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In your other post you mentioned that you're terrified of being alone, you've been crying everyday for the past two weeks while your girlfriend has been away and, at 22, you were scared because the landlord was out of the house and you were going to have to be there alone for the night.

Hate to say it- but you really ARE too dependent and insecure when it comes to yourself and relationships right now.

Do you have any idea why you are like this?  What past issues brought this on? 

For now, just work on the little things.  Tell your girlfriend your feelings AND tell her that you know that they are completely irrational.  Remind yourself that you ARE still alive and typing after two weeks alone, that you DID spend a night by yourself and you're ok now.  Work on small goals of independent accomplishment.

The more secure you get with yourself, the less insecure you will get of perceived threats.

LuckyAlbatross

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ORIGINAL: candystripper
i have never forgotten our very first go-round, in which you "diagnoised" a poster as bi-polar based upon your alleged perception of her other posts.  As you may recall, ModOne pulled it.

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i have not read all the Op's posts, but responded based upon what she wrote here in the Op.  i fail to see how else a rational and thoughtful response can be framed, other than by responding to what has been written, not what one infers about a poster's personality deficits garnered by any means of shifting through other posts by the Op.

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 Finally, this habit you have of attempting to provide therapy via these boards could be a dangerous and is an annoying habit. 

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Yup.  And that person and I have remained in private email contact, with said person finally agreeing that they were indeed bi-polar and in need of therapy.

LuckyAlbatross

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If i see someone who appears to have some mental health needs, i suggest that they may want to seek professional help. That's as far as i go, and frankly, i strongly feel that is as far as any advice should go in real life or on the internet.

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i have no dog in this fight, but as an RN with over 5 years experience in Mental Health Nursing, i must comment on the tendency for people these days to throw around the diagnosis of Bipolar Personality Disorder. i have tended to many a Bipolar on the Mental Health Unit i worked on, and i see this diagnosis thrown around willy-nilly by armchair internet Psychiatrists.
Please, let me stress this point: The only person qualified to make a diagnosis of BPD is a Psychiatrist. A Psychiatrist, unlike a Psychologist, is also an MD, and the on;y person qualified to make a diagnosis. As a Mental Health Nurse, i can make care plans, provide therapy, administer medications, but i absolutely cannot diagnose.Guess what? Neither can any of you, and it becomes dangerous to suggest to a person in need of ANY mental health treatment that they are Bipolar. A person cannot self-diagnosis, either....agreeing that they are Bipolar has no basis in Medicine, either.
That being said, based on my reading of various posts, i see a lack of knowledge of the behavioral criteria necessary to warrant a diagnosis of Bipolar from a Psychiatrist. It seems every fifteenth person imeet these days claims to be Bipolar, or they are diagnosing friends/family/lovers as such with no medical knowledge to back up the claim.
As i mentioned earlier, i am an RN with over 5 years experience working on an inpatient Mental Health Unit, and i NEVER attempt to diagnose anyone at all. If i see someone who appears to have some mental health needs, i suggest that they may want to seek professional help. That's as far as i go, and frankly, i strongly feel that is as far as any advice should go in real life or on the internet.

slavemj

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What you say is true but no one has claimed to be anything more than someone giving advice.

Gauge