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Archive for September, 2008

I can’t take this kind of life

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Q: I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for 6 years. He has extreme mood swings, anger issues, suicidal He has become progressively more angry, self-consumed, volitile, and depressed. In ...

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I don’t know if I was a victim

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Q: This is a difficult question for me to ask, but it has been on my mind for years. My family is riddled with sexual abuse, rape and incest. it is almost like a family ...

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Depressed and Need To Tell Parents

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Q. For about a year now I have been getting very depressed. At first it wasn’t very bad, and I thought it would just go away. But now I get depressed almost every day. I ...

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Unstable, Abusive Teen Refusing Therapy

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Q. My 13y/o dau has ultra-rapid cycling bipolar,ADHD,& ODD. She has been on several new generation anti-psych since she was 8. With little success. Also in combo with mood stabil and stimulants (at the ...

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Help Choosing an Occupation

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Q. Job choice assistance needed. I am 19 years old and would be starting my 2nd year of college. I I am currently going through rough time trying to figure out what major in college ...

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How Do I Tell My Parents I Get Depressed?

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Q. What do I do? I suffer from insomnia, ocd, schizophrenia, family issues, anxiety, depression and traumatic stress disorders. When I do sleep I have violent nightmares about my past. I can control myself so ...

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Help With Adopted Daughter with DID

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Q. My adopted daughter has DID. I have recently adopted 2 girls from extended family and they come from severe abuse and neglect. The youngest has DID. We watch it everyday and not ...

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Unappreciated and Over controlled.

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Q: My boyfriend and I have been together for over a year. We moved in together after only a few months of dating (He relocated to be with me). Soon after he moved here ...

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People think I’m Abnormal

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Q: A lot of people think I'm abnormal. For a long period of time I've known I'm no different to anyone else, but recently I've thought otherwise. I keep getting mood swings when they shouldn't ...

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Erratic mood swings

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Q: Hi. I hope my question is appropriate for this site. See, for the better part of 4 years i have experienced erratic mood swings. I can wake up in the morning in a ...

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My boyfriend cuts himself after we get in arguments

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Q: I have been dating my boyfriend for almost three years now. Three months ago, we moved in together. We are getting married soon and I love him so I want him to get better. ...

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why won’t my ex talk with me?

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Q: I separated from my boyfriend of 6 years more than 3 years ago. It was a very passionate relationship and we had 13 years age difference — he was older. I basically grew ...

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