Mental Health - September 2007

My hubby used to use cocaine years before we met. He was clean when I met him. That was 9 years ago. Lately (the past year) I have noticed these things: he is never home. He will always be somewhere but home. He is out all night long. He never seems to have to sleep. He'll work a 10 hr workday then say he is tired but after going out for a "beer" he is all of a sudden all wound up and stays out all night for days on end! He is moody and flies off the handle at any little thing. He looks funny in the eyes. Almost glazed over at times and he curls his hands up sometimes when he seems to be doped or drunk or whatever? Please help me if you know if this is drinking or drugs again? How can I approch this??

2007-09-30 03:43:59 · 8 answers · asked by Samantha 3

my friend completely shuts down when she's insulted or confronted. When she's in public she just gets flustered and doesnt say anything. When she's at home, and someone confronts her, or insults her, she puts on her head phones and cranks her music so she cant hear anyone or anything, and then its like she gets lost in her music. Sometimes she even puts on sunglasses, like she's trying to completely shut herself off from anybody around her. She does that in the car too, if someone says something that she doesnt know how to react to, she'll just crank her music. Is something wrong with her? Why does she do that?

2007-09-30 03:35:48 · 7 answers · asked by Its just me 1

I've read that some symptoms of bi-polar include constant writing and telling great stories of what apparently appears to them (usually spiritual encounters).
My bf is bi-polar, and I used to think that his stories and writings were fascinating and very interesting. But after hearing them over and over again, I've started to feel like telling him to just shut up... that I no longer care about his stories, no matter how much he believes that he is the son of god or some kind of heaven-sent angel... etc.
Please let me know if gone or going through a similar experience and how to handle it.
Thanks.

2007-09-30 03:33:26 · 8 answers · asked by adazhia 3

Without being on medication or seeing a doctor or anything like that. Please help me : )

2007-09-30 03:33:19 · 6 answers · asked by Sara p 1

don't put a lot thought into it, just answer the first thing that comes to mind. like for me the 1st thing that comes to mind is:

Irresponsible
unintellgent
& a sickness

What comes to mind when u hear the word "alcoholic"?

2007-09-30 03:21:20 · 11 answers · asked by Spotlight 1

I need to become one to save my sister!

2007-09-30 03:01:35 · 10 answers · asked by ryannewman83 2

For a few months I've been taking clonazepam (klonopin) more pills than I should. I dont no if it's some kina poison effect or annything, but I get drowsiness, dizziness, and lightheaded. So times I'm soo wasted that I can't even stand still. But if I stop I'll go back to cutting my wrists again. so what should I do? I don't want to die I'm only 17. How can I stop? I JUST FREAKIN CANT! HELP HELP HELP!

2007-09-30 02:57:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

a few years ago when i was 12 (im 15 now) my life changed forever. I wont go into details because it's to painful/embaressing/personal to talk about but I was chronically depressed and feeling suicidal for about 6 months. Eventually i became happier and now I couldnt be happier, but still every now and then when Im stressed I start to feel as bad as I did when I was depressed. After my depression I was left scared of the dark for some reason also and Idk why. idk... nothing in my life makes sense... i told my mom i wanna talk to a therapist but she wont let me(idk why) so my only way to let my feeling out is my diary (idk what id do without it).
At one point i even told her i think i had OCD (which i dont and i knew i didnt) but i just wanted her to take me to a therapist because I really wanna talk to someone who will listen (even if I have to pay them). Am i insane or what or am i just going threw something (because sometimes i wonder if i am permenantly damaged)???

2007-09-30 02:51:58 · 6 answers · asked by ♥ineversaidiwasperfect 4

I feel i have something wrong with myself, as i always seem to read too much into something or think too much about it.

Usually it's something happens and in my mind i blow it way out of proportion so i believe it is like that. Other times ill think of a thing that's happened and wonder about all the different paths it can take, usually the things id like to happen but arent likely, i then believe in that despite the fact it wouldnt happen.

Both things always end up with me getting down. I've been told i have a creative imagination and i think thats probably the problem with all this.

2007-09-30 01:27:58 · 16 answers · asked by Blaze 1

every time i bate i get a really bad headache and have flashing visions of my dad whipping me. what does this mean?

2007-09-30 01:12:56 · 4 answers · asked by john m 1

I was just wondering if certain foods can affect the way we think about things, as im a very negative person

Does food have a part in the way we see the world? on a mental level

2007-09-30 01:04:54 · 16 answers · asked by BOB 1

Just feel so stressed and can't seem to chill out. Help?

2007-09-30 00:32:10 · 15 answers · asked by Mr-Kay 7

ive become wrapped inside my own world (and if im a whiney little punk then so be it) i dont know what is real now i know ther is damage but im not shure i even want to be fixed and i cannot be fixed. (well first off you are sevearly depressed, try getting some professional help) ok ill try that some day thank you. the thing is ive been stripped bare and i couldnt give a crap less if i had any friends. (well you wouldnt have brought it up if you didnt want friends, why are you going in riddles?) i just want peace. i want my head to stop. (then do somthing for yourself and stop rejecting your logic, well maby you are just too logical and too smart for your own good either way you had better do somthing and fast because this ideology is getting old josh and its not doing you any good not now and ceartainly not in the long run.) i just want to settle down into a state of relative comfort i need stability DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! there was never any.

2007-09-30 00:23:41 · 4 answers · asked by burning275 1

hi im 14 and i live with my single mother and also my grandparents live 3 houses down so i basically live with both i recently found out all three of them are doing an illegal drug marajanna(pot)
i believe in the smokeing way but they know i found out and if i report them and they go to jail ill be in a foster home and there addicted to it and there are bad side effects like my grandmother recently had a heart attack and there not going to stop all three of them are also very angry and very high aggression and if driving me crazy please help -thanks

2007-09-29 23:58:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

as a person who you don't like or who is not really you?
like an unfair portrayal.

how do you handle being viewed as THAT?

when you don't fell that is who you are?

ultimatly you want to be liked, loved and accepted by people so something like this will bother you

2007-09-29 23:51:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 19 (girl) and i wear a size 8 sometimes 8 1/2. i'm 5'2"/5'3" not sure. haha. but should i grow any taller?? a lot or a little or does anyone know.

2007-09-29 22:50:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I could have better self confidence. What are some things I could tell myself whenever I'm getting dressed or about to go somewhere that can boost my self confidence?

2007-09-29 22:35:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to make riends...but no one wants to be my friend and they all say that I don't know how to talk properly. I had a lot of friends when I was in 8th grade. Then there was a group of people who bullied me and abused me very badly & I was the laughing stock of the whole class.

But that is my misearble past. But I feel that even now when I am adult, no one likes me & although I like to be friends with people - they only want to blame me or make mockery of me.

Please help me...I don't want to ruin my life any further...what can I do to have a fun-filled life after a long miserable patch?

2007-09-29 22:34:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-29 22:26:50 · 3 answers · asked by joshua_naelgas 1

I was at my local Wal-Mart, exiting through the garden center when i saw my boss standing in front of his car with is hood up. He saw me and I he asked to use my car to jumpstart his car with his cable thingys. So he did, we were talking and out of nowhere, he roughly grabbed my thigh, and pulled it toward him. And I pushed him away because i freaked and he actually grabbed my wrist and pulled me in to kiss him. I was so freaked out I told him I would scream if he didn't let go. The nerve of him to do that right there in the little side parking lot.

He never hits on me at work, he never gave me a sign that he liked me, I guess it's 'cause i'm a waitress and we're so busy.

He apologized repeatedly & actually told me he was "just goofing around" and I called him many words and left quickly.

It turns out i am now fired. I told my boyfriend and he's literally searching for him. I dont know what to or do how to go about reporting this. There's no witness but i do have bruises.

2007-09-29 21:43:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 15...I have been OCD all my life (I remember doing OCD type things even in kindergarten). It really was not an issue until about a year or two ago...I just gradually starting doing more and more things...right now I have to double, triple, quadruple check things like if the doors locked, lights off, etc., I have to make sure things are placed "right" (this is my biggest problem), things not in order make me distressed, sometimes irrational thoughts will pop into my head like "tell that lady shes a fat, lazy, idiotic *****", or I'll think "what if I fell in front of that car".

I also dwell and obsess and the littlest of things like spending an hour deciding on what shirt to buy.

I also have anxiety (no panic attacks though), and always worry about what-ifs...I am afraid to try anything new out of my comfort zone or "bubble", even though I would like to do them.

So who do I need to see?...my parents are worried about me, but I don't think they compeltely inderstand.

2007-09-29 21:30:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've felt like this for the past day. I don't know why it won't go away. I asked my older brother and he said pound some beers and smoke it off. Does that work? I am scared and I started bleeding out of my nose randomly. What should I do?

2007-09-29 21:22:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have severe anxiety issues, and whenever something spikes my anxiety - even if I don't understand why it has spiked - I feel sick. It's frustrating and really unpleasant, because one feeds the other, ie, if I feel anxious and sick, I get anxious about feeling sick - I had an episode a few years back where I literally couldn't keep anything down for weeks. I was a mess. I'm no wiser as to how to control it, it's really getting me down. It's so sensitive, I can be out in a restaurant and if a certain topic of conversation arises, I lose my appetite completely and cannot eat anymore, until about an hour or so later. I don't create an issue or anything, but it's awful.
Any pointers?

2007-09-29 21:03:27 · 11 answers · asked by tilly 5

I'm not in school or college any more, my job puts me through several training classes though, and no matter how much sleep I get at night or caffeine in the morning, I'm nodding off.

2007-09-29 20:43:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have noticed this with my own boyfriend my boyfriend emotionally abusers me alot of the time & never understand my feelings or respects me or appreciates me but when we argue & i get a little bit angry more coming of upset & i start to raise my voice at him why does he get up real quick & start punching things & yelling & getting all abusive? Is it cause he doesnt want to deal with how i feel?

2007-09-29 20:21:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

my blood speed is low, hair is starting to thin to falling out....
this driving job is screwing up my health,, im so into the driving i dont even feel like waking any more, noteven for two block... i try to run, and i couldnt, its not my thing... what should i do......
alway walk then end at the food store, runing end up chilling at tim horton... i hate my life..

2007-09-29 20:20:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i to ld mum i hated her and once i was able to move out i would and i would never seee her agian
i feel so sorry for mum i just turned 13 and im rely frustrated and feel horrid

2007-09-29 20:00:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im in a situation where i do not like the college I go to anymore. The dean doesnt like me, she thinks I cause too much problems. And I just want to leave. Im very emotional. The reason im stressed is because I have no idea where to go. Wherever I go I will be going to counseling and working with my emotions. Im just stressed out about this whole situation. What am I to do??? please help.

2007-09-29 19:03:03 · 13 answers · asked by Jen 3

I got a phone call that my baby brother, age 40, is very ill and throwing up blood. What do I do? I was crying all day today for him. He lives about 2,000 miles from me. HELP!!

2007-09-29 15:58:13 · 10 answers · asked by eshjane 2

When I write papers or emails I find myself writting things like, "i going to store" or " i feeling blue" ect. ect instead of," I was going to the store" or "I am feeling blue", however when I am done writting I think I wrote complete sentences, and I seem to always see the mistake after the fact, Why is this? Is my wires in the noggen not firing right?

2007-09-29 15:56:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous