Mental Health - July 2007

How did you manage to discipline your mind so well that you could stop eating the wrong foods?? I try to tell myself that I'll feel bad if I eat a chocolate, but it seems like the more I try to be strict with myself, the more i want to rebel. I'm like this with many things - it's like I have an inner rebel that hates being bossed around. Can anyone recommend a good book about learning discipline in general?? Perhaps being harsh on yourself causes you to rebel even more against yourself??

2007-07-22 23:31:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

and i have this feeling that im just going to completly lose my mind...like the kinda person that just stares out a window all day like a vegtable?? or just go completely crazy and im scared im going to die for no reason???? i have had this anxitey for 9 months is it possible to just go nuts like that

2007-07-22 21:45:46 · 4 answers · asked by Est.1992 6

Recently I had a rather acrimonious email exchange with a co-worker with regard to our roles are on a work related project. I worry that I jeopardized my job and reputation the way I handled her actions. So I need advice.

Rather than pick up the phone and call her to discuss why she "forgot" to respect my role as the project leader, I responded to her email, clearly irritated that she made changes that I have no access to change (username and password protected).

And what I am concerned about is how to resolve this situation with our supervisor.

I didn't feel like our acrimonious email exchange solved anything, so I forwarded the entire email exchange to our supervisor; explaining why I needed his help since I could not resolve the issue successfully on my own.

In general, I have an anxious personality and thus poor coping skills regarding stressful situations. I'm in cognitive therapy for my anxiety too but I'm still making mistakes.

What should I do to resolve this?

2007-07-22 21:18:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been staying up really late (anywhere from 1 to 5 am) all summer. I need help correcting my sleeping scedual for school. Can someone PLEASE help me!! How can i do this?

2007-07-22 21:18:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok like ill be having a conversation and all of a sudden i get dumbfounded because i cant think of anything to say or i cant rember what i was discussing..is something wrong?

2007-07-22 21:02:36 · 5 answers · asked by loveairy06 1

Last friday at a school, before anyone got in the classroom, i put black dogsh*t in the teacher's black seat. It was a very thin layer so she wouldn't notice...it was the exact same color as the seat. About 20 minutes later, everyone started coming in the classroom, then the teacher entered...i also had a fart machine set up at the the chalkboard.........So, she sat down to take up attendance, then she went up to the chalkboard to write down the thought of the day...fortunately, she DID NOT NOTICE!!! She was also wearing a white dress....Everyone in the classroom was shocked and didn't say anything, dead silence...right at that moment, i pressed the fart machine button about 40 times (i had it set up in my shoe so no one could find out who was doing it...was pressing the button with my big toe). Anyway, she immediately ran to the principal and he came to the class, but they didn't catch me or even know it was me.........Is this the best prank ever? I executed it PERFECTLY!

2007-07-22 20:53:32 · 13 answers · asked by mao ying 3

the way they act talk

2007-07-22 20:42:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Pretty much out of the blue a few weeks ago I started feeling guilty about everything I do. I feel guilty about being myself and it's driving me crazy. Sometimes I think everything would be better if I were dead, but I don't have the guts to commit suicide.

2007-07-22 20:42:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

recently i have been switched from paxil to xanax for my anxiety. my doctor told me to take it once every day, but warned i could become addicted. i am just wondering if i really need to take it everyday or just take it when i feel the anxiety. i know that the paxil i had to take everyday for it to regulate the chemicals in my brain. my question is does the xanax need to be taken everyday in order to be effective or can i just take it when i need it? because i dont want to get addicted

2007-07-22 19:05:26 · 9 answers · asked by Bob 3

2007-07-22 18:46:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Maybe someone here has advice? My husband is manic-depressive. 3 years ago, he was put on medication and it worked great- the violent mood swings and bizarre behavior was gone, and he had his old personality back!

But for some reason starting just a few months ago, he has decided to refuse his medication. He has begun to have bad mood swings and just generally is impossible to talk to or deal with. The way he acts has no rhyme or reason- he is essentially acting "crazy" again.

He's not unbalanced enough to be committed and force- medicated... but his behavior is making it impossible to even to be around him. He isn't a violent person but his behavior now is so erratic that it is really worrying me. If I mention all the problems he (and we) used to have before he started treatment, he tells me he doesn't want to talk about it, or he claims he "doesn't remember".

Does anyone have any idea what I can do? If he keeps refusing we have to split up. I can't live through this again!

2007-07-22 18:32:24 · 10 answers · asked by starry s 1

im 16 and really depressed.. im not looking for attention like most people are.. but i need help, i have been SO depressed! u have a boyfriend, who i think causes a lot of the depression.. i dont know, i sure do love him.. and i have a lot of issues going on with my parents(my dads a drill sarg UGH) and a bunch of other things have gone on, im not your average teenager, i have been thru a lot(most my own fault) ive had suicidal thoughts as well but i dont think id ever act on them.. i dont have the guts, ending everything just scares me.. what can i do.. anyone know how i can get help? are there like depressed groups or something?? i just need some help

2007-07-22 18:26:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear some bad things about Effexor, so any advice will be appreciated.

2007-07-22 17:51:35 · 10 answers · asked by innabobolina 2

I was wondering if you think I should see a doctor about depression. I've never been diagnosed with it before. I've been feeling very down for the past 1 1/2 years but I thought it was just due to my parents divorce/family issues. But it just seems to be getting worse. Usually during the summer I do all kinds of stuff but now I am always tired and never want to get out of bed because I can't fall asleep at night. I don't feel like eating as much either. Also I cut myself. I'm only 13, yes I know it's bad. What do you think?Thanks

2007-07-22 17:42:48 · 8 answers · asked by eleanor rigby 3

My mother has been diagnosed with Paranoid schizophrenia with Dissociative Identity disorder 5 times and trust me its a correct diagnoses

Should i be worried about it being genetic?

2007-07-22 17:36:49 · 6 answers · asked by Poor College Kid 3

okay i have been diagnosed with clinical depression for about two years now. only problem is that my mom doesn't believe in the the disease so she won't put me on medication. I have been a self injurer for a little over three years now and for a little while now i have had it under control. but lately everything is getting really hard to handle. All i want to do is sit in my room and cut. my mom won't take me back to therapy and i just don't know what to do with myself to get cutting off of my mind PLEASE HELP ME!!!

2007-07-22 17:19:48 · 23 answers · asked by belaircheer5391@verizon.net 1

2007-07-22 17:19:37 · 7 answers · asked by TJ 1

my doctor says that i probably have some ADD so she gave me a medicine called Straterra. I stopped taking it because it made me really dizzy? Does anyone take any ADD medication that does not result in dizziness?

2007-07-22 16:52:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I suffer from bipolar disorder I and fit almost all of the criteria of borderline personality disorder (I hate the stigma of the disorder, so I hate thinking of myself as a “borderline” … even though I probably am.) I used to also have full-blown bulimia, but it is pretty much “under control” now. I have been hospitalized five times over the past two and a half years, and have also been in an intensive outpatient program for my eating disorder. My interpersonal relationships almost always end on a sour note, usually as a result of my pushing the other person away and then regretting it and desperately wanting them back. I have made my family’s life hell and gone through a number of therapists and psychiatrists (they usually end up giving up on me … I’m not kidding.) I make poor decisions all the time. I can hardly look in the mirror when I consider some of the times I have done while manic or mixed.

Does it ever get easier?

2007-07-22 16:20:45 · 12 answers · asked by Amber 1

Every time I die in a level of Super Mario 64 DS I get so pissed I almost swear and I bite my DS!! Omg!! Why!?

2007-07-22 16:11:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-22 16:03:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok, im moving out in march, and im really excited and ready to leave. What can I do to not stress out over it cause i know i will get stressed having to plan so much stuff out, and how what can I do to keep myself occupied so these 7 months will go by faster???

2007-07-22 15:53:54 · 2 answers · asked by jboo 2

I just got my approval letter in the mail from the hearings office and it says i will be getting pay back payments from the date Nov-2002 but didn't get the AWARD letter in the mail yet. Do anyone know how much I should be getting back in my lump sum.

2007-07-22 15:52:20 · 5 answers · asked by SHY_SHY 1

would you trust the person
or would you try harder to figure them out?

2007-07-22 15:42:07 · 16 answers · asked by . 3

either that or im crazy. seriously here guys, i cant wake up in the morning, im always crying and problems in life are WAY big! im really confused and want some help, with out telling my rents...

2007-07-22 14:36:52 · 6 answers · asked by stormworks 2

Lately my stomach has been hurting a lot. I know I've been experiencing a lot of anxiety. & every time I eat, I get nauseated, & my appetite has decreased over the last 3 days.

2007-07-22 14:10:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to be up in 5 hours for work and for some reason I love to sit up in my bed on the internet or reading a book - anything except sleeping - because I can!!
It makes me suffer the next day but I love to feel in control of something!

Anyone else do this?

2007-07-22 13:29:38 · 18 answers · asked by Lola 2

A little while ago, i had an issue with anger and self mutilation. I had been making a ton of progress to stop, talking to my family and a school councilor.
The one day I had cuts all over me. But i honestly didn't and still don't remember doing it.

So I had talked to a woman at a teen health organization, and she was asking me a few questions. You know, Family, school..health. She asked me if I had ever been diagnosed with a mental illness. But it wasn't just one of those that was part of the routine...her tone told me she thought i was crazy.

I guess I've always thought, in the back of my mind, I was...shall we say "different"..I guess i just never wanted to react upon it..but lately, I'm starting to think she's right.

What do you think?

2007-07-22 13:28:58 · 7 answers · asked by Christina 3

* this country was founded on CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES - yet they have the gall to tell us we should keep our beliefs out of OUR OWN schools and judicial system?

What about liberals telling our students "Watch Brokeback Mountain or don't graduate?"

If you dislike the beliefs we have - STAY OUT of our country, move to another, or show respect.

2007-07-22 13:24:13 · 7 answers · asked by ☆Bombastic☆ 5

I keep doing stupid things, bumping into stuff, dropping things, stuff like that. I had a little head ache a couple times but I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm always a little disoriented, but not like I've been these past few days. What should I do?

2007-07-22 13:16:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous