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friend of mine from school..we talk normally, partied a few times..etc. id consider a close enough friend.

talking to her tonite, she said she was a bit depressed, spoke to her a bit then stuff got a bit deeper..to cut a long story short she told me she was suicidal becuase of stuff that happened in the past. we talk some more and then she dropped a fucking bomb on me as to what happened..turns out she was raped when she was 10, and anytime the memory haunts her she feels to kill herself. i noticed that lately she’s been keeping to herself alot and isnt very social anymore. she also told me that she has basically pushed away most of her close friends..
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I’m just wanting to hear opinions.

The reason I’m wondering is because a couple of years ago I was depressed due to my specific situation (I can elaborate on this, but it’s not the point of the question), all I had was suicidal thoughts everyday for a few years and didn’t have any motivation to do anything. Eventually I met a girl and that gave my life made a pretty drastic change, it helped me snap out of that suicidal state and gave me lots of motivation to get things done.

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edit: i’m sure this topic has been brought up before, but i can’t search the boards. sorry.

has anybody with adhd found marijuana to be effective?

i’ve experimented with marijuana a couple of times and i’ve found that it has been somewhat effective for me at a small "dose"

i’m calm, able to focus, more rational, and very attentive. i actually want to eat and i actually get sleepy. as opposed to the vyvanse.

I also seem to get very insightful…
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All capital letters in my thread title, I dunno. Anyway.

In a relationship right now where my BF is ~2 or 2.5 hours away and we are both very serious about our grades and all that so visiting will be slim…maybe like…every other weekend to be realistic. So ya…lots of video chat/phone calls…but that’s not really enough I assume. Any tips on making this work? We love each other a lot so I know it won’t crumble or anything…I just want it to be more fun and less "work" for both of us.
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Speak what is on your mind and what may be troubling you and i along with anyone else, all ideas and people welcome, will try to help to our best advantage. Whether you need help, want to share your ideas, have thoughts and past experiences to help others in their time of need, or just need to pound that keyboard while typing to vent, the floor is yours.

I will answer each question as promptly and thoroughly as i can and give my own advice. You may take it or not, i will never be overzealous and force things upon anyone.
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Hi, I’m Alex

I grew up with my sister two years ahead of me in school. She always made excellent grades, I did poorly. I’ve never lived up to any of her achievements and I’ve been passionately jealous of her my entire life. Over time, I allowed my jealousy to turn to hate, and that hate has fed on every aspect of my life.

I am getting ready to save goodbye to being a teenager, and as I begin the next section of my life, I want to work out this unresolved issue. It’s been holding me back and suppressing all the potential I feel trying to come out.
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I’m planning on asking this girl out in my 3D design class, I was going to do it last week but she ended up being sick. I ended up looking for her on myspace/facebook but no luck with search so I have to wait achingly until thursday or next tuesday when i have class with her.

Anyway…

Theres this other girl I am friends with and shes the coolest only girl I met. However she has a boyfriend and we’ve been pratically "buddies." Since i graduated we lost touch for a year until late last summer she calls me and text me and even wants me on aim to chat random shit. Apperantly her boyfriend is boring sometimes (i dont know much about him or even seen him) but I believe her relationship with him is just fine because she usually calls me about her stories and she feels comfortable telling me them.
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I can talk to girls, most of the time any girl.. confidently.. I will have stuff to say, jokes to tell.. Usually when i first meet a girl, that’s probably my best there… after than it kinda goes downhill.. and i can never turn their initial interest (which i can clearly see when i first meet them) into a relationship or a date… I tried to get their numbers fast, try to set up a date right away.. i tried playin it slow..

I dunno, just saying.. it’s kinda depressing really… My friends always tell me how impressed they are when they see me meet a chick.. but it never goes anywhere
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So I’ve been writing and planning this children’s book project for a class since I got the assignment three weeks ago. I’ve been shopping for supplies like five times and I spent a ton of money on it because in my mind I had this amazing vision for it………..

So I start putting it together this week…. Some things came up this weekend with my family and I ended up leaving…. So I mean its been kind of a shitty week for me. I was sleeping in my car in the driveway when I decided to go to my boyfriends without my stuff…. It cut a lot of time out of my work time….
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Hi everyone. Long time reader, first time poster. This forum is a gold mine for relationship advice/life problems.

Anyway, I’ve been dating my girlfriend for about 6 months. She had a job when we first met, but then she quit after about 2 months and she has been unemployed ever since. Whenever we go out, I always pay for everything, ALWAYS. She bought me a ticket once to go see a car show, which was only like $35 dollars. I have probably spent over $800 on her the last 6 months. We’ve gone to plenty of shows, seen movies, out to eat, we’ve done fun activities, I paid for it all.
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