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i think i might have mild depression.
i have bn reading about it on the web and most of the symptons match up to wat im feeling so does this mean im depressed?
i just feel so lonely n isolated in my own little world and i cut my self sum times.. not so it bleeds though just enuf to make the pain disapear.
can some one please tell me wat to do because i dont want any one to know, especially my family because i dont exactly get on with them. my friends wont help either..
sorry its long.. i rate 5's

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Well i really like this guy (mason) but of course he has a girlfriend. He flirts with me ALOT and is always hangn around with me, but then this girl seyd "She wants you to break up with yur g/f so yuu can go out with her" AND I NEVR SEYD THAT .. im so mad, he wont talk to me anymore! =[ **-- I rate 5s --**

Not to insult your judgement or anything, but what were you doing flirting with a guy that has a girlfriend in the first place? Any guy worth dating would not flirt you while he still has a girlfriend. What's to say he wouldn't do the same thing to you? You were just setting yourself up for something here. Either his girlfriend would get mad at you, or you would end up mad at him for flirting with other girls. Obviously this guy did the right thing by not flirting with you anymore, but I'm not so sure he did the right thing by stopping talking to you. You two really should have a talk. Tell him you're sorry and don't try to flirt with him.

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hi. i got my belly button pierced already but i REALLY want my tongue pierced...my mom keeps telling me 'no way..never' but i really want it done soo bad but she wont give in. i know she'll probably still keep saying "no" but any really good ideas on how to get her to say yes? (besides begging her for HOURS at a time) lol. ILL RATE U!

-X Lissa X-

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ok so ive just had a rumor spread about me. they say that as soon as this girl at my school (that i dont like)and her bf break up (cause he is moving)that i will ask her out. now im not shady and would never do this to my two best friends. i just wanna no if i should kick the kid who started the rumors ass or should i let it pass and what should i do about it please help me

If you want the rumors to go away, all you have to do is ignore them. If you pretend that it doesn't bother you at all, they will get bored with it and leave you alone. Don't try to get revenge, as this will not only make them have more fun with it, but it can also get you in trouble.

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ok.. ive liked this guy for a while now and now he knows and i can tell he likes me too but i think that were both afraid to talk to eachother :(.. i really really like him and i wanna be able to talk to him but im really really shy. and plus ive never had to go and talk to someone, theyve always came to me. but anyways.. its been a few weeks and i jus wanna get it over with and talk to him...but the thing is.. i dont kno wut to say, and when or w/e so can u pleasssee help me?? im starting to get frustrated with myself cause i cant do it.
I rate high!

*depressed and sad

Hmm. I can relate to this. I think you should write him a note. That way you'll have plenty of time to think about what you are going to say. Just don't write too much. A relationship based only on what you say in writing is not going to work. You have to realize that you're going to have to talk to him sometime.

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my behavier in school has always been quit bad..
i carnt sit still for more tahn ten minutes. im also dislexic anyway i over herd the teachers talking about me and they have been writing a kinda diary of me...my english teacher left her diary on the desk and it had written down every thing ido. i dont know why they are doing it,has anyone been in this situation?why are they doing this? i feel like i carnt be myself anymore.has anyone got any idaes?please reply soon xx

I can totally relate to this situation. Teachers only do things like that because they are concerned about you and want to help you. Teachers don't make a lot of money, so if they are teaching, they must have some sort of dedication to helping people. It is perfectly natural to feel like your privacy has been invaded. There is nothing wrong with wanting to live your own life. It may feel like other people are trying to take over your life. They aren't. They just want to help. You just have to accept it and tell yourself that you can still be yourself even if people are watching you. I would say that you should talk to your teacher(s) about this, but it sounds like you didn't read the diary type thing with their permission and if you were to talk to them about it they may get angry with you for reading it. Keep in mind that they probably feel that you reading things that were not intended for you is an invasion of their privacy.

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My mother has been annoying me very much, lately. My question is about something that happened today, however. My mom makes me clean every Saturday. One of the things she tells me to clean is a coffee table with a lower level. On the lower level is a apple-shaped baking pan with a Christmas ordiment in it. Well every week the thing bounces around when you move it the slightest bit. So today while I was cleaning it broke. Now my mom is screaming at me for her lack of common sense. She is also making me tell my ill-tempered brother (it's his ordiment) that I broke it and is making me pay for it. Any person with common sense would know not to put a breakable item in a place where it would break. Do I have any right to be mad? If you don't think I do please explain.

You have every right to feel annoyed. No one can tell you how to feel. They are not you. However, the same goes for your mom. I think that you both responded to the situation in an entirely natural way. She had every right to be annoyed that something broke. Sometimes parents take it out on their children because they feel stressed. Just leave her alone for awhile and tell her ONCE that you are sorry in a very sincere way. Maybe you can try to ask her about how the situation made her feel. If the conversation starts getting tense or you think it may turn into an argument, it is best to leave. An argument just adds more tension to the relationship and increases the chance that you will feel annoyed with her and she will yell at you again. Many kids often feel that their parents are being unfair to them. It is the parents' job to make sure their child grows up in the best way possible, and it is the child's responsibility to try not to make this job any harder than it needs to be. An outburst every now and then is ok, but usually if you just accept your punishment as if you feel it is fair, everyone will feel better about the whole thing.

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well for the past couple months i have been really sad and drepressed! i dont know whats wronge with me....i like havent been feeling like doing anything but sitting around and i've been crying alot for no reason....i have also cut my self...i dont know if is drepression or what? please help!!!

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I have extreme anxiety that comes every single day. I'm only 15 years old but its so intense. Does anyone know of anything that could help me?

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I have this problem you could say, but whenever I find a neat, original band and I put their song in my info or something, somebody always steals it. Not only that, they think they know all about the band because they know part of one song. I know this is very selfish of me to think one band is labeled "mine", but I can't help it. One of my friends stole 10 bands that I once liked. Every song that I listened to, she went off and downloaded. I know most of you are going to say "well take it as a compliment, she likes your music", but the thing is I don't take it as a compliment at all, it's quiet annoying. Does anyone have any advice on this? Do you think that what I'm doing is as stupid as I think it is?

I totally understand what you're saying. There's nothing wrong with being annoyed. You have basically two choices. You can tell them that it annoys you, or you can keep it to yourself. If you tell, try to be nice about it, and if she denies it or gets angry just leave it alone for awhile. If you don't say anything, you just have to learn to not let yourself be affected by the lack of uniqueness in others. You are being you by listening to your music, and she is being herself by stealing other people's music. If you can accept everyone as they are, things are much easier. However, I know from experience that this is close to impossible and a confrontation may be necessary.

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