Mental Health - October 2007

in total shock at how scary the dream was, your lay there on your own, in the pitch darkness parylised with fear, rooted in position, your to scared to even move, and your breathing is excelerated, your struggling to catch your breath.

you feel at that moment, acutely lonely and empty inside...like abandoned by the world. life, people, society, fun, laughter, human companionship all a million miles away.

suddenely your one bedroom apartment has a scary, lonely feel to it. your even scared to get out of bed, make a drink, turn on a light, but no that you have to, because laying there, in the darkness, recovering from a horrific nightmare, with the acute loneliness and abandonment inside, is too much to bear..

im a 30 year old bpd sufferer, whos suffered great trauma throughout my life, im pursuing therapy right now...i live alone, never made any friends in life except a couple online.
i have these nightmares alot. im trying to take one day at a time, while pursuing my goal

2007-10-12 12:26:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

affected your life? Or the lives of those around you?

2007-10-12 12:25:36 · 6 answers · asked by Mrs J 6

2007-10-12 12:14:53 · 3 answers · asked by hendrixj92 1

I have always naturally wanted to get high and now that i actually do it. I love it. I don't understand why people look down on it so much. It's only a way of having fun. And sometimes to get over emotional problems. And I refuse to "get therapy."

2007-10-12 11:57:51 · 19 answers · asked by hyperman519 1

xxx vici

2007-10-12 11:40:17 · 7 answers · asked by vici 4

2007-10-12 11:39:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sister has obsessive thoughts/flashbacks, not about life threatening things like in PTSD. She'll remember some creep leering at her 4 years ago and ask why-can't keep such things out of her mind-like they're imprinted. She sees a therapist & psychiatrist for depression but hasn't mentioned her thinking style. Guys smile, give her the eye because she is "model" pretty, but humble, doesn't even wear make-up or think about looks. Her 2 sisters hate her cause she loves ballet & opera, not gangsta rap. They also hate her for being pretty. Parents don't have a clue, don't care. I tell her to tell the sisters (my sisters) to go F themselves. I've tried. It could only work if she tells them. She's too afraid, though. Any medication or advice or practice (meditation, writing, assertiveness training) that could help her? She's very shy; she only trusts me. She is being punished for being so good. We're a black family. There could be a culture aspect. If you know culture, you may understand

2007-10-12 09:34:12 · 2 answers · asked by holacarinados 4

Two months ago i saw a nurse from a "Mental Health Service" facility, where i was told to go by a doctor for self injury. The nurse asked me questions, such as how often do i self harm (only if i was really upset), do i eat right (sometimes), if i had ever tried to commit suicide (thought about it), ect. He told me he was going to contact a college of his -a psychiatrist- and that he would contact me back.
However, since that day something bad happened and i've resorted to self injuring every day even discovering new ways to do, i tried to kill myself twice and am now convinced that i'm fat after certain comments and have reduced eating... The counsellor i've been seeing -who is on holiday at the moment- hasn't really done anything to help me and there's been no word from the Health Service.
What should i do? Should i contact them and tell them what i've been doing or just wait longer for a reply? Please help, i'm scared i'm starting to get out of control! (I've just turned 16.)

2007-10-12 08:49:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it possible to be bipolar even with not family history of it? I was diagnosed with it and no one else in my family has ever had it.

2007-10-12 07:37:00 · 9 answers · asked by FMR13B 1

My brother is now in his 40s and is still a heroin/crack addict and probably an alcoholic too. He is almost living on the streets...kind of bouncing from place to place for a roof over his head. He lives in another state (PA) and I am wondering what the likelihood is of a court granting me the right to get him into a 12month or longer rehab program. Cost is not an issue here, I am simply wondering about the likelihood of being able to institutionalize an adult who does not fall into the usual categories of those which would allow institutionalization.

2007-10-12 07:18:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to end my life i have deppression and ocd i have no meaning to my crap life everyone hates me my mum dont hate me my big half sister blames me for my dad beating my mum up i wish i stopped him but i didnt understand i was 2 or 3 i blame myself i should have stopped him i should have understood what was going on i was too thick still thick i wish i was never born my doctor dont care. :'(

2007-10-12 07:06:26 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

SometimesI feel angry for no reason at all like a rage is taking over me and I just feel pissed off at the world, I think how much better I would be if I never gotten married to my wife and of course it takes a toll on our marriage, then there are days where I feel normal and nothing bothers me the way it days when I am going through the rage, it don't know what stes it off and I can't control it, it's not fair to my wife and kids, help

2007-10-12 05:12:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Psychiatrist and a counselor. The Psychiastrist prescribes the medicine because the counselor can't. I called to ask if my pschiatrist could return my call because I have a question about my meds. He wants me to change meds from Cymbalta to Triavil. Keep in mind when I see him he is located on my side of town the other days he works on another side of town. I wanted to speak to him but I was told I have to wait until he's on side my side town next Tuesday. I think this is so crazy because I was told he doesn't return calls and I have to wait to speak to him next week.

2007-10-12 05:11:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-12 04:18:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 17...and I have been dealing with depression for, about, 3 years now...I'm sick of it! There is to much dtress in my life...tell me how you deal with your depression?...tell me what i should do?

2007-10-12 03:54:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

And which specialists should be contacted in order to test the severity?

2007-10-12 03:20:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had to see my doctor to talk about my problems and he wanted to see the cuts on my arm and i showed him. I'm so depressed and they want to to take anti-depressions and i really dont want to i'm really working on the cutting. I just feel that i am a cold hearted ***** that doesnt desirve to me loved and i think that people waste there time loving me. what should i do?

2007-10-12 03:19:38 · 8 answers · asked by Tia 1

I am known to get a bit obsessive over many different things such as I can never be less than 15 minutes early for anything or else I start freaking out, also with movies, books, music, role playing (not wanting to be in reality, so I've created a few myspace accounts for role playing and I have to be on them constantly). Should I seek help about this? People say that I'm insane and anti-social.

2007-10-12 03:17:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Too live.. or not too live, that is thee question.
Well In the past 6 months I've accomplished a lot... an awesome paying job... my own place again... a lil money in the bank.. all the things people work so hard for. So now what? I feel like my life is nothing more than a compilation of games.. we make money... to spend it (thee only thing it's good for) isn't that not the same thing you do in monopoly? or any other game that consist of money? relationships... the biggest game in life... CHESS! you make a move.. they react to it... over and over... cept in chess theirs less cheating... They key to that game.. is remembering.. that most games ALWAYS have a game over... so just expect it...and the relationships that dont end u'll spend yrs wishing it did... Chess is fun.. but after awhile.. ya need a break to much thinking involved...we live just to die...

so we make money to spend it
we start relationships that will just end
and we live to die.. hmmm

ever beat the original mario for regular nintendo?
after u beat it u can skip to any world u want even the last one if you wanted
making it a lot easier to beat it a second time..

well if were living to die... why not just skip to the last step..

seriously why not?

A common excuse people use to keep people from killing theirselves is... "theirs a lot of people out there that will miss you...

Well... I HAVE TO DIE someday... will they not miss me just as much if nature takes it's course and i die? it'll still hurt them... if I decide I dont want to live.. shouldn't people take some satisfaction in knowing that I died because it was what I truely want.. not because i was old.. or bc i had cancer..? knowing i wanted to should give them a lil piece of mind..

usally people deal with the grief of losing a loved one by saying " he's in a better place now" or "he's a lot happier now"... well if I died because I wanted to... it would be true..

save your grief for the people who actually enjoy the challenging game of life and are taking out by the nemises of nature...

wanting someone to endure life bc u love them or will miss them... is selfish..

Another reason for living and probably the biggest one that I struggle is.. family...
Have a kid means u have someone that depends on you..
a blank art work that you almost entirely craft into either...
the most amazing piece of art.. or into a lil bastard..

kind of like a gigi pet...

parts of me want to make that masterpiece simply because I know with my knowledge I could mold an awesome master

but to bring a kid into a world when I had such a doubtful attitude towards it... simply because I wanna show off my art work seems selfish...

Life just seems like a lot of effort... and either way you end up in the same spot... dead..

This past 5 or 6 months is the happiest I think I've ever been.. and I put a lot of thought into it all.. and living life through just makes no sense to me..

I'm writing not for sympathy... trust me I can make me feel better than prolly anyone else can.. I'm writing because I relize that once I kill myself... there is no tomorrow... it's one of the few games... that doesn't allow you to continue you once the game is over... I wanna make sure this is what I want to do.. although I doubt there is regret after death... it's moreless curiousity that i dont wanna spend rs to answer...

perhaps someone can show me something I overlooked...

So my future is still yet to be determined.. but my life WILL NOT be lived without purpose.

So yea fill free to post comments or ideas or vauleable knowledge you may have

thanks
~~ ROB

2007-10-12 00:38:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just smacked my forehead a couple of times, not very hard having a row with my boyfreind and he wouldnt shut up the pressure got too much - I know its not good, and believe me if it happened on a regular basis i'd seek medical help, but it was just a mad moment of insanity, for a couple of seconds i lost it...now i feel I can get better because it's got that bad it can't get worse..am i right or am I on the verge of a breakdown?

2007-10-11 22:32:25 · 5 answers · asked by Morky 3

im weary and exhausted and barely ahnging on. i dont even know why im hanging on when i know it would bring me the peace i so desperately need.

2007-10-11 21:40:02 · 14 answers · asked by gleaming_gem 1

I need some advise but I don't need a psychologist because I can't afford them.

2007-10-11 21:28:37 · 6 answers · asked by Boostergold 4

I'm wondering how you deal with it and what medications you are on if any. I'm on Effexor, Abilify and Klonopin and I find it works well for me. I'm curious about your thoughts on this disorder.

2007-10-11 21:19:34 · 4 answers · asked by Pico 7

hello people i have a small sleep related issue, the thing is it been always like that..i feel very sleepy durring the morning specially between 10-12 am however very active and sharp durring the night after 12...i was working in a calcenter(night shift) so it was ok if i was sleepy durring the day,but now i have changed to a day job!!so wat shd i do for my reversed body clock ..if this continues this may hamper my working the office plz help..thanks

2007-10-11 20:20:10 · 4 answers · asked by romeo_2k_20009 2

in january of this year my mother killed her self after dad divorced her i have.2, brothers . and 1. little sister and i make the.4. one i am the oldest girl my dad loved my mom very much but mom was cheating on him dad was a good prodiver for all of us and he loved our mom very much they was married for.22. years dad found out that mom was seeing another man much younger than her he divorced her that same month that dad divorced her over what she had done dad loved her very much but mom did what she did out of being divorced. and made fun of by others now dads neveres are bad i know in my heart dad still loves her but he.s still hurting over what she did even now she.s dead dad still loves her he was hurt very much over what mom had did how can we try to cheer him up i am.17. and my older brother. is.19. and help would be very much needed towards dad we all live with him after mom did that even when they divorced . the same month mom killed her self

2007-10-11 20:07:37 · 8 answers · asked by wildcat_2021 2

I have 3 boys ages 7, 4, and almost 2. They are great kids. I also have a loving husband. He is a big help and a great dad. He is very supportive to me and the kids. I have some stress issues and I went to see my sleep apnea doctor. He recomended that I try LEXAPRO for a while. I was wondering if any of you have tried it and what were your side effects?

2007-10-11 20:04:43 · 6 answers · asked by ginger 1

when i was 8 yrs old my mother passed away from breast cancer, so i was sent to live with my father, when i was 11, he up and left to florida with his wife and my youger brother, and i began to live with my older sister, now being 21, is it odd that i wish i knew my mothers personality, and wish i got to hang out with her the way my sister and brother did? and how do i tell myself ive done good, when everything i know ive taught myself to do, hair, makeup, clothes, everything! growing up with out that female figure was hard, and now when i see all these organizations for breast cancer, instead of it making my happy, it makes me sad, because why couldnt they try this hard then, when she needed it?

2007-10-11 19:20:48 · 7 answers · asked by Amanda 3

i always feel sad and depressed.i know from the outside it looks like i have a perfect life but i can never seem to get out of this like sadness trap.my best and only friend deserted me and i have nobody.i always feel like im too fat to eat.ending up starving myself until i fail and binge.i cant think straight and treat people nice.i always feel very inadequate and that im not good enough for anyone.my mom made me an appointment to talk with somebody.what type of questions do they ask?is this really going to help me?thanks

2007-10-11 19:16:58 · 12 answers · asked by lorrainen082 2

Well, ever scince I've know these people I've noticed that I do stuff alittle different from them....And so the've said I was creepy, not to my face but right near me like i wasint even there.

and so now That I no longer hang with them, I Think To myself and when I do I always have this voice(s)(voices cause there all different) in the back of my head saying, things like Nuh-uh, or like things that are the oppisite of positive...so iunno what to do though I want help, and i don't really have the mola to see a phychiatrist.

2007-10-11 18:49:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

If they aren't telling me to do anything. They're just calling my name, lots of different voices that I can't recognise. Most of the time I can tell if somebody is actually calling me.

2007-10-11 18:28:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous