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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 ...

It all started when I left school. I had this phobia where I couldn't stand to be around people and I was scared of the teachers so every now and then I'd stay at home and tell my mother I wasn't feeling to good and she'd let me stay. After a while, I just quit and I started homeschooling. At first, I was hiding from everyone {except my family}. I mean if anyone came to ...

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Do you yourself being discriminated against by your employer, because of your disability?

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Hi, my name is Tom.

I'm 16, and I just recently about 6 months ago left school to go and work full time as a chef.

I had been working a few jobs as an apprentice and then I obtained a job at a major seafood restaurant. One night my arm was pierced by a spike from a raw prawn...not knowing that I was allergic to prawns...

About 4 hours later I had palpitations (rapid ...

Life sucks when you think your gonna die any minute. I suffer from severe Hypochondriasis. I have over 10,000 dollers in hospital bills because I think Im dying. Im 19, and I am afraid of my heart going out and dying in severe pain. Does anybody else get terrified when they watch ER? Or those commercials that are advertising medicine and conditions, dear god, I think I have everything. Im really trying to get over ...

Staring out the window as the sun begins to set beyond the horizon
And the traffic below me passes by without a sound
From where I am
Locked away
In here I am
Where I have to stay
For the first time

Some people talking
Some people laughing to themselves
The days are hell
Your minds a cell
Up here on Ward 6

Well my eyes are so full of tears that I can't even ...

I just received my first picture from Mars a few minutes ago. For a few months, I've been suggesting pictures for NASA to take with their Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft that is orbiting Mars. Today, a few minutes ago, I saw the first picture they took. I feel like a mother who saw her newborn for the first time. It's a beautiful thing. I'm all excited. I'm exploring Mars. I'm not locked away in a ...

i been with my bf for 3 years and he seems wierd to me all of the sudden. he seems to have social problems.when he meets people in my family he doenst talk to them and he isnt friendly to my family and friends he says hes antisocial and no one really likes him how can i tell him to be more friendly he was brought up like dis