Description : What should I do if a friend told me they wanted to commit suicide?
Last Answer : There’s a group of people called the Samaritans, http://www.samaritans.org. They offer 24-hour confidential support, as anonymous as you want, for this sort of thing. Send him to them, or call them and ask them for advice.
Description : How do you respond to "I told you so"?
Last Answer : friend:... I told you so man… me: I know, I’m a dumbass… I should have listened to you…
Description : What should I do if my friend told me they'd been raped?
Last Answer : answer:She needs to contact the police immediately and contact a therapist that specializes in this kind of psychological trauma. It's very important she contact the police so they can photograph her injuries ... !!!!! *Please excuse the typos/grammar, the iPhone is acting very strange toward edits.
Description : Why do schizophrenics hallucinate bad/scary things? Why can't they hallucinate nice/fun things?
Last Answer : That’s an amazing question. I wonder if anyone has researched that. You’re right though. I think some people must hallucinate good things, but they probably don’t seek treatment or get misdiagnosed.
Description : What are some things you should never tease someone about?
Last Answer : Anything to do with looks is out of bounds for teasing. Criticism maybe, if one is close and they fail to care for them selves. But teasing, never.
Description : Have you always wondered about having some hidden illness, psychological or physical, but have never had the courage or initiative to check it out?
Last Answer : No. Life is to short to be a hypochondriac.
Description : Why is it that I have such intelligent conversations with myself in my head that actually make sense but am never able to say them out loud?
Last Answer : I'm not in your head to be able to comment with actual knowledge of your case, but a few things come to mind. 1) The mind has incredible capacity to do huge amounts of complex parallel processing with ... by the time you got them into words). 5) Probably other things. :-) 6) Welcome to Fluther!
Description : Is there such a thing as a person who is never "triggered"?
Last Answer : Ooooo, great question. I find that the same people who despise “trigger warnings” will typically display all the symptoms of being triggered if you say anything less than reverent about the flag or the troops. They just won’t use that word.
Description : "It will never happen to me." When is it dangerous to think like this?
Last Answer : It is always dangerous to think that.
Description : How can I go from a place where there is never enough love to a place where I love myself, and it lasts?
Last Answer : Wow I think I might feel just as you do. I have this unbelieveable feeling that my life is empty and pointless. I just seek love from anyone. I try so hard to be excepted and loved by everybody ... nothing that makes me happy. I would love to know the answer to this question when you figure it out.
Description : If the universe is always expanding, how come the sky never gets any bigger?
Last Answer : really, i mean really? what are you superman and have supervision or something?
Description : "They told me I'd never amount to anything" success stories?
Last Answer : Here is a nice collection of these stories
Description : How many jellies never told their parents they hated them and why?
Last Answer : answer:I grew out of it before I was deep into my teens, but I recall some unfortunate interchanges when I was maybe 10 – 12 years old. As for “why”, it was stupid, juvenile stuff. I can’t even recall. Maybe they sent me to bed one night before I got to watch The Outer Limits or something.
Description : Is it common for people to defend their own positions (that they never felt the need to defend previously) when told of another person's different way of being?
Last Answer : insecure people often react when their beliefs are questioned, even by themselves
Description : We all still have a lot to learn about things in this life, so why can't the average person admit that about their driving skills?
Last Answer : I drive a golfball better than some people drive their vee-hick-erls. That’s okay though, so long as they stay the fuck away from me.
Description : Our brains can't fully process the implications of the internet yet. What do you think [see details!]?
Last Answer : In Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition having a max 25 charisma you can have 150 henchmen. . . So it’s interesting to know that a pool of accurate knowledge is added to the game.
Description : What do you do when you feel like you need to cry, but can't?
Last Answer : I watch sad movies or listen to sad music until it comes out. If that doesn’t work (though, it usually does), I do try to seek out laughter. Laughing can be a huge relief, and sometimes it helps the tears to come, too.
Description : It may not be rocket science, but why can't you cope?
Last Answer : If it is a simple task, then I sleep on it and do it after I rest. Somedays, the focus may not be there.
Description : Once I did a personal values test online. Can't find it. Can you help?
Last Answer : Here is one.
Description : Do you have a burden that you just can't seem to put down?
Last Answer : answer:Hmmm, I think it always helps to at least write down your feelings, even if your the only one to read it it allows you to express yourself and feelings more fully because you are forced to ... about it all the time. Even knowing that others sympathize with you can help you not feel so alone.
Description : Anyone have an issue with being late? I'm late for pretty much everything (not work, though), and I can't figure out why?
Last Answer : I’m borderline OCD about promptness. I’ll actually plan on showing up early, then waiting in my car until the exact moment. Just something that was trained into me since childhood. Maybe your lateness is due to some inner conflict about wanting to be there at all?
Description : Do you have feelings that you can't put into language or find a concept for?
Last Answer : It is a post-traumatic experience that you are having. Look it up to understand more.
Description : Why do you want what you can't have so badly?
Last Answer : I don’t want what I can’t have. There lies a recipe for discontent.
Description : How do you deal with something sad and disappointing and you can't get it out of your mind?
Last Answer : It just takes time .Alot of exercise helps me :)
Description : I know someone who can't get startled- Can this be a sign of any psychological or even psychotic conditions?
Last Answer : How much of a lack of sympathy do they show? if they frequently talk about killing people that you have some concern. Just use your common sense
Description : Can't get motivated to exercise because you're not happy, has this happened to you?
Last Answer : Actually yes this has happened to me. I usually put in a full days workout but lately i have not been myself due to various issues. Until I seen on TLC a documentary on the world's heaviest man, ... made me relieze how good my life has been and it made me start excersing again. Hope this helped =]
Description : What is something you never knew was illegal until someone told you?
Last Answer : Not that cutting down a saguaro cactus was illegal but that doing so is a class 4 felony costing up to 25 years in prison.
Description : Is there something you would never give up even if you were told it would eventually kill you?
Last Answer : Alcohol. If I suddenly acquired a disease that precluded me from imbibing, I would just stop drinking alcohol. Both my parents stopped drinking because it was literally killing my mother and it was ruining my father’s life. They were brilliantly disciplined about it.
Description : What if someone was tricked into trying heroine and never told what it was that happened to them?
Last Answer : answer:Heroin is physically addictive. They would, presumably, go through withdrawal, and then go on with their lives. They might search for the experience again and become addicted to something else.
Description : What would you have told the person at the time, if you had known then you'd never see them again?
Last Answer : I would say.“I love you.”
Description : I have a babysitter who never told me up front she expected to paid for her off days (Labor Day, 4th of July, etc.) should I?
Last Answer : NO! Unless you don’t have any other option. Then try to put it off while you find a replacement. Then tell everyone about her.
Description : Soldiers/veterans what was something you saw/experienced that you never told anyone?
Last Answer : One soldier giving another one a BJ.
Description : What's a secret that you've never told ANYONE ?
Last Answer : No need to say, FBI.
Description : What happens if you get chicken pox at about age 11+ would it have a worse impact than having it as a smaller kid My mom told me she had it around 12, and it was horrible. I've never gotten chicken pox before so I was curious?
Last Answer : Sorry, there are some mistakes in the text:What happens if you get chicken pox at about age 11+ would it have a worse impact than having it as a smaller kid? My mom told me she had it around 12, and it was horrible. I've never gotten chicken pox before so I was curious
Description : In the 1998 (or so) movie Merlin, it is told that he can't progress beyond being a "hand wizard" what other types of magic exist?
Last Answer : None, because magic doesn’t exist.
Description : So, my dad just told me I can't get a phone because, I don't have true honor roll. What the freak is true honor roll ? Kinda pissed right now.
Last Answer : answer:Honor role is opposed to true honor role?!? Got me. I assume your dad just does not want you to have a phone and I also assume you made the honor role.
Description : If you were told to create a political and economical socialist system that has all the advantages of the historical attempts at it, all the advantages of capitalist systems, but none of the drawbacks of either, how would the end result look like? And please, no answers á la "it can't be done".
Last Answer : …it would be as it is now- a multi-faceted global society with the ability to address concerns for reduction and/or expansion of the polity…renew, reuse, recycle…
Description : A woman waved to a man in a taxi. She got into the taxi and told the taxi driver where to take her. He nodded to her and drove. The woman talked a lot and that annoyed the taxi driver. The taxi ... of the ride. Once she got out of the taxi, she realized he was lying. How did she know? -Riddles
Last Answer : There are two ways she figured out: 1. He would have had to hear her to know she was talking as he was focusing on driving. 2. He would not have heard her directions if he was deaf and wouldn't have nodded in response as a way to confirm he got the directions.
Description : I really can't hear very well and was told by a friend about digital hearing aids. I need more information. Is there a website that could tell me more about them?
Last Answer : The best thing would be to use a trusted and impartial source. In this case you'd go to the AARP which would have your ... is at http://healthed.aarphealthcare.com/ArticlePage.aspx?CategName=Hearing%20Loss&TopicName=Resources&ArticleTitle=12_How_to_buy_hearing_aids_for_the_first_time_FINAL.
Description : What do you do if you can't get thru on the phone to the number you have been told to call?
Last Answer : There are a number of treatments for varicose veins, ranging from laser surgery to just wearing pressure stockings. The Arthritis is a separate issue. Treatments range from drugs to surgical knee replacement.
Description : employment law, hourly worker told "we can't pay you overtime" Actual hours worked along with the 'required' 8 hours are documented. Overtime verifiable by presence of others at both ends of the day. Need to know if this is worth pursuing or not. Thank-yo?
Last Answer : Working over eight hours in one day does not neccessarily constitute overtime. Overtime may be determined by working over forty hours in one week,depending on the employer.