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I feel like the biggest loser because my daughter has a drug induced mental illness?

  • Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:20 am

and she is 20yrs old… shez been smoking “crystal meth” for 5yrs or more but has blamed me for everything which ever went wrong in her life…. all because I was a bit strict and gave her boundaries, and consequences. Today the police were called to her home for domestic violence and they called me…. when I arrived all she did was spit and cuss me……… what on earth can I do?????? I always thought I was a wonderful mom…………..was I wrong, am I really to blame????????

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Mental Health Question: I’m in a relationship that has gone wonderfully. However, out of the blue and for

  • Posted on November 22, 2010 at 4:32 pm

reason my girlfrien (she’s in her mid 30s and so am I) has sent me a letter saying we should not see each other because she is afraid of hurting me (not physically) and that she felt we should break up before she does. When I questioned her about it, she said that for some unknown reason she has done that in the past and it has ruined relationships for her before. she can’t explain why out of the blue she says those things. Last week she sent another text message that its best we not see each other. Again I questioned her about it and she apologized and said she did not mean to send the letter but feared that again she didn’t want to hurt me in the long run. She can’t explain what she meant by hurting me. It sounds like a fear of commitment or abandonment. her previous husband died of alcoholism (i don’t drink), her mom died at 45 years of age, her and her dad have no relationship. She has a daughter who she spoils. We’ve never argued, we always laugh, have a ton in common.
She has a wonderful job, even attends night school to add a second career. She is stable in every appearable way. She’s well respected by her friends, colleagues, is very intelligent and has a sense of humor. I can’t understand why out of the blue she acts the way she does, she can’t explain it either and she refuses to see a counselor. Is this borderline personality? a split or dual personality disorder? It seems to go well beyond a fear of commitment. I have said i’d be happy to work through whatever it is. I don’t pressure her, support her in anyway i can (mentally, emotionally, and as a boyfriend). I see a lot of good in her that is worth maintaining the relationship. How do i work through this, how do i help her, why would someone do these things. She insists that she has a history of doing these things without explaination and is very sorry afterwards. She too has stated that she’d like to maintain the relationship.

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Is this person evil or could it be a mental condition?

  • Posted on November 15, 2010 at 4:32 pm

The person in question appears to be surrounded by death and generally has a dislike for anybody progressing in life. She takes great pleasure in other peoples woes and will go out of her way to make life miserable for those she ought to love, especially men. Irrespective the relationship, showing open hatred for the son to a point of disinherting him while showing open preference (I am not sure she is capable of loving) for the daughter with whom they have a strange bond. The daugher being a replica of the mother by way of character. She has another severly autistic son who has been neglected for the last 38 years. Husband passed on with a son in a traffic accident barely ten years into the marriage. When she got involved with the inlaws, there have been many early deaths and calamities where members of her husbands family have turned to alcoholism. Same appears to have happened to her own family where despite her great wealth wanted to inherit the lions share, the drama coming to an end only when her mother passed on since she had a hypnotic hold over her. Some of her brothers and sisters are not well off. There is rumour that she is involved in the occult.

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my daughter is an addict with mental issues who needs help, where do I turn when she is clear across counrty.?

  • Posted on October 28, 2010 at 1:22 am

she is only twenty years old…seems to be in and out of reality most days and she has no home or job. She hops from place to place and goes to the hospital all the time. she knows deep down she is not right and gets scared…but does not choose to leave the drugs alone. The hospital just turns her away and tell her she is fine. Once she was commited for less than 48 hours and I begged them to keep her but they said she was just brought in high on crystal meth and seemed quiet fine after she came off of it. They just gave her the speech of where to seek additional help and released her. Is there a way to get her committed to a rehab/mental health place through the state..we are of limited income and I truly believe at this point she does not know how to help herself and needs an intervention…I am at a loss.. I took leave from work, just last month and went to bring her home the trip was unsucessful. She always asks me am I okay…I tell her no and she says pray for me. HELP!

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Divorce and my rights? Does she get paid cause I have a mental disorder?

  • Posted on October 7, 2010 at 4:32 pm

Well here goes. I have been married 4 years in June. Out of those 4 years I deployed 25 months all together. Over both deployments she moved back to Oklahoma with our two children. It was both of our decision as was both our decision for her not to have employment, due to costs of childcare. We agreed on this. I always told her it was her decision. After my first deployment, I came home, and got into it with alcohol. I seeked help from a military source. Our marraige was steadily in turmoil due to her abusive and destructive temper tantrums and rage issues. After I deployed again, it became obvious to me as well as our friends and family, that she was going to go to the bars, drink, and party every chance she got. That caused countless problems and fights when I would call home to find she was out and the kids was with a sitter. I was furious, it was almost nightly. Then rumors of infidelity arose. I was being told by numerous sources both trusted and a little shady, that she had been permiscuous, and had cheated on more than one occasion. With 14 months of me trying to tell her that it is excessive and that a wife and mother should not behave this way, I lost all trust in her. Almost every conversation was about who she was with and what she was doing. Upon my redeployment home, the home became a house full of eggshells. I couldnt hardly talk to her without her blowing up on me and fighting about everything. She drank, and fights would become physical. She has been witnessed by friends and family of the outbreaks of rage and her destructive behavior. One night it became severe. We fought, she threw punches, and held her down, and tried to just get my things and leave. She followed me out the door with a knife. I disarmed her called the cops, and she was charged with 4 degree domestic assault. They left the knife out of the police report because I didnt want her charged with a felony. I bailed her out, we talked and came to the conclusion to get counseling. We argued a little here and there but not so bad. She had been ordered to take domestic violence classes, and had probation for 2 years. A close friend of hers died back in OK, so naturally she wanted to go back to the funeral. We have one vehicle, so I coordinated to get a ride to work until the end of the week. Her and the kids went back to OK. A day later in she allowed her anger to resurface and got into an altercation with her 17 year old sister in law. She was arrested and charged with domestic assault, in which she has pleaded not guilty. I was furious. I was left without a vehicle and my stepson was missing school. I told her I was coming to get the car and the kids. She agreed to allow my stepson to come back with me, along with our daughter. That was on march 16th. She has been bar hopping, doing drugs, and yet some more rumors of infidelity have surfaced. there has not been a conversation on the phone we have not fought and threatened divorce. I have had the kids on my own, in the military, a 5 yr old stepson, and 2 year old daughter. She has missed her court date here, as well as her classes. She has a warrant out for failure to appear, and violating her probation. Her court date in OK is July 8th. Well I have recently had been talking to a counselor that has talked about me having PTSD. Not a severe case, although in a divorce case she plans to use my PTSD(unconfirmed), distrust, and alcoholism(first deployment) as grounds for getting everything, the kids the car alimony and all that. I cant afford an attorney unless the are pro bono and the military laywers dont help with divorces. I dont know what to do!!!! I need answers…

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Leon and Michelle: Two Real Stories of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

  • Posted on January 11, 2010 at 12:08 am

Leon

“Leon” thinks his drinking first got out of control in 1978 – the year his first wife left for good with their four children. Over the next 25 years, his life was littered with brushes with the law, hospitalizations, incarcerations, and another failed marriage.

Leon, who suffers from bipolar disorder, says his illness could cause him to spend $1,000 an hour in a manic fit to being so depressed he couldn’t leave his home for weeks. Alcohol helped him feel better for a while, but he didn’t like who he had become.

After several tries at becoming sober on his own, Leon was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The people who worked with him made two things very clear. “I had to stop drinking, and I had to take medication for my bipolar disorder,” Leon said.

After being sober for four months, he made amends with his former wife and their daughter. Leon’s mood swings have stabilized, he recently celebrated his third anniversary of continuous sobriety and he has gone back to school to become a licensed drug counselor.

Michelle

After overcoming a journey of painful addiction, “Michelle” brought her child to the mountains in search of hope. There she found knowledge, hope, and compassion.

Michelle, mother of five, ranging in age from eight to 23, came to a local mental health center two years ago with her son “Bruce.” Her youngest, a first-grader, was having behavioral problems in school, making it necessary for her to take over sixty days off work to help deal with her son’s challenges. This led to problems with her job. Disciplinary methods and short-term answers did not help in managing her son’s behavior.

Michelle brought together twenty concerned friends from school, daycare, and people whom she knew cared about her son in an effort to generate ideas of how to help Bruce. A number of options were discussed. Bruce was lucky to have so many believers who could see his potential. As by chance, someone in the group knew about a local mental health center and that is how Bruce’s story of renewal began and continues.

Michelle accompanied her son Bruce to the local mental health center in September of 2004. In her words, the organization and the people at who volunteered there were a “blessing.” When asked to elaborate, she is eager to tell of their patience and insight in helping to deal with Bruce. As she feared losing her son to a series of transfers to other organizations, the local mental health center gave constancy and stability that helped bring the entire family closer.

His progress in managing his behavior and feelings pleased Michelle tremendously. As the behaviors and emotions started to calm, a new boy began to emerge, and so his potential became clearer.

For the first time ever, Bruce will be realizing one of his dreams: to play on a baseball team. As her child’s and her family’s lives are becoming more grounded, Michelle was also able to reflect on her own personal growth. She has decided that she would like to become a Drug and Alcohol Counselor. Her other son Tony, age 10, is also being helped by a local mental health organization program and is excelling as well. He is currently taking karate, competing, and bringing home trophies. Clearly, this family has been to the mountains and crossed over to the other side.

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Bipolar Disorder: The Shared Mental Illness of a Mother and Daughter

  • Posted on January 3, 2010 at 12:21 am

“Annette’s” struggles began at age 14, when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It was at this time, that her mother, also suffering from this illness, committed suicide. When she needed friends the most, she was ostracized by her schoolmates once they learned of her illness. Throughout her life she had the loving support of her father and sisters.

Annette’s 26 year struggle to take control of her illness was sidelined numerous times due to repeated hospitalizations. For this reason, it took her 10 years to earn her Bachelor’s Degree. Her efforts to be independent were also impacted by her illness costing her to lose employment several times.

In 2001, Annette sought help at a community mental health organization. As she started to manage her symptoms, her work hours and responsibilities were increased. She was doing well until 2003 when she relapsed and was hospitalized four times in an eight month period. It was during this period that she learned self-help techniques to gain control of her illness–and she’s never looked back.

Once back at work, she worked part time in the mental health center’s outpatient and day treatment program. Now that she has her life on track, she shares her personal experience with clients and works hard with them to help them understand that they too can gain control of their illness.

In just five years, she went from consumer to a full time mental health worker (case manager) at the community mental health organization. She has been struggling with bipolar disorder for 26 years yet she never gave up hope. Her compassionate and heartfelt message to others with mental illness is, “If I can do it, you can do it too.”

Bipolar disorder is a disorder of the brain that can result in drastic changes in mood and personality. Nearly 6 million adults, roughly 2 and 1/2 percent of the population, suffer from bipolar disorder. Although there is currently no cure for bipolar disorder, it can be treated and individuals suffering from bipolar disorder can lead relatively normal adult lives under the proper care.

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Mental Health Q&A

  • Posted on January 2, 2010 at 10:20 am

Could this occur within authentic go?
I be watching a rerun of ER. In it a girl who be pregnant tried to commit suicide.While they be trying to treat her she pulled out the gastric tube etc. They restrained her and as you would expect, forced treatment. I know this is a no brainer but if…

BiPolar and marrieds – does your spouse ever use it against you too?
My husband other pulls the “you’re too emotional” card out of his butt when we fracas. Especially if he’s surrounded by the wrong. Does anyone else concordat next to this? Are you ever afraid that you’ll NEVER know how to communicate…

How did you quit smoking? How did you operation beside your cravings and cope next to anxiety/nervousness?Thank you!?
I quit cold turkey 5 years ago after smoking for 17 years. It wasn’t easy by any mechanism, but it really wasn’t that hard any. You just involve to accept that you will crave…

I attempted suicide?
On friday I attemted suicide by taking 40 – 50 valium tablets, I be taken to hospital and I amazingly survived (I be taken out yesterday). I spoke to the support workers and I told them I looked-for to die because of the bullying I obtain at college (I’m 15) and I also…

How can I stop anyone so angry?
I have a amazingly, very rock-hard time controlling my temper. I started going to a psychiatrists 3 years ago and I can no longer see him very soon because of my insurance company. Anyway, he used to ask me to talk around my childhood and I would always…

I am fear so massively alone, and worthless right immediately……?
I have lost adjectives of my friends because of my depression, so I have nobody to confide within. I just quality like my live is surrounded by a “nose-dive” heading for a big crash. Has anybody else felt this track before? How…

I’ve be next to impossible to tell apart guy for 2 yrs. Is it ok for him to treat me close to this?
Just an Ex. anyone when we go to Vegas he spent most of his time taking photos of others womens butts and “camel toes.” There be more pictures of women and their body…

Do you meditate Sylvia Browne & Lisa Williams are schizophrenic etc because they hear voice & see spirits?
Please…singular serious answers. Hahahahaha.I am laughing because I posed this exact give somebody the third degree to my husband. I thought possibly he would be really angry near me, but I made him dream up (for…

My Daughter have Depression?
What can i do to help her go and get over it. Be grateful for small mercies. Why not be grateful for big ones too? Well, there’s the funny article. The big ones are almost too big. Overwhelming. Incomprehensible. Like lights so bright that we cannot look into them, the…

Rash next to Zoloft?
Hi! I own be taking Zoloft for 28 days very soon. Yesterday I developed a small over-hasty on my facade. The bumps are not red, but I can see and touch them. I be in motion vertebrae to my doc on Friday, but I be wondering…

Why is the suicide rate illustrious among those who work contained by the postal service?
Why is the suicide rate high among those who work surrounded by the postal service? I heard that those who work within the postal service, such as the postal office or deliver mail, enjoy a high suicidal partiality. Why is…

Wow please someone assistance me..?
I am super stressed out right now and to the point where on earth im crying and giving up everything i wanna do at this point. I need some entry to help me better..and i chew over music is the best way for me right in a minute..can somebody give…

Should I step to sleep or stay awake?
Its 8:37am and I get to jump at 11am to pick up my programme from university. Then at 2pm I gotta go to my moms friends house and have fun her birthday. Were going to devour and after chitchat for a few hours consequently come home. Im guessing…

How do you composed down an overactive mind?
Songs in my chief adjectives light of day long, cant really focus. If it’s not songs its things to do.I newly have need of to relax it…any help thats when i listen to classical guitar or something similar in need lyrics. typically i enjoy one i listen…

Can you read a handicap’s mind?Justify answer!:D?
Well,this question is difficult b/c a handicap’s mind works just with 1.5671223%. no because not simply can i not read your mind i cannot understand your dribbling on the eyeshade

How to punch-up depression?
how can it be cured, because its be here for in the order of 3+ years and it feel close to crap… yeah, and thereapy doesn’t work for me— too expensive… playing music help, but no longer does it work… any tips? Make yourself busy. We adjectives have need of…

If you could run put money on contained by time??
If you could go wager on in time identify one event you would change. Me fallin’ surrounded by love with my boyfriend,Lorenzo………heart-rending.

How do you lend a hand or receive back for someone who shops persistent?
My exhusband shops nonstop. He doesn’t even own a house to put all the stuff he buys contained by. He puts it in a storage building. He buys stuff resembling the big screen (Aqua) tv and tons of other…

I other consistency inferior to adjectives others. I also get the impression scarce to frontage situations. Can anyone relief?
Apply for a mission as a guru. You appear ideally qualified.

Do you sometimes start crying for no grounds?
Yes. Way too much in reality.

Why do ancestors cut themselvs?
like why would you do it to set off with it hurts similar to wtf wouldnt you just hold a beer and smoke a cone if you were angry or hopeless or just a beer if your a goodie goodie Cutting/self injury can become addictive. I own also heard…

Is it regular to have a feeling overly stressed roughly speaking only just anything?
I consistency similar to the problems that i operate near are sometimes not even things that i should be worrying nearly on the other hand they verbs to come up. I don’t chew over that to a ordinary entity I look distraught….

Please sustain! This have be hapening for atleast 2 years very soon??!!?
Ok, when I go to bed every hours of darkness, I have to cut into my pillow because if I dont have a boom in my room close to a TV, a fan, ect, I close to freak. My grandmother and aunt thinks…

Is this something more after of late depression?
OK, I was diagnosed next to having severe depression in the order of a month ago and have be having weekly psychology sessions and hold been taking Prozac everyday since. But lately I’ve found I’ve been getting worse and I don’t muse it has anything to do…

I guess I freshly requirement to develop?
Every time I read something rude online, or hear something it REALLY get to me. I tight-fisted REALLY. It keep repeating in my pave the way for days, I don’t know what to do. that’s not roughly speaking readiness really . . . resourcefully, research what’s really defining within…

I approaching to verbs more or less things, is that considered unusual?
I similar to to verbs roughly speaking everything, I truly wallow in doing it. Is that considered unexpected? Not that I mind if it is chance. I penny-pinching can it enjoy a detrimental factor to my mental psyche if I am constantly worrying give…

How does a soul develop ‘tougher skin’ and to be smaller quantity sensitive>?
To not take things one-sidedly? I’m trying to figure this out myself. Tough skinned relations seem up themselves. They don’t vigilance about other people’s opinion, feelings, emotion, points of view. They freshly care almost themselves. They laugh…

Seroquel Question?
I hold suffered next to severe depression, fascination, ocd, and bipolar for a long time and enjoy be on adjectives kind of meds. Nothing have help. The Doctor is thinking give or take a few putting me on Seroquel. How pious is that tablets for anyone who is/has taken it? Thank you!! The intermingle…

How do I cope beside stress and grief?
Stressed by: School (whether or not I’ll manage to graduate this year) Family (issues near my parents, high tension in a strained relationship) Money (or deficit there of) Crystal Meth Addiction (I obtain more stressed with every has-been attempt at recovery) Grief:…

No situation what I never surface im wrong! (rong)?
When I fight beside my parent I always perceive as if i am right and they are wrong I fight next to people give or take a few everything and I always perceive im right ! Can someone please tell me how to see through things…

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