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Food Acceptance
Posted Wednesday July 18 2007, 10:34 pm
I'm in the process of overcoming . . . eating issues. I'm not to the point where I can call it an eating disorder, although chances are, it is. But that's not important.
I'm increasing my calories slowly, and the higher I go, the more difficult it is. I'm still at a number well under the recommended minimum intake, yet it seems obscenely high to me. I have motivation; I want to be healthy because I want to eventually work as a psychologist and help others be healthy. The problem is remembering that goal when it comes time to actually eat the extra foods. Before I eat them, I'm pretty good at convincing myself that it's okay, even necessary. But after I eat, it's an entirely different matter. All I can think about is h...
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abuse
Posted Wednesday July 18 2007, 10:48 am
my dad abuses me. mentally and emotionally, sometimes even beats me. i have asked this question before. i have gone to all the hotlines on the internet, but i am scared to tell anyone.
if it helps, my dad was beat and touched by his parents. it has been going on for....4 years maybe. well hes done it all my life, but not this bad. he makes fun of me all the time, so does my stepmom. i live with my dad, but im going to try to go to court to live with my mom. please help me.
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Lonely
Posted Tuesday July 17 2007, 8:38 pm
15/f Ok, I never really hung out on the weekends with friends but now its getting worse. (This is long but please read. Thanks)
Ok, in 8th grade all this drama occured and I lost many friends. I actually read an online blog of someone who was "reporting" the drama and this girl left a comment saying "Oh, yea shes sooo annoying. Just tell the ___ to go away and never come around again" and this girl who acted like my bff was like "yea i know. i hate her. shes always following me around" &later in the yr this old friend of mine said "well you could always hit her when your mad" to the girl who started it and then smiled at me as she left.
then last yr it was a new schoo...
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i have low self a esteem
Posted Tuesday July 17 2007, 11:10 am
i frequently put my self down, and its really hard on me at times. i have very low confidence in myself, and was wondering what are the many ways to build confidence?
and if you know anything about depression medicine that'd be great to hear!
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Anxiety Medication and Parents
Posted Sunday July 15 2007, 10:14 pm
13/F
I have Avoidance Personality Disorder. This gives me A LOT of anxiety throughout the day at times when I need it the least. I'm kind shy so the anxiety builds up causing me to sweat excessively, become hot, tense, and stiff. I use DrySol for the sweat which helps physically but obviously does not reduce anxiety.
Some things (possibly too many to list) anxiety prevents me from doing are high jump in P.E. (which is sooo embarrassing when I almost refuse to do it), talk to ANYONE I'm interested in, develop relationships with people, be myself, speak my mind, develop my own opinions and not conform to others.
I might ask my mom if I can try therapy, but the results are very slow and I want to be able to start the schoo...
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i dont know what else to do
Posted Sunday July 15 2007, 4:12 pm
i've been molested, as a child. it happened often and i've tried so hard to block it out but now i feel like it defines me. nobody knows, i can't say anything nobody will believe me. everybody will hate me. he ruined me. i picture how my life would be if it never happened, the way i am now is horrible. i make so many mistakes just trying to make myself feel better but nothing works. i dont know what to do, i cant talk to anybody. im 16, this happened the summer going into 5th grade then into the year.
nothing makes it go away i don't know what to do i want to die so badly.
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The good girl.
Posted Saturday July 14 2007, 9:46 pm
I'm 16. I've never drank, done drugs, or done anything with a guy. I'm pretty okay with that because I do really well in school, have never gotten in trouble before, and still have alot of fun with my friends. I actually have a good time just reading a book or watching TV or whatever. Is that weird? I mean, I kind of hang out with a really straight-edged kind of group of people, and I don't really mind that. Am I the only one in high school who actually IS a good girl like that? Because sometimes I feel like everybody's out getting drunk at crazy parties while I'm at home reading a book. Haha. Hopefully good things come to those who wait and DON'T make stupid decisions in high school? I just don't want to look back at high school when I'm o...
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Dreams about silver
Posted Saturday July 14 2007, 7:36 pm
For the past 3-4 years(yes, years), *every* dream I've has had something silver in it. The precious metal, not the color. I've had dreams with silver swords, guns, rings, canes, glasses, cars, and a few completely silver buildings. The silver object is always a tool, something that I use or carry on me. I'm usually the only one with a silver item. In the dreams I treat the silver items normally, I don't particularly value or protect them, I never mention them to anyone, and they're never the central focus of the dream; they're just there. My dreams are extremely varied other than this, there's not usually anything else that connects them.
I'm interested in what you think this could mean, if anything. Thanks!
theymos
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Wow,something's REALLY wrong with me.
Posted Thursday July 12 2007, 11:15 pm
Alright,so for the past 2,3 months i've been having these weird symptoms that occur almost everyday. i know you can't diagnose but i just need help from anyone to give me some clues of where its going,if you know anything at all.
I'll give you the symptoms and examples,it might be long.
- Unable to focus
*i never know whats going on around me,i
feel like really lazy and tired. i always get
9+ hours of sleep,its not the lazy tired
people think,its like exuastion all the time.
- Unable to think straight
*I'll mix 2 thoughts and think they're real,
imagine things and for about 30 seconds think
they actually ha...
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finding myself?
Posted Thursday July 12 2007, 12:37 pm
what does it mean when they say find yourself? and how do i do that? because i want to find myself this summer!
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sleeping zombie
Posted Wednesday July 11 2007, 10:22 am
idk if im in the right section or not but.. i have a problem sleeping. i can NEVER fall asleep past 5:30 am and i always have to wake up at 9. im soooo tired during the day but i can never ever fall asleep know matter how tired i am. i dont drink caffiene and my house isnt loud. please help..thanks so much!
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Cutting.
Posted Monday July 9 2007, 4:02 pm
I was wondering how much Danvers MA or Beverly Ma hopsital charges for people who go in to be evaluated for cutting.
This would be without insurance.
Any answers would be appreciated.
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Stress
Posted Sunday July 8 2007, 10:58 pm
What is a good way to deal with stress? 15/F
A while back i "heard" my parents in their bedroom and can't get over it. I've talked to them about it but still can't. I'm ALWAYS afraid I'll hear them agian so I'm always stressed.
Also you know when there are love scenes in movies and they start doin it I get mad and think that because my mom and dad watched that they will later and it just bugs me SOOO much that my parents do it. Those scences make me feel really uncomfortable and makes me more stressed, sometimes even when people are makin out it makes me feel that way.
This will sound gross but when those scenes come on I get like a heart-beat or something down around my vigina and it doesn't stop unless I r...
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hiding cutting
Posted Sunday July 8 2007, 9:42 pm
I cut myself.
I'm currently in therapy and getting help.
My parents don't know about it.
They don't need to know about my cutting. I'm getting help. And I'd really rather they never found out.
If anyone has ideas on how to hide the cuts, please tell me.
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Parents
Posted Sunday July 8 2007, 6:33 pm
MY parents constantly fight and put me down when i try to help , they call me names and make fun of me , i try to act nice but in the end im pissed off and i think im starting to hate them ?
my moms stressed , my dad has no excuse for it , hes a jerk my moms talking about leaving him
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depressed...?!
Posted Sunday July 8 2007, 4:34 am
Ok, so sorry this is going to be long but i REALLY need hellp...
So, this year i started at a new private school.
i made friends quick, but since my school is pretty exclusive, there were only 26 people in the whole 7th grade.
Which means there was only like 10 girls in the class, and 7 of them are very odd, and i DO NOT like them.
so everyone thought of me as "the queen bee" and 2 of my best friends my "drones". i was in a fight with one of my friends for a little bit but thn we became BEST friends again, since someone had een manipulating both of us.
So it was ME, and "M" and "G".
G had ALWAYS been there for m...
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Mood Swings?
Posted Sunday July 8 2007, 3:47 am
Ive noticed some things about myself and i was wondering if these are normal and how to change them.
I could go outside with my family and have the best day of my life, but then come home and after a few hours be misreable and angry.
When i am having a great day, it never seems to last. But after a little bit i can cheer myself up. But then ill be sad again.
I get to sleep at about 11 (or somtimes 2) at night (or 2 in the morning)
I have wierd eating habbits where i dont get hungry (expt i always love candy/munchies) until late at night, when i need to go get somthing to eat.
I'm a 13 year old girl
I broke up with my boyfriend (who i had been dati...
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ITS ABOUT CONTINOUS MASTIBUTION
Posted Sunday July 8 2007, 12:55 am
16/M Hello.I am an INDIAN. I am having a serious sex problem. I am seriously doing masturbuting continously for last two years n i m not able to stop myself. Now after two years i have got nightfall which i m not able to prevent.Now i m in senior class and not able to concentrate on my studies due to this masturbuting results me feeling energyless everytime.After every discharge i feel my legs are gone.I m very scared of my problem and not able to solve it. I have to study more but i m not able to concentrate.As i also feels that my concentration level has fallen down.Due to this i everytime got sex feelings running in my mind and not able to stop both discharge and sex feelings.I am not able to sleep due to the fear of discharge.So please ...
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sleep please help asap
Posted Saturday July 7 2007, 10:05 pm
at night i cant go to bed!! my mom wont let me take any medicines cuz im only 13. "happy thots" no longer help. is there any programs or something i can get to help me sleep. i got this sleeping cd to help u sleep but i get scared still..ive had this my whole life and i get scared SOO much!
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How can you control anger?
Posted Friday July 6 2007, 7:13 pm
I just got mad at my aunts boyfriend son because he sent a message to one of my friendS telling them i think their hott and all this shit.Anyway i caught him and told him what he was doing and he said nothing so I grabbed him by the collar and he said he woulD aonly tell me if he told my cousin that way he can tell me.Hes such a coward.After a few minutes my cousin came out told me that he said that he sent a message to my crush,my frist CRUSH!Then a i got a message back and it was from my friend.I was almost on the verge of tears,thats what I get for not logging out of my myspace.I knew he was a jerk but i never knew he would go so low.Its almost like he wants ruin my life because this ai'ent the frist time did somthing heartless to me.i'm...
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