Mental Health - August 2007

why are 12 step programmes and other spiritual programmes so widely recommended to treat addiction and substance misuse problems. what other treatments are available that help you to not only stop partaking in addictive behaviour but also to level out your emotions?

2007-08-05 12:07:57 · 4 answers · asked by colejoe79 2

Hi, this summer is basically the transition between my sisters childhood to adulthood. My sister is also moving out towards the end of this month, and up until now, I am just realizing, that this is it. My sister is growing up and she needs to start her life somewhere else.

She is moving to the College of William & Mary on the 24th. I mean, it isn't that far since my family is in Fredericksburg, which is about 70 miles away. However it is just like, I am going to miss her when she moves out and goes to college.

My sister was never really a social butterfly, and she never really spent that much time associating with me in childhood, but I know that she is really a homebody and doesn't like being that far from home. I am wondering if these thoughts of like, "This is it, she's growing up" and "In a few years I'm growing up and moving on too" are normal, since it seems now that my childhood, just like her's is coming to an end, and I am transitioning into adulthood.

Is it normal?

2007-08-05 11:59:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was on a city bus... a new one. the driver was agitated. he stopped at the bus stop on the wrong side of the road. i got off the bus. as i was rounding the front of the bus to get on the sidewalk, the driver pulled away and knocked me over. He noticed that he had knocked me over but instead of stopping to help, he sped up and crossed the lanes to the right side of the road knocking most of my body under the bus with my torso and head sticking out. when he reached the rightmost lane, he bumped the curb and i was freed. He accelerated and tried to flee. I rolled a few times but got up. He came back and tried to run me over to finish me off since i could identify him. I got on a bicycle(very mad) and started racing after him around town. then he started to chase me around town(he was insane). I went into hiding and they caught him. he was retained at a recruiting center for the military and coast guard. I was to go identify him, but i woke up before i could go

2007-08-05 11:49:23 · 3 answers · asked by nopmcowboy 1

i am haveing really bad neovus i am 23 year old man i get nevous around lots of people or just around people i dont know but yeah i feel every bad i even get very nevous when i am at church when people look at me or stare at me

2007-08-05 11:19:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

A friend/co-worker reasently lost there daughter unexpently. She is having a hard time copeing. I want to help her, but I dont know how.

2007-08-05 11:17:00 · 8 answers · asked by dream catcher 2

So why do they keep telling ME?

2007-08-05 11:04:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I take 75mg.. but it didnt work for me.. I will see the doctor until december that was the date.. I hope good ideas from you please

2007-08-05 10:44:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 10:42:09 · 11 answers · asked by Annonymoose 1

depression is an actual illness so I don't want any answers of y'all telling me to tough it out and all that crap, I want an actual answer as to what you would do.

depression is like breaking your arm, only difference is no one else can see it, because it's all in your head, you're brain is actually messed up, and that's what causes it, that and its hereditary, if I asked you how I could get a cast for my broken arm, you wouldn't tell me just to tough it out without one, its the same diff. don't tell me that.

2007-08-05 10:28:55 · 2 answers · asked by soramickriku 1

Seeing as they slate psychiatry and medicines and claim they have cures via vitamins, It seems strange that you would allow your self to be ridiculed and doubted if you had an actual provable cure. If people were shown the evidence then millions would be signing up to get these cures!

2007-08-05 09:44:10 · 10 answers · asked by Eye see! 6

each time i motice something different with my body i instantly find dieases or complaints that fit the symptoms. for example i think i have the early stages or retinal detchment as when i look at the sky i can see what looks like tiny paticles of light flying around. whatever i think i have i get really worked up about it and convince myself i have it.
i won't ever go to get these checked out because i have a fear of doctors and hospitals etc. what should i do.

2007-08-05 07:53:39 · 3 answers · asked by b m 1

/derealization i'd like to try somthing out on you to help you.
i had dp/dr for 2 weeks when I was 14 but it went away and now that I think about how i made it go away so quickly id like to share in hopes that it helps you.

stop fighting the thoughts and looking for the magic answer because there is none. what you have to do is accept and belive and take all of those unwated thoughts as your own.

example "wow everything looks soo fake am i dead?" dont question these thoughts dont analyze them just accept them as being true. i promise you... nothing bad will happen. let me know if it works for you.

2007-08-05 05:45:19 · 1 answers · asked by nooooooooooooooopeeeee 1

Im a 19 year old, overweight shut in who just lost my best friend and father ive ever known. Life has just been going to hell and I know that the key to being depression is excersice, and being surrounded by those who love you. But thats not enough. I was feeling better, even enough to ask out a girl but she turned me down. It really hurt to know that im so pathetic no one would want me. I have even been putting off college because im scared of the world and i have no energy. I sleep almost 12 hours a day. I tried to lose weight, but gave up. Ive been this way for a year or two, but things got worse when my grandpa died two months ago. I blocked it out and its really starting to hit me that hes gone. This is the first time ive talked about my feelings, so my question is what can I do to get out of this depression? I have no friends, a good but non- interested family, and i feel like im on the verge of just giving up all together. Im not expecting a miracle answer, just some help.

2007-08-05 05:18:18 · 19 answers · asked by stephen g 1

I think I have it..... I get in fights with my parents and argue with them all the time because they are just annoying and everything they say is annoying and stupid. I never agree with them on purpose and when they tell me to do something that I am about to do anyway I wont do it. I always end up yelling at them and whenever this happens i think its my moms fault or my dads because they look at me disappointedly and stuff.... Do you think I might have it... and if I do, how do I tell my parents that I think I have it?

2007-08-05 04:21:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm just wondering because I think I'm experiencing it. I've been worrying about my boyfriend a lot! Especially when he sleeps, because he likes to sleep a lot and I'm afraid the something is going to happen to him. He was never like this before untill the beginning of summer.(one reason could that I worry bout him sleeping is my sister died in 2004 in her sleep and I was really close with her). I'm just afraid that I'm going to lose someone I love again. He tells me that nothing will happen but I can't help it but to thing for the worst. And another thing last Sunday my father had to a stroke and It really scared me. All these things that normally don't bother me are. Am I experiencing Anxiety? How do you feel when you have Anxiety?

2007-08-05 04:13:17 · 3 answers · asked by Twilightlover26 3

Mood swings, become really upset, and really angry... Strong resentment of new friend brought into your gang because he's with [as in going out with] one of your good friends... even though I don't like her in that way... Talking to self a lot, answering self a lot, unaware of how to fix problems, even though i always know how to fix them... A bit anxious in social situations lately, itching of skin, small fear of seeing unwanted familiar faces, obsession with most of above? Ugh... Someone Help me!!! :-(

2007-08-05 02:45:03 · 23 answers · asked by Made-Of-Platinum 3

i was havin a dream in wich i ws beating up a couple of people, and it was so funny to me that i started laughing.( remember this all happened while i was asleep.) the my sister came in the room and woke me up, but even then i could not, and did not stop laughing after around 10 seconds later...

2007-08-05 01:38:05 · 6 answers · asked by omar g 1

My husband is a drug addict so am i I WANT TO QUIT i need to quit its killing me i feel like in loosing my mind but i have no where to go and no money or family I know i have to leave him in order to get clean i want to be clean more than anything IM trapped what should i do

2007-08-05 01:26:08 · 6 answers · asked by kanga 1

employed, never made any friends.....i have bpd. so everyones gonna percieve me as a sad lonely guy to feel sorry for, and i dont wanna be percieved like that. yet because of my circumstances thats how ill be percieved....all ive known is pain, trauma, abuse, victimization and bullying.

i feel like im the only one whos had it this bad.

today i keep myself locked in doors because of high levels of anxiety and panic, and rage.....im scared of going out incase i lose it or have a rage outburst.
so i spend every lonely , waking day in my apartment. worrying frantically, racing thoughts. extreme lows and depression. weathering the bpd.
my psychiatrist doesnt feel i need any meds, because there addictive and no meds work for bpd. but im beggining to wonder about this.
i keep dwelling on my past, the fact ive missed out big time, never made any friends, never had a girlfriend, never been employed. and yet i wont give up because i have ambition i wanna reach. to emigrate from uk.

2007-08-05 00:57:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-05 00:21:19 · 7 answers · asked by Trouble 2

2007-08-05 00:19:21 · 4 answers · asked by missbhelai_21 1

2007-08-05 00:09:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't mean to sound cold or anything, but a shrink and some drugs is not the answer to your problems people. Everyone gets depressed, it doesn't mean you have depression. If you're not proud of yourself for doing drugs, then stop doing drugs, if you're feeling like a sl*t for sleeping with too many guys/girls then stop, and if you think someone is attractive go for them. Girl's under the age of 20 SHOULD NOT BE DIETING!!! Your body is still growing and you cutting off things that help it build muscle, and body fat that will be able to tone into muscle is killing you and hurting you. Looks are not the most important thing because if you're dead nobody cares what you look like.

2007-08-04 22:33:20 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2

im 18 and have been having very bad luck with my relationship getting rejected all the time before i even get a chance. Its killed myself esteem and produced a self hating feeling like im not good enough. My mind feels like its spinning out of control and my head hurts and i feel like i just want to rip my heart out and make the pain in my chest leave. Im not sure what to do. I dont want to others to worry about me but its killing me. I feel like i should suffer instead of having other people.

I know this is messed up but....i dont know..

any help will be greatly apperciated. Thank you.

2007-08-04 22:21:33 · 6 answers · asked by Corazon 2

or any damage at all?

2007-08-04 22:18:56 · 6 answers · asked by discordianight 2

OK, heres the situation. I'm Bi-Polar, and I get stressed very easily. There has been alot going on, and I'm very stressed. Let me give you a taste..
#1- Have not been working due to a knee injury. Not sure if I'm going to go back to work, as I'm starting college again.
#2- I'm starting college for the second time. Fraid I'm going to screw up like the last time
#3 Day after school starts, I have surgery
#4- one of my friends did some sort of drug and got "messed up". Now her daughter is mad at me because I wasn't there to watch her. Hell, some times I can barely keep an eye on myself! Now, what the hell should I do about this? I listen to music, and I exercise, but nothing seems to work. Oh yes, I am on meds.

2007-08-04 22:09:44 · 3 answers · asked by Crazy Lady 4

Can people who suffer from agoraphobia get better?

2007-08-04 22:01:37 · 5 answers · asked by skunk pie 5

lets say your math iq is 73 and your spelling iq is 137, (there are a few other individual percentiles that average out to 93) would this be considered good????

2007-08-04 21:48:13 · 17 answers · asked by mao ying 3

Please describe your OCD rituals, if you have them, and what feelings you get from doing- or not doing- them, and what you think will happen if you don't.

2007-08-04 21:38:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 21:35:43 · 19 answers · asked by embroidery fan 7