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shyness affecting my life
Posted Sunday October 29 2006, 12:09 pm
15/f
- I am a really shy person, and i dont know how to overcome it. If i am at a party i dont no how to start a conversation (ps please dont give me like ask them "what type of books do you like, what music intrests you what school, etc" But at dances i don't dance because i feel intimated and there are not a lot of people that attend the school dances because i go to a small private school. I also have no self-confidence and low self esteem. I am sure this isn't depression but should i take prozac, see therapy. There is this girl i know who has so much confidnece w/i herself and i want to be like that. I am also considering switching schools (but my parents want me to stay at a private school :/ ) anyway how can i overc...
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upset alot
Posted Saturday October 28 2006, 11:52 am
sry if its in the wrong catorgory but i need help.
when i'm with my friends, i always seem to assume things like "she hates me" and "shes mad at me" and it always gets me upset. deep down i know its not true but i seem to be paranoid about it. i know they're my friends and i shouldn't worry about it, but how can i prevent myself from thinking that all the time? sometimes it seems like its true and it makes me really upset.
please help and thanks in advance
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help for anorexia
Posted Thursday October 26 2006, 11:57 pm
i am almost positive i have anorexia, as hard as that is for me to admit. i don't want to tell any of my friends or family, but i know i need help and i cant do it on my own. i went online and searched for help sites, or centers near me to help and i found nothing. the first step is to admit you have a problem, and i am doing that, but now i cant even get help. if you know of any web sites that will help me, sites to find a place near me, or can give me any other advice, i'd appreciate it.
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So I have issues...
Posted Wednesday October 25 2006, 1:24 am
Well I get very jealous when it comes to my boyfriend and talking to other girls even if they are just friends. It would kill me to see him hug another girl, Although I'm a big flirt i hug guys all the time even infront of him but he claims to not care. I think I treat him unfairly and I've been pulling guilt trips lately...and thats how my mom is and i swore that i wouldn't act like her. I just wish I could change but i can't. I get angry easy and when I'm angry jealous or sad with my boyfriend...I ignore him and start acting mean. What should I do? I love him dearly.
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I have OCD, but no one believes me
Posted Tuesday October 24 2006, 8:49 pm
i honestly think i have OCD because i've read over thousands of articles, thousands of times, plus another time i thought i misunderstood something. i tried talking to my mom, her boyfriend, my counselers at school, my psychologist, and my PCP. they all said that it was just in my head and that i complain too much. Even my friends make fun of me(in a good way)becauset they think i have to it too...but no one else believes me. there's certain things i can do, and certain things i can't without worring about SOMETHING happening. i keep getting these weird ass thoughts that i can't get rid of, and i keep seeing images. it scars the crap out of me. i like cleaniness. i like perfection. i hate germs. i fear, them actually...and yeah. you get my ...
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I hate myself for becoming depressed.
Posted Tuesday October 24 2006, 12:22 pm
Me, always happy, always smiling..always good in school, always!! I tunred depressed. I mean I didn't really realize it until my school contacted my parents saying "she needs a therapist and probably anti-depressives" I know it sounds bad - but I used to look down on depressed people. Well, not look down on them, I felt sorry for them..because they go through stuff, but like I've been licing with my family (=HELL!) my whole life, and i still managed to be happy and have fun, so I figured "they're weak" kinda thing when they all got depressed..but now im there too. And i hate it, i hate the fact that im gonna look back ta these few years, ten years from now, and say "I hated highschool! i was miserable!" You don...
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hair remover
Posted Monday October 23 2006, 11:51 pm
okay i have like alot of hair on my arms. very long hair on my arms. are there any products that i can use to remove arm hair so that it'll stop growing even after i shave them off?
thanks =]
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ethnic prejudices
Posted Sunday October 22 2006, 10:28 pm
Is there any way to get rid of racism? I have a little bit of ethnic prejudice......I feel awful, and I'm trying to get rid of it as much as I can..........this feeling is horrible. Is it possible to get rid of an ethnic prejudice?
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Crying.
Posted Saturday October 21 2006, 4:05 am
How do you feel better when you are crying? I'm kinda going through a really rough time and I'm having some sleeping problems. If it helps, the rough thing I'm going through is a break-up. We were together for about 3 years and he just ended it. So can anyone give me some tips on how to stop crying and feel better?
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negativity, 24/7.
Posted Friday October 20 2006, 11:10 pm
I'm always negative. I can not accept myself the way I am. I'm a 116-117lb girl who thinks they're fat. I think I'm ugly. No matter how many compliments I get, I always disagree. I worry about everything. I always think my boyfriend/mother is going to die in a car accident. I seriously can not control these thoughts. I REALLY want to not think this anymore. Is this a mental problem? I don't know what I should do; I can't really see a counsler, because I'd have a hard time explaining to my mother.
What can I do?
Thank you so much.
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How do I tell if im depressed??
Posted Friday October 20 2006, 9:41 pm
Lately i have been feeling very upset, i dont want to eat, i feel fat. Im tired all the time. I feel like everything is my fault. No matter how hard i try, i cant do it good enough for my parents. I want to just lay in bed and pretend the world doesnt excist. and i dont know how to cope with this.
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I miss feeling alive.
Posted Friday October 20 2006, 7:16 am
I remember those days, when only love mattered, when pain and happiness werent the same.. i miss tem so much, and im not quite sure how to geth them back. I feel like Im not living..im just..doing. I havn't forgotten how it used to feel, to be alive, though,, as soon as i hear a song from those days i get the feeling back, even if its pain..i miss it, sooo much, i miss it. i feel as if nothing i have matters, and i dont know what ive done to become a different person or have my life changed, but i don't like it. I miss my old life so much, I fear i wont ever get it back, like those were the old days..they're gone now, and now..this is my life. please help me.
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pms
Posted Thursday October 19 2006, 4:51 pm
is there a such thing as Post Menstrual Syndrome haha instead of Pre Menstrual cuz im always like tired and kinda cranky the week after.
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psychayatrist
Posted Thursday October 19 2006, 2:54 pm
ok i really dont know know to spell it, so ill just refer to them as shrinks. ok so generelly, when do you think would be a good time to see one, like just give examples E.g. when you cant stand on anythin more than a meter because you're afraid of heights. like that. thanks in advance:)
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high school
Posted Wednesday October 18 2006, 9:14 pm
To start off, i'm going through a crazy ass time in high school, i'm sucidial, i'm overweight, i'm bi and i'm bi-polar which is all very fucking bad at the same time. now my grades are slipping, my relationships w/ my friends and family are going away, i'm starting getting i w/ drugs and booze, what should i do?
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cat paranoia
Posted Wednesday October 18 2006, 5:48 pm
i didn't know which catagory this would fit in.. but i have this major problem about worrying about my cat. here is the story:
i had another cat some years back and she was injured by a speeding car one night while i was out. She was turned in the emergency room in critical condition with life-threatening conditions such as blindness, and jaw deformation.
my family and i decided to put her to sleep, and later on (two years later) i got a new cat. i made her an indoor cat so nothing would really happen to her. however, i always get bad visions of my cat dying in her sleep, like Sudden kitten death syndrome (Like SIDS) and there have been times I woke up seeing my cat not move at all, and I got terrified, and tri...
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not so gorgeous girl - in desperate need of attention!
Posted Wednesday October 18 2006, 5:15 pm
alright, i've been depressed fr two years and my pshycologist just figured it out! we've been talking, and appearently, ever since I changed schools, i havn't gotten any attention what so ever from girls or boys.. and that's the reason! pathetic, i know! but you dont know me, in my old school.. i was always most wanted, smartest, funniest, student body president, homecoming queen..everything! now, im just one of the crowd, not even.. im like low-class r something. SO since appearently people dont find me attractive in this town (oh yeah, problem with living here - it's the town of models, like this is where people come to prusue a career in acting or modeling!) soo, what can i d for attention? I know this sounds pathetic, but i seem to need...
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really tired
Posted Wednesday October 18 2006, 1:38 pm
Hey my name is Rachel and iam 17 years old and i've been so tired lately.It can't be that i don't get enough excersize becouse I walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes every day.I also get enough sleep so what can be wrong?
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a weird phase i go continually go through
Posted Monday October 16 2006, 10:21 pm
i continually go through phases every now and then. maybe once a year... i don't know the frequency. but basically, i feel 'weird'. i can't describe it. i am really affected by things i see and random thoughts that float into my mind. they affect me in that they scare me easily and... i donno its hard to describe in words. for ex things about rape or gross sexual things. if is ee something about it on tv during these phases i get into this mood where i wanna sheild myself from everything. i get grossed out by thoughts of porn and stuff like that and i never want to go near it. other days these dont even phase me. i dont know why i feel this way. help!
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mourning
Posted Monday October 16 2006, 9:37 pm
My grandmother died a little while ago (last Monday, actually) and I was very close to her. Although I seem to be handling well on the outside, I'm really torn up. I can't concentrate on anything and nothing seems worth it anymore. I am usually a very good student, I took last week off and now I'm back to school. The catch up work alone is overwhelming, I have assgnments piling on top of one another. Even if I could focus on my work, which I can't, I would still have a very difficult time catching up. With my lack of motivation as a result of my grandmother's death trying to finish all my assignments seems almost impossible. Is there anything I can do to try to get back on track? Thank you in advance.
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