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Well, I have major self esteem problems. I have been through so much in my life that I never seem to have very high self esteem. I hate the way I am and that brings my self esteem down even more. Between witnessing abuse, my parents getting divorced, being verbally abused, switching schools about 9 times, moving around a lot, not having many friends, and all the deaths that I've had to put up ...

Ok. This is kind of a long story, but any feedback would be nice.

My ex-girlfriend and I dated for somewhere near 6 years. About a year and a half ago I proposed to her and it was more like pulling teeth for me. I felt pressured to move the relationship along to this point and so I did. It was a half-hearted proposal to say the least. About three months later, I decided to ...

OK here goes. This is very difficult for me. I am 50 years old and for as long as I can remember I have been sexually aroused by seeing, talking about, or anything to do with a woman getting her hair cut.

I am ashamed to say that I usually masterbate in connection with this.

I don't know how it started and I can not control it. I am a Christian and do not feel ...

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I had been diagnosed with conversion disorder last August after being admitted to hospital with a paralysed left leg. Several tests were carried out including 2 MRI and a CSF test. If my memory serves me the protein level in CSF was 900 and it did raise some concerns. This episode lasted 3 weeks and resolved spontaneously. I had other episodes in November and January where my left had was also involved. In April ...

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 ...