Mental Health - May 2007

How much do people sleep? Is it disturbed sleep? I have seen a few studies about sleep and all seem to conclude different things.

For example one says that more then 6 to 7 hours of sleep a night is actually harmful and will reduce your life span. 6 or 7 being the opium and will make you live longer.

Another seemed to be saying this amount of sleep isn't enough and that the more you sleep the less likely you are to be obbess those more likly to be healthier. Continual sleep is what matters and naps don't make any difference.

Others say naps are very good for you and the kind of Medatrian idea of sesters and then sleeping less at night is very good for you.

8 hours seems to be the time you hear thrown around most for opium sleep, and no less then 7. However the average at least here in the UK is 6 I think.

2007-05-27 06:15:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

School work, textbooks, notes, etc... as well as reading online, to which I guess I have no limits or discipline... can go on for hours and hours and hours reading, cramming and cramming, and find that hours later I haven't actually learned anything, or find what I was looking for...

2007-05-27 05:30:29 · 7 answers · asked by M 1

I discovered a while back that my ex had alot of rape porn in his computer( spent two hundred dollars on it) and is still on-.line roleplaying brutal rapes in the virtual world. Does this mean he is sick and I should worry? We have since broke up, and I'm not a prude, but i hope he wouldn't ever hurt a girl in Real life?

2007-05-27 03:19:04 · 12 answers · asked by ElizabethBathory 1

2007-05-27 03:00:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok, this is going to sound really strange ive never met another person with this phobia. its of tape measurers! might sound funny but if i see one i feel physically sick and want to cry! does any1 have the same phobia or am i totally alone on this?! and also if u have any strange phobias what are they.

2007-05-27 02:51:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 02:39:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

why cant i get my words out properly and im forgetting what i have just done and i feel like i am spinning.

2007-05-27 02:04:48 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm constantly pressing(hurting) my eyes.This mannerism is going on for about 2 years.I'm unable to stop doing that.PlzHelp?

2007-05-27 01:01:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

passed away 5 years ago. She has become mentally unstable and paranoid that people are against her and that they are going to kill her and she is being watched all the time. And that others are being taken away to other countries to be killed.
She has only been like this since these people started seeing her.
Has any one else had these kind of dealings, do these people play mind games?

2007-05-27 00:28:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been feeling creepy crawly stuff all over my body. I freak really easy. I won't leave the house unless I am with some one that is close to me. I won't take a shower or bath unless I have my husband with me. I see things and relatives that have past on. I hear voices that tell me to hurt myself. There are times when I don't remember stuff and was told about it. I am not an alcoholic and I don't do drugs. I am scared and don't know what to think or how to feel. What do you suggest?

2007-05-26 20:52:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

my brother's teacher says he should be screened for it. what is it and what are the symptoms/characteristics?

2007-05-26 20:32:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 29 years old male. I am sharing accommodation with 5 others. I have a doubt that they are interested in homo sex. I feel they are doing something with my body in my deep sleep. It’s very difficult to change the existing accommodation.
Is it possible to do anything with our body in our deep sleep (Normal deep sleep) without our knowledge?
Please give me an answer as soon as possible.

2007-05-26 20:00:12 · 7 answers · asked by Aji 2

It happens mostly at night when I'm in bed in silence. I start thinking about time and how its limited and one day ill grow old and my parents will pass away maybe my friends and brother will by an accident or something. I guess its more of a concern about being alone and losing all those I love and not being able to take care of myself anymore in old age. I am 23 and when I was a kid this line of thought used to terrify me. I'd cry in bed and run to my parents telling them I didn't want them to die. I still worry though as you can see also about what will happen after I die because I'm uncertain about my religion but I do believe in God but I sometimes think that's not enough to get me in heaven if it exists. I don't go to church. Is this normal thinking on a regular basis? Why is only happening at night? Thanks.

2007-05-26 19:05:57 · 14 answers · asked by Will 1

people get hurt from who they know is harmful but my pain is i got hurt from the closest person which i made my whole world:(( i dont even believe there is any god any more is there?thats too cruel

2007-05-26 18:00:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-26 17:02:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Besides depression being a medical condition, and being depressed as just a "at the moment" feeling

2007-05-26 16:14:39 · 16 answers · asked by Mekana 5

Here's a quick breakdown of how I've been feeling lately.

- Constant fear of being judged by others

- Much quieter than I used to be
- Constantly feeling angry and hostile towards certain others.
- Frequent and extremely violent thoughts of harming certain others
- Sometimes feeling like I'm "going crazy" or feeling "f*cked up", for lack of better words.
- Feeling as if I wish everyone would just leave me alone
- Constant (and I mean CONSTANT) paranoia, ranging from what someone is thinking of me to if someone just broke into my house. The slightest of noises will trigger this intense paranoia.
- Compulsive washing and checking behaviors (I'm sure I have OCD)
- Feelings of anxiety and nervousness
- Feeling that in any given situation, the worst will happen.

Can anyone give me advice on what they think is wrong with me?

2007-05-26 15:43:01 · 15 answers · asked by SK06 1

Hi. I think I am showing signs of bipolar disorder/cyclothymia. i'm not goinig to bore you all with details of symptoms, because i know something isnt right. i've been up and down since around the end of 2006, but for like cyclothymia you have to have had symptoms for 2 years. i know there is something not right, because how i am is definitly not right. so what from here? how do i get help? what do i do? the problem is my family - id get told to stop being silly or being told i'm not like that. i hate that though, being in effect told how i am, and then getting shouted at if i try and argue back, and its also demoralising to have an older brother telling you to grow up and stop being a drama queen. what can i do? if it turns out that there is something, do i want to talk to my family about it? not really. im at some confusion at what to do. im in my teens. can anyone give me any advice??? thanks.

2007-05-26 14:43:31 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

One of my best friends is trying to kill herself by cutting her arms and legs.Is their anything i should do or should i just leave her alone???

2007-05-26 14:12:58 · 35 answers · asked by AvRilLoV3r 1

trusted friend abused me and then said i deserved it now whenever i see the person rubs it in and says i hope you dont kill yourself 'smugly', you deserved it and things like that. I feel like i dont know what to do at times, like i get these visions of just me jumping off a building and the pain going away, when im alone i curl into a fetal position, i have tried hugs, close people but it dosent take the feeling of being violated away, i dont know what to do, do you know why the feeling wont go away? how long does it take after you have been abused

2007-05-26 14:10:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many like these:
http://americansfortruth.com/news/samuel-david-cheney%e2%80%99s-two-mommies.html
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/13053/CFI/family/index.htm

2007-05-26 13:48:13 · 8 answers · asked by St. Tom Cruise 3

are trying to get rid of you and ostracize you from society? without completley losing control and reacting aggressively towards everyone?
im 29, have bpd, struggle with low moods and im very jealous and angry at other people because they have a life, and im not a part of that.
ive had these psychiatric problems since 16, ive been refered for therapy, but im worried i wont be able to be helped because i have so much rage and anger

2007-05-26 13:45:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

my doctor recently upped my dose and i have been expierencing hunger a lot more than usual and ive eaten so much and actually lost a pound a day. anyone have similar expiernce? help.

2007-05-26 13:18:00 · 2 answers · asked by mae mae 3

I've done a lot of research and whatnot but I'm not really sure. Here's my problem. I've been having visual and auditory hallucinations for the past few weeks and I've also been having at least 3 extreme mood swings a day. I've also decided that I'm not going to talk so much anymore and I can't describe why I don't feel like talking or why I feel happy then suddenly depressed. Schizophrenia seems pretty clear but do the frequent mood swings mean a form of depression? What does not wanting to talk for no clear reason mean?

2007-05-26 12:07:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-26 11:55:16 · 7 answers · asked by Melissa Y 1

I was recently laid off. I know that losing a job is not great. I think it takes an emotional toll on you because you have given up something you enjoyed or at least the routine of going to a job everyday. How do you cope with it so that you don't get depressed?

I think when one door closes, another one opens. I am going to take this time to enjoy my kids and my family since I am also a student and working towards a certificate. I can also evaluate my job goals and see where I want to go with my next job. Any suggestions other than these?

2007-05-26 11:35:33 · 7 answers · asked by Curious1 2

2007-05-26 11:08:04 · 7 answers · asked by jojo 3

2007-05-26 10:49:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems like a lot of people are depressed these days and the World Health Organization says it is going to overtake heart disease as the number one disability. Is it all chemical imbalances as psychiatrists claim or is something in our modern society depressing to a lot of people - which then causes chemical imbalance?

2007-05-26 10:43:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

for a while now i feel like i wanna die its all i can think about most of the time i do have some happy days where i just go over the top but that feeling only lasts a couple of days then im back to thinking about death and wanting to die . whats wrong with me. this has been going on for about a year and half

2007-05-26 10:32:49 · 27 answers · asked by weirdo 2