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Woman rejoices at death of ex - CJAD

The Montreal woman whose ex-husband was found dead in his Ottawa apartment this week says she wants to thank the person who murdered him. The woman says her thirty years with Francis Lawrence Chartier were filled with physical and mental abuse. They ...

NK Defector`s Novel Tells of Sexual Abuse, Horrors - Donga.com

After getting married, a North Korean woman identified by her surname Kim learned that her husband had worked on North Korea ... I think he developed a mental illness because he had to keep the development of nuclear weapons a secret,” Kim said.

One of Virginia’s “10 most wanted” found in ... - Houston Community Newspapers

... presentation titled “Parental Abduction is Child Abuse” given by Nancy Faulkner to the United Nations Convention on Child Rights in June 1999, children who have been abducted by a parent are at great risk for a whole host of mental health ...

One of Virginia’s ‘10 most wanted’ found in ... - Houston Community Newspapers

More Americans taking drugs for mental illness - Vancouver Sun

... mental health diagnosis. The researchers culled data from several large public surveys of health in the United States, including from the National Center for Health Statistics, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Substance Abuse ...

Parents of forgotten 3-year-old Warren boy charged with ... - Macomb Daily

After questioning the parents, who live apart in a Warren apartment complex, police learned the woman thought ... second-degree child abuse when he or she knowingly or intentionally commits an act that is likely to cause physical or mental harm, or ...

Gigi Jordan, woman charged with killing her autistic ... - New York Daily News

... allegedly killed her son with an overdose of pills, millionaire Gigi Jordan was diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome by proxy for "medical abuse" of the boy, prosecutors revealed Friday. The mental illness causes parents to invent ailments for a ...

My Horizons - American Reporter

Today, I watched a clerk at the convenience store easily communicate with the French woman ahead of me, as well as myself in ... Knowing that I needed some support, I made a visit to the local mental health clinic to see if I could convince one of ...

Destrehan woman accused of killing her two children has ... - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Meanwhile, the woman's father painted a different picture, alleging her husband was physically abusive ... He said the deaths might be related to his wife's mental health. She was diagnosed with postpartum depression after she had Louis and was ...

Police face probe over woman who killed herself - Reuters UK

... the Leicestershire woman ... suffered abuse and bullying from local youths, who threw stones and bottles at her house and set fire to her gate, as well as attacking her severely dyslexic son Anthony, 19. She drove Francecca, who had a mental

Open Question: Long story, Crazy neighbors. Please help!!?

Last year their daughter would give us dirty looks because I was pregnant and play her music very loud at all hours of the day, she was doing drugs. I would call the cops and it would stop. Then their dogs kept getting in our yard and running away through the hole in my fence. They expected us to fix both holes in the fence. I wouldn't as it was not my problem, they then would put things in front of my gate so the dogs would stay in my backyard and not run away. I would move them and they'd yell and get pissy. One day their dog ran into my house and I told them to keep the dog off my property or I would call animal control. She then starts yelling at me and tells me my unborn baby is going to run away and that the state was going to take him. As a pregnant woman I naturally got really pissed, I knew her daughter had been pregnant so I told her that I was glad the state took the baby away from a drug user and I hoped they would never see it again. She was using in plain site before hand. She yells to me that her kid has a "mental illness". When her dog finally runs away and doesn't come back she leaves a note on my door blaming me that it ran away and that "Carma a bitch". (She can't spell) She called the cops saying it was in my backyard. Of course it wasn't. Since then they have been harassing us non stop. She asked my husband If his dad was gone as in dead. He has cancer and she knew this. She keeps parking in front of my house which I can't do anything about, but when my guests park in front of her house she comes over and bangs on my door till I answer and tells me to move it. If I don't then she keeps banging on my door. I have not been nice in any of these circumstances, I honestly don't help the situation but the things she says..she's lucky I don't do worse. I do not start things when I see her, I ignore her until she starts threatening me or saying things that would make you want to jump her. I never go on to her property and verbally abuse or threaten her in any way, she has done this numerous times. Plus I think the daughter and her male friend are dealing drugs and I am scared for my sons safety. The HOA will not deal with them, they said they are getting a break because they are going through "hard times". They are breaking so many of the rules that are enforced on everyone but them. What the hell can I do? The HOA president won't do anything and I'm pretty sure I don't have enough evidence for the police. Please help...I have already and my son and I think it's way to late to try and make peace. They want a war. more

Open Question: Is this fair for the child now 22 years old, she wants nothing to do with her father, yes or no?

Mother Who Abducted Child 14 Years Ago Found and Jailed March 18th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq. Fourteen years ago, Dean Click and his wife Wendy Hill were going through an acrimonious divorce. Read about it here (ABCNews, 3/11/10). That included a child custody squabble over their daughter Jessica who was eight at the time. While the case was pending, Hill accused him of child molestation, an allegation that he believed was a last-ditch effort to gain sole custody. "As a trump card in divorce proceedings, Wendy played the molestation card," Click said. "All of the allegations were just false. I went through a lie detector test when these allegations were first aired and none of this is true." The "trump card" having turned out to be a Joker, Hill then took the child and disappeared. She successfully avoided capture by moving from place to place and using assumed names. A few days ago, she was apprehended and jailed. Final charges are still pending, but she's been tentatively charged with Deprivation of Custody of a Child. This article fills us in on some of the details of the case, but its headline issue is that Jessica-Click Hill, now 22, wants nothing to do with her father. That sounds suspiciously like the result of a campaign of parental alienation by Hill. In other words, the same woman who lied to a court about sexual abuse of a child in order to tar the father, told the child something that led her to believe that her father had harmed her in some way, was a danger to her, wanted no part of her...something. Dean Click doesn't know, but he's still doing what he can to tell Jessica that he's always loved her and wanted her as part of his life. Whether he'll be successful remains to be seen. My guess is that, in time, the two will get together and the truth will be made known. An interesting part of the article is the contrast in attitudes between Sheriff's Office Detective Shawn Wallace who was involved in the arrest of Hill and Ernie Allen of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The Center worked with the FBI over the years to help locate Jessica and it was an anonymous tip to the Center that finally allowed them to locate Hill. Here's Shawn Wallace: "This is a mother doing what she thinks she has to do for her child. She gave her as normal a life as she could." No, actually she didn't. People get divorced, and decide on child custody and access every day without concocting false allegations of abuse and then absconding with the child. Doing so is not giving the child "as normal a life as she could." Allen, on the other hand takes a much more sensible attitude, and one that's more based in the science of child abduction. "Kids do suffer harm. It is often motivated not by love of the child but by anger or revenge towards the other spouse. It puts kids in the crossfire." In some cases, Allen said, children have been lied to their whole lives by the abducting parent. Social scientists and mental health experts have, for many years referred to parental child abduction as "child abuse." Here's a peer-reviewed article on that subject. That's because children who are abducted are often merely small pawns in a conflict between parents. The psychological damage can be severe and long-lasting and is not unlike that caused by parental alienation to which the article specifically refers. Abduction means hiding from the law and from the usual child-protective institutions, and often that bodes ill for the child who is solely at the mercy of the abductor. For the abductor, that can be the whole point - exclusive dependency. The personality profile of abducting parents looks something like this: 1. Have threatened to abduct or abducted previously; 2. Are suspicious and distrustful due to a belief abuse has occurred; 3. Are paranoid-delusional; 4. Are sociopathic; 5. Have strong ties to another country; and 6. Feel disenfranchised from the legal system. These findings by Johnston and Girdner pose a bleak prognosis for children held at the hands of such inept parents. Yet another researcher states that, According to Rand, an abducting parent views the child's needs as secondary to the parental agenda which is to provoke, agitate, control, attack or psychologically torture the other parent. And, "The needs of the troubled parent override the developmental needs of the child, with the result that the child becomes psychologically depleted and their own emotional and social progress is crippled." That's a far cry from the sunny "she did the best she could under the circumstances" attitude Detective Wallace demonstrated. We should all see parental child abduction for what it is - child abuse with the potential for permanent psychological harm. Then we'll look at people like Wendy Hill in a new light - as more

Resolved Question: do abusive husbands ever regret ?

I have been reading this article on mental / emotional abuse and I have been abused by every definition of the word abuse. He always lied to me , blamed me for his wrong doings , ganged up on me with his mother & sister , never supported me financially , made me work like a donkey while I was pregnant and in the end left me and my new born. do such husbands ever regret putting their wives and children through so much ? do they behave nicely with their new wife ? do they go through same stages of after divorce effects as we women do ? I sometimes wonder how can anybody forget someone whom he has lived with and how can someone just forget about his own flesh & blood ? more

Resolved Question: Rate the first couple pages of my book please!?

Black. Blue. These are the colours that decorate my otherwise grey life. They penetrate themselves into my life with force and hate, a being that not even I can control. I once considered myself a woman who could take anything that stood in her way. But I was always missing something, right from the start. A void that seemed to grow with every passing day, until I met him. He was the light that drew luminous love into my life, brightening every orifice of my being in a way until then I could not even imagine. But those days of lovers delirium were not to last. My Husband, yet I can barely bring myself to think the word; a Husband implies a man who cares, who is devoted to the passion in his life, a lover who can protect a woman in her darkest days. At the beginning everything was total bliss. I felt as though I was drinking pure delirium from the fountain of awe, and with each passing moon I grew more accustomed to his ways. Our ways. The days we shared were almost like a summer’s day, fresh, hot and full of life. I thought the sun would never set, the fountain could never run out of the precious juice that I grew more addicted too. Then came the day of reckoning, a day that for most people, me included in that happy bubble, waited for. The creation of life between husband and wife. When a couple becomes a family, that frosty autumn morning I sat waiting for him, waiting for him to arrive with his love and care. My eyes leaked salty tears of love as I thought of the love that I was harboring within me. I heard his car slowly crunch up the gravel driveway and the familiar slam of the car door, something that normally seemed ordinary was suddenly magnified by the most joyous of news I could bring to my loving husband. I ran to his arms and said those golden words that were sure to stir the paternal instinct he should have. Yet his body went stiff, unresponsive, he turned on his heal and walked back out of the door; I told myself it was the shock and he would be elated when he returned. By 12 am the same night, he returned reeking of the unfamiliar smell of booze and sex. Accusations on my half were made, and mid argument he struck me on the breast. I still remember the effect that first hit had, stinging and forming a red rash that would soon bruise a nasty shade of blue black. The physical effect was not even comparable to the mental attack. He fell to his feat and bleated some excuse about a woman in the pub coming on to him and he promised he would never do it again. So I let him home. 2 months later, and the abuse continued. The once old pattern of those delirious days like a summer that would never end came crashing down; the frosty bite from the wind outside was nothing like the pain I was suffering within my own four walls. He turned into quite the artist, the bruises were never visible from my clothes and exposed area’s remained there pearlescent pink. He told me it was my fault, look how he had been forced to treat me. Night after night I was beaten, burnt and mentally attacked, the only thing keeping me stable was the thought of my child growing depending on me, if it weren’t for my little baby, I would have exited life on my own terms. Then the big finale, the end of our marriage... He came home in his drunken state and went straight down the hall into the kitchen without even glancing in my direction. But by then I knew I wasn’t worthy of such adoration as a smile or look. I heard rummaging in the draws and vulgarities being slurred from the doorway of the kitchen, but I stayed paralyzed on the sofa rubbing my bump and consolidating my baby. He swore once more then shouted “Get in this ******* kitchen now slut”. I knew resistance was futile, so I slowly unfurled from the comfort of the sofa and walked into the kitchen, he was hunched over the sink, breathing deeply. I dared not to speak; I knew this would be a bad one from his breathing, rasping and shallow. “ I know all about you tart, that little bastard your harboring in you isn’t mine, its ******* mikes isn’t it you second rate ***** slut, I’m ******* gonna kill you, ill ******* murder that thing if it’s the last thing I do” He turned and I saw the kitchen scissors glinting in his hand, my instinct told me to run and I tired, I tried so hard. He launched himself at me and caught me before I even had chance to move a footstep towards safety. He took the scissors and cut into my hair. “No man is gonna want you now tart, with no hair” he cut with ferocity into my hair, hacking away while I screamed. He threw me on the floor and I felt a shard blow *** he kicked my slightly swelled abdomen, I couldn’t move, I just told my baby to hold on with all its might. I woke some time later and felt that I had my front tooth missing, but my bump was still there, livid purple, but alive. I was behind the upturned dining table and I lay listening for signs of life in the home. And that's when it happened, a damp feeling between my legs and then a huge cramI'm from the uk, this changed all my spellings automatically and alterd my grammer and paragraphing, sorry if its different! and yes, this is the prologue, and no, there will be something better to come. this is more the background of the story more

Voting Question: Need help....I am extremely unhappy & I need way 2 help cope........?

I have been taking care of my sick Mother, who is dying of Mutiple Myeloma (cancer). I only came here because my Father was crying on the phone & said my sister would not come here & help take care of her. My sister & mom were always very tight, so when my Dad called, I was pretty shocked. In the late 90's my father called me, when I lived in NYC. I had a really good job & though my life wasn't perfect, I was getting along okay & had lots of interests. HE called to say that my Mom was il w/ Asthma & that he needed help. During that time I took a leave of absence from my job & stayed for a month on the promise from my Father, that he was here & ready to be a family & that I needed to help him take care of my Mother. So, I moved all my crap down, took a leave of absence for a month & cooked & cleaned for them. I returned to NYC & was told that my company was being taken over by another & I'd have to resign & be rehired. With no avail, I tried, but was told to still try & my Father told me my job would be a 1/2 hr away w/ no worries & they would hire me on the spot. Once I resigned & moved, I was not rehired & come to find out my job, if they were to hire me was an hour to 1 hour & 45 minutes away. Plus a toll bridge that costs 20$ a day, round trip.Than I found out that my Mother wasn't really ill & I was called there to cook & clean. 6 Months later I left & moved out of state. I think I was so devastated that I was lied to & lost a really good job, where I did well, loved on my own & felt good about myself. I moved to another state where, feeling so depressed I wound up getting high & allowed myself to be used & mistreated by other people. Though, I did have a good friend who was there for me, at that point & time, I didn't care for me. Things got bad & I moved back to where my parents were & not being there 2 weeks took an overdose of pills. Not truly trying to kill myself, but deaden the pain. I was sent to the local red-neck hospital, where my father insisted that I just do things like this to get attention. My family never visited me & my Sister told me the reason why she didn't come see me was because my Father said that she didn't have to. So, she went on vacation with her friends. Not long after that I was scooped up by an abusive ex & wisked away to another bad environment. Thinking that I could save him & that I would be loved. Of course things went really wrong there & I had to escape the drugs & mental abuse yet to return to my "family". I ping ponged back & forth from my families home to friends where, I wasn't sure who actually cared. I am sure, that of my friends who really cared, I disappointed because I couldn't differentiate between who really gave a crap about me & who didn't. December 2007, my Father called me crying that my Mother had cancer & he need me to help him take care of her. I've been here ever since. Taking care of a woman who was never there for me or wouldn't even talk to me when I needed her. I totally take care of her & have tried to have no ill judgments toward her. For a yr. & a 1/2 I was her sole care giver & just recently (the past year) my Father has helped me to take care of her. Now, he wants me to take care of the both of them. I try really hard to have no ill will & do the best I can, but lately I am so depressed & feel so bad, I don't know what to do. He claims he will talk to the doctor about how she is...her health is very poor & the chemo is only but making her loses her mind.I have resentment & am so very depressed. I have no insurance & public assistance is null if not void here. I'm afraid that my destiny is doomed & I am so ready to shoot myself in the head. I feel that I have lost out on my life because I never lived myself for me & only worked toward a family, that was never actually there for me in the first place. I am desperate & don't know what to do. HELP!! more

Resolved Question: I need advice to protect my daughter please.?

Ok during the course of our marriage there was alot of physical and mental abuse. Enough to the point where i actually got on meds for bi-polor disorder because i thought is was all my fault ( i had never had a history of mental illness before) I hated myself and i was convinced everything that happened was all my fault. In the end the meds never helped they made me such a zombie that it took everything i had just to peel myself up off the couch to use the restroom it was misrable. I finally realized after almost 2 years it wasnt me when we moved in with family because my husband discharged from the military and they began to see the abuse and worry for me. Asking if i really needed the meds and maybe with support i should see if i could function better without the meds. So after talking to my Dr. i began to ween off the meds. After being 5 weeks off me meds i felt wonderful. i was loosing weight and taking care of myself and my children again. I told my husband he was furious that i had made this choice without him and the first chance he got when no one was home but us he had me pinned to the kitchen floor by my hair. Pining me and yelling about a pile of laundry i hadnt washed. Something so simple, had he just asked i would have told him it was whites and there wasnt enough for a full load yet lol. Anyway I decided this was the last straw and i waited for him to go to work the next day and called him and told him he was not welcome back at the house. I have a 2 year old daughter. I have had black eyes, i have scars on my wrist from him sqeezing them so tight it left something i could best discribe as rug burn but without any rug envolved. I even cut like 14 inches off my hair at one point to try to advoid being pulled around by it. None of that hurt as much as the mental pain of thinkiing it was my fault and i was useless and worthless and i was an embarrisment if i could just be better he would stop being mean....it was always my fault. I have a baby girl that i feel like i cant protect now. Never once was i intelligent enough to just call the police. Other then a few scars and a couple pictures there is no proof any of this went on and no one seems to be listening to me. My lawyer keeps wanting me to comprmise with parenting time in order to get other things such as permission to take vacation. And i'm sorry i would rather loose money on my palne tickets then give parenting time to this man. I keep being told that in the end he will get parenting time no matter what and i should just give in a little bit right now. We have a 2 year old daughter who is totally innocent in all of this. I feel so bad for her and what she is going to have to go thru in the future. Im so afraid he is going to treat her the way he treated me and she is to little to tell me or tell anyone. 3 months ago i let him have parenting time and she came home with a black eye and he told me she feel ( 2 year olds do fall i understand that) but the visitation after that she sreamed and cried and reached for me saying no mommy no!!! and it broke my heart. So since there is no court order i have not made her go back since. I dont know what to do i recommened supervised visitation and i keep being told with no police record of the abuse i'll never get that and i'm being unreasonable. Its so frustrating and i'm at a loss now. I knwo he's mean and hateful and capable of being extrememly abbusive but everyone around me seems to see him and this honeralable purple heart vetran that fought for our counrty over in Iraq. I have all the respect in the worlld for the men and women overseas and i believe they work hard and are wonderful people for doing what they do. But just because he did these great things for the country doesnt mean he didnt do these things to me. How do i get people to see that this is my daughters safety???? Does anyone have any advice?????Abusive Ex and i'm being told i have no chance at getting full custody of my daughterJust to make it clear i have already left i cant wait for it to happen again and then call the police. I'm out of the situation and it wont happen again i'm just trying to fight for my daughter now. more

Resolved Question: A Question On Social Boundries & A Bit More?

If you rose to the top of the social scale of people as in the who's who in your area, & everybody knows what that means right, you have the working force, business men or woman (Just To Be right), you have councillors, local mayors, senators, congressmen & all the way up to Government officials -- & of course you have us, nobody's who surf the net all day So what would you do if you climb this social scale all the way to the top & so far past the top that not even the president had authority over you, so now you climbed this social boundry thingy so far & you just want to live a normal peaceful life but you can't -- Because..... The whole point of your life was that you would never make it past the suffering Internet surfing nobody, but on the fact that you did climb all the way to the top, overcoming the insane amounts of pyshical & mental abuse it took you to get there, only to be reminded by the people who knew you & were supposed to be the people who reminded you that you were a nobody & that no one cares & it didn't matter that you made something of yourself & your life because they don't like you & that is all they will say today tomorrow & for the rest of your life... we just don't like you Kinda repetitve ain't it more

Resolved Question: What Is This Woman's Illness?

A woman (age 63) takes care of my dear friends 89 yr. old uncle. This woman told me over 2 yrs. ago that her mother abused her from the time she can remember all the way until her mother's death. She said her 1st husband abused her mentally & physically. I have met her 2nd husband & he is a strict religious man who both my husband & myself have seen mental abuses said towards this lady. My concern is that she is showing mental abuse to the elderly gentlemen that the family thinks she is doing fine with. She cannot help him up & several times has had to let him drop to the floor. I mentioned that he really needs deodorant & blue pads but since I mentioned it she now refuses to buy any. His wheelchair seat is a mess so when I visit I place a bath towel down. He loves German sausage & sauerkraut but since I said I love making it for him when I visit she then told me that German sausage isn't healthy for him but she spends a lot of $ getting cookies, pies, cheesecake, etc. for him. She is spiteful & I am concerned that this gentlemen suffers due to this woman wanting to control everything (like decisions on what to buy). The mans family lives over 50 miles away so they don't really see what happens but the big thing is that she never calls to let them know that he fell or that he spent the day vomiting! She just always tells them "He is doing great"! What should I do? more

Resolved Question: Why do women try and down play radical feminists?

Very often we hear women claiming their not that type of feminist. I think (The Violence Against Women Act) as a national Domestic Violence policy is completely radical, Nazi worthy and reeks of discrimination. Men make up the other half of the population, so where is our protection from verbal, emotional, mental and physical abuse? Isn't it fair to say that funding (Tax dollars) for VAWA has done a lot for women to get out of abusive situations, but what has it done for men in abusive situations? I'll tell you, it's taken abusive women and turned them into victims and abused men into abusers. This is done through women's groups who use VAWA funding to spread their agenda driven propaganda. If I was a cop, prosecutor or judge and every piece of information that made up my training supported men as abusive, logic would assume Men are abusers. Add on the Laws like VAWA, and the average man is convicted from the minute he is accused. If you review any domestic violence information from websites, radio, TV or booklets, He, husband, him is referred to as abuser. The fact that women remain silent, while their brothers, fathers and, male friends are taken away in handcuff is a crime against true feminism. Men do not receive a billion dollars a year like women's groups under VAWA. We have no means of getting the point across that we can be abused and are being abused. So what makes you a better feminist than a radical feminist? more

Voting Question: Please help Me! I am in need of Help please, advice?

? Please help Me! I am in need of Help please, advice? I am trying hard to deal with my wife and it is coming to a point that nothing I do or say is working. I married a women that is 20 years older than me she has four children and no help from the father. She and I have been arguing in front of the children and I am not one to argue in front of them for there own good. She is very controlling and will not take any blame for her own mistakes and about every other day tells me that I am a lair, a hypocrite, selfish, and that I am suppose to love her as christ loved the church. This verbal abuse has made me not want to be around her for my own mental health. I am afraid I will end up in jail, and the children are starting to treat me like there mother. I have been taken from my support group my family because of her disliking of them and my family disliking her. I have lost my job, my license, and about to lose my mind, I love her and the children but the weight is sometimes to much. She does not consider my feelings and she says she does not care weather I stay or go. But this morning I would not come out of the room so I locked myself in the room and when she got back after taking the kids to school she beat the door down with a crowbar. Then she came in and started pulling my hair and hitting me on the *** and I tried to get out of the room and she stepped in the way. The only way I could get out was to jump out the window. What can I do, What would you do? more

Voting Question: Would you agree to getting rid of these government programs?

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Voting Question: Metal abuse from father?

I've had a really difficult childhood with my dad constantly yelling at and mentally abusing my mom ever since I was a little kid. This has been going on for 16 years now and I just can't stand it anymore. He always cheated on my mom while he was still married to her for many, many years and the constantly fighting between my parents has had mental impacts on me... I find myself depressed at times and used to have series of panic attacks a few years back. I also found it hard to show my emotions in front of other people and just generally talk to someone because the yelling and screaming at my mom everyday, who I love dearly, has had such an impact on my emotional stance and self-confidence. I am in the worst situation right now... my parents are now "separated", but my dad always degraded my mom to the point where she never got a normal job and has been unemployed for a while. She's currently studying to be a nurse (another 2 years) and is and has been completely dependent on my father for money. He has often made threats when I was little and used that control over us. I just CAN'T take it anymore, I just want to straight out punch him and never see him again in my entire life, but then we'd be left with no money. I've also never really told (but acted out) my father what I think of him, should I just take the stance and tell him everything? I just feel like if that happens it won't end well and I'll be in an even worse situation since he lives here. There have been a couple of times where my anger just exploded at my father and ended up with the police coming. I can't live like this. I'm passing all of my classes in school, but I feel like I could do much better if I wanted to, I'm just emotionally drained and stressed out everyday. I suppress my emotions and I just cannot do anything about it. I've seen a counselor for a few years earlier but that didn't help me. He acts like an animal and I've been reading his text messages and have seen that he is going out with 4 different women, all who are in their 20's and 30's. I think he is an undiagnosed psychopath Can anyone PLEASE give me some advice on what to do? It has just been too much on me and has ruined my entire childhood. My mom has been trying so hard to get out of this situation, and briefly did for a year when my father moved in with another woman, but he ended up coming back because she kicked his ass. I don't feel like I can live another 2 years in this situation more

Resolved Question: New Study: Domestic Violence against men just as likely as against women - what do we do now?

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/a-hidden-crime-domestic-violence-against-men-is-a-growing-probl/19297449/ This is actually a very detailed article, so I would encourage people to read it in full, as it explains and outlines a lot of the results and findings of the study. Some highlights are; - the Department of Justice which funds many studies relating to violence against women, has explicitly refused to fund any such studies relating to violence against men. - The National Institutes of Mental Health were kind enough to fund a single study, which showed several key things; - Domestic violence occurs no less against men than against women - The perception amongst women (and unfortunately men as well), that it is twofold more acceptable for a woman to hit a man compared to men hitting women. - When calling the police , MEN who are VICTIMS of domestic violence are THREE TIMES more likely to get ARRESTED than the actual women who abuse them!! - Despite that men get abused just as much as women, there is no funding, no facilities and no contribution at any level to help men deal with this. There is a single help center being staffed entirely by volunteers and ran off donations in the entire US - Out of 1200-1800 domestic abuse shelters in the US, only 1 allowed men. - The legal system is very biased in favor of women, which presents significant financial problems for countless men So my question is, is it time we woke up and admitted that there is a serious crisis in regards to domestic abuse & violence, deep sexism and discrimination against men - and do something about it? And what can be done to help these male victims of abuse, when governmental agencies refuse to even consider it's happening? more

Resolved Question: Need a (affordable) family law attorney in Columbia SC?

I have sole custody of our 7 year old son. Father and I were never married and he left when son was 3 months old to be with a 19 year old girl when he was 31. My son is a cancer survivor...was diagnosed at age of 1 and has been in remission for 5 years. I was the sole caretaker of him during this time. However since my son went into remission father has ever other week end day time visitations with no over nights due to he has a live in girlfriend. The father mentally abuses our son and involves him in adult matters, lets him play rated Mature video games, Rated R movies, has given him a drink of his beer, and never has his best interest in mind. I have to beg him to keep our son in a seat belt while in a vehicle, he refuses to speak to me so I have to write notes to him in regards to medications, or any thing that involves our child due to the communication problem with him. I have bent over backwards to try to communicate with him to include e-mail, text, phone, messages, and think it is so childish of him to behave this way especially if my only communication with him would be about our child and nothing more. He has had no involvement in our child's schooling, medical issues, extra curricular activities etc. etc. by his choice. He is currently taking me back to court to have his child support lowered because he is mad at me...because he is self employed and always lies about his income even lies on his taxes due to he has 6 children with 5 different women...was only married to 2 of them. When with me he made approx 75,000 a yr...tax records show he only made 20,000. I have always worked and supported myself and children...I just feel he should provide for his child just as I do. He has been trying to make me miserable now for 5 yrs. Enough is Enough...my child deserves to be loved and not endure the mental abuse and or any abuse. And he will provide for his son as I do.....the other mothers do not get support or very little due to their lack of funds to fight him. Can some one recommend a low cost attorney in the Columbia - Lexington SC area that can help me. Or give me suggestions that can help figure out what is the best course of action to take. He will not give up his rights..did that with one other child to not pay child support but I think he now regrets it. I have always taken the high road and not let this man get to me or played into any of his games. I just solely want my child to be safe and taken care of in a moral and fit environment. more

Voting Question: As a social worker do we have a right to protect the unborn child?

Say i was working with a women that was currently pregnant and experiencing domestic abuse. This has the potential of damaging the unborn child or in fact cause the unborn child's death. Is this a case of women body women's choice? After 22weeks abortion is no longer permitted therefore is the child not en tilted some quality of life even in the womb? Or safety from sustaining a permanent injury or disability that will effect them permanently. If a women was harming her self and indirectly causing pain to the child this would be a possible mental health issue. Is there a criminal case here? I recognize the complex nature of domestic abusive relationships but she by maintain a relationship with man is failing to protect her unborn child. It is a difficult issue and it would be impossible to remove a mother out of situation like this through social services. However i was wondering what option were out there?Please note that this question was very quickly written. I am a social worker currently a practicing refuge worker my role is to support vitcums of abuse even in the capicty of a social worker. Lastly to seperate familes which would take more consideration than a scribbled down yahoo question. My human nature makes me concerned the unborns childs safety. Thank you for your coments. I recongise the difficulties in leaving a man and sometimes feel social sercices are far to too quite to treat the women not as a vitum. I understand it this womens body but my nature wants me to find someway to protect the child as the mother finds cause of her circumstance she is unable to do so. more

Resolved Question: physical and mental abuse within a relationship whos to blame was she wrong?

I need some advice for a best friend who is in a great deal of emotional pain.She suffered sexual abuse as a child for 15yrs and then later in life She was in a 4yr relationship in which she suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her partner. 2 years ago she was able to free herself from the relationship, and was able to move on. She met a man 10 mths later who on the outside seem to us all to be everything she needed.He started off as a friend to her who she would confide in about her childhood and her past abusive relationship, and he would confide in her about his past in which he too suffered childhood sexual abuse. He had only recently 6mths previously also lost his wife to cancer. With his help and advice she started councelling to deal with her childhood, and in hindsight now she feels that she should have continued the therapy longer to also deal with the abuse she suffered in her past relationship. During the 1st 6mths of her new relationship with this new man, he started to show signs of jealousy, and deep rooted insecurities. He never directly accused her of being unfaithful, but would make comments which insinuated she was. For example, she often used facebook site to stay in touch with the many friends she has, male and female, and would often talk to them on the site. She is a extremely beautiful woman and most men find her attractive. He would phone her and ask what she was doing and if she said she was online he would ask her who she was talking too. The tone in his voice would change in a subtle way which would make her feel uncomfortable. It got to the point where sometimes she lied for fear of upsetting him. He was always questioning her love for him and never believed he was what she wanted. She went through a very stressful time over the xmas period. Her oldest son with special needs whos behaviour was draining her emotionally and physically.Her youngest son was also diagnosed with special needs in december and her daughter disclosed she had been sexually abused by a family member.She was also very ill but didnt find out until a few weeks ago that it is M.E, on top of all this she was dealing with her new partners constant need for reassurance and ability to make her feel like he believed she was being unfaithful. All these things came at the same time over the xmas period. She spent xmas with her new partner and in hindsight now was very distant emotionally and physically with him, due to the pressures she was under. His daughter had gone away to usa for 3wks over xmas so he too was feeling lonely and depressed. They got into a few heated discussions over the xmas period about him constantly saying he was giving everything to the relationship and she was there in body but not in mind and that he thought this meant she didnt love him or didnt want him, and over his paranoia she had someone else or would find someone else. She always insisted she did love him and did want him but it wasnt enough to squash his doubts. The rows were very destructive between them and more often than not he would say things to her that her ex who physically abused her said which he had told him about. He knew what hurt her. On two ocassions she hit him. Once she punch him and gave him a black eye , the other she slapped him on the back. He has now ended the relationship, and he is playing the victim, she cant move on and I need to help her. She is taking on the role of the abuser and letting him play the victim. I dont agree with this as I feel that although she was wrong for being violent I feel he emotionally abused her with his nasty malicious words which are too hurtful to mention. I also feel he put her added to the pressures she was already under with her family. And I feel that is selfish of him. He now says that she was the selfish one not giving him what he needed from her, and that his insecurities where based on his past sexual abuse which b4 he always said wasnt a problem for him. Do you have any advice I can give her please. more

Resolved Question: Need help with planning and getting a divorce.?

Hello. This is my friend’s case. It has been 1 year that she got married. She is more educated than her husband. She is beautiful too… whereas the guy isn’t. The guy was feeling very insecure about her being better than him in all aspects… this lead to an inferiority complex in him… though she never looks down upon him. As a result of his inferiority complex, he always doubts her character and abuses her to the extent that no one on earth can ever imagine.. at times he becomes violent and beats her too. She is facing physical and mental harassment from her husband. Now she is facing lot of health problems… I can see the signs of depression too… I am worried about her. Now, she wants a divorce from him… to which the guy is not ready for. Added to this, my friend’s parents are so much inclined to their respect in the society and the money they spent on her wedding that they do not want her to get out of this relationship at any cost. They want her to stay at her husband’s place… no matter what trauma she is going through. Therefore, she has support from no body. I request you to please suggest me as how she can help herself in a scenario like this… can she get a divorce all by herself ? She doesn’t want to file any false cases on her husband… can mental torture be considered a strong reason for divorce? In a country like India, is it possible for a divorced woman to spend the rest of her life safe and happy? Are there any voluntary organizations that can help her with divorce? What is the total time and cost involved in getting a divorce in a case like this (Considering the fact there are no issues like children and property)? Is there any easy and fast way to get divorce? With no one to support (not even parents) do you really think she should go for a divorce.. because after divorce she will be all alone. Though she doesn’t earn much… her salary can meet the basic necessities of life. Please give your valuable suggestions. Your suggestions will be much appreciated. Thank you. more

Voting Question: I need something to be wrong, I'm not sure what's going on in my head these days.?

Before I begin, I'm not a teenager, I'm twenty going on twenty one [male] and I really don't want to label myself as 'depressed' or as having any other mental health problem. I just needed to ask this, get it out and just tell someone. Regardless of whether anyone replies. Now, I'm living a pretty good life. I'm in a great relationship (three years+) to a women I adore, I'm in my second year of University, have a family that loves me, am moderately good looking and a small amount of good friends. On paper, I shouldn't be complaining. However there's a persistent problem which won't go away. I seem to have this incessant need for drama, call it a self destructive personality if you will but I can assure you it's not a craving for attention. I create dramas in my life, unnecessary ones, I leave my Uni work until the last moment, sometimes just failing it to get a referral, just to make it hard for myself. I spend more than I can afford and I end up having to be careful with money, more than I should. I do this, but keep it all inside me. I don't tell anyone else. It's messed up I know. It's almost as though life is just too OK. Too alright. I need for something to go wrong. I need to put myself in a tough situation. It's worth mentioning that I was bullied as a kid, from around eleven to about sixteen/seventeen, both verbal and physical abuse. I don't jump on that and say "yeh I'm depressed because X happened earlier in my life", I just feel it might be worth mentioning as although I don't think it's related, someone who knows more than me might find it useful. I'm tired of it. I feel like I'm shit. I feel like I'm worthless and I'm fucking my life up (the latter being more true than the former). I know what I'm doing yet I can't stop myself and it's driving me mad. I literally want to punch myself in frustration, no, not cut myself. I've debated cutting myself and yes there have been times where I have sincerely and honestly wanted to do so. However I don't due to the logical part of me realising it's stupid, painful and will attract unnecessary attention if found out. I'm just so, fucking confused. It's really the bluntest I can put it. I crave these problems and hate myself for doing so. I'm talented in what I do, and I do my personal work/projects fine. I suppose if I didn't do them I wouldn't land myself in any problematic situations, thus I am fine doing them. Everything seems to be tinted with a dull shade. I'm not talking about the teenage drama of "omg fml fml my life sucks" because to be honest my life is fine. It's me that's the problem. I can't exactly (nor do I wish to) destroy myself yet I can't break the trend. I can't tell my other half about it as.. I don't even know. Pride perhaps, not wanting her to be concerned. That's another point. I hate people being concerned. If anyone ever hints at there being something wrong, I smile and tell them it's fine. Deflate the issue until it's just me. I can't tell my friends as it's too personal, I feel like I have to hold up a front, to stop these people seeing what a piece of shit I really am, because even I know it makes no sense. This isn't even a question, I just needed to express this somewhere, anonymously. The question is, I suppose, do you have any idea what is going on? If so, any help/advice would be appreciated. I really, want to fight this. Thanks for reading. x more

Voting Question: Story idea, what do you think?

An older women (in her early to mid 70s) rethinks about something that happened to her as a child and changed her life considerably. She thinks back to when she was a little girl and how she befriended another little girl who bullied in mercilessly but she was too much obsessed with the idea of having a friend that she allowed this to happen to her. As she gets older she becomes more and more unstable as the other girl is still being cruel; her self confidence deteriorates and she becomes emotionally stunted. She doesn't eat and she doesn't speak because she feels that it would annoy the other girl. Then they go to High School and get separated and put in different classes. She thinks that it's a new opportunity to 'break free' and become herself. But her weak mental health and underweight body make her target for another bolder, louder girl and her dowdy sidekick. Like before she is befriended and lead into a false sense of security but this time she is aware but to afraid to do anything. She is psychologically abused and then physically being spit on, slapped, kicked and her head rammed against walls and stairs. She is made a social outcast in her class and retreats further into herself and loses more and more weight until she is just a husk. Then as everything gets worse, her 'friends' do something horrible and blame it on her because she tried to stand up to them. Now not only is she an outcast in her classes and school she is now public enemy number one that everyone has it in for. She becomes even more depressed as everything gets even worse than before and she is taunted and mocked and abused from all directions. Then, the truth comes out. Well only half of it. The sidekick tells everyone that she wasn't wholly responsible for what happened but she did play a part in it. The sidekick then emigrates away with her family and what she did was something to clear her conscious before leaving. The other girl takes out her rage on the abused girl and is eventually pushed out of the school by pupils scorn and disgust with her. The girl meets new friends and begins to grow more into her own person, but because of the abuse she suffered at the hands of people she thought she could trust she can't trust anyone and sees 'enemies' everywhere. As she becomes more stable and her mental issues lessen she becomes more positive and happy, but then the girl that started everything comes back into her life and turns everything upside down. That's the basic idea, not sure how the ending is going to happen though, just a basic idea. What's your opinion and any way I can improve it? more

Resolved Question: My father has mental problems!!!?

I am a 24 year old graduate student living with my bf of 3 years. My dad hates my boyfriend and when he learned that we live together he got extremely crazy. He has been threatening us and sending e-mails full of profanities and insults. Recently he started stalking my boyfriend at work and screaming abuse at him, my bf called the cops and even the cops told me that he sounds like a crazy person and could not control him. He is trying to spread rumors about me by e-mailing my professors and friends saying that my bf is a criminal and I stole his money (not true!) The thing is he is not always this crazy. When I was young, he would lose his temper easily and beat me up, kick me out of home or spit on me. He is normal as long as we do exactly what he tells us to do. My mom is a very obedient old-fashioned woman so she does her best to please him. But I refuse to let him rule my life. He is very nice one minute and the next minute I am scared he is going to kill me. What do you think is wrong with him? Do you think I should try to maintain a relationship with him? more

Resolved Question: Isn't it a shame that the doctor that failed to help Baby P (peter) is too ill to attend her disciplinary?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252858/Baby-P-doctor-Sabah-Al-Zayyat-suicidal-unfit-attend-disciplinary-hearing.html A doctor accused of failing to spot that Baby Peter was suffering abuse days before his death is 'suicidal' and unfit to appear before a disciplinary hearing, the General Medical Council heard today. Consultant paediatrician Dr Sabah Al-Zayyat was due to face misconduct allegations at a GMC fitness to practise panel in central London this morning. But the hearing was halted after being told that her mental health had 'broken down' and she has left the country. The poor woman! How long will she be able to escape facing the music with a sick note I wonder? more

Resolved Question: Re-post b/c not all of it showed up: Marrage or move out?

Please hear me out and only provide serious answers. My girlfriend of 2.5 years was in an abusive married relationship for 22+ years. She met me and I resisted the first couple of advances, but eventually gave in, unfortunately. I say unfortunate b/c it would have been much easier if we would have waited until she was legally divorced. Anyway, she has been divorced for over a year and the parents have joint custody - the ex is emotionally abusive to the 2 daughters sometimes but not physically esp with his live-in girlfriend there who would not put up with physical abuse. (He was physically and emotionally abusive to my girlfriend who was his wife.) Despite his meanness, I don't think the daughters really want to leave their father (b/c he is their father and he can be immensely charming and nice when he wants to be), at least not yet. However, they don’t enjoy being at his place either. This woman I have been dating for 2.5 years and now living with for the past 2 months is a wonderful person in so many ways - I am not sure if I would find somebody else like her. My only objections are she lacks wit (she likes the humor but does not banter back and as a result I can get bored - when you're with someone 24/7 I want mental stimulation too), is 11 years older (I am 38 and never married and she is 49 and now divorced one), and I have to forego having kids (which some days I am fine with and others I am not – I probably won’t have any but haven’t made up my mind). She is madly in love with me and wants to get married but I am not in love with her and have told her that about 7 months ago. And I broke it off 5 times, but always ran back when she missed me b/c I was pathetically weak. And I continued to hang in there out of guilt - she needs money for this car bill or that custody hearing (however, she never once asked me for the money). I have now gotten her finally financial stable – it took a while b/c of the destruction her ex-husband unleashed. Even though she left her husband and not for me (at least so she has said on numerous occasions when I have pressed her about it), she is in love with me. I am not, but I like her very much and she would make a great marriage partner. I am tired of the anxiety of what should I do - she wants to get married and loves me madly and I do not really love her. (I am concerned I am starting to develop some serious stress-related diseases like fibromyalgia and arthritis as I have been stressed for most of our relationship about the relationship – I think they would dissipate and go away if I was not stressed anymore like when I went to Europe for 10 days and felt fine about a year ago.) I don't want to waste her life anymore if I end up not marrying her (going on 3 years is too long to lead someone on with her thinking I might change my mind and fall in love and get married) and I am concerned for her 2 daughters. They went through a nasty divorce with their father as he tried to destroy their mother in every way possible and now the guy (me) who helped break up their marriage (at least I am the guy who was sleeping with her while she was separated) would be leaving. So now 2 father figure relationships have fractured. In fact, the 11 y.o. really cares for me and I think even loves me - she wants to call me "Dad". The 15 y.o. cares for me too, but she is in teenager land and the world revolves around her - however, I think she desperately wants some stability. I don't want to mess these kids up as they have adjusted well and are attached to me, unlike their father.If there were no kids, I might very well leave, but am not sure b/c she is a special lady in so many ways. I have read that sometimes your soulmate is not the best marriage partner. If I got married, I believe my anxiety would leave b/c I don't believe in living together (even though I am) and b/c once the knot was tied, I think I might be satisfied with her and eventually fall in love with her b/c she is so special and b/c I would be committed (I do not want to divorce). Despite, my past actions, I do believe strongly in the sanctity of marriage - I just don't always act like I do. Bottom line: I think leaving would greatly damage the kids since they have been through one divorce, and I think I could be happy enough being married to her. However, some people tell me the kids will really only be around until 18, and then it is just you and her. So I have that to consider too. But the most important thing to me is the daughters’ well-being.P.S. I have broken the relationship off 5 times for very short periods of time (a week or even a few days) over the last 2.5 years but always came running back when she called out of loneliness and guilt. So taking time off is not an option anymore as it is too traumatic for her and the kids, esp since I live there now. (I have not fully moved in, but am there all the time.) ***A caveat to anyone thinking of getting involved with a married man or woman - DON'T. I knew it was bad news and wrong, but I did it anyway b/c of lust, excitement, etc. What a fool I was and how difficult I have made my life. more

Resolved Question: Should I get married or move out?

This may sound like a silly question, but hear me out please and only provide serious answers. My girlfriend of 2.5 years was in an abusive married relationship for 22+ years. She met me and I resisted the first couple of advances, but eventually gave in, unfortunately. I say unfortunate b/c it would have been much easier if we would have waited until she was legally divorced. Anyway, she has been divorced for over a year and the parents have joint custody - the ex is emotionally abusive to the 2 daughters sometimes but not physically esp with his live-in girlfriend there who would not put up with physical abuse. (He was physically and emotionally abusive to my girlfriend who was his wife.) Despite his meanness, I don't think the daughters really want to leave their father (b/c he is their father and he can be immensely charming and nice when he wants to be), at least not yet. However, they don’t enjoy being at his place either. This woman I have been dating for 2.5 years and now living with for the past 2 months is a wonderful person in so many ways - I am not sure if I would find somebody else like her. My only objections are she lacks wit (she likes the humor but does not banter back and as a result I can get bored - when you're with someone 24/7 I want mental stimulation too), is 11 years older (I am 38 and never married and she is 49 and now divorced one), and I have to forego having kids (which some days I am fine with and others I am not – I probably won’t have any but haven’t made up my mind). She is madly in love with me and wants to get married but I am not in love with her and have told her that about 7 months ago. And I broke it off 5 times, but always ran back when she missed me b/c I was pathetically weak. And I continued to hang in there out of guilt - she needs money for this car bill or that custody hearing (however, she never once asked me for the money). I have now gotten her finally financial stable – it took a while b/c of the destruction her ex-husband unleashed. Even though she left her husband and not for me (at least so she has said on numerous occasions when I have pressed her about it), she is in love with me. I am not, but I like her very much and she would make a great marriage partner. I am tired of the anxiety of what should I do - she wants to get married and loves me madly and I do not really love her. (I am concerned I am starting to develop some serious stress-related diseases like fibromyalgia and arthritis as I have been stressed for most of our relationship about the relationship – I think they would dissipate and go away if I was not stressed anymore like when I went to Europe for 10 days and felt fine about a year ago.) I don't want to waste her life anymore if I end up not marrying her (going on 3 years is too long to lead someone on with her thinking I might change my mind and fall in love and get married) and I am concerned for her 2 daughters. They went through a nasty divorce with their father as he tried to destroy their mother in every way possible and now the guy (me) who helped break up their marriage (at least I am the guy who was sleeping with her while she was separated) would be leaving. So now 2 father figure relationships have fractured. In fact, the 11 y.o. really cares for me and I think even loves me - she wants to call me "Dad". The 15 y.o. cares for me too, but she is in teenager land and the world revolves around her - however, I think she desperately wants some stability. I don't want to mess these kids up as they have adjusted well and are attached to me, unlike their father. If there were no kids, I might very well leave, but am not sure b/c she is a special lady in so many ways. I have read that sometimes your soulmate is not the best marriage partner. If I got married, I believe my anxiety would leave b/c I don't believe in living together (even though I am) and b/c once the knot was tied, I think I might be satisfied with her and eventually fall in love with her b/c she is so special and b/c I would be committed (I do not want to divorce). Despite, my past actions, I do believe strongly in the sanctity of marriage - I just don't always act like I do. Bottom line: I think leaving would greatly damage the kids since they have been through one divorce, and I think I could be happy enough being married to her. However, some people tell me the kids will really only be around until 18, and then it is just you and her. So I have that to consider too. But the most important thing to me is the daughters’ well-being. P.S. I have broken the relationship off 5 times for very short periods of time (a week or even a few days) over the last 2.5 years but always came running back when she called out of loneliness and guilt. So taking time off is not an option anymore as it is too traumatic for her and the kids, esp since I live there now. (I have not fully moved in, but am there all the time.)***A caveat to anyone thinking of getting involved with a married man or woman - DON'T. I knew it was bad news and wrong, but I did it anyway b/c of lust, excitement, etc. What a fool I was and how difficult I have made my life. more

Resolved Question: I divorced my ex husband last April after shocking mental,physical,and sexual abuse began to occur from him.?

Around 2008 we bought and restored a home in Indiana that sat on an acre and a half of land. We had two small sons at the time. Our septic lines were hard to locate. Some woman from water co. came by and found them with set of dowsing rods. He kept them I assume. We located them! Rods worked. Few weeks prior or 3yr.old was playing army soldiers and continued saying "fire in the hole!" This went on for 2 wks. Friend came by a with backhoe dug up lot and found a cannon ball! It was a historic artifact from our town. Pictures we had taken from that day showed orbs all around hole cannon ball came from. Closet door in hall always seem to be open when you knew you had shut it! Things were moved to different areas alot of times. Son always heard a woman's voice somewhere else in our house. I was never afraid but my ex seemed to become more and more anxiety ridden and compulsive. I tried to talk with him about it and he never listened. My sons now go their for visitation by court order. I need to know if the dowsing rods could have possibly conjeured up something evil to reside within the home now? more

Resolved Question: Could it be? Could rivalry, hatred, old grudges be killing me?

If I could have avoided this crisis in health with working in my profession, which I could have done, I would be a normal weight now. I would be working part time probably, have a good income. I know, I wrote my book. It said we could never know what could have been. Yes. I said that. They did not like my writing that book here at all regarding my religious beliefs. I forced it on no one. It was not going to be a best seller, that is for sure. I would also be able to afford to return to my music lessons which I have put off for years,and be writing as I have always done.(poetry, music, and narratives or articles.) No. I did not earn money from these. It is a possibility. I might have met someone dated, married. I would have, possibly... a church home, a support group, and lived to a ripe old age. Could it be that people are jealous of senior citizens, do not want them to do things like this. I looked, and would look years younger if I could get some weight off. I cannot. I feel too terrible. My skin was not sagging much at all before I gained this weight. I still have the most beautiful dress I ever had,and did not get to wear. my all occasion dress. I am a SENIOR citizen. We do not need to go die to get rid of us. As I was leaving work one day, an older female who looked like a relative who despises me, told me I could be a prison guard when I was really old. Why would I want to be a prison guard? I would rather be dead. I couldn't do it. I am talking of literal prison. There is another lady here who looks remarkably like that woman. She has problems similar to the one who said that to me. This is extrme abuse. I don't care, it is abuse with reckless disregard for my mental and physical health, stalking, harassing. with intent to harm. It is also a money laundering attempt, to get money to the one who looks like the one who made the prison remark originally. Yes. That is the M.O. I have cause to sue, they do stuff like that, the one slandered gets the pay off. The slandered one who nearly destroyed my life over and over. I do not think it is coincidence. It is hatred. Viciousness. I have to experience what she did. Like I have had a charmed life. Every problem in my life came out of psychotic delusions spun about someone's fantasies about an old country doctor who did not give me a second look. I was not interested in him either. That is the psychosis forced onto my life all my life. I am not the one needing the antipsychotics. I know the answer, the answer is yes. People , enemies, do hate people this much. They do these things to people deliberately. Deliberately.Your blood would curdle if I told you the hateful, spiteful, mean things done to me. I am supposed to, as a Christian, forget and forgive. With much enjoyment and spite, take job, career, money, ruin credit, get rid of property, railroad, run out of town, . Watch it. Don't put all your eggs in one basket...so to speak.. have a plan and a back up plan. I want to forgive. I cannot. This is the last straw. Last straw also is that if I had money, no one would give me lessons probably, would say that it "might:" harm me. That would harm me less than anything. They do not want to admit their hatefulness and spite. Delusions, psychotic delusions which have caused them to commit literal crimes against me. I am also facing absessed teeth, in the few i have, I have many many cavities. They think that is funny also. I am not supposed to feel sorry for myself and gripe because I am a Christian. It does not make Christianity look good for me to endure this done to me in silence. No one would want to be a Christian if we had to take this in silence. I have been wronged terribly, and they are laughing up their butts about it. Good old expression learned otj where I came from before here. more

Voting Question: I'm watching TLC's show "I'm Pregnant and..." How can ANYONE be so selfish as to breed when they are so ill?

Seriously... The chick on here now is SEVERELY Bi-Polar... To have a child, she must go off of all of her medication, meaning, she will be a FREAKING NUT-JOB for the length of the pregnancy... She already has 2 kids so the very fact that she is pregnant and off her meds means that she is SEVERELY ABUSING the children she already has... Her medication doesn't work very well even when she is on it so that means that on medication or off, SHE IS ABUSING HER CHILDREN! Her children will not only be handicapped by the genetic grab-bag of party favors because her mother is insane and her father is so disturbed that he would marry and breed with a woman that is that insane but the mental and emotional abuse of being raised by a mother that is never in her right mind pretty much guarantees that her children will repeat the cycle of chaos with their own lives when they are grown since they will be no where NEAR "Well Adjusted". How can ANYONE, especially a woman with maternal instincts, be so damn selfish as to put her own desire above the very well-being of her offspring? She claims to want to have children to love and raise to be good people when they are grown yet her innate mental illness almost guarantees that her children will be severely jacked up as adults... It is a Catch 22, I know... But still, shouldn't the well-being of the children take precedence over the woman with the bad genes and severe mental illness's desire for a kid? Or is she like the millions of addiction riddled, mentally ill people that are too insane to understand that their very presence in their child's life is abuse in and of itself? p.s. I'm not going to have kids specifically because I know that I will pass on the genetic predisposition for a congenital hip condition and because of the predisposition for addiction that runs all through my mother's side of the family. I'm not so selfish as to knowingly give birth to a child that will suffer with either pain or addiction as an adult... I'm living the question I'm asking. more

Resolved Question: what can one take from a male who hates woman but shares a deep close relationship with his mother?

is this the result of a mental trauma or homosexuality. i saw an interesting article about homosexuality being repressed.lets add in the fact that he grew up seeing his mother miss treated and even abused,but yet still harbors a hatred toward most women and even has thoughts similar to that of his abusive father towards them, he has thoughts and desires of inflicting emotional, psychological pain on women but yet he a fierce love and loyalty of his mother more

Resolved Question: I want to commit suicide lengthy story?

Now I am 19 turning 20 years old this year in August, bear with me this is important, all throughout high school and primary school I was bullied, I was called a %^&*() geek and *****, kicked my chair, threw stuff at me, used to look at me funny, always bullied me, left me out of sport groups or important things were we were needed to work together, this is the same with Primary and High School, I was a nice girl who was quiet and reasonable good looking who loved anime and those tomboyish thing's growing up in the 90's, because I was born in 1990, while I was coping that school I had my mother neglecting me by having drunken parties with her friends and leaving me to play with my sister on the gamecube while they got drunk when I was younger even though she stopped that now, I used to go over my dad's every second weekend too, which my mum and dad broke up when I was 6, and he remarried a Yugoslavian women who used to hate me and my sister and always bash the shit out of my father, who didn't really show his love in a supportive way either just buy me things and usually focus on the two other kids he had with Lenka (that's her name), Jacob and Natasha which Jacob is 9 and Natasha is 8, they both see them arguing and fighting but the thing is she does it with the intention of purposely ruining every weekend and spoil my weekends with him, now going back onto that I had to cope it from all sides without the support from friends, pretty much I begin to go into myself self doubt myself, everything was a negative cycle, I had no support, I started Air Force Cadets to get to a high rank of Warrant Officer only the promotion courses I had to go on, all of them I had to support my own because noone liked me, I left High School in 2008 with a HSC and a not very good UAI to be an apprentice chef at a small cafe for 9 months where I got abused by the manager by his sexually inappropriate jokes and used to rub my shoulders all the time, and point his finger at me intimidate me to the point I was so terrified, he never gave me any days off for cadet activities on the weekends, he scared me "your just a scared little girl who's afraid of everything", where back in high school and primary I resorted to going online to make friends to get abused on there and people threatening to kill me and find me, come to my house, cyber bullying I guess, so I met this girl last year when I was working a lesbian who I went out with for three months to spent half the day to get there and stay a day then go to work the next day for an amount of time, she....never took her clothes off for me, I felt like she was going to hurt me because other lesbians online warned me she would, but they also abandoned me after they knew about my depression, she dumped me through a text message of the phone, in September last year I went into a state and overdosed on panadol 46 tablets stayed in ED for a day and then a Psychiatric Emergency Care Unit, where I went back to work to have my manager abuse me "saying I should of committed suicide properly and he wouldn't care if I was dead", so I overdosed more severely 68 tablets and 11 lexapro which wound me into Emergency for 6 days and then discharge where I left that was the last time I worked there when the Police and Ambulance took me away, where....I just wasn't right after that, I overdosed on aspirin all these tablets heaps and heaps where I spent around 5 weeks 2 weeks before christmas and three after in a psch unit a proper long term stay one in hospital, where that fucked me up a bit and after leaving there I only recently this year overdosed on 48 panadol which I just really wanted to die, so they treated me like shit in emergency and in the PECC unit, I still attend my TAFE as part of my apprenticeship but since November I haven't had a job...., and ....I just don't really have support unless you count the friends I meet in the mental health wards, so......my mother and father just don't understand anymore, mother just said if I ever go back there again I will let you stink there until I come and get you when you get discharged, dad said if you ever overdose I will grab you by the scruff of the neck and hurl you in the mental hospital myself, and my whole family on both sides are not supportive at all...so I just....am beginning to snap, I have plans to kill myself. 2011 I either stab myself or hang myself, and this time there is no turning back, maybe even sooner if my stupid mother's behaviour keeps going I might just run away and never come back. more

Resolved Question: Im just not sure life is worth it anymore.?

Im numb, cold to the core. I don't want to be around people anymore. Im tired of it all. Mother abandoned me at 8 because of a heroine addiction, ive lived with 7 different relatives since then. Father molested me over the course of 3 months at 13. The only woman who ever seemed to honestly care about me, kicked me out of her house at 16 because i was gay. I now live with my grandmother who is an avid abusive alcoholic, and my brother who has also put his hands on me on more than one occasion, and is also a big time drug dealer. Ive battled with my share of addictions. And now that ive tried to better myself, i find that i have no crutch to rely on. So ive come so close to suicide over the past two day. I don't know what to do anymore, and the only reason im still breathing at the moment is because of my girlfriend. I love her. And she's the only good thing in my life. but im not sure if that will be enough. Ive had to deal with mental and verbal abuse my entire life. and im so tired. So very tired. more

Resolved Question: What kind of person is this what mental disorder could she have?

what kind of personality is this I know a woman who is 46 from birth she was spoiled rotten has had everything given to her she can be very charming she is self distructive and continues to live the wild lifestyle she depends and lives off her wealthy mother who has spend 100,000 of dollars on bailing her out of her many cituations. She abuses drugs and alcohol she gets by on her looks and personality but is ugly on the inside her charm is to get over on people she has no conscience and uses people and does good things only if she is getting something out of it she seems to have no remorse or conscience and blames all her problems on other people she has had houses cars handed to her and she screwed that up by crashing or renting them out for drugs she ruined her kids lives she is like dr jekyl ms hyde she will turn on you so fast she has no soul in her eyes she had a millionaire boyfriend she always uses guys for money by the way she has hepatitis c and sleeps with married men and prostitutes and way her millionaire boyfriend provided a nice place for her and her kids she didnt even have to work she just went to the country club shopped her kids went swimming she screwed that up with her drinking and verbaly physicaly abusing him she is out spoken gets out of every legal problem with her charm like when she had attempt to kill for stabbing her boyfriend her new boyfriend pawned her out 100,000 bail by putting it up for and he left his family for her eventualy when he went to get there new place she took his truck while he was out of state loaned it out and crashed it I know this is long but this is some of the things she has done by the way imature what personality or menatl disorder do you think she has?she doesnt learn from her mistakes makes the same ones over again things seem to be getter worse for her like with her age and lack of growing up karma is finaly catching up with ehr she is in jail for dui and driving under suspencion she has many of those I believe her mother isnt speaken with her finaly more

Voting Question: Does Anybody else think that Esther from Orphan isn't really evil?

I don't think she's "evil" per say, sure she was a total bitch, but not evil! She was sexually abused by her own father, kicked out of her home, forced into a mental institution, and nobody seems to love the real person that she is. I think she's a victim of herself, a sad and lonely woman trapped inside a disturbed, angry and misunderstood psyche.don't think she's "evil" per say, sure she was a total *****, but not evil! She was sexually abused by her own father, kicked out of her home, forced into a mental institution, and nobody seems to love the real person that she is. I think she's a victim of herself, a sad and lonely woman trapped inside a disturbed, angry and misunderstood psyche. P.S: I'm not excusing what she did, I just think when she should have been shown a little more mercy. On deviantart, somebody posted a picture of her that said,"Boo! You whore!" Is that REALLY necessarry? more

Resolved Question: How can i trust the mind medication after doctors did this 2me when i was a kid?

I am petrified 2 trust doctors after my childhood of being drugged and abused. Now i have suffered post traumatic shock syndrome for 3 years without any meds, not even valium. Now i need to get a case management for my long term mental illness. i never knew i had a mental problem. no one ever told me the truth. i have had 2 many close people die and now i am petrified of my own grown adult kids getting murdered like my mum was...but no one believes me and says i am a liar who is making the memories up for attention and sympathy. I ran back to the mental health unit and sat on the steps outside until a nurse invited me in for a cup of tea. I just said i was visiting myself. It is the only place i felt safe. I was thinking of going to the church but they larf at me even more than the doctors do. I ran back to the emergency dept at the hospital again last night and i felt safe when the doctor said i need someone to care...but i know they do not care. My own kids larf at my acute anxiety attacks and say i enjoy drama, they say i am an ass. I am afraid but that is weak. i feel guilty just asking a question. I did everything i could to be a good parent without any support. i did my very very best. I sacrificed my own private life and dedicated all of my life to make sure my children were safe and loved and cared for and i still am a failure now as they only hope that they dont ever turn out like me. I cannot ever keep a friend as they are always one sided. Everyone takes advantage of my kind heart, it is a joke. i am a sucker and a fool. People enjoy to belittle me. Others laugh and say it is fun because i am so vunerable and so stupid. I did believe in god and jesus and mary and angels and the truth and dignity and respect and care for my fellow man and woman and child but every single person always turns on me with violence and hatred and sarcastic jeering or laughter. other people think it is funny when i am so sick i cannot walk and struggle to limp and crawl towards the hospital. Trust who? The people i gave my life for only laugh and yell at me. shut up and go to bed and take pills. I like to dance and be happy but that is a manic or bi polar thing i am told and i get told off for being happy when i do not understand. the valium makes me heavy and bump into walls. i am very sensative in my mind but i am told i am nasty and cruel and a sook. i am too afraid to trust the drugs that i should take in case i get raped and or bashed. it is so hard. i do not trust men to be my partner because it is always about them and what makes them happy and i have found that they never ever do reach a level or state of contentment or happiness, no matter how nice i am, they always want better and my needs are always far too hard. i do not seem to find a man who cares for me any deeper than sexual and or watever the reason that they say. i can only agree with people when they put me down, or if i speak up to defend my reactions or explain wat happened...i am crazy again and they are never going to see me any other way. i raised four kids thru to adult hood without a medical problem. it feels very sad and very lonely and frightening to know you are fully alone in life. my only choice is to end my life or stay away from my own kids and any person who wants to be friends, or they will hurt me. i guess i wonder if there is other people who are too afraid to be medicated. i cry everyday. my flashbacks are imagined. i do no longer have faith in love or the promise god gave me. my childhood was involved in religions but now i gave away my painting of jesus with his immaculate heart yesterday. now heaven is not true. i am afraid now i know god is not true. i thought my dead baby girl was an angel but now i know it was a joke and she is just a skeliton in a grave, how can i ever be me again. i remember what my mind was like before this but i cannot ever get back to me and my mind. sorry i wrote these words. sorry i asked a question. from me.thanks for my replies. i understand it is not a proper question. i am sorry. i will delete it soon before i get violated again. i am happy for other people. i love life and i like people. i am just too sick to trust medication. i do get out. i walk everyday and i smell flowers and watch sunsets and i try hard to stay calm. thank u4 ur reply 2me.play on what nurse with 40 years experience? it is not a game 2me. it is my life and my death so i do not play? more

Resolved Question: I have 2 know where this depression is steaming from could it be that my wife is just not the one for me ?

Well me and my wife met at my going away party in 2005 I was going to military national guard challenge to get through high school. I met her and I shipped out a day later, I got her adress so I could write her. I wrote her for 6 months then graduated and came home to start a relationship. In the begining trust was lost cause she was still " seeing" her ex. Our relationship started to get rocky from that point. However after about 2 years we got our first appartment together. I was young and adventourous and stayed out all night and argued to leave and stuff. We ended up getting pregnant and 9 months later my little love was born. I was in compleat bliss being as we got a bigger apartment I got a career bought the car and I felt like it was really getting great. But that wouldn't last long. We began to argue again about differences and at times it got violent both verbaly and physically. Then one day she said she was pregnant again this one however was different she would say things like" I feel like the baby is dead" I would think like don't speak like that. This one I wanted to do right so we got married in court not the wedding I hoped forbut whatever we were now husband and wife. One day We went for an aultra sound and we were told wewere having a nother boy. Wewere happy as ever. About an hour or 2 later I was getting ready for work and she had gotten a phone call from the doctor the doctor had explained that our baby boy had some problems, we went in for another aultra sound. We were told that our baby had water in the brain and he was not fully developed in the brain, we were told that he would die and were given a few options to give birth and watch him die at birth induce labor or abortion. I was soo hurt soo depressed and crying I was in real bad shape but I knew I had to be strong for her and us. My wife chose abortion and had one. I understood her pain I missed my son and still do. We have really had it hard but I just wanted to love her. She was my first real love. We carried on but things would keep crumbling we separated and made choices I know I have regrets about, I was always loyal and always honoring her and us. But she could not cofide in me and would in other men. She has grown apart from me even though she says she loves me at times she mostly is angry with me and dissaproves me. I had been fighting this depression for a really long time and I just want to love someone that loves me back and doesn't belittle me or say things like" watch when it all comes out what I am doing to you your gonna feel stupid and you deserve it" or "your a piece of shit your no good" I work 40+ hours a week I bought a brand new car for her I buy heranything she needs I love her every day but I am hurt that it's only about her what about me. I come home to no hug or kiss no meal the house is Amess and she gets mad when I'm looking through the cabinates for a snack after work at night or if I wanna take a shower ( I get out of work at 1130 pm) I'm an engineer so I'm dirty. There is a lot of verbal and mental abuse. And I'm wondering If I should stay or look else where I really need a woman to love, care, respect, hug kiss caress cuddle hold and be happy with and be glad that were together I need that love them comon interests companion and friend ship... Should I prepare to move on and give a nother woman my love? more

Resolved Question: I live with my boyfriend who mentally abuses me, but we signed an apartment lease together.....?

i am 19 years old, and live my 24 year old boyfriend who mentally abuses me everyday.. I am gradually loosing my self esteem, and sanity as the days go by. I have left 2 times, but some how he has always managed to trick me into coming back "home". My home doesnt feel like home anymore, i feel like im locked away in a prison. I cant do what i want, he controls my life, and doesnt even realize he's doing it. He tells me im "lazy" and worthless". Everything is always my fault. It has gotten so bad that i have at times stopped trusting my own judgement, of what i know is right and wrong just because i want to please my man. Sometimes i feel desperate to make my boyfriend hear what im saying and realize the wrong he's doing to me everyday. It may not be physical, but mental abuse is so much worse i believe. I feel as if i am walking on eggshells, trapped in a world where im the only person in it. I'm not happy, and lonely. I cant spend time with my friends or family without it being an argument, or be threatened to have my things packed up and put out on the curb, in my own apartment. The mental abuse gets so much deeper than that.... and no one seems to really see what is happening but a few.He tricks outsiders into believing he's the perfect man to me, that he's this wonderful person, would never harm me in any way, and he's so genuine and kind. and the loved ones who do tell me to leave, are apt to realize that i have signed a lease with my partner back in november so even if i wanted to leave, the apartment is still half of my responsibility. HOW CAN I BREAK MY END OF THE LEASE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY ANY PENALTIES... IS THERE A LEGAL WAY TO DO THIS? WOMEN'S RIGHTS OR SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP ME OUT OF THIS DANGEROUS AND MENTALLY ABUSIVE SITUATION??? more

Resolved Question: Should I just admit I'm Bisexual or say northing?

I'm 17 male, and Iv known I had urges to men for a while. I have urges for women as well though, I currently have a girlfriend which makes it so much worse, and Im sexually active with her. I do like her but then sometimes Im like what am I doing. When I was a kid I was sexually abused by my step farther but Iv had urges to men since I was 12 and Iv just ignored them. I'm not going to lie I have looked at both porn and enjoyed both. 2 of my friends have tryed to make out with me. My mum asked me if I was gay once as one of my friends is gay and I get sometimes emotional and have a bit of a Feminine side as well, she would support me even though she wouldn't like it and she thinks it a mental thing and that it not right she would support me. Everyone else in my family hates gays in my family so yeah. when I was drunk and I declined him as I wouldn't want anyone to find out not that I didn't want too. Obviously Im not cheating on my girlfriend, and will remain loyal to her. But I have urges to both so theirs just some days I cant help my self and have to look at male porn. I fill really bad what should I do?I'm not going to lie I am really depressed, and I'm always stressed and I'm really paranoid and have a anxierty disorder. I just kinda hate my life right now.I'm not going to lie I am really depressed, and I'm always stressed and I'm really paranoid and have a anxierty disorder. I just kinda hate my life right now. more

Voting Question: My mom has a mental disorder and my dad is abusive.... I need help!?

I really need some advive, my life is spinning out of control. My mom has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She says it came from my dad being abusive. I heard he yelled at her, hurt her, and sexually abused her, but I don't know other than what I have heard from her. My dad has never been abusive to me, or my sister. I do know he dates married women or sevral women at once. I heard him yell at a woman, who was crying, over the phone, because she was cheating or something. I went through pictures on his iphone and found some perverted pictures of porn and stuff. But things are much more easy-going at my dad's than my mom. My moms PTSD means she is over-the-top stressed out. Like, it is rediculous. She yelled at her car dealer that the car they gave back to her after an inspection was not her car. She will not ever let me talk to my best friend or her mother because she believes they are out to get her and/or her house. She found some fireworks next to some flamible material and brought it to the police station, saying they were bombs her ex-husband tried to threaten her with. She seemed to have lost 1-2 million dollars of jewelry she owned and put in a safe. She claimed my dad did it. I will hear her at 4 in the morning wailing over the phone. Sometimes she will scream at me about how I am. Until I am on the floor bawling my eyes out and screaming and she is still yelling at me. (no joke) Shes an asian parent so she will also be over-controling about school. I must go to school even when I am puking. I must not do directing because "noone becomes a director, everyone is in sciences, math or medicine." She met with my teachers at school told them I have no life (not kidding actually did that, and I do have a life, she just works until 8 and doesn't know about my life.) and made them assign me more work. She doesn't support me at all, she tells me I can't do directing, or anything involving in entertainment. Every day she has at least one panic attack. I break down crying twice a day because of her. She is a mess. Everything is left around. She leaves the house a mess, bills, clothes, and food are scattered around. Me ans my sister are sick of picking up after her. She looses something and says someones out to get her. Our garage door wouldn't fully close and she honestly believes that someone is in our yard opening our garage door. She wants me to be sent to a catholic school even though i , nor her, are even catholic. When I get mad at her she flips out and calls me abusive. But the stress is just eating me alive. My grades have prumetted. I am so tired. I do not want to do anything alot of the time. I just want to leave, go to a bording school, and forget about her and her stress. My dad owns a plane, but my mom is flipping out, because he's an anetesiaologist and make more money than her (a physician) does. She also won't let me ride in it because she's afraid he will kill me. She wont let me watch any show with sex in it. even though I know more about it than her. And I was invited on a skiing/snowboarding trip to vermont, but my mom wouldn't let me go alone and I was never invited again. She told everyone she was move 5 times and never did. And I know it may not seem bad, but if you have been dealing with her for so long you would understand. She has been to a hospital before because of her condition. She tells my dad to turn off the cameras at our house too! Cameras...WTF?!? I have taken serveys and stuff to see if I'm depressed many actually do. But I am not sure. The stress is kind of destroying me and her problems are only getting worse. I have an option to go to my dads... but I don't know. My mom only cares about my academics rather than my sanity and confience so... I am really having trouble. So any help would be great. I am thirteen with a 17 year old sister. -- and she's another story. There's alot more too this, but I am going to end it there. Thank you so much for reading! more

Resolved Question: What mental health problems might this woman be likely to have?

She grew up in a very religious family and was never close to her mother. She was close to her father but he died when she was quite young. She was abused by a family friend from being 5-13. She was raped in college, got pregnant and dropped out, then had a miscarriage. She married a very controlling, domineering man, and a couple of years later they have a daughter. When her daughter is 8, she is raped by some of her husband's friends. What mental health problems would she be likely to have now? With what possible symptoms? I know it's different for everyone but just as a general idea. thanks xxx more

Resolved Question: Whats the Movie called, or the person it is based on?

Its about an african american women who was born with a mental illness, and in the movie her mum is about to take her to an orphanage for children with mental illnesses, but then she says something, and her mother takes her back, and she ends up being a really good runner, but in high school they wont let her run cos she is "special" so they abuse her love for running but wont let her join, but eventually she makes it to the special olympics and wins gold. Does anyone know the name of the movie? or the person who it is based on!? Thanks! more

Voting Question: What can I do about this neighbor?

So I rent out the third floor of a three story building with my girlfriend. The former landlord and his mother live on the first floor, and a middle-aged husband and wife on the second. About six months ago (after living here for 2-3 months), my girlfriend and I went to bed early one night (9pm) as we both had things to do early that morning. At 11pm, we awoke to police banging on our door saying that our neighbors called in a domestic violence call. After clearly seeing that we had just woken up, the police left without any issues. The next day, we went to talk to our second floor neighbors about last night, and she was completely convinced that I had been physically and sexually abusing my girlfriend (and my two cats) the night before. So after about 10-20 minutes of discussion, she conceded that maybe it was all in her head (she stated that her husband didn't hear any of the things she was describing). She attributed this to her doctor having switched around some medication, and promised us it wouldn't happen again. She even sent her daughter up to our floor to apologize yet again a few days later. Things were a little awkward for a while, but things were getting back to normal, I thought, until about three weeks ago. One night my girlfriend and I were just watching TV, and the paramedics knocked on our door stating that the first floor tenants called in a emergency "pregnancy issue" on our floor. Confused, I introduced them to my girlfriend who is clearly not pregnant, and they left. About three days later the woman from the second floor came up to apologize to my girlfriend for having called the medics that night. Here's my concern: clearly this woman has some pretty significant medical condition in which she hears pretty violent things from my floor, but we are probably the quietest neighbors anyone could hope for. We never argue, we never fight, we don't throw wild parties, we're good neighbors. I'm worried that at some point she might call the police, and some over-aggressive police officer will just knock down my door and arrest me without doing any fact checking. Or that I'll end up with some kind of false criminal record. I'm afraid to like...accidentally drop a plate, or play games with my cats, or do anything potentially loud because she might interpret it as abusive behavior. I already talked to my landlord and all he had to say is that he agrees she's a little weird. Should I call a lawyer? the police? a mental hospital? The thing that sucks is that her husband is really one of the nicest people I've met, always willing to help us out if something breaks in my apartment. Sorry this is so long, but I thought the whole story would make it more clear. Any advice? more

Resolved Question: feminism and paternity?

Feminism has worked very hard to remove dads - literally and figuratively - from the family. We have a generation where thousands upon thousands of children are now growing up not even knowing who their father is at least partly thanks to feminism's drive to run the man out of the family. If a man raises his voice, they call it abuse (yet ignore women who use verbal, emotional, mental and sexual abuses to get their own way). If a man withholds sex they call it abuse (while ignoring the women who use sex as a weapon or lure to get their own way). They talk about single mothers as victims of a man who walked out (ignoring the volumes of women who throw the man out). In short, from the apparent feminist perspective; men are bad news and women are just victims. Nothing more. So I wondered about paternity. We've seen feminists pushing for less rights and trying to manipulate the public into making fathers utterly worthless (e.g. Harriet Harman says fathers are of zero value to a family structure while insisting that mothers are the golden key). We've seen feminist groups accuse any father who seeks contact (let alone custody) of his child/ren as being 'abusers' who wish to 'control' (while ignoring the mothers who use children as weapons & Shields to hide behind). Men as separated fathers' have few rights, yet increasing obligations - for the most part of a financial form. Child 'support' equates to money, not 'support'. To my thinking, the C$A should be interested in getting fathers (or separated mothers) to spend valuable time, offering support with education,social events and so forth - yet, as is typical of feminism - only money is the goal. So much for 'support'. So we can see from feminist actions & lobbying that they want men out of the family and don't care about the child/ren - aside from using them as a shield & weapon to garner money for women's purses (hence the blatant disparity between earnings of men & women in relation to their C$A obligations). How much further can they demand men be removed from the family? My daughters have my last name. Repeatedly I see feminists pushing that when two people marry, the man's name shouldn't be used - or at the least use a hyphenated name (Jones-Smyth or similar). Is this just yet another attempt to put yet further barriers between children & their fathers? If my daughter were not allowed 'contact' (sounds like prison system, doesn't it..) with me, and had not got my Surname - she would have no tie to me whatsoever. This, it seems, is what feminism is aiming for. And yet, they still pretend they don't hate men... So the question - do you think feminism's constant yapping about marital names is an effort to place further barriers between fathers & children - to remove perhaps the last tie that remains? more

Resolved Question: Alcoholic substance abusing mother with severe social and behavioral issues...?

Hello! I was raised with an alcoholic mother whom has, in the past 9 years, become seemingly severely mentally troubled. I wish I could post a name and you all could judge for yourself by tracking her status' on a few of our most popular social sites. The past 9 years + have been rather unpleasant and can turn into a very long story but I will stick with the matter at hand. At around 16-17 I became involved with what I say is the love of my life. From the start of the relationship my mother disapproved, in her extremely "filter-less" way. Thus far, it has been a tumultuous roller coaster ride with her. She is wasting much of her time bullying my fiance and constantly doing anything within her power and feeble mind to bash this relationship and throw stones in the grinder. (She does this to many others as well, She calls herself the Crazy lady of Va***y Road) I know many of the ladies have devilish mother in laws but believe you me, this one is straight from hell. She can't even hold a relationship with with her very own kids whom she vows are her own flesh and blood pride and joy and so on and so forth. It has recently become public bashings through "cyber" portals, with scandal and lies. She does the same thing with EVERYONE in her life, constantly finding it in her best interest to constantly be fighting with someone and bashing them to get the world on her side, many times with provable lies. The woman keeps winning, what can I do to silence her? I have lived the role of feeling bad for her and trying to keep civil for many years, abiding by the "Love thy mother and father" rule. But our tribulations have gone FAR beyond any ethical boundaries and I can no longer stand it. I have been angry with family, but words cannot describe the damage that my very own mother has caused. Somehow in some miracle she always finds a way around around even Johnny law. Even when she is totally wasted out of her mind and abusing my sister while saying she is going to kill herself. I get a return phone call from the officer saying she is fine, just drunk and there is nothing he can do. The latest is she is telling the population that my fiance is committing adultery with my very own father. Really, this crap needs to end. This whole dramatic ordeal is much deeper and lengthy than I am presenting at the moment, professional or first hand experience answers would be VERY VERY appreciated. It would be nice to grab her by the hair and drag her to a mental institution, but something tells me big brother wouldn't let that fly, I need real solutions. We have a little boy on the way and need to be dealing with this bag of nuts no longer. Thank you very much in advance! more

Resolved Question: How do I lose interest in acquiring magic powers?

I'm mentally ill.I also have developmental problems.The developmental problems were caused by me getting into my Dad's chewing tobacco when I was four.My mental illness was caused by a very unhappy childhood.I was bullied in school.I suffered severe emotional,sometimes physical,and occasionally sexual abuse in childhood.My mental illness leaves me preoccupied with fantasies of having magical powers.I aslso have a sense of entitledment.I feel entitled to get revenge on my enemies,have sex with beautiful women,have lots of cash,and all that.But I realized after numerous failed attempts at magic and losing a great deal of money from fake witches on ebay.Irealized that it is not real.I'll never be able to get revenge on my enemies,have sex with beautiful women have hordes of cash and all that.Or if I can please tell me how.but if I can't then how do I lose interest?Do I take hypnotherapy or something. more

Resolved Question: A neighbor of mine was turned away fr mental health the other night...?

she had been a battered woman, had stabbed her live-in boyfriend that night after being heard pleading with him to leave the apartment. Both parties denied it, stating that it was an accident. It was a serious wound to the heart which has the man still in ICU. The woman came to me for comfort afterwards and I tried getting her into mental health, but they wouldn't take her though she was crying hysterically and begging to be allowed in. I took the phone and told the worker that she needed help and that I was going to bring her over, only to find myself being yelled at by the worker, told the conversation didn't concern me and ordered to give the phone back to the woman. Again, she pleaded that she could not be left alone and again she was told not to come in. After spending some more time with her wherein, I asked her to stay the night with me and told her I felt I needed to take her meds fr her, she said she would be okay, promised not to hurt herself and made plans to go with me to get a restraining order on her boyfriend the next day, saying that she just wanted to be alone at that point and get some rest. I thought she was okay, but she killed herself the next day. I couldn't get her to answer the door and requested a welfare check by police in the early am. She was okay at that time when they came, but killed herself right after they left. I had also called her mental health worker at 9am, relating the fact that she had been rejected the night before and asking that they send someone over to evaluate her and give her support. They waited 5 hours to get there and that is when she was found dead. She was afraid of being arrested for the stabbing and I think the thought of doing a prison term was more than she could tolerate though I assured her we all knew she had been abused by this monster who I now learn has been in and out of prison his whole life with charge after charge of beating women. She never admitted to the stabbing though I repeatedly told her I wouldn't blame her if she had. Would you further involve yourself in this situation? A few ppl have told me I should contact the family and relate what I know bc they could have a lawsuit against mental health and the woman's child could benefit fr that. Other's have said I need to take an active stance bc something is wrong with the system and perhaps, I could instigate changes in the way they evaluate calls. I'm not so sure that putting this info in front of the family would be beneficial to them right now. I'm not so sure they would have a winnable suit though yes, they should. I'm not totally comfortable approaching them. The woman had had some drug problems earlier in life and they had taken her kids away fr her and more or, less abandoned her. She had worked hard to get her life back together and had just won visitation with her children, but her family was still making things hard on her, which is why she did not turn to them that night. I am sort of feeling that they do not deserve to know the last events of their daughter's life. Should I contact them with what I know?And, please, no one judge this woman or, her past. She had done all she could to atone for it, had a kind, dear, delicate heart, was sensitive and caring. She just didn't have the life skills needed to overcome this man's threats of killing her if she ever reported the abuse.I am feeling more and more like - when they shunned their daughter, they forfeited the right to know. more

Voting Question: 16, afraid of grown men, mental abuse?

I am 16. My father has always been too protective of me. He always needs to know where i am and tries to control my life. He never lets me go anywhere when i am with him, even if its just over my friends house 3 mins a way. He says "stop being selfish and spend some time with me" Okay who is the selfish one here? Im never aloud to speek my opinitions because im "wrong" and I get yelled at when he disagrees. And when i say yell, I mean yell. One time we were on vacation and asked me a question and i told him my opinion and he said "F%^K YOU (NAME), F^&*%^*&%*^*KKKK YOUUUUUU!!!!!!" and stormed off. He tries to pressure me to get a boyfriend, because he wants me to have one. Even when I am at my moms, he constantly wants to study with me over the phone and he txts me nonstop. Its verry irritating. And if I tell him all this, i get scolded. I have tried. Then today, my stepdad blows up on me, blaming me for everything, althoug i DID NOT do it. So the point is, do you think i might be mentaly abused? There are some memories in my head that are so bad, i cant froget them. I cry on a lot over this. And 2ndly, when i was driving w/ a male instructor for drivers ed, i was SO nervous thinking he would yell at me, because everytime i drove with my dad, he did. The whole time, i was wishing i had a women teaching me instead of a man. Idk what to do. I am afraid of grown men(over 30), It might sound stupid, but its true. I get really nervous when I am around them. Please write what you think. Thanks more

Resolved Question: Why do we stay with men who don't treat us right?

I am 20 years old and have been with my baby's father for 4 years. Our son is 9 weeks old. Towards the end of my pregnancy I was still working full time and was very tired both physically and mentally. He treated me soo bad. Even though he helps me out financially with money he gets from the government, he has not held a job the entire time we have been together. He has no idea what it's like to be working full time and on top of that be almost 9 months pregnant. I would come home from work and basically not want to do anything and he would call me lazy and tell me that I need to clean more. (After he's been home all day.) When I was 41 weeks pregnant he called me a lazy pig because I was sitting on the bed watching tv. Now, after having the baby, going back to work full time and taking care of the baby the rest of the time he still has the nerve to put me down and try and make me feel bad about myself. I got off work the other night, picked up my son (Since by bf dropped him off with my sister) came home and took care of the baby all night only for my bf to come home around 10 call me a pig when i was eating dinner and then tell me I'm lazy. When I told him HE was the lazy one he called me a fat ass. Don't get me wrong, I've gained 20 lbs from my pregnancy but I really don't think I look bad by any means. I'm just so sick of the mental abuse and looking back, I think what the eff was wrong with me to stay with someone who treated me that way while I was pregnant with their son. Why do us women do that?! Has anyone else been in a similar situation. Me and him are currently on a break, still living together but avoiding each other at all costs.I'm at the point now where I'm just done. This time for real. I don't ever want my son to hear his father talk to me like that! more

Resolved Question: How do you think this woman's behaviour will be justified?

WARNING: Little graphic, not for the faint of heart... http://www.jarrowandhebburngazette.com/latest-news/Tortured-dad-39made-to-watch.5974578.jp So how will this be justified by the "feminist" lobby, and how will the court justify a reduced sentence? He was abusive / cheating on her, she wasn't getting emotional fulfillment from their relationship, she was abused as a child, she had a secret mental disorder or was a helpless drug addict? Or she was totally and completely guilty in every way, but "for the good of the kids" they can't put her away for too long? The possibilities are endless, of course... What's YOUR prediction?Of course, as Miltion says this is how it should be, but I have been quite aghast at the number of cases like this in which "diminished responsibility" is granted to violent female criminals on the basis of some vague emotional trauma. I'm not in any way blaming women for this though, it's the fault of the courts and the legal system. If someone is offered a way out of punishment they will take it, that's common sense. The responsibility and blame lies with the system which allows this to happen.Close, milktoast. You lost marks though for forgetting to bring in the notorious trump card - "daddy issues"... more

Resolved Question: Why do some have a problem with the trans fat ban but are supportive with illegalization of natural drugs?

The people that have a problem with the trans fat ban complain that is impedes on their personal freedom to put /treat their own body in a way they see fit. That is no different than the argument that drug pro-legalization/decriminalization individuals base their beliefs on... Both trans fat (as well as over and under eating in general) and illegal natural substances like weed, shrooms, poppy derivatives etc. are supposedly bad for ones health and can cause some form of addiction eg. physical, mental or both and possible death. However if an adult chooses to use one or both in a manner that does not impede on the rights and freedoms of another person how are the two really any different, and how exactly are they doing direct detrimental harm to others? And please don't say those substances cause car accidents because so do legal substances/situations like properly prescribed pharmaceuticals, booze, and even natural emotional/health problems. And if people are going to claim "well drugs alter consciousness and can make people act badly" well so can being addicted to certain kinds of unhealthy foods in fact it qualifies as an eating disorder, which can change a persons attitude, body, & behavior for the worse to the point of causing damage to the individual and the people around them. As well as causing health problems that need medical treatment that one may not be able to afford thus passing the bills on to society like rehab, or beriatrics. Though i would like to add that over/under eating & obesity are considered medical conditions and are better treated as such vs. drug use which is criminally stigmatized and poorly treated as a medical condition which punishes the problem rather than treating/healing it. So both things can alter a persons behavior, both things can supposedly harm ones health and shorten life span, both are things that can potentially harm children. Both are things that an adult should have the right to decide for themselves to use and if they do choose to use them they should be used responsibly so that they don't hinder the rights of others. One final note; if society/government is going to punish all people who cause damage to their bodies &/or the bodies of those around them then why not go as far as to punish pregnant women, mothers & fathers, who smoke/drink around their kids with a fine or child endangerment. Parents who hit/beat their kids in the name of discipline with domestic abuse. Lets also legally punish people who smoke themselves into having emphysema, alcoholics for knowingly causing themselves liver damage, and extreme sports participants for endangering a human life/physical assault... You cannot logically scream personal freedom of ones body one minute then scoff at it the next it is hypocritical. And to not see the direct correlation concerning personal freedom is myopic to say the least. If one group of people are being punished for "abusing" their bodies then the concept should be cohesive and fair in all aspects that it pertains to. I believe in personal freedom (as long as it doesn't impede on the rights of others) overall, but if they are going to limit people lets be fair & cohesive... more

Resolved Question: we have been together for just about 3 years and he wants to "be alone".(lenthy q but i need input)?

...he was my first "true love" not relationship..(im 25) He has been telling me for the past couple months that he wants a time alone...i give him his time but hours later he calls me back...? He also tells me that he doesn't want to be with me, along with some pretty harsh things like "your pathetic, you'll never be as good as this type of woman""your lazy""you got real chubby, u need to loose weight" Well, he just called after what I assume a bad day @ work and started in on me again on how he wants to be alone and that I am never there for him, and he guesses he was always wrong about me, that Im not the person he thought I was. Is this mental/verbal abuse? I feel like its on the verge of a "controlling" relationship? He tells me that he loves me and that he's sorry, and that when he's mad he says things he doesnt mean...sounds like it's right out of a movie? Please, any kind words will help me...even after all of that I am heartbroken but I think I need to move onThank you all for your kind words...I'm beginning to see all this after 3 years....sometimes it's hard to talk to "real friends/family" about things like this. more

Resolved Question: Do you have to pay back taxes for a spouse if your marriage is annulled?

My father is in a HORRIBLE marriage. I can't even begin to tell you the horror stories that have gone on with his wife. She is certifiably insane. To the point where she could have ruined his life because she claimed abuse that NEVER happened! He wants to divorce her but he has spent probably over a hundred thousand dollars on her medical and psychiatric treatments over the last 3 years of their marriage. Does anyone know, if he can get the marriage annulled will he have to pay back taxes on all that he paid out for her? He wants to get the marriage annulled so that he doesn't have to pay allimony. This woman had had mental illness for over 30 years but hid it from my father who thought she became ill AFTER their marriage until he found out the truth. Please don't think I am exaggerating either. This woman claims she is watched by stalkers that live in their home and track her every move and she thinks a portal to hell is under their house!!Just to clarify, my dad is not worried about paying anything she owes now, he is worried that if he gets an anullment (so he doesn't have to pay alimony she doesn't deserve) will he have to refile his taxes for the past 2 years where he paid OUT OF POCKET over $100,000 in medical and psychiatric expenses. Or, can he get a divorce and, based on the circumstances that she committed fraud and didn't tell him she had serious psychological issues, get out of paying allimony or having to give her any assets he had going into the marriage like part of the home? Also, he is currently unemplyed and she hasn't worked for decades and has been on disability for fibromyalsia. more

Resolved Question: Is our government actually biased towards women?

domestic violent seems to be a big thing today and it is all portrayed to women and how they are the victim, but what happens when the guy is the victim of domestic abuse? people laugh at him and when i say domestic abuse i dont only mean physical, but also emotional and mental. girls are able to mentally beat a guy down untill he retaliates out of anger of being frightened. many people call men beasts but what they seem to forget is that a wounded beast backed into a corner will be more violent than ever. Now in no way and i forgetting about the women of domestic abuse and how they are in pain, and a man should never touch a woman in a harmful way but since women want equal rights, women should also not touch a man in a harmful way and get away with it, and something should be done about emotional and mental abuse which can be a leading cause of domestic violence. heres a story of a man, victim of domestic abuse: http://www.batteredmen.com/violfemm.htm I think that if women innitiate the attack by either physically attacking him or mentally, she should be the one charged. If you are willing to hit someone, no matter what gender you are, you should be ready to take a hit back because by hitting them, if you are a girl hitting a guy for a harmful reason, then i believe you have forsaken your femininity and the guy has a right to self defense but in law and government, this doesnt seem to be the case. no matter what actually happened or what the cause was, if the guy retaliated and hit her, HE's charged and she walks off scott free, whats up with that? women cant have equal rights ONLY when it benefits them more