My son will be 21 in March; he was a foster child who came to us when he was 10 mo.; severe physical abuse; it took to he almost 5 for adoption to be final. His IQ tests were fairly high, but as he became older, he refused to do work in & out of class. We divoced when he was 13. He dropped out of school @ 16. Went to work where dad worked. Lived w
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About two years ago I started having uncontrollable thoughts and images. I am a devout Christian and these thoughts that would pop into my head terrified me. I would walk by an object and imagine myself, for no reason, using it to hurt a loved one. I did not want these ideas in my head but it would not stop. I started praying every time it happene
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hi people from psych central answer. My name is Brandin . I need some advice about this story i am about to talk about and it's serious. See my mother and my dad(have now been split because of this woman who has now caused a divorce bewteen my mother and father. My father leaves from house with al
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me and my ex wasnt together long. but when we ws together we was happy, he kept me smiling all the time. he was someone i been looking for, nice, sweet, kind, and a good listener. but my jealousy and other ways pushed him away from me. i can say that i wasnt jealous but i was mad at the fact that when me and him was together he had to talk to his f
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I'm 19 years old and currently taking a year out before I go to university next year. I am currently going though the application process which I am finding very time consuming and stressful. I am also currently working approximately 50-60 hours a week in two jobs. I live with my parents - both of which I am hardly talking to as whenever I do I ge
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i had posted a here about my best friend and how she depressed and suicidal from my other account. now i think things have absolutely gotten worse and i feel myself breaking down along with her.
she says she really depressed and you can hear it in her voice. she talk about her suicidal thoughts with me and she tells me she thinks about
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Ok, this is a long one. About 4 yrs ago I started dating a guy I'd been friends with in high school. I was his first gf, and his first love, etc. etc. We dated for 2 years, and I fell completely head over heels in love with him. I was positive he was the man I was going to marry. Of course, he broke up with me, and I was beyond devastated. I dropp
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Earlier this year, I found out my boyfriend has been hiding from me a sexual fetish and he has been watching porn of this sexual nature. He has a smoking fetish. I don't smoke, and he never told me about it in the year we were dating. He said he wouldnt watch it anymore and that I helped him through it, but I know he's still attracted to it and I
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I have never been in a relationship (at least not officially). One of my best friends in high school was sort of like my boyfriend, but neither of us ever made a move. I started a new job a few months ago and immediately got a crush on a guy who I worked with. At first it was just an innocent crush because he is physically attractive, but then he
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