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Hi there - have you thought about taking a class from pick up artists (PUA)? I know they have bad reputations but sounds like more than anything else, you need confidence boost and that's what PUA teach. Btw let me tell you: a guy who doesn't talk would be a dream for a woman like me cuts I'm not go...

Thanks for the reply guys. I had stopped talking to my father all of 2012 and it was good. I felt a lot of stress evaporate from my life. But my mother would tell me how he'd sit by the telephone waiting for my phone call. My sister also told me to try to talk to him because he really wanted to talk...

Hi there - this is a bit of adult advice about making friends which might not work great for a teen but is worth a try - find something you like to do first. There'll be other people who enjoy doing it also, and then you can create a friendship based on that. Things like climbing, surfing, hiking, b...

Pilule, while I agree that happy people tend to naturally do things that make them happy, your friend probably isn't a great example. Just based on that short, incomplete history, it sounds like he may be having episodes of mania where he cooks up grand schemes.

Hi there - it sounds like you're disthymic rather than outright depressed. Disthymia is when you don't fit all the criteria for depression, but you're sad, unmotivated etc. You've probably already looked it up but depression includes things like changed sleep habits, changed eating habits, suicidal ...

Hi Hannah, Here's my (easy to say and difficult to do) advice: Don't compare yourself to other people. That's the best way to be unhappy. I think the best thing to do for yourself is to just look at the good things you've accomplished (you've completed part of your studies, you'll be a teacher). The...

Hi there, I know where your coming from. After university, I had very bad grades and I was dumped out of a bad relationship, totally heart broken. I had no future. What helped me get out of it was 2 weeks of hyper-productivity, where I studied really hard and got a really good test score that opened...

I was trying to use the chat room but it didn't work so I'll try this instead. About me: 28yrs old, 1.5months away from graduating from medical school, female, loner My sister: 25yrs old, pharmacist I may have a possible Schizoid personality or Avoidant personality disorder. I have no real desire to...