My 19 yr old son lived with me all my life from the time I divorced his father when he was 2 until when he moved out when he was 17. My entire life my ex has been abusive to me..Taking me to court every month, always bad mouthing me to my son, physical contact by hitting, etc..My son has witnessed this all his life, yet he has always wanted to b
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I am supposed to travel next Friday and be with my husband. he is abroad in med-school. The problem is I am very, very scared of traveling. I keep thinking I'm going to die. I am also afraid of leaving my family and something happening to them while I'm away. I want to be with my husband but my fear seems to be bigger than everything else.
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Hi, I've been diagnosed with OCD, and as far as I know, this is a kind of anxiety disorder. However, lately I have been having the same obsessive thoughts I used to have but without any anxiety associated to them. In fact, I feel like I have no emotions at all (good ones or bad ones). What's happening to me? Could this be an effect of the medica
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6 months ago my therapist of 9 yrs. sent me an email saying that she was retiring and her last day would be in one week. I was devastated and felt abandoned. As I searched for answers I discovered that she had suddenly "retired" because she'd chosen to surrender her LCSW license because of an inappropriate duel relationship she'd had years ago
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I left my wife after 12 years. I wasn't having an affair but I moved in with an ex. 4 months later I left her to move back with my wife. We are in marriage counseling, 7 months. It isn't working for me. We are too different. I want to leave but I feel nauseous when I think about it. I'm so unhappy but it's a debilitating feeling I can't overc
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My name is Jade and I'm 18 years old. i am a devout Christian with a very close relationship with God. about four months ago i watched an episode of a crime tv show, and it sounds silly but it scared me so much. the episode was to do with a criminal who was killing his victims by (it absolutely pains me to write this, the image is so vivid) cutti
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I was Emotionally Exploited by my mother-in-law and husband for years after marriage, I kept my calm and carried on in life, but I was very unhappy within all these years. All these years, I was probably torturing myself by not living my life to the fullest and I really forgot to live. Now after more than two decades, as my children are about to s
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My Mother is 86. She has started walking at home with a strained right leg. She gropes for something solid and reaches out to hold something.This has been happening for the past 2 months after she had a slight fall. Yet when she is out in the open she walks fine! Is there a neurological disorder? Is she suffering a panic attack? She has had HBP si
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i take 0.5 mg a day and have had to take more than two a day to stop my panicky attacks . the Dr wont call anymore in until next week . i have been on this med for 15 years . am i in any danger if they stop it all of a sudden. please help
thanks
Kathy
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i am suffering from GAD , but i am bit confuse
ed whether i am having panic attack or OCD ,
as i am having symptoms similar to both , ple
ase suggest me some online self help book , i
i am strictly against medication , i am curre
ntly on meditation it proven very helpful .
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