Mental Health - August 2007

does counseling help a abusive husband someone please tell me yes or no...
if you have been thur it..

my friend just married her boyfriend of a year and after 2 weeks(he like 26 and this is his second marrage) he lost controll and pushed her around and slapped her around. she is also having there kid. (6 months along) i spent a day in the hospital with her to make sure that the baby was ok. (it was)
i'm so woriied about her. she was away for 3 days and has gone back telling me that they have decided to go to counseling. i'm worried, i don't believe that a guy like this could be helped. someone please let me know if this has or hasn't worked for you.
i don't want her to end up on the news. being a nother missing woman.

2007-08-05 17:55:20 · 8 answers · asked by ral 1

2007-08-05 17:50:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

google image that,
yea its gross huh?
all over my room. i live in a basement.
they crawl back out of the vacuum.
the basement i live in is unfinished (im only 17 you cant complane that i live in 1) and there all over the place.
i have seen some at almost 5-6in
they are attracted to water witch is a problem. my parents said i cannot put up walls so i garage sailed 2 really old 300 gallon fishtanks and filled em up. 1 with 3 oscars and the other with an arowana. but those centipedes will hang out on the ceiling above because the moisture. occasonally 1 will fall in and they will eat it.

how do you get rid of these little demon spawns?

2007-08-05 17:37:53 · 2 answers · asked by Sean M 2

has suddenly had a severe personality change five days ago,she was recouperating very well and used a cane to get around but then her personality changed and now she has the mind of a 7 year old,shes started to wet the bed,she refuses to get up off of a couch or a chair or the other way around getting her to sit down! shes very defiant ,her cane sits in the corner and shes gone back to her walker,my father who has his own troubles ( hes ninety three)has to bulldoze her to move . i have a brother whos a busy dentist and is married with a 5 month old daughter,hes put me in charge of taking care of my father when he had his brain surgeryand it was no picnic. now that mom is ailing i hope i wont be thrown into that hellish nightmare again.does it sound like my mother could be hospitalized for whatever.then that will mean that i will have my father to watch with an eagles eye and make sure he doesnt take off on me looking for my mother.

2007-08-05 17:21:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

especially at night, i start to freak out and immidiatly go and check the weather channel, i also always seem to wake up when thunder occurs, even if its sound is low, how do i conquer this fear?

2007-08-05 17:16:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well I babysit a 6 year old boy.Sometimes if he doesnt get what he wants he starts screaming. How do I calm him down? Also how can I entertain him?

2007-08-05 16:49:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay so i was wondering if there was such thing as a brain transplant (which i know there isn't) wouldn't you like have all that persons memory.. and what if they had like turret's or something wouldn't you have it too because you have their brain? i know this is stupid but i'm curious. thanks! and no mean answers please.. this is for nice people! :]

2007-08-05 16:46:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

fun ones that aren't hard and won't get me grounded for life (preferrably)

2007-08-05 16:44:19 · 3 answers · asked by ladybug 3

All my life, my parents have both been very negative about EVERYTHING! As a result, I'm very negative and bitter (I think thats why i dont have that many friends). I just want to know, how can I be more optimistic about things? It's hard to be more happy around them because they yell at me all the time. I've tried telling them how I felt, but they get defensive and yell at me more! I'm 14 years old, and for a year, I've been very depressed. Please, what do i do? I really need someone's help.

2007-08-05 16:24:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 16:20:19 · 2 answers · asked by islandgrl_t 2

My starsign for the day read very acurrately and I am one of those people who think what is says is always fairly true, so what does this mean?:

Cancer
Jun 22 - Jul 22

'We all know how to count calories. What a shame we don't pay equal attention to our mental and emotional intake. We indulge far too many heavy thoughts. We allow in sentimental moods that cause our hearts to swell up dangerously close to bursting point. We don't exercise anywhere near enough discrimination. We become bloated with bad attitudes. You are currently carrying far too much psychological weight. Lighten up your heart and the rest of your life will swiftly follow suit.'

I am in a great 4 year r'ship, secret from parents though due to religion and they will not accept. I only fight with my boyf about that kind of thing. I am recently diagnosed with anxiety and I have just started seeing a clinical psychologist to help with the anxiety. 'What does this starsign mean (lighten up my heart) how? Please exp

2007-08-05 16:10:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hate being like this. It has gotten to the point where in the rare occassions that I do show affection, my parents or others are suspicious. Sometimes I want to be affectionate, I want to show my love, but I am so afraid of rejection and looking stupid. I don't have any trouble showing affection towards animals or family pets. I know this sounds stupid, but it's a reality for me. How can I learn to become more affectionate, expressive to others?

2007-08-05 16:04:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

All my life..my childhood I have been cooped up indoors..when I was little I watched other kids play from my window..I am not even able to have a private phone conversation..I told my guardian to please let me out so many times. Even if I get straight A's they still don't let me go to the mall at night or talk to a guy over the phone even if we are just friend. And I get scolded for having so many black friend..I grew up with black people what do you expect..I have only been to a friend's house about five times this whole summer..last school year I seldom hung out with friends afterschool..I don't know how to socialize anymore..I used to be hyper and able to cheer people up and I love making friends and making people happy. My social workers advised my guardians to let me out but they don't listen and they lie to him I have been so depressed most of my childhood and I don't know how I will make friends when I am adult..my social life is over the internet only because im not allowed out

2007-08-05 15:56:02 · 4 answers · asked by Yuri ^_^ 5

okay so, i already know i have to see a doctor, so i dont really wanna hear that, but, i'm mostly just wanting to know... what IS it thats wrong with me.
anyways, i think im depressed... but for some reason... i think i have depression + something else.
okay so , when i'm withdrawn from marijuana i get paranoid and i think people are calling my name.. things are talking to me... i see things/people from the side of my eye and they are NEVER there... i have BAD nightmares... sometimes night terrors.. i sometimes am sleeping and i see an exact replica of my bedroom, in the area i would be seeing if my eyes were open (for example, facing my dresser) anyways.. i wouldnt be able the breathe or blink and then i'd wake up and see EXACTLY what i dreamt.. its almost hard to believe its a dream. sometimes i re-enact what happend that day in a dream, except a few things would be different. i'd wake up, and think those things actually did happen. i cannot tell reality from my dreams.

2007-08-05 15:54:59 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend is the victim of domestic violence, and the abuser is an alcoholic. She wants to go to al-anon, but is that the right type of support? Will al-anon encourage her to work out a dangerous marraige? She clearly needs some type of help, and ahe admits it, but I just don't know if al-anon is the right place to go. Any other suggestions for help?

2007-08-05 15:47:49 · 5 answers · asked by jb 1

Which profession is more interested and better also what is Sociology

2007-08-05 15:33:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Often I hear weird noises that aren't actually happening and I see objects, people, or animals that aren't actually there. Sometimes it's disturbing, too; I'll see skeletons (which scare me so much, I don't know why) or a relative that is dying or has passed away. It's getting a little freaky. I also get chronic headaches that are there one minute and gone the next. What's going on with me?

2007-08-05 15:18:19 · 8 answers · asked by Ellophante 4

2007-08-05 14:49:51 · 13 answers · asked by RockerChick82 1

In 8th grade I started dating. About 5 months into it he became abusive. It started with names and comments (calling me fat, ugly, etc) and turned into sexual/physical abuse (punching until bruising, causing cuts that bleed)One of my good friends told the social worker and he told the principal. The principal didn't do anything, and I kept pushing for my ex boyfriend to get in trouble. I was soon told that if I didn't stop complaining about him I would get in trouble.
At the time I was suffering from depression and cutting. The principal told me that I was the cause of all the problems in the school. I was also seeing a therapist, and she called the social worker and the principal pretended to be him so she'd tell him what was going on w/ me.

I now suffer from depression, cutting, and severe anorexia.

I have 2 questions regarding this..
1.Am I being over dramatic about something that happened 3 years ago?

2.How much trouble could both of them got into had I taken further action?

2007-08-05 14:40:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Likewise you are ugly because you think you are.

2007-08-05 14:35:06 · 6 answers · asked by do everything 1

I worry and obsess over things. Example: I write with two friends. One friend has added something to our story that I'm afraid (in my mind, certain) will offend the other friend, since its been a touchy issue in the past. I'm sitting here worrying and obsessing over it until I feel sick to my stomach, and I keep thinking of all the horrible possibilities that may come true- that they'll argue and one or the other will leave our writing circle, that the whole thing will be changed or ruined forever, etc.. I know its not logical for me to worry so strongly over something that hasn't happened yet, and may not happen at all- but I almost feel like if I try not to worry, its sure to happen. And I can't just tell myself not to think about it. It never helps
This happens constantly, with many different things. I've posted questions here before about anxiety disorders, but does this qualify there? I'm so tired of worrying and obsessing over things like this. Right now I just feel miserable

2007-08-05 14:28:41 · 13 answers · asked by piratewench 5

I am itching to do my daily walk but my anxiety is making me feel...well, anxious.

Is it okay to go for a walk and get rid of my anxiety?

And are there any creative ways to "talk yourself" out of a panic/anxiety attack (especially a really bad one)?

2007-08-05 14:26:19 · 18 answers · asked by chrstnwrtr 7

Ok... To start I will say I have bipolar. I have had a really depressed time lately... I have the IUD, but I keep like seeing myself pregnant and thinking I am... I mean it is a possibility but I dont know... I have been really depressed... I feel like crying... I feel like some of my life is fake and other is real... that is exactally how I feel. I am really worried... I feel like I am going crazy... Not just saying it... I feel like I am totally out of it..

Please dont say go get mental help or anything rude... I go to counseling and it dont help... I go there with my own research and that is how I get anything figured out with my health.

2007-08-05 14:21:10 · 8 answers · asked by Megan Michelle 4

i've been cutting for about a year now and really want to stop but i cant stop without a therapist... i need some way of telling my parents...without letting them get too disappointed in me..

2007-08-05 14:19:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am really down lately. My marriage is in trouble, my son is disabled and it is difficult at times, I lost a great paying job and now work for much less and I just feel like everything is down on me. My husband is never ever home so I have no help or no support, my folks are both dead and my brother is estranged out of state somewhere. My friends are minimal since my husband has driven them away with his nasty drunken self. Should I worry that I cry off and on during the day?

2007-08-05 14:06:57 · 32 answers · asked by Samantha 3

Hi. I am a professional counselor and I am home a lot in the evening with nothing to do while I wait for my fiance (from India) to come online. So, I looked into it and there are a few sites where you can join to help people online. I know a lot of people don't want to go into an office or they just have simple questions...so I thought it would be really neat to do it a couple hours a week. I'd love to help more people. The link to my profile on the site is: http://www.kasamba.com/hannah-merton so, if you're willing to go look at it and then tell me what you think, that would be great! We online counselors can use phone, webcam and voice...so it's not like you're talking to some phantom...I think it's neat but I also can see how some people would be skeptical. So, I'd like to know your opinions.

2007-08-05 13:43:53 · 10 answers · asked by Jazmin 2

iv been in the closset now for 6 years i want people to know but im affraid theyll never speak to me again and i sleep at guys houses all the time and theyll wanna bash me cas im GAY help me plz!!!!

2007-08-05 13:32:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What happens, when you've had a really bad reaction to zoloft (or any med that makes you shaky, nervous beyond anything you've ever expierenced, panicky) and after you feel completely burned out

2007-08-05 12:48:22 · 4 answers · asked by kgoodwriter 2

I guess it's a fact that exercise makes you feel better, but if you're having problems in your life, does it really solve anything, or is it merely a tool?

2007-08-05 12:44:42 · 9 answers · asked by raiu.kyuu 1

i posted a few days ago about my abusive father. i cut and feel suicidal alot because of him, well earlier yestereday my mom left. i dont know what was wrong, she took the keys her purse and her wallet and left, but i know she loves me, and my dad. she has been under alt of pressure lately. well, my father has been drinking twice as much now, and hitting me more then ever, i feel sick alot now, and i am on the verge of considering to commit suicide, cutting is getting, old and isnt helping me anymore. it makes me feel worse. i dont know what to do, everything was going okay, but things just got 100% times worse. my brother is on drugs and is missing, my mom left without a word, my dad is constatnly abusing me, and i feel like runnin away. i dont want to call social services, i dont want them to get involved, but if i try, and my dad catches me god knows what he would do? and none of my friends understand the real me, i am to scared to tell anyone close to me, what should i do? Help!!

2007-08-05 12:13:38 · 17 answers · asked by Renee 1