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How do I find a therapist?
Posted Tuesday April 29 2008, 3:57 am
How do you find a therapist and are they expensive? I don't have health insurance and I haven't been to a doctor since I was a little kid so I don't have a doctor to ask. I'm in college and I make barely enough money to buy food and pay rent. I think I'm bi-polar and I want to learn how to deal with it and handle it better - it's already ruined alot of friendships and I can't handle homework/class when I'm really low so I've already failed/dropped way too many classes because of it. If I can't afford a therapists where can I go to get diagnosed or at least someone to talk to? I'm not religious so I can't talk to anyone like that. Give me some advice :(
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distorted self image
Posted Tuesday April 29 2008, 12:36 am
I feel like my mind is messing with me. I am 5'5'' and about 135lbs ( 15/female) . Now, technically that isn't overweight, but I used to be 4'6'' and 140lbs a few years ago, and my brain is stuck on that.
Back then I told myself I was healthy, but now whenever I look at myself in the mirror or in a picture I think I look obese. I can usually keep this to my self, but when I am PMSing, it gets worse. I feel like such a fatty all the time. I dont really have any confidence. I dont wear make-up because I have a disease on my skin on my face , so that doesnt help. My family and friends are concerned, but I just cant help it
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how can I make my self think I am normal-looking?
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I get freaked out when someone is even sitting too close.
Posted Monday April 28 2008, 12:48 am
I dont know whats wrong with me but i'm like afraid of people touching me. I'm not like germophobic or anything. Seriously though like even just like if someone is sitting too close or something. Even with my best friend like we'll be sitting next to each other watching a movie and she'll be too close ( which is'nt even that close) and i move a little farther from her. I dont get any of this it's weird. I know alot of you are probably going to say like well if you have a problem with it then stop having a problem with it but i dont think it's that simple. Does anyone know whats wrong with me? Has anyone felt like this before? Help please!
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depressed
Posted Sunday April 27 2008, 11:06 pm
15/f
I have recently taken 11 depressed quizs, typed in are you depressed in google and took them, and all of them said i was "serevely depressed" or basically tell me to get help.
A lot has been going on lately and its really getting tooooo much for me to handle, and i honestly don't trust myself alone because im afraid ill do something ill regret.
If i talked to my doctor would/could he put me on anti-depressants, i dont want my mom to know, and i dont want to go to a therapist because i dont like talking to people about how i feel. and i dont know what else to do, because i always feel sad even when it could be one of the most happiest days of my life i still feel empty and fake like...
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Depression
Posted Sunday April 27 2008, 8:33 pm
Im ready to just give up.
Nothing ever seems to work for me.
Im a failure when it comes to guys, im a jelous person and i get angry so much. im not happy i feel like im having sucidal thoughts..
is ther anyone that can help me
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anti-depressants
Posted Sunday April 27 2008, 1:11 pm
What are the pros and cons for a 14 f taking anti-depresents?
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Not prego?
Posted Saturday April 26 2008, 2:48 am
okay so the last time i had sex was in february. Its now coming to the end of april. Ive missed my period since january or february won or the other dont remember but i think it was february. I havent had it since. Could i be preganent or is it the stressn about it thats making me miss my periods =/ has ne one else been through this?
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Anorexia?
Posted Thursday April 24 2008, 9:21 pm
So sophomore year, i started takin anti-depressants and it made me gain a little weight. I had always been super-skinny so it freaked me out (freshman year i was 103 or so) and so when the scale said 121 i felt like a fatass and began to eat less calories, excercize more, ect ect. I only lost about 12 pounds so it wasn't anything serious and didn't last too long. Earlier this year, in late February/early march, I went on a crash diet and lost 5 pounds in a little over a week.
When I get like that, it never lasts too long and I it's never a full-on eating disorder... but lately i've been very unhappy and extremely stressed. I beat myself up about how ugly and fat I am and how I have no friends.
a few weeks ago...
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~RejeCtioN~
Posted Thursday April 24 2008, 4:56 pm
i feel rejected... and i dont know whats wrong with me...i tried dressing up more dressing down looking this or that acting this way or another... i tried virtually everything conceivable to attract a guy.... i've tried just being myself and still to no adieu..... i know many of you will suggest to give it time... but believe me i've tried for so long and it is not like my shift are drastic and sudden or short spanned...
i am ashamed of asking people to rate me sincerely on my looks ( because that essentially will make me look like a maniac) i am not overweight but even if i were i don't understand how that would stop someone from liking me... i've seen people who are attracted to those on the "healthy" side of th...
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Eating Disorder?
Posted Wednesday April 23 2008, 8:19 pm
I am a 17 year old girl who has lost 10 pounds in the past month. I am obsessed with weight, and I really want to lost 10 more pounds. I was never overweight, but it is just that I want to be thinner.
For breakfast, I have a few bites of applesauce. I skip lunch whenever I can. I eat a normal size dinner, though less than I did before I started this. I try hard not to eat dessert, and I only eat it so that my parents won't suspect anything. Right after that I chew sugarfree gum so I don't eat anything. I also drink a lot of water.
I count calories a lot, and my goal is definitely no more than 1000 calories a day, although I usually try for 800. I exercise a lot, burning between 250 and 400 calories per ...
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Is it just a teenage-stage thing..or is it real?
Posted Tuesday April 22 2008, 4:57 pm
Alright, I'm well aware that teens go through different confusing stages. They're unsure of themselves, they get depressed..blah blah. But what if I actually thought I had some kind of mental disease? What if I read about it and found the symptoms to be true in my case.? Like..I've found myself to be bulimic, depressed, anxious..all those things. But how can I tell if it's true or not and not just one of those "teen" things. Because my mother won't even listen. She brushes it off and says its just another teen emotion and stage.
Any advicee? I'm 16/f by the way.
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any type of illness?
Posted Monday April 21 2008, 7:44 pm
see, i have a very small stomach. i usually get really really hungry and think i need to eat a lot, but then i eat only half as much as i thought i could and then about 30 to 45 minutes later i get starved again.
well, for the past 4-7 days, thats completely changed. im not very hungry at all. i usually need to eat about every two hours. right now its 6:45 PM and i have only had cereal, yogurt, and juice today. thats a major drop in diet. and im afraid my metabolic rate is going to slow dramatically and then when i try to eat again, ill gain weight. or im afraid im going to lose a lot of weight and get sick. im very thin and im 5'4". im 15/f and i weigh between 103-106. my weight has stayed in that range for about...5 to...
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the best way?
Posted Monday April 21 2008, 5:51 am
ok so im a cutter. i know i ned help. but is there any way to cut urself that is the least painful? im scared of it since i just started cutting myself. i dont want my parents to find out. how can i cut myself without causing more pain than i have to?
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need to get help for my cutting
Posted Monday April 21 2008, 5:08 am
ok so im 13/f and i have a problem with cutting myself. i understand that it is a problem so that is the first step to recovery.
i want to knnow if there are any places ONLINE that i can get help for my problem. i dont want any1 to know i have these problems so i cant go to see a person. also i cant let my parents find out.
thanks for the help.
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anxiety.
Posted Sunday April 20 2008, 1:17 am
so my whole life i have add mild anxiety and for about ten months i could function after i stopped talking medicine but the past fourish months there's been alot of chaos and i cant control it by myself.
i sometimes find myself having random panic attacks.
little things like school stuff freak me out or just thinking about certain people or things make me extremely anxious.
my nervous are uncontrolable.
i would like to avoid not taking medicine.
anything would help.
thanks. =)
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Paranoia?
Posted Friday April 18 2008, 9:44 pm
I don't know why but I always think that everyone hates me. I used to ask my best friend about this and he always told me that it was all in my head and that people really do like me. However, when I try to hang out with friends in my mind I seem to think that they all hate me. I know people go through stages like this, and I don't think it's so serious that I should be getting help, but is there anything I can do to fix things?
-Male, 16
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prozac + alcohol
Posted Thursday April 17 2008, 6:31 pm
i am currently on prozac .. the bottle says do not drink alcohol... why is this? what can happen? if i have a few beers will i die.. or is it if i consume an exceesive amount of alcohol will there be harfmful effects?
thanks !
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Is this Normal?
Posted Thursday April 17 2008, 4:15 pm
OK, well, i just want to know if this is normal
well, i like have dreams about having sex with some of my friends and i like it
BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
I like ALOT of guys....
is this normal....does that mean i am a lesbian?
please help me!!
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Kinda long! About parents and such forth
Posted Wednesday April 16 2008, 8:07 pm
My parents have split up 6 times...
And then got back together
This is the 7th time..
And I found out that my mom had an affair 3 years ago!
I am totally stressing, and I block out my emotions until they come back, because I don't want to feel sad...
Well today I found out that my favorite person and teacher is pregnant...
I am totally like crying over it!!
Thats good news...right?
I don't feel like I can talk to her because she is preggo, there is no point in making her stress...she is having a BABY!!
So yeaa....
I think I might be depressed...and I can't handle this anymore!!!
I want to get awawy from my house, and escape my problems...and the person who I talked...
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im never happy... :(
Posted Tuesday April 15 2008, 5:27 pm
i just started going to a psychologist once a week becuase i was just found out to have depression. In the meantime, i ALWAYS over think things, and its just like i feel everything 10x worse than everyone else! I hurt so much, even the slightest thing. Like I think about the boy I like, and i want to cry. Is there anything i can do to make myself feel better? Like any good ways to get myself to stop over-thinking so much and just be happy? PLEASE help!
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