Mental Health - September 2007

2007-09-20 23:40:37 · 21 answers · asked by Eric Inri 6

I am curious that's all...as to why people want to commit suicide, what drove them to attempt it, how they got out of it...etc. Please share your experiences! Thanks

2007-09-20 22:54:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find myself having a hard time after a bad break up. Now I'm doing anything.. and everything to make myself feel.. at least something.

Is there detrimental affects for excessive masterbation? I do it no less than 21 times a week.. or 7 times within an 8 hour period at my worst. Do I need counseling?

2007-09-20 22:47:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 22:44:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Whats are causes?
It seems to be a growing condition?
What could the goverment/NHS do to help?
Should herbal options be the first point of call before mainstream meds?

2007-09-20 21:36:07 · 17 answers · asked by Mr-Kay 7

im exausted mentally but physically im really hyper. i've been through a lot in the past 2 years exspecially in the past 5 months with random deaths. theres just to much its always lingering over me and its causing me insomnia and depression. please help me let go.

2007-09-20 21:24:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My partner of 4 yrs lost his dad in Feb after a long illness. The family cared for his dad (my boyf & his sisters)
Due to perhaps the stress of the situation there was conflict between my boyfs sisters over various things. The situation also put pressure on our relationship but we remained very "tight".

My partner asked me for some space some months ago now but we still see each other & go out each week. When he talks about the situation he really vents his spleen about his anger/ hurt /frustration about the medical professionals who did his Father a disservice, his sisters squabling & also some references to me. I have tried to play devils advocate to say his sisters were upset too but he says thats not what he needs to hear. I have tried to reassure him that he did everything for his dad (& he really did)
I know that there is no magical sentence I can say to fix things for him. I dont think that he will see a councillor so feel I really need to say the right thing.
Any advice?

2007-09-20 20:47:47 · 12 answers · asked by verity b 3

I'm sure I've been depressed for the last years.. I believe about 6.. I'm 18.. That would make it freshman year in high school. I have a job where I'm an afterschool teacher..and I love it.. I love those kids.. I do my best.. I do well in school.. And I have a great boyfriend.. Family life isn't very good.. It gets overwhelming..Used to handle it better but not anymore.. Yesterday and earlier today.. I felt like I gave up..emotionally.. Wanted desperately someone to talk to..felt like I had suicidal thoughts.. except I really don't think I would ever do that..But I felt very tired.. emotionally and physically.. I want to tell my boyfriend.. He's my family.. The only one who will stand up for me and be strong for me.. he has.. but I dont know how..I need help.. how do i tell him.. how do i cope.. I dont want to feel like this.. it's a cycle.. I can be very happy then the next days.. feel horrible.. I think it's better..and it goes back to being the same way..

2007-09-20 20:21:37 · 11 answers · asked by Sma 4

This is the first the time I have used this site to have someone answer my question.. although its not really a question, its more of wanting input from others... I know this may be cheesy, but if I could get others to share their input, Id really appreciate it. Ive never admitted to having depression, but unfortunately I do. I wish it would just go away, but it never does and it has become worse and worse. (please don't judge me) i don't want to have to be put on medication, or seek "professional" help. no one knows what really goes on inside someone else's head. Although they may have a piece of paper claiming they do. So i guess my question is who else out there on internet land has experience with depression.. I want some feedback not only on the positives but the negatives, since I am one who tends to listen to both sides before making a rational decision. i know for one, that I am not well. I just dont know how to handle it at this point in my life. damn I ran out space to write.

2007-09-20 19:52:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do admit that I'm not doing so well. I've been a good patient and never missed therapy, tried nearly all antidepressants (newer and older ones, a few of them multiple trials). It hard to keep positive when nothing seems to stop the the horrible relentless hurtful feelings. It has come to this. I just can't deal with the medications and therapy. I just want the pain to stop. I know that killing myself isn't fair to the people around me. I feel like a total loser. I can't even tell anyone how I really want to go. I know I will get the lecture on why suicide is wrong. What about me? I just want to go quietly. I know I'm going to get an ear full on how selfish I am. I don't expect anyone to understand. How would you handle this? Please don't worry. I know what to do when I the thoughts go beyond, "just thoughts". I have an agreement with my doctor that I would admit myself into the hospital. I feel like I just can't win!

2007-09-20 17:59:32 · 14 answers · asked by byee77777 2

I have a lot of stress and I don't know who to talk to. I want to ask my mom but I don't want her to worried so I just want to use this site for the people who wanted to read and I also want some comment if you want to leave one. I like this guy 'A' at school since the first day of 10 grade. I have him for one classes. I don't even think he like me, he doesn't really look at me at all but I wasn't really sad because I don't even know how much I like him. I really want to be a person who like one person and will always be. I feel like I am a slut or something. whenever I see some guy. I would like them. I would get scared if i do something embarrassing in front of them. My inside is like who care what they think, but i just can't do it.Whenever they come, I would show off a little. The problem I have is that I think a lot and I don't even know why. I think when I read and I think when I walk whether it at school or home.That is just giving me stressed and I have bad dream every night.

2007-09-20 17:43:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have had alot of up and downs with drinking, a bit of drugs, and mainly my weight. I was diagnosed with anorxia and used to be bulimic, though nobody knew. My highest weight was 130 and lowest 92 (from laxatives) I was 92 about a month ago and I am now 103.(I'm 20and 5'7)I try so hard to eat and be normal around food but I just can't. I starve then binge and feel so gross and dont even know what I should eat anymore. I haven't thrown up in awhile and vowed not to take laxatives. I am having a VERY HARD TIME. I pretty much look pregnant from eating or drinking anything. Its so unfair. My laxative abuse lasted awhile so I know my bodys still all messed up. Will my body start absorbing foods normally and digesting right? I almost want to give up b/c I'm tired of looking bloated all the time and constantly thinking about food. I get really bad anxiety about way to much stuff. And I compulsively exercise sometimes- but try not to b/c that makes me binge. I also have bad mood swings. HELP

2007-09-20 17:39:44 · 13 answers · asked by pinkcars20 1

she says she went to a doctor before (2 years ago), but they cannot help.

She had a bad experience with some medication, where she felt happy but also very hyper and she felt something was wrong; the pill was making her feel unnatural.

Anyhow she had a bad experience with the whole system as well, now she don't want the face the health care people because they seem to think that she is crazy and look down on her (did you take your pills today).

There is nothing i can do to convince her that the doctors can help; she is already convince that pills don;t help and talking therapy is just silly.
And if i can make any progress in my arguments; she hit me back with the "whats the point" routine.
And the situation is getting worse. She is talking about suicide and how it would actually be the one noble thing she would do in her life, she does not want to drag me down with her; she does not want to be a burden.

Please help me convince her there is hope!

thank you!

desperately!

2007-09-20 17:08:05 · 10 answers · asked by patbb 1

I usually dont ask questions and answer them on yahoo answers, but theres something that has really been bothering me and I was wondering if any of you have experienced anything similar and what you guys did about it.

My mom is crazy, everyone knows that. As a child, her father wasnt around (they shipped him to a different country because he was crazy just like my mom) and my mothers mom (grandmother) hated my mom and made her life difficult. My mom got married and then divorced. When she first got married, she tried to commit suicide after about a year. My mom doesnt talk to any of her brothers or sisters or her mom. Shes always yelling and screaming for no reason and she cannot let go of the past. My mom still blames me for stuff I did as a child 15 years ago! She cant even let that stuff go. It has gotten to the point that one cannot even be around my mom, she always wants to pick a fight. She refuses to take medicine (even though she has in the past) and I dont know what to do.

2007-09-20 16:09:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am always depresed especially thinking about my father that i dont see ever..pls help me

2007-09-20 16:04:41 · 8 answers · asked by Charles E 1

I always need to pull feathers out of my pillow before I go to sleep. I try to get the ones buried deep because they are easier to bring out with their harder stems. I am not satisifed until i've pulled the largest one. Then, when i'm done, i have all these feathers all over my bed that I have to clear off. This started because the feathers would poke me as I slept, sometimes making their way out and into my nose or mouth as I sleep. Now, I use a regular pillow (no feathers) but still use the feathered pillow to remove feathers each night. Am I going insane?

2007-09-20 16:01:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i call her nonstop and if she doesnt pick up, i get my brain to the point where i am positive she actually did die and i start having panic attacks. If she's in a car i think that she got in a car accident and if shes on the train i think the train went off the track. If she's out to dinner i think someone slipped something in her drink. It's only over my mom though. And when i think about life sometimes i get so worried over the future i throw up. This feeling keeps getting worse and worse. Please tell me what is wrong with me?

2007-09-20 15:56:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

my therapist says that I am choosing to live in sadness and despair. But I feel that I cannot help it because so MANY bad thngs are happening all at once. What do you think? Is that really a choice when everything is so overwhelmingly tragic?!

2007-09-20 15:47:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i cant sleep at night. I think its because I sleep during the day, but only for about 20 minutes. Do I have insomnia?

2007-09-20 15:42:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean no harm or hurt in what I ask. It's meant for me to gain some support from those of you who try to understand my thoughts. I am suffering mentally and I thought this was a good choice to get help from Y/A. I guess it was a mistake on my part. No, life isn't a joke and for those of you who don't understand mental illness know nothing of what I go through and yes I did take your emails to heart...

2007-09-20 15:42:06 · 18 answers · asked by chantale 31 3

i dn't know what to say . my life has been like a fairy tale to me . Nothing i do will ever make me happy , and nothing i am will ever give me the love i never received from my parents , and since i do not wish to go along with their wishes and be in an emotionally unstable family relationship . i am alone .
This girl , i used to like , she broke up with me because of my jealousy ( she doesn't understand that it came from the way i was brought up , it was a fight between me and brother to win our parents love - even the slightest thing causes big fights , it shouldn't have been like that . my parents should have loved us for what we were , and not what we could do for them )

She broke up a few months ago , and 2-3 days ago she called ( i am sure it was her , eventhough it was a private call )
Now all the feelings are coming back into my mind and the more i try to stop it i can't . and if i dn't think about it then i feel like i have no purpose in life , or as if .........

2007-09-20 15:33:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you just slip into a deep sleep, or is it painful? Do your lungs just shut down, and you basically suffocate? How long does it usually take?

2007-09-20 15:14:41 · 12 answers · asked by Furr. 4

Why am i sad i have a decent life but to many mistakes and no one beleives me what do i do

2007-09-20 15:08:38 · 33 answers · asked by pdc5200 4

when it comes to things like loading the dishwasher or things i just dont want to do, i get kind of careless, but always have to sort the forks and knives so taht they are all together, no matter what. When i am writing notes in class, it has to be 100% perfect. if i make 1 mistake while using pen, i will rip the whole page out and rewrite it. I dont like getting photocopied notes, so i have to rewrite them myself. if the posters in my room arent perfectly straight i feel funny and i wont be able to leave the room or go to sleep unless they are straightened. If my blinds arent lined up, i will get the same feeling. i have to organise all my folders in my computer so they all have a place to go. my closet has to be color coordinated or else i get that strange feeling. i just do weird things like that. Is it OCD? if not what is it and what can i do about it?
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2007-09-20 14:22:14 · 4 answers · asked by bulletprooflonliness 4

My Professor in my CISCO class treated me like crap this past Tuesday and humiliated me in front of everyone. Then when I raised my hand to participate, he ignored me. Today I got kind of irriated that he did not have the exams online and said how can I take them if you don't have them online, duh!? He responded very rudely and I lashed out right away since I have trouble with impulsiveness. Now I know I'll probably end up getting suspended from College cause I've done this before to others.

I don't want to go on, screw this piece of **** life! I'm crying as I write this question. I have no motivation to do anything on the computer, in my rental house or anywhere else either. It must end tonight, I'll find a way out of this crappy piece of **** life.

2007-09-20 13:43:58 · 14 answers · asked by jeff_south_bend_78 2

what can i do to keep praying daily, and to have good intentions? is there anything to remember?

2007-09-20 13:36:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just started takig Lexapro yesterday. My question is: if I were going to have a severe allergic reaction to it, wouldn't that have happened afte the first dose? I suffer from hypochondria as well anxiety and depression, and tonight I thought for sure my tongue was swelling up and my jaw was clenching up, but part of me wants to say it's just my hypochondria, chill out. Then I thought, if you were going to have a reaction like that, it would've happened yesterday too. Any thoughts?

2007-09-20 13:32:20 · 5 answers · asked by lil_sprite_77 4

he is 86 years old.he act,walk talk like gandalf for 2 years(since he first saw lord of the rings)he even long his hair and facial hair like him,call me aragorn,and i should play with him an hour as aragorn!yesterday he attacked my friend and called my friend an orc(im serious)what should i do he is living with us and we are all tired of him.

2007-09-20 13:28:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know this is going to sound stupid, and I don't know if I have any diseases or anything but your help is appreciated. I am a freshman and I hate my voice. I don't have gay voice but for some reason I can't talk to people because I am embaresed about my voice or I think I won't be able to socialize with them. Also I have to touch things a certain amount of times (I need to count in my head) and if I don't do this I feel like something bad is going to happen to me like I won't be able to talk to my friends or I wont know how to make people laugh. I try to fight it but it haunts me everyday, lowering my self-esteem the point of thoughts of suicide. If anyone knows whats wrong with me or has any help, it's appreciated. Thanks for reading

2007-09-20 13:20:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I sometimes forget to put letters in words, even though i know how to spell it. For example, Im thinking in my mind the word television, when I write it it sometimes comes out on paper as telvson

is this a form of dyslexia?

2007-09-20 13:05:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous