Mental Health - May 2007

I was raped on Feb 24th. Since I've lost alot . I need to know how to move on.. I have searched for help through counseling etc but have continued to hit walls. I'm worried I will not ever be okay again and I'm not sure I am strong enough to keep going on at all and/or like this. Please help! (Serious answers only , others will be reported.)

2007-05-14 20:16:43 · 27 answers · asked by oniongirl86 1

Its almost 2am! I should so be sleeping right now because I work in the morning. ahhhhh.

2007-05-14 18:40:37 · 34 answers · asked by Sara 1

I am an 18 year old boy and I tend to hide information about a particular subject e.g biology etc from my room mate he too studies with me in the same class now my question is that is it normal for people to hide information about a topic from a fellow just out of the sense of competition so that he may not get ahead of me...i usually answer him that i don't know when he ask me about a topic although i do know about that thing where as i am very co-operative with my other juniors who ask me about anything as well as those friends who are in the same grade but in other cities

2007-05-14 17:42:55 · 5 answers · asked by Confused 1

I am 28 years old and relatively healthy. As of the past few months I have been stumbling over my words and have had a hard time recalling some words. This is worrying me as I am not usually like this. Am I making a big deal out of nothing? Am I just getting older and this is a fact of life? What should I do?

2007-05-14 17:30:56 · 7 answers · asked by Ashley P 2

I have been agonizing over what to do for the last 6 months and realise that in that time I have just wasted my life and had no fun at all…..i was diagnosed with clinical depression and since have tried everything to fix me as have others however the problem is that I want to go back to a life that I had in london that no longer exists….good job, boyfriend and friends…no matter what I do here will not change the fact that everyone else is settled and happy with friends and plans of some sort and I have just been left behind as they have all moved on since I have been hiding at home for the last 6 months or when I do go out they barely know me anymore and I say nothing and act weird….i just want to go back to the confident carefree girl I used to be but I don’t know how to and any option I think of I don’t think it is ever going to be the same as what I had. I know I have to stop living in the past but I just don’t know how…..i feel as though I am not living in reality and it is all a j

2007-05-14 17:28:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

without any forms of violent branding or implants into their body

2007-05-14 16:57:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

without looking like another overly-dramatic teen seeking attention/drugs? I've mentioned it before, and my parents have talked about it with me--but I get too embarrassed and start sobbing before I can explain myself fully...so my parents never get the full picture. They just think that I have a poor self-esteem, like every girl at my age has. How do I let them know that I truly feel that everything I say and do sounds/looks stupid, I spend hours in the mirror doing my make-up and my hair and I still feel ugly, I am too scared to death of coming over my pride and simply asking people for help when I need it, I don't have any friends, I keep feeling like life is a waste of time and energy and the idea of death is appealing? I tried for so long to put my feelings on the back-burner and pretended to be happy, but it just doesn't work.

2007-05-14 16:47:10 · 9 answers · asked by Stardust 6

2007-05-14 16:21:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can I learn to love me again? For awhile now I hate how my body is , I dont like my voice, my own personality gets on my own nerves to the point I want to hurt myelf. I cant seem to accept me and I dont know how. It all sounds soooo stupid but somehow things are like this now.

2007-05-14 16:11:59 · 25 answers · asked by b 4

i am in twelth grade and still can't write. this may sound crazy but i just can't slow my mind down to focus on the letters so it seems like a continous scribble. is there anything that would cause an eighteen year old to be so out of focus and fidgety and hyper?

2007-05-14 15:33:58 · 12 answers · asked by ? 6

Wellbutrin did not work for me, it worked at first but then stopped. After upping my dosage, it just got worse.
So now I want to try something new. I was just wondering if anyone who was on Wellbutrin and got on something else and it ended up working better?
I know its a trial-and-error process with meds, but I just would like to hear some personal experiences.
Thanks.

2007-05-14 15:32:18 · 8 answers · asked by eMteMind 4

people think i have bipolar disorder, but im not exactly sure what it is. dont call me crazy, im just afraid of the doctors office, and im not sure if i believe them, i just want to know what this disorder is.

2007-05-14 15:13:20 · 10 answers · asked by volleyballychicky08 1

2007-05-14 15:06:18 · 4 answers · asked by mike j 1

i constantly think about commiting suicide and im really young. someone im close to wants to help me but im scared to tell her everything because bad things will happen. please help!!!

2007-05-14 15:02:27 · 17 answers · asked by myloveismylife 2

i'm depressed (i guess). i've never been to a doctor about it, but i've learned to live with it.

anyway, my parents have been noticing that i'm depressed and they want to take me to a psychologist or psychiatrist or something, and i wouldn't really mind talking to someone, but i don't want to be put on medication.

and here's why: i've felt depressed for a long time, and i've really fashioned my life around it. i'm "happy" sometimes i guess. there are a few times when i'm not depressed though, and those are the really bad times, because at these times, i'm not depressed, but i'm not happy. i'm just empty and emotionless and i hate it. it sounds crazy, but it's worse than being depressed.

so i guess i have two questions: what is the likelihood a doctor will put me on anti-depressants (i'm 16 f w/ history of depression in the family), and do you think the meds will make me feel empty again?

2007-05-14 15:00:55 · 8 answers · asked by blackcat3556 4

I have to go back to the doctors after being on ZOloft for 3 weeks. What will happen when i go back? Will she automatically up the dosage? So far having headaches and dizzyness will she do anything for that or is it normal??

2007-05-14 14:58:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have recently to commit sucide and don't.....well i no that i can get help but i dont know how to get help and stay annonamiss!
please help!

2007-05-14 13:46:31 · 21 answers · asked by KayD 1

I'm just wondering, how many people out there are taking some form of anti-depressant, how long have you been on them, what are they doing for you and are you having other treatment such as theripy

2007-05-14 13:32:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you get your head to stop thinking about grief, depressive thoughts, bad memories, and trauma?

I am so tired yet I am lucky if I can get 2 hours sleep. Sleeping tablets don't work as the mind is more powerful.

Just wondered if anyone has any tips or suggestions.

Thanks :-)))

2007-05-14 12:31:42 · 28 answers · asked by Teejay 6

Lately I find myself often on the verge of tears and I'm not always sure why. In fact I'm not usually sure why. Even on my birthday and Mother's Day I felt so disconnected, I wanted to fly away. I'm not happy with my life. I never thought I would end up a housewife. I never thought I'd be overweight. My husband's family talks about me behind my back. When I found out, my husband didn't stick up for me either and that's not his usual m.o. I have kids, and though I love them and do a lot for them I don't have any time to go do anything for myself because it would interfere with what I do for them. I don't have many real friends, if any. I don't trust anyone with how I really feel because I've been let down too many times before. My husband talks about being supportive of me going back to work but when I tried to once he got REALLY jealous and I had never seen him like that before so I wonder if keeping some weight on me is a way of thwarting that... advice?

2007-05-14 10:50:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm such a worry wart. I get so depressed sometimes because of the stupidest things. I constantly worry about what kind of silent diseases and sicknesses I could have. When we study certain diseases in school, some of the few symptoms for me are fimiliar (or at least my crazy mind says they are) and I automatically diagnose myself. I get scared to death of the results of the illnesses I diagnose myself with, and that's how I get depressed. I can tell you one thing, that going to the doctor everytime I get paranoid isn't cheap- and I don't want to do that. I have a good life, and don't want to be put on drugs because I'm so down. My mom says I'm crazy because I always feel this way, but how can I not? So, if any of the Yahoo! Answers experts would like to make me feel any better about my obsessive problem, that would be great.

2007-05-14 10:46:55 · 18 answers · asked by *~<3~* Дпﺃмдℓ ℓo٧ε٢ *~<3~ 3

I need some help from someone who has experienced this, if it's possible. :)

I was diagnosed as being bipolar about 4 months ago. I have been severely clinically depressed for about 8 years, so I've been medicated for a long while. Anyway, my question is...if you come off your meds do you experience paranoia? Like, convinced that people hate you or would like nothing to do but hurt you? This sounds crazy, even as I type it, but I'm trying to figure out if these feelings have something to do with my meds (Lexapro & Wellbutrin), or if I just go through phases like this every once in a while. I'm insecure anyway, so that's more of what I'm asking. Is it my meds or is it just plain old insecurity?

2007-05-14 10:03:54 · 9 answers · asked by Froggy 3

i think that i might have borderline personality disorder. i can tick all of the boxes when it comes to symptoms and im quite worried about it. im just really scared of telling my parents. i dont even know how to being. they already think im a hypocondriac (dont know how to spell it) and i think that it they will think im just being stupid if i tell them. i have told my best friend and she thinks i should tel them too but i am just sooo worried of how they would react. please help.

2007-05-14 10:02:32 · 20 answers · asked by skyblu 1

It may take days, it may take months, it may take years, it may even take my whole life but I will continue to try and try.

Tell me anything to do, and I'll try to do it?

2007-05-14 09:55:20 · 14 answers · asked by dan 1

I have a 5 minute presentation tomrrow and im sooo nervous. I am not really good in front of an audience and i have stage fright.....my face turns bright red whenever i have public speaking...What should i do to calm down? what to think when i'm up there? Anyway to hide the redness?

2007-05-14 09:52:44 · 11 answers · asked by iAm 3

hi i have a autistic son, whom i have taken to a man in the new forest called robin pauc who runs a practise from home, called the tinsly house clinic. just wondered if anyone out there has been to this man that claims he can "help"? children with certain problems. i my self am a bit synical but will give anything a go.
if you can shed light on this man,or if he has helped your child please let me know..

2007-05-14 09:49:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a 14 year old girl who has VERY disturbing sexual thoughts. I've told a few of my friends, but they all say all teenagers go through this but i dont think so. It's starting to ruin my life. i cant keep a boyfriend without pressuring him to do sexual things with me. I cant concentrate on anything for more than 5 mins. without being distracted by the thought of sex. I learned to masturbate at 11 and to my knowledge that's VERY abnormal. I just need to know if i actually am addicted and where can i get help. Thanks, this means so much.

2007-05-14 09:36:03 · 5 answers · asked by B.O.N.A.F.I.D.E. 2

2007-05-14 09:06:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have suffered a terrible trauma. As a result of this trauma I am uneasy in thunderstorms. Is this normal? Is there anything I can do to help me get over this and move on with my life?

2007-05-14 08:35:34 · 9 answers · asked by Spider 1

I've been "down" for a long time, due mostly to some medical challenges. I would love to have ideas on things that work to ease my depression. Please be nice. I am not joking about this.

2007-05-14 07:42:27 · 13 answers · asked by sunny 4