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advice! no connection or sexual attraction to men!
Posted Sunday June 28 2015, 8:12 am
I'm 20, female, straight. i cant connect with the opposite sex! I'm at that age where i want to find my life long partner, settle down and have kids with in the future, however, i just don't connect with any male in that way, i just don't find any sexual attraction, even if i really want there to be. Is there something wrong with me? As a child i always had low self esteem, plus I'm not exactly the prettiest girl,any male i have like would always be after my best friend of the time.. I've grown sort of use to this now, as its a joke how many times it has happened. I also had undiagnosed ptsd, i don't know, but could it be anxiety? Or maybe I'm just not meant to find someone. I just need advice, or if anyone could just help me see from a different angle that would be great!
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how to be immortal?
Posted Saturday June 27 2015, 3:02 pm
Ok i want to know how i can be immortal without making deals with satan and all his minions, being a vampire, etc. So how can i become immortal and live forever, but stay a certain age like 30 or something so i can do everything i want to. Any ways to be immortal?
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Antidepressant and emotional numbness
Posted Friday June 26 2015, 10:17 pm
My psychiatrist and a neuropsychologist, after showing I have chronic anxiety and ADD, suggested having a trial of Lexapro to help manage the anxiety. I am open to trying a medication out for some time, but I am really worried of the possibility of it making me feel emotionally numb. Any knowledge or thoughts on this?
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Is there a way to decrease dream recall?
Posted Saturday June 13 2015, 8:58 pm
When I try to find out any information on this subject, the only stuff that comes up is about increasing your recall ability. I am hoping there might be a way to do the opposite.
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peace for a middle class family girl from India
Posted Saturday June 6 2015, 4:47 pm
Hi I am 24,female..hello there.hi I am middle class family girl from.India and belong to a very complicated extended family where family members n relatives don't take each others side they employ themselves rather to insult n criticize others.. I have to do this I have to do that I have to compete her I have to do better than him n so on to prove my worth...as if I don't have my own identity.i always have been judged on others quality and qualifications.i always have tried to make a good girl impression in front of everyone obeyed everybody.lastly my bf.we fought millions of time n patched up trillion of time.but I never could make him understand what I really want out of him..yes I made million mistakes n he did too..lately I even couldn'...
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Imaginary friends
Posted Wednesday June 3 2015, 8:41 pm
So I'm a 13 year old female and I have imaginary friends. I know they are not real but I find myself talking to them. I also imagine myself as one of them and have a whole imaginary world with them in it. I sometimes just drift off into my head and then realize I was daydreaming for over an hour. One time in detention (Please don't ask, the reason I was in there has nothing to do with this) I was in there for an hour and a half , and I just talked to them in my head for the whole time. Is this normal, or am I just going insane. :(
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having feelings i want to push back
Posted Friday May 29 2015, 6:10 pm
my brain is very dysfunctional,
also, sometimes i wait for like half a year to talk about something. being direct is rare for me (in a normal conversation).
when ever i see people function properly, i get SO jealous. and whenever someone talks very directly i get intimidated and also a little jealous too.
when people tell me about their issues i get mad because i have issues too.
it's like if someone said 'im lonely', inside i'm like 'i'm lonely too, but you have all your friends to comfort you. dont bother me' but i say 'aw'
and i feel i turn the subject to myself a lot
how do i stop being jealous of peopl whose brain works better? and how to stop being angry at other peoples issues?
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I'm losing myself to insanity
Posted Wednesday May 27 2015, 5:13 pm
I don't know what to do! Me and my mom have a bad relationship, she always compares me to my dad and gets angry at me for little things. Some of my friends like to hurt me and just make me feel like I'm a piece of crap. I'm not doing well in school, I just can't make myself concentrate. I always lose myself in my mind, thinking about who I wish to be. I'm not the healthiest person in my house, I need braces, I have eye problems, I have diabetes, and I get frequent migraines. I get really angry and just feel like I want to punch myself, and sometimes I do. I think really dark thoughts and sometimes enjoy it. I can't talk to my family about it, because they always think I'm exaggerating. I feel like I have only a little sanity left. Please help, I can't take it anymore!
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I do believe my insanity is rising due to meditation.
Posted Wednesday May 27 2015, 3:53 pm
I have started meditating, but it does not feel like I have selective hearing and my senses are so much higher than the average human's. It is very hard to cope with, I can only relate this to a lesser version of the Daredevil's senses. Do any of you have any advice on how I can manage my senses, please?
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how can i be happy?
Posted Saturday May 9 2015, 4:59 pm
please don't tell me to see a counselor, because ive got two right now who are not helping at all, and ive seen so many damn counselors. counselors are absolutely useless. and im seeing a psychiatrist who prescribes me medication. and all the medication he has prescribed me has never worked.
nothings going right:
my parents and I are always getting into fights over nothing.
I want to kill myself.
my boyfriend is not helping my happiness, but it literally kills me to have the thought of him being with another girl because I love him with all my heart, but everyone around me says hes part of the reason for my depression.
I want to overdose on medication.
spirituality has always interes...
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Depression
Posted Monday May 4 2015, 5:17 pm
I've been depressed and had a lot of anxiety. I can't sleep or pay attention. My parents try to get me to talk to them and tell them what's going on but I can't open up. How can I open up and tell them that I'm not okay?
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Anxiety
Posted Monday May 4 2015, 5:14 pm
I have really bad anxiety. I self harm partly because of it. My mom is thinking about homeschooling me or doing half days. Do you think this is a good idea?
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Normal teenager or in need of treatment
Posted Thursday April 23 2015, 10:38 pm
Hi! I'm a 15 year old girl and I'm having a bit of confusion. So, for about a year and a half I had pretty social anxiety. I couldn't make phone calls in public, or check out library books, and when I had to present in class is stutter through my words at top speed while my heart beat really fast and my whole body shook and I couldn't go up to kick the ball in gym without shaking. I never got treatment but I feel like I'm getting better to some extent. I'm still super uncomfortable checking things out, but I can do it now as long as I don't make too much eye contact or small talk. Now, I can stumble through presentations without stuttering. I still shake when I present in front of others, but the sensation doesn't last for as long afterward...
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I feel insignificant
Posted Wednesday April 22 2015, 10:31 pm
Writing this was actually harder than I thought. My fingers feel almost too heavy just like my entire body. I just... I guess I feel lifeless. Nothing has been mattering to me lately - grades, social life, hygyene, health... nothing. But other times I feel like I'm on top of the world. I'm tired of these moodswings, I just want them to go away. I want everything to go away - so much violence, so much hurt, so much stress, so much failure. I feel like crying right now but I wont. My roommate is sitting right in front of me and I don't want to explain why I'm crying. She's on a completely different level. On a "high of sugar" apparently. I envy her and her happy-go-lucky attitude. Nothing seems to weigh her down. But I'm not like th...
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I can't take it anymore!
Posted Tuesday April 21 2015, 11:47 pm
I really don't like my life, I know my life is better than some others, but I am just sick and tired of it. I don't want to die, I just want to lucid dream forever. I need help! I cry almost every night about the little mistakes i have had that day. Please help me, I don't want to live in the real world anymore! I just want a little excitement, compassion, and magic if you will. BTW I am 13.
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Dreamer troubles
Posted Saturday April 18 2015, 12:08 am
I know this may sound crazy, but I made up this person up in my head and I want to be her. I really can't be her because it is impossible. I love to think about her going on adventures and stuff,but I want to be this person so bad that I get depressed when I think about her. I try to stop but at random times if I am bored or just any time actually, I find myself thinking about her. Please help, am I going crazy, or is this just normal? Btw I am 13.
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Can anxiety cause this?
Posted Monday April 13 2015, 12:07 am
Hi, I'm 17, female. I have been with my boyfriend for over six months now and have been absolutely in love. He has been my best friend for two years and I couldn't ask for better. I recently went on and off Prozac for depression a couple of times, and this last time I started if, I was in New York on vacation. I started feeling really withdrawn from my boyfriend, whom I loved very much. I started feeling numb. I returned home and stopped the medicine because my crying spells got worse and I was feeling no emotions towards him almost. It upset me really bad and frustrated me as to why it was happening. I want to be in love with him. I want to believe this is all in my head or has something to do with the medicine. I have been off Prozac for ...
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My life has simply gone from bad to worse. Don't know what to do
Posted Sunday April 12 2015, 5:27 pm
My life has simply gone from bad to worse. Not in a dramatic sort of way, but gradually. I'm a freshman college girl with no idea as to what she is going to do with her future; this has me stressing over what to do - you see I change my mind about nearly everything from one day, to the next. Today I want to be a vet, but tomorrow I want to be a writer, then the next day I want to be a marine biologist, etc, etc. My parents owe a restaurant to which I am supposed to be “comitted" to, but I don't want to. This makes me feel selfish and irresponsible, plus lazy. I don't like being a waitress and the emotional stress one goes through sometimes is not a joke. My sleeping pattern is f***d up, seeing as how I go to sleep super late (think 3...
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Are there any natural alternatives to prazosin
Posted Sunday April 12 2015, 1:42 pm
I know that Prazosin is used for PTDS and assorted anxiety disorders. Are there any herbs or supplements that can offer similar benefits?
FYI - I currently take Prozac for OCD.
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anxiety help?
Posted Tuesday April 7 2015, 6:43 pm
I think that I might have anxiety but I don't know how to bring it up to my parents. They would never get me therapy and if I even brought up therapy my dad would mock me. But I don't know what to do because it's getting worse and I'm not sure if this makes any sort of sense but I always feel like there's a knot in my stomach because I'm always nervous and my palms are sweaty and my underarms are sweaty and I'm shaky and I've felt this way for almost 2 years now. There's only been one time in the past 2 years that I've actually felt calm. I had just finished an essay that was due the next day and it was 3 am and I thought that I was never going to get it done but then I did and it felt like there was a tight belt around my stomach that had ...
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