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The news yesterday said that some huge study had just been published saying that one in every two people will deal with mental illness in their life.

That's a lot.

Does that number surprise you at all?

I was thinking that it's almost the same number as ... I forget how this was said in the article I read, but what it said was that because so many people use soooo many antacids, about 47% ...

I'm sorry if any of you find this offensive for whatever reason but i need to ######6 vent and this is the only safe place i have to do so.
a) i cant do it to my friends, it hurts them to much
b)i cant do it to my therapist cause if something slips out she may send me to the hospital
and aAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRG. i'm angry because i'm never going to get better. i'll always ...

ok well to start off i have figured out thrwe discusion woith my girlfriend that she has abandonment issues. We have been together almost 3 years and have a 1.5 year old son.
Her parents were divorced when she was 5 she is now 20. during much of that time her dad dint visit her alot work i now hear had a big part in that but when shew as growing up her mom would ...

Somedays, everything just sucks. And the fact that I'm spending TEN HOURS a day in summer school to get a PE credit. Ten ######6 hours of PE. This was the first day, and it sucked. I came home more depressed than ever. I don't want to keep feeling this way... but I can't tell my parents either, so I can't find any help and I'm not even sure I can find help anywhere. I'm lost ...

Everyone said that I need to stop depressing myself- because only that will put my life down and makes it pity. However, I knew it but I couldn't help. I have no best friends who will not be there for me since I lost a best friend. I did get over her and moved on.. I now am seeking a true friend who is willing to be there for me and love me like treating ...

Hello, I really need your tips.

One thing I don't understand is I tried calling the girl who I really love. We talked for like five minutes, then all of a sudden, she said that I have to go now.. I told her that I miss her tons and love her. She said, like "Uh, you too have a good day." Even though she hasn't said either I love you or I miss you too ...

I'm writing this to try and get some advice from people who aren't emotionally involved in my situation.

I've been engaged to a man for 6 years now. There are several reasons that we haven't married yet, but the first and foremost is his family.

At the beginning of the relationship, until about two years ago, his family DID NOT like me. Their dislike originated, not from anything I did, but because Andrew and I ...

This is my first time posting to this forum. My boyfriend (or other half, as I llike to call him) has a mental disroder (at least that what it seems like) and I don't know what to do. I am so scared for him. We are the proud parents of a little 4 year old girl. He is an amazing person, but this past weekend his mind just went... Here is my story: Four and ...

For weeks, my friends have been strongly encouraging me to ask my psychiatrist about inpatient programs at some kind of hospital. So I finally did, and he thinks its an option, a good one, for me to spend some of august this summer in a hospital, working on my cutting and depression.

I have mixed feelings about this, as I'm scared of hospitals but then also enthousiastic about trying to get over this problem of ...

I started seeing someone new about six weeks ago. Immediately, we clicked on all levels and began a terrific relationship. It was casual, but we both felt from the start that we had something special. Throughout the relationship, she would comment jokingly that "she has issues" and that "she is neurotic". She jokingly tried to warn me off on more than one occaision. I took these comments as humorous self-criticism...there were no signs of anything ...