Q: I am 13 years old soon to be 14. I was taken away from my mother because of drug and abuse problems. I live with my god mom and every day i hurt. I just don’t know what is wrong with me. My mom has gone to rehab and is pretty good. I mean I see her every couple weeks and we have fun together. i have two brothers and my dad was an alcoholic for a long time. My mom is bipolar and has depression. i love my mom and dad very much. what i need help with is that everyday i think about killing myself. i have attempted multiple times. i cut my wrists because it makes me feel better for a ...  
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Q: For quite a while now, over 10 years, I've felt depressed. Sometimes, periods of relief would happen, but then the depression would always come back. Lately, I think it has been agitated by my lack of self-esteem. I've never had a boyfriend and I struggle with the criticism I have received over the years for not being the blonde ideal that most guys seem to want. The only way I can seem to get control of my anger and hatred towards myself is by cutting, sometimes stabbing myself, with razors, pics, small knives, etc.. But it is starting to not be enough; I've been entertaining thoughts of suicide lately & have given myself a deadline. If I can't find any happiness within a ...  
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Q: My friend’s 13yr daughter was raped by 5 males. She spoke to the police after but stopped speaking after that. What is the clinical name for this? I was told it started with a P.. lol, but a lot of things do. A: I think the term you are looking for is selective mutism, but the child usually still talks to their family. What this teen went through sounds horribly traumatic and I hope first and foremost that they have found her a therapist who specializes in trauma. She may end up with symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, which is technically an anxiety disorder. Please encourage your friend to make sure they pursue therapy for their daughter and they could ...  
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Q: Well my boyfriend and I have been together for 6 months. At the beginning it was 2 times a day. We moved in together very quick. We still had a very healthy sex life. Out of no where it seems he just isnt interested anymore. Everything else is great, but no sex. I am very very fustrated about this. Its been 3 weeks. His moods seem to be up and down. He also said that girlfriends in the past have told him about this up and down. He also has never had a girlfriend who wanted sex like me so his possible low sex drive was never noticed I guess. And he is very sensitive also about his weight. I think he may be ...  
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Q: I have taken several online depression quiz's and they all say the same: I am severly depressed. My mother is currently on depresion pills. I was hospitalized in the late 1990's for an attempted suicide. I am over that. I want to know if their is something that is puting me into a depressed mood. At school with my friends I feel loved and feel like I am worth something to someone. But when I get home that happy feeling just melts away when I walk in the door. At home I feel sad, unwanted and like I am just a burden on everyone else. I feel unloved and it is as if my worth is that of the dirt on the bottom of ...  
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Q: I had a baby in jan 06, unexpected c-section. I have always been moody and such but i am worse and getting worse not better. Anger, crying fits, hopelessness, not satified with anything, (work, home, life)pretty much hate everything and everyone but the baby. Is that depression or baby blues? What kind of doctor do i need to see, i do not have a regular one. What do i say to the doc to actually get them to listen, because the baby doctor blew me off? Why is it not getting better it has been a year? A: I'm so glad you can enjoy your baby in spite of this difficult time. Please don't be hard on yourself. It can take upwards of two ...  
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Q: I have recently found out that there is bipolar in my family. For the last 4 years I have had nothing but problems I have been telling my doctor that its something more wrong then. When I told him of my recent findings his reply was don't worry you don't have that mood disorder, you’re just suffering from a mild form of depression with a little stress. But I know it's more than that. I can go 3-4 days without sleep. My mind just races around and around with thoughts. Yet other days I am so tired I can't get out of bed. Some days I wake up on top of the world feeling really happy and thinking that I am a very very special ...  
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Q: MY SIX YEAR OLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY EMOTIONAL CHILD. HE IS IN 1ST GRADE AND HIS TEACHER TELLS ME HE CRIES A LOT IN SCHOOL AND HE IS EASILY DISTRACTED. HE WAS PLAYING WITH HIS PENCILS ONE DAY AND WHEN THE TEACHER TOOK MOST OF THEM OFF OF HIM HE CRIED. HE CRIES AT HOME A LOT TOO. IF HE FALLS, INSTANTLY HE CRIES. LAST YEAR HE WAS WITHOUT HIS FATHER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HE DOES NOT KNOW THE REAL REASON. HIS FATHER SHOT HIMSELF IN THE MOUTH AND LOOKS DIFFERENT NOW. I TOLD HIM THAT DADDY HAD AN ACCIDENT AT WORK. HE WENT TO A THERAPIST DURING THIS PERIOD AND SHE FELT HE WAS AN EMOTIONAL CHILD WHO KEEPS HIS ...  
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Q: I am needing help, guidance and steps to make some life changes. I need to get out of this depression I'm in. I don't want to start taking anti-depressants as I feel they just cover up problems, not eliminate them. I also don't like the side effects. I believe in counseling and I've always been a strong person and have always been able to make my life better with a strong will and determination. This is the first time in my life that I have felt so helpless and out of control. I can't seem to make concrete decisions and make them stick. My incentive to make my life better is when my 13 yr old daughter. Her counselor suggested that she needs to be ...  
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Q: Before I met my husband, I was engaged to another man, my first love. Our breakup was devastating to me. When he got married less than a year later, I was still hopelessly in love with him. I got married 4 years later. My husband is a great man, but I never forgot my first love and thought of him often. We still lived in the same town, so I saw him occasionally around town and at certain social functions. In fact, our sons are good friends! After I had been married for 13 years, this other man and I began to rekindle a "friendship." After about 3 months of talking regularly, we found ourselves alone ...  
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Q. I have suffered from depression for years. I went to the doctor after my son was born and was diagnosed with Post Natal Depression. they said I would be able to get counselling but I would have to wait 12 months. at the time this seemed so far away i told them to forget it. they gave me anti depressants but they just made me feel worse so now 4 years later i still haven't had any help dealing with it. I have a full time job and manage to cope okay with my son and keeping our house clean and tidy, and no one knows how I am feeling. i have tried to tell my partner but he just gets annoyed with me ...  
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Q...but am unable to tell if it may be a disorder: I am 15 and have been diagnosed with PTSD, GAD, BPD, and depression. I recently went through a move, but it went very smoothly. I am writing because of intense irrational fears. I have been slightly afraid of deep water, parked cars and cars at night, spilled salt, being kidnapped, strangers sneaking up on me and/or hurting me. Since the move these fears have intensified quite rapidly. I am on the swim team because, despite my fears, I love[ed] to swim. Now I am so afraid of the deep-end that I exhaust myself trying to get away from it and instead of seeing tiles at the bottom I may see a hand or a ...  
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