Obsessiveness Filter: I fixate on and plan obsessively about moving to new (specific) places, and I'd like to know why. Here's the situation: I have mild depression with anxiety and take medication for it which helps a lot. However, periodically I do something that I find odd and that I can't find specific references to in information about OCD, depression or anxiety. I pick a place that I might vaguely like to move to, and become obsessed with planning every detail about it.
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posted by supercoollady
on Apr 28, 2009 -
21 answers
Meta-Meta-RelationshipFilter: Have there been any scientific trials to study the efficacy of talk therapy that involved a placebo as control?
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posted by XMLicious
on Apr 20, 2009 -
21 answers
I disclosed depression at work. Most of the things people tend to do in response to a depressed colleague are things which actually make me
sicker. What to do?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 24, 2009 -
9 answers
How do I deal with my parents on limited resources without sending all of us into a fit? (likely to be TL;DR)
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posted by divabat
on Feb 20, 2009 -
13 answers
Australian (and U.S.) Mental Health/Legal Filter. Can you just go and talk your GP into having someone put through a psychiatric evaluation?
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posted by metalheart
on Feb 1, 2009 -
14 answers
I've recently taken on, what I've found to be, the most miserable and painful task ever. That is, finding a mental health provider that is covered by my insurance... (Long "please-for-the-love-of-everything-good-in-this-world-Help-me" story.)
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 28, 2009 -
6 answers
I'm looking for information about early twentieth century tennis player Edward Fischer, who suffered a mental breakdown and ended up in Bellevue Hospital.
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posted by Flying Saucer
on Jan 3, 2009 -
7 answers
I know that survivors of abuse often develop mental disorders. But what disorders/illnesses are associated with
being abusive?
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posted by acidic
on Dec 24, 2008 -
20 answers
In the past few months, I have found myself occasionally going into uncontrollable outbursts of rage and violence. Oddly, other than that I find that I am a happy and satisfied person. Help?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 11, 2008 -
12 answers
Question-Asking-Filter: What would be the best way to ASK a question on AskMeFi that I want to ask? Pre-question question-answers within.
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posted by vanoakenfold
on Oct 3, 2008 -
21 answers
Please help me sort out my anxiety-related relationship problems and help me to have an open heart.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 30, 2008 -
6 answers
I am curious about how detailed, or photographic/realistic the imagery in one's mind's eye is, and what in general would be considered "standard" for most people. Note I am not talking about "creative visualization" but I suppose it could be related. Specifically I am referring to simply the process of
visualizing an object, face or scene in your mind's eye.
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posted by horhey
on Sep 10, 2008 -
39 answers
Anxieties about my own safety and that of my loved ones are making it hard for me to sleep at night. The onset of dusk makes my stomach knot.
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 12, 2008 -
29 answers
I guess the question should really be, "how to overcome a MENTAL roadblock that has taken the form of a person?"
I guess my situation can be likened to those age-old stories of someone not being able to forgive a parent for a bad childhood, and blames the parent for his/her failures. But my story is about an unwelcomed competition from a cousin, one that instead of facing I've always cowered to, and have thus grown in resentment and have become stifled as I continue watcihng my life unfold in misery, Wondering how to reclaim a personal sense of power regardless of her presence in my life, even though it seems it keeps "haunting" me.
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posted by GeniPalm
on Jun 29, 2008 -
20 answers
A couple of months ago, I read an article about a very rare illness primarily affecting men which caused them, among other things, to hurt themselves - sometimes quite seriously. Does anyone know the name of this disorder?
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posted by anonymous78
on Jun 5, 2008 -
17 answers
So I'm clinically depressed. And right now I likely can't take medication or see a therapist. If things get worked out with medical coverage I might be able to do one or both. But, I'd like to avoid medication if at all possible. What are the things I can do/take (vitamins?) to feel better until ?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 20, 2008 -
40 answers
What is the pathology of a person who steals small personal items such as shoes, underwear and sunglasses in order to remember or think of someone?
posted by GoodJob!
on Jan 6, 2008 -
15 answers
Slightly weird one: I occasionally get what I think is a psychosomatic sinusache. It seems to be induced by looking at a sharp edge or point, and perhaps happens to me once every one or two weeks. I'm wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this, and/or has any input into what's going on (mentally or physically) and any fixes or things that alleviate what's going on. As always,
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posted by WCityMike
on Dec 28, 2007 -
4 answers
Recommendations or help with finding low cost therapy in the Philadelphia area for anxiety and depression. Any particular schools, agencies or companies that you know of or have used would be great.
posted by antisocialiting
on Dec 26, 2007 -
2 answers
I'm awake by 7 AM, but don't feel truly mentally "awake" and in the "zone" till the afternoon. Caffeine and exercise early in the morning help a little, but mainly they seem to affect my physical energy more than my mental energy.
Does anyone else feel this way, and what can I do to get my brain up to speed earlier in the day?
posted by parallax7d
on Dec 14, 2007 -
29 answers
I was a part time student with a part time job. After a nervous breakdown, a brief stint in a mental hospital, and a cover-up to keep everything secret...I am in deep trouble with my job. Please help me unravel the mess.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 5, 2007 -
21 answers
Are there any statistics that suggest mental disorders (from depression to schizophrenia and anywhere in-between) have been growing (in terms of people being diagnosed) over the years?
posted by JaySunSee
on Nov 20, 2007 -
12 answers
Still crazy after all these years filter - what can be done about my dad? (long post following)
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 24, 2007 -
14 answers
In high school I was involved in a nerdy extracurricular activity that occupied most of my time, and when I graduated most of my friends went to school A to study our field and I went to School B. One the friends I made through this association has, I've recently been informed, checked himself into a hospital for mental health reasons. He had already decided not to go back to university this semester (we attend different schools, so I found this out second hand). He had had issues in high school, but it sounds as though things have deteriorated dramatically.
He is a brilliant person, and my life has been better for knowing him. I'm going to send an email to a relative of his that I think can get it to him for me. What do I say?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 8, 2007 -
11 answers
Is it possible for my wife (with my help) to manage a possible hypomanic stage down without meds and without too much of a depression swing?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 3, 2007 -
31 answers
HR people - please help me with a thorny resume question. I've recently become part of a Speakers Bureau for a national not-for-profit organization. I am also looking for a job. I feel like the fact that I do some public speaking will look good on my resume, however the speaking I do is for National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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posted by la petite marie
on Aug 2, 2007 -
13 answers
It's time to submit my out-of-pocket medical expenses to my employer for reimbursement under the pre-tax medical account program. All my receipts are for psychotherapy, psychotropic medication, and other indicia of mental illness. Is it professionally "safe" for my employer to have this stuff?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 26, 2007 -
15 answers
Why is it hard for me to perform simple mental calculations with certain numbers?
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posted by lalex
on Jun 5, 2007 -
19 answers
My adult brother with various mental health issues (living at home with my parents in the Chicago area – near north suburbs) keeps going off and doing self-destructive...and illegal stuff. It’s getting worse, and it can’t go on. We’re clueless and scared. Help us, HiveMind! So much
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posted by shelbaroo
on May 26, 2007 -
16 answers
Adult sibling with mental health problems living with parent. How to help from afar?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 9, 2007 -
7 answers
What is this documentary?: High flying advertising executive tragically becomes a homeless due to mental illness.
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posted by rocco
on Nov 25, 2006 -
6 answers
