shelby15’s Profile

Open Self-Injury

well i am a former cutter. i havent cut since i got pregnant with my daughter. i am here to help people who have a problem and are willing to stop what they are doing to themselves.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Working / Worked

it kind of helped me in a way i cant explain but my councelor told my dad everything that was going on so i now dont really go with that approach

Open Abstinence & Celibacy

well i have a baby now and her father is out of the picture so i now decide i am gonna wait until marriage

Open Breastfeeding

i have been breastfeeding my daughter since day one but i also feed formula when i get to sore but she dont seem to mind. i love to breastfeed her cause i dont think there is a closer bond

Open Single Parenting

i left her father and he is in and out of the picture...i left him because he was driving me crazy >.

Open Step Families

well my mom remarried in 2000 and i sometimes find it hard to get allong with my stepdad

Open Child Support & Custody

well the father of my child wont pay any child support adn wants nothing to do with my daughter. and i am 15 and live with my parents and cant get a job cause i am not a canadian citizen so i need him to pay child support until i get my citizenship cause my family cant take care of somthing we had created together.

Open Diets & Weight Maintenance

well when i was pregnant i gained over 80 pounds. i am trying to lose the last 40pounds and am struggling to do so

Treatments

Eat Less Too Soon to Tell

Open Pregnancy

i was pregnant so i know the drills lol

Open Asthma
Type: Childhood Asthma

my daughter was just diagnosed with it and she is just a baby

Open Homeschooling

this is my first year of homeschooling. i am in an off campus learning prgram so i take my schoolwork home and do it. i hate it i am so far behind.

Open Phobia

i am terrified of heights(Altophobia), thunderstorms(Brontophobia), i am absolutly terrified of the dark(Nyctophobia). all of which i have come to except. but i have horrid nightmares of all of these. i am also afraid to be alone but i am not sure what that is called.

Treatments

Acceptance Somewhat Helpful

i am trying to confront my fears and try and not be soo terrified of them. i wish soo bad that they would just go away so i can live normally and not in fear.

Open Depression - Teen

well i guess i am 'depressed' i dont think i am i think i am a rather happy person with issues that sometimes get in the way of my happiness. idk maybe i am in denial or my doctor is a quack

Treatments

Lexapro Working / Worked

it calms me down when i am down myself

Writing Working / Worked

i just write stuff down so its on the paper and not on my shoulders

Open Post Partum Depression

its been 3 months with no baby blues or anything and all of a sudden it comes around and now after so long have post partum depression. i dont even know why im sad is this normal. please help

Treatments

Music Somewhat Helpful

it gets my mind off of a lot of things. i dont even know why im sad.

Open Color Blindness

my father and i are colour blind he has a hard time distinguishing all colour as i only have a problem with reds being purples in my sight. i just found this out not too long ago and idk if i have a problem with anyothers cause my sister teases me about it. o well i deal with it.

Open Vegetarians & Vegans
Type: Lacto-ovo vegetarianism (No meat)

ive been vegetarian for a few weeks now because of the way people treat the animals that wind up in the slaughter house. i find it hard to not eat meat because my entire family are total carnivors(sp).

Open Miscarriage

my friend just miscarried. so im looking for people to help me figure out what to say to her to make her feel better. ive misscarried only once. it has had me heartbroken but i nnow have my daughter

Open Sleep Problems - Childhood
Type: Night Terrors

im not sure if this fits into this category but im having horrible dreams where i cant move or breath and there is a man or phantom of some sort holding me. i never want to sleeep because of this

Open Hodgkin's Lymphoma

My sister in law has this she is only 23 and my brother is devastated. I want your guys help so I can comfort my sis in law and my brother.

Treatments

Chemotherapy Too Soon to Tell