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Cutting
Posted Tuesday February 24 2009, 2:10 pm
I HAD a problem. since i was 12 i started cutting. I dont know how to explain it to people that dont do it becuase its something you have to have gone through to understand. its like a drug i was addicted for 4 1/2 years, slowly killing myself. anyway everyone found out and i had to stop.
the question is like what am i supposed to replace it with. Ive tryed running writing (which is my passion) and everything in between. I just need some good advice as how to stop.
Please help, anything will be appreciated.
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talking to a counslor for the first time
Posted Sunday February 22 2009, 10:18 pm
so im 15 talking to a "school" counslor for my first time. she comes out for me on fridays and we talk. well i dont know what to say. i mean i requested her for my cutting and family crap and my doing things that i dont know im doing. so what should i do? thank all help is needed!
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my life is over?
Posted Saturday February 21 2009, 3:39 pm
Okay, so last friday my boyfriend and i were sitting in our friends van skipping resource and our dean pulls up. he noticed there was mucinex like everywhere so we had to go to the office and get searched and simple tests done to see if we were high. He was, and he had pills on him, so he got arrested and expelled for a year. I wasnt but i had a knife on me and i had to go to STOP which is like school at the detention center and my mom serched my room and found pipes for smoking marijuana, condoms and a bunch of other stuff. so im really groundedlike i cant shut my door cant go on walks i lost my privilage of smoking cigarettes, i dunno but me and my mom have been constantly fighting and ive noticed i like..pull my hair out. I dont even rea...
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in your schools/universities
Posted Friday February 20 2009, 12:20 pm
It has come to my attention that every class i've ever had related to health or mental health has covered, in detail, both bulemia and anorexia. But none of the classes has ever even mentioned self injury. These are all self destructive behaviors, and I think that if people had more information on them, they wouldnt be so quick to judge because they would know more about it. Have any of you ever talked about this in class before? Even in my psychology class as a freshmen in college it never came up.
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Are these signs?
Posted Thursday February 19 2009, 1:16 pm
I have a huge fear of bugs and anything gross really, like bats or rats. Mainly just bugs, because people come in contact with those more often. Whenever a bug is around me and i can see it, or it touches me, etc.. my breathing gets heavier, my heart starts pounding faster, my eyes get watery, because im about to cry, i have this empty sunken feeling in my stomach,then i start feelings nauscious, i feel like im just about to die because im so afraid, and i start breathing so fast its like im hyperventilating. Is this like a anxiety or panic attack? or just a big fear? Is there anything I can do to not have such a big reaction? While i am in school bugs dont come around often but if there was to i wouldnt want to make a big scene and embarass myself.
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Is the recent economic recession causing anyone high stress?
Posted Thursday February 19 2009, 12:11 am
In more recent times, the business that I have been working for has been firing employees every day, because sales and new contracts have been low and they can't afford to keep them around.
Unfortunately, because they don't want their unemployment payments to go up, they've been firing people over the smallest of reasons.
Now they're going after my job, for NO reason. I have no written warnings, never had any workplace performance problems, and up until now was actually rewarded for my skill at what I do.
So... I'm in trouble. I might be getting fired, for reasons that are complete lies.
What should I do? And after I'm fired, then what should I do next?
Your advice is greatly appreciated.
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what is wrong with me...
Posted Wednesday February 18 2009, 6:03 pm
i don't get out much, and i'm pretty anti social..
for some reason i have sexual thoughts about kids, i won't do anything about it and i hate myself 4 it...
i'm so confused cause i don't consider myself a petifile..but it can't be normal
it dosen't happen all the time, just occassionly
like i havn't thought about it 4 a while..what is wrong with me?
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self harm
Posted Wednesday February 18 2009, 5:13 pm
i used to cut myself when i was depressed but im not depressed anymore and i havent been for awhile but i havent been able to stop cutting, or burning myself sometimes i do it just cause i feel like i have to in order to be okay for the rest of the day or to go to sleep. i just do it on my hips because i dont want anyone to see. but i want to stop wanting to cut or burn and i feel like im never going to be able to stop.
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Movies
Posted Wednesday February 18 2009, 5:08 pm
I get really into movies. When I'm watching a movie I'm oblivious to anything else that goes on. But movies always make me sad afterwards, even if there's a happy ending. It's like, for a couple of days, I just can't stop thinking about the movie and I always feel kinda down. Even if I'm not thinking about the movie it's in the back of my mind and the feeling takes a few days to fade away. What do I do?
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Scary Dreams (really long sorry)
Posted Saturday February 14 2009, 8:07 pm
When i was younger something happend to me but i really dont view it as a big deal. I remeber it very well but i think to everyone else its like nothing so i view it as nothing also. When i was 8 years old i had some friends they were all older than me but not by much. There were a couple girls who were 9 and 10 and there was a 14 year old guy. When i was 8 all i wanted was to be friends with these people and for them to like me so they started a "club". One of the girls looked and me and said he says if you show him yours he will show u=you his of coarse i just thought there were joking but they weren't. They really wanted me to but i knew better and i said no at 8 years old i knew i wasnt supposed to see a boy like that or show...
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Bulimia--sore throat
Posted Friday February 13 2009, 4:07 pm
So I have bulimia, and this morning I woke up with a bad sore throat. It hurts to swallow. The thing is, I thought that you have to vomit a decent amount of times before this would happen. I generally do it only a few times a month. Maybe I do it more often than I realize? Anyone have any ideas as to why?
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Selling me adderall via snail mail
Posted Thursday February 12 2009, 11:04 pm
Anyone willing to send some adderall to me by snail mail? I will give you my address and pay you in return.
And please-no comments about how it is illegal and bad for me. I know all of that, but the fact is that I need them to concentrate in school and my parents don't have the money to send me to a doctor to prescribe them.
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coldsore
Posted Monday February 9 2009, 10:20 pm
okay I have a coldsore and it's like all gone except for a little redness everyone keeps asking if I have herpes ughhh so annoying what is herpes? Thxx
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In Debt, And Can't Find A jarb!
Posted Monday February 9 2009, 3:36 pm
I lost my job, and now I can't find a job anywhere at all. Even mcdonlands, pizza hut wouldn't hire me.
I have debt, need to go to school, and now I'm on the last of my money.
My girlfriend has to pay all the bills.
What the fuck? How the fuck? Can I do anything to unfuck myself?
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i dont know
Posted Sunday February 8 2009, 11:25 am
can i practice putting tampons in when i dont have my period?
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Erotomania?
Posted Sunday February 8 2009, 2:23 am
I have two questions:
1.) Can a person with erotomania be aware that they have it?
2.) If a person believes they are in love with a celebrity or that the celebrity is their soulmate but is aware that the celebrity does not know them and is not in love with them back, is this still classified as erotomania?
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I started cutting, and I want to stop, but... I don't.
Posted Thursday February 5 2009, 9:37 pm
I started cutting about a week ago. I have recently been diagnosed with depressession because of my step mom leaving and taking my 3 yr old baby sister with her. I take a pill called Celexa for depression, it's helped by making me happy,but I still want to cut. I cut because it helps and I do it because I can't stop, but then again I don't want to stop because it helps me feel alot better. I don't scratch because I feel the need to cut myself untill I bleed, if I don't bleed, I am unsatisfied and feel like it didn't help.My boyfriend wants me to stop, and I love him, but even for him I won't do it. I don't want to be told to stop, I want a way of stopping so that I still get that feeling of satisfaction, but without having to cut.
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Crushed ego
Posted Wednesday February 4 2009, 8:42 pm
A few months ago, something happened and I turned the school against me. I'm embarrassed even writing from this because I'm afraid someone from my school will read it and think of me.
I can't walk down the hallway without thinking that everyone there is thinking bad thoughts about me. I feel like everyone judges my every thought, word, or action. I know they don't, but I can't stop the little voice in my head that says they are.
What do I do?
Its making me feel like I'm going crazy.
I'm so concerned with what everyone thinks about me all the time now, its taking over my life.
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Serious nerves about lectures
Posted Wednesday February 4 2009, 7:06 pm
ok, so last thursday i walked out of a 2 hour lecture after only half an hour, i've had a cold / sickness since then and i'm still suffering now. I've missed 3 lectures this week and walked out of another.
The main problem is that i'm actually scared of going to lectures... i sat through one on monday and i thought i was going to be sick throughout the entire thing. I just don't know what to do as i'm sure its not the cold. it's a fear of some sort :/
so i just wanted your opinions and stuff really... should i wimp out of the 2hour lecture or should i try and suffer through it?!
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Weird taste in guys: I like guys who have never had other girls
Posted Tuesday February 3 2009, 4:10 pm
'Kay, so I got asked the other day on what kind of guys I like. And I thought of the question again afterwards, and came up with "I like guys who haven't been with other girls".
Is that normal? Like, I would see a nice guy, but if I know that he's had girlfriends before it's a complete turn off.
For example, the guy I'm kind of with right now, who's completely amazing and attractive only had an "internet girlfriend" before, and every time I think about it I get insanely jealous. It makes the time that we spend together unmeaningful and awkward. I really don't want to lose my chances with such, incredible guys like him so I want to try to overcome this "only guys who haven't dated" trait. Any ideas is welcome.
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