My boyfriend is depressed, again, and I'm starting to get concerned that I don't have the patience to get through it with him this time. I want to help him, but I'm not sure how many times I can keep doing this. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 25, 2009 - 26 answers

I need some help managing anger, depression, and sadness. More specifically, I need to figure out some way for my boyfriend to control his urges to beat the crap out of random people and for me to control my deep depression. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 11, 2009 - 31 answers

I have managed to screw up my life repeatedly for years and officially hit bottom recently. How do I escape this descent into nihilism and find meaning and success? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 9, 2008 - 24 answers

Everything is going wrong and I can't keep my mind off doing (non-terminal) harm to myself. What can I do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 1, 2008 - 18 answers

Brokenrelationshipfilter? Two weeks ago I found out that my girlfriend of a year had been seeing an acquaintance of my best friend for the past two months. They're over, and she told me, asking that we stay together. I'm not sure now if we're going to or not, but we agreed to six months more to see if we can make it work. I'm pissed, frankly, and she's suffering from horrible post-breakup depression; crying, insomnia, apathy, the works. I do, I believe, love her, but I'm having trouble seeing how we'll get through all the smoke in the air. I'm well aware that I'm the only one who can make this decision, but rationality isn't my strong point right now, and I could use some outside perspective. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 22, 2008 - 61 answers

How do you ignore someone's attitude instead of letting it bring you down? How do you handle living with someone who can be really negative a lot of the time? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 1, 2008 - 17 answers

Help me stop hurting someone close to me... [more inside]
posted by Liosliath on Feb 21, 2008 - 25 answers

Does anyone have any insight into living/coping with a mate who has unpredictable angry outbursts and a mean streak? Not a first marriage for either of us. . . 3 kids that are mine(2) and ours(1). Thought he was my long-awaited dream come true. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 5, 2006 - 17 answers

How does one go about choosing a therapist or counselor? [more inside]
posted by Necker on Mar 16, 2006 - 18 answers

I want an antidepressant that makes me less ballistically ANNOYED at the world... [more inside]
posted by tristeza on Nov 20, 2005 - 35 answers

I am engaged to a wonderful woman who has some mental problems. She's willing to get help, but needs my assistance to make it happen. [more inside]
posted by wzcx on Nov 12, 2005 - 61 answers