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Severe depression and anxiety attacks, help anyone?
Posted Monday February 14 2011, 4:49 pm
Sorry this is long, please take the time to read!!
f/22 I was diagnosed with severe depression 4 months ago. It started with insomnia, I had trouble concentrating at Uni, felt insecure about my future e.g. what profession to choose, and then I started having terrible anxiety attacks & was crying all the time. I had to move back to my parents because I couldn't take care of myself anymore, and at some point I was scared to leave the house. Now I take an antidepressant and something against anxiety, and I'm also seeing a therapist and I feel a lot better, but I still have those horrible anxiety attacks. I don't trust myself anymore, I fear that I might go crazy and start screaming in public if I have an anxiety attack, or t...
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Depressed: I've been cutting since I was nine years old. I want to be happy! :(
Posted Monday February 14 2011, 3:18 pm
Hi. So I'm just about sixteen and I've been depressed since I was nine years. I was physically, sexually, and verbally abused, and I was also neglected until about eight months ago by my parents. I'm in foster care now, but I still have horrible flashbacks, panic attacks, and am extremely paranoid. I'm still really depressed and want to kill myself. I've been cutting since I was nine years old. I feel like everyone would be much better off if I was dead. I feel like no one gives a damn about me. I just need to know what to do. I really do want to be happy, but I don't know how! help!
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life is so hard 4 me
Posted Sunday February 13 2011, 1:22 am
i've been thru wayyyy 2 much for a young age. And i want to do drugs, cut myself, die, scream, yell, cuss ppl out, cry, i have emotional panick attacks all the time, my grades have dropped and im seeing a therapist, and even tho i recently made a big breakthru i still feel depressed. if some1 wants to rly help me,send me a message. its hard...life..it rly is. My life b4 this was as easy as breathing, and since then has taken a dramatic turn. i live in a violent household, mentally abused. i cant describe it. i have the most fucked up life in my grade. Sometimes i think im kidding myself when i sat to myself "evrything will ok" trying to be posititve. i fucking hate evrything. nothing will change. give the best advice if u've ever been in my place. thank you.
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Am I addicted to Adderall?
Posted Wednesday February 9 2011, 2:48 pm
i went to a shrink once just to see what he thought of me. He told me i stimulated myself through illegal activities which i think is true. I do illegal things to keep me from being depressed or lonely because they make me not care anymore or be sad. Anyways, he told me that adderall was for people that needed stimulation and was also good for depression. My mom won't let me be prescribed anything so i started taking adderall myself and got it from my friends. When i take it i feel great and dont need to do illegal things to feel good about myself or keep me from being bored. But days that i don't take it, i feel even worse than i did before and now i dont want to stop taking it but i have none left because i'm not prescribed it. what shoul...
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What type of therapy do I need?
Posted Monday February 7 2011, 5:46 pm
I'm a 16 year old girl and I'm not sure which problems are the causes of others, and etc.. so I'll just say all of them. I'm a perfectionist with extreme procrastination (its basically ruined my entire junior year so far. and i've had it for as long as i can remember but it's just getting worse), I'm afraid of success because I'm afraid of being able to sustain it... though I really want to be successful. I have big dreams but I find it hard to notice how little things affect the big picture.. I just see the big picture, and I delude myself into thinking I can get, without doing much work beforehand. I thought I had high self esteem because I was able to stand up for myself.. but I was just pushing all my problems to my subconscious.. becau...
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I just want to die.
Posted Thursday February 3 2011, 2:09 pm
i really want to die. this feeling never goes away. i'm not exaggerating, i've felt this way for almost a decade.
I've done everything. many types of therapy, different drugs, trying to OD, i still cut myself.
I'm sick of it.
Peoplesay they care, but it's so fickle. when they decide they don't need me, they change their minds.
My mom hates me.
My dad left because of me.
My family blames me.
I have no friends.
I just want a way to end this.
I'm sick of people telling me to not do it, because it doesn't help, it makes me feel worse.
ODing doesn't work, i can't get my hands on a firearm.
If life wants me to quit so badly, why can't it make it easier to do so?
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A relationship with a guy like Dexter
Posted Wednesday February 2 2011, 10:00 pm
Preface: My Boyfriend does not murder people, nor has he ever harmed myself or anyone else. Nor does he hurt animals.
I'm dating a guy who has quite freely told me he doesn't "feel emotions". He's even joked that the only emotions he does feel are anger, annoyance and contentedness.
It's one of his quirks, and I don't mind overly.
But it makes it very difficult to move forward with a relationship when your boyfriend responds to "I love you" with "Uh huh. I don't believe in love".
I've noticed there are other people on this site who have asked about being like that...
I want to know, is it possible to have a relationship? Would you, if you feel no emoti...
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i messed up and want to change
Posted Wednesday February 2 2011, 10:21 am
so i started off this one year program as this really chill awsome girl, then i started going out and drinking a lot and i slowly but sureley started really sluttying it up.
i hookedup with an entire group of friends and ir eally wrecked my name.
i really really want to change and get my friends back and let people see the girl they loved at the beginning.
how do i do this?
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Why shouldn't I kill myself?
Posted Monday January 31 2011, 11:18 am
I'm 61 and have been in a lot of pain for a long time. I've spent thousands of dollars over several years on chiropractors. I have really bad gluacoma. I've been unemployed for several years and am probably considered unemployable. At least, I don't know how I could fit in anymore. I was collecting unemployment comp until it ran out in November, now I'm broke and my landlord wants me out.
I can barely get out of bed and into my pants. I am a lonely, sick, tired, depressed old man. I came here to find out how to end it all as painlessly as possible and I'm finding a lot of platitudes from religious people. I used to be somewhat religious and full of guilt but gave up on it a few years ago. I don't believe in hell. I want to end the suffering. Any ideas?
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I feel lost and insane. Please take the time to read.
Posted Sunday January 30 2011, 2:52 am
f/16. so many things are going on especially with this guy I used to "talk" to. we were together for a little over six months. he told me he loved me. everything was great. i didn't want the whole "boyfriend. girlfriend" title because in my head i feel as if it gives him more power to hurt me even though I knew it was possible for him to hurt me because I was emotionally attached to him. recently we've been having problems. we completely stopped talking for a month. we had a talk and now we are i guess acquaintances. we both seem miserable though because we want to be together, we love each other, we just need time.
my best friend who is also friends with him, told me she feels as if she talks to him as more than ...
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i hate my life and i want to die
Posted Saturday January 29 2011, 7:51 pm
Im 10 and im allready trying to kill myself. It feels like my life has ended cause i lost everything that matters to me. It feels like my soul is all darknessn now. I changed and i feel that im like evil now and i want to be alone. I want to kno the quickest and least painful way to die (other than old age).Any kind of magic or anything i cant stand my life any more. I wanted to try if witchcraft would work but i dont have wat i need.
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Do I Need Therapy?
Posted Friday January 28 2011, 12:49 am
I think I might need to see a psychologist... or maybe a psychiatrist. I'm not sure what the difference is. But i'll tell you why I feel like this and maybe you can give me a second opinion so I know if i should approach my parents about this:
I think I have a major problem with paranoia.
When I go to my locker at school, i'll get my books out and lock it back, but sometimes i have to go check it three or four times to make sure it's locked even though I know it is.
Everytime i read about a disease or it is talked about, i get scared to death that i have it. I honestly freak out, i research it and even go as far as trying to get tested for it, and it could be anything from brain cancer to...
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paranoid about everything
Posted Thursday January 27 2011, 7:15 pm
Hi so ok i've noticed for a while now i've been paranoid. when i was in elementary, middle, and high school i was bullied. in middle school these girls would prank call my house, and even know when the phone rings i get paranoid that it might be someone bad. and in high school i always thought people were talking about me. i even confronted them and i ended up getting bullied. i've been seeing a therapist and i always tell her i am paranoid about people talking about me and she thinks nothing is wrong and i haven't told her about the phone calls i am so paranoid about. i get paranoid about the phone calls when my parents around. today this boy and girl that sit behind me were laughing when i was about to sit down and i thought they were lau...
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Why am i still cutting?
Posted Thursday January 27 2011, 1:45 pm
well i'm a 22 f and i started cutting at about 16. it started due to the death of my mother and then the remarriage of my father to a total control freak who for some reason hated me from day one. but now i don't know why i'm still cutting i've delt with alot but most is better now. i was in a really abusive relationship but now the guy i'm with now treats me great and we've talked about marriage and everything. i get along with my dad and step mom and have my own place and a job and great friends. whats wrong with me i still cut even though nothing is bad. have i become dependant on how it makes me feel better. ps i was on antidepressants but they made it worse so i was taken off the at 18. what can i do? please help
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It's affecting my life
Posted Wednesday January 19 2011, 10:52 pm
I am 26 years old, All my life I have struggled with anxiety which has lead to complete isolation over the years and seemed to have taken it's toll for the worse.
I have struggled to fit in, It almost feels as I gasp for breaths while I attempt to talk to my own family members around holidays. My heart races, My stomach turns and I automatically want to be the first one to run out of the room if there are more then 4 people I do not know well around. I have in the past attempted to talk to people, I stutter and look at the floor. I am currently seeing a therapist and I have for many years as well as tried different medications. The problem, It doesn't seem to be working. I have no friends, I avoid contact w...
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trouble sleeping
Posted Wednesday January 19 2011, 6:13 pm
i have not been able to sleep well at all. i take about 2 hours to fall asleep, and then i'll wake up about 10 times during the night, and then take another 10 minutes to fall asleep after each time. i don't like to take sleeping pills cuz they make me wake up in a haze the next morning, and i get up really early. what can i do?
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im just so over emotional for no reason!
Posted Tuesday January 18 2011, 9:14 pm
17/f
i dont know what the hell happened to me but after like getting involved in a relationship when i was 12/13 of two years ever since im an emotional wreck. like i cry at EVERYTHING. and like its ruining the relationship with my current boyfriend like im just so over emotional for no reason. WTF IS WRONG WITH ME. I think i cry atleast once a day. Today i was crying because i missed my boyfriend and we just didnt hang out for a day HELP ME.
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Walmart, Suspected of Shoplifting? ADVICEPLZ
Posted Sunday January 16 2011, 11:34 pm
Before I explain the story, I just want to note: WE DID NOT STEAL A THING.
My friend and I were at Walmart today in the make-up section and I noticed a man who was looking at us in the aisle next to ours. Clearly this was odd because most middle-aged men don't wear makeup... so as my friend and I are walking I notice this guy run and hide behind these two board game boxes and peeking through them to watch us, then he peeked his head out and made eye-contact with me. Then we turned a corner and AGAIN he's looking at us through the fitness section. Clearly he thought we were shoplifting.
I DID NOT have any intention on taking anything, nor did I attempt to. My friend however, put lipstick in her bag. The second I...
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help
Posted Sunday January 16 2011, 1:20 pm
We'll I had a bad childhood an I've seen alot of stuff a kid shouldn't. See and I have really bad flash backs of things and it seems to make me very paranoid what do I do PLEASE help i also have anexiety
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Bad dreams.
Posted Saturday January 15 2011, 9:57 pm
More recently the normal I have been having bad dreams.. I'll try to explain.
I'll be dreaming of myself dreaming. Except in my dream I am looking at myself sleeping (the surrounding is different though). I know I am dreaming and I try to wake myself up by talking or moving my body or flexing my butt. I don't do this in the dream. And I think I might be doing this in real life but I'm not sure. That's the part that bothers me I don't know if my dream self is doing it or my real self. This morning my mom came in my room (I was dreaming this but it also happened) and I tried to speak and move which I'm not sure if I did or not. But if I did I'm sure I looked like a freak. I don't wake up when I try.. I wake up on my own I gues...
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