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It occurred to me sometime today that I've been holding onto some affirmations and I realized they're not actually affirmations!

Like, my life's motto has been: "this too shall pass", having a double meaning - 1. this moment if negative, I know it will not last and 2. if the moment is positive, I must relish it because it will end. As many other things I've told myself, I am thinking this has also been ...

i didn't want to admit it, in fact i didn't she said it for me, im depressed.
i have nothing to be depressed about, but there it is. life is good right nw, but im not happy. im lonely, frustrated, apathetic, disconnected, numb.
ive been spending money to make myself feel better, buying clothes that might make my newly overweight body look better. not that i look in the mirror, im terrified of mirrors.
i ...

Hey guys, This may sound like a dumb question but what's the difference between being co-dependent and being Borderline? Is co-dependency a facet of BPD or is it something totally seperate?

After my rant yesterday on the doubt, the tape that keeps replaying topic I lost time and woke up in a heavy foggy with a headache, sick at my stomach, having one hell of a bad anxiety attack.I had to go to bed and did not get up until mid-morning today.This is what we suffer when we let the secret out,the others become angry and afraid.Still feeling sick but I am not going to keep ...

What type of people are you drawn to? I think I may even have a certain type of person that I am drawn to on this forum. What about you?
I have to say that I feel that I never fit in in the real world, although people call me and want to be my friends, I generally don't have any interest in them. I feel that I am even an outsider on this forum. ...

I dont know why my focus falters very quickly.I cant learn anything on my own.

I mean i get Bs and As in university but when i try to learn anything on my own i just cant do it.

When i try to learn anything on my own i just cant follow it to the end. For example if a thing requires a month to learn(and is very very easy and i know i can ...

I'm really curious about how ASD people dream. I've heard that people dream in black and white and others never remember dreams or say they don't dream. Personally I remember my dreams going back to when I was 3. I don't remember all of them but I remember most of them when I wake up. Sometimes they fade as the day goes on but others stick with me for life.

Also I'm wondering if you ...

This morning I talked to the "worst" of my many persecutors, many of whom are animals, only to find out she is 5 years old and would like to be a little girl - which we are working on including picking out an image of a child for her to use.

This page might give some of you ideas on how to handle you animal alters.

http://dx-dissociative-identity-disorde ... eeper.html

Hello, my name is Brandon...I'm new here and was just wondering something... I have always had deep-seated anxiety but there was a traumatic event that happened to me eight years ago, this was what triggered my anxiety episodes. Fast foward to the present, I've got into an arguement with a co-worker at work a couple weeks ago and it got pretty deep. It started out with us joking around until she slapped me in the ...

Okay so this may mean nothing, but I figured I would ask and explain.

It has to do with a dream this morning. My daughter woke me up really early, but we went back to bed for a few more hours. As I slept, I had a dream about my five favorite anime characters; I usually don't dream about characters in books or movies. Anywho, it felt all dreamy for a while (aka strange and ...