About Emily Expertise I can answer almost all teen issues such as self harm, suicide, eating disorders, depression and other mental health disorders, drugs, alcohol, assault, harrassment, family problems, trauma, friendship problems and a lot more, so just ask. Pretty much anything that teens have to face I can answer. I'm also Christian and non-judgmental so I can answer questions relating to religion. I will not judge people about anything.
Experience I've experienced a lot of stuff in my life including facing death in several ways, self-harm, suicide, alcohol, harrassment, family and friendship issues and more. I've had to deal with my dad being sick all my life with MS and cancer, and I've dealt with severe depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. I tried to kill myself more than once and now I want to help other teens who are having trouble.
Education/Credentials In college studying psychology among other subjects. Plus life experience.
Expert: Emily Date: 7/11/2008 Subject: Somethings wrong am i going crazy
Question I'm 19 years old and have had a troubling past with horrific results. But I'm now engage to a wonderful man and I'm afraid i might lose him if i don't change. everything was easy when i didn't know anything about him. But after i found out he has been with around 10 girls including his best friend i got paranoid. I didn't want him near her or even talking to her. I didn't want him to talk to any girl. Everyone in my life has lied to me, kept things from me, or hurt me horribly. I want him to leave his old life behind, i want to be his best and only friend. but that so selfish of me. I'm so use to being miserable, i don't know how to happy. I'm so use to being lied to, i don't know how trust. he says i do make him happy but i feel miserable. what can i do?whats wrong with me?
Answer Hi Lisa. It sounds to me like your past is really affecting you now and I believe you should get this dealt with. You don’t want this to keep affecting your relationship and your life in general. The best thing to do is to start seeing a counsellor because you need to talk about your past, as scary as that sounds, and learn to deal with what happened, and you are quite likely to be suffering from a mental illness due to it, possibly depression or anxiety. Getting help is really the first step, and there’s not much more you can do until you’ve done that. Best of luck with everything.
