Q: My husband was addicted to crack. I knew something was wrong for the last two years but had no idea what it was. one day he got pulled over and went to jail for possession. He called me from jail and let me know he had a drug problem. I considered splitting up with him but I love him and i want our marriage to work. I have given him one more chance. I have given him rules to follow and if he doesn’t follow them, then I'm through with him. my question is he has ruined my trust for him .if he does what he is supposed to do, will i ever trust him again? every time he does something strange I end ...  
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Q: I am currently in a long distance relationship with a girl I've been with for about a year now. We have a great relationship andlove each other very much. This experience being apart, however, has beenvery trying for the both of us. > She's overseas right now, studying and living with other American students, mostly guys. She made friends with this one guy who she ended up becoming very close to. When I went over to visit her a couple months ago, I noticed that there was definitely some flirting between the two of them. I pointed it out to her and she made it very clear that they were justfriends. She said there was nothing between them. I actually hung out with this kid quite a ...  
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Q: I recently confronted my parents over a issue my wife had with my mother (who watches my 2.5 yr old daughter). My mother allows my daughter to call her "Mom" or "Mommies", and doesn't correct her or attempt to correct her. My wife and I are constantly trying to teach her everyones name or title but it seems to get disrupted during the time she spends with grandma uncorrected. My wife stated to me she felt hurt by her daughter calling another women "Mom". But, it bothered her she doesn't try to correct her . Even after my wife had asked her to try and correct my daughter when she called her that. I asked my wife not to make a big deal ...  
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Q. I am a 19 year old college student who is considering medical school and volunteers at a medical research facility. Specifically, I would like to be a psychiatrist or possibly a neurologist. I was also diagnosed with schizophrenia a year ago, and due to cognitive disturbance, I find it increasingly difficult to maintain the previous quality of my work. I have also been hospitalized several times for delusional violent ideation or attempted self injury. Because of all the time I've missed, I think my grades will start to suffer soon. Most of the time I can function very well, but despite medication, paranoia and what I am told are delusions sometimes take hold, and I require hospitalization. Assuming I can cognitively handle medical school, ...  
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Q. I read that it could be helpful to return to the place where the trama existed, but my parents sill live in the house. I don't get along with my parents, though they would like to. The problem in this is that my mother has borderline personality disorder and my father has anxiety disorder with chronic depression. They believe nothing ever happened, and my sister and i are simply being silly children making up events and excuses to hate their parents. We have tried to speak to them, but they go into a dramatic shpeel about something completely different or the topic blown out of proportion. If they are unwilling to change, what other techniques could i use to try to help myself with ...  
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Q. My son is 21 years old. He has a mom with PTSD and a dad with depression. He has had a lot of crisis in his life from him having cancer to foster sibling dropping dead to severe bullying and abuse at school. He was diagnosed with bipolar at 17. He has addiction issues with grass and alcohol. He lived away 2 years going to college in another state. Mommy always believed him and went running to his rescue only to find out that he made his own bed with behaviors etc. Last fall he came home to roost with girlfriend who JUST now turned 20. He is a full time student and has a job. His grades stink this year. He pays no ...  
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Q. I always feel the need to pick my skin, like if i get a blister or dead skin on my foot i need to pull it off and continue to rip the skin off till its either pink and sore or even bleeds.I also pick any skin near my nails off and try to chew the skin off near my nails my skin doesnt itch or anything i just feel like picking it off... scabs from scratches too. is this some kind of mental disorder or caused by stress because i mostly do it probably when im bored or stressed i want to know what it is i hope you can help :) and thanks for reading this. A. Without knowing more information, ...  
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Q. Help. Recently I've been expieriencing extreme highs, I'm used to mood swings and am usually able to keep a lid on them, but I'm getting more and more out of control. This weekend has been one of the most hectic in my life. Friday I started out good, happy, bouncy chirpy and just plain ecstatic, then stuff happened, I overreacted (as I tend to do) and I spiralled into the irritated, pissed off wreck. I got mad, threw some stuff around, had a drink to calm me down before my friends arrived. We went to a gig, I was ok again, happy, bouncy, fine. Saturday I took off, stayed at a family friend's place. I just had to get out of the house, I ...  
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Q. My mother's dad (my grandfather) had schizophrenia. No one else in my family has had this disease. My mother is 53 and free from it and my father is 54 and also doesn't have it. What are the chances that I could get the disease? I am almost 20 and have had no symptoms as of yet. My brother is 23 and also has had no symptoms. Do I have a large change of getting the disease? A. Research shows that children who have a parent with schizophrenia have a 13% to 15% increase risk for getting schizophrenia. The risk for grandchildren is even less. Schizophrenia, if it strikes usually begins in early adulthood between the ages of 18 and 25 for males. Women ...  
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Q. I think that I may have DID, but I'm not sure. I took an online screening test and got a 78 out of 100. The test said that anyone who gets over 30 on it is likely to have DID, or some association with DID. I also noticed that I have a lot of the signs, but I thought that I just had epilepsy, or something because that runs in my family, but now I'm not so sure because I have a lot of the major signs of DID. Like memory loss, not remembering parts of conversations, how I got to a certain place, staring off in to space and not being aware of how much time has past, not remembering moving something, ...  
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Q: my husband is a good guy. He is very positive and understanding. Only problem I have with him is that even though he loves me a lot, when anyone insults me ( like his parents or brother)n he just keeps mum. I do not yell at them either as I do not have the courage to face a fight. Also, it would only worsen the situation. Instead, if he spoke for him, they would be always forgive their son. They would also understand my feelings at some time. Since I have not expressed myself, I bottle up my anger and it reflects on my behaviour with them. Whereas at all times, my husband is a good boy in hteir eyes and I have become ...  
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Q. When I was hospitalized I saw a doctor for like 5 minuates and he labelled me as "borderline" which probably is because I struggle with cutting. Where I live they have a protocol for people who they consider "borderlines" basically in for 48 hours and out you go. Its really sad. I am so suicidal I don't know what direction to turn. My first suicide attempt was in jan 06' that is my only attempt. Its like every direction I turn I am getting the door slammed in my face. I need serious help. Inside my head is so messed up, I feel like I am gonna take my life away... and i will probably regret it. I tried to meet with our ...  
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