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My boyfriend was diagnosed ADHD with Histrionic and Anti-Social personality disorder. I don't doubt the diagnosis, from what I have learned, he is a classic case. I fell in love with him, I moved him into my home with my daughter, and now understand what I have gotten myself into. I need advice on how to love a histrionic and have a healthy relationship, if a way exists. He loses control of himself frequently, and ...

My girlfriend for the past year is going through some difficult times. She has an extremely abusive mother who is on a power trip to ruin beths (my girlfriend) life to most it seems like the typical "i hate my life and mother" teenage problem. Thats what DCF has said their last three visits. The thing is her mom isn't phisiclayy hurting Beth or her brother but she has mentally and emotionally abused Beth and ...

Searching the Internet for information on Prozac, I just found an astonishing article on dogs suffering from a certain type of anxiety! Apparently, seven million dogs in the US suffer from that condition. I never thought that animals can have mental disorders, I knew that dogs experience some type of feelings that are like those of humans, like love, sadness, jealousy etc, but I had no idea that animals can have mental disorders too.

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My fiance was emotionally and verbally, twice physically abusive in the past to me.
When we had our daughter, we were apart and he started to change. For the past two years I have not had any indication of abuse from him. He has been nothing but sweet and considerate. we have had long talks about what he did and he has said sorry for the first time. In two years things have been great, ...

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I am just putting this post here to try to locate others that were diagnosed a chronic schizophrenic and consider themselves to have beaten it. I believe I have beaten it even though I am still a bit of an alienated oddball. What else could you be after an experience such as that. In addition, I do not believe schizophrenia is an illness, I believe its a natural healing process, I am anti psychiarty, ...

Depression can devastate your self-esteem, which has been defined as the value or worth you place on yourself and the pride you feel in yourself. Self-esteem also involves accepting your shortcomings, limitations, and even failures. Therefore, knowledge and acceptance of yourself - both your good and bad characteristics - lay the groundwork for developing a healthy sense of self-esteem.

Low self-esteem can keep you from achieving goals and enjoying life fully. Before you can build ...

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I'm just posting to ask for information about where to find support for family members of those who live with bipolar disorder. The person I love most in the world has been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder by different psychiatrists over the years. Then he was told he didn't have it and went off all of his medications. He was fine for a while but all hell broke loose and now it looks like ...

Hello. My name is Rachel and I think that I am a compulsive liar. I have had a HUGE problem with lying since the age of 7. I am 20 now. I lie about everything. Mostly I make up long, detailed stories either to impress people or to gain some shred of false sympothy, I have lied about being raped, molested, going to college, jobs, sexual experiences, ect. After so long of telling the lie, ...

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I'm curently taking Broadcasting-TV, Lately however i've been experiencing some problems for example one my profesors was reading my report i handed into him and he said i can't make any sense what your saying in your report.

The next thing to happen to me is three of my professors, and the program cordinator called me in to meet with them sinse there conerned about

a)my group participation and what my group members said ...

I made a post around 3 months ago and this one is somewhat different. I want to 'hook up' with this girl that I've known (and liked) for about 5 years. About two years ago we started talking less frequently, and now none at all. We have totally different groups of friends (her being in the intimidating 'popular group' and me being in my reserved shy grouP). She liked me in gr. 6 and 7 ...