Mental Health - November 2007

Hello,
I am 16 years old male. From the age of 8, I was bullied throughout school as everyone at school called me a 'girl', and 'gay' for the things i used to do. However I have changed completely from that time, where I did 'girly' things. Because of the way i was in the past and the way i thought, i feel very confused. I am not gay, but from a very young age people put me down and now i feel very insecure, paranoid and self conscious about my appearance, because i feel that even if i meet new people they will think of me as the person i was in the past, which is something i DO NOT want. Can someone please help me.. I am very depressed all the time and do not have friends, who i can speak to.Do you think this change and state of confusion and mental problems like low self esteem etc is due to adolescence? Growing up?.. Can someone please explain.. I always worry that people will still think of me as a girl, when i am not. Please help me... What is happening? .. Anyone been through it?

2007-11-24 04:37:21 · 4 answers · asked by closed_1234 2

BMI is 17.8 granted Im not in the anorexia spot on my BMI because I just went on vacation & gained 5 lbs. Ive lost 20 some lbs in a little over a year. Professionals say I need 2 b inpatient but I cant because my parents think Im healthy. I know I need help but I cant convince my parents of this & Im scared of their reaction if I do get it. I feel like such a pig when they oink @ me for having 1k calories 4 the day. Ive been hospitalized 4 my eating disorder 1 time but they made it not worth it because they told me I only want attention & that I wasnt skinny. I depend on them 4 my transportation because I dont drive myself. If I told them 2 take me to the hospital that does have the eating disorder institute they wouldnt. I dont have an er in this town either so that answer wont help. Please how do I make my parents understand how serious this is and how much I do need help because I know that Im just going to lose more weight even when I know Im in trouble.

2007-11-24 04:34:24 · 6 answers · asked by tootiebear 2

This family member is an adult and does not realize that she is ill.

2007-11-24 04:21:24 · 11 answers · asked by Rhonda U 1

Y'elo,
I'm 16 year old male,and need some help please. The problem is I'm really insecure and self conscious. I always think that people are perceiving me as a weak person who acts like a girl. People reassure me that i don't but i sometimes feel like that. I have very few friends to talk to, therefore i would like anyone who has been or is in my position to help, and tell me about their experiences. I am very depressed and low because of this. I know i might sound stupid but thats the biggest problem i am having. Hence, i feel no one wants to be my friend. Can someone help me and tell me what i am supposed to do. Have you ever been insecure. Please, any males who can answer. Is it due to adolescence, self identity or something? Please help...Why do I think like this?Will it ever end?I feel very depressed to talk to other people just in case they think i act like a girl or something, as in the past I was like that, but i have change. Please tell me what is wrong and what I can do.

2007-11-24 04:02:18 · 12 answers · asked by closed_1234 2

Hmmm, so yer overdosed last night well not fullly only partly on paracetamol, only took 9 will it be ok??? Advice please???

2007-11-24 03:38:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

What's the connection?

2007-11-24 01:51:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is this bully who keeps saying I am never happy and that, is there anyway I can make myself look like I am happy, even though I am.

2007-11-24 01:29:44 · 15 answers · asked by Hoodoo 3

at times i get really angry and depressed how can i fix that when it happens besides cutting and suicide ..

2007-11-24 00:46:12 · 19 answers · asked by sk8erboii122 1

I have been in a bad relationship with violence and also have been suicidal. I wanted to get counselling but I am scared if I tell them how messed up I am they will take away my baby. to be completely honest though I do not know if I am a danger to her but I do not want her to go into care or something.

2007-11-23 23:43:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-23 22:46:43 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think someone who was with you for 5 years and who has Bipolar could say they loved you up until the day they left you and then a month later say that they have moved on, are in love with someone else and are happy?

2007-11-23 22:27:44 · 4 answers · asked by Yeah Right 1

I've been working for about 3 years now and i have very little money to show for it. I've gone through 6 cell phones in 2 years which have cost me hundreds if not thousands of dollars, every time i see a new phone, ipod, video game, computer, anything i just want it. I have no idea what it is. I've gone through a few mp3 players, I've bought 4 game systems and tons of games and I've only been working for 3 years. Can someone please help me?

2007-11-23 20:10:50 · 6 answers · asked by cowboys2338 1

I really need to start liking work
I always get lazy and I figure if i really like doing something then i would do it and not get lazy
How can i make myself like to do work?

2007-11-23 20:09:14 · 7 answers · asked by lala 2

2007-11-23 20:08:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

So for the past few months I've been trying to deal with this odd problem of mine, in which words, and thoughts seem to be not registering within my mind. Like I can read a sentence to something, and I get this very hard hitting like feeling of the words not linking right, not sounding right, etc. Same thing when I try to think about stuff I enjoy doing, and end up with that feeling of something not being/looking right in my way of picturing things in my mind. Now when this all begins happening I become very frustrated, and begin to re-think, re-say, and re-read over, and over again until I replace that bad feeling with a good feeling. I have always loved to think, to fantasize, as it helped me grow into a better person, and always feel good about myself. I cannot ignore what I enjoy, but with this feeling hitting me I simply can never be happy.

Any advice?

Peace, and good day.

2007-11-23 18:35:08 · 6 answers · asked by David 2

I find that my thinking has become more obsessive/compulsive in nature and was wondering what medication is out there to keep my thinking in check. What are the possible side effects? How does it interact with other medications?

2007-11-23 18:13:49 · 4 answers · asked by seancanputt 2

when people tell others to see a doctor in this section, do they mean to see a regular doctor or a doctorate psychiatrist?
and also do doctors with nothing to do with psychology, such as surgeons, know a lot about mental illnesses?

2007-11-23 18:12:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am very negative and have many problems that have caused me to be like this. How do I look at things in a more positive way? Also, I am so angry all the time and the littlest things upset me. I was told by my mother, who is a nurse, that I may be bipolar. I kind of think I may be but am in denial. How do you think I can control these anger problems? Its not like I get a little mad or upset, I get furious and have terrible thoughts and stuff.

2007-11-23 17:33:50 · 7 answers · asked by Renee23; 3

I have no clue what's going on with me, I have sudden temptations to slap or hit things, and I do without realizing it.. I have a large memory loss, If you would tell me something 1 minute, I would forget it the next minute.. I keep feeling as if I was followed, or images of skulls appear wherever I look.. and I can never seem to concentrate..All this started recently, it never happened before until 2 or 3 months ago.. I don't know if I have some mental disorder, or if it's all in my mind, but I have to find out!
(I'm a 14 year old girl) Please help!

2007-11-23 17:04:36 · 8 answers · asked by amcfemale 3

I'm a 31-year-old female. I don't cry. I know that's not typical because I always hear about how weepy women are. I remember I used to cry and get emotional about things up until about my late teens or early twenties. Then I just stopped. My reaction to sadness or pain now is usually numbness, withdrawal, or sometimes anger, but never tears. What do you think could cause this phenomenon? My husband says I act like a man with boobs....lol.

2007-11-23 15:05:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

here it goes well at night time around 9.00 or ten my grandma gets kind of goffey like she has allstimers but during the day she is fine and doesnt remember what happened its kinda like when someone takes ambiene and it makes them goffey but she doesnt take ambieen any more she acts like she is really tired and is half asleep but she walks evry were and talks to pepole who are not there ive told both of my parents and some of my familly have seen her antics durring nighttime we dont know if she is sleep walking or what we thought it was sundowners but it isnt because she doesnt show all of the awareness a person with sundowners has can anyone help me and tell me what i should do or what makes her goffey like that at night please no rude or disrespectfull coments or answers this is funny but im really concerned and need help about it.

2007-11-23 14:44:27 · 14 answers · asked by John M 2

if so, what kind

keep these things in mind

theres about 14 steps, and im currently sitting down

also, i am extremely lazy and cant think for myself

please take into account when answering. thnks.

2007-11-23 14:39:35 · 15 answers · asked by justcallmepre 2

I am taking ruaccutane and I know about the depression side affects.

My mother is bipolar and also had panic dissorder, I have panic dissorder and now im scared im developing bipolar as I seem to be either realy happy or extremely depressed, no in between normal moods.

Im seeing a counceler but I cannot go on anti depressents withought stopping the ruaccutane, which is clearing my skin.

So im confused about what to do and just wanted some advice.

Thanks.

2007-11-23 12:16:06 · 11 answers · asked by Cellar Door. 5

I have a relative (22 years old) who is bipolar, doesn't really take his medication regularly and I have found out that he's been doing ice the past few months, at least. He's having a serious paranoia episode and refuses to take his pills. I'm told he used ice four days ago also. He lives in another city and I have no way of getting there until tomorrow and I'm hoping to have him hospitalized somehow. Other than being a danger to himself or someone else, are there any other ways I can do this? I'm very afraid for his safety, as well as other people's if he gets in his car etc... He lives by himself and the state is CA.

Any information regarding this would be appreciated.

2007-11-23 11:15:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-23 10:28:36 · 2 answers · asked by pinklovelygirlieuk 1

Thanksgiving is supposed to be a day where family gets together well this thanksgiving couldn't have gotten any worse. We all ate dinner and i went to work. About 8 o'clock i get a call at work, it was my mom. She told me she was taking my sister (13years old) to the hospital. She tried to commit suicide. I started to get sick i couldn't walk or do anything. I had my bf pick me up and we went to the hospital and the first thing she did when i got there was make me leave. My sister didnt want me there. We have never ever gotten along but it just broke my heart. Now she is being taken to the pysch ward. This is really hurting everyone, I just dont know what to do. I dont kow if i should go up to the hosiptal since im not wanted there but i know my mom needs support??

2007-11-23 10:11:36 · 25 answers · asked by Skylar 3

Hi. My name is Sam. I am 14 years old. My mom is dying of cancer. I don't like to go to school because im afraid she won't be "there" when I get home. I cry so much, and I feel.... I can't explain it. I don't know how to handle my grief... should i take depression medication?

2007-11-23 10:04:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

wats so BIG about people smoking weed or hash?? and dont **** talk me with that "its agenst the law" crap!! so is under age drinking and having sex befour your 16 but dose that stop everyone??
1 day ago

2007-11-23 09:57:04 · 14 answers · asked by Top S 2

I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety and am currently on Effexor XR. While it has helped me A LOT, I still notice that I experience some mood swings, up and down (but not manic like bipolar). I find it difficult to concentrate, and forget things all the time (short term stuff), and if too much is going on, I get really stressed. It feels like it's all in my head at once and it really stresses me out. I am slightly dyslexic (with numbers mostly) and have recently looked into ADHD and ADD, wonering if this is why I can't concentrate, etc. I just didn't know if anyone has it and could tell me if this is similar to what you experience. I don't want my doctor to think I am a nut, if it's not even close!

2007-11-23 09:48:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a smart girl. I'm a senior in high school, and my whole life I've slacked off in school but managed to get good grades at the end. I filled out some college applications last month, and I noticed that I had a LOT of trouble motivating myself to do the essays. It got to the point that I ended up submitting a horrible application, 2 minutes past deadline, to one of the schools. It's not like I don't want to go to college.. I know what I want to do with my life. I want to be a dentist. I've always promised myself I'll start working hard in college, but as it's getting closer, I'm starting to get really afraid that I won't. I mean.. I can't even motivate myself to go out and run regularly or to go and practice my tennis serve (the courts are literally a 5 min. walk from my house). I really want to change but I feel so set in my ways. Help?

2007-11-23 09:45:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous