So, I'm off for a doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon to finally start dealing with my depression. I've never admitted my depression to anyone but my best friend & ex, both of whom suffer from it too but have done very little to deal with it. So I'm kind of wading through unknown waters at the moment ( Read more... )

I'm 95% sure I have A.D.D. I suspect that it may actually be getting worse with time ( Read more... )

How do you know this is the "right" therapist for you?

me texting ex-therapist yesterday in a fit of anger;

"there was no point to therapy; the only practical advice you ever gave me the entire year was don't be on your own when you feel crap, ha ha, well I don't actually have anyone apart from a girl who doesn't feel enough friendship for me once you take away the fancying me for three years part, so ( Read more... )

Does anyone here have experience dealing with manic depression - do you have any self therapy that works?  I'm currently in a manic episode, and getting pissed off with being wired all the time and would really rather relax.  My body feels shattered but I can't get my mind to shut off - it's half two in the morning and I don't feel sleepy.  Before ( Read more... )

For those of you who have seen a therapist, did it really help you to resolve your issues? Also, how does one go about finding a good therapist when there are so many to choose from?

You and your partner are kind of insular, as a couple, but your partner comes from a larger social circle that he or she used to be closer to before you started shacking up. Your partner confesses to you that he or she is suicidal.

Do you tell other people?

Please explain your answers.

So on my train to and from work I keep saying posters that say "Alzheimers the disease that could bankrupt a nation."

What? How is this possible? Can someone explain this claim?

Serious and nonserious answer welcome

If someone you met was depressed do you think or know you could not be friends with them?

So not that they are down all the time but when they are nothing you say can change it and over all they are not a happy go lucky person and do not smile unless there is cause for it?

Otherwise they are fun and interesting to be around.

I fairly recently suffered from a nervous breakdown.  It has taken a heck of a lot of work, but a year and a half later I find myself being able to smile, laugh, and be a productive member of my community again.  The pain is always in the background, but I have worked hard to learn to live with it and try to continue to reach to be a better person ( Read more... )