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Severe anxiety - what's the cause?
Posted Thursday August 9 2007, 9:48 pm
(I know this is long, but it's a problem i've dealt with for such a long time and i'm just looking for relief)
For about half my life, about seven years, I've had severe anxiety. Panic attacks, feeling short of breath, paranoia, just feeling very anxious in general and feeling like someone with metal gloves is holding onto my lungs.
I've been on and off zoloft, taken Xanex in emergency situations where I felt like I needed to be taken to the hospital, i've had therapy and go to an alternative school and everything along those lines, but I can't seem to feel better; my anxiety just won't go away.
Now, my Mom's always been pretty 'spiritual' I guess you could say, and she believes in souls, heaven,...
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im scared of passing out
Posted Wednesday August 8 2007, 3:52 pm
17/f. i have this thing where i am absoltuely terrified of passing out. i dont know why, i have never even passed out before! im scared of open spaces because im afraid that if i was going to pass out then i would have nothing to hold on to. how can i get over this?
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messed up
Posted Tuesday August 7 2007, 7:49 pm
okay so lately my confidence has been dropping more and more. and i just feel like people keep saying crap about me and stuff. and like i always feel like people are staring at me when im walking down the street. and i feel really ugly and fat. so now ive ended up being bulimic and i cut and i pop pills. i dont know what to do though cause i cant tell my parents. and i keep looking for a boyfriend and i cant get one so it makes me feel worse cause i feel like no one wants me. so please help me
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phobia?
Posted Tuesday August 7 2007, 2:54 pm
is it a phobia if whenever you walk in the dark or something, you always look behind you? I'm not sure why, but when i walk up the stairs when the lights are turned off, i keep looking behind me. I'm not afraid of the dark or anything. am I just being paranoid? thanks in advance!
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cutting.
Posted Tuesday August 7 2007, 1:43 pm
okay so i started cutting myself in 8th grade and now im going into 10th. half the time i dont even know why i cut. i just get the worst urges and if i dont cut the urges just keep getting worse and worse. i really want to stop but i just cant. i hate that i cut myself but it seems like theres no way i can ever stop. and no im not doing it for attention. please help.
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I am worried about a CRUSH going on for too long
Posted Monday August 6 2007, 1:13 am
19/male
It all started when I was away from home at college. One of my friends in my dorm invited me and some other guys to go with her and her friend bowling. Her friend and i got to talking and I decided I really liked her. I guess I had one of those "she's the ONE" moment. Well that's when I got nervous and scared because I have never felt that deep for anyone before. The next day I awkwardly told my friend that I liked her friend and didn't know what to do so she invited her over to hangout with us. I got nervous and didn't talk to her much that night. My friend even gave me her phone number to ask her on date but I didn't have the guts. That's about when I gave up and that was about 10 months ago and yet I still think ...
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focusing problem.
Posted Monday August 6 2007, 12:44 am
17/female.
I've been feeling really different for the past few weeks.
- I can't focus. Its like I see everything in front of me but its like I'm in a dream. Sometimes I get this feeling when I'm driving, like I can't focus on the road. Then when I went for my college orientation, they handed us the schedule forms I just stared at it for like fifteen minutes, no joke.
- I've been having this depressed feeling. Its mostly at night when I watch TV or I'm trying to sleep.
- I've been pretty emotional too. Things that wouldn't usually get me all teared up do now.
- Its been hard to sleep some nights. Other nights I'm fine. But I usually feel like I don't get enough sleep & I'm always tired.
- I'm ha...
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Depression.
Posted Friday August 3 2007, 12:26 am
I'm 13 years old & female.
I've been really depressed lately..
Not when I'm around my family or friends,
so they don't notice it.
I try to be happy around them.
I just need help.
When I'm alone I get really sad & it gets hard for me to breathe..
& I don't even know WHY I'm feeling like this.
I don't want any websites or hotlines.
I just need to do something to help myself.
Any advice?
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Menstrual Cycle
Posted Thursday August 2 2007, 11:21 pm
Can Drinking lots of water speed up your period? Is there anything that can? Im about to go on vation in 5days and im not sure i will be off then.
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I need advice
Posted Thursday August 2 2007, 4:15 pm
How can I maintain or improve mental health?
I am from Tonga
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Posted Thursday August 2 2007, 10:21 am
After being told you're a bad kisser, do you ever get over it and get the courage to kiss again?
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The New Me
Posted Thursday August 2 2007, 8:39 am
I dislike who I am, and want to reinvent myself. I know I can do it! The only problem is I'm not sure who I want to become, I know who I DON'T want to be, but not exactly what I should focus on, you know?
My biggest priority is to become an HONEST person because I have lied so much in my life and ended up in the worst situations (WHOEVER READS THIS - NEVER LIE - ITS NOT WORTH IT - I MESSED UP MY LIFE AND LOST SO MUCH - PLEASE LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE, especially don't lie about your past experiences to boys! they'll eventually know what you have/havn't done!!) so I'm coming up with ways to make sure I don't lie, or tell the truth when I do. And I thought I was making life EASIER by lying - but boy is life so much better now that...
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I need an answrer
Posted Wednesday August 1 2007, 10:04 pm
What are the signs of a mentally healthy person?
"I am from Tonga"
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Posted Wednesday August 1 2007, 2:04 pm
ok, so the last few weeks i've been feeling like total shit. i'm fed up with numerous things and i dont know how to control my anger. I'm trying to lose weight for the new school year, but i get so "blah" that i overeat and lose control. I'm really mad at my image..for example, i think im ugly and fat. [even though im not, i sometimes have low points in my mood and i think im so ugly // fat that no one wants to be my friend and etc.] i have so many more like.."mood" problems, that they wont fit in this question. i think all of this crap has to do with some sort of wierd mental illness, but my parents dont believe me. i dont know what to do! pleaseeee,please help me.
thanks.
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write a prescription.
Posted Wednesday August 1 2007, 2:02 pm
Can a therapist write a prescription? Can someone who has all these after their name write one? M.A., L.P.C.,N.C.C. ?
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depression
Posted Tuesday July 31 2007, 1:41 pm
is it normal to feel depressed sometimes, without any reason...you just feel depressed, and sometimes, you cry but you don't know why, you just feel like crying sometimes, and you get very depressed...
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Lonely Day
Posted Tuesday July 31 2007, 6:24 am
Have you ever just felt the need to be loved? I have that feeling, except I am loved.. I just want to be loved MORE. I don't mean being loved by more people, just being loved MORE by the people who already do love me. (I hope that makes sense)
Just one person would be enough, I just feel like I really need someone to love me SO MUCH, like so much it's unbearable..
Preferrable a guy. Except I'm not ready for that kinda emotion, I know that.. I know I wouldn't be able to handle True Love or Heartbreak yet.
So what do I do about this feeling?
I know my family + friends love me, but that's not enough for me. I doubt it ever will be. I need a guy to love me TOO much, otherwise I just f...
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is it all in my head?
Posted Tuesday July 31 2007, 12:21 am
well first of, sorry if this is not in the correct category haha
ok
i am 1 1/2 weeks late in my period... i am normally not late... i have always been a very paranoid and stressed person when it comes to pregnancy...my stomach has been feeling sick lately and i have going pee an awful lots of times a day compared to how much i normally go.. now i dont know if me peeing a lot and being late are leading to the same thing(im pregnant) or do you think it is all in my head... i have been known to over think things.. such as for example .. sometimes i get so stressed and paranoid that i might be pregnant, my body gets stressed also and i amthe cause of me being late... im not sure if this is the same because it has b...
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how 2 stop my split persinality
Posted Monday July 30 2007, 11:56 pm
i have a split persinality 1 of them im just a plain old teenager and im in a cristianrock band where i play base and sing and always do right the other side of me im a relly bad kid i did do drugs but quit but i still dip drink and do sexual things and steal and im always depresed but im not bipoler weve tested that and what should i do
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emo
Posted Monday July 30 2007, 11:51 pm
i'm a cutter. at least i used to be. i stopped once i started going out with my boyfriend. he's helped. he's also my first boyfriend. we've been going out for three and a half months. i really care about him, but i think that the only reason i stopped cutting was because of him, and that i might start again. i don't know what to do. i don't want to cut now, but a few times in the past few weeks i've wanted to. i don't know if i've honestly gotten any better or if it's just a temporary thing. it's just the only thing that has ever helped. therapy and pills never did anything.
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