Psychology - December 2007

i've been depressed scince the 6th grade.the first four years wasnt that bad b/c i was very young and confused and made-up an excuse for my life going the way it was. now im a junior in high school and the last few yrs. have been getting worse and worse!!im bord with my life and i used to think that if something bad happens something good would come and viseversa. i know people how life that are a lot worse than mine but why should i wait to get more miserable?? why not just set myself free now!!

2007-12-15 17:43:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been thinking about going boxing because i think that should do it!
Basically i got a new girlfriend and i keep reverting back to sadness and thinking it won't last but i know i need to toughen up and start thinking positive!
Basically lol

2007-12-15 17:33:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you had to choose between living forever in with a guilty concience or dying with a clean one what would you choose

2007-12-15 17:13:52 · 17 answers · asked by angelica 1

Should you jump out of your bedroom window, or stay and do battle with the demon?

2007-12-15 17:08:57 · 19 answers · asked by Love Conquers All 5

How would you feel the person you are in a relationship with went on a camping trip with an ex? Would you be able to trust them?

2007-12-15 17:00:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes I just need to be alone. I love my family and my friends but sometimes I just want to spend some time by myself... I might answer a few questions on y!a or watch a video.. or sit on the roof watching the cars go by... or work.... except this requirement for solitude can go on for days ... even a few weeks... sure... interrupted by business calls.. interrupted by the need to say good night and good morning to my family ... but never the less....

Is that so anti-social as to be abnormal?

2007-12-15 16:58:57 · 15 answers · asked by Icy Gazpacho 6

2007-12-15 16:09:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I consider myself mature in a lot of ways with the acception of one..........wanting others approval. How do not want others approval? This seems like a simple question, but it is difficult to me. How do I relieve myself of this silly habit. Thanks

2007-12-15 16:08:16 · 8 answers · asked by fred g 3

Ex poisoned the waterhole and i ignored and was not very concerned before. Now it really matters. I was not concerned because of denial of its importance. Now it is different. Now it matters. But it is almost unthinkable to know the tribe has silently voted for banishment. cannot drink it away or use drugs. still cannot accept. cannot get my hands around this one.

2007-12-15 15:55:12 · 3 answers · asked by JIM 4

why do I constantly worry about death.
like I always obsess about people in my life dieing.
I am so petrified of it, every night when I go to bed I have to make sure the doors are locked even if I know they are, I check every single window in the entire house, and I can only sleep at the bottom of my bed because I feel like someone’s going to shoot me through my window when I’m sleeping. I don't know its weird. I just constantly worry about people I’m close to dieing. why do I have this weird phobia of death?

2007-12-15 15:47:47 · 6 answers · asked by mandyy 4

i've had a few lucid dream before and i enjoyed them. when you have a lucid dream, i know you're conscious. since your aware your dreaming whlie your sleeping, do you still get a good nights sleep? like do you still get the same good nights rest as if you weren't aware of the dream?

2007-12-15 14:59:56 · 2 answers · asked by damon1570 1

over the last year and a half i have had 4 deaths in my family my best friend move away lost a great boyfriend and now my mom found out she has the stage before cancer and i have to be strong so do yall have any advice?

2007-12-15 14:53:36 · 12 answers · asked by rachie girl 2

When you get really mad what kind of mean do you turn into? Do you cuss, throw things, annoy, what? ~When I get mad my sort of mean is spiteful and manipulative... I keep my cool and don't raise my voice. I tear them up mentally! ^.^

~So... what's your's?

~Thanks! ^.^

2007-12-15 14:51:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I so annoyed with myself and the place I live today!
I don't speak korean, Im living in a buddhist martial arts temple here and I feel alone, ignored, akward, crappy, edgey.
It may well be all my thinking thats created this bubble of wierdness that I feel when Im around some of the people here. I feel like they don't like me, don't involve me in anything, feel akward around me...even the ones who speak perfectly good english.
I feel miserable, I want to smile and be happy and perky but whenever I see the people(higher level than me) I feel akward and dont know what to say or do..i wan t to join them but feel inadequit. I feel like Im being moody all the time and isolating myself but no one seems to really care very much.
I want to just get up tomorrow morning with a smile, get on with my own things smiling, smile at anyone else and not keep thinking they're thinking horrible things about me. But I feel angry with them and have hateful feelings toward at least one of them. HELP!

2007-12-15 14:41:14 · 9 answers · asked by tiger_spirit 2

Okay, there’s something going on within me that is quite strange and very unfamiliar, and I can’t even begin to decipher it. For example, I used to felt an attraction towards clothes. When I saw something pretty at a decent price, something compelled me to want it. I remember feeling so proud and good about myself, because I brought the perfect item at such a good price. Now, I’m realizing that I’m no longer drawn to them almost as if I don’t like clothes anymore—but I don’t hate them, so I don’t understand.

Also, in art class I would always do a good job on my artwork, but then I would look at it and think that it’s not that good. A part of me must be saying that everyone has the same potential and could too produce good work. It feels weird. It feels like maybe my ego has dissolve—because if I did a good job then how can I not feel pride, and how can I not see that it’s good? When I watch TV, it is the same. My intrigue isn’t there. I am not absorbed into the story. I am just merely watching and observing. When I watch comedy, I am asking myself how I saw humor in it before, as I am realizing that what we are doing is laughing at ourselves. Even though, I’m not really seeing the humor, I find myself laughing with it. Nothing is holding my intrigue and focus anymore, and nothing is transparent.

I remember when I would read for hours and hours at a time. Just this Wednesday in English class we begin reading Lord of the Flies, and I couldn’t even get myself to finish reading the chapters assigned to us. I ended up reading sparknotes.com at the last minute. Somehow, I managed to get though 10 pages even though my focus wasn’t there entirely. People have said that lack of focus/motivation is a choice, but in my case it doesn’t seem so. I mean just this summer I sat down and read 1984 in 4.5 hours, even though the first 100 pages were boring; so this hasn’t been an on-going problem.

This is what happened to me about 5 months ago:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiZ.kwoMdJEbMXfjoMarcGzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070921211339AAXk5t1

And then I asked this question about 2 months ago:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqA8KXOs1YSPsO.btVgMP8nty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071027202507AAEnWre

This question is evidence of the fact I have begun to see more out into the world. I don’t know what’s going with me, but I thought that since you have more experience that me you might know. I am very aware of the fact that all of this might seem strange to you as well, but not telling is worse than telling. Different people may interpret this as many things. Perhaps, some may think that I am depressed; some may see it as just teenage angst; others might think existential or mid-life crisis. And I—just don’t know.

I tried to tell my mom, and she’s like, “It’s normal. It’s just means that you’re maturing,” and I glad, because I don’t have to worry as much.” I guess I am here asking this really long question, because I want a second opinion or clarification?

I feel like a single droplet of water in an unknown sea, and that droplet of water can’t even begin to comprehend its occurrence. I feel like maybe some indefinite trait is emerging or struggling to emerge within me or something. A day or two after Thanksgiving Break, I was reading my math book in order to comprehend the material (I was absent the Friday and Monday before the break), and I saw myself getting up--and before I knew it I watched myself and saw that I was making expressions in the mirror and starring at my reflection right its eyes as if having a starring contest with it.

It’s just so strange. I’m sensing something that feels like a muted heart as if I am only ruled by my mind. My feelings are not devoid, but they are nonsensical. I am aware of their existence, because I can feel them form on my face. If my brain is aware of them-- then why not my heart? I feel that since my focus isn’t anywhere, then where is it? I don’t even know what’s driving me anymore, because I am not driven by anything—not fear, not responsibility, not ambition, not love, not anything. It’s like I am unaffected by everything—just a sense of calm all the time. Neither happy nor sad, neither excited nor bored, neither serious nor amused. Even though, my focus and concentration isn’t there, I am somehow managing to move along. Last Wednesday, I just sat down and completed math homework for the last 3 chapters. I completed them and got them turned in, even though they were late. Knowledge of my responsibilities and what I need to get done is driving me—and it’s the only thing.

I’m thinking the answer to this is just with the flow, but I don’t even know where the flow is. There is no wind, and not much is moving. The words quiet curiosity has fallen from the sky.

I hope that despite this lack of motivation/focus or whatever, I can still keep going and keep up my grades. I just don’t want to keep up with my grades; I want to produce excellent results. Is it enough to only be driven by knowledge? I am a senior in high school right now and am taking 3 AP classes. A part of me must know what I have to do, but it lacks guidance or direction or something.

2007-12-15 14:11:43 · 2 answers · asked by Tiffany 3

2007-12-15 14:06:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anjelino 4

2007-12-15 14:04:55 · 6 answers · asked by Mitchell 5

I been asking myself this question for a long time. I was wondring wether, i was really inlove with my best friend or was i forcing myself into loving him because:
---His my first love
---Low Self esteem
I know i have feelings for him, but i don't know if i really love him. I summarize how i feel about him in this brief summary:
-------------------When i see him a smile comes to my face--------- --------------------When i look into his eye love is in my face-----------------------------When we make love, i feel love, and soul------------------------------When his lips touch mine...i feel peace------------
When holds me, i lose all control and he gain every bit of my soul

2007-12-15 13:56:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

like okay in ur mind do ever go through the day lets say pretending ur in a rock band or something.... idk i was just wondering lol

2007-12-15 13:55:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-15 13:55:48 · 4 answers · asked by ashleyxxbarbie 2

Once as white as the snow upon the ground, now the dirt is all around. The guilt, a feeling I cannot escape. Now I know my fate, for I will die by you even if it is by my own hand. I cannot live with the memory, my death, my final breath all your fault. The sound of screams fill my ears, far away and disappears. I feel the metal rip my skin, the subtle sound of my heart pounding' in my ears. The gasps confirm all my fears, upon my cheek and on my lips I feel and taste the salty tears. Am I dead or alive, was it all a dream, will I survive? you decide

2007-12-15 13:44:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

which are you choosing constantly every day in your life?

2007-12-15 13:36:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

expressing and showing emotion?

2007-12-15 13:25:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend says he has a photographic memory. I believe he just thinks he does because he can remember what some things look like. He also says its very common. I think differently. Does anyone know if it is actually common?

2007-12-15 13:22:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

or are they always people who dream big and can NEVER accomplish anything?

2007-12-15 13:19:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

sometimes when i'm in school, i'm the happiest person there could be, but when i get home i get to my room and start to eat and my mom comes in to ask something, i can't stand her and i don't answer nothing she asks me, then when she leave i get so angry i find the first thing in sight and hit myself with it... i don't know why and i'm not like this normally and i wasn't like this before, what's wrong with me??
like last thursday i was like that and i stabbed myself with a fork and i still have the mark...
what can this be... held up anger??

2007-12-15 13:10:59 · 3 answers · asked by ηιgнt Vαmpιяє 3

I smoke pot. Most people will stop reading there, for the open minded intellects of society, I shall go on. I have been smoking pot since high school, and I continue to in college. I obtain high marks in all of my classes, have membership in several clubs and have a large group of friends. It does not hinder me in any way, the government attacks it in illogical commercials which produce propaganda and fear. Marijuana does not make animals talk, it does not make you a murderer and it does not make you crazy (unless you are predisposed to a psychological disorder). What marijuana does is make you content with life, and your overall wellbeing. If abused--meaning smoking several times a day--the user will become lazy, and unmotivated. These commercials about car crashes and paths to heroin are disgusting and do not project the true facts of marijuana. Why lie? What is the logic in it, who is gaining from this and how long can they keep it up?

2007-12-15 12:49:56 · 6 answers · asked by diomedes44 2

My weight usually does it for me.

2007-12-15 12:48:06 · 7 answers · asked by Kristinabelle 6

2007-12-15 12:43:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-15 12:34:34 · 11 answers · asked by Rita 6