Mental Health - October 2007

ive been feeling like im losing it like i caint cope no more i have thoughts of killing my self or hurting someone else for no reason like yesterday i went in a mood for no reason ive been accousing my husband of cheating all the time i no hes not and if i doint find out whats wrong im going to drive him away can any one tell me whats wrong and what to do i doint want to go the doctors because im scared of what he says thank u

2007-10-22 03:37:18 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

After suffering,physical,mental,verbal,emotional and sexual abuse for 4 and a half years I no longer feel in control of my life....can someone PLZ HELP ME..

2007-10-22 03:00:27 · 8 answers · asked by entra 1

My 12 year old plays imaginary games with his hands. this has been going on since he was little. He used to do it openly, but now tries to hide it. What disorder could this be?

2007-10-22 01:21:38 · 4 answers · asked by michelle m 1

2007-10-22 01:05:29 · 20 answers · asked by tulip 4

I dont want to tell anyone and i just got date rape or whatever it is called. I cannot stop crying and i am?
feeling dirty. OH god please someone help me......oh god ,,,,maybe it was my fault too but i kept saying no and resisiting ....he was like "if a girl says no it means yes".......oh god plz someone help me....plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....**** **** .....i cannot stop crying. I dont want to tell anyone.

2007-10-21 20:53:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

my sister in law would cry her eyes out about a dead bird on the ground,get so attached to every animal treating it like it's a real person (worrying too much about their mental health etc.).However, she's really weird near people (even her own family)she is not sociable at all.constantly miserable,doesn't go out.I thought it may be the age(17),but I've honestly never seen anyone like that before...Is it normal?

2007-10-21 20:42:13 · 15 answers · asked by Mis 2

I hate a lot of things:

Britney Spears
Rap/Hip-Hop music
Mean/Bitter/Selfish people
Earthquakes
Tornadoes
Dirty snow

And the like, but I really love a lot more!:

Incubus
Kelly Clarkson
Being black
My family
Mariah Carey
Volunteering
Pop/Punk
Pop Rock
Pop
R&B
Soul
Opinionated, honest women/girls
Green Day
Most kids
Babies
Astrology
Hot guys
Speaking my mind
Listening to people and their troubles
Beyonce
Being understood
Walking on a treadmill
My brothers and their knowledge, as well as our blatant differences
When me and my mom get along
Nelly Furtado
Vanessa Carlton

You?

2007-10-21 19:21:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Last year at exactly this time i had my first panic/anxiety attack. After that i was depressed on and off, and always fearful of having another attack. Well now that it's been a year, i feel very releived and haven't been depressed at all. Is this normal or what? It feels like... now that it's been a year i know i'm going to be ok. I feel like it all never even happend. Normal? It is, however, a HUGE releif.

2007-10-21 18:19:37 · 13 answers · asked by Jess! 1

Everyday I am screwed over by my job, or by my girlfriend, or by my divoricing parents, or by most importantly, my career dreams that will never come true. Life has been nothing but letdowns and pain for me. When I get enough courage, hopefully god will forgive me, I want to take my life.

2007-10-21 18:15:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

When it comes to talking to people on the phone I get extremely shy and nervous. Now I have to call to get my senior pictures taken, and I have to call to start drivers ed, but I CANNOT get past the nervousness...
I can just barely order pizza on the phone...
see what happens is, I get so nervous that I can't process what they're saying, so even if I hear, what's your phone number, I can't understand what they're saying...
And I also get nervous because sometimes it's hard for me to hear people on the phone so I always have to say "what?" and make them repeat themselves every other sentence and I feel like I'm stupid...

So how can I get past this?
I really need help soon because I have to schedule pics soon...
And even if I don't get past it, I'll still get it done, but I want to feel comfortable doing it...

but the weird thing is... I'm not this shy in person...

2007-10-21 18:08:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am on lexapro and have been for just over two weeks now for depression. I feel very hyper tonight. Is this a sign I am getting better?

2007-10-21 17:51:32 · 11 answers · asked by Scratch 1

i really wanna cut i have the blade but if my dad sees any cuts i'll go back to rehab please someone help me

2007-10-21 17:34:33 · 12 answers · asked by DragonG386 2

she even saids she talks too him ?


and shes been diagnosed with bipolar

2007-10-21 16:30:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been in a relationship w/ a friend. He told me he loved me, but not like he should. He loves me w/ his head not his heart. Which makes him feel guilty. We've been friends for 10 yrs. He doesn't live here & he is suffering w/ depression. He told me that he is confused & that I am a big problem in his quandary. I asked why & he didn't answer. Just saying because & that thing are different between us. I told him that as a friend he should be able to confide in me. He just said everything is F**cked up, work, everything. He says I am his best friend, but he doesn't open up. I am concerned because he is not happy & very fragile. His depression is beginning to scare me. He said he thought about putting a bullet in his head. This is a person I want to remain in my life. I am looking for suggestions on how to help him. I know that I need to back off a romance, but I am afraid this will make him feel more like a failure which is one of his issues. I love him and don't know what to do

2007-10-21 16:27:21 · 6 answers · asked by swedegirl 2

any suggestions on how I can help get un addicted to this satanic cycle? I only physically feel ok when under the influence and I can't seem to break the viscious cycle of high/come-down/get high to feel better.. any suggestions? I know that i am a loser for allowing myself to get this way , but I want out and am having a tough time being motivated without the drug. No motivation at all. Help!

2007-10-21 15:56:29 · 7 answers · asked by MissCherokee 6

in their mid to late 20's?

2007-10-21 15:06:06 · 14 answers · asked by marissas aunt 1

A few weeks ago, a woman in the neighborhood killed her baby. I didn't know them personally. I just saw them outside once in awhile. When I found out what happened, I couldnt stop crying and thinking about it. I was angry that it happened the way it did, or even happened at all. I try not to think of it now but when I do, I just feel sad, depressed, sick, like life is useless, to put it nicely. I've been told that this woman was sick and has reached out for help but didn't get the help she needed. It still makes me mad that she did it, even when I try to keep her mental status in mind.

I was diagnosed with depression and am on meds/therapy. I tried talking about how it makes me feel but the convo never gets far because I don't feel like I have a right to be this sad. I feel like what happened just set back all the work I've done this past year regarding my depression (diagnosed a yr ago).

Am I wrong for feeling this strongly? What can I do to stop it from setting me back?

2007-10-21 15:06:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since I have been on ssri's I sweat alot.
Not hans, etc..
but the back of my head.
Anyone else get this?

2007-10-21 14:46:10 · 2 answers · asked by Philip Augustus 3

2007-10-21 14:35:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are they beneficial or hellish? How long do committed people stay there? How do patients get released? What do they have to endure there?

2007-10-21 14:35:47 · 11 answers · asked by whitetop94538 2

My daughter started taking Ritalin for ADHD two years ago, and seeing a psychiatrist regularly. Since then, she's become irritable, suspicious, dumped her boyfriend who loves her, continually angry with me, and blames me for all kinds of problems she doesn't even have! She's 26 and lives 3,000 miles away so I have little oppportunity to do anything to correct this. She doesn't even communicate any longer except for occasional long angry emails, and won't answer the phone when I call her.

She used to be a sweet (if slightly ditzy) wonderful girl whom I always treated as if she were a little angel. You could say she was spoiled because she got anything she wanted, but she never behaved badly at all and never asked for very much. She was and is beautiful, an outstanding student and athlete.

Is this common? Should I just go away because I didn't get her medicated sooner or let her run the streets like she says I should have?

2007-10-21 14:30:35 · 19 answers · asked by nora22000 7

2007-10-21 13:46:42 · 6 answers · asked by Susie 6

multiple choice and here are the answers:

narcotic

psychoactive

stimulant

inhalant

2007-10-21 13:42:32 · 13 answers · asked by shanipooh2004 1

I'm afraid of the dark, and I've heard that some people my age might be afraid rapists and murderers, but it's just that when I'm alone in the dark, like if I'm walking up the stairs alone at night, a sudden sense of panic will come over me and I'll run as fast as I can for the nearest light switch.

2007-10-21 13:34:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok so this sounds wierd but I feel like i've been so stressed out this past year that it caused mental damage. I feel as though I have trouble thinking of stuff and my vocabulary and the way I talk seems like its not as good as it used to be. This sounds really wierd but is this even possible? My eye sight seems to have weakened too.

2007-10-21 13:31:51 · 7 answers · asked by Jamie-Lynn 3

idk why but i read exxxxtreeeemely slow nowadays. back in elementary and middle skool i used to read books gallore. then high school came around and i find myself taking hours to read 20 pages if even that. idk what happened but i always find myself staring at the page at the same sentence for ever or i end up looking at my hair or something and idk what's wrong so if NE body knows what could be up lemme know

2007-10-21 13:27:14 · 5 answers · asked by midnight521 2

My stepdaughter is bipolar. She lives with her mother in another state. She is 22 yrs old. She is now receiving ECT and it seems that each time we talk with her, her response is slower and slower. We've asked her why she is having it - she doesn't know why. She has never been disfunctional with the bipolar until now. With the ECT, she seems to not care about anything. She doesn't work, she doesn't have friends, she doesn't go to the store or anything. Her mom wants her as a baby for the rest of her life so we don't know if it is the ECT or that her mom is finally getting what she wants. Anyway, I have read alot on ECT but would love to hear some experiences of those who have either had it or had loved ones experience it. Thanks.

2007-10-21 13:20:42 · 4 answers · asked by Kembo 1

I don't want answers like "just do it", I want real plans on how to overcome myself.

My mother died about 5-6 years ago, and I have been feeling sad lately about her death especially because I may be heading off to college next year (depending if I am ready), a separation from my family. A psychologist, who I have met with a few times said that I may be in a state of chronic depression (I think that is what he called it, well, it means long term depression). The symptoms don't really appear, but he said that I may exhibit the signs of not caring about my work, and then getting angry with myself to "make up for" not doing my work. Also, he said, that because my father had ADD/ADHD (whatever it was) I may also have the attention disorder. This truely devastated me and I am angry and refuse to take the medicine, believing the medicine demeans me WAY too much, I am not normal, and I really want to be normal, but I WANT TO FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF, not with some stupid medicine, well those are

2007-10-21 13:19:47 · 15 answers · asked by anonymous 3

I find myself constantly seeking intimate relationships with people whether they are in my best interest or not. At the same time I tend to build these relationships up to the point that I know I will only be hurt in the end, yet I continue on. I always feel happier when pursuing a relationship and the day to day irritations irrelevant. Early on I dont even see the chance of rejection as being possible, but in the back of my mind I feel its inevitable. I dont focus or get fixated on the fact that I will eventually be rejected and instead keep a positive outlook. Lately things have tended to end worse and worse than before and I cant help but wonder if I am subconsciously seeking this pain in order to achieve some self-destructive goal.

Am I simply hopeful or do I actually seek this letdown and the depression and pain that I see coming?

2007-10-21 13:16:35 · 4 answers · asked by vitapostmortem 1

I graduated in May from college and have been looking for a job to start my career. I've barely had any luck, I've been applying over mail, handing people resumes, networking and nothing is working. And now, I'm even trying to get just a regular mundane job to pass time and make a little money but they're all being taken by high schoolers who need the jobs much much less than I do. What do I do to get over this?

2007-10-21 13:10:54 · 2 answers · asked by runofthemill 4