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If I'm just trying to tone up stomach and arms and legs, not necessarily lose tons of pounds and stuff (I like my body, it's curvy but you know, instead of being curvy its kind of getting on the say...plump side, which is what I dont want!) Should I diet or exercise? Like, I'm 5'4 and 130 pounds, but I'm not too muscular. I dont want to lose weight but gain muscle? So does that mean diet or exercise? (link)
To turn what isn't muschle into muscle just try weightlifting or running. dont start off overdoing it. maybe try to eat a bit healthier..just remember that your weight seems pretty normal so you are not fat...but if you want to get in shape then go for it!


i want to go on a diet. every is like "no you are so skinny!" which is true, but i want to stay skinny! im not trying to loose weight, im trying to maintain it! so please help me out on ways to do that! (link)
join a sport or make your diet a bit healthier...if you are allready a healthy weight dont' worry too much about it, because that could lead to eating disorders. good luck!


I have to go on a diet of strictly about 10 apples(or more) and 6 water bottles(and more) per day for 3 days. Do NOT ask why; but I'm a HUGE eater, so ive been having really really bad urges to eat other food. I mean i will stand there and stare at cooler ranch doritoes qiestioning my will power, i just want to eat good food so bad! Soo bad! What is the world can i do to resist these urges to eat good food??!
Thanks for anyone who tries to help(and fives).

xxAnixX (link)
ok...the thing you should not do for a diet is restrict yourself from foods. instead, mix your diet up with all different kinds of food and "lightly' indulge in the 'not so' healthy foods. try walking every morning or joining a weightlifting class. good luck.....and if you ever feel like you cannot stop yourself from the urges, trying drinking water, it will fill you up quickly


I need to go on a diet but I don't know what a healthy diet would be. My question is what kind of diet should I go on and how should I do it.

Note: I'm 130 pounds, so nothing to drastic, I want to get down to about 115 or maybe 110. I'm also exercising along with it. Thank you for any help you guys give. (link)
dont' do anything drastic...eat healty and exersize not too drastically......the main thing is to be healthy ...not thin


I always feel as though when I talk to people I bore them or like burden them.. I feel as though everyone wishes I wouldnt be here or something.. I mean nobody really cares about me! Sometimes I feel really like i dont even speak the same language or something.. My life isnt going anywhere! I feel as though i am always doing things wrong and whats the point of even trying.. All the hope and wishes (i dont believe in anymore). there isnt any point.. I might be depressed I dont know but.. I cant seem to get this feeling to leave me.. How can I feel better? Is there any solution or anything? (link)
if you are hanging out with people that make you feel like you don't belong,than you might be hanging out with the wrong group. Try to find some people that you can talk easliy with that you have things in common with....hope i helped.


Okay so. This boy is sending me mixed signals and it seems like he is playing mind games with me. He liked this girl like 5 days ago and now he doesn't like her and before that he liked me then BOOM he liked the other girl. Now he doesn't like that girl and he talks to me a lot more and he's asking me a lot more questions and he asked me if i still wanted him. It's just so confusing. How can I definately know that he likes me? And what should I do? (link)
call him up or talk to him when you two are alone. ask him how he "truly" feels for you and then you'll know if he really likes you. rimind him that you have feeling and that when he likes other girls you get confused. talking to him is the only thing that can resolve your problem! good luck!


I hate myself. Does anyone have any ideas to stop a persons perceptions of things, or path of thinking change? I dont beleive in any kind of religion and i beleive that there is no reason to anything and that life and existance in general is just so pointless. If people live to be happy and content, yet are mainly overcome by other stronger emotions such as pain and anger what is the point of living? there is no afterlife its just nothing. why be afraid of something you wont be aware of. why bother searching for peace of mind which you already know you will never get. each and everyone of us are unique so no one is. no one will remember me when i die because i have had no impact upon anyone. i have achieved nothing and have had nothing able to be achieved because of how many billions of people in the world that are better then me. nothing has meaning me running around in an endless circle compared to going to school and learning are of about the same value. .. should i get help? (link)
i myself don't know the reason for living......i dont go to church or anything...but i know that your here on this earth for a reason. I dont' think that you can tell me that throughout your whole life you never helped someone, accomplished something, or made someone feel good. you have your own talents and you should be proud of them. nobody has the perfect life...id ont have a boyfriend, my friends are not always there for me, and every once and a while i'll cry because i hate my life, but you should know that none of this means that living is pointless. There is only one of you on this earth and that means that no one else can feel, accomplish, or think the same way you do....that makes you a lot better than who you think you are and you should try to show that person so others can know that you're an amazing person


I'm sooooo pissed off at the world right now!!! I can't talk to anyone about anything! Nobody knows how I feel... or what I'm going through... Sorry if some of this doesn't make sense, I'm waaaaay too frusturated to think!!!

13/m I'm going through puberty, I know it. Nothing physical yet. I'm still short. My voice is still insanely soprano. I don't have any acne yet. No facial hair. But I'm feeling everything mental. I'm getting smarter, I must be since I've been suddenly getting better at chess. And I'm experiencing every one of these what I like to call "true emotions": from love to infatuation, from rejection to jealousy, I'm feeling it all. I can't even remember everything else, I'm so distraught!

Now, if I had someone to talk with, things might be better. But my friends are only going through physical and not emotional/mental so far, except for those two guys who're obsessed with "is she hot?" right now. So many Advicenators are so obsessed with all that 13-year-olds-can't-love crap that their advice winds up getting me more depressed than it does help me. My parents figure that if I haven't physically changed, I couldn't possibly be mentally changing, and so they just tease me about it. I tried keeping a journal, but I'm not good at that stuff. And I'm way too busy to see a therapist or something.

I'm soooooo pissed off at the world, my life sucks. I shouldn't even bother living or making my regular jokes anymore. I'm nothing anymore... please help me!!!

~~Dakmor

PS Smartasses will be reported!!! (link)
wow you must be feeling a rolercoaster of emotions. i understand about your friends and how you might not be able to talk to them because they are not going through what you are. Try talking to your parents or a close friend before so you won't be so stressed out. the mental changes that you're going through are real and you should not ignore them....i hope i helped somehow....


Top ten ways you can tell if a guy like you please. everyone who answers gets a 5 unless its stupid or mean then they get a 1! (link)
1-stares at you a lot
2-smiles at you when he sees you
3-flirts with you
4-talks to evweryone but doesn't look directly at you, although he's probobly paying attention to your reaction
5-his voice gets lower when he's around you
ummm6-he starts e-mailing and instand messaging you
7-starts coming hair and wearing nicer clothes
8-he get's friendlier to your best friens
9-he asks your friends questions about you or what your doing
10-heheh and then one night he calls you and asks you out, and then you can be sure that he likes you,
hope these helped!!!


Ok I think Im fat and im only 13 and I know I shouldn't be worrying about that but I do. Im not fat fat but a little overwieght. I dont want to go on a crash diet cuz those or just stupid. Ive tried exersising and I cant keep up with it. Ive tried eating less snacks but I love food to much. What is a good way to lose wieght ill do anything. thanx (link)
Losing weight should not be your goal. Being healthy should. I love eating too but it's good to get "healthy" snacks in your diet. Try replacing candy bars and pop with fruit, crackers, or nuts. You don't have to be a great athlete to get in shape. Try walking 3 miles every morning or night, join a weightlifing class, or walk pets for an hour. don't crash diet or overexersize. If you concentrate on being healthy and fit than your hard work will shurly pay off in the end.


okay there is this guy, my friend was like "would you ever go out with her?" (link)
Talk to him....or ask him if he wants to hang out with you and some friends some time. Don't try to rush into anything...get to know him better first. if you want him to like you just be yourself and make sure that he notices you without overdoing it. Maybe ask him if he saw this movie and what he thought of it or go up to him at lunch and ask him if he wants to study together sometime. just go for it before he loses what interest he may already have.


I don't know if I'm going through a phase or not, but I have just suddenly been feeling EXTREMELY self/consious.

I feel SO ugly, SO fat, SO unpopular, and everything else teenagers feel, except all at the same time. (And yeah, I've heard the "Don't worry about whats other think" routine.) I just hate myself. I hate the way I act, look, and am period. I dont think I'll EVER got a boyfriend that's actaully not a geek. I never felt this way before, but all these emotions are coming at me!!! What do I do?!?!?! (link)
ok, everyone feels self/consious at times and hate themselves, but you have to look at all of the positive things about yourself instead of the negative. Every time you think about how you hate yourself, try to think of what is good about yourself.(example...smarts, talents, kindness)




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