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A few years ago I fell down outside. I scraped my knee up pretty badly, and because I fell in dirt, a lot of dirt got in the wound. I was dumb and terrified of the pain I would get from cleaning it out completely, so I didn't. Stupid, I know. The wound healed nicely, except for the fact that there is a bunch of dirt trapped in my kneecap under the skin. What can I do, outside of reopen the wound? Should I do anything? Keep in mind, this was yeaaaars ago. The wound is completely healed, with brown streaks visible of where the dirt still is under a few layers of skin. There never has been any sign of infection or anything outside of the fact that I have a colored knee now.

I have heard dreams about losing hands means threats to creative freedom. I was wondering if that's what this still means. It was not my hand, but my sister's. I remember being so upset that she'd lost her hand. I think I've had multiple dreams like this, because in the dream I remember thinking, "Oh yeah, that's right, she did lose her hand." She definitely has both her hands in waking life.

What does my dream mean?

My eye feels like it's spasming and twitching. This is not my eyelid, but my EYE. My actual eye ball. I feel like the inside is spasming, and sometimes when it happens, I will even see a black spot in the upper left corner. This is mostly in my left eye, but it has happened in my right eye as well, but nowhere near as much as my left. The twitching goes on for hours. Sometimes my eyes will just start to water. Any ideas?

There's something stuck in my CD drive, and I don't know what it is. How do I go about getting it out?

It's making noises, and not letting my CDs and DVDs be read.

Thanks!!

We're traveling through Finland and forgot to book hostels/hotels and now they're all taken up. Looks like we're going to have to be homeless for a few nights. Is this safe enough to do? We won't get injected with heroin while we sleep? Or killed? Or robbed?

Salvia is legal where I'd be trying it, just to clarify.

Now, I'm wondering whether or not it's safe. I've been reading mixed reviews on salvia + mental disorders. I've been diagnosed with a mood disorder, and am currently taking 200mg of Lamictal. I'm also diagnosed with ADD, and take 36mg of Concerta. I also get panic attacks sometimes.

I fit a lot of the same symptoms as borderline personality disorder, actually, although I haven't been diagnosed with it. I have had suicidal ideations in the recent past (as in the past two weeks). I have been clean from self injury for about three months, with only one small setback. So maybe not totally clean, but for the most part.

Would it be completely stupid of me to try this drug?

I don't want to end up going crazy and having something bad happen.

So I have American appliances. My iPod charges only through USB, and my camera charger has a USB plug thing that can plug into it and then into the wall. So it seems I could charge my iPod with that. However, because I'm in Germany, I have to use a converter plug. Will this still work, or will I destroy both my camera and iPod? Do I need a step-down converter?

The input on my charger says 100-240V ~ 50-60Hz MAX 0.2A, and the output says 5V --- 1A

I have an iPod 4.

Thanks!

I'm worried for myself. I'm having doubts about my reality. I don't know if it's paranoia, or the cold hard truth. I can't tell anymore. I'm starting to hear whispers in things that are not whispers. They're whispering about me. Horrible things. Every whisper and giggle is about me. Compliments and the like are just me being mocked. I'm just a joke to everyone who sees me. My friends aren't my friends. I am alone.

I was diagnosed with depression at 12, and then with a mood disorder at about 17. I've been hurting myself as long as I can remember, but cutting didn't start until I was 12. I was clean for about three months but lately I've been feeling so horrible that I had to start again. I couldn't hold myself back. It was like someone else was moving my hand. The thoughts that run through my mind the most are, "I hate myself. I want to die. I wish I could just kill myself. I'm going to kill myself. Soon I'll just fade away. They're laughing at me. I'm retarded. I am just a joke." and the like. I don't want to believe them, but I can't help it. There's proof. Or is the proof just in my head? I seriously cannot tell anymore.

I have been getting anxiety/panic attacks. I'll start to hyperventilate, cry, shake uncontrollably, cut myself, become ridiculously paranoid, confused, terrified, panicked, and will mutter "I want to go home" over and over without thinking, and during these times, I feel the only way out is to kill myself. I don't value my life. If something happens, or I make a mistake, I just think, "It's okay. I can just kill myself if it gets worse." I put myself into risky situations because I don't value myself. I believe that I cannot love myself. My mother told me selfishness is the root of all evil. To love myself would mean I was being selfish. I don't want to be evil.

I have serious attachment issues. I can't tell if I am sabotaging my relationships, or if what makes me do what I do is because of something real. If the boy I'm interested in (or dating) doesn't respond to me, I freak out. I will send more messages than necessary, and when they go unanswered, I panic. I bring it up to him, and he gets turned off and walks away. Am I being paranoid, or is he an asshole? I can't tell. I do all I can to be with him, and keep him. I think the world of him, while hating him at the same time for doing what he does to me, even if it is just me doing it to myself, but I don't want him to leave. I can't have him leave. He is always avoiding me. Or is he? Am I just paranoid?

I feel empty and disassociated and not interested so much. I hate myself. I don't to be me anymore. I don't want to be anyone else. I'm just so tired. I don't even want to be.

I waste opportunity. I don't deserve it. I waste my life away.

I'm afraid to go to a hospital though, even if I do need it, and even if it would help. I have things to do. I cannot take a break from my life. If I want to survive, even if I'm sinking, I have to try my hardest to stay afloat. I cannot break or I will sink. I need to finish school with good grades. I need to finish the study abroad I am currently on. I need to make the most of my time here. I should have waited until I was fully well again, mentally, before coming here.

Should I check myself in to the hospital when I get back?

I am already on Lamictal (200mg per day) and I have to say, it's doing me good for the panic attack things, but for everything else it does ****.

How do you know when to admit yourself?

Am I just whining? I feel like I'll be judged because I don't have any real problems. They're all in my head and I should snap out of it. I can't admit myself and speak freely to the doctors and nurses because they don't really care and they judge me because I don't actually have anything wrong with me. I'm just immature and complaining. I just need to get over it.

Morgen geh ich nach Amsterdam... heute hab ich meine Handynummer zu einem SEHR SEHR SEHR SEHR SEHR hübschen Typ gegeben... Er ruft mich morgen an. Ich werde in Amsterdam sein. Werde ich den Ruf bekommen oder hab ich Pech gehabt?? Er war so süß... und im Moment hab ich vergessen, dass ich morgen da werde, und hab ihm das nicht erzählt.

Wenn er mich anruft, werde ich den Ruf bekommen?

Ich bin Ami und mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut.

Ich gehe in 2 Wochen nach Deutschland und habe gefärbte Haare.

Wie heißt das, wenn die wirkliche Farbe wieder am Oben kommt?

Also, die Haare werden länger und man kann die originelle Farbe am Oben sehen. Wie heißt das? Auf Englisch sagen wir ,,roots''.

Wir werden sagen ,,my roots are showing!!''

Wie werde ich sowas auf Deutsch sagen?

I'm almost 20 years old, female, and have been diagnosed with clinical depression and ADD. I've been a self-injurer since I can remember. My mood will, however, change rapidly. I do not feel like I just have depression. Yes, I will always feel this underlying sadness, but that does not always last. My moods will change so fast that one minute I could be fine, and pretty soon after I will want to kill myself, but then give it another hour or two, and I'll be just okay again. It can vary though. Sometimes I will get so depressed I will have what feels like an anxiety attack and I have come close to suicide before with these. I feel like I'm losing my mind during them. In just the past year I've become so attached to certain people. If they do anything without me, I freak out and sometimes even go into those anxiety-like panic attacks. I've started cutting myself a lot more, and do it whenever, but especially when upset. I feel like I can't control my urges. I will go from hating that person I'm attached to, to being seemingly in love with them, to hating them, but I will never tell them how I feel. That's never been part of my personality. I hide everything. I also do not get angry. If I feel anger, I take it out on myself, and I never let anyone know that I am angry. I've recently started drinking much more than I used to. I have started spending money whenever I get angry or upset. I feel bored with life. I don't know what I want to do with anything anymore. I've recently just changed my mind on what I want to do with the rest of my life but feel so stuck and that I cannot do it. I feel too old. I don't know what I want anymore, I don't know what I believe and will almost say that I don't believe anything. I change who I am depending on who I am with. I don't know who I am.

Ich bin Ami und im März gehe ich nach Deutschland für 4 Monaten. Ich werde dort studieren. Ich glaube, dass ich eine Septum-Piercing will. Ist das in Deutschland etwas komisch? Als ich letztes mal in Deutschland war, habe ich nicht so oft Leute gesehen, die Tattoos oder Piercings hatten, die nicht in den Ohren waren.

Ich will wissen... wenn ich eine Septum-Piercing bekomme, ob ich dann verarscht wäre? Könnte ich Freunde machen, oder ist es zu komisch, sowas zu haben? Ich will einpassen, aber ich will dieses Piercing... soll ich einfach warten, bis ich zurück in den USA bin?

I am going to Germany soon and was wondering if Skype Mobile works in the country. The guy at the Verizon store told me it might be blocked in Germany. I was wondering if someone would know, having used it there before or what. Thanks!

I am doing a report on the treatment of women in China, and I have already spoken with two Chinese people from the North-East (Harbin and Qingdao). Both have told me about how women in their areas are treated, and so far I have found no significant differences. Both have also told me that women in the South are treated much differently from women in the North. Could anyone elaborate on this for me? Neither could give me any specifics.

I'm looking for cultural differences, social differences... Is a woman allowed to speak to a man before spoken to? Does the woman ask the man out? Are there classes in schools girls are not allowed to take? Any jobs women are expected to take care of? What is the role of a woman in the house?

These sorts of things.

Any help would be appreciated.

I am doing a report on the treatment of women in China, and I have already spoken with two Chinese people from the North-East (Harbin and Qingdao). Both have told me about how women in their areas are treated, and so far I have found no significant differences. Both have also told me that women in the South are treated much differently from women in the North. Could anyone elaborate on this for me? Neither could give me any specifics.

I'm looking for cultural differences, social differences... Is a woman allowed to speak to a man before spoken to? Does the woman ask the man out? Are there classes in schools girls are not allowed to take? Any jobs women are expected to take care of? What is the role of a woman in the house?

These sorts of things.

Any help would be appreciated.

I sometimes have periods where I "go crazy." I can't think straight, I get all tense, I begin to cry for no reason, I feel intense panic, I shake, I feel the only way out is to kill myself, I begin to cut or scratch myself, I sometimes hear things, I feel absolutely hopeless, I feel detached, I feel paranoid, I feel confused, I feel I have to "go home" (even when I am home, I find myself muttering this over and over), I get cold, I feel my head might explode, and I am terrified. These symptoms fit a lot like I've seen online for anxiety/panic disorders, but the one thing different is that mine don't happen anywhere anytime. Usually, I'm alone. Only once have I ever felt this way in public and that I can probably blame on the fact that I was incredibly drunk and confused. I know during all of these times that I am simply overreacting to something, and that I should not be acting this way, but I am and I DO feel that way. I feel like I'm going crazy. These times of "going crazy" usually only last a short while. I've never actually timed it, but it lasts less than an hour, I am sure. I am a woman, almost 20 years old, and was diagnosed with clinical depression when I was 12. I am not currently on any medication.

TLDR: I guess my question is, could this be panic/anxiety disorder, even though it usually only happens when I am alone and have had a trigger?

I sometimes have periods where I "go crazy." I can't think straight, I get all tense, I begin to cry for no reason, I feel intense panic, I shake, I feel the only way out is to kill myself, I begin to cut or scratch myself, I sometimes hear things, I feel absolutely hopeless, I feel detached, I feel paranoid, I feel confused, I feel I have to "go home" (even when I am home, I find myself muttering this over and over), I get cold, I feel my head might explode, and I am terrified. These symptoms fit a lot like I've seen online for anxiety/panic disorders, but the one thing different is that mine don't happen anywhere anytime. Usually, I'm alone. Only once have I ever felt this way in public and that I can probably blame on the fact that I was incredibly drunk and confused. I know during all of these times that I am simply overreacting to something, and that I should not be acting this way, but I am and I DO feel that way. I feel like I'm going crazy. These times of "going crazy" usually only last a short while. I've never actually timed it, but it lasts less than an hour, I am sure. I am a woman, almost 20 years old, and was diagnosed with clinical depression when I was 12. I am not currently on any medication.

TLDR: I guess my question is, could this be panic/anxiety disorder, even though it usually only happens when I am alone and have had a trigger?

Ich bin Ami und chatte manchmal in deutschen Chatrooms. Ich habe bemerkt, dass die Jugendliche oft ,,i'' schreiben, anstatt ,,ich''. Sagen sie auch ,,i'' oder ist das nur im Internet? Auch mit ,,is'' anstatt ,,ist''. Ist das eine andere Aussprache oder nur schriftlich?

Hallu, ich bin eine Ami an einer Universität und schreibe etwas für meine Deutschklasse über Umgangssprache. Ich wollte etwas über Umgangssprache von den 60iger und den 70iger benutzen, aber ich weiß gar nicht, was es dafür damals gab. Könnte jemand mir helfen?

Soweit habe ich ,,aldiweil'' und ,,Lokus'' gefunden. Stimmt das, oder nicht?

Wenn ihr etwas haben, was ich lesen könnte, bitte bitte sendet es mir!

Danke schön!

Letzten Sommer war ich in Deutschland und die Polizei sind zur Schule gekommen. Sie haben uns Schlüsselanhänger gegeben, die gelb und Schaumstoff waren und BOB sagten. Was meint das? Ich kann mich nicht erinnern... Gibt es eine Seite davon? Ich weiß, dass es etwas mit trinken und fahren zu tun hat...