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Something's been nagging at me for years. It happened in junior high; I was fourteen. I wasn't the type of kid who normally acted out or did wild and crazy things. I was pretty withdrawn and shy. For the most part I was a nice kid, but at one point I developed this bizarre habit of stealing my classmates' homework. I'm not sure why - it became sort of a compulsion; a type of kleptomania ...

I've been feeling a little depressed lately and was wondering if any of you feel very faint bouts of sadness? It isn't so intense that I want to cry but is enough for me to know it is there. I know there are a few threads here about depression, but i didn't want to revive them.

I'm not entirely sure what I'm about to write so trigger warning thrown in for safety I guess. Identity Confusion mostly.
Might be a long post, too.

Sorry for taking up space on the board... I know everyone else has their own problems but I feel like I should get this out there instead of keeping it in my head.

Of course. I'am fuzzy again. It's trying to keep me from talking again. But here ...

Ex and I have been separated for a fair amount of time now. Close to a year, I was with her for four.

I've always had severely troubled relationships with people as a a result of my past/personality etc and this one with my ex was no different. We ended on really bad terms in my opinion and now, while I feel the worst of it is over with processing the emotion from the breakup, ...

orion or masqueradee - I really need to talk to someone today. You two are the only people I can think of that I admire and trust enough. I know I'm violating boundaries, so just a request if either of you has time, please PM me. On skype for a while.

I have some concerns about a change to my medications, and wanted to see if anyone else has any insight. I have been taking Lamictal + Seroquel XR for bipolar, and lisinopril + hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for high blood pressure. Today, my psychiatrist decided to discontinue the Seroquel (gradually), and add Lithium in its place. My understanding of lithium is that -- due to all of its fun risks associated with dehydration and kidney function -- ...

Hello,

This will be a long letter.

This is my story. I have always been a quiet person. I was very close to my mother after my father died when I was very young. I guess my mother always was a bit over protective over me. As long as i can remember i have never liked attention or that people look at me. When i was little kid i always become angry when anyone looked ...

Um...hi. I joined this forum like, 5 years ago? But things are getting steadily worse so...wall of text

I grew up with my grandma, my dad, 2 older brothers and an older sister. I was my fathers youngest, and my mothers 5th of 7. My mother is bipolar, a drug addict and an alcoholic. I''ve been told that she ever sent my siblings to school, that we lived in a filthy house, slept on cushions ...

Sometimes it seems like my psychs want me to lose control so they can have control over my life. I warned them while I still had a job how much I was struggling. I was offered drugs that would make performance working at walmart difficult. I even tried it and it didn't work. I lost my job and am now in a shelter. I tried to hell them how I'm having trouble with selfcontrol staying ...

My parents divorced when I was 2 years old. My father soon after remarried my stepmother. He had visitation and during the infrequent visits he sometimes picked me up alone. Some of my earliest memories of him are of us riding in the car and me sitting in the passenger seat of the car and him rubbing my upper thigh. I recall being very uneasy when he would do this. I was probably around 5 ...