Mental Health - August 2007

I am absolutly unable to keep myself from popping every pimple, squeezing every blackhead and every visible pore. I have tried and tried, but I cannot go a day without doing it. I know (and have visible proof) that it only makes it worse: I create pimples out of regular pores, and I have scars from pimples that I made bleed and couldn't leave alone.

When I was younger I saw my mother doing this in the mirror in the bathroom--now I do it. She is diagnosed with depression and is on medication for it.

Is it possible that I have a psychological problem that is manifesting in this way? I hate to think that I just don't have will power--I do have will power: I run every day, I eat well, I do well in school. But this is too much for me!

Please help, it's very embarrassing and I don't know who to talk to or if I can handle it myself. If it helps, I'm a 22 y/o woman and I don't think I have an actual acne problem.

2007-08-22 18:37:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can't spell what it's call but it's like Sicsofranieia. I was having some problem's with paying attention so my mom took me to the doctor. Because of depression and other thing's that run in my family they didn't go right to ADD or ADHD they asked me if i ever felt like i had multipul personality's or if i felt like i changed mood's alot ( Bi-Polar ). But really i mean i do have multipul personality's and so do you! There called emotion's........ What do you think about this?

And in case you where wondering they said i was partly ADHD but nothing serouis.

2007-08-22 17:13:29 · 5 answers · asked by Christina 3

I'm really at a complete loss of faith in life in general, and I wanted to know if there are any places to turn to?
I'm really at desperation here, and need help.

anybody please help...

2007-08-22 16:48:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

By this I mean, meteors crashing into the planet, the sun exploding, kidnappers, rapists, burgalers, etc...etc... every day she gets all mopey, and when I ask her what is bugging her, she goes off about the next thing that will kill or harm her. Pretty soon I am afraid she is going to say the air we breath, or the ground we walk on. I am at my wits end!! I don't know how to deal with her anymore... I have tried to explain them away, and ask her to use logic when she gets scared... but enough is enough. What is some ideas about what is going on??? How to fix it??

2007-08-22 16:03:31 · 13 answers · asked by momndad42 1

Why or why not? How long have you been taking it?

2007-08-22 15:09:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

someone to talk to..I have no support essentially.

(please see the last paragraph if you do not want to reed the whole thing)

I do have a counselor but she was out of town and dealing with a family problems when all this was going on in the two weeks before she died and the last two or three weeks so no counseling 6 weeks but one last week but whole session was taking up with a brother was is relapsing into schizophrenia due to the stress who lived with her. I am a loner with no friends and family too dysfunctional and backstabbing and stuff..very little support there. All the community options mostly were dead-ends and I am starting a grief support group in 3 weeks but it is at a church and I feel I can't express all I am feeling including some mixed feelings on my mom and how messed up my family is and such.

2007-08-22 14:16:44 · 13 answers · asked by janie 7

Hi, I am a 23 year old male and university graduate. I suffer from OCD, depression, anxiety disorder, social phobia and dermatillomania. I am pretty sure I suffer from all of these as I did a bit of research over the years. Don't get me wrong, I am not self-diagnosing myself but I feel I relate to all of the symptoms shown in the above illnesses. However, I am yet to speak to a doctor with my problems as I am affraid to do so.
I have found some Flouxetine in my mother's cupboard. She has a regular supply for herself from the doctor. Should I take them without informing my doctor?

p.s. I haven't been to the doctor for anything since I was 17 or so. Along time ago, I don't know his name or even if I have a doctor at the moment.

2007-08-22 14:03:13 · 19 answers · asked by Sebastian 2

They can literally make you psychotic with the way they treat you.

2007-08-22 13:16:36 · 8 answers · asked by Tom 2

2007-08-22 13:01:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have alot going on n my life..i work full time in the dementia ward of a nursing home..i go to school full time..i have two adult children,a son and a daughter..my daughter is pregnant at age 19 and my son who is 22 is in jail.I just caught my man cheating and broke it off with him and moved out to live with my father until i get my own place and now my father and i are not getting along very well.Im far away from my hometown and dont know anyone else here to talk to,i only socialize with few people.My credit cards are killing me and all my so called family always calls me and ask me for advice with their problems but i cant talk to them about my problems.What else can i say but HELP....any real good advice?

2007-08-22 12:42:53 · 15 answers · asked by dede 2

Why is it that people procrastinate to put off their feelings about fear of failure yet procrastination only increases the chance that they will fail?

2007-08-22 12:35:48 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

im 16 next month im turning 17 and school just started and i just think im stressing too much for my age. Like i stress over homework my grades im already struggling in geometry and i just got detention on my second day! im stressing over my job i work at mcdonalds, my looks, money for my car gas and insurance, and trying to get a boyfriend all at the same time. My stomach is always hurting me i dont know what to do my mom would just get mad at me if i told her. Again i stress too much i need help!

2007-08-22 12:33:51 · 16 answers · asked by latina_lachula 2

okay so im really stressted right now. i need someone who i can personally talk to about why im so stressed out right now. my mom died when i was little and my dad wouldnt really listen. & i cant talk to my school consler. my teachers have been saying that ive been acting so diffrent from last year. but theres this one teacher who i kind trust. but im not her favorite student, meaning she doesnt like me that much. but shes the only teacher that i trust. should i talk to her?? if so when should i talk to her, like during luch, or what? also should i tell her EVERYTHING???

2007-08-22 12:33:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am taking prozac for bulimia as of tomorrow, but I am scared it might not work. I don't want to take it if the recovery statistics are very low. What have you guys heard from ppl suffering of bulimia taking prozac?

2007-08-22 12:03:51 · 10 answers · asked by latiti 2

even though you may not like aspects about your true self who you really are...you see certain aspects of yourself as inadequate or inferior, not as good as the others.

ive battled with low self esteem for a long time due to trauma and abuse and bullying in earlier life

2007-08-22 11:23:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

just start laughing out loud for no reason? Idk why i do this, i just start randomly laughing, at every thing, even if its not suppose to be funny.

2007-08-22 11:00:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was in a very abusive relationship for 5 years. I got out of it though 5 years ago. I never recieved any counseling and have been wondering should I? I never really talked about it with anyone. Once it came out in the open it seems like everyone just brushed it under a rug to keep it hush hush. I still am afraid to home by myself and sometimes to even go outside alone. Can it still affect you 5 years after it all ended? I don't know if I could even receive any counseling for it. Anyone have any ideas.

2007-08-22 09:39:05 · 12 answers · asked by tab 2

I have history of anxiety but in the past 2 weeks i have been having anxiety attacks almost every day - they feel like asthma - like I am not getting enough air and next day my whole chest hurts and i cant swallow because of it.
Peppermint, chamomile, st Johns worth are not working as well as exercising (i do it all the time anyway).
I dont want to go to the doctor -its just too expensive (in the past i had to pay over 400$ a month for visit to get prescription and pills for that month)

2007-08-22 09:30:29 · 10 answers · asked by Natalie 7

I'm from UK and we have the NHS which is free healthcare as you probably know. I see questions answered on her about medication etc and sometimes people say I can't get this or that as I have no medical insurance. What happens if someone is ill and has no insurance have you got any kind of free treatment schemes or not?

2007-08-22 09:02:01 · 6 answers · asked by Eye see! 6

I'll keep this as short as reasonably possible!

A few months ago I met a guy from Myspace. I'm 32. He is 28. We slept together the first night. He told me I was his first. He is anti-social, very shy, has never had a girlfriend and smokes a lot of pot. He also lives w/ his alcholic mother and has no dreams or ambitions. He also barricades himself into his room on the weekends and plays some online game called 2nd Life.
Anyway, about 3 weeks into our affair he told me that he had been talking to another girl in Virginia and he thought that maybe he had fallen in love with her. I won't get into it, but he seems to live in Fantasy land.
Anyway, on August 12th I decided to break it off with him. We exchanged nasty emails. On August 15th I was on Myspace and his headline read "Chris you crazy *****..haha amusingly crazy." I didn't respond. Why would he do that?
Then on Friday August 17th he sends me one email that says "hahaha"....this time I responded but he didn't respond back!

2007-08-22 07:08:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay, this is weird to talk about but...
At age 5 I was raped.
I have been with my boyfriend for almost 2 years, I have been intimate with him countless times and he was not my "first". I don't know when it started but I keep having flashbacks to when I was 5. Not just during sex...all the time. I can't sleep with my boyfriend anymore..I just am not interested because of these scenes that pop into my head. I feel really bad but I cannot help it. He's a young guy so obviously he wants the affection hes used to getting from me but I am not ever in the mood to be affectionate. This is a real psychological problem here. I am at a loss as to why this is happening, why now! What can I do? Is this normal?

2007-08-22 04:34:26 · 50 answers · asked by Krys 2

I worry I'll say the wrong thing or say something to make them mad at me. So I just avoid the whole situation....but I want to talk to them so badly.....They think I'm mad at them or that something's wrong because I never call.....but it's just me psyching myself out about the phone conversation......My hands are getting all sweaty right now just thinking about it....I know it's irrational, but I can't help it....My not calling is breaking my father's heart!......How can I stop this and have normal phone conversations with my family?

2007-08-22 04:26:00 · 5 answers · asked by b 3

Going through a very, very, rough time right now and am having severe anxiety. Very close to a panic attack and I'm scared. My DR will not prescribed anything other than Prozac and that isn't helping although taken for several years. Looking for something natural, (I will continue with Prozac) it's the only way I can do this.

2007-08-22 04:06:08 · 11 answers · asked by TropyWife 1

2007-08-22 03:55:59 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 03:44:52 · 4 answers · asked by Curious 1

i dont want to take anti depressants and i do quite a lot of exercise which helps however i cant do that all day every day as i know it would wreck my body. i find it hard to talk to people due to bad expeiriances from before. can somone help me as i feel so down

2007-08-22 03:09:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-22 02:56:36 · 2 answers · asked by 007butterfly 2

2007-08-22 02:46:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is it?

2007-08-22 01:54:34 · 11 answers · asked by lisa1cares 3

2007-08-22 01:17:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous