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So, I'm doing a lot better as far as depression and all. However, I still have absolutely no friends at all. I see the number of posts I have on here going up and up and up and it makes me ill. I tried but I failed. I don't know... I don't know what to do.

I'm not like everyone else, I know. I'm a male, but I'm gay. I don't want a bunch of ...

Hi everyone,

I'm not too good at starting threads.. and I'm pretty depressed at the moment.. so I hope this will make sense and someone will give enough of a crap to reply... :(

I have been seeing this guy for about 18 months now and when we first met, I was alot more "well" than now. I had just returned to my hometown and was happy ...

Single or not dating anyone?

I was thinking and realized I haven't been " totally single and uh-sexually" since I was 15. I remember everyone start dating at the point. I had no interest in sex or dating but I felt like I would be weird if I never tried.

The first time I had sex I was 17. The second that happened I started using it as a crutch. A way to feel close ...

i do bad things and scare people when i am suicidal behaving and i have apologised then go and do it again and i have again and i think i have lost everyone but if i lose the person i don't want to lose as a friend i will neck myself. Not with pills they don't seem to work just make me too scattered for words but i will find a way.
I am not ...

Last week 6 people in our island were murdered. Stuff like this doesnt happen over here so it was shocking to here that 3 of the victims where little children.
It is suppose to be safe here.
Wish i never looked at the photos of the kiddies on facebook and in the paper as it makes it real.
After reading all the comments about the murderer on facebook and how he should rot in hell ...

How intense is it for you?

What do you do?

How long does it usually take for you to come back?

I'm not sure exactly how much this has to do with BPD, but it's definitely related.

The last couple of weeks (and months) have been really stressful for me, emotionally, socially, and physically. That's not exactly a surprise--practically everyone these days is stressed, overloaded, unhappy. Unfortunately this is at a time when I am pretty vulnerable...no job, no partner, no permanent place to live. I haven't been using substances as much as I used to, ...

when you all knew what was wrong with you how did you find the right way in telling a psychiatrist and asking for help and answering any questions they may have with confidence too. How do you know they are the right ones i want to find trust and empathy in one that can really understand me and not think any small thing is pathetic or just whinging just really be able to me you ...

Are they treated with mood stabilizers like Bipolar? Effective?

people have complained about me being uncommunicative... and online it can be true, i find it really hard to talk, especially when stuff is getting too much.

realtime - i can usually communicate all that stuff ok, even when i cant talk about stuff, i don't freeze up and get unable to communicate at all.

its just online, phones, internet, txt messages etc. not people i don't know, only with people i know realtime.

i ...