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I'm not sure if this is the right forum so I apologize in advance.

I'm 34, African-American with a college degree and job. But I've never had a boyfriend and am still a virgin.

I don't consider myself attractive, am overweight and its difficult for me to make friends. I usually go to work and come home and never go out on the weekends. I also don't drive because I have a fear of being ...

I am fifteen and am recovering from psychotic, severe depression.

I think I might be a masochist. I think I like pain, and I have these fantasies where I get hurt. I also have an interest in being abused.

I also think I'm a sadist. I have fantasies where I hurt others, and I think I like them - I also have homicidal thoughts.

Or am I just a hypochondriac ?

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have a few questions some people may be able to help me with.....

Ive been sufferin for over 12 monts now. Constantly remembering throughout the day......very debilitating.

can i do anything about this? is this normal? how long does the "remember" stage last. Ques are not responsible, its like a film in my head - all very strange. :shock:

Ive been told a mentle strategy is to ...

My husband and I have been married almost a year now. He was 50 and never had been married. We dated casually over 30 years ago. He said he never married because no one ever lived up to what he saw in me. I was married for 23 yrs. and have 3 children. Before we married a year ago, We dated 4 weeks, he felt like he had missed marrying me the first time around ...

I am planning on seeing a doctor in the near future to know for sure, but for know I just wanted to see people's opinions as to whether I am just being paranoid and wasting my time.


I am 16 years old, so I figured any learning disabilities should have been uncovered by now. However, after doing some reasearch I have found I have an alarming number of symptoms of dyslexia.

The following are a ...

This entire relationship I recently ended was so strange and bizzare that it still has me confused and looking for answers. The same revolves around my 45 year old girlfriend's constant lying about what seemed to be everything.

First: About 3 and a 1/2 years ago, I met her ... a redhead with greeneyes in yahoo chat. After alittle over a year with chat, e-mails and phone calls, she came to my town on what ...

Hello:

I am a 49 year old male diagnosed: Dysthymic Disorder with Major Recurring Depression. In addition, I have a 25 year history of drug abuse and alcoholism.

13 Mental Health Facilities and 16 Addiction Treatment Centers later here I am. (Clean for 2 ½ years)

In my first 2 years of recovery from substance abuse, I steered clear of Emotional Entanglements. *(Euphemism for Relationships)*

This last September I entered school. I ...

Im 16 and I found out about AS on a message board about a month ago. And after looking into it more, I've discovered that I may have it. Im a very quiet person and I dont like social situations much at all. I also have symptoms of OCD and Social anxiety disorder. I tend to interrupt conversations and change subjects, which is very annoying to people. My school work suffers when it calls for ...

I left my abusive marriage a little more than three years ago, and was diagnosed with PTSD a year later. I've been doing pretty okay, but I'm here today because of one thing that happened this morning that really upset me, and I just hate that it's ruining my whole day! I was on another message board about politics, and this guy who is always a real jerk, anyway, over-reacted when I disagreed with him ...