Question by bushdeathgrip: “The mere act of homosexuality is against recreation, it is genetic suicide“…..if this is true……
then why arent humans extinct?

“The mere act of homosexuality is against recreation, it is genetic suicide.”—–this is a response regarding my question about gay marriage.

do people think there is a “gay” gene?…..and children of straight parents cannot possibly be gay?….if this is your position, plz try to provide some desperately needed logic.

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Answer by fdm215
We are not extinct because homosexuals are a relatively small percentage of the human population.

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Question by Caitlin: how do i get my parents to help me with my anxiety and depression?
i have confronted them before with problems, but they always blow them off, or they say that they will take me to get help, but never do. my parents are a little delusional and always pretend that everything is perfect. since we have family that have a lot of problems, they like for our family to be the “good ones” and set an example for everyone, if i have any problems, it ruins this image. i have severe anxiety issues. since my dad owns a clinic, my parents never take me to the doctor. if i am sick, they just have my dad diagnose me and call in a perscription, so theres no way for me to “talk to my doctor about my symptoms”, which is the advice that i have gotten. i need help, but it seems like im just trapped with these issues, and i just have to pretend they dont exist, which only makes them worse.

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Answer by Al
well first off in my opinion is to have a doctor that is NOT your Dad. its great that your dad is a doctor and all but its better to have someone who is unbiased. but anyhow back to your question, I would sit them down and say to them that what you have to say is important and to hear you out thoroughly. Make sure there is no distractions like the TV or phone so that they have your complete attention. If they seem to blow you off tell them that it offends you and hurts you when they do that. When they say that they are going to get you help hand them a phone and phone book and make sure that they call so that they can’t blow you off or call yourself and make an appointment. if your parents still don’t listen I would try to talk to another family member or a friend.

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Question by ryebread10: has anyone tried Lucinda Bassett depression videos?
I know the videos are for anxiety and depression, but im more depressed and some what suicidal i guess you could say. My parents just think im a drama queen, but in reality they could never be more wrong. I ordered the videos anyways to see if they would help, since there is a free 30 day trial. Would they still help me even though im don’t have “anxiety”

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Answer by Clobo
I’ve never heard of them, but I’m sure they would help. If you really want to get better, you should sit down with your parents and explain to them that you are serious about your feelings. Then from there you can go to the doctors, get some meds to make you more cheerful/happier, therapy sessions to release all these bottled up emotions. Do not let this go and let it get too far that you are lost. That is just a mess you do not want to have to deal with. I wish you the best of luck darling!

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Question by : HELP!!! EMOTIONALLY ABUSE AT HOME!!1?
im 7th grader girl who get straight A’s and a shelf full of trophies.but ever since my parents have been emotionally abusing me and always blaming me for everything my grades started dropping, im always sad, ive been getting in a lot of trouble, i would have suicidal thoughts, and i would always cry every time i see a parent who says “i love you” to their kid because i never heard my parents say “i love you” to me. my parents only say i love you to each other or to my sibling but never to me. my parents would call me stupid and i will never be successful in life because im stupid. they would say i wouldnt get a nice car or a nice house and ill work at mcdonald. whenever i study my parents would come and say “whats the point of studying, your going to fail the test”
there is more i would say but i would go on.
is this depression??
am i a bad kid??
am i stupid??

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Answer by David
Ur not a bad kid or stupid…some people just shouldnt be parents

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Question by Smart Guy: My wife has been diagnosed with “Bipolar disorder”. What should I know? What should I be worried about?
I have a child who she needs to watch when they’re not in school. Sometimes my wife seems so angry and depressed. She says she has never felt love. She gets very angry with her sister. Sometimes me? for the most shes okay with our child, but possibly impatient, and a little bossy, but probably no more than a lot of parents.

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Answer by Your_Star
read up on bipolar disorders. they have great books at barnes and nobles.

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Question by : I’m looking for a poem. Part of it goes “cause of death/the note said suicide”?
I don’t know who wrote the poem, or how the rest of it goes, but part of it goes “cause of death/the note said suicide” it’s about a soldier who is writing back and forth with his parents about his “friend” who loses an arm and both legs and at the end of the poem you find out that the “friend” was really the soldier writing. If any one knows where I can find this poem I would really appreciate it!

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Answer by Jack Duluoz: A Season in Hell
Have you tried Googling it? I tried, but couldn’t find anything…sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.

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Question by Danielle: I have my first meeting with my doctor tomorrow for possible depression…what should I know?
I’m 15 years old, female, and my dad is on my case because “you haven’t had a bad life…has your mom ever been rolled out the door on a stretcher because she OD’d on Asprin trying to kill herself? NO!”. I’m really nervous.

What will the “tests” be like? Do my parents HAVE to be in the room with me/is there any way I can make them leave the room? When I do get diagnosed with it, how much will the medicine cost and what will the side-effects be? Will this make me do better in school? And finally, do I have to tell the doctor/my parents EVERYTHING…like suicidal thoughts, cutting, sexual activity, and such?

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Answer by frankm1412@yahoo.com
you have the right to be with the doctor alone. it will not be so bad. lots of questions doctor will listen parents seen not to.

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Question by planes_rule1: Does anybody have depression? and if you do, what do you do to try and cope with it?
I take “anti-depressants” but they don’t work. My parents say they do, but they don’t know how I feel. I’m not suicidal. I never have been. I would just like some help.
-Brandon Everett Spurgeon

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Question by Max: I feel another ‘bad day’ coming on…?
I’m 21 years old…. I’ve had clynical depression since I was 9… My doctor won’t give me pills because she thinks everyone’s a junkie. My parents don’t care (they think I’m just dramatic) so I’ve also never seen a therapist. I don’t have a job, I’m in college (online, which SUCKS) and I can’t GET a job.

I’m starting to “fade”… … … hard to explain, but its like a signal I get before I have a really bad day (or week, depending on HOW bad) … … I haven’t had one in a while (not “depression-bad” just normal-bad) so I’m really freaking out… my usual “anti-depressant” is being around friends… but I don’t have any left. (They all slowly started ignoring me, so now I have no one and nothing.

I can’t focus, I don’t really eat (my family makes meals & tells me to eat, so I do, but I don’t know if I’m even hungry) and I haven’t had a shower in days… my bed is broken (stupid box-spring broke) so my bed is freakishly uncomfortable and my back has been killing me all day (worse than usual)……….

Right about now (as if on queue) my eyes are trying to fight off tears and I keep spacing out… (And no, I don’t drink or do drugs) and I keep losing my train of thought… … …

I need help, but I don’t know what to do… I don’t want to go to sleep, ’cause tomorrow will start & I really don’t want that.
(My dad seems to think it’s okay to come into a 21 year old’s room & wake her up, telling her to ‘get with the day’ and jump up & do whatever he wants me to, like re-arranging the basement, painting the laundry room, doing dishes, etc without a shower or even change of clothes, without ‘breakfast’ or even a bathroom break…)

I read to fight off my ‘crazy-ness’… I just finished “pretties” by scott westerfield, lol… but it just makes me feel more disconncted… I try to do some of my coursework, but it just makes me paranoid about failing… I don’t know what to do. (Which is why I’m on Y!A… again)

Any advice?

(BTW, I don’t want to hear any crap about religion. Religiously I’m fine & dandy, so don’t waste your time, or you’ll be mocked ruthlessly)
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Jenieve:
I DON’T have any friends, I said that… I know, my post was freakishly long, I don’t even know how I typed that much…

As for the rest… yeah, I can’t “change doctors” ’cause I’m on my parents’ insurance, so they’d have to approve it, & they won’t want to pay my co-pays, and I have no money (no job) SO I’m pretty much SCREWED…

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& for the record, I’ve been telling my parents I need therapy since I was in 4th grade. (Which, coincidentally, is when my clynical depression started. I told them I wanted to see someone, ‘get therapy’ etc, but they just rolled their eyes & laughed it off… They’re not too good at seeing/dealing when it comes to conflict.
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kennadee:

I am switching to an in-person college, transferring to art school (I got into my #1 choice, which I was too scared to apply to before, AND I’m getting a lot of scholarship money, but I still need a private student loan, lol)

Anyway, I keep telling myself to get up & take a shower, but I can’t stand my family’s reaction… they act all surprised & smug, like “Ohmigawd, you took a SHOWER??? Gee, did h*** freeze over?” …

But yeah, I’m too spacy to actually DO things… I don’t know why… I can think them, I can know I need to do them, I can even picture myself doing them (like right now, shower, brush-teeth, tai-chi, bed) but I can’t actually DO it…

*sigh* but I’ll try though… I’ll fight the ‘heavy’ feeling that’s holding me in my chair & I’ll ‘add details’ again to let you know if I actually succeeded in getting out of my room, lol.

I have an excuse to get out there though, ’cause I’m thirsty… might as well shower while I’m there. :p

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Okay, yeah, I definately feel a lot cleaner, lol. (My hair feels way lighter too, despite a large towel wrapped around it)

So yeah… I’m really tired right now, even though I woke up like 11 hours ago. :/

Anywho, I’ll keep checking back for more answers, but I might not update again tonight. *yawn*

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Answer by Anokhi
See another doctor. GP’s are not really fully trained in mental health. They should refer you to someone for appropriate help. Keep changing doctors if you have to till you find one who understands. But they shouldn’t really prescribe you anti-depressants. You are better off getting prescribed medication from a psychiatrist. But don’t expect them to do the miracle work for you. If you take them along with councelling or therapy they will be much more effective.

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