Mental Health - August 2007

If a child is physically abused, mentally abused, verbally abused, molested, experienced constant let-downs by parents in the most dramatic way possible...how will this child react to this? And yes, everything i mentioned that has happened to a child.

2007-08-25 17:01:52 · 11 answers · asked by mao ying 3

hey, i would really like to help children with autism. I don't want to raise money, I want to work with them directly. any suggestions?
also, if you have autism or have a child, sibling, or friend with it, what would you like to be done? i would love any comments!

btw I'm a 16 year old female

2007-08-25 16:45:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I found some one that i could be my self with and it scared me.I pushed them away and now i dont care anymore and it is affecting my health and the way i feel what should i do is there any hope?

2007-08-25 16:36:01 · 4 answers · asked by paye 1

My boyfriend claims to have multiple personalities but i'm not sure if he's tellin the truth no one believes him and he cries when people call him a liar, so i don't want to make him feel bad so i tell him i believe but how do i know if it's true??

2007-08-25 16:33:45 · 12 answers · asked by Jesse 2

I'm feeling more lonely, sad and hopeless than I ever have before in my whole life. I feel worthless. My relationships are all crashing and my finances are getting tottery.

Can someone just talk to me right now?

2007-08-25 16:22:36 · 11 answers · asked by Pony girl 1

can you be too smart to be a schizophernic? I'm definatly on the edge of being a schizophrenic, I could explain it but I don't think it's neccessary. I feel I'm too smart to fall for paranoia such as people thinking they're spying on me, people poisoning me I've done a lot of research on it so I know many of the typical paranoid symptoms so I can't fall for them. The only thing my mind has been doing to me is my mind has created fake smells I've been smelling for almost a year trying to get rid of it but thats all. So can I be too smart to be a schizophrenic? I feel I am and I don't want to be a schizophrenic.

2007-08-25 16:13:06 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

My co-worker acts almost as if he's senile. Especially at the end of shift when you want to just go home, he will take another hour of your time in one-way conversation telling not very impressive stories about his own past. He links all these stories in run-on fashion and often pauses for a few seconds while gazing at the ground, as if he's recalling the events or possibly making them up. During these episodes he leaves no room for feedback, even if you speak during the frequent pauses he will ignore it and keep talking. If you approach him first he will disregard what you said entirely and begin another onslaught of his own. He is always polite and a very nice guy, I just think he has some kind of medically explainable problem. There's no way to politely end conversation with him, and our job is very stressful so I feel like maybe that's his way of coping and I should oblige his needs. Does this relate to any medical condition, or maybe a side-effect of the provigil he's on?

2007-08-25 15:45:23 · 7 answers · asked by Frederick N 2

your dreaming and you feel yourself falling and then you wake up with that feeling? I loooove that. How do i get that feeling while im dreaming? Just be dreaming of flying or something??

2007-08-25 14:53:04 · 9 answers · asked by This is me. 1

Feel anxious and worried about things that don’t matter, or maybe they do?

I don't know how to help the person.

2007-08-25 14:47:42 · 4 answers · asked by Luby 5

i think my cousn does.

2007-08-25 14:37:27 · 6 answers · asked by theinvisible44 4

what can i do to make it better?

2007-08-25 14:32:33 · 12 answers · asked by * 6

I am literally being pulled apart. There is an inherent contradiction between my perception and reality. I often feel useless, worthless, and undesirable, so obviously I avoid being noticed as much as possible. Others (women) have taken notice of me, but I have always found a way to avoid or to reject them without them knowing they have been rejected. Obviously, I want the love and affection of women, but I am unable reciprocate on a mature level.

When social anxiety becomes avoidant personality disorder...

2007-08-25 14:06:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I keep on getting upset at myself for letting go of a job, even though I didn't like it and still don't. I thought I was doing this to get another job-- but that hasn't yet panned out. So, in my present position of non-employment, I keep kicking myself for letting go of the first job. What can I do to stop this, since I just continue to feel worse?.

2007-08-25 13:46:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

what should i do

2007-08-25 13:40:05 · 3 answers · asked by squiggly ice cream 1

I Selfharm Quite Often. The Situation That Triggered It Happended 14 Months Ago.. im nearlly 15.. so thats over a year of selfharm. i never thought i would end up like this. now people think im really f***ed up. ive tried counselling and it didnt work.

2007-08-25 13:32:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I got clean two years ago from EVERYTHING....... weed included and my life is GREAT just now. I dont think about it during my waking day, yet at night I have dreams about scoring again and how great the hit would be,. The dreams dont weaken my resolve to stay clean, so why am i still dreaming about scoring a hit

2007-08-25 13:25:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

A few days ago I was thinking and remembered a friend's password to a forum. I logged onto his account and browsed through his work and I had an impulse to delete a work of about thirty pages. I have felt terrible since but have not told anyone the truth about it, but in hopes of trying to fix things.

2007-08-25 13:16:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really enjoy my manic episodes since that is the time when I am happiesy and bursting with creativity. I love the world and have such confidence in all I do. I come across as charismatic and smart. With meds I notice I am duller and am not as happy as before. The meds help my depressive episodes, but kill the unique brainy energetic side of me. Even my bf notices how uninspired I am. IS THERE A MED THAT WILL ONLY TREAT DEPRESSION, AND NOT MANIA?? I do get irritable instead of happy in my mania episodes sometimes, but i would rather have a personality than be dull. Any advice??

2007-08-25 13:01:09 · 3 answers · asked by vada 4

2007-08-25 12:56:15 · 10 answers · asked by snozzberries 4

last 2 days, i've only gotten about 12hrs of sleep total. needless to say, i'm exsausted. how can i sleep?

don't sugest medication!

2007-08-25 12:55:14 · 11 answers · asked by Crazygirl ♥ aka GT 6

im 14 and my name is carla.
i dont know what to do anymore
i think the only solution is death...but im to much of a coward to even do that.
today they were dyin my hair blonde so they had to bleach it and i couldnt stand the pain and i started cryin....and that just made me feel like such a stupid coward..and my parents were sayin how i could never be in the army if i was such a coward.
i am a coward i get scared for anything,i hate myself,,i look fat im probably not pretty either.
the bad thing is school is in less than 2 weeks and im going to be a fresh man...i hope i die within that time...because its not worth...if im probably not gonna be good enough for the army why even try anymore,what is the point?
im never gonna be a model or a soldier.im probably gonna end up being homeless.
i just dont know what to do anymore.

2007-08-25 12:53:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-25 12:33:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have PTSD and Anorexia and have been in "treatment" for around 15 years. I have been referred to an Occupational therapist, and saw her almost 2 weeks ago. I did`nt have a clue what an OT does, so asked. Her answer was "well, it`s not basket weaving". She was very nice, and asked me various questions in her assessment. I am due to seeher again in little over 24 hours, and have searched online so much to attempt to find out what to expect, but can find very little.This OT is NHS and in Scotland, and within the mental health team. I am so worried, I don`t think I can attend my next appointment, since it all seems so pointless. At the end of my last appointment, she asked me to write a list of "positive things you would like to do" and said they don`t hav to be possible, just things I`d like to do. I can`t think what to write, as I am pretty much tired of life and positivity aint really there. I mean, I do want to make whatever treatment I have work, but it`s been so (too?) long...

2007-08-25 12:15:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I suffer from dissociation so you figure I should be invisable
to people but Im not it seems as if almost everyone is constantly comming onto me giving me bad looks or trying to make me feel uneasy why does this happen? am I wearing a sign on me?

what should i do about this help please I never did anything to anyone

2007-08-25 12:03:14 · 7 answers · asked by nooooooooooooooopeeeee 1

I'm currently not working. I've been out of work for a year now. I need to go back to work but my depression has gotten worst, where do I start? I will be seeking thearpy next week as a start!
I suffer from panic attack, any job positions your recommend?

2007-08-25 10:54:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I get really jealous of my boyfriend..so much to the point that last night when I was out with him I thought he was staring at another girl and started a big fight and scene where we were and just ruined the night. I hate this about myself but my last boyfriend cheated on me soo much that I guess it's left a deep scar in my heart and I can't get over it. It's gotten to the point where my present boyfriend hardly sees his friends or goes out for me because I can't stand the thought that he might go out there and talk to a girl or meet a girl. And when I'm not with him, it's all I can think about. It's very frustrating for me and I can only imagin how frustrating it is ifor him. He does'nt even talk to other girls and I get so jealous when ever the girl that works at the corner store says hi to him. HOW CAN I FIX THIS ABOUT MYSELF?

2007-08-25 10:51:17 · 6 answers · asked by dreamangel_141414 1

2007-08-25 10:44:54 · 5 answers · asked by colin10021 1

I have a problem. I"m vain. But it's getting to the point where I feel it's just ridiculous but I don't know how to overcome it. I don't like going places when I'm not done up the way I like to be done up and I find that I have very low self esteem when I dot spend all the time I feel I need to get ready. And when I am ready and done up, I can't stop staring at myself. SOMEONE HELP!

2007-08-25 10:43:44 · 9 answers · asked by dreamangel_141414 1

I'm just wondering what it's like side effect-wise and result-wise.
And I guess if you have ever been to therapy for it that would apply here too. I have no idea what that's going to be like.

thanks.

2007-08-25 10:31:29 · 9 answers · asked by miss_gem_01 6

I can't stand it. I'm tired of being chased by psychiatrists and drugs shoved down my throat and my house is dark so I can keep out the sun because it will burn my skin beyond repair. I don't have friends or family, fish are coming out of my shower head and slapping me in the face and the CIA and Mafia are in league with eachother, to spy on me and extract my valuable secrets and I know this for a fact because suspicious cars and vans drive by slow all the time right in front of my house. My team of psychiatrists has upped me to three different anti-psychotics and one anti-depressant and they're not working yet...I'm scared and lonely and sad and I don't want to go back to the hospital, I'm very afraid there and don't like the restraint bed at all, I hate being tied down like that and I cry and cry but they won't let me up til I swallow some mind numbing pills and lay quietly for awhile, then they take off the straps, I hate it, I hate it, when will this stop, what do I do??

2007-08-25 06:53:35 · 5 answers · asked by Thom22 1