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How many of you were bullied and school, and how many of you think that greatly contributed to your AvPD?

Me...I was the quiet, shy, geeky, awkward, different kid. Therefore I attracted bullies like the scent of blood attracts sharks. It was nearly constant throughout my school years and didn't stop until I graduated and got the hell out of there.

It's a wonder I made it out alive.

Too bad I didn't have a ...

Ok. first off, I am in DEEP denial with the posibility that I may have BPD., because I don't believe I relate to many of the symptoms and I shall explain further in due course.
But I guess I need to understand it, to understand it myself.

A little bit of background;
I’ve been in psychiatric care since age 13 (I’m now 19). I saw a shrink for depression and issues with my gender identity.. ...

Am I the only one who feels totally disconnected and rather disinterested in watching sports? It's hard to mingle and converse when everyone and their mother is gloating over their local team of random individuals picked by corporate figureheads. Since I'm worried about rejection, I try to play along instead of outright admitting that I dislike watching sports. It's even worse, because part of my job entails working at a football stadium as a security ...

I need housing the house I live in that is my mom and dad is about to go foreclosure I tired calling places but I won't have a place to go on after oct. 28 what do I do I have no friends and I have home instruction and I will start on the special school in like 60 days or less is there a phone number for housing for the mentally disabled and I ...

I am at wits end and feel like I am about to have a mental breakdown myself!

My boyfriend has been battling depression for about 4 years now. Two years ago I convinced him to seek help. To be honest, it hasn't helped much. Here is where we are at today...

If I schedule a doctor's appointment for him, he cancels it. (He used to go, but said it was a waste of time. After ...

What to do when you are not getting respect from people you are paying respect to? It causes irritation and anger, in the best case. It often can cause feelings of inferiority or low self-worth.

I mean, what strategy to take, other than ceasing a contact with this kind of people, who are persistent in not respecting you, even though you are totally respectful to them?

Is it better to confront them, even by being ...

Lately I'm not feeling that good, I'm having a big depression since I found out a brain tumor I had and I thought was long gone is now back and I have to go through everything again.

I have no life, I go to college and come home and that's all I do everyday, I don't go out and I don't talk to anyone besides what's absolutely necessary at home, so that may not help ...

okay, as far as i know i don't have any panic attack disorder, but today i think i might've had an "attack..."

i'm sure everyone knows about the global money thing with banks going bankrupt etc. etc. and we are busy studying the great depression in history. so i asked the teacher if we're all going to end up like how they were back then and she said it's unlikely, because i live in a ...

It's been awhile since I've posted here. The last time being about a HPD who was once in my life, and fortunately no longer. I should add the best resistence to an HPD's charm is a healthy dose of self esteem. But that's another topic.

I come here hoping to assist my 13 yr old daughter in transitioning away from her BPD friend without being physically harmed.

Here's a little background. My daughter became close ...

Some history:

I'm a 20 year old white male from North Carolina. Raised in Southern Baptist home. Mother is zealous and fundamental. Father seems laid-back and open-minded. Became agnostic/pantheist at 18 and met with serious guilt attacks from my mother. Started smoking pot when I moved out of the house and started attending college. Continue to smoke daily since. Started smoking cigarettes (pack/day) a year later. Used a lot of dextromethorphan (dissociative), lsd, mushrooms, 2ci, ...