Mental Health - December 2007

I feel sad. I don't know what to do with my life. I am a 29 yr old female and have a college degree, was once independent and doing great in my life. Then bad things happened (I got sick, lost my job, lost my home, and fiance and I broke up) and now I'm back living with my dad and don't have a job. Should I get a job or go back to school for another degree? Should I live here rent-free or move out as soon as I get a job? I need a new life and don't know where to start, don't know what kind of job to get or anything!! Help!!

2007-12-27 18:12:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My brother has been depressed lately and I don't know why. He's made suicidal comments such as, "Maybe I won't be here tomorrow." He is 19 years old. My parents don't seem to care; they think he's just being silly. I'm so worried and scared. I don't know what to do. I feel so alone. Please help me.

2007-12-27 18:06:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everyone seems to think that their life is horrible and worse than the next person. They get all emotional over nothing and will call someone a drama queen and say they're not but then go and do the same thing the "drama queen" did. They go on and on about how their life is so bad because of some pidilly thing.

Will it stay like this forever or do most adults grow out of this and learn to just get over it?

Cause a lot of my friends have amazing lives but they continously act like they're so horrible?

2007-12-27 17:58:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay my friend just cut herself. Dont give me any lectures on thats she really needs to quit and she needs a therapist. But she cut herself pretty badly this time and is about to pass out. Im freaking out right now and i just need to know what she can do to stop from passing out. Her cut is still bleeding and she has a cloth over it. The cut is on her waist and shes lost enough blood that her hands are shaking to where she cant even type and she cant stand up or else she will fall over. Is there anything she can do from not passing out. She is afraid of her parents because this time they will probably send her somewhere. Please give anything usefull that will keep her awake.

2007-12-27 16:44:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husband is a very violent sleeper. he does have a bit of a temper but he has never hit me ( while concious ).
when we go to bed and he is fast alseep he often mistakes me as someone who he is angry with and he has a few times gone to hit me or even taken a swung at me in his sleep.
he also says random things and snores alot.
now what i was wondering is this some type of sleep condtion and if so how can it be treated.
or does he just have underlying issues that needs to be dealt with

I am very firghtend that one day he will hurt or even attempt to kill me in his sleep
help thanks

2007-12-27 16:34:05 · 8 answers · asked by Golden_Godess 1

2007-12-27 16:25:02 · 6 answers · asked by pharmacy mama 2

k without doin drugs! thankx

2007-12-27 16:16:51 · 12 answers · asked by sarah b 1

I keep thinking people are secretly talking behind my back, that everyone is just pretending to be nice and everything is pretend. Everyone's always mad at me and I never say the right thing. I'm really nice to ppl but I avoid them like crazy. I hate talking on the phone and even now little fun chat rooms make me nervous.

2007-12-27 16:05:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 15:58:38 · 8 answers · asked by wrongnumber 1

It seems that with everything I love, and enjoy I always get a feeling of needing to prove over, and over again on why I love what I love, etc. Even when it comes to women that I see as being pretty, I can't help but feel like I need to prove that I really feel, and see just that. No matter how much I tell myself, and try everything I can think of to prove myself all of this, I keep getting this feeling. What makes things even worse, is the fact that everything/one I love is what gives me complete confidence with everything I do, but with this feeling, always wondering why, questioning, needing to prove over, and over again, I simply feel like crap 24/7.

2007-12-27 15:43:21 · 1 answers · asked by David 2

I really don't speak my mind very often and I hate conflit. But, at times, I'm not scared to look a person right in the eye and tell them no. I don't show my anger a lot, infact I'm good at hiding emotions. A lot of people tell me that someday, somebody is going to push me over the edge and I will snap. I usally walk with my head up and shoulders back, but at times I will walk with head down and shoulders slumped. I listin very well when others talk, too.
I'm just curious. =].

2007-12-27 15:21:08 · 3 answers · asked by Amanda C 2

it is soo annoying..i took 10mg;s of ambien...i guess i have alot on my mind,,,,,i have a 19 month old and seem to fight with my husband alot...

2007-12-27 15:16:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently have had a loved one commit suicide and it is so unbelievably devastating. I am trying to piece things together.

I guess what I want to know is what were you thinking of right before you did it? Did you think of loved ones and how it would effect them? Would you say that your mind was working rationally or clearly? How long before you knew you were going to do it and when you actually made the attempt? DId you write a note? Why or why not?

P.S. Please do not respond with insensitive, sarcastic answers. I am truly going through a terrible time and am just seeking clarity. Thanks

2007-12-27 14:34:35 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 14:30:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really need to go to a therapist or a phychiatrist or something. I think I have social anxiety and mild depression ... although one of my closest friends think I may have OCD. I know I am sick and should go get help but I am so scared to. I don't know what kind of help to get and I really hate going places when I don't know what to expect. I also don't want to have to be on medcation and I am afraid of what people will think of me if I am diagnosed with anything. I know I should go but I just can't bring myself to do it!

2007-12-27 14:29:12 · 6 answers · asked by lillou_2 3

I need to know if i am depressed or not. I am just in eighth grade and i am dealing with alot of activities in and out of school. I know that depression runs on my dad's side of the family. I am always tired, I get sick alot, I really have to push myself to get off the couch, I don't feel like doing the simplest tasks like homework. My grades are going down hill because i feel like l'm swamped with all of this confusion. I don't know if it's just because i'm a teen and I am experiencing new things or what.

I have thought about suicide before but i just always tell myself that it is never a solution. I don't cut myself or harm myself because i know that it's wrong. I think about it but i have never done it. I just need to clear up confusion about my mind.

2007-12-27 14:28:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been cutting myself for about a year and i have to wear long sleaves when i have cuts on my arms but not when i have scars. My mom knew about the first time, not the many times after. I am in seventh grade. My life is really stressful. My parents yell at me all the time, i lost 2 friends in my sixth grade for this reason, only two of my friends understand and i can only count on one of them and i talk to her a lot, and over the summer, i was harassed by someone who goes to my school. I told the guidence counsuler, nothing happened or changed.

I thought i had finally stopped cutting, but then, i got really upset and started again. My friend is getting to be really mad at me. I really want to stop, I just don't know how.

2007-12-27 14:11:14 · 13 answers · asked by jam 2

im not going to go in to what haptend but i have not had a dreem in 6 years its the same 8 days playing over and over
no butty in my fammly knows every thing its dont ask dont tell
ive went to treat ment for 2 years and they tryed E_M_D_R
witch only made the dreams more real its like going throw thoes day over and over felling every pain i felt over and over

2007-12-27 14:10:06 · 2 answers · asked by john l 1

I've been on cymbalta for 11 months and my Dr and I decided it's time to get off it. I'm on 60 mg and he told me to start taking it everyother day for the next few weeks and see him again then. I'm just wondering about anybody's experience with going off cymbalta and if it was difficult at all if done gradually? Thanks for sharing your experience.

2007-12-27 13:57:58 · 2 answers · asked by jenk 5

I'm 17 and in high school, and I'm a smart girl and my teachers and other adults are fond of me, but I've always kind of been on my own, and although I've had friends and have never been picked on, I've never quite fit in either. I'm quieter and reserved, and I have some weird issues. I'm really depressed and have no means of getting help, as my parents don't buy into the depression thing, and I'm obsessive and irrational when it comes to people and how I communicate with them and react to situations. I'm just irrational and I worry and stress a lot. I'm just in a hard place and I don't know what to do about it. I think I turn people away from me by acting like this, however I feel like I can't stop myself. I want to be liked and fit in, and not feel invisible, and I think I've forgotten how to interact with people my age. I feel like I'm going crazy and I just don't know what to do. Any suggestions?

2007-12-27 13:45:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking for a therapy group in phoenix that addresses depression and/or social incompitance. Does anybody have any good resources?

2007-12-27 13:40:32 · 2 answers · asked by Matt 6

I was just wondering how strong are Schizo meds? Like when you take them do you feel different does nothing happen...kinda like ibuprofen?

2007-12-27 12:54:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a 23 year old male, who has never had a girlfriend. I focused on school during high school and college. I was also poor, but I was in the harder classes with the rich kids. During this time I wasn't too confident or outgoing. As I've gotten older, I've worked on both of these, but I don't seem to have much success with women even now.

Anyway, my total lack of experience (everyone else got this in college or high school) has made it impossible for me to ever get a date. I should have been trying to get date like everyone else as a student. Now, I'm left behind.

There is nothing cute or redeeming about being a social retard. My lack of experience precludes any chance for me to actually gain some.

Needless to say, I feel as though I am a hopeless case. What am I supposed to do? Anyone else feel like this?

Sorry this has gotten long. Thanks for your responses.

2007-12-27 12:13:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering as a distant friend of mine wants to become a mental health nurse.

2007-12-27 11:54:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 11:16:50 · 9 answers · asked by Maker123456 3

They are not! just b/c u cut doesnt make u emo & just b/c ur emo doesnt mean u cut. I started cutting when i was 8 years old. i cut a happy face into my leg w/a kitchen knife. I guarantee u i did not know anyone else who did that at that age & i did not even know what an emo was b/c that was a fad from like the 80s & it didnt come back until like 3 or 4 years ago IF THAT. By the time i found out what an emo was i had already stopped [deep razor] cutting for years. I dont understand why ppl keep trying to use that to make fun of ppl with this problem. Cutting is a SERIOUS problem that has been around for YEARS and YEARS and it has NOTHING to do with a stupid high school fad or a style of music. it gets me so frustrated b/c those of us with REAL issues & REAL problems get stuffed under the rug.

They are separate issues! What do you think about it?

2007-12-27 11:03:09 · 12 answers · asked by Angelisurifrie 1

Sometimes I can't sleep because of this

2007-12-27 11:00:18 · 9 answers · asked by MEXiCAN PRiNCESS 1

2007-12-27 10:56:43 · 5 answers · asked by Jonesy 3

I was going to talk to my doctor about it tomorrow and when I told my dad that he seemed to think it was just made worse by me reading about it. I'm still seeing the doctor, but could it really be in my head? Please give me some possibilities and some things that would go along with them so I can see what's really happening. (I mean like what would happen to me if it was psychosomatic, what would I be doing that proves it's pyschosomatic)
Does psychosomatic mean what I think it does, lol that's the word my dad used. THANKS.

2007-12-27 10:54:16 · 4 answers · asked by Jon N 2

here are my symptoms :
-- i get angry at my mom for no reason [this last for about 5-10 minutes.]
-- when im doing something && it takes me a few minutes .. i get aggravated.

i dont think its bipolar disorder .. but maybe it is.

2007-12-27 10:44:48 · 2 answers · asked by OMGZ .. she [♥s] him 2