Mental Health - August 2007

The young woman has suffered and recuperated before as a teen in an inpatient hospital. She has relapsed and refused real treatment, basically a counselor here, a nutritionist there to make her parents think she is doing something, but after four years she is still 5'10 and about 105 pounds. She eats about 500 calories a day. Everyone wonders why we don't do something. We don't know what to do. She's an adult. She cuts off communication when we really get serious with her. We are really frightened.

2007-08-01 10:00:32 · 8 answers · asked by Liesel 1

Lately, I keep forgetting things, misplacing things, missing appointments, etc. It is all Uncle Al's fault - I swear! He's quite a jetsetter too, and makes his rounds around the globe quite often I hear. He's really a famous guy I'm told, at least the older folks seem to know him better than the young folks do. But now he's visiting me & I want him to leave me alone! His last name is Heimer - does anyone else know about him? or been visited by him lately?

2007-08-01 09:35:44 · 9 answers · asked by Andy K 6

i have cut myself about once every week or two weeks for about a couple of months now. I use a pin, and even though it doesnt always draw blood, it is quite deep. I go through fases of feeling guilty after i have done it, then strange and isolated. I scare myself by thinking about it constantly. Two of my friends know, they want to help me stop, but why do i not want to stop cutting?
i find that i like the marks they make and i get excited when i draw blood, but then again when i do cut i go all kind of blank.
i think i am an attention seeker, even though i try to hide my scars and cuts.
if there are any other cutters who are willing to share their stories or can advise me, please do. Im lost

2007-08-01 09:26:24 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Lately I have had several "episodes" in which I seem to swing back and forth between the world in my head and reality ( whatever that means ).
I have tried very hard to get from day to day without acting in a way that would make other see me as a little "off", but it seems I can't. I have had some really, really scary hallucinations, people's voices seem to be different from time to time, and I cant feel - anything - at all. I fake my reactions, but inside I feel dead already. There is a kind of monster that follows me around everywhere, sometime comforting me, sometimes screaming at me... I feel like my head is going to pop open, and I am too paranoid to tell my wife or my Doctor about it... I tried - I really did - but the voice always talks me out of it.

I am afraid I am going to loose my wife, my kids, my job - everything - and end up on the street.... I know there is a very real chance of that happening....

How can I get help without my Family or my boss finding out?

2007-08-01 08:34:35 · 9 answers · asked by Jason D 1

Do I ask my primary care physician? a psychiatrist? who?

2007-08-01 08:33:04 · 3 answers · asked by James R. Reed, II 2

First of all, no yes or no - I want this resolved, so credible sources, please.
A friend of mine says we average 4 nighttime spiders per year. Creepy, but nutritious. Any truth? Does anybody film and review themselves sleeping daily? 'Cause that sort of thing would be awesome for my curiosity.

2007-08-01 08:29:25 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

All of a sudden I get this horrible thoughts that I´m becoming crazy. They are really strong and I cannot control them. It seems that I get this spirit that wants to enter my body and make me think compulsively about something negative. What is this? How can I prevent this from happening?

2007-08-01 08:28:55 · 2 answers · asked by Lisa 4

"Snap out of it", "Get a life", "Get a grip", "Get ahold of yourself", "find a hobby", "go to church" (BARF), "It's not that bad", "let it roll off your back", "take it with a grain of salt", & the clincher "At least you're not crippled/ in a wheelchair, etc". Who ARE these people. Non-mentally ill people JUST don't get it. Y? Then they have to stereotype & stigmatize us. It's BS . Let me see a show of hands! I didn't ask to be born MUCH LESS develop this GD "Borderline Personality Disorder".

2007-08-01 07:50:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-01 07:36:32 · 14 answers · asked by The crazy one 1

life early..i have become a loner since 2 years...wasnt like this before....really hard to live..coz the whole day i am carried away in my negative thoughts..

2007-08-01 06:54:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

so they say things to confuse you, to make you think...plus if the people that do it, somehow now about your mental health problems and the fact that youve struggled hardship all your life, so they feel your an easy victim, easy to patronise..

and they continue to play mind games so that youll lose it and ruin your life...plus its hard to fight against it, because youve suffered alot and have rage problems to...

i no this is an unusual situation, but id rather you not question it, but simply tell me what would you do to fight against that situation?

2007-08-01 06:29:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Depression, various anxiety disorders and PTSD, 2 years in treatment, meds, yet sometimes i feel like it's getting me nowhere, and start to despair. I am a suicidal self harmer (mainly cutting) and have a 4 year old. I want to see him grow up and have his own kids, yet when i despair i resent him cause I have to live for him, if nothing else, does anyone else ever feel like that and if so what do you do to 'get over' it?

2007-08-01 06:02:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been crying constantly, attempted not eating for a week, thought of suicide, I have no desire to go out anymore and when I do I usually end up coming home before I really do anything with my friends, I dont feel like myself anymore .. when I'm around people I hardly talk at all and I used to be a very loud and talkative person. When my friends ask me whats wrong when I'm upset I refuse to talk about it .. but I used to always confide in my friends. Help? Are these signs of depression or am I too ahead of myself?

2007-08-01 05:21:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have such a bad nausea problem..if anyone talks about throwing up or if i see it on TV for a brief second i just cant stop thinking about it and i feel like i have to throw up and i cant get over it for about an hour..how do i stop thinking about it and get it out of my head so i can live my life normal?! Please dont give me stupid answers like "dont think about it" well its alot harder than you think!

2007-08-01 05:06:46 · 2 answers · asked by lulu2692 3

Ok...im 16 and was wondering how many hours sleep should i be getting a night?...
Im having about 3-4 on a good night...
Is this enough?...

2007-08-01 04:51:34 · 23 answers · asked by iamaboobaa 1

Its really not like me at all to write this..But Im feeling so so depressed today.

I lost my job a while ago and had to resort to working for a family member, doing something completely unrealted to anything Im interested in....Ive been applying thru job center, newspapers, fish for jobs... I cant get anything else..

I feel like im at the end of my thether today...Im so so so so bored, I literally just went into the loo and cried!

I know self pity is rubbish..and I am grateful to have a job..But Im alone in an office, with no natural light all day...I talk to no one and just cant handle it anymore...Im a very socialble person..Im quailified in health care yet im working as an data entry clerk..

Can anyone..I dunno help! Tho, I kinda gotta just help myself really...

Oh, sorry..huge blow out there...

but I needed to tell someone!!!

x

2007-08-01 04:28:25 · 26 answers · asked by KB 4

I am divorcing someone with a mental illness. I have researched a lot of her behaviors and it's borderline personality disorder. we don't have any kids together and we don't have a lot of assets to split up. Just bills. Thing is she is doing everything she can to try to get me for everything. It's very strange. the other men she was engaged to (even her daughter's father) she left alone. with me, she's trying to destroy me and falsely accuse me of her mistakes. she's very angry. i didn't do anything in the marriage except try to help her with her issues and set boundaries of what was acceptable behavior. something she didn't learn. she's the one that left and I don't understand her anger. she should just want an amicable divorce. she doesn't. it's her disorder talking and she really hates me right now. 4 months ago i was told she couldn't live without me. I don't want to be mean through this divorce but she's angry. How should I handle a divorce with a borderline?

2007-08-01 04:10:20 · 9 answers · asked by survivor 1

I am afraid of seeing any fish that is larger than the size of my hand. That's the reason I never go near aquariums. But it's wierd, because I am fine with seeing large marine animals like sharks, whales, balugas, jellyfish etc. I am also very, VERY afraid of sting rays.

I'm afraid that I may have phobia, but how is it possible to get over this fear, besides being on the Maury show?

2007-08-01 03:55:37 · 3 answers · asked by J 2

Why it it that i am laughing in a dream, then all of a sudden i wake up and realize that i am laughing for real. that also happened when i was crying in a dream one time. its wierd. why is that??????????????????????????????????????

2007-08-01 03:45:02 · 11 answers · asked by Liverpool F.C. #09 1

2007-08-01 03:42:45 · 12 answers · asked by j 2

I am a 21 year old agorophobic sufferer and i want to get better before my baby is born in feb nextyear. i cant go on antidepressents as im pregnant and wouldnt want to go on them again anyway! i am waiting to see a counsellor/phyciatrist as there is a long wait for that. I dont want to carry on this way. theres lots of programmes online that claim to cure agoraphobia but they are way to expensive as im on benefits! i cant afford to pay all that money. im desperate to b well again,for my sake and my unborn babys.
is there any way that i can get over this? hypnotherapy seems a good idea but isnt it expensive and how would i get to the sessions?im housebound as it is, getting to a doctor is bad enough.

2007-08-01 02:57:34 · 5 answers · asked by blonderosey 3

I've been a pretty withdrawn person since I was about 13. It's not like I'm shy or anything, but in most social situations, I feel very tense and awkward, as If I'm thinking too hard about what words I should say to whom I speak with, and end up at a lost for words or stuttering alot. I also find myself lost in my own thoughts sometimes, trying to put myself in a better mood by blocking out the reality around me for about 10-20 seconds.

I just want to stop feeling like I'm trapped in a box in my own mind and for once, be able to talk to people without feeling like I'm going into a panic. Should I try anti-depressants to see if they help or should I do something else instead?

2007-08-01 02:49:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

what are some ways that i can improve:

my IQ?
my hand-eye coordination?
my attention span?




im just wondering...thanks! ♥

2007-08-01 02:44:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a part time musician, I was in a fairly sucessful local band for a few years and I allowed myself to be repeatedly humiliated by the arrogant band leader. I'm not qualified to diagnose, but I am very familiar with the DSM-IV as part of my regular job and I swear the guy fits the description of Narcissistic Personality Disorder to a "T."
I wound up getting kicked out of the band. Now I really feel like a schmuck and I'm still angry about it after two or three years.

By the way, my chances of getting into another band I like with similar success are next to zero. I know that because I have been playing in bands since the 1970s.

I have a long history of depression that is treated with medication. I did try talking to the guy about it and even talked to a professional counselor, but neither was much help.

Any ideas? I suspect I'll just have to live with it and maybe I'll feel better after more time passes, but I welcome any sincere suggestions.

2007-08-01 02:40:44 · 4 answers · asked by majnun99 7

Can hypnosis help PTSD has anyone successfully done this? The nightmares and flashbacks how do you get rid? How can you control your subconcious?

2007-08-01 01:33:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

And always to the big things,like "I will cut down on PC time TOMORROW".It never is true!
How can this disease be explained?

2007-08-01 00:42:37 · 7 answers · asked by seerg e 1

I cannot ever fall asleep because I have the feeling im being watched by something or someone. And when I close my eyes I feel like its going to get me or something. I always see a black or white shadow in the mirror when I turn around and I look again and nothings there and I always see a black or white shadow in the corner of my eye! People tell me its my grandma but it scares me! I know its a good thing that she wants to watch over me but its sort of a scary feeling not even knowing if its her. She passed away a while ago and like a couple weeks after she passed she had this phone next to her night stand that wasnt plugged in and it would ring Know body would answer because they were scared to. Please help me!!!
Whats wrong with me why am I feeling and seeing this?

2007-08-01 00:18:56 · 8 answers · asked by King Violation. 5

itr affects every area of my life, at college, at home, with friends with family, at work, even things like going to the hairdressers cause me a lot of social anxiety, ive got an appointment booked at the doctors next tuesday for depression and i am already nervous about it, can anyone give me any advice to help or overcome social anxiety?

2007-08-01 00:04:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous