Mental Health - June 2007

My friend was addicted to drugs caused a lot of trouble for me. He stole from me, lied to me, caused me to lose 2 jobs, and got people mad at me by lieing about me all from his manipulative to feed his habit.

I am no longer friends with him. After 2 years he called today to apologise and said he is seeing an addiction counselor, he is clean, has a job, and got his life back together.

Because my job is so specialize, I had to move 16 hours from home to find work, be away from family and missed a few weddings and a funeral because I live so far away.

Is it wrong not to fogive him? Is it worng not to be friends with him?

2007-06-19 15:20:49 · 12 answers · asked by allanackerman07 1

everyday at school, when its presentation time, im always shaking. when im up there i start shaking, and stop reading. everyone says use the mic, then i get even more nervous. when they give me the mic, i get 5X shakier, and i hear everyone wishpering, then everyone says "you could do it" i felt like a baby. i would like say 2 words per 5 seconds, i cant even read my paper cause im shaking and all... this is weird, and once, when it happened, my stomach felt realllly bad, and i felt like throwing up and once i felt like i was going to run out of the classroom, and sometimes the class and the teacher start to complain, and after i finish, everyone does NOT clap, and some stare like im some sorta murderer or something. i feel horrible. now school is out. 'nd i get nervous easily now, especially in public. how did this come, and is it serious.

major help wanted!

2007-06-19 15:16:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm depressed, burned out, I hate everyone, I repress anger then have big emotional breakddowns, and have ocd when it comes to cleaning and washing my hands. Today I had a mental breakdown in my shower. I hate the way I live. I want to move away from the people I live with. Sometimes I feel like throwing myself on the floor. During my emotional breakdowns, which are triggered by anything that reminds me of how bad things are going for me,I start to hysterically cry and I want to scream but I don't b/c don't want my family to hear me. I tried finding a counselor but no one has answered me back. I can't think straight enough to figure out how to get myself out of the is mess. Help me!

2007-06-19 15:14:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

after coming to terms with the reality of hospitalization and going all the way up to the hospital-doing the intake-and all the stress and fear. the insurance denies my admission. why? i wasnt acute enough. despite the fact that my doc sent me and a nurse practioner plus a psychiatrist who did see me for two hours felt i needed admission. the insurance providers shrink decided i wasnt acute enough. she didnt see me or talk to me but somehow she knew better than the folks who saw me and took time to diagnose me plus my shrink who knows me for 3 years. its all about the money-not whats best for the patient. . i do want to say that the facility was not what i expected. beautiful setting-really great staff. they were so kind and helpful.they comforted me and made me feel very cared for. if for some reason you need to go to a psychiatric facility or send someone you love to one i would say go to FOUR WINDS HOSPITAL. especially if its a child.

2007-06-19 15:09:23 · 4 answers · asked by Suzanne P 1

Recently, I had a job offer that was more money (25% + more)and promotion. Because of greed of getting more money than the original offer, I held back. Because of my mistake, the deal fell through and the employer hired someone else. This has been really bothering me. It has been nearly three months now and I can't get past this. I cannot even focus on my current job and my family. I don't know what to do. I feel like I missed out and it's bothering me beyond words. I have never felt like this before. Call it crazy, but I sometimes even get to tears. Help! How can I overcome this? How would you rank this in terms of a regretful life event? Thank you for your help.

2007-06-19 15:03:10 · 6 answers · asked by Hurting 1

2007-06-19 14:41:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is ever other person I talk to on some kind of drug and kids too? Is'nt it just the nature of being a teenager to be a little psychotic and moody? didn't we all live through it? Are we teaching our kids that a pill will fix every thing on onehand and telling them not to do drugs on the other? Yikes!!!!!

2007-06-19 14:28:09 · 12 answers · asked by panndora 4

He's never done anything bad to me. He's never so much as even spoken badly to me. He was actually my hero when I was a kid, but I was always scared of him.

I'm always suspicious of what he's doing and when he leaves I'm calmer than when he's there. When he comes back I want to cry and I don't look him in the eye. I answer his questions and try to seem as polite as possible but I'm very afraid of him and I want him to leave. I always think he's doing things behind my back. When I was little and there was a sniper in our town, I thought it was him. I also thought that when he left on business trips he went to his other family and I always thought they had a Labrador Retriever.

When I was a kid I was also obsessed with making sure all the doors were locked and we'd go around together to make sure that they were all locked but I never believed him and would go back and check by myself.

I know it's not normal, so why am I like this?

2007-06-19 14:26:29 · 8 answers · asked by R Kah 1

A child died within weeks of being released from this psychiatric facility. Quite simply, there is no other credible explanation. Absent the psychiatric intervention, in general, and the psychiatric drugs, in particular this child would likely be alive and physically healthy today. There has been medical incompetence and negligence at every level. This child suffered terribly from what I consider to be an adverse reaction to Parkinson’s syndrome due to the antipsychotic drugs. Such clear physical-neurological abnormalities should have called for decreased amount of her antipsychotic drugs in particular, but did not. she showed all the signs of organic brain syndrome due to her medications, the antipsychotic drugs in particular. An organic brain syndrome—confusion, disorientation and decline of recent more than remote memory indicates malfunction/damage to the frontal and temporal parts of the brain. This facility showed severe negligence in thier care of this patient.

2007-06-19 14:03:00 · 4 answers · asked by AMAP DC 1

I'm only 16 and I find myself forgetting things that only happened a year ago. Usually things people say like certain words that trigger it. My memory has also been triggered by smells, dreams, places, phrases.

People in my school, are like "does this guy have amnesia?".
I don't remember me getting hit on the head or anything, and I am sure I didn't.

It's really weird. I also forgot about a huge old crush I had a year ago.

It's weird because it was the biggest crush in the world, and I got hurt really badly. Could my subconscious mind have possibly blocked something out? I think I used to be more outgoing but now I am kind of a bit more shy and cautious.

People often say "I think he forgot me."

People look familiar, like their face and everything, but I'm not sure, if they are who I think they are.

Anyway to help me remember? Is this memory thing all in my head? It's kind of scaring me.

2007-06-19 13:38:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im 21, When i first graduated school I was sent off overseas back to my miserable homeland for college, for financial reasons and other "cultural" reasons. I can't get a job that pays more than 0.80/hr, no car, no social life, and i really dissagree with the society over here. My studies aren't going well I've already changed my major once. All my constructive hobbies are down the drain, I used to work out at the gym, and now i smoke. I had a passion for guitars, and now im slowly losing that too. I haven't dated since I came here, and I can't see how anybody can build a future here. However, I'm presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity, I'm traveling back to the US for the summer. I'm thinking about grabbing all my legal documents (passport, social...) and run away from my family and hideous life. I have a friend in florida that said i could bunk at his place for as long as I need. I'm presented with a chance to start fresh. But I'm scared and I need advice.

2007-06-19 13:32:06 · 8 answers · asked by geetar 4

Recently I've noticing people who are growing older, and they seems to be very uncomfortable with the changes in themselves. Some become gym addicts but the exercise systems can only do so much. The anti aging drugs are fake has anyone got any ideas beside alcohol ?

2007-06-19 12:01:53 · 7 answers · asked by jonasc1r 1

2007-06-19 11:58:01 · 16 answers · asked by taffia's other half 2

2007-06-19 11:17:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am terminally ill....since birth....

2007-06-19 11:03:17 · 24 answers · asked by Smoky 3

it happened to me twice so far.. i was like exhausted, i lied down on my bed, trying to get some sleep... i felt going deeper and deeper, then at some point, i started to hear people laughing... i was still conscious that im not totally asleep, i could feel the light in my room... so that voices seemed fun at the beginning, so i smiled... but later on, they began to get louder and louder like my head would blow out, and then i was STUCK!!! i tried to stand up as i knew i was still conscious, i tried to move my hands or my feet or call someone, but i couldnt!!!! i felt like if i didnt get out of this thing, i would die!!! i tried to open my eyes, gradually, then i succeeded, but for like a minute i couldnt move at all or say anything!!!
i searched yahoo answers and found out that this is "sleep paralysis".. what is it caused by??i saw a comment that says that those voices we hear are actually spirits... i really felt like those ppl were laughing at me, that they were demons... any help?

2007-06-19 11:01:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a bipolar patient, and have been doing very well until this week. I've been so depressed for the past few days that I can barely do anything at all. Typing this question is taking every bit of energy I have. It's for no good reason--nothing bad has happened in my life, and the rational part of my mind knows that I probably just need some sort of adjustment to my medication plan. But here's the problem: My psychiatrist is out of town this week, and I have no way of contacting her until Monday. I've emailed her and called her office...and they keep telling me she'll call me back later. They won't give me any contact info for her, and they referred me to the local ER. I called, and was told that they can't do anything for me unless I'm "in crisis"...meaning that unless I say I'm a danger to myself, they won't help me. I'm not suicidal, but still too depressed to function. I can't handle this for another week until my Dr. gets back. Is there ANYTHING I can do at this point?

2007-06-19 10:58:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Her mom saves things including bulk mail, newspapers, spaghetti sauce jars, my daughters art work (all of it) price tags from new clothes, oid outgrown toys, clothes, shoes, books, etc. There is no place really to put things "away", only piles that can be made so that things aren't in the middle of the floor. Corners, cabinets, drawers perimeters of all the floors are full. I'm afraid that my seven year old is developing habits like disorganization problems herself right now..
I know it makes me feel confused,, mentally cluttered and out of control. I worry about the impact on my daughter. Any advise?

2007-06-19 10:50:52 · 4 answers · asked by jsphpatrick 1

i have been suffering depression for a while now, my doctor just keeps giving me pills for it.
these make me tired and sleepy all the time, it is like he is not intrested in helping me get over this, i have tried talking to my family & friends but they seem to back off as if it is something contagious.
i want to get better, but feel so alone all the time, my life just seems so empty and pointless just now, is there any point in living.
in th last year i have lost eveything i loved and worked for,my wife, my kids, my career, my home and all my self respect.

2007-06-19 10:49:05 · 13 answers · asked by loyal_rangers 1

through this in time, but right now it seems impossible. Crying 2 or 3 times every day, feel sad and lonely, and lost interest in hobbies. How long will this last? Surely I cannot be crying/existing like this forever?

2007-06-19 10:08:37 · 38 answers · asked by ivywalls 2

my school counselor often refers to it as the jekyll and hyde because ive displayed symptons of one being calm natured and one displaying violence not serious violence but enough for her liking. Ive decided to come on here to see if anyone has any advice as to what is causing it most worroying though is that i am only 17 and its really affecting my school work. i live in the uk not that this helps. this is serious and would appreciate serious answers many thanks yahoo members

2007-06-19 09:52:30 · 9 answers · asked by why_dale 1

2007-06-19 09:44:06 · 5 answers · asked by Cinnamon79 5

I have always been diagnosed with Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder, which I believe is 296.3_.

My current diagnosis, I just received today however, is this different number! What is it?

2007-06-19 09:19:46 · 7 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7

i am 13 and have experienced night terrors ever since i was in 2nd grade. Over the past year they have become more extreme. I have a reacuring one where I am about to die. I can never remember why but it feels like my tonuge gets a weird taste in my mouth. Everything seems to be going way too fast and the whole time I am thinking "why am I doing this". I am half awake and I am aware of my surroundings but have no control over my body. Last night I remember thinking I was going to die, and I actualy got out of my bed, walked out into my living room and started pacing around the room scared out of my mind, feeling like I was going to die. The next thing I remember was me sitting on our couch at 4:15 am wondering what just happened. This has happened before where I also went into our living room pacing around yeling for people to save me because I had a feeling that everything in the room as going to come at me. Will i grow out of having these dreams? I have had about 10 of
these dreams

2007-06-19 09:17:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I feel exhausted and my job is time pressure and I'm in front of the computer more than 8 hours. I don't get paid well, imagine to get paid only 280 dollars a month with deduction then when you get sick for days they only approved only one day and the rest of the days will be considered absent with deduction. And you wont get that extra money from incentives because your absent. And then you got annoying co-workers and passive team leaders. Then the director thinks he's better than anybody when he never tried online teaching, he tells how to teach when it's his first time to have that kind of job. Then there are demanding parents or students who wants to be called exactly on time not early, not late exactly which I prefer calling early because I don't want to be lately for my next classes which is a marathon classes. Sigh! I'm tired, I have more than 25 students a day. If I ask for a vacation leave, I don't think they will give me one.

2007-06-19 08:57:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-19 08:50:40 · 4 answers · asked by why_dale 1

Has anybody else gone through this? How do you find the motive to keep on living? I struggle with it everyday and am tired and just want to end it. And no...I'm not some goth girl who thinks death should be glorified.

2007-06-19 08:50:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-19 08:46:48 · 8 answers · asked by Creme de la Creme 2

My sister lives with her 3 children and husband about 3 miles away. The problem is, she criticizes me all the time.Anything I buy, she gives comments by saying, "you really did not need this". or she would say, "you could have saved this money for something else" or "you could have bought an used item instead of buying a new one". Also, if something breaks or wont work, she would say, "you could have taken an advice from me before buying it" or she would say, " I already knew it would happen", or she would say, "see I told you".

Other problem is, she would say anything to you, but if you saying a word in response, she would try to dig the dirt out from your childhood diseases even and she would call me by the names& makes me feel guilty about my past.

I never ever say even a word what she buys or what she does with her life even she is a big spender herslef. I even dont owe her a penny but her behaviour kills me.I told her to leave me alone.

What is wrong wth her?

2007-06-19 08:34:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am graduating a week from tomorrow, and lately i have been feeling vulnerable and worried and i don't know why. I have every thing basically planned out for after high school, but why do i feel alone and scared for?? Is this feeling normal? Should i feel confused about the mixed emotions im experiences? Can someone help me please?

2007-06-19 08:31:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous