Originally Posted by mimi03
Starbuck8, are you a psychiatrist? I will assume you arent, I ask this question b/c it is very important when helping someone with a mental problem to first of all diagnose it correctly and since you arent a professional you shouldnt tell a complete stranger that they have a mental disorder no matter how familiar it sounds to you. The truth is the symptoms she listed can be attributed to a number of disorders (Mood, Anxiety, Personality or even a Somatoform Disorder)...
She needs professional help, the only thing anyone here can do for her is encourage her to seek that help.
Mental disorders are serious and therefore require (an educated) professional's diagnosis and treatment.
Looking at her other posts, I would venture to say that she may have a mental disorder but with my limited knowledge of them I can't say that she does or even specify and I wish others would consider this a delicate situation and do the same (refrain from giving her uneducated, unprofessional guesses)!