I am lost. I used to be so strong. I get suicidal, in theory every day. The only thing that keeps me from doing it is the hurt it would bring on my son and the man that loves me and my sister/other family. I think of suicide everyday, but do not know how to do it, and how to do it without hurting anyone,but realize it would alleviate all this pain that is like being in a torture chamber. I was left by my husband last year for another woman. I'm heavy, she is young and tiny. She rides motorcycles in a group w/my husband, and I guess it was more than he could resist. I had two heart attacks, and several other health ...  
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I have been going to a clinic to find out about some health problems that I have been having, and was seen by three different doctors with three different diagnosis. I have been having trouble concentrating, remembering things and keep zoning out when I am driving to work. I am always tired and although I always get 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night, have trouble staying awake. I get frequent headaches and dizziness accompanied by nausea. Last Saturday, I was dizzy for the entire day and had numbness and pins and needles feelings in my face. I have been going to the clinic trying to figure out what is wrong and each time I see a different doctor. ...  
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I have been with my boyfriend for almost 5yrs now. we have been engaged for 1 1/2yrs. we have 2 kids ages 4yrs and 4months. he works 4days a week 10hr shifts. he has had suicidal thoughts since his grandfather died in january 2003. his grandparents raised him as his biological parents were sent to prison for drugs. his dad got out after a couple yrs. was around but didnt want to be a part of his life at all, his real dad says my fiance is only his brother not his son, and resents our children. anyway on my fiances days off from work all he does is play video games, doesn't spend anytime with his children ...  
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From an 11th grade guy: Ok, here's how it is, I've suffered from depression ever since i was eleven and it has tampered with my school progress ever since, but NEVER like it has now. I have an IQ of 122 and I'm a history buff, mentally I guess I am pretty smart, but in school it's a complete different story, only class i'm passing would be history. History is the easiest for me because its basically straight from the book. But every other class I take I fail. I have all of the stuff in my head but when it comes down to writing it down I get stuck and I just can't get it down on paper. It feels like some kind of ...  
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Q. So ever since I was young I've weighed about 100-110lbs. I have never went over 110lbs, and if I did. I tried to lose the weight immediately. Which was fine. I was short, thin, I looked fine. Everyone was jealous of how skinny I was. When I moved to Calgary. I've been here for a few days shy of a year. And noticed a couple of months ago I'd gained a significant amount of weight. I know I'm not fat. But I can't help but think I look huge when I look at my body in front of a mirror. I've only put on 30lbs, but it's all in my stomach, butt, and thighs. I can't stand it. So that being said. I ...  
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Q. How to talk to my therapist about smoking pot again? I quit for about 1 month then I was feeling real bad with head hurting, sweating real bad started smoking pot again and it when away. I WANT to STOP so bad what should I tell my therapist. A. Tell your therapist the truth. It’s the only way she can help you. She cannot help you to stop using marijuana if she has no idea that you are using it and that is has become a problem for you. If you want her help you have to ask for it. There is no other way. She is not a mind reader. Thanks for writing.

Q. My Aunt is 60, grew up extremely sheltered, no close friends other than family. Never a boyfriend. Very dominant parents. History of panic attacks in social situations including chest pains and tics (spasms in her face) She was prescribed meds in her early 50's but chose instead to withdraw from any situations which made her uncomfortable, as that is what she had always done. She worked as a typist until the stress became too much. She has not worked for over 15 years. She continued living with my grandmother, basically as an adult child until my grandmother became ill 5 years ago. Then my aunt stepped up to become caretaker of my grandmother. My Grandmother passed 1 1/2 years ago. (she had only one ...  
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Q. Could I be Borderline? I had an 'episode' about 2 years ago, a few weeks after I started on anti-depressants for the first time in my life. I was very impulsive, spending a lot of money, binging a lot on food, making risky decisions, and worst of all...sexual indiscretions. Since this all happened right after I started on anti-depressants, the first thought is that I am Bipolar. But I really don't fit the bill for Bipolar. Even in that incident that was medication-induced...I was not moving any faster. I have never had racing thoughts, or inflated self-esteem (my self-esteem is constantly very low!). I have never had any issues with sleep — either too little or too much, ...  
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Q. I just started therapy again after 2 years of trying to handle this on my own. But it only took 2 sessions to mess it all up. I may be Bipolar. I was explaining some things from my past - sometimes I get really impulsive and I will binge a lot, spend a lot, and have some sexual indiscretions. The therapists asked a lot of really detailed, personal, inappropriate questions about the sex. He wanted to know every detail of every thing I did. Everything from what I was wearing to how long it lasted to how many times I...you know. I was very uncomfortable — and he should have seen that. I was staring at the floor, avoiding ...  
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I been with my boyfriend for 3yrs and he has a kid that is 4yrs old. Right now I was face with the issue that the mom of his kid is taking him to child support and thats really getting me angry. I just feel that if I get married with him, that we going to have money arguments because his monthly income half will go to his son and I have to make up the money that he doesnt have enough for rent, bills and we going to be face with the problem that we still need to spend money on the kid when we have him at the house. I feel that this is going to stress me out. I feel really mad ...  
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I'm 19 years old and feel as if I have BPD.I am scheduled to go to a place next month hopefully that is going to be able to help give me some answers. In the mean time I have been reading Information on BPD from the links I found on this website. I found a few articles talking about how some mental health care professionals find people with BPD to be a "lost cause". Even a woman with the disorder would roll her eyes when her co workers would mention a patient with BPD. This was troubling to me because anytime I have tried to talk to almost anyone about the thoughts I have as to what I think may be wrong with me, they ...  
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Is my boyfriend Borderline or just abusive? My boyfriend has huge mood swings (Up and down almost daily) and wants to control who I see and what I do. He wasn't like this in the beginning. When he's down, he imagines all sorts of terrible things and gets really angry. He gets upset if I see my friends and says that couples should do everything together. He thinks that the whole world is conspring against him and he doesn't trust anyone. If I cancel plans or don't want to make love he freaks out and says, are you seeing anyone else? He always thinks that i'm doing something wrong..If he's sick it's because of the "stress" of this relationship, or ...  
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