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Are you in therapy? I know you aren't technically the mentally ill person in the relationship but it doesn't mean you couldn't benefit from therapy.

Ok I will look into it. Sorry to hear about your traumas.

I have not tried. What is the program in Sante Fe called?

I don't think her cancelations have anything to do with your relapses or anything. I think she is just a flake. Sometimes therapist take on more patients than they can handle. I would start looking for someone else.

I can only speak from my personal experience. I have schizophrenia and have had it since I was 9. I had a very serious suicide attempt when I was 15. I won't say how I did it because if someone else did it they would be surely dead. I wasn't thinking straight and I am glad now at 30 to be alive...

Well I think the comments on the link you posted say it all. Someone with a mental illness really can't make a clear decision about whether they want to die or not.

Look for a dentist in your area that offers sedation dentistry.

The great thing about our privileges is that we can help those in need. We actually just had a homily similar to what you are talking about in our church. The priest talked about how it is not a sin to have nice things or even to be rich or to have it better than others. The sin comes when we...

It's not healthy to think that way. I could sit here and go "what would have happened if I had not been diagnosed with schizophrenia?" Believe I have been there and I have played that game and it gets you no where. Instead think what can I do now to make sure the rest of my life isn't...

You need to get the gun out of the house. Have your wife hide it from you. The suicide rates triple when there is access to a gun.

My PTSD comes from a car accident so it doesn't really effect my relationships to be honest. On the other hand I also have schizophrenia and I researched the hell out of that and that did help me a lot with relationships along with therapy. I don't think it's enough to research your mental...

That could do it.

I can't find a link for criterion A trauma but basically a life threatening event or repeated abuse.

Are you in the United States? If you are you might consider an IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program). Most psych hospitals will have one. Basically you go to very intensive therapy either all day or in the evening if you work for about 6 weeks. In that time they teach you DBT skills which are...

When I lost my first cat, Twinkle I thought I could never love a cat again. Before losing her I didn't know what true emotional pain was. I mean I had had bad things happen but never had to deal with death before. It was so final. I kept wishing there was some magical voodoo spell that could...

When I was a teen and into my early 20s I went through this. Recently I had begun to feel this way but this time I took steps to reverse it. If you have heard of the DBT skills they have one skill called opposite action. That is the skill I do the most. What that means is that you do the...

I feel the same way. I am 30 and feel like I wasted my 20s. I am also Christian and would like to find someone else who is. The good news is that I know plenty of people who didn't get married until their late 30s some even in their 40s. Those seem to be the people who are happier in their...

I grew up Catholic and the nuns at school would tell us we had to be humble and not prideful. So eighth grade came around and I had to write an essay for a scholarship for high school. I was having a hard time and my teacher asked me one day if I had finished and turned in my essay. She thought...

Even if it's situational medications can still help. You can start them and reevaluate later to see if you want to continue.

Well on the plus side I am getting better at highway driving. I think Ed is right, that most accidents happen on side streets not highways.

I had a car accident about a year ago and was diagnosed with PTSD. I have been doing really well lately getting back into driving but today something happened that made me think that another accident is just waiting to happen. I was at a green light so the cars going across from me had a red...

Thanks for you responses. Russ I don't want suggestions so no thanks.

I was in a verbally and emotionally abusive relationship for 6 months. I left when I moved back from college. That's not what I am thinking about today however. About a year later when I was ready to date again I met a guy and he was worse than my ex! He was horrible and a racist to boot ( I am...

You can write to the department of labor to get paid for your last day. Even if they fired you, you still deserve to get paid for the last day.

Welcome to the forum Joella.