I'm also a cutter. I stopped for about 6 months, but last night it got to be too much and i cut the inside of my leg.
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We all have 'borderline personality disorders'. However, the cutting is a sign of a deeper problem. You aren't coping with your stress, and I can totally relate, but my release is smoking, even though I know it's hurting me. I feel like I have to punish myself.
I have no real advice sweetie. You're not alone.
your so screwed get DBT Self Help
Information about all aspects of dialectical behaviour therapy. ... for people who are seeking information about DBT (Dialectal Behavior Therapy) ...www.dbtselfhelp.com -
http://www.webmd.com/search/search_resul...
That link has tons of info on BPD.
However I'm more worried about your cutting. Its an amazing thing to stop cutting for half a year. That is so long. Don't let last nights slip up be the doorway back into that life. Just see it as a bump in the road and try to remain cut - free. Like I said - six months can feel like a life time - I know, but your doing great! Keep up the good work.
Yes, I know. The solution is elementary dear watson:
flush all your law, as if "dung", for my "grace is sufficient".
The solution is NOT exorcism, followed by 7 spirits worse;
The solution is exhortation, followed by the higher comfort.
I'm talking of eternal comfort, having no dis-comfort at all;
Which is simply pure grace having no law law added at all.
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
You are no screwed up as someone above said.I had Borderline Personality Disorder too and i cut for 4 years(just stopped recently).
I used to cut a bit then it got worse and worse.You should try your best to stop before your full of scars.I have scars at my wrists and i hate it so much but at the time i didn't care.
These may help you with the cutting,they helped me.
Get a thick elastic band and put it on your wrist,When u feel like cutting ping it hard until you don't feel the need to cut anymore(it really hurts but leaves no marks)
Hold ice Cubes on your hands or place them where u want to cut,It really hurts too(leaves no marks)
make Ice cube's with red food colouring in them and hold them where u want to cut,It hurts plus you see the red melting.
I know how you are feeling,i go through it everyday too.Just remember your just a normal person who has difficulty with dealing with certain emotuions and situations.Good luck :)
The best way to see mental disorders is as a series of varying degrees of depression and stress. Mild stress produces an excellent person for creativity and performance. More depression saps the energy and creativity that these people once had as they leave the neurosis level and become bipolar. There are three levels used to describe Bipolar. Then the imbalance of chemicals made by your own brain plays havoc with the whole control system. The auto brain or lower brain can aggressively access messages that were kept from it earlier. As the depression continues and more and more logic substitutions are made the mind goes into a full psychosis where ideas are disassociated and language decays. The end result of psychosis from severe depression is schizophrenia which has been described as incurable . When the long term cutting issue is over depression is there because all of us have to develop skills and friends to battle depression all our lives.
I'm 19. I have been cutting since I was 8. I just now (the past 10 months) have been "sober" (it is an addiction in my mind)
The best thing to do is stop before it gets worse. I agree with the techniques mentioned above. The icecubes especially. Major help.
Hang in there
I've been diagnosed with that too. I've been sent to a psych hospital 4 times within the past year and a half due to cutting and suicide attemps and had to take a break from college b/c of it. You defenetly need to seek help. Try DPT.. i'm sure you can find into on it online. I tired it. and it didn't help me at all. However, I am a VERY stubburn person and have trouble listening and accepting help from others.. so it may very well help you. I wouldn't try meds.. i've been on LOTS of those. They do nothing and most have nasty side effects. Good luck.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I've been called 'acutely bipolar'... am I?
My friends say that I'm acutely bipolar, one moment I'm extremely happy and hyper the next I'm hitting them or yelling at the top of my lungs, or I'm depressed and I won't talk until later when I'm hyper.
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1st. of all dont listen to your friends !! Wait until a doctor tells you this I cant say as Im not a doctor but I have provided a link so you can check out Bipolar
http://www.bipolarworld.net/phelps/ph_20...
you could be bipolar or you could just have mood swings...ask a doctor if it's actually affecting your life
If this behavior is beyond your control, you need to see a psychiatrist. On the other hand, if you are just being a brat because your not getting your way, then grow up.
You might get a diagnosis of bipolar, or intermittent explosive disorder or spoiled brat depending on the specifics of your behavior.
I would go for the acutely spoiled brat disorder sorry.
Bipolar types are not as understanding as you are. Yes you can get medication from professionals to their glee.
How old are you ? If you are in your teens it may simply be that your moods are erratic from hormonal changes, but if your moods are causing you to be violent then you really should seek professional/medical help. No one can say that you have Bipolar for sure, but it does sound like your struggling with your moods. You really need to see your doctor %26 he/she should be able to make a diagnoses. I have Bipolar so understand where you're coming from, however there are a lot of different types of Bipolar %26 it can also co-inside with other mental illnesses. It's a very complex condition and it differs for each person with it. Though a lot of people are very arragent when it comes to this particular mental illness %26 it's so often misunderstood, so don't be misguided by the ignorants of others opinions. Bipolar involves extreme moods such as: manic/mania, which is when your thoughts are racing %26 erratic, you become very hyperactive, sometimes talking to fast or getting over exited %26 feeling jumpy. In most cases when at this state of mania some people feel like they can achieve anything but in an unrealistic way. Then there's the depression which can hit you out of know where with out you even realizing it's coming. It makes you feel so worthless you just want to hide %26 not be seen, feeling extreme sadness.
As I said earlier though it is easily misunderstood %26 these days people tend to generalise it too much. So don't worry too much for now, just see your doctor because only he/she can really make a diagnosis %26 you should get referred to a therapist. Best of luck to you now . :-)
If your friends aren't doctors, make an appointment with one to be sure.
Maybe they're just annoying and frustrating... I'd smack the crap out of someone who hit me with a blanket assumption like that too... Oh yeah... I forgot... venting anger and pent up hostility is considered politically incorrect these days... Go figure...
With friends like those... Who needs enemies.
Mental illness usually comes as a result of the over zealous opinion of someone who neither understands you or wants to.
Too many people these days are trying too hard to become like everyone else... That can cause what seems to be mental illness.
Maybe you just need a new peer group?
Join a roller derby troupe and get paid to take your frustrations out on other big mouth broads...
deff bipolar.. hav the same prob.. i cant talk to anybody unless am hyper..
u sound like me and everyone thinks i'm by bipolar but i'm not on meds yet.
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1st. of all dont listen to your friends !! Wait until a doctor tells you this I cant say as Im not a doctor but I have provided a link so you can check out Bipolar
http://www.bipolarworld.net/phelps/ph_20...
you could be bipolar or you could just have mood swings...ask a doctor if it's actually affecting your life
If this behavior is beyond your control, you need to see a psychiatrist. On the other hand, if you are just being a brat because your not getting your way, then grow up.
You might get a diagnosis of bipolar, or intermittent explosive disorder or spoiled brat depending on the specifics of your behavior.
I would go for the acutely spoiled brat disorder sorry.
Bipolar types are not as understanding as you are. Yes you can get medication from professionals to their glee.
How old are you ? If you are in your teens it may simply be that your moods are erratic from hormonal changes, but if your moods are causing you to be violent then you really should seek professional/medical help. No one can say that you have Bipolar for sure, but it does sound like your struggling with your moods. You really need to see your doctor %26 he/she should be able to make a diagnoses. I have Bipolar so understand where you're coming from, however there are a lot of different types of Bipolar %26 it can also co-inside with other mental illnesses. It's a very complex condition and it differs for each person with it. Though a lot of people are very arragent when it comes to this particular mental illness %26 it's so often misunderstood, so don't be misguided by the ignorants of others opinions. Bipolar involves extreme moods such as: manic/mania, which is when your thoughts are racing %26 erratic, you become very hyperactive, sometimes talking to fast or getting over exited %26 feeling jumpy. In most cases when at this state of mania some people feel like they can achieve anything but in an unrealistic way. Then there's the depression which can hit you out of know where with out you even realizing it's coming. It makes you feel so worthless you just want to hide %26 not be seen, feeling extreme sadness.
As I said earlier though it is easily misunderstood %26 these days people tend to generalise it too much. So don't worry too much for now, just see your doctor because only he/she can really make a diagnosis %26 you should get referred to a therapist. Best of luck to you now . :-)
If your friends aren't doctors, make an appointment with one to be sure.
Maybe they're just annoying and frustrating... I'd smack the crap out of someone who hit me with a blanket assumption like that too... Oh yeah... I forgot... venting anger and pent up hostility is considered politically incorrect these days... Go figure...
With friends like those... Who needs enemies.
Mental illness usually comes as a result of the over zealous opinion of someone who neither understands you or wants to.
Too many people these days are trying too hard to become like everyone else... That can cause what seems to be mental illness.
Maybe you just need a new peer group?
Join a roller derby troupe and get paid to take your frustrations out on other big mouth broads...
deff bipolar.. hav the same prob.. i cant talk to anybody unless am hyper..
u sound like me and everyone thinks i'm by bipolar but i'm not on meds yet.
Ive become obsessed with trying to figure out just wat my prob is?
ive recently started being treated for depression and a mood disorder not otherwise specified. my life is not improved. i find myself desperately trying to read descriptions of diff disorders trying to figure out how to better classify my issue, but nothing quite fits. how can i get this out of my mind?
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i dont know about you, but i think you should start running or an endurance exercise, it helps clear your mind, and it releases more happy hormones!
Cheer up!
i am manic depressive. as far as im concerned, meds dont do ****. as soon as i got off them i felt ten times better. can yuo describe it at all in a way that maybe i could help? the guy below is right, exersize relaeses endorphins that make you happy, and if you exersize regularly, not only your health improves, but your mood too.
start by clearing your mind and taking a deep breath.
No matter what this is, you will get through it. You are a person, not just collection of symptoms. Accept yourself as you are RIGHT NOW. stop worrying about it so much.
Everyone is different. In many cases, medication is simply ineffective. That is not to say that you should discontinue your medicines. I would bring up this issue with the doctor that prescribed them to you and perhaps they would find another, more suitable treatment 鈥?medicine or therapy or otherwise. There is usually a manner of treatment to suit all individuals and I'm sure that there will be a treatment to suit your individual condition. As far as finding out what you're suffering from, the best option is to see a psychologist (if you're not doing so already), and figure it out together. The key is to be utterly open and honest. Good luck!
if you are concerned with why your life has not improved you need to realize that meds take a while to kick in. at least a couple of weeks maybe a month. you should also seek some therapy to help you figure out what is going on. therapists have a way of explaining things so that we understand them. where as sometimes a doc or a psychiatrist makes you even more confused then when you went to see them. you can't diagnose yourself. remember that and if you start to look you can find that you have symptoms for everything. maybe even go to your doc and ask about it. there is nothing wrong with wanting to learn about your disorder and how you are being treated for it and why you are being treated in the way that you are. if you feel that the meds after a while are not working go back and see what else the doc can give you. you may feel like a lab rat but once you get on the right meds it helps a lot. remember that mental illness is not an exact science and people get misdiagnosed so make sure that you tell your doc everything that is going on. hope this helps
Trying to diagnose yourself will just make you crazier, as I'm sure you're realizing. Keep in mind your doctors do this for a living and they've read everything you're looking at and then some. If they had a specific diagnosis for you, you'd know it. I know how aggrivating the "NOS" is in any diagnosis, but don't obsess over it. Maybe something will come to light as you talk more with your doctors and see how you react to medication - if that's part of your treatment.
quit focusing on the problems or what your potential disorder is and start focusing on the solutions to what's bothering you.
Most disorders are just a label to introduce patients to expensive prescriptions. Pharmaceutical manufacturers want you to be "sick". They as well as so many others are getting rich off the new .. "whats wrong with me" craze. I don't mean to dog on you, because I have been where you are!
Treatment - start by getting right with your body. Give it the vitemes it needs (personally A %26 E changed my life), more water (clean water without fluoride or chemicals), exorcise and get sunlight. Tell yourself every morning how healthy you are, and your body will believe it. Your chemistry does not know the difference between a real smile and a fake smile, your brain will release the same endorphines! Really, try it.
If you begin to focus on these things, and pick up a hobby that makes you happy - and let your mind work on other things.
As you think - so shall you be! (Napoleon Hill)
If your physician has really diagnosed you with a mood disorder not otherwise specified, consider asking him for a re-evaluation, or even obtaining a second opinion from another physician. Any physician who objects to or becomes angry about you looking for another opinion is probably not worth trusting further than you can throw them.
While you can certainly try reading up on all psychiatric conditions, bear in mind that there are many people out there who know just enough to be dangerous or to mislead you (intentionally or unintentionally). Rather than try to go to medical school, it would probably be more energy-efficient for you to just obtain a second opinion and see what they think. It may be an easy way of clearing up your situation.
Hope that helps!
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i dont know about you, but i think you should start running or an endurance exercise, it helps clear your mind, and it releases more happy hormones!
Cheer up!
i am manic depressive. as far as im concerned, meds dont do ****. as soon as i got off them i felt ten times better. can yuo describe it at all in a way that maybe i could help? the guy below is right, exersize relaeses endorphins that make you happy, and if you exersize regularly, not only your health improves, but your mood too.
start by clearing your mind and taking a deep breath.
No matter what this is, you will get through it. You are a person, not just collection of symptoms. Accept yourself as you are RIGHT NOW. stop worrying about it so much.
Everyone is different. In many cases, medication is simply ineffective. That is not to say that you should discontinue your medicines. I would bring up this issue with the doctor that prescribed them to you and perhaps they would find another, more suitable treatment 鈥?medicine or therapy or otherwise. There is usually a manner of treatment to suit all individuals and I'm sure that there will be a treatment to suit your individual condition. As far as finding out what you're suffering from, the best option is to see a psychologist (if you're not doing so already), and figure it out together. The key is to be utterly open and honest. Good luck!
if you are concerned with why your life has not improved you need to realize that meds take a while to kick in. at least a couple of weeks maybe a month. you should also seek some therapy to help you figure out what is going on. therapists have a way of explaining things so that we understand them. where as sometimes a doc or a psychiatrist makes you even more confused then when you went to see them. you can't diagnose yourself. remember that and if you start to look you can find that you have symptoms for everything. maybe even go to your doc and ask about it. there is nothing wrong with wanting to learn about your disorder and how you are being treated for it and why you are being treated in the way that you are. if you feel that the meds after a while are not working go back and see what else the doc can give you. you may feel like a lab rat but once you get on the right meds it helps a lot. remember that mental illness is not an exact science and people get misdiagnosed so make sure that you tell your doc everything that is going on. hope this helps
Trying to diagnose yourself will just make you crazier, as I'm sure you're realizing. Keep in mind your doctors do this for a living and they've read everything you're looking at and then some. If they had a specific diagnosis for you, you'd know it. I know how aggrivating the "NOS" is in any diagnosis, but don't obsess over it. Maybe something will come to light as you talk more with your doctors and see how you react to medication - if that's part of your treatment.
quit focusing on the problems or what your potential disorder is and start focusing on the solutions to what's bothering you.
Most disorders are just a label to introduce patients to expensive prescriptions. Pharmaceutical manufacturers want you to be "sick". They as well as so many others are getting rich off the new .. "whats wrong with me" craze. I don't mean to dog on you, because I have been where you are!
Treatment - start by getting right with your body. Give it the vitemes it needs (personally A %26 E changed my life), more water (clean water without fluoride or chemicals), exorcise and get sunlight. Tell yourself every morning how healthy you are, and your body will believe it. Your chemistry does not know the difference between a real smile and a fake smile, your brain will release the same endorphines! Really, try it.
If you begin to focus on these things, and pick up a hobby that makes you happy - and let your mind work on other things.
As you think - so shall you be! (Napoleon Hill)
If your physician has really diagnosed you with a mood disorder not otherwise specified, consider asking him for a re-evaluation, or even obtaining a second opinion from another physician. Any physician who objects to or becomes angry about you looking for another opinion is probably not worth trusting further than you can throw them.
While you can certainly try reading up on all psychiatric conditions, bear in mind that there are many people out there who know just enough to be dangerous or to mislead you (intentionally or unintentionally). Rather than try to go to medical school, it would probably be more energy-efficient for you to just obtain a second opinion and see what they think. It may be an easy way of clearing up your situation.
Hope that helps!
I've always wondered...?
Do guys ever have mood swings, or are they all emotionless?
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WE have wild mood swings if we are bipolar and that emotionalessness that you see in us is just many of us warming up our brains before we think and end up saying the wrong thing
lol... Sometimes I wonder the same things.
But truthfully, they are conditioned not to show their emotions. it is really sad.
when there is something wrong with my husband's motorcycle he has mood swings.
They have mood swings when something is wrong...bad day at work, cars acting up, etc. Some of them are emotionless though..unless they are hiding it from girls because they dont want to show their emotions because it is girly.
My cousin had HUGE mood swings. My dad held his emotions in, appearing emotionless. But I read his letters to Mom %26 he was actually quite romantic. He couldn't show his emotions because my grandfather beat all that ou of him, literally!
I once thought men felt nothing because of my dad. I mean, I always knew he loved us, but he couldn't show it. When he was young, it wasn't safe to do so. But men are not emotionless. I have finally seen enough beauty %26 love in them to realize that.
I have found that people are rarely what we think. To really find what people are, we must dig deep. Still, we find what we are looking for. If you want to prove that people are worthless, selfish, violent, and no good, I guarantee you will find proof!
If you want to prove that people are precious, selfless, gracious, and valuable, you will find that as well... because we are all these things. So I suggest that you seek what you value most and delight in that.
Hope that helps, Love. ;-))
A friend of mine who is a guy told me that men do have mood swings. Men are only humans.
Are you kidding? Every guy I've ever known has the equivalent of PMS. Sometimes they're up, sometimes they're down, sometimes they're super sweet and other times grouchy as all get out.
Oh yeah...men have moods.
YES...my boyfriend does all of the time. they just a lot of times try to be all "manly" but inside they are as femine as GIRLS..lol
Oh god believe me, they have mood swings! One of my ex's had them worse than me! He is such a bad sulker!
I am one big mood swing, who just so happens to aspire toward a Mr. Spock/ house type existence...
I am working on it... I'll get there someday.
As for the man in my life... Nope! I often joke with him about being the most level headed, abnormally- normal, human being in existence...
It is almost weird...
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WE have wild mood swings if we are bipolar and that emotionalessness that you see in us is just many of us warming up our brains before we think and end up saying the wrong thing
lol... Sometimes I wonder the same things.
But truthfully, they are conditioned not to show their emotions. it is really sad.
when there is something wrong with my husband's motorcycle he has mood swings.
They have mood swings when something is wrong...bad day at work, cars acting up, etc. Some of them are emotionless though..unless they are hiding it from girls because they dont want to show their emotions because it is girly.
My cousin had HUGE mood swings. My dad held his emotions in, appearing emotionless. But I read his letters to Mom %26 he was actually quite romantic. He couldn't show his emotions because my grandfather beat all that ou of him, literally!
I once thought men felt nothing because of my dad. I mean, I always knew he loved us, but he couldn't show it. When he was young, it wasn't safe to do so. But men are not emotionless. I have finally seen enough beauty %26 love in them to realize that.
I have found that people are rarely what we think. To really find what people are, we must dig deep. Still, we find what we are looking for. If you want to prove that people are worthless, selfish, violent, and no good, I guarantee you will find proof!
If you want to prove that people are precious, selfless, gracious, and valuable, you will find that as well... because we are all these things. So I suggest that you seek what you value most and delight in that.
Hope that helps, Love. ;-))
A friend of mine who is a guy told me that men do have mood swings. Men are only humans.
Are you kidding? Every guy I've ever known has the equivalent of PMS. Sometimes they're up, sometimes they're down, sometimes they're super sweet and other times grouchy as all get out.
Oh yeah...men have moods.
YES...my boyfriend does all of the time. they just a lot of times try to be all "manly" but inside they are as femine as GIRLS..lol
Oh god believe me, they have mood swings! One of my ex's had them worse than me! He is such a bad sulker!
I am one big mood swing, who just so happens to aspire toward a Mr. Spock/ house type existence...
I am working on it... I'll get there someday.
As for the man in my life... Nope! I often joke with him about being the most level headed, abnormally- normal, human being in existence...
It is almost weird...
Its normal for a woman who has a fiance and desperatly in love with her, that she has no motivation in life?
I have a fiance who wantds to get married as soon as possible, I feel I have lost all my motivation, I feel I have nothing to conquerr anymore,
I have a test in 2 month, and I dont even feel like studying,
iam so streesed , I dont even sleep sometimes
iam studying medice and this attitude could ruin my life
at the same time I think he is a good guy, and I dont wanna loose him, but i feel so tired, he is sufferin because of this situation, sometimes I think I don,t love him
but at the same time I feel i cannot live without him
what Iam feeling is terrible, sometimes I compare myself with him who is already a doctor (very good and non modest at all)
he is sayion all tha time how good he is and how many thing he has acomplished in Life, and I feel as if in our relationship he is alwas gonna be professionally better than me, and that makes me always be looking for his mistakes a errors
iam a very smart person, but latelly I even startrd taking axiolitics.sorry my misspelling, thank
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It sounds like you could be competing with him in the medical field to do better than him. It is not about who does more or feels they accomplish more but rather to be supportive of each other's efforts in this. In being a couple and wanting to share a life together in marriage one has to be open to give and take concepts and compromise. When the two of you are in the same field it can be stressful but should not come between you when you want to spend your life with that person then. I wish you both much luck and happiness in this. TRY to see each other as people more than you look at each other as medical professionals. Best wishes to both of you in this.
Sounds like you should talk to your doctor. You might just have a little depression going on there.
sounds like you're depressed. You need to talk to a therapist to sort out these feelings and find out what it is you truly want. It sounds like you've got a lot of overwhelming stuff happening and it's.. well.. overwhelming you. If you're in school there should be some type of program to assist you in finding and/or paying for a therapist.
Tell him exactly what you just told us. I'm sure that would probably be hard for you, but if my fiance was feeling this I would want to know. I am sure he will understand.
I have a test in 2 month, and I dont even feel like studying,
iam so streesed , I dont even sleep sometimes
iam studying medice and this attitude could ruin my life
at the same time I think he is a good guy, and I dont wanna loose him, but i feel so tired, he is sufferin because of this situation, sometimes I think I don,t love him
but at the same time I feel i cannot live without him
what Iam feeling is terrible, sometimes I compare myself with him who is already a doctor (very good and non modest at all)
he is sayion all tha time how good he is and how many thing he has acomplished in Life, and I feel as if in our relationship he is alwas gonna be professionally better than me, and that makes me always be looking for his mistakes a errors
iam a very smart person, but latelly I even startrd taking axiolitics.sorry my misspelling, thank
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It sounds like you could be competing with him in the medical field to do better than him. It is not about who does more or feels they accomplish more but rather to be supportive of each other's efforts in this. In being a couple and wanting to share a life together in marriage one has to be open to give and take concepts and compromise. When the two of you are in the same field it can be stressful but should not come between you when you want to spend your life with that person then. I wish you both much luck and happiness in this. TRY to see each other as people more than you look at each other as medical professionals. Best wishes to both of you in this.
Sounds like you should talk to your doctor. You might just have a little depression going on there.
sounds like you're depressed. You need to talk to a therapist to sort out these feelings and find out what it is you truly want. It sounds like you've got a lot of overwhelming stuff happening and it's.. well.. overwhelming you. If you're in school there should be some type of program to assist you in finding and/or paying for a therapist.
Tell him exactly what you just told us. I'm sure that would probably be hard for you, but if my fiance was feeling this I would want to know. I am sure he will understand.
It it common with a person with anxiety/depression to be?
I've been dealing with Anxiety/Depression now for 8 months. I have been on medication and off. RIght now i am off and cant decide if i want to go back on them or not. It was recommended by my doctor and Social worker. One day, i feel like I should go talk to somebody ,, the next im tottally opposed to the situation. Somedays i feel like im getting over this and then the day im down in the deep end again. Is it normal to be so undesicsive?? I swear i cant make a desicsion to save myself!! Please help no rude comments please !!
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If you can't make your own decisions right now it might be best to follow the direction of the professionals. Indecisiveness can be a symptom of several things, one being depression.
Being indecisive is a sign of depression. I don't think you're over your depression yet.
I've suffered with these for over 20 years. They do not go away by themselves, and you do need to continue therapy and/or medication for you!
I hope that you never suddenly stop taking any meds prescribed--you always need to be very gradually weaned off of them--or you could become much worse!
The next time you start thinking that you don't want to speak to someone about this--think also about your low quality of life right now. It doesn't have to be that way--get help.
I always try to follow my doctors advice on my mental health. I can be hard to know if you are doing the right thing. So take the advice of the professionals and see how it goes.
Indecision is part of depression. Let the professionals help you for now until you are positive about yourself. Try to go through mental health centre, if one is available in your area, and talk to a counsellor, or even a group. They can be very useful. Good luck!
In my opinion, what you are going through is very common, it is part of the depression. I have been on medication for the last 10 years, after a major episode having lost a loved one. I have suffered throughout my life, but that last one was the worst. I also felt the way you do. Once I was "level" then the medication was lowered by my Dr. and now I am on a 'maintenance' level. Many times I find that I get a bit worse, but I have been told by many professionals that if I was to go off the medication completely, I would almost certainly be back down. This seems to be working for me, but everyone is different. As a side note, my Dr. had to have me go on and off probably 4 different medications before he found one that worked for me. Everyone is different and needs to be treated that way. Please don't think that once you feel ok you can just go off the meds as this is like saying "Only sick people take pills, so if I don't take them I won't be sick"
Depression is a serious disease and needs to be treated that way. If you are not happy with your Dr. then asked to be referred to another one. Someone will be able to help you. Please don't give up. Once you get there, it's really worth it!
I've had those issues since 10 yrs old %26 was on anti-depressants...therapy... the whole nine yards! I think you should take it for anxiety , but i don't believe in anti-DEPRESSANT pills b/c i almost commited suicide while being on them due to the impulsive actions it made me feel.
I had a crappy childhood, which i believe contributed to my anxiety/depression like the teasing for being biracial %26 girls getting jealous b.c all the guys liked me. blah blah. I just wanted to fit in %26 being normal, but they simply didn't let me thus making me feel helpless/hopeless.
I have been suffering with depression and a few other mental illnessess my hole life.it is like that up and down cycle all the time and i too cant make decisions easily...it is part of the illness
As a mental health professional and a frequent sufferer of depression I can tell you that its NOT GOOD to not take the meds. You need to keep taking them steady, the biggest problem with medication is that people start to feel better on it and then they feel that they dont need it. After you stop it messes up the effectiveness of that medication when you go back to using it again. Also I have to temper this answer by saying there is no replacement for prayer in dealing with your mental health. You need Heavenly fathers guidance in making decisions.
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If you can't make your own decisions right now it might be best to follow the direction of the professionals. Indecisiveness can be a symptom of several things, one being depression.
Being indecisive is a sign of depression. I don't think you're over your depression yet.
I've suffered with these for over 20 years. They do not go away by themselves, and you do need to continue therapy and/or medication for you!
I hope that you never suddenly stop taking any meds prescribed--you always need to be very gradually weaned off of them--or you could become much worse!
The next time you start thinking that you don't want to speak to someone about this--think also about your low quality of life right now. It doesn't have to be that way--get help.
I always try to follow my doctors advice on my mental health. I can be hard to know if you are doing the right thing. So take the advice of the professionals and see how it goes.
Indecision is part of depression. Let the professionals help you for now until you are positive about yourself. Try to go through mental health centre, if one is available in your area, and talk to a counsellor, or even a group. They can be very useful. Good luck!
In my opinion, what you are going through is very common, it is part of the depression. I have been on medication for the last 10 years, after a major episode having lost a loved one. I have suffered throughout my life, but that last one was the worst. I also felt the way you do. Once I was "level" then the medication was lowered by my Dr. and now I am on a 'maintenance' level. Many times I find that I get a bit worse, but I have been told by many professionals that if I was to go off the medication completely, I would almost certainly be back down. This seems to be working for me, but everyone is different. As a side note, my Dr. had to have me go on and off probably 4 different medications before he found one that worked for me. Everyone is different and needs to be treated that way. Please don't think that once you feel ok you can just go off the meds as this is like saying "Only sick people take pills, so if I don't take them I won't be sick"
Depression is a serious disease and needs to be treated that way. If you are not happy with your Dr. then asked to be referred to another one. Someone will be able to help you. Please don't give up. Once you get there, it's really worth it!
I've had those issues since 10 yrs old %26 was on anti-depressants...therapy... the whole nine yards! I think you should take it for anxiety , but i don't believe in anti-DEPRESSANT pills b/c i almost commited suicide while being on them due to the impulsive actions it made me feel.
I had a crappy childhood, which i believe contributed to my anxiety/depression like the teasing for being biracial %26 girls getting jealous b.c all the guys liked me. blah blah. I just wanted to fit in %26 being normal, but they simply didn't let me thus making me feel helpless/hopeless.
I have been suffering with depression and a few other mental illnessess my hole life.it is like that up and down cycle all the time and i too cant make decisions easily...it is part of the illness
As a mental health professional and a frequent sufferer of depression I can tell you that its NOT GOOD to not take the meds. You need to keep taking them steady, the biggest problem with medication is that people start to feel better on it and then they feel that they dont need it. After you stop it messes up the effectiveness of that medication when you go back to using it again. Also I have to temper this answer by saying there is no replacement for prayer in dealing with your mental health. You need Heavenly fathers guidance in making decisions.
It is said that none of the 45 jeans should match?
I am jain, i love one girl from our caste ,her mothers family surname and my mothers family surname is same?
now i was was not knowng her untill i met her , she is not related to me , yet everyone is sayng it will be like brother sister marriage! also people talk about genetic problems due to blood relation . we dont dnt know in which generation we were related ! so how can we be relatives? The genetic test is also pain ful please help me out
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This really looks funny to me. Wikipedia says that there are hundreds of genetic tests available. It can be done on parts of you that won't hurt. "Genetic tests are performed on a sample of blood, hair, skin, amniotic fluid (the fluid that surrounds a fetus during pregnancy), or other tissue. For example, a medical procedure called a buccal smear uses a small brush or cotton swab to collect a sample of cells from the inside surface of the cheek. The sample is sent to a laboratory where technicians look for specific changes in chromosomes, DNA, or proteins, depending on the suspected disorder. The laboratory reports the test results in writing to a person's doctor or genetic counselor."
It seems a bit funny that counselling would be required as part of the test. I can understand that if there were any prior concerns about reasons for getting one, counselling might go along with that, but wouldn't that be arranged by somebody you trust who knows your circumstance? I don't know why somebody is advising you to take a test that hurts.
I don't think that scientists are telling us everything there is to know about genes and their variability anyway. Just go by your heart, I think.
now i was was not knowng her untill i met her , she is not related to me , yet everyone is sayng it will be like brother sister marriage! also people talk about genetic problems due to blood relation . we dont dnt know in which generation we were related ! so how can we be relatives? The genetic test is also pain ful please help me out
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This really looks funny to me. Wikipedia says that there are hundreds of genetic tests available. It can be done on parts of you that won't hurt. "Genetic tests are performed on a sample of blood, hair, skin, amniotic fluid (the fluid that surrounds a fetus during pregnancy), or other tissue. For example, a medical procedure called a buccal smear uses a small brush or cotton swab to collect a sample of cells from the inside surface of the cheek. The sample is sent to a laboratory where technicians look for specific changes in chromosomes, DNA, or proteins, depending on the suspected disorder. The laboratory reports the test results in writing to a person's doctor or genetic counselor."
It seems a bit funny that counselling would be required as part of the test. I can understand that if there were any prior concerns about reasons for getting one, counselling might go along with that, but wouldn't that be arranged by somebody you trust who knows your circumstance? I don't know why somebody is advising you to take a test that hurts.
I don't think that scientists are telling us everything there is to know about genes and their variability anyway. Just go by your heart, I think.
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