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My best friends think I'm stupid
Posted Sunday December 14 2008, 3:49 pm
I used to be really smart, and my friends respected me for it. All A's, president of clubs, etc. I fell into a mild depression and school got put on the back burner- people lost their respect for me and I lost my confidence. I'm not sure what to do, I know it seems like a pity problem. But my best friend won't even ride in a car with me because she doesn't think I'm responsible.
How do I earn people's respect back?
Its going to take a while to return my grades back, but I feel like even if I tell people I know I'm responsible they won't believe me.
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Codependency??
Posted Thursday December 11 2008, 8:34 pm
What is codependent??
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Dreams and not kiiind of sleep walking
Posted Thursday December 11 2008, 5:27 pm
this isnt a really a heavy question im just curios.
Why do we have dreams? i heard its an unavoidable subconcious and somthing to do with a mild state of hypnotism. also you know when you have a bad dream like your falling and you hit the ground then you wake up really confused becaus you just fell in your sleep and hit your pillow in real life, well is it possible to dream somthing then sit up like in cartoons or films where the guys tossing and turning then wakes up in a cold sweat and is breathing hard then jolts into the sitting up position, is it possible to do that then instantly forget and never rememebr what it was you were dreaming about? because thats happend to me i woke up bolt upright one night sweating and heart...
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still depressed
Posted Tuesday December 9 2008, 8:00 pm
i cant stop feeling depressed. I'm not sure if i actually have depression or not but i always feel like i have no reason to live. all my friends ditched me this year,even my best friend of 6 years. i have absolutely no friends. i haven't hung out with anyone in months and i used to have tons of friends. my grades have started to drop because I'm just too depressed to really care about anything the teacher has to say. i feel happy when i am wit my cousins, but they live really far away and i dont see the often enough. i havent talked to my parents about it really because im too embarrassed and they might think im dramatic. also they are really stressed out and i dont want to add to that. evryone tells me just to be happy and make friends, ...
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Ideas how to deal?
Posted Monday December 8 2008, 2:39 am
Alright, i had an abortion in February. I was 17 and completely not ready to have a child. Well, i actually never dealt with it and to top it all off, my due date came and gone, and I had a whole night to myself and reminecing about what I would have had, their names, and what colour I would have painted the baby's room. Needless to say it wasn't/isn't easy.
Since I hadn't dealt with it, I was consistently inconsistent with my birth control and spent three or fours months not on it at all, having unprotected sex. Now during all that time, and I mean everyday! I never once got pregnant again, I had scares with late periods, but that's all, they've all come and gone. and because of my deep desperation to have a child, i've really forgo...
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masochist
Posted Sunday December 7 2008, 11:48 pm
After about 4 years of SI, im finding myself actually enjoying pain. Is this masochism? i mean i dont enjoy stomach aches. i enjoy when i cause pain on purpose. it used to be a whole coping thing, but recently its been about just the physical pain. i enjoy it, its hard to explain. i find myself thinking of new ways to cause pain and imagine how good it will feel. yes, i said good. has anybody else ever experienced this? if so, please tell me about your experiences. if not, any general advice or opinions are appreciated.
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depression?
Posted Sunday December 7 2008, 8:40 pm
I think I may have slight depression and I need advice. I find that in most events, I come home and feel like it could have been funner, I feel like I keep a lot of stuff inside(as you can see I'm on here) and I don't like myself half the time. I often think about hte past and what I could have done differently and I find it hard to relax and just have a good time when there are thigs that could get done. I also think that I may be developing an eating disorder. I don't eat a lot of meat, if I don't exercise at least every other day i get anxious, and I made myself puke once. ????help!
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Skipping school, getting sick because of depression
Posted Tuesday December 2 2008, 7:32 pm
My 16 year old daughter has been diagnosed with and is being treated for depression. Over the past two months she has missed a lot of school because of being sick, which she recently confided to me was self-induced. She says she wanted to stay home so badly that she willed her body to become ill. Is this possible? I want to help her but I don't know how. She's already on medication and has been seeing a counselor. She used to self-harm (cutting & burning) but to my knowledge has stopped. With the schools new attendance policy, her grades are being docked for every day over the attendance limit she misses and I can't put her on homebound if she isn't really sick.
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Why do I want things my way only?
Posted Tuesday December 2 2008, 3:46 pm
hi I am a wife and a mother mother of four great kids. I love my family to death but they say that I am onesided and to hard on them. I however dont see that way. I just think i want the best for them. Now mind you 3 of my kids are handicapped and this puts alot of stress on me. it seems at times that I am the only parent in the house. my husband works and I stay home with the kids. I cook,clean,help kids with their things and try to be a loving wife. but when he comes home if feel i need a break and it is his time with them. we do share so household chores. but when it his day to do something he useally doesnt do or only half way do it. and i feel if you start something you need to finish no matter what. he says that i have to have my way ...
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Bulimia.
Posted Tuesday December 2 2008, 2:29 pm
Please do not judge me.
I have been Bulimic for
a year or so now,
and its become so that
i have to do it, its like in my
head, i feel horrible if i eat something
and dont throw it up...
i only do it once a day but
anyways...
my real question is
does it effect your birth control???
started taking it 3 weeks ago and i take it at like 1 in the afterrnoon
and i throw up after dinner which could be anywhere from 6-9 at night...
so does this effect the pill?
like is it still affective???
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Cutting Withdrawl Symptoms
Posted Monday December 1 2008, 10:22 pm
ok so i am tring to quit SI (cutting self injuring) what are some of the withdrawl symptoms. I not talking about the itching or anything. I mean ihave been clean for 6 weeks and i am having dreams of cutting and thoughts pains and everything i just dont understand. why do i want to sooooo bad and these headaches and being dizy. I have also have had painic attacks aleast once and night. idk is this normal?
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i have trouble connecting with people...
Posted Sunday November 30 2008, 5:51 am
like in making friends, i can make like friends to say hey and small talk with at school and church. but i want to take it to the next level, like hanging out outside of church/school. maybe have some sleepovers with the girls or just going to the movies. i think the biggest thing holding me back is my fear to ask or my fear to have a closer connection. but how do i know they want to be closer friends, and how do i make them interested. at a certain point of closeness, i think i push people away or find someone new[someone in my eyes who are better] i don't want to push people away anymore, and i relly want some good girl friends. it would be alot better to be with them than be by myself at home on the weekends or holidays. i am scared of r...
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sleeping
Posted Saturday November 29 2008, 11:29 pm
i have a sleeping problem and my whole family even thinks i have on too.
im 16
i cant go throughout the day without taking a nap
and like when i mean nap, there about 4 hours
im alwayssss tired during the day, but yet when its like 10 pm im all of a sudden not tired. and then i can stay up till like 3 in the morning.
i can seriously sleep the whole day and still be tired. but if i get like 4 hours of sleep on a school day i function 5834329x better then i do with like 9 hours of sleep.
i really dont know whats wrong with me. helpppp !
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accomplished at lucid dreaming?
Posted Saturday November 29 2008, 12:35 am
Heyy, i was wondering about lucid dreaming or conscious dreaming. (dreaming while being aware that you are in a dream and therefore can control what you do in the dream.)
i have read all about it and know all there is to know but i was wondering if anyone here knows haw to do it. If so can you give me any tips on how you learned how to train yourself to dream lucidly? i would really like to learn how.
please get back to me if you know how to do it!
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Forgetting Sexual Abuse?
Posted Wednesday November 26 2008, 6:53 pm
I am a 17 year old girl who is questioning my past. I have heard about people who were abused and forget the entire thing, and was wondering if this was a possibility for me. I am extremely afraid of sex and have anxiety about men. I hate hearing footsteps behind me because it scares me. I am also afraid at night that there is someone in my room. I sometimes have dreams about groups of men chasing me. I used to self-mutilate a few years ago and I also had an eating disorder.
I am asking this question because I heard that these are things that abused people do, and because people in my support group for eating disorders have asked if I was abused after I talked about some things. Is there any way to find out, or any other clues I can look for? Thanks =]
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I'm so worried!
Posted Wednesday November 26 2008, 5:12 pm
I have a hard time just hanging out and relaxing with people! I can't help but think people are constantly judging me, thinking bad thoughts about me, and I always think I'm going to get into trouble. If were just driving around, I'm almost positive I'll get pulled over or get in an accident!
How do I chill out and just have fun with my friends without worrying about everything?
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support
Posted Tuesday November 25 2008, 6:52 pm
hey. let me give you some background information on myself. i was always a little bit of a chubby girl. not really because i use to eat like a pig or anything like that. i would excersise, and i really didn't watch what i ate that much. i would go to mcdonalds and stuff and i really wouldn't think about it. well, to make a long story short, after trying so many diets and putting so much work into my body, i got very thin, and i look fantastic. i am now weighing 95 pounds of pure muscle. I don't mean to brag or anything, but I really do look great and it's just that i'm very proud of myself because i worked so hard to get here. but, i did go a little crazy. i started to become a bit anorexic, counting calories obsessively. i started eating n...
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emotional issues
Posted Tuesday November 25 2008, 12:48 am
Ok i don't know what is wrong with me. But over the past 2 years i find myself cutting down on -or limiting- the types and amount of books and movies i read and watch. I am even starting to lock my self home because i can't stand the fact that i can't do what people are doing (people i don't know like renowned anthropologist or astronauts or so on...) I mean now i only read my text books or watch documentaries or "informative" shows that i could analyzed or extract meaning or a moral out of it without having to endure through the backdrop love story or adventure.... to elaborate...
my cousin begged me to go see twilight with her this past weekend. so being nice i went. I never read the book (for the reasons i sta...
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Don't know what to do anymore about my mental state - should I seek help?
Posted Saturday November 22 2008, 6:56 pm
Im 17 and I know that every teenager has their ups and downs, but I'm getting desperate. My life isnt too shocking yet it's not so great either - My familiesbeen broken recently, and I'm in a mentally abusive (Note: Not physical) relationship But I wont go into too much detail. Either way - for a long time now I've been feeling like i'm bouncing off walls - I feel depressed most of the time and I've gotten into bad and strange habits - I walk for hours at night with just a vest on so I can stop thinking - I know this isnt natural, and even though things could be alot worse (I don't pretend to be amazingly bad off or anything) I feel as if i cant be happy anymore - Ill be hyper but not happy, and when I'm depressed - its BAD, but, I wont go ...
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being made fun of?
Posted Saturday November 22 2008, 2:12 pm
okay. so i'm 16. just started highschool. I'm sure tht i'm not ugly, because all the guys used to stare and stuff at the beginning of the year. and everything. And i used to talk to so many of them. and then i started getting back to my shy self after settling in. Now its so hard for me to talk to guys. I don't know what to say to them or anything. so I just don't say anything practically. I think i mite be socially retarded. But anyway. The guys that used to look at me and smile at each other don't even do that anymore. And this kid called me an ogre. then yesterday, this other kid made fun of me. I don't know what to do. what do you guys think about this?
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