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20 years ago 0 21 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I hope this is helpful... I belong to a "support group" for mental health. It is a group where "members" speak of their experiences and offer suggestions for recovery. Since going there, I have gotten a good bit of information (and this is only after 4 sessions), one of which I would like to share with you... There are city funded counseling centers where if you are a resident of the city, costs you nothing. Speak with your school's mental health department to see if there are any such groups in your area and if you are eligible. It can't hurt... Good luck and know that there are people who care! You just need to let them in a little.
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I have gone though sexual abuse and I can say I know how you feel but I know that getting help has been so important in my life, I have so many issues and I dealt with sexual abuse for a number of years on and off. If you do have the money or the resourses maybe you could do some more research. but until then the library is a wonder place with any book you could by at the book store. Maybe a web site or this site can recommend a book or work book that would be good for you. The other thing is there are usually self help groups (I know are not for everyone) in every city you may want to see if there is one in your area. That way you are meeting people that are going though the same thing as you. And it is FREE. Bayside.
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Im 14 years old..And I know I might not help a bunch but I'll try....Hang in there...Im 14 and have depression..And no one excepts it...people think i can fix it...you will find a guy sometime...he will come along when god wants him too..I know it aint fair..were good people and whys all this happening to us....if you keep your head up high and keep a good attitude then everythings going to be okay...you have to work at what you want..and I bet its weird hearing this from a 14 year old..but my cousin had a baby when she was 14 she found a guy and they live in a small house but they are having a child together..this first guy that got her pregnet died in a car crash...keep your head up high and everything will be okay...Much love to ya and I'm always here for you to talk to...-Justine Morgan- :)
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Well my depression is very overwhelming. Growing up no one said, "yes, you have a right to be sad." I mostly heard, "cheer up!" I guess that's pretty typical. I have no community of support, just abstract and unreliant people that flow into and out of my life, not really willing to help when I ask. Its scary to be a single woman, deep in debt from school, and struggling with these issues. Point of this post. I find interactions with men, especially romantic, trigger a lot of my depressed symptoms. What are they implications of this? I have been abused by men sexually, and women emotionally and physically. I want a relationship deeply, but men who offer become deamonized, by me, before one can develop. How can I overcome my own deamons. I can't afford therapy, and the subsidize therapy provided through my university had expired.

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