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Some kind of mood disorder?
Posted Saturday July 5 2008, 7:18 pm
For the past year, I have been having really bad mood swings. I am a girl, but I don't think that they have anything to do with my mentrual cycle. Once or twice a month, for between 3 and 7 days, I feel horrible. I feel guilty about nothing, really sad, hopeless, helpless, and like it won't go away. I just generally hate myself. Sometimes I feel like cutting. A few times I have thought of death. One time, I thought of death and then three days later I was absolutely back to normal. I have a mood chart now to track my emotions, so I am hoping this will help. I have been on other sites, and they said that I am probably bipolar, but I don't agree. Bipolar involves manic states, and I don't have that. When I don't feel really bad, I just feel n...
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E.D.
Posted Saturday July 5 2008, 5:51 pm
Okay, so I have a serious problem. I have been struggling with anorexia and bulimia for 2 years now. I'm surprised I'm not too weak to type. I've been to the doctor, I've been to eating disorder facilities, i've been to group help session, and i'm still the way i am.
i'm 5'9" and i weigh about 100-110 pounds... and i'm getting thinner. When i went for help, i was better for a little bit, but it always came back, after someone would make a fat joke or anything. I know i'm struggling for an impossible goal. I just don't know what to do, my mom doesn't know what to do, my friends don't know what to do. I'm running out of ideas to save myself! help me!
-Save my Soul
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Get Well Cards for Psychiatric Patients
Posted Saturday July 5 2008, 9:50 am
I was wondering if there was a website that allowed you to send cards to mental health patients so that they know that others are thinking of them. I can't find anything, so anything that is helpful would be appreciated! :)
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PreMenstrualSyndrome?!
Posted Friday July 4 2008, 10:40 pm
Is there a way to tell if you have PMS without going to see a doctor?? I always get angry about the stupidest things right before my period. Someone could go buy me something I've always wanted and I'll get really mad. I'm not sure if it's PMS or if I just get angry because I know my period is coming... since I know my cycle now... please help me!!
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self confidence
Posted Friday July 4 2008, 10:33 pm
I'm a thirteen year old girl and in eighth grade. I like myself, and I have lots of friends. (I even work out and try to eat right to make myself feel good.) But sometimes I get really low self-esteem, and I get red in the face or quiet when I'm around people, even ones that I like! I have some trouble talking to people, and sometimes they take this as hostility. (I speak flatly and have a hard time laughing) A few days ago, a girl thought that I didn't like her just because I said something that sounded mean, but I didn't mean it that way, and I really think that this girl is awesome!!!
How can I open up to people, be more friendly, and feel better about myself?
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bored to tears, LITERALLY.
Posted Friday July 4 2008, 7:40 pm
i am always so bored that i want to die, it makes me so angry and frustrated and sad. all i do is work and then i don't know what to do with myself. i try to go with some of my hobbies like painting or photography or watch tv or read books but i just don't feel like doing anything at all ever...i want to fucking kill myself. and my boyfriend feels like the same way. i just want to die. so does he. what the hell is wrong. help.
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Posted Friday July 4 2008, 7:24 pm
i have friends and they all do pot.. i have told them that i dont want to do ti and most of them respect my decision, but theres this one girl that keeps on offering.. and sometimes i get tempted to know what its like so what should i do?
FRiend of potheads
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ADD
Posted Friday July 4 2008, 2:03 pm
i have been prescribed to take 30 mgs Adderall XR (slow release) once a day.
after a while of taking it i discovered that i was becoming lightheaded every time i stood up, seeing stars, blacking out a little bit, having to hold on to something for a few seconds until i felt okay again.
it really worried me so i told my psychiatrist. she said it was probably the medication and that i should just be more careful when i stood up, not to worry about it. even a while after that it was still happening and really freaking me out.
on my own i decided to take 20 mg of regular Adderall (not the slow release) once a day, and the lightheadedness stopped almost immediately.
i haven't noticed any other ...
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feeling left out
Posted Thursday July 3 2008, 5:57 pm
for some reason since about the of the year ive started feeling left out all of the time does any1 know why this is happenin(btw im 13)
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Guilt
Posted Wednesday July 2 2008, 7:34 pm
I feel so bad about everything about me. My personality, who I am, my life, my race, I just really don't like who I am. Everytime I make a little mistake i go over it again and again in my mind just telling myself how stupid I am and how everyone's going to remember it. I hope I don't sound complainy, but that's just how it is. Could there be something wrong with me?
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MAJOR ATTENTION SEEKER!
Posted Tuesday July 1 2008, 6:52 pm
ive started to ask for a lot of attention..not recently its been happening for a lot of years but i only realised recently! i lie to my friends mostly..but now to family as well. to my friends i lied about how my mum used to abuse even though she did not to the extent i described it and now i lied sayin i have a kidney problem and feritility problem...i want to stop lieing but how? please help me? or ill become someone i know im not :S please thank you and i already know im a horrible person so please dont tell me i am...
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setting myself up for failure.
Posted Monday June 30 2008, 3:38 am
i have this state of mind that makes me view and act differently against myself. like i feel like i'm an awkard, less than adult, not special, not my best, and anxious. i want to be myself and my best but because i was hurt in the past, i can't get past what i feel and i feel incompetent to doing things. i set myself up for failure. is there anyway i can stop thinking in this kind of way?
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I'm having trouble with forgetting somethong that is making me feel uneasy
Posted Monday June 30 2008, 1:00 am
I know that as you read this you'd probably think that I'm weird but this problem is costing me valuable hours of sleep and i feel that if this continues my health will be in jeopardy.I'm having problems with forgetting something. I recently watched an anime series called ~ef~ a tale of memories. I dont normally watch these kinds of anime but i found myself finishing the whole series. Now the problem comes in.These past few weeks scenes from the anime just keep getting into my mind and i can't seem to shrug them off. Every time I remember that anime I feel uneasy. Its like theres a nagging feeling at the back of my head which then moves to my chest. Remembering makes me very uneasy to the point that I cant get enough sleep for weeks now. I'...
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Bipolar
Posted Sunday June 29 2008, 10:30 pm
Alright.
Is there a way you can know if your bipolar or not without going to the doctors?
I really think I am. I mean I'll be all happy and fine one minute and then someone will say something and I'll go quiet and not laugh or say anything. Or I'll be sitting in my room singing and just messing around and then i'll just suddenly stop and start crying (most of the time for no reason, or a really stupid reason like my boyfriends not around). I just dont know what to do anymore. It really kills me and I know it messes up my boyfriend.
Does it sound like im Bipolar to you?
So another question I guess would be how do I bring it up to my mom if I need to go to the doctors to find out?
And how exactly do they know?
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Bipolar?
Posted Saturday June 28 2008, 7:14 pm
I was just wondering if it is possible to be Bipolar if you have no real manic times, you just go from being seriously depressed to feeling normal. Your mood is a lot different, but it isn't elated. If not, what disorder(s) could this be?
Thanks! :)
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Self Confidence
Posted Friday June 27 2008, 9:01 pm
I'm been bouncing up and down with my self confidence. I just truly wish i was less shy....I am talk I am black im smart and its hard to feel comfortable with myself and feel normal. How can i jus loosen up im kinda up tight and it bugs me but i jus wish i was more comfortable how can i do that? Please dont jus say let loose and love urself its easier said then done.
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bad memory.
Posted Friday June 27 2008, 1:14 am
my memory sucks. i'm really smart, but i can't remember anything. please tell me some memory exercises to help me improve. btw. i'm thinking about making a memory book, you know like a diary but instead i'll write about things i want to remember like special moments and hilarious sayings and things like that.. i don't want to depend upon this book to remember or my friends.. please help.
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I always think I'm dying.
Posted Thursday June 26 2008, 7:24 pm
Hi there. I'm 21, and I'm assured I won't make it to my next birthday. I obsess over all sorts of diseases and illnesses, and it's ruining my life.
I have such big aspirations in life. I want to graduate from college, and have a family. I want to write a book, and enjoy myself.
Where is the key to happiness? I want more than anything to find it. I'm far too young to believe that I won't be okay. And yet, most days I find it harder then anything to just get out of my bed and live.
I'd hate to actually die, and know my life had turned to waste.
Any advice on taking life by the horns, and living to the best of my ability would be appreciated greatly.
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Is this normal?
Posted Thursday June 26 2008, 4:31 pm
I am a 17 year old girl, and ever since I was 14, I felt like I have been falling down a hill. It seems like it gets worse month by month. I feel bad about myself a lot, but I randomly feel better. But then a week later I am back where I started. I have no warning about when I will feel bad again. I want to know if so much pain is normal for a teenager.
I used to cut when I was 15, but I do it extremely rarely now. Starting this past March, I wasn't eating properly because I was trying to lose weight. I got down to eating between 500 and 1200 calories a day, depending on the day. When I was 16, I almost killed myself, and once this year I tried alcohol for the first time.
It just seems like I am falling...
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I have BPD [Borderline Personality disorder] should I tell my mom?
Posted Wednesday June 25 2008, 9:56 am
I was diagnosed BPD. [Borderline Personality disorder] at 18. My friend took me so that my mother wouldnt have to know.I'm now 20 and I'm not on any medication but I'm afraid that if my mother knew she would disown me. Should I tell her?
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