Mental Health - December 2007

I have this overwhelming phobia of loud noises. Thunder is a constant problem. Luckily, it's winter and it doesn't thunder until spring. Anyway, I've tried exposure therapy. I cracked after a while and ran into my basement, where it is sound-proof. What should I do? I'd feel embarrassed asking my parents to take me to a therapist. Besides, I don't want to waste their money. How can I get over this? I've had this for years.

2007-12-15 17:00:47 · 3 answers · asked by Oswald 2

Please help! I am so sick of everything.

People always tell me that I am too nice, that I need to think more about myself, and not care what others think. But I just can't help it...I am sensitive and I always want to make others happy. THIS IS JUST WHO I AM!!!

I feel that dating partners reject me because I am not confident and don't assert myself more. But--no one is perfect so it's hard for me to understand why someone can't love me even though I am insecure.

2007-12-15 16:46:18 · 4 answers · asked by quirkyfunnyone 1

like people are actually getting off on yor misfortunes?

its turning them on enough so they have sex over your turmoil.

which in turn makes you extremely angry and aggressive , but then when your angry, full of rage, resentment and bitterness.....you repel the good people away from you. the caring people.
howd you handle this?

2007-12-15 16:38:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

my mother a few weeks ago was diagnosed with osteoporosis cancer, which is a very late in development and she was given a couple of weeks to live. the doctors told me that she can survive at the most a few weeks if i put her on a machine that pumps her blood for her but it will be very painful for her while she is awake and she wont even be able to move or talk. he also said that i could just pull the plug on her and let her go peacefully even though i would technically be killing her. i don't want to kill my mom and i don't want her to die slowly and painfully but her husband is dead and i have to make the choice soon. what should i do, I know I shouldn’t make my mom die slowly and painfully but I can’t let her go.

2007-12-15 16:12:05 · 38 answers · asked by ▫□ █ ▄ ▀Square▀ ▄ █ □▫ 6

I want to learn how to controll what happens in my dreams . How can i do that?

2007-12-15 15:48:45 · 27 answers · asked by loudernow756 1

2007-12-15 15:14:43 · 12 answers · asked by Christine 1

I just was promoted a week or so.. Since then I have been under alot of stress. I dont know how to manage it. I just want to see if I can get any tips. Thanks

2007-12-15 15:08:38 · 5 answers · asked by Samantha 3

Okay, so I've been diagnosed with Epilepsy in the end of September. I go to a British School in America, and it's my first year there (Year 9 which is 8th grade).

It's been hard coping with this Epilepsy. And since the past month or so, I've been having anxiety issues.

However, I do not know exactly why I get anxious or what triggers it.

Sometimes, when I feel like things are being told to me too quickly, or too much information is being told to me. Even if it's just a teacher talking in class. I feel like I need to get up and leave for a while.

And most of the time I end up crying.

Other times, it's when I have a seizure, and when people ask me what's wrong, I just burst out crying...

But I'm still confused as to why this happens.

My mom knows about it.

Three of my close teachers (who I trust) know about it.

They all tell me to figure out why I get anxious.

But I don't know why.


How can I figure out why I get anxious???

(My schools' small; 4 people in my grade).

2007-12-15 15:02:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that recently I've been put on some medications to help make this not happen but sometimes I start freaking out. There's usually a reason but I never know how to calm myself down fast enough.

2007-12-15 14:54:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

So I understand that while high their are clear short-term memory losses, but after extensively searching I have yet to find anything regarding the effects of marijuana on learning that has occured prior to usage. For example, if you study all day, and then smoke (granted you leave at least an hour for what you learned to process before you start), what is the effect of that marijuana on your brain's ability to retain and imprint the learned material, and specifically, how might it affect the long-term storage which occurs as you sleep. Any help in the right direction would be useful--I never used to smoke after studying because I imagined there might be some adverse affect, but I have tried on a series of occasions now and I haven't noticed any differences. And for those of you (I know there will be some) who are tempted to answer my question with an inane comment about how bad weed is, I attend a top university and have near perfect grades, with an active social life, so hah. =P

2007-12-15 14:48:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

with me?
ive had paranoia for a long time, im a great trauma, abuse and bullying survivor to. i have borderline personality disorder.
ive never made any friends in life at all. because of the problems ive had socially and having low self esteem.

the few friends ive made which are 1 or 2 online, have not made contact for weeks,. i already feel as though im being ostracized and singled out by people, which ive felt for a long time...and the fact that the few good people ive met online have just stopped contacting me.......im thinking theyve been told to discontinue contact and have been told to avoid me....

this is making me angry and depressed and more isolated than i already feel....

ive begun to isolate myself, have bad anxiety and panic everyday...i have bleak low moods everyday..

how can i handle the fact that everybody i seem to discover always leaves me....and maybe the fact theyve been told to stay away, not get involved?

2007-12-15 14:47:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a 20 yr old college student who is considering ending his life because i feel like there is no point in living. When people have no friends, they usually can fall back to their family. But for me, i literally have no family or friends. Almost 95% of all my family is in Russia, the only people i have here is my mom, and sister. I never really had a father, he was never there to support us. My sister lives w/ her boyfriend, so i never talk to her or see her. My mom works so much that i really never get to see her. I dont have alot of friends, maybe 1 or 2, but we never do anything. My whole life i have never done anything. In highschool, never went to parties, prom, no sports (even though i love sports), absolutely nothing in which students do. Now in college, i still am not doing anything. The only thing that i do have is that i have maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout junior year. But to me i would give up anything to have friends, family, and to be happy again.

2007-12-15 14:35:50 · 13 answers · asked by datzme240 1

I have just had the dreaded attacks begin again and need some ideas to get through them

2007-12-15 14:32:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-15 14:26:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

There must be millions of people with problems much worse than mine, yet I have consistently been thinking about killing myself for quite some time. I'm not a starving child or abused or anything like that fortunately. I think the reasons I want to kill myself are simply because I have virtually no social skills (I'm 20 years old and as hard as I try I cannot make any friends). I can't even do sports anymore because I have problems with my kidneys. I also have social anxiety too, so I always feel extremely inadequate and scared to be in public. I'm too busy in college for a job, so I can't pay for a psychologist or anything (none on campus either). Joined a couple clubs on campus too, but as hard as I tried, could not make friends with anyone. Also I have extremely strict parents and if I had the money and wasn't paying for college, I would move as far away from them as I could. I really don't feel like I have a purpose and I'm sick of being angry all the time. What should I do?Thanks

2007-12-15 14:04:03 · 18 answers · asked by surftaco600 1

I'm really self-centered and even though I try not to be, everyone still thinks i am. Especially my mom. But then again she points out all my flaws and yells at me for them. Can you help?

2007-12-15 13:25:49 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im a cutter and ive had one too many suicidal thoughts. and a couple days ago i snorted tylenol( dont do it, you dont get high and it burns like hell). So i have this friend who is probably going to tell all this to our hall director in a few weeks. ( hall director is a graduate student who works for the college in each dorm. they kind of over see the residence halls) And im wandering if i'm about to be sent to a psych ward. my friend keeps saying i wont. but i dont really believe him...maybe its just paranoia or something.

but seriously can i get sent away for all this stuff?

2007-12-15 13:24:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think I have got a really high stress threshold (before I go to pieces!!) but unfortunately I passed it about 3 months ago.

Told my boss last week that I am stressed, and had a panic attack recently - what do you think he might be thinking now?? He was surprised as I have an image that I can cope. There is little or nothing he can do to reduce the stress (will last until end Jan with the current issues that are happening). I don't want to go off sick, because it will make everything worse (problems will get bigger!) and I haven't got any spare annual leave. Any suggestions?

2007-12-15 13:07:39 · 9 answers · asked by Smiler 5

Okay, I'm 17 and my psychiatrist says I have Social Anxiety Disorder and I should go in regularly to "talk" with him. But my parents won't let me, they say if I go see a psychiatrist, I'm some how less of a person, and will embarrass them. So I was wondering if there is anything I can do by myself to help treat it without psychiatry or medications because my parents won't allow that...

2007-12-15 13:00:42 · 8 answers · asked by pikester666 3

I have been on 75 mg of Effexor XR for about 6 months now. So far, I love its effects. I really do feel like a new person. I usually take it around 2 or 3 in the afternoon everyday and I have never skipped a day. However, I took it rather late the other day at around 7:00pm and I got crazy side effects. I was shaking and I had head rushes that felt like I was tripping on drugs. I was nauseus. I couldn't even drive. It took about 4 hours after I took the pill until I felt normal again. It was just awful. My question is, will I ever be able to get off this stuff? Even weening off sounds bad. I didn't realize how powerful this stuff was. Also, how do you know that you're ready to get off antidepressants? I mean, they say when you feel better, but how do you know that you really do feel better or if it's just the medicine working?

2007-12-15 12:11:22 · 7 answers · asked by Michel 6

Me too! My only living relative is a brother who has moved 400 miles away to Sacramento. This is going to be my first xmas without family and it's starting to get rough. If you've gone through it or are going through it now, I' d like to hear from you.

2007-12-15 11:57:07 · 2 answers · asked by chok.init 2

2007-12-15 11:34:31 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am currently taking valium or was until i ran out before i should have, valium does wonders for my anxiety but i do have a history of drug abuse, so yeah i did abuse the valium but i also know i could use it to help, same problem with xanax, klonopin didn't really give me the feeling that i wanted to abuse it, but wasn't as good with the anxiety, are there any others out there that give u that relaxed feeling but don't leave u wanting more in 30 mins, or am i ****** cuz of my so called addictive personality and yes i am on paxil so i know all about the ssri's

2007-12-15 11:06:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

to stop feeling so anxious and nervous around people and actually listen to what theyre saying??

2007-12-15 11:04:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been being treated for depression & social anxiety for the past three years, I'm currently on the maximum dose of venlafaxine & have been for the past 6 months. For the most part, my depression is pretty well controlled now; it's more problems with anxiety and low self esteem I struggle with on a day to day basis, but from time to time I have episodes of feeling completely..........I suppose desolate or desperate is the best way to describe it, with suicidal thoughts & ideas, and it seems to happen for no apparent reason.

As an example, I've had a fairly crap week for various reasons, but I was coping alright with things until yesterday evening when I became VERY depressed, couldn't stop crying, even though I didn't know what I was crying about, and I just wanted to end it all then and there.

In the end, I took a big dose of sleeping tablets to make sure I wouldn't do anything stupid, but it scares me a lot.

Any ideas why this is happening and how I can stop it?

2007-12-15 10:50:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

when someone hurt me i try to hurt them just as much as they hurt me.. I get really angry to the point i feel like actually killing the person. am i....??

2007-12-15 10:49:03 · 5 answers · asked by Ask ME 3

I am having problems controling my anxiety, and I am wondering if there are way I can get control over my anxiety.
well I want to have sex with my husband all the time. I can't help my self from getting anxietion about having sex with my husband. I have been have this problem for about six months. so is there any thing I can do about it.

2007-12-15 10:44:56 · 3 answers · asked by marshabar2000 1

I have anyways been a little more emotional than most people should be... but for the past year and 1/2 it's been really bad. And i was wondering if i might have bipolar disorder. ok,
so im 13 years old, my parents are togeather, but i hate my dad. No deaths, exept my dog, and im not THAT upset. i have had a lot of friend problems, ( my 13 year old friend got my 18 year old bo to make-out wit her and theygot caught, and now he's facing jail... and lots more crap... ) here's some of my more emothinal problems.
i go from being like crazy hyper, to being depressed... like cutting myself kinda depressed. i have thouht of comitting suicide... all the time. i can never make up my mind, and i always change my desiction. i was belimic... and anerexic. still kinda am. but even my friends and family have noticed my mood swings... if you have any questions just ask me...
but i just want to know if there's any posibilety that im bipolar?
thanks... ♥ Randa

2007-12-15 09:49:59 · 9 answers · asked by rose 2

Alright, I'm going to put it this way, in no matter what I do, no matter who's around me, whatever, I'm always intensely afraid of being wrong. A lot of times when I am wrong, I can't accept it, and I'll keep fighting to prove my point even though I know I look like an idiot. I've almost gotten into physical brawls over the smallest things. Does anyone have any idea what might be going on?

2007-12-15 09:38:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-15 09:30:19 · 17 answers · asked by DetroitDublin 2