lizzylonglegs asked:


Why do my kids (40+) take it for granted that I am Wonder Woman and can do anything?!

Timothy

JustMe asked:


My fiancee is what I would describe as inconsolable. Everything is a crisis and she seems to live for her live for it. In her view, everything in everyday life is tilted against her. Work has been stressful lately so she wants “out.” One of the cats throws up a hairball and for the next few hours I am likely to hear why they should be given away. Someone forgets to take frozen meat out of the freezer for dinner and her evening is ruined. Any hiccup in life and she’s just off the deep end, oftentimes with the dramatics and the “why me?” She is not violent or dangerous or suicidal or anything of the sort. Just upset all the time. And things very easily compond on one another.

I try so hard to help. I do probably 2/3 of the cooking and house cleaning and try to anticipate and stay ahead of stressful situations. When something doesn’t need to be said and would just add stress, I don’t say it. I remind her I love her constantly and tell her things that I hope will help her look on the bright side, but it almost seems to make things worse sometimes.

She has been on and off SSRI’s but she feels they strip her of all emotions. Having taken SSRI’s myself and disliked them, I understand how she feels and will not pressure her into taking meds if she does not want them. She did for a time use Xanax occasionally on bad days and that seemed to help somewhat.

So I guess I’m wondering, what do I do, and how do I best deal with a person like this? I have experience with emotionally volatile people but in the past it was one crisis at a time, not several componded on top of each other, and I was usually pretty good at calming down situations. Not the case with my fiancee.

Please, only serious answers. I am not looking for critical opinions or suggests that I break up with her.

Jacob

fiVe asked:


I’m bipolar and in treatment, but I can still barely cope with life. I don’t want to be stuck in my current job forever, but I’m hesitant to take on a load of school work when life alone is too much to bear sometimes.
Choosing to finish school at any age does not make someone a retard. At least I can properly punctuate and capitalize my sentences.

Juan

La Dee Da asked:


We all have those moments when things don’t go right.
What do you do to make yourself feel better?

I listen to music or if the situation is very stressful some alcohol.

Dylan

x.shae.x asked:


Over the past few years i have been really sick which has meant me missing A LOT of school. tonight i graduated. class of ‘08. i realized that i wasn’t upset because it was over, i was upset because i had missed it. all those moments that everyone else shared, i did not. instead i attended appointment after appointment. i know that the friends you make in high school more often than not are not kept in touch with, but these people have a huge impact on your life. i on the other hand didn’t get the opportunity to bond with these people and vice versa for them to bond with me. so instead of graduating tonight on a positive note, i graduated with no friends to miss or be missed by and the absence of the essential life experiences of high school. all i know is that i don’t know how to cope with this. please help?

Ryan

Elvis 109 asked:


. why need it. do we have to follow what psychologists say in newspapers or media to dictate that they are right. or do we keep things simple and logical.

Hunter

Kay asked:


I was raped and now I have herpes. I am so depressed. I am suicidal right now. I feel so powerless. I told my Mom and she ignored it. It was so weird…..I told her exactly what happened then she just watched her TV shows like usual.

i hate life. Someone on here said that maybe I was acting like a tease. I was not!!!! I hate people saying mean things on here. Someone told me to keep my nasy infections to myself. I cannot take it anymore. I cannot take having this disease. I would die if someone found out.

I can never have a boyfriend or get married. All my dreams are shattered. My whole life I have felt powerless. I was raped at age 18. However, the guy told everyone it was consentual, and my bf dumped me because of it. I didnt’ tell the cops bc everyone was calling me a whore. Everyone said I was a “tease.” I was so powerless. When I went to college I was stalked…Again nothing I can do because I am powerless. And now I was raped and given herpes…except nothing i can do. It has been 10 months so now it is too late to do anything. I will always have herpes and have to tell my future husband about it.

I wish that guy told me his status or even gave me the option to engage in sexual activity. I would do anything to go back in time and just stay in my house my whole life.

i hate colelge i used to have straight A’s. However, I dropped out of school becasue of the depression from herpes. The school starts on monday and i am seeing a psychologist that is helping me to get into classes on monday…..but i dont know if i could even pay attention in class, all i think about is herpes.

my dream was to be a lawyer. However, i will always wish that back when i was raped i had enough money to see a real lawyer and make criminal charges. the guy threatned my life. i felt so powerless.

i dont nkow what to do. i want to kill myself. my dad has a gun in the front closet should i use it? i hate having herpes. i hate the stigma. i would have never thought in a milion years i would have to worry about this.

why doesnt my mom listne. why does the nurse give me dirty looks? IHATE THE CONSTNAT ITCHING i have constnat itching and i cannot sleep. i have to excuse myself in public and go to the restroom to scratch

i am so depressed. please help PLEASE HELP ME . can i ever get married? Could i just not ever get married and have a baby thru artificial insemination? then i wont have to tell anyone i have herpes????

Ethan

cute_redhead_2003 asked:


What I mean by this question is that I am moving to a town that is 15 minutes from his family and all his friends. Yet I am leaving college and going to a different one. My family and friends live 3.5 hours away from this new place and I know only 10 people around there. How do i cope or adjust to such a change. I am 19 years old by the way. I didnt mean to say leave my life behind like that.. he is my life and i realize that.

Evan

tostosh asked:


i am 28 working full time, i enjoy my job, but at the back of my mind i felt the time is slipping away, i really should go on travelling around the world, does anybody else have the same delimma and how do you manage? i donh’t have much money to travel at the moment, what should i do?

Matthew

eurydice asked:


to clarify: If a person is going through a hard time, for example depression, survived a heart attack, cancer, etc. what does religion do to eliviate the suffering… does it calm? does it give hope? does it not do anything at all?

Chloe