Mental Health - July 2007

I know what you're going to say. You're just a little kid looking for attention. But I hand over my life to you.
I really don't know what to do anymore.
Nothing seems to make me truly happy.
What can I do?
Everything I used to love is stupid now, I can't just give up and commit suicide.
No one seems to understand me, I can't seem to love or express emotions.
And I really don't like dumping it all on people.
I feel socially incapable of acting normal around people. And always feel fat/ugly. I have major self essteem issues.
Always feel paranoid. Or crazy....litteraly.
All help is appriciated thanks....

2007-07-31 14:49:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

are you stressed, why? it may make you feel better to get it out!

2007-07-31 14:32:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

After our school year ended I've been very quiet and not very social and I'm starting to feel bad. I'm usually very attached to my best friend and I feel like we've grown apart. I also feel like I've been sort of distant from my boyfriend of 10 months. What could be wrong with me? I don't enjoy the same things anymore. I used to love going outside and hanging out with my bf and friends but now i just want to sit in my room.

2007-07-31 14:20:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm very deeply depressed, even on my meds, & I'm afraid I might give up & just go crazy. I'm afraid to go because if I go, then I won't be able to pay my rent & I'll get evicted.

2007-07-31 13:01:43 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm going through that right now.

2007-07-31 12:52:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like, people who have been close to the harmer, or even people who have had no experience of self-harm in their lives. Can it be understood or just accepted?? Answers from both sides of the fence please, and it would be interesting if people could mention what side of the fence they're on. Thank you. :-)

2007-07-31 12:50:26 · 50 answers · asked by the_happy_green_fish 5

What to do when you are very lonely?

ok... I just got out of a painful 'relationship'. Had to let it go because well I refused to be a doormat. But before he came into my life I was fine and just enjoying my everyday life. However, after it ended I suddenly felt lonely. He basically awakened the feelings of being someone and caring about them. And now I dont know what to do. I'm really lonely. I hang out with friends and try to keep busy but apparently it's not working... I hate this feeling

2007-07-31 12:38:07 · 6 answers · asked by . 3

I see those concepts thrown around a lot and I've always wondered what people really meant when they say this.

To me, ''emotionally strong'' means putting your emotions out of the way and think logically instead; not letting your emotions be in control of you, thinking with your right side of the brain instead of the left one when something ''emotionally disturbing'' happens.

I really don't know what is meant by ''mentally strong'', to me, saying someone is ''mentally strong'' is the same as saying ''s/he is smart''.

So my question is, what exactly is meant by ''emotionally strong'' and ''mentally strong''?

2007-07-31 12:31:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 12:03:39 · 2 answers · asked by Hope E 1

How debilitating is the condition and how do people get through their life in the sex industry to begin with?

2007-07-31 11:49:59 · 5 answers · asked by origen01 3

I am someone who gets anxiety easily. I will usualy just leave a party, because I am too scared to say the wrong thing. I try to NOT think, but it is harder done than said. Alcohol only helps a little. I have low self esteem..obviously. I go out as often as I can but can never enjoy myself.

2007-07-31 11:45:23 · 4 answers · asked by blondee 2

now im going crazy and i can't sleep and i keep talking to myself and answering myself is this the meds i took or am i going to be like my father????????????????????????

2007-07-31 11:43:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

And for that matter, why does anyone want to be branded this way..if they don't have to be...I notice, and I am not trying to be mean,..that for instance, when a child is a brat, and they need to have a spanking,...there are about five different diagnosis' for them...a mental illness of some sort, when in the old days, a good whipping would have stopped it then and there...I see people here, who have fears, things they dread, so on and so forth..but because greedy shrinks want that almighty dollar, they have everyone wondering, "What's wrong with me?"..there is a diagnosis for everything...anyway,...Why is this,...or is it just a sign of the times?

2007-07-31 11:27:38 · 15 answers · asked by MotherKittyKat 7

ok so what's the difference between these anti-depressents and how does a doctor decide which one is appropriate for your specific depression?

2007-07-31 09:38:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

At the start of the year my daughter was having weird spells where she said that she felt like she was not in her body, but she said it was like she was floating above her body and felt like she wasn't really aware of what was going on around her.
I thought it was just because it was coming up to the 4th anniversary of her sister's passing. The doctor said he thought it was a panic attack.
Anyway, since then, it still happens to her from time to time and as recent as yesterday. She can go weeks without having one and then she could have a few in the same day. She just feels really weird for 10 mins or so and then she's fine.
Anyone any suggestions or similar experiences?

2007-07-31 09:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by mandy6979 1

In general?

2007-07-31 08:47:36 · 36 answers · asked by ? 3

No im not pregnant and im sure im not but for the last couple weeks i cry over the littlest things...im worse than when i was actually pregnant...its ridiculous...im not on any medication everything is the same.....

2007-07-31 08:26:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think i have this i seem to need to be needed and want desperately to help people if i see people trying to do something then i absolutely have to offer to help them i just can not leave them to try to sort it out themselves

if i am in town and there is a special offer for steak or something i have to phone someone to let them know

if someone sneezes i always go up to them and say help yourself to my tissues on my desk if you want some

if they have a head ache i always say help yourself if you wany paracetamol from my bag

is this too nice

i have noticed that people seem to be put off by this sort of thing

why is that do you know

have you heard of this before

is their a name for it

thank you for your answers


xxx


vici

2007-07-31 07:52:07 · 8 answers · asked by vici 4

I can't handle any type of unnatural hole. I get physically sick to my stomach and feel absolutely disgusted. It can be in flesh, in food, in any sort of substance but as long as it is unnatural I can't handle it. I have no problem with natural holes such as belly buttons, etc. I have had this most of my life and was just recently told it is an actual phobia. I want to know what it is and how to get rid of it.

2007-07-31 07:49:03 · 4 answers · asked by Amy S 1

frustrated and enraged with yourself and others that youve allowed yourself to be belittled, patronised and spoken down to....how can you move past this problem and not feel enraged and inadequate about yourself?
im 30 now and have allowed people to be like this with me all my life...bullies at school other victimisers, because ive benn to afraid to stand up for myself............aaaarrrrrrrgh!!!

2007-07-31 07:37:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

When your like seriously pissed or have just been having a bad day...what do you do to get in a better mood or to blow off some steam? I normally listen to music or go for a run.

2007-07-31 07:35:51 · 13 answers · asked by **Amanda** 3

I am always bullied at school and truly am scared for the new school year. Is it possible that bullying someone is a sin?

2007-07-31 06:25:49 · 12 answers · asked by CJ 2

2007-07-31 06:20:12 · 18 answers · asked by talulamae818 1

would you mind telling me medications you are trying....are you on one or a combo

I'm seeing my doctor today and need to change my meds, I need some meds to discuss the advantages with him. In the past when he has tried to change my medicine he goes way backward....like only treating the anxiety, or only the depression and unfortunately it's the proper treatment for me.

I'm not new to anxiety...had it all my life...last year at 27 was finally brave enough to ask for help.

for the critics...when the meds are working well for your body...you feel like yourself all the time...not that you don't get sad or angry or fearful, but it's so much more managable
the meds I have tried before either didn't work at all or exasperated my social anxiety ( which is my worst issue), by making the depression and gad controlled

i'm kinda of rambling...I'm seeing him very soon...thanks

2007-07-31 06:12:36 · 11 answers · asked by Mel 4

I am reasonably self confident. I am a reasonably succesful salesman, and would like to increase this to super self confidence. What I mean is I can put the act on and project self confidence, but i dont really feel it.

Also, I worry a lot about my reputation and how I am percieved at work. I know Im a decent guy and a good worker, but I always lose my self confidence and get very nervous around senior management.

Help me end this crisis and make me relaxed and confident.

2007-07-31 06:00:20 · 3 answers · asked by someguysomewhere 2

any tips.

2007-07-31 05:36:19 · 8 answers · asked by M4rky d 6

i dont know anyone whos on anti depressants or anyone who needs them or even why any one takes them, so i would like someone to explain why u need them, what makes you need them, that whole sort of thing,

to me LIFE SUCKS, DEAL WITH IT!!!!
stop friggin booohooing about life.
one of my away messages is "thats the game, stop lookin for a fair call" meanin life sucks deal with it.
does any one else feel these people need to grow up and deal with their own problems like grown men and women and stop thinking they need a pill to alter themselves, some body pleeeese tell me how these pills are nessassary and better than a smack in the head and a stern yelling at the grow the f up and deal with life we all got problems only some choose to cry about it. real answers would be apreciated

2007-07-31 05:28:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

No response - now i kinda feel worse ... any1 else feel alone in their own thoughts ... ?

2007-07-31 04:49:05 · 10 answers · asked by Brookllynn © 4

Here's a poem I wrote about how it feels to have depression. Just thought I'd share.

Depression is my shadow
It wants to stay

I want to speak
But the words don't come out

I try to smile
But my face remains stiff

I want to go out
But I feel so tired

I see the sun
But it is scared of me

It starts to rain
But I don't feel wet

I see people smiling
I run away scared

I feel so negative
I don't understand positive

I'm misunderstood
It seems no one is caring

I feel so alone
There's no one around me

The world keeps on spinning
Yet I sit still

A thunderstorm in my head
Constant thunder and lightning

I want to escape
But there's no easy way out

No concept of time
It seems so surreal

I feel so invisible
That I don't exist

I feel so empty
I'm emotionless

I want to die
But it seems too easy

I want to see light
But all I see is darkness

I try to let go
It just keeps on pulling

Depression is my shadow
It wants to stay…

2007-07-31 04:46:08 · 21 answers · asked by PraiseTheLordAlways 1

My mother strongly suspects that I have OCD, though I haven't been formally diagnosed. That being said, though, I have had a strange habit since I was a kid. That is, I talk to myself! I sort of whisper under my breath, as though I'm acting out a conversation with an imaginary person. I know that no one else is there, so I'm not having visual or auditory hallucinations. My grandmother used to also do this. I know that OCD has a genetic component, so is it possible that my grandmother's and my strange behavior is caused by it?

2007-07-31 04:30:22 · 5 answers · asked by tangerine 7