What Constitutes as “depression”? I Feel Like There’s No Reason to Live but I’m Not Suicidal?
by SpaceShoe [Learning to live with the crisis] Question by Drizzy: What constitutes as “depression”? I feel like there’s no reason to live but I’m not suicidal? Ever since the beginning of middle school/junior high, I’ve felt like mentally i’ve been on a slow spiral downhill. I got picked on a lot(everyday) for almost 2 years and I know a lot of kids go through this but it has really affected my perception of life. I’m not sure if the bullying is to blame 100% but I feel it has a good deal to do with the depressed feelings I have had that seemed to begin there. Read more... ...
Why Is Sense of Smell Affected by Depression?
Question by crashtst: Why is sense of smell affected by depression? I know that the olfactory bulbs (things that make you smell) are located right next to the nucleus accumbens (the so-called “pleasure center” in the brain) – and that both are part of the ancient limbic system, but seriously, why do people who experience depression often report a loss of a sense of smell? Best answer: Answer by nana4141http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20030212213532data_trunc_sys.shtml Answer by itsjujubeansI have major depression, and have had it for about 10 years, and my sense of smell is just fine. Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments! Read more... ...
Is There Anything I Can Do for My Friend With Seizures and Maybe Ptsd?
by Truthout.org Question by As it should be: Is there anything I can do for my friend with seizures and maybe ptsd? I’ve only known her a month maybe, I know she has bad seizures sometimes, she says, I think I witnessed a petit mal in Carls Jr. at first I thought it was a panic attack but after she just stared blankly ahead for a few minutes at the drink bar until she finally sat down with me and was shaking a little. Her ex husband messed with her mind, I asked and she said he threw rocks at her sometimes. Oh, she had meningitis as a kid, that’s why she’s messed up too. I know anxiety, I’m diagnozed schizo affective with bipolar my medicine is working. Read more... ...
What It Feels Like to Have BPD
... it feels like to have BPD – I saw this video, uploaded by aperfectingangel. This is the most dead on and heartbreaking video I’ve seen yet, so I just wanted to share The song is “My Ski… by MrNicNolan Nurture Your Emotional Wellness … illnesses are more serious and require more extensive treatment, including major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and borderline personality … Read more on Patch.com Read ...
Dual Diagnosis Treatment Facilities: Dual Diagnosis Program
A dual diagnosis program is a treatment program wherein psychiatric disorders / mental illnesses, which occur concurrently with substance abuse, are treated. A dual diagnosis program is appropriate for patients who suffer from psychiatric, mental, and emotional disorders. These disorders include, but arent limited to depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, compulsive/obsessive disorders, among myriad other mental health issues. Read ...
Youth Suicide: Web-Based Therapy Could Be the Breakthrough
... suicide: Web-based therapy could be the breakthrough "With New Zealand's high rates of youth suicide, which we've had now unfortunately for a number of years – depression seems to go hand in hand with suicidal behaviour and self-harming behaviour,'' Dr Nada-Raja said. "We also know that young people are … Read more on New Zealand Herald PTSD often an unrecognized health issue Occupational Stress Injury, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is an often unrecognized health issue that leads some veterans down a road of depression, rage, interrupted family life, addiction, and even homelessness. There are many of our most … Read more on Alberta Daily Herald Tribune Read ...
Why Are My Parents Doing This to Me ? Help Please !!?
Question by : Why are my parents doing this to me ? Help please !!? Yes, my parents are literally ruining my life. They are sending me to what they call a “residential treatment centre” for four or more months. They think I can’t handle my “problems” on my own. They are sending me there for OCD, which I have been living with my whole life so why should anything help now; PTSD just because every once in a while I will have a bad dream about my best friend who died; and for eating disorders, and while did have anorexia for two years and bulimia for one year I am seeing a therapist and it’s helping so much. All I have done is improved for all of these symptoms in the past few months, so why did they decide to all of the sudden send me to a “residential treatment center” in Illinois? I don’t think they realize how much worse that’s going to make everything. When my life is unstable that tends to trigger my OCD severely and I start ...