up or stuff?

2007-02-11 15:38:32 · 14 answers · asked by shadow of a girl 1

My fiance's mother has panic disorder and refuses to get help, and uses and manipulates everyone in the family (including myself to a great degree) and makes her problems everyone else's. She has three small children from a second marriage and they are terribly neglected due to her disease and her total lack of caring about anyone but herself. We plan on doing an intervention with her, but cannot afford an interventionist. What would be the best method of intervention to do? she is a very volitile person, what are methods we can use to keep her calm so she listens to all of us? Please, please help I dont know what to do.

2007-02-11 15:34:36 · 4 answers · asked by em 1

My best friend is the only one who knows about my depression problem. He tries his best to help, he even drug me into the counselor's office. but now i feel as if i am tearing him apart. He cant stand to see me this way, because nothing is helping. i feel so terrible because he has been feeling worse and worse everday, and i am the cause. what do i do? please help..

2007-02-11 15:23:58 · 14 answers · asked by Milly 1

I understand the reasoning behind using affirmations to change your thinking and improve your self esteem and all that, but writing a few positive statements down and repeating them a couple of times a day seems kind of ridiculous to me. I don't really think somehting like that can change how i feel. Has anyone used affirmations to change negative thought processes and found them to be effective?

2007-02-11 15:02:31 · 14 answers · asked by colonel 2

Okay, well my boyfriend has issues with anger - he gets angry all the time over the littlest things. Once he gets angry, he usually has a very difficult time getting "un-angry" and seems to turn into a completely different person. He is never violent, he is just mean and says nasty things. He also blames his anger on me a lot, and says he wouldn't be angry if I hadn't done this or that. However, I am usually trying my hardest NOT to make him angry. He won't go see a therapist, I have tried to convince him several times but he doesn't think he can afford it (he has no medical insurance). Usually the only thing that calms him down is smoking pot, but he is trying to quit so he can pass a drug test to get a job. Without the pot, his anger is even more out of control.

Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with him when he is like this or ways to help him regulate his emotions?

I am 22 and he is 23, we have been together for 5 years, and we live together.

2007-02-11 15:00:19 · 14 answers · asked by ~Christine~ 3

My mom never listens

My best friend I KNOW doesnt believ me about certain things

And my ex-boyfriend keeps trying to ruin my life

How do I deal with all this?

I feel like I have nothing left....

2007-02-11 14:59:49 · 9 answers · asked by Elise. 2

Yeh if any of you have falowed up on everything thats hapind to my yeh its been hard.The Anorexia,self-mutilation and what would life be with out the Bipolar disorder?I'm doing beter i'm eating not to much i dont want to get sick.I'm on medz for my Bipolar.The self-mutilation is the hardst to bet i am still cutting.you have to think 7 years of it yeh its haerd.You know?Ive asked for help so much and alot of you did help me.i was sick i cudnt hear you but i keped asking for help and you all help me.Thank You so much it means alot to me.Maybe i will live to see 20.You think?But for real thank you so much for helping me out you dont even know me and still you all helped.The cutting is my bigest battle its hard.thats the thing i hate the most....thanx from me.......

2007-02-11 14:57:55 · 4 answers · asked by xo 2

true or flase

2007-02-11 14:43:49 · 10 answers · asked by what ever ? 2

At parties when it is time to go I just quietly disappear. Tip-toe on out without saying a word. It's kind of strange I guess. Do you think I'm weird?

2007-02-11 14:36:47 · 47 answers · asked by Sereny 3

is there a specific name for the phobia of centipedes? not of insects- i love insects. centipedes aren't insects. they're horrifiying.

2007-02-11 14:24:29 · 6 answers · asked by badtripdolphin 1

im really grouchy and tired lately but ive been getting the same amount of sleep???

2007-02-11 14:10:01 · 8 answers · asked by Dreamer 1

the age of 22 I nap everyday in the afternoon. Whether I am on vacation, after work, etc. I nap. I went one time without a nap and I felt like I was going crazy! So I have a friend who made reference to napping yesterday "I can sleep when I'm dead." It seems like people think that those of us who nap are lazy or something. I never sit still unless it's to nap or sleep.
What are oyur thoughts on napping? Any other nappers out there?

2007-02-11 14:06:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had an incident when i was in college.There were 2 strangers who happened to follow me from my bus stop to college..one among them stood in college hall and left when i was about to inform my prof and after some days I used to get obscene calls at my home, luckily it didn't go so far but I was in state of shock after these incident..till now after years of that incidents i feel very insecure ,feel I wont able to face such incidents in future and am gonna breakdown.I feel scared to even think about such an incident.I went to some rehabilitation therapy but it kind of relapses and am not able function efficiently.what do i do??

2007-02-11 13:59:31 · 11 answers · asked by Down_to_earth 2

This is something I've been trying not to do.
However, if I don't hurt myself, my body tends to hurts a lot anyway ( a lot more than if I actually cut myself)
Obviously, I don't want to cut myself because I've been trying to stop, and I haven't for some while.
I know this is psychological--Tylenol, etc., doesn't help.

2007-02-11 13:50:19 · 5 answers · asked by Nipivy 4

I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I have some weird needs for things to be equal. For example, If I'm paying attention, I have to chew equally with both sides of my mouth which is why I often take an even amount when I reach for a handful of m&ms or grapes. When I walk down the sidewalk or through a parking lot I often feel the need to step over cracks in the cement equally with both feet. Same thing with tile floors. If I spin aroud in a circle, I feel the need to spin back as if I'm twisted in the air. I can avoid doing these things if I'm distracted from thinking about them but It's just something I've always done. would it be considered a minor case of ocd?

2007-02-11 13:44:07 · 9 answers · asked by Sarah 4

u dont wanna do it but it gets in ya head and it feels like it gonna happen, and then the feeling wears off

will he have u locked up

2007-02-11 13:33:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

when your depressed do you sleep to,like escape from reality(intentionally) or do you just become tired a lot and start sleeping a lot,and not even really realize it?(unintentionally)

lately ive been really tired,like 24/7 and alls i want to do is sleep but i dont know if that relates to depression. the past couple of weeks though i have eben somewhat depressed.

2007-02-11 13:30:36 · 10 answers · asked by elchupacabra 2

I was recently hospitalized after a paracetamol OD and was treated with a drug called 'Parvolex', which I was told was used to reverse the effects of the paracetamol in my system. Although I was medically and (apparently) psychiatrically cleared, I was discharged from hospital within 24 hrs of presenting at ED, even though I stated to the pscych that evaluated me I felt unsafe to return home. Does anyone else find this even midly unprofessional??

Has anyone else had an expereice within the QLD Public Health System that has made their blood boil?? I understand that they are poorly understaffed, however, isn't it their job to provide the correct medical care to thieir paitents?? It is frustrating to me that they were unable to provide me with the care I needed, as there were insufficent beds available, and released me back into the community telling me that it was my choice if I chose to OD again.

Something needs to be done before a real crisis begins!

2007-02-11 13:25:07 · 3 answers · asked by ♥eternally♥damaged♥butterfly♥ 2