It would depend on what degree they recieved upon graduating college. Most therapists/counselors are unable to write prescriptions so they send you to a psychaitrist who has to check out your case and then prescribe you what is necessary. If you refer to them as Dr._______ Then they are able to.

Well. Apparently she went into a barber shop and demanded that they shave her head, they refused so she did it herself. She has been in rehab twice and she left early, and then that little episode happened. It has been said that she is having a breakdown, which is common after having kids and going through a divorce. She then proceeded to bear KFeds car with an umbrella. She is back in rehab and will have her kids taken away from her if she doesnt stay there the amount necessary. As for her hair- I dont know why it was sold but I do know that it was up for auction and I dont think she was tied to that. Her parents had said that shes a very sick girl and needs emotional and mental support right now.

Well.
If you are clinically depressed that would mean that even when everything is going right you still feel sad.

I just suggested to someone that they keep track of their feelings in a journal.

Write down when you feel these thoughts and why you might feel them. If something bad happened like a fight with a friend or at home and you feel like running away or depressed because of that then I would have to say that you are not clinically depressed, as in having depression, but are just upset.

If something or everything is going good and nothing bad has happened recently and you just feel run down, fatigued, loss of interest in activitys for no apparent reason, than you might be clinically depressed and would have to get an evaluation by a doctor to then go on medicine.

You can take a self test online, print the results and take them to your physician for further testing.

http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/quiz/scaletally.pl?presname=health/depression

There are many more you can take just go to www.google.com and type in "Depression Quiz" Or "self diagnostic depression quiz"

Or something along those lines.

I think that it might be a sign of some obsessive behaviour. See, OCD people absolutely HAVE to do those things. If they dont their life is ruined, and they do it without even thinking. If you absolutely have to do these things, or its really traumatic you most likely have OCD. If you are able to go a day without doing them, then you just might be obsessive about certain things. I'm the same way. My OCD consists of counting, and things related to personal items such as my laptop and cleaning and such.

Things like that dont seem like a real problem and you wouldnt need medication for them. It doesnt seem to be effecting your life in anyway. The people who get diagnosed with it and need medication for example.. If whenever they see a red car they have to shout as loud as they can. That would be something that would effect their life. What you have is actually very good, because it will keep you in order. Most people would kill to compulsively be that way.

If you really cannot stand doing this, then mention it to your mom again and say that you really would like to get evaluated. You will then have to go to the doctor and tell them the symptoms that you have, or do this online assessment http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/ocd/nimh/screener.htm
then print your results and take them to the doctor with you. They will then refer you to a psychologist where you can go and get examined.

Good luck!

First you confront the issue and tell him that you think he has a problem and you're worried about him. Of course hes going to deny that there is an issue because people who are anorexic dont see that they have a problem, they dismiss it as nothing. Some common signs of anorexia are obviously loss of weight, pale skin, hair becomes frail & sometimes falls out

Also people who have it tend to wear darker baggier clothes, and hats to cover their thinning hair. They try to hide their dramatic loss of weight by wearing bigger clothes. If he does any of that, he might have the eating disorder.

Talk to him about it and try to get him to admit it or at least admit that he needs help. My cousin was anorexic and almost died, and she wouldnt eat until she was ready and admitted that she had a problem. She was 5'7" and got down to 70 pounds and almost died of a heart attack before she admitted she needed help.

He might not admit it, but if he doesnt admit it to you bring it to his parents attention, Like the person below me said, he may hate you for it but he`ll hate you even more if it gets any worse and you didnt do anything about it.
He'll be kicking himself later for not listening.
Anyway though, tell his parents and if its really bad after he sees a doctor and they diagnose him with it they will put him into a facility where they will make him eat at least 3000 calories a day to start gaining weight again.
The type of facility that my cousin was in was they would take away all her privelages and say she couldnt see her family or take a shower until she ate a certain amount of calories. Its harsh but it works.
I hope he doesnt ever have to experiance that, and takes care of the problem before it gets any worse.

But like I said previously. Confront him, and give him a bit of time and see if he comes to you. If not, corner him and make sure he cant change the subject or leave to go somewhere else. If he doesnt admit it and a few weeks go by and hes gotten worse, tell his parents and take it from there.

I have a few.
This one is a quote one/community
http://www.blurty.com/users/cutmeintopieces

Heres a website for support
http://www.sisupport.org/

This one provides other helpful links
http://self-injury.net/links/?information

and this one is my personal favorite
with alot of helpful information
and even a support chatroom open 24/7

http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html

By far the best one I have come across.

You go to the doctor and they will give you an evaluation. A series of questions usually to see if you have the symptoms of clinical depression.

There are pills to lift your mood. Ive had some friends that were on them and I suppose they are worth it but personally I wouldnt want to go on them.
I just deal with my depression and force myself to go places and do things because i know if I wasnt feeling like that I would enjoy them.
The pills, however, basically make you unable to feel sad. They give you no negative emotions. Something bad could happen to you and you wouldnt be able to draw negative emotions out of the experiance, which I dont like because it feels fake.
Doctors dont suggest taking them forever though, they are just a temporary cure, and very addictive. After maybe a year when they see a signifigant change in you they will try and "ween" you off the medication. Which is what they are currently doing to my stepdad because he became addicted to his anxiety and depression medication.
After so long of being on the medication, you dont know how to deal with sad things unless you are on them. Thats why the suicide rate for taking them are so high, because if they miss a doss and some tragic event happens, it will be a stress overload and they go comit suicide.

I dont recommend going on them, & I personally never would.
Depression comes and passes most times.
If you really feel that its a growing problem, though, go to the doctor and get evaluated and ask for some other alternatives then depression meds because you dont want the side effects.

Actually. I used to cut also. I did it for 6 years. Havent in a few months, but I'm completely done with it. I heard the same things "you shouldnt do it, it doesnt help" Whatever. etc etc, right? I'm sure this is all too familiar. Well. From personal experiance, I suppose it helped, but it wasnt in a healthy way and I needed to learn how to deal with stress in a nondestructive way. There are other ways to deal with depression/anger/stress, besides drinking, cutting, burning, and drugs also. Like writing, exercising, dancing, singing, screaming, kicking something. Etc.

I'm not trying to lecture you though.
They care because they care about you & they dont want anything bad to happen to you. It isnt like a tattoo. Tattoo's arent slice marks in your skin and dont make you bleed excessively. Piercings are tiny holes that can be removed and become barely visible. Cutting is permanent, if you scar your skin bad enough it wont ever heal.

I actually regret doing it.
I cut so deep that I needed to get stitches, but I didnt and it healed all messed up and I have a raised scar on my forearm that wont ever go away. My upper arms are also tore up big time. I wish I could make them go away now that everything is over and done with, but I cant. & If I ever got really tan they would show up horribly. How would that look if I got a professional job & Had to wear a short sleeve shirt? Or go to a wedding and wore a strapless dress for that matter?
Yeah.
I cant wear tube tobs, short sleeves, anything. I'm always hiding them.
It's a pain.
Do you really want that?
Thats really what your friends are getting at. They dont want you to have to go through that.
I understand that it may not be that bad right now but what happens when thats what you turn to for everything, and little cuts arent satisfying anymore? What happens when the cut gets so deep that you almost bleed to death like I did? What happens when your older and have kids and they ask why you have scars all over your body? Ehh. It's a sickness, an addiction, a habit. It doesnt go away unless you stop it. & if things keep going wrong, you wont, because you wont think theres anything wrong with you.
Your friends are just looking out for you, their not trying to "ruin your life". I promise.

So basically.
Look at the long term effects, and if its worth it then by all means keep cutting. Do it to get over your pain, do it for the rest of your life, anything I suppose.
Just make sure that you are aware of what to look forward to in the future.
I'm just looking out for you, just like them.

Well. I had that same problem, but I just didnt want to go. I missed so much school that they were going to file me truant and send me to juvi, which I didnt want so I started going, but was skipping class so I failed all my classes 9th grade year. This is probably something that you can solve yourself. Are you afraid of someone or something that happened at school and dont wanna go back? Or do you not like waking up early? Did something happen in your family that depressed you and you lost interest in school activities? Think about all of those and see if any of them apply. If you still have issues with going to school maybe look into changing schools or going to school online like I do. Although what I do is only available in Ohio, there are alot of internet schools that you can look into. Just google it. If that isnt the case though, look into getting a counselor to talk to and see if its something deeper than what I said. Good luck doll.

Wow, thats horrible. Thats discriminatory, in a way. Thats like pretty much saying if you had a skin disorder you couldnt go there because you dont look like the rest of the girls and you scare them. Thats straight up BS, but anywayyyy. Moving on, I cut for 5 years and my skins like white so you really cant see them unless im in the light but, they have this scar removal cream that you can put on and its supposed to reduce the noticibility of scars. You should go to a pharmacy & look for it & invest in some, if its really a huge problem.

I dont believe any of those are sins but thats my personal opinion. If you believe in God, & accept him as your Lord & Savior, then your going to heaven, period. Or so I've heard. They may be classified as sins, but they will not effect you from going to heaven or not. If anyone says that, its just to make you not want to do it.

Your probably suffering from PTS (post traumatic syndrom). Generally its becuase your in denial about what happened, or that you think its your fault. I've come to know that when I cant get over something its because I'm in denial about it. You have to acknowledge the fact that it happened and repeat over and over its not your fault. Basically realizing what happened and acknowledging it is the first step to overcoming it. Just keep telling yourself what happened isnt your fault and even though it hurt, it was a while ago, theres nothing you can do about it & you have to move on. =/ Its hard, yes, but it has to be done

It all depends on the miligrams that are in the pills & what kind they are. What you can do though is go to www.google.com and look up the name of the medicine and look up lethal dosage of it and some results should come up of how many is a letal ammount. Usuaally lethal is in the 3000 range.

I had a mental/emotional breakdown 2 times in my life and basically I was a wreck. I couldnt eat, couldnt sleep, didnt want to talk to anyone, barely talked, was worried about everything, felt as if everything in my life was going wrong and there was nothing I could do about it. Usually its brought on by an immense ammount of stress, with family friends or work, home, anything. During, I had to be hospitalized to get back on my feet and was set up with a counselor, to help me sort out my emotions which really didnt work because im good with helping people, obviously. So I knew what I had to do. But yeah maybe yours wont be as extreme as that, but basically thats what happens, then again it varies from person to person.

- - regular one.

Bubble baths !! Omg their so relaxing haha. Sometimes when I have a rough day and nooones home (usually on weekends) Ill blast some soft music & like lay in my bathtub with lots of bubbles. I just lay there and close my eyes and let the words of whatever song in listening to go in one ear and right out the other, and try and clear my mind. Its extremely relaxing and feels good =D

Okay then sorry for effin trying - dont give me a 1 and say your giving me a 5. go to afrocowslayer's advice site, thats my friend steven and he could help you with it, mkay.

Been there done all that believe me. Its a dangerous cycle and it needs to stop. You have to find something else to channel your anger or depression on. Listen to loud music, scream, go running, take up sports, sleep, watch TV movies anything. Call a friend when you feel like cutting. Anything to stop, I did it for 5 years and trust me you dont want to be that addicted and dependant on it. If you really need help feel free to IM me, GLAM0R0USZ x im free to talk about this stuff, I enjoy helping people so dont be afraid to IM me and ask for help.

Aw. Sweetie I was scared to fly also, but airplane security is so amazing now, they wont let anyone in. Once you walk in the doors and go to security, they make you empty your pockets, and take off your shoes. They scan your carry on's thoroughly so theres no way anyone can get on that plane with a gun to force anyone to crash the plane. Your not even allowed to carry on lighters or matches, so since there are no weapons that could force someone to do something, allowed on the plane, nothing should happen. Hes your brother sweetie, go to his wedding and dont be worried about planes, Ive flown about 10 times since 9/11 - youll be absolutely FINE. =)

4 monthes isnt that long, thats good. I did it for 5 years and it was almost impossible to stop. What I did was I targeted my anger and depression on something else. I used music to escape, I wrote poems, and then took up the habbit of smoking cigarettes to calm myself. Im actually doing almost 100% better. I havent picked up a razor since December, which is quite the accomplishment and I stopped in what you would call "cold turkey". Which is what you have to do. I know it will seem hard beacause once something goes wrong you`ll want to turn to that. But when something does go wrong, try writing out your emotions, blasting music, crying, falling asleep, running, or make plans to do something to get your mind off it. ANYTHING but cutting.

I would have to know what the phobia is sweetie, before I can give you any advice,

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