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Hello,
My name is Kevin Wilson and i live in brooklyn NY. I am here doing research for a documentary film project i would like to make. Im looking for people who are suffering from DID, those who are no longer suffering from it. I have put together some information on why i want to make this project.

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DID Documentary

People are constantly saying DID is a disease that does not exsist. However i ...

I am a 19 year old male.

Ok, to give you the symptoms of what I think is wrong with me and the way I think, (it's to do with my mindset and how it's been changed due to people around me) I'd like to divide this post up into three areas of my life-- childhood, teenagehood, and the transition I'm going through now into adulthood.

If such a long post with so much background ...

Hi Everyone, I've been reading for about a year now. Feel like i know most of u. It's my mom she's been pretty bad for about two years now. From the day she called in a panick and told me my father and his girlfriend were plotting to kill her. Still don't know who the girlfriend is, she had me follow lots of leads .At first i did think maybe some of her story was ...

Hey,

I thought his might interest some of ye:

Bulimia, as we all know, is normally viewed as a mental condition and treated with psychological therapies. However, a recent trial carried-out by a Swedish university (Karolinska Institutet) suggests that some women with the condition may have too much of the male hormone Testosterone being produced. Half of the bulimics treated for this hormonal imbalance reported less hunger, and fewer cravings for fatty, sugary food. It ...

does there seem to be a hell of a lot of pointless sniping at people on here at the moment?

i thought schizoids were meant to be indifferent - so why all the personal attacks? what do they achieve?

i suppose i should be indifferent to all the sniping so long as it doesn't infringe on me, which i suppose i am to an extent - i don't really care that someone may be offensive/offended ...

Cognitive Therapy of Depression by Beck, A., A. Rush, B. Shaw, and G. Emert
1979. Guilford Press, NY

This rather long, very detailed book is meant for professionals. However, many who suffer from depression can relate to much of what is described, especially in several chapters. This book was written in 1979 and many ideas we read about in self-help books originally came from these authors. It is widely accepted that Cognitive Therapy can control ...

The Zen Path through Depression by Martin, P.

1999. Harper, San Francisco Author Philip Martin has practiced Zen for many years. When he came down with a bout of depression, he used Zen training to move past depression. His book describes many subtle aspects of the depressed sate, and it instructs us in a variety of meditations. At many AA meetings, members are given a chip for different lengths of time away from alcohol. Nearly ...

Results of the largest study ever of the effectiveness of antidepressants demonstrates conclusively that only about one third of depressant people get relief with the first medication they try. The study of 3,671 patients was reported October 31, 2006 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The studyÕs leader was A. John Rush. It was also found that large numbers of people stop taking medication because they do not like the side effects or get discouraged. ...

:cry: I was in the hospital for depression and having some confussed states my first day there I lost alot of time I kept switching personalities ,moving the bed around the room but staff never said anything when they check in sometime in the night the bed ended up against the closet/bookshelf thingy and {we} ended up on the floor screaming first being told ...

Hi! This is my 2nd post where my first post is in the introduction of newbie.. yip, I'm a newbie for this forum... ^_^ ...

Well, I'm a student of architecture that now taking my thesis for my final year. And my topic is about healing architecture of mental disorder recovery center. I know that many of you come to this forum is to search for help or to help others about psychology problem... I'm ...