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Side effects of busparoine
Posted Saturday December 24 2016, 12:12 pm
Hey, so I have a question. I've been depressed in the past, and I'm currently still going through anxiety. I don't believe I'm depressed (at least nothing like I used to be before), but today is Christmas Eve, and since I was little, holidays have not gone well with my family. 10 years ago my grandma died about a week or two before Christmas, my other grandma has pretty much abandoned us (as well as my aunt), my other aunt and uncle got divorced about a month ago, my best friend is in the hospital, and me and my dad always seem to have arguments around this time. I didn't exactly have an episode, but I became very numb and I felt more dead than alive. I still self harm every once in a while since I grew addicted to it back when I was severe...
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Why I'm I so sensitive?
Posted Saturday December 24 2016, 12:11 am
My mom and dad usually make me wanna cry. I'm crying right now because they don't seem like they want to help me. What do I do?
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How to Deal with Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
Posted Saturday December 10 2016, 6:42 pm
I know all of you will say to see a therapist, which is exactly what I'll be doing on Wednesday.
But I want to have the honor of receiving others' advice as well.
I have an issue with how I look where I literally cannot stop thinking of how "ugly" I see myself. I find all of my facial features deformed and abnormal where everyone else thinks I'm pretty or cute. Honestly, I haven't had anyone call me ugly since the sixth grade (unless they've said it behind my back). I've only heard that I'm beautiful, pretty, gorgeous or cute. But my BDD screws with me more than anything. I can't stop looking in the mirror. When I Skype with my boyfriend, I can't stop looking in the little box where it shows my face....
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I think I'm depressed
Posted Friday November 18 2016, 10:16 pm
So I have reason to believe I am depressed because of random things I have said to people (different things to different people) that have led to them questioning me on my behaviour and like all the symptoms of depression....
That's not really a reason to believe I am depressed, it's more like what confirmed it for myself. I have been feeling off for months and in the past few months and weeks the feelings of something being wrong inside have intensified.
My problem is I don't know what to do about it. I know I should get help of some kind but I just don't know how to seek it.
I am 18, in my first year of university, and living on campus, but still in my hometown. I could talk to my mom about wha...
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I am so stressed out!
Posted Wednesday November 2 2016, 7:20 am
27 female
When I was 12 I was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention deficit disorder) .When I was 16 my psychologist diagnosed me with Bipolar and Anxiety disorder plus just a few months ago they diagnosed me with Sensory Processing disorder. I have melt downs for apparent reason. They also say I have a mild form of Mental retardation.
Here lately my meltdowns have been more common. I just feel like getting drunk and smoking weed so I don't have to deal with th I stress anymore.
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Social anxiety or just a panic attack?
Posted Monday October 3 2016, 10:45 pm
In university well at least in my school since the classes have at least 300-1000 students sometimes they would split us up into smaller class rooms called tutorials with about 50 maximum students. My tutorial teacher doesn't really know how to teach so he forces us to read our assignments out to the class, every Monday I dread going to the tutorial since he always makes us read usually I'm always anxious but today my heart was beating super fast and loud, and my face started getting hot and tingling. Then when it was my turn to read, I read it and he just nodded his head and moved on to the next person but when other people read he would comment so when he nodded my eyes started to water and I had to blink back tears because I didn't wanna...
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Consistent Sadness
Posted Wednesday September 7 2016, 7:34 pm
Hi guys, I'm a 22 year old female. For some background, I just left a job that I've worked at for four years to start working at a new place that would help get me experience that I need to find a job in my field of study since I just got my bachelor's degree. I hate change and I thinking switching jobs has been the biggest change I've made yet. I am also sick for about two weeks now. And, I also just finished my period on Sunday (today is Wednesday).
I don't mean to demean what I'm feeling right now but I wanted you to know everything that I've been going through to help out in finding a solution.
I've been pretty sad lately. I have been crying a lot, on the drop of a dime. A lot of the times, I don't even rea...
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What is wrong with my sister?
Posted Wednesday September 7 2016, 7:28 pm
Hey I just need some advice about my sister. She's 16 and now i am becoming very concerned with her behaviour. It started when she was 13; I thought it was just her teenager attitude but its not getting any better.
First of all the school issue. She never goes to school. She always pretends to be 'sick' - EVERY single week she's got something different wrong with her. My parents were fighting the battle and grounding her every time but now they have virtually given up on that fact so if she stays home they yell at her and thats it. It happens every week. She becomes "sick" and watches Netflix all day. She's even at risk of failing Year 10.
She can't drop out because she doesnt know what she wants to d...
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I always convince myself that my problems are fake
Posted Saturday September 3 2016, 5:08 pm
Is it normal to subconsciously convince yourself that everything negative that you feel is just made up?
I'm a recovering self-harmer and have been since December 2015. Every single time after I relapse or have a bad day, a little voice in the back of my head always says things like: 'You're just pretending to be sad for attention' or 'If you were actually ever sick, how can you be okay again after a while? See? You're just making it all up and exaggerating everything' or at least something along those lines. Does this happen to anyone else? And does anyone know why this happens?
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I was home alone and had a breakdown that scared me a lot.
Posted Friday September 2 2016, 11:56 pm
I am 18/F
I have been feeling kind of off emotionally/mentally for about 5 months
In the past couple weeks it has gotten much worse. I cry nearly every day. I feel lonely a lot unless I am with my friends. I am a Christian but I don't really know if I am anymore.... like I believe but I don't act on my belief. I always want to be alone in my room when at home but then get unbearably lonely.
Yesterday, I was home alone and had a breakdown that scared me a lot. I was working on packing because I am going to university, but I really didn't feel like packing. My room was a disaster so I went to sit in the living room with my laptop. While sitting there, I got this sudden wave of negative emotions. I ...
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Dependant on laxatives and have an ED
Posted Friday September 2 2016, 11:37 pm
For about the past 3 years I've been using laxatives every single day and have had issues with eating, at first I just didn't like the feeling I'd get when I'd eat to much, so I'd take laxatives, but this past year my disorder got much worse, and I got down to a very low weight. My parents have found out and I'm staying at home to try to 'refeed' and get off laxatives, and I'm seeing my doctor regularly. I haven't been gaining any weight, because I just can't feed myself that much, and have still been taking laxatives, they are just impossible to quit, I had no idea how hard this is, and even when I do stop taking them for a few days, I still haven't been able to 'go' on my own, and I keep my diet insanely strict with the foods I eat, I eve...
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Obsession with the number 5
Posted Thursday August 25 2016, 4:51 pm
So I have this weird obsession with the number 5. It started out as just a maths thing really like 5-10-15-20 type thing, then I started to notice the number 5 in songs. I would count the syllables until they get to 5 and if they did I feel this rush of relief. If it didn't I would find a way to make the syllables make up 5. Now it's gotten worse to the point when I hear people talking e.g in person or on tv I feel I need to put their words into 5 syllables. Even myself sometimes I won't say anything because I want to make sure it all fits into 5 syllables. I don't know if I'm making any sense and if I'm not please tell me. It's very hard to explain. I just wanted to know if this was some sort of OCD? I'm 18 and v v v confused!
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Do not want to keep this life anymore
Posted Tuesday August 23 2016, 4:36 pm
I am a 24years old girl...I have PCOS, unwanted facial hair and everything possible ugly things regarding my appearance..I have obesity, high cholesterol, thyroid and blood sugar as well..I am so sick that I can not go to my research laboratory regularly.. so a bad reputation of absenteism i have..my parents are literally tensed about me..i am under medical treatment..but i do not wish to live so lack of motivation and depression causing no affect on my medication..i am becoming burden to my parents..a guy wants to marry me but i know my condition will only get worse..so i won't be able to fill his life with happiness and can not serve all marital urges..i do not want to become a burden in his life too...i just want to die...if anyone can show me some rays of hope please help..
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Aftermath of School Shooting
Posted Tuesday August 23 2016, 1:00 pm
There was a shooting on my college campus three years ago. I was in class and heard something like a bookcase falling over. A loud bang. A few minutes later I heard screaming in the hallway. My professor looked out and didn't see anything so class resumed but I had a horrible feeling in my stomach. A few minutes later we heard more yelling, and this time something inside me just knew. I texted my family text, "I think there is a shooter." My school sends out emergency alerts and for some reason my sister had gotten the alert before I did and sent a screen shot to our group text that there was an active shooter situation in my building. More alerts came in, and it was found out that one person was already dead and that the entire c...
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How can I be less sensitive?
Posted Sunday August 21 2016, 1:07 am
I cry all the time, and it's really embarrassing when I'm around other people. For example, if I get even a slightly bad grade on a test (like 85%), then I'll barely be able to hold back tears. The same thing happens when someone makes any sort of negative comment toward me. Is there something I can do about this? I don't think I'm really 'insecure' or anything, I'm just really emotional and I don't know why. Any advice..?
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ADHD, sensory proccessing Disorder, Autism , and Anxiety Disorder
Posted Friday August 19 2016, 6:42 pm
I am a 27 year old female And when I was 12 my pediatrician diagnosed me with ADHD and I have been taking Adderal ever since. As I have gotten older I noticed that I started having problems with social anxiety. When I was little I have never really enjoyed playing with the other children. I would forget my materials that I needed for school every day on purpose so I would get detention and be made to read instead but what they didn't know was that I enjoyed it. I hated going outside with all the noise and drama. I despised pep rallies so mom would check me out that. I hated fire drills and smoke alarms and trains. I went to my psychologist and they said that I was misdiagnosed and I don't have ADHD I haves Sensory processing disorder I look...
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Lost Everything and Everybody - Want to Die
Posted Friday August 5 2016, 9:17 pm
My life has always been tough, more downs than ups. Never married, no kids. I had a good job. I had a best friend, an only friend of over 40 years. Then I found a girlfriend. As far as kids, well, that boat had sailed. We were both in our 50's. But then, catastrophe hit. The economy went bust, and I lost my job. About this same time my friend died. My girlfriend dumped me. I lost my home, and became homeless. I attempted suicide but the police interfered. here in Illinois, once people like me are out of the hospital, they put you in a nursing home. After you're more coherent, they put ya in State run housing. I get counseling and therapy as part of the deal. But the councilors want me to accept things and move on. I can't. Jerry was my only...
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I don't know how to feel anymore
Posted Wednesday August 3 2016, 9:24 am
I am a 23 year old female going through a really rough patch. Two months ago I had been highjacked, taken and raped by three men. I'd survived this unharmed only my belongings were taken. My life has become so different, i feel different my parents have become so protective, i no longer have a job because of fear and transportation problems. My boyfriend broke up with me last week, we had been together for six years, he left because he didn't like the person that I was with at the time of the highjacking. I never cheated, the guy was just a friend and I am thankful he had been with me through my ordeal. I am so unhappy all the time, i sit waiting and knowing that because of this issue I could have HIV, i miss my boyfriend and I miss my old ...
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Hearing things?
Posted Sunday July 24 2016, 5:56 pm
13 year old female. I am constantly hearing things. I don't get it. I'll hear strange mutterings in the background by voices that don't sound familiar. This is very scary and I suddenly feel like I'm going to be attacked and there's murderers under my bed! I have lost a lot of sleep because of this. I am very worried about murderers being in random spots in my house. I always feel followed. Sometimes I can even feel people on top of me but I see no one! Or even feel the presence of someone who isn't there! But the worst is when I can make out the voices and they say the most random things or tell me a demon is after me or I have powers and try to convince me to worship them (the only logical explanation I can come up with is these are indee...
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Am I depressed?
Posted Thursday July 21 2016, 9:18 am
I've already been to the doctor, and I will describe what happened here, in the question. But, I'm really trying to get an opinion from someone else that perhaps, has gone through what I've gone through.
PROBLEM #1: I'm 25/f and I'm just extremely tired. I wake up more tired than when I went to sleep. When I wake up, all I can think about is how much longer until I can go back to sleep. I just feel genuinely exhausted. I'm always being urged to go on vacations, but I don't seem to be interested in them. When I think of having a three day weekend, the last thing I wanna do is go on vacation. I just want to catch up on sleep and maybe some television. I have my bachelor's in education and I worked as an assistant teacher for so...
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