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I have been there myself. And i have felt the anxiety like my head would
explode. I had nowhere to hide from myself.
Recognice that?

The more we hate these feelings and try to stop them, the more anxiety we
will feed them with and they grow stronger. We can only beat darkness with
light, hate with love and so on.

We as humans are kind of trapped for a while inside this body. We ...

Lately friends & family have started telling me : I am down right (SCANDALOUS) .. I should be looking to date women my age 48 .. Ok here's my story .. At 16 I lost my virginity.. She was 12 and had done the deed.. It did'nt take much convinceing @ first I said no,but when she showed me all ! All I could do was stammer & drule YES.. We kinda dated, I meant ...

Hi all, I'm 34, female, Avoidant from way back. Would like to get to know some fellow Avoidants in my age bracket if possible but would welcome any/all new friendships. I have given up on "real life" relationships. I just don't play well with other humans, I don't think. :lol: I do work full time; I just have no life outside of being a mom and going ...

Hi,

I am about 5'4 and i weigh about 108 lbs. I am 13 years old. I am really considering bulimia, actually laxatives. I want so badly to be a size 00, i am a 2/3 or so... Before i go through with this i need some advice... thanks.

No one that I have spoken to this has understood it.

I have been suffering from mental illness for more than 12 years. I have been in therapy for the past 6.

Have you ever heard the term "I'm in love with my sadness?"

I think I am in love with my sadness. When I am happy, and realize I am enjoying myself or am in a good mood, I search for reasons to be ...

I was diagnosed approximately 10 years ago with DID. At the time I was going through a mental break down. The psychiatrist gave me the option of taking Risperdal or being committed and forced to take it. The medication silenced everyone.

I have just re-established contact My alters were afraid to re-emrge or I would try to hurt them again.

I saw a therapists last week who insisted that I see a psychiatrist and be ...

I went to www.robbloom.com but I couldn't find the articles on stuttering. Does anybody know where Rob Bloom's articles on stuttering are?

Hi, I really need some help.

I've recently made an appointment with the doctor to talk about problems I've been having with my relationship with my boyfriend. We feel that it is time I got some serious help with all the issues I've got.

These mostly involve me thinking that my boyfriend is cheating/lying ALL the time.

If he gets a txt message when I'm with him- I have to know who it is (as ...

Help my mother in-law is driving us crazy!
I'm not really sure what this disorder is but the women is always paranoid.

Let's start with her history:
Her mother was put away several times for schizophrenia when she was a child. There was an incident of the mother driving to the school naked to pick up the child and her siblings. So enough said growing up in a house like that would make anyone have ...

speaking of treatment and therapy; what's up with shrinks perscribing vitamin e for tardive dyskinesia? "Your face is beginning to twitch involuntarily? Have some vitamin E... ?! wtf? this is 2004. rather than vitamin e, how's about some atypical neuroleptics? is it the cost? is it the fact that some of the newer drugs are causing diabetes? you don't wanna take the time to monitor the patient? i can't decide if diabetes is worse than ...