PinkyLaw

Open High School Stress

I went through a stage of being so internally stressed that I couldn't function and this led to things like anxiety and depression. But thankfully it's better now, through a lot of soul-searching, acceptance, some good friends and a couple of counseling sessions.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

I had a nice counselor, he was my second counselor and like so much better than my first experience of counseling. He gave me the space to talk and he tried to offer suggestions. To be honest, his suggestions although useful, it just gave me a couple of hours to reflect on what I needed to change, accept and do. Psychotherapy doesnt do much for me, I don't much like people giving suggestions when they don't know a full case history. Like I said nice guy though

Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked

I mean I don't tell my friends much, if I can't cope I don't tend to expose or express it, mostly because I don't want to burden them or they have not had experiences in which to draw any useful advice from. So it works like this, I tell the ones with the most honest and life experience to give the occasional piece of advice/calm down/give me a kick up the arse! Also if your stressed, just warn people, you don't have to explain yourself, if they ask say its just one of those days yknow?

Open Teen Sexuality
Type: Gay / Lesbian Issues

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Open Other Ear Problems

Had recurring problems with infections, swelling and soreness of my ears, but currently it's fine :)

Open Lesbian Relationship Challenges

We are lesbians who have relationships, they come with everything attached and if you love the person you can at least try to work it out and if not you move on. I am 17, I started out young, what can I say :) happy to advise.

Open College Stress

I hated the courses I chose and my life was a mess and I bunked alot. I did finish and will graduate in August do I regret that I let my stress overpower my potential, hell yeah. But I changed things and now I don't suffer with stress-related problems.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

Sleep Working / Worked

Open Family Issues

We all came from somebody and if your lucky have a family and your even more fortunate, if you get on, understand, respect and support each other and more importantly take time to show it, cos put it this way my family and me, not that clean cut, definitely complicated. A dad who is screwed up and screwed me up, so I got out a few years back. A mum who is controlling, but her heart is in the right place - although she barely knows me and I am not attached at all emotionally but I try.

Treatments

Music Somewhat Helpful

Writing Working / Worked

I write poetry, not about what I am feeling, I turn my emotions into something else and create, it helps me a release because I know what the words mean, but nobody else could ever tell - nice to draw a postive out of a negative eh?

Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Friend

The death of 3 people that although I knew two of them for a relatively short-period of time, they shaped me as a human and changed me. With the death of the third being more recent and the fact that all the people that passed were friends and I have never really expressed my grief much and it seems that the most recent death has brought grief from the pasting of the first two people back up and I am now dealing with it. I wish to be among others with similar experiences support them.

Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

I don't have to fight my weight, I just like to watch what I eat and have times where I go abit out of control if I don't - sort of a past in mild ED I guess but I sorted that out myself. But when I go through a lull occasionally I need to get focused and motivated about it and that's why I am here to help others and hopefully they'll keep me motivated as well.

Treatments

Counting Calories Somewhat Helpful

It works to an extent, again it's just portion control and it's like if you only eat 1000 calories worth of chocolate biscuits, it's not gonna help you see dramatic changes.

Eating Healthier Foods Working / Worked

Eating healthier is the sensible thing that everyone should do, but most of let it slide most of the time.

Physical Exercise Working / Worked

Physical excerise is good for anyone whether on a diet or not. It helps you tone which is most of the time what people need most to be happy with their body.

Weight Watchers Somewhat Helpful

It's a form of portion control and I like to know what I am eating and how many calories and the recipes are good.

Open Depression

I think we all suffer from depression at times in our lives and some of us are more prone to these "black" moods like I suffer. I try to look on the brightside and work through it and let myself feel if I need to, I am here for everyone else in this group as well as myself, cos live is never plain sailing. As long as I approach things head on 97% of the time I am fine.

Treatments

Meditation Somewhat Helpful

It just relieves my stress and if I feel like I can't cope I do try to take myself away from it sometimes. Meditating makes me feel more focused and balanced, does it help when I am in a depressed state.

Prozac Somewhat Helpful

It wasn't perscribed to be but I have taken it and it helped to supress the emotion when I feelings seriously overpowered. But making me numb, totally isn't a way forward at least for me, I want to get things out and express them, but did it stop the depressive feelings in terms of the emotions yeah.

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

It was nice to have the space to express, but all the suggestions in the world, didn't seem to help the root cause.

Support from Friends & Family Not Working

I mean they tried to be supportive, but when you don't understand the feelings someone is experiencing and you can't see the logic or reason behind it, it's not totally helpful so now I try not to involve them in my pain.

Writing Working / Worked

Lots of poetry and things written and music listened to, when I am hurting, it helps me express it or think and turn it into something beatiful.