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To keep things simple: we've all grown up with society's expectations of who we need to become and things we need to accomplish to appear favorable in society's eyes. That route is getting harder and harder for me and it is making me feel sad for a lack of better adjectives. So I thought: "why...

Recently, I've been plagued by this thought. I barely got the required test scores to be accepted into the high school of my dreams and I wonder how I would feel if I was not accepted. I think I would feel terrible. I'm in college now and I've already graduated but the thought has been bothering...

I am twenty and I don't think I am ready to date. I don't know why I would date in the first place, but I am eager to get to know people. However, not everyone out there is nice so basically it's a conflict between the different parts of my brain. I wish I was more mature, but I just feel I'm...

After being alive for 20 years, I have finally realized that I am a highly sensitive person. It may be as much of a biological trait as it is a product of my upraising. I strongly believe that being highly sensitive is in my nature. Being overly stimulated is exhausting and frightening. I worry...

So today i wish i failed my class. But when i realized i had misread the date of the final exam and that i still have two days before it,i wish i could just fail it. Its weird how i sabotage my own success. Can anyone explain this?

After interacting with some friends I came to the conclusion that I am willing to give much more to help others. it's not that I do favors without question. It's just that my perspective on helping others is not that of a zero sum game. When i hear others say that they wouldnt help, i feel...

When i started to become jaded and cynical, i felt my vitality being sapped from me. When i lost my naivety and began being vigilant, i felt depressed. I feel that being cynical can have its benefits, but it is mentally and physically painful to be cynical. It is invigorating to expect the best...

Approach anxiety. Ive got it. I have never had a casual girlfriend growing up and now that im in college, ive become curious as to what a girl thinks about when she thinks about dating. In elementary school, what does she have planned to do with her boyfriend. How about in middle school? Does it...

I paid $500 for three months and they are advertising another two day self improvement session for $450. I am too embarassed to turn them down and it is causing me anxiety whenever i see them. Help please?

I notice that I get really rusty when I don't talk to people for a while but every week I've been going to Friday Night Magic which is an event held by a store that sets you up with people for guaranteed social interaction through a card game called Magic the Gathering. I've been going there for...

I am twenty years old but I have the mind of a 12 year old. My immature minds gets me into trouble a lot. I guess you guys could suggest just to "learn from my mistakes", but I want to know if there are ways to be a more mature person. Some of the things I have trouble with are social norms and...

As a fellow sufferer, I strongly, strongly, strongly recommend you go out of your way to sign up for dahn yoga relaxation classes. You should try any form of yoga/meditation whose aim is to relax the body and improve circulation. I am taking yoga classes now and my instructor says I have bad...

Somebody said that to me when I said I wasn't motivated at the moment. I asked her to give me examples of how I would suffer but she said "it would be different fore everyone" which doesn't help me at all. What do you guys make of this "suffering"? What could it be...in real terms.

Can I just go to my pediatrician (I am 19, have been seeing her since age 3, and will be seeing her until 21 because she has treated me for so long and knows my medical history well) and have her diagnose me? I didn't think so. I have not heard of any psych doctors in NYC.

I was given medication as part of a clinical study by Mt. Sinai. The medication is called "guanfacine" which is originally used to treat ADD but they are trying to see its effects on schizotypical personality disorder and socially avoidant sufferers in terms of working memory specifically. I'm...

Recently, I’ve been craving lots of things from toys, to my favorite music to my favorite junk food. The wikipedia entry for “craving” says that I am not receiving the dopamine I would usually get from everyday, healthy activities and thus I am resorting to addictive behavior…things that allow...

I was just involved with Mt. sinai recently in a couple of studies regarding mental disorders and i think it is a decent source of income for me. Each hourly visit is $25 and each 3 hr visit is $40.

I accepted to a 5 week social anxiety medication study at mt. Sinai in new york city. They would start me on the medication for five weeks and i would need to do some exercises throughout those weeks. I am either getting a placebo or the actual medication. Im excited.

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Knowing that my peers sleep 5 hours a day and on top of that pull a weekly allnighter has gotten me fuming with envy. All that extra time is great!