Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

Question by nyc2700: I’m having trouble understanding my ADHD and possibly Asperger’s boyfriend and it’s causing problems?
We are both in college and live at home. I love him more than anything in the world, I really do. We’re so close and we have been together for a little over a year. He is the first person I’ve ever felt comfortable with, the first person I’ve ever been able to trust. He’s really honestly the bright spot in my life. But there are some issues, because of course no relationship is perfect, and I’m okay with the issues and I accept them because I do love him. But they are starting to make me feel helpless and I don’t know what to do anymore. I have always known that he has really severe ADHD. He told me that from the beginning. His parents have always been extremely neglectful, however, for his entire life and further tests were never done, no matter how strange and out of the ordinary his behavior was. At first I thought he might be Autistic, and I did extensive research on that. But the more research I’ve done, I’ve found that it really doesn’t fully match him and his personality. It didn’t seem to fit. I began researching Asperger’s because I found that the two are somewhat closely related when it comes to social disorders. His name should be in the Dictionary as the definition for Asperger’s. Like…it couldn’t be a more perfect description of him. I’ve talked to a Psychologist and looked at some mental health evaluations, and I’m still continuing my research on it. But I really very strongly believe that he has Asperger’s and it was never diagnosed because his parents didn’t care enough to take him to a professional. They medicated him for ADHD and left it alone. But now it’s causing problems later in his life, in our relationship, because his behavior makes me feel like he doesn’t care about me sometimes or that he just flat out isn’t paying attention to me. He just lacks empathy. For example, today I stopped by his house unexpectedly just to say hello and stay for a little while and give him a kiss, and everything was going fine. He was affectionate, like he always is, kissing me, hugging me, laughing with me and making me laugh and being happy. And then I said I needed to get gas on my way home, and he was on go. He jumped up and was like, “I want to go with you.” And the affection was over. He got his shoes and was ready to go. He also found a lighter that he wouldn’t stop playing with. He would NOT put it down, and when I asked him to please put it down he got upset at me and just threw it down. When he finally came back and sat down with me I lifted his shirt up and started kissing his back, and he saw a brightly colored book on the table and picked it up and started looking at it. That really pissed me off and I was like okay I’m sorry that I’m boring you to that degree. And I got my keys and was going to leave. He truly did not understand why I was upset. This has happened before. He really didn’t get it. He didn’t understand. This kind of stuff only happens after he’s had a lot of sugar. Like he drank a soda before I got there, probably multiple ones. It happens after he drinks coffee, tea, etc. So…does this sound like what I think it is? His behavior I mean?

Question by Tansey Taboka: I feel like this is the worst year of my life my uncle fell and passed away in Sandton on the 20th of February?
How do you get over loosing someone so suddenly? I never thought it could be so painful it feels like you’ve been stabbed in the heart. Death has been wiping people from this earth even before we were born but we will never get used to it .

Best answer:

Answer by Starlight
I don’t think you ever do get over losing someone that was close to you. Even if you knew it was coming. The only thing you can hope for is that gradually, with a lot of support and trying to muddle through the best you can, life will start up again for you. Slowly, you will start to get more involved in the world again without realising it. Right now, you are in this little bubble of loss and sadness and you can’t understand why nobody else’s life has just stopped too.

 

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TeenPride Pushes For Funding From Morristown and Morris Township

Filed under: family counselors

TeenPride, Inc. strives to help young people improve their lives by providing activities and free individual, group and family counseling, so they may build self-esteem and self-reliance and practice healthy lifestyles. Chairman of the Board of …
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Oshkosh HOST program would offer mental health care for students

Filed under: family counselors

Washington was chosen to launch the program because of an already identified need among students and the high level of poverty among families in the school's attendance area. Services would include individual, group or family counseling as well as …
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Question by pottsy: Would this be a licensed childcare facility?
A company that I work for (no names obviously) hosted several “summer camps” this past summer. It’s basically just daycare. Parents would drop off the kids, who would go through activities such as bowling, video games, lunch, and lasertag, all with a “camp counselor” (a regular employee with special, additional training, and a different uniform). Does this qualify my current place of employment as a licensed childcare facility?

Best answer:

Answer by Doodle Bug
No. You have to have a license from the state to have a child care facility. There are a LOT of laws and government agencies that regulate day care or child care facilities. If a child were to get hurt or die in your care, you could face a very long prison sentence. Get informed before you get into trouble. Google child care laws for your state.

 

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Swarthmore Hires First Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselor and Educator

Filed under: alcohol addiction counseling

In a campus-wide email in November, Director of Student Health Services Beth Kotarski described Ellow's role as “responsible for individual risk assessment, counseling and referral of students struggling with alcohol and drug addictions, as well as …
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Youth pastor Brian Jennings; mother and daughter Hollie and Shelby Boyles …

Filed under: alcohol addiction counseling

Couch's blood alcohol reading was .24 and he also had a Valium in his system after he and a group of friends stole alcohol from Walmart, drank it and later piled into his pick-up truck. … Prosecutors said the juvenile justice system also offered …
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Counseling Students Who Think They Can: Dance, Sing or Act – Performing arts admission expert Amy Goldin shares her top tips for advising students wanting to attend college or university for a performing arts degree.

 

Nonprofit excels at integrating mental, physical health care

Filed under: psychiatric counseling

He became estranged from his family and ended up at Asian Counseling and Referral Service, a mental-health organization that provided medication and helped him build self-esteem through group therapy. But Arellano, unable to afford insurance or speak …
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Broad Obamacare mandate rankles

Filed under: psychiatric counseling

The 55-year-old from Sellersville in Bucks County does not have insurance and bristles at the idea of being told to buy coverage, let alone a plan that pays for services for which she has no need, such as psychological counseling, maternity care and …
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