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what should I do with my time considering my situation? just check it out
Posted Monday May 7 2012, 10:06 am
Hi if you are reading this please contact me at ericsmith689@yahoo.com- my problem started 3 years ago when I was 23yrs old. all my life I had emotional problems with anger and depression, but in 2009 I became so depressed that I couldn function at work or school or at functions with my friends, I was also having mood swings toward my girlfriend screaming at her and calling her names and saying i never wanted to talk to her again just because she would text me back 15 minutes late sometimes. I also became paranoid and thought people who worked in resteraunts were trying to poison my food. After going through this long enough I completely broke down and stopped going outside and talking to my friends, I stopped going to work without telling ...
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Erratic insomnia. What should I do?
Posted Monday May 7 2012, 4:48 am
Hi there, 24/f.
This is a bit of a long history, but I'm running out of ideas.
I've had sleeping problems for the majority of my life. I remember when I was a kid and my mom would cuddle me to help me fall asleep, and she'd fall asleep and I'd be awake still.
Somewhere within my first few years of college, I caved and went to see a sleep specialist, because the insomnia was getting in the way of - well, everything. It used to be that I just couldn't fall asleep, and as a result frequently found myself awake for 24 hours or longer. Being a vocal performance student, that doesn't fly. So my doctor and I tried a few things, the best of which turned out to be Ambien.
I know it's not typical to take a sedative-hyp...
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I have to support my family, they depend on me, but I am being forced into a career I don't like. What do I do?
Posted Monday May 7 2012, 1:35 am
am bhuvaneswari(india) doing my b.tech eee 2nd year...
am from a middle class family... actually i aspired to become a doctor...but i have no one to support me to do medical since my family depends upon only me.... i cant start my medical career right now its not possible at all but at the same time i cant concentrate on engineering since all my interest is towards only medical..... what should i do at this situation?? how can i overcome this??please direct me...;(
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What's the point of life when i'm never able to make and keep friends?
Posted Sunday May 6 2012, 10:47 am
how can i drive myself to move on and be motivated to reach my dreams when no matter how good i become i'll just be alone. doesn't matter if i get straight As or fail. i want to help others, because i think i am good, but why should i feel like helping others when they don't even truly care about me? always alone, while everyone else hangs with their friends, sharing fun high school memories. and then when i don't do anything, and don't reach my high expectations, because i don't have the fuel to progress, the guilt wears me away until i dissolve. and then everybody acts like they didn't see it coming. i only find true love, understanding, and acceptance from music, but i can't take a record out for a movie. if friendship is so difficult ho...
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I am being forced to do engineering when all I want to study is a medical degree! What can I do?
Posted Sunday May 6 2012, 5:21 am
I'm from pondicherry(india).... My age is 19...actually i aspired to become a doctor....but because of unavoidable situation i was forced to do engineering.... But still i cant take this engineering field since al my interest is towards only medical.... I have no one to support me to do medical... Now i cant concentrate on engineering thoughts of medical is just killing me like a hell.... Please tell me the way how to overcome this... Please am just dyng here please help me... Am doing my b.tech eee 2nd yr....
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How to help someone with depression?
Posted Saturday May 5 2012, 3:52 pm
My girlfriend has depression, it's not as severe as it could be, but it often worries me as I can't always be there to see how she's coping when she is having a 'down' day as we're both at university. I don't know how I can help to make her feel better when she is feeling like this, she has self-harmed before and neither of us want it to get to that point again. She says that I am helping, but as I'm not there I don't know if she's just saying that to make me feel at ease...I also know that depression is an illness that isn't going to disappear overnight, I just wondered if anyone had any tips on how I could help her to cope? Just to make her day a little better? Anything.
Thanks.
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why do we set ourselfs on desired pathes to suffer?
Posted Thursday May 3 2012, 11:40 pm
Ive got everything ive asked for, and think we all get it in ways other than we would have wanted it. after 22 years of mma training, and 17 fights in the ring, and more than i can count out of the ring, im still getting just what i deserve. i never thought much about anything, then a cluster of events has me today with my fingers hitting buttons, and wanting to spill my mind to strangers?? i just realized the answers to everything are in my hand, and i just had to stop for a moment to notice it.. its cost me d.... many times over, but i got it. just stop and look in your hand, and stop trying to create feallings from actions, and money. im a spark of electricity going lightspeed. we are all able to do this if we let go of the stick in the ...
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What would someone think of someone else who puts up an emotional wall?
Posted Wednesday May 2 2012, 11:07 pm
would they hate them for it, or think that they hate them, and stop trying to become friends with them? i've just realized i've done this and i think it's the reason why i haven't had really close friends throughout my life, and i'm 18. like people take an interest in me right when they meet me and then the interest dies down and then they stop talking to me and then i end up feeling hurt and like i can't trust them when maybe it's cause i've been putting up a wall, subconsciously stopping them from really getting close to me, and causing a self fulfilling prophecy - that they're going to leave me. but i just feel afraid and i feel like i can't talk to anyone, so i started seeing a therapist about it. it's really embarassing for me to say p...
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i need someone to kill me....
Posted Sunday April 29 2012, 9:28 pm
Can anybody kill me? Seriously...
20 years old from greece
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depression: can anyone give me tips for how to deal with depression?
Posted Sunday April 29 2012, 4:28 am
i get very depressed a lot. my doctor says i have a mood disorder. i think im bipolar but he is the doctor. he hasn't found the right dosage of medicine for me yet. i tried to kill myself with pills a few months ago. i dont want to do it again. can anyone give me tips for how to deal with depression.
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Parents forcing me to do treatments I don't want! Help me asap!:(
Posted Tuesday April 24 2012, 9:20 pm
I'm so sorry for the length. I just really need help.
Hello! So, I have a problem with my body. I'm a girl but it has nothing to do with puberty.
Ok, you see... I've had this treatment 2 times now. It didn't hurt a lot during the first time, but it hurt worse the 2nd time. But then, I had a surgery on it.
I have to do the treatment(not the surgery) again, and i'm afraid it'll hurt worse.
What do I do? I'm scared and I don't want to do this! I told my parents I don't want to, but they said "This is your last visit. You HAVE to do this. You are almost done." But they don't know how much it hurts! Well, my mom had this treatment before...
Please help! This stuff is happening very soon!;(
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;( Help me! I don't want to do this!
Posted Tuesday April 24 2012, 9:05 pm
I'm so sorry for the length. I just really need help.
Hello! So, I have a problem with my body. I'm a girl but it has nothing to do with puberty.
Ok, you see... I've had this treatment 2 times now. It didn't hurt a lot during the first time, but it hurt worse the 2nd time. But then, I had a surgery on it.
I have to do the treatment(not the surgery) again, and i'm afraid it'll hurt worse.
What do I do? I'm scared and I don't want to do this! I told my parents I don't want to, but they said "This is your last visit. You HAVE to do this. You are almost done." But they don't know how much it hurts! Well, my mom had this treatment before...
Please help! This stuff is happening very soon!;(
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depression?
Posted Monday April 23 2012, 8:32 pm
Hi guys, i am a 16 year old female, and i have always considered myself to be pretty optimistic. but lately i've got alot of stupid things going on and i feel like i'm in a funk. Kind of like it's depression. I am dating my brothers bestfriend, and he is dating mine (not to be hypocritical but it annoys me alot!) shes been my bestfriend for 8 years and i feel like i'm losing her to my brother, and my brother is 18 years old and moved out so i already feel like i lost my brother, and now i feel like i have lost him to my bestfriend. i just feel sad, and i cannot really leave my house to distract myself because i watch my younger brother every single day (no exaggeration.)there are other things here and there that bother me and it is all just...
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Passing out nerve, true or false?
Posted Monday April 23 2012, 7:44 pm
Is it true that there is a nerve in your neck that makes you pass out? And if so, where is it?
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Help with BIGGEST presentation EVER?
Posted Monday April 23 2012, 6:11 am
I am supposed to give a presentation in front of the school next week and I am trying to get out of it but I can't cuz its part of my project (and its not even required but my mentor is making me do it) and I have a HUGE fear of public speaking. I have a partner but I can't control how I feel... I start to shake, sweat, my throat tightens up and gets so dry I can't talk. I will have to talk in front of about 800 people. Just the thought of it makes my face burn and I can't do it!
Are there any pills that can help me relax or anything else? I'd rather die...
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I want to kill myself...I've been getting bullied..
Posted Sunday April 22 2012, 7:15 pm
I really want to kill myself. I'm always depressed because I get picked on at school & my family members treat me like I'm a piece of crap. they think I'm a weirdo because I'm quiet & they tell me I don't have any friends, but if I told them I was getting picked on in school they probally wouldn't care or believe me. My family always fusses at me & talks about me like I'm worthless, they don't understand me & I don't want to talk to them because they never will understand.They say a lot of things to hurt my feelings & then I go to school & get picked on by kids because of the way I look. I have been being picked on since the 6th grade. If they found out that I cry in my room they probally wouldn't car...
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I Can Find The Way Out Of A Maze Very Quickly
Posted Saturday April 21 2012, 8:46 pm
When I am about to do online mazes and things like that I can know the way out in about 2 or 3 seconds. I don't know anyone else that can do this. But what I was wondering is what makes me able to this and not many others? Thanks!
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Mental Awareness.
Posted Thursday April 19 2012, 2:59 pm
Hi,
This is a weird question.
I was thinking about my cognitive ability.
I didn't grow up in a learning-friendly home as a child.
I've never really tried in school and sometimes on tests that didn't count towards my grades, I would answer more carelessly or just bubble in the grid.
I've always been exceptional in mathematics and creativity. I read over my gifted program tests from elementary school and found from the first test(taken in 2nd grade), I had gotten a 99 on creativity but I failed the other areas. I had taken the test again in 4th grade and found I scored 97/100 and 92/100 on the cognitive and comprehension areas-required was 96/100 and 90/100. On the creativity portion, I scored like a fifty...
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Low self esteem/ADD ruining my life
Posted Wednesday April 18 2012, 8:44 pm
I am a 19 year old girl and am a freshman in college. Throughout my teenage years I have become more and more insecure about myself, less motivated because of my lack of being able to focus, and pretty much just feel my future is hopeless. I know that deep down I could do something great with my future, but I cannot seem to actually to sit down and do my work. I know that this is no excuse as to why I shouldnt be able to achieve my goals in life, but I honestly really feel that i cant..it is very difficult for me to understand things which is why I guess I hold everything off until the last minute/dont do it. I am a huge procrastinator and sometimes psychically feel incapable of completing a task that I feel i cannot do, even though if i tr...
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Weird habits
Posted Wednesday April 18 2012, 7:33 pm
So, within the last few months ive developed 2 new weird habits that make no sense. I peel off the nail polish on my fingers, as a nervous habit. And i dont know why. If i get started i end up pealing off all of the nail polish on all of my fingers.. no idea why. and the weirdest one is pulling out eyelashes D: not a lot, just like one.. or a few? idk. but sometimes, you get sore eyelashes? and they try to go in your eye and stuff..well when i find those i usually pull the eyelash out so it doesnt bother me anymore. so i find myself finding an eyelash thats bothering me..and pull it out. weird. and idk why.
how can i stop myself from doing these things?
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