Annie asked:


I handle stress badly. I get sick sometimes: nauseous, light-headed, and like my throat is closing in. I get headaches a lot. My doctor said stress is part of it. My mom has made phone calls to get me a psychologist, we haven’t heard back yet. I know it’s good, but I think when it’s time to go, I’ll get myself all worked up over it and not want to go. Yesterday when I was crying, my mom said that I place too high of standards on myself. I’m recognizing that but I don’t know how to lower my standards. I know I can’t be perfect but I think I need to be closer to it. When I do something wrong or even get mad at someone, often I end up crying. I’m slacking off in school and my past straight A’s are B’s and a C. I’ve been doing badly on my test and copying homework. It feels like with most things, I know what is going to happen if I don’t act, but I still do nothing and end up freaking out when I can’t avoid the situation. I have some great friends, but I don’t think I fit in with them. They are the overachievers of the school; I’m a shy arty emotional kid, it’s like we don’t see the world the same way; its hard to communicate how I feel to them. I was depressed and self-harmed, I haven’t done that in a while; I think about it sometimes.
Sometimes I can’t even figure out what is stressing me out so much, other than life in general. Like now, I’m kind of on edge fearing I won’t get many answers. But I think that’s stupid too. I so want to stop worrying and stressing out over stupid little things all the time. I hate it.

Isabella

John M asked:


I am 19 and depressed with no job. I have averagely good qualifications but no job or valuable works experience. I have been trying for 6 months to get a job but still no luck its caused me to be stressed and depressed. I am not looking into going university as I feel I am not ready to cope with the life of university, but I still find myself without a job. Everyone has a job here but me and I am 19 so I am desperate. Worst of all I am deaf in my right ear so the military is out of the question. I am on the brink of suicide HELP ME

Dominic

Sisyphus asked:


Religious people say their child’s now in heaven (which is associated with a luxurious existence better than here), and they’ll be reunited again anyway when the parent dies. This is a comforting thought if people believe it, as within the parent’s mind the child is brought back to life and the two will be re-united very soon.

But atheists don’t get any of the comfort that comes from believing in these sorts of stories. When harsh realities like a child dying occur, how do atheist parents manage to cope, and do they cope as well as religous people?

Sebastian

sweet sensation asked:


lets encourage each other

Jonathan

Compiz-git guru asked:


This question is just trying to throw a little perspective on how ridiculous things have become.

Your thoughts.

LUg.

Liam

holdcauf01 asked:


I am forced to adopt Schopenhauer’s contention that life is one pointless drive into nothingness, that it is pitiful and meaningless from which there is no real refuge or safe haven, only aesthetic contemplation can ease the suffering of it all, but never will fully enable me to cope with the absurdity of human life. Oh God! sometimes I wonder if humanity is a curse, an all too terrible mistake, for the human acknowledgment of existence and his sense of being have cursed him with the knowledge of his own irrational existence. Perhaps I am being too close minded, but as an atheist who cannot for the life of me believe in something so abhorrent and fantastic as God cannot come to cope with how ridiculous my life really is. Anyway, since thats all said, what do YOU think is the meaning of life, or if you please, the meaning of your own life?

Brayden

Rachel the Great asked:


I’ve had my little black cat for 18 years, almost my whole life, and today we had to put her down because there were so many problems with her. Her body shut down on her.

I’ve never lost anything so dear to me, and so if you could help me to cope with losing her, that would be great.

God bless.

Jordan

ramos3000 asked:


I am 26! I spend most of my time working, reading, writing, watching movies (I am a huge movie buff of classics and contemporary films). I will soon start a new ( and finally a permanent) job with the Fed Gov. Homeland Security dept - which I busted my butt off to get. And recently I was with a fellow friend who told me out of the blue “You don’t have a life.” That wasn’t the worst of it: this guy went into detail about how I really had no friends ( mostly because I find myself around assholes like this guy and many others), how I’m a reader (which really bores him to death when I talk about classic literally stories I’m passionate about), constanly watching movies ( once again I am a huge movie buff ) and that i’m always hanging out with my family doing “family S7it” as he so calls it! It seems ludacris to ask but how do you handle a situation like this? What does “not having a life mean”? I’m recenlty jealous. He parites and sleeps around. A part of me feels like I’m missing out.

Anna

MiaMia asked:


I had surgery recently and am using hydrocodone to relax me and fall asleep. I took a tablet a few hours ago, but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything. Can I take a Xanax tablet to help me fall asleep now. Its been 4 hours. I can’t fall asleep and am having terrible anxiety. I know I need to handle it better, but right now this is all I have. Will anything bad happen if I take this one tablet?
I have eaten also, so I have a full stomach.

Chase

JIM asked:


denial being a psychological defense mechanism to block painful thoughts.

Henry