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I went and tried to donate blood today. I drank a lot of water, about 50 oz and ate a lot of food before I went. I have really small and deep veins, but they were able to get a vein to work. However, after about 5 or 8 minutes, they came over and told me that they would have to stop the donation (it was plasma) because it wasn't moving fast enough. They only got about 100mL/ Why does my blood flow soo slow? I do have poor circulation to my hands and feet

To my understanding, Jesus was a Jew who was the Son of God (I'm Catholic). But Jewish people believe he is only a prophet. Why is that? I'm not looking to belittle Jewish people, I am honestly curious, because I've often wondered if Jesus was Jewish, why don't Jewish people believe he is the Son of God as it is said in the New Testament.

How do you know if you've had a panic attack?

All day I've been feeling a sense of dread and anxiety. I wasn't sure why, but I went to church. Well, as soon as i got there, things went down hill. I was ok at first, but I started getting really shaking and light headed. I shrugged it off (I do have really bad anxiety, and get moments when I'm shaky). But as church went on, I feel worse and worse. My heart started racing and I ended up sitting with my head between my knees because I felt like I was going to black out, and had my arms over my head. My poor friend had no idea what was going on, and asked if I wanted to go outside. I said yes and fled, and as soon as I stood up, I started hyperventilating. I hyperventilated outside for several minutes, before I finally could breathe. While I was outside, it felt like I was going to die, my heart was racing, my limbs went numb.

Was this a panic attack? I can't even say why I was panicking, but I felt super fearful and anxious. It's odd though, now I feel relaxed and sleepy. Why?

I have really liked one of my guy friends for a long time, probably about 2 years. I finally got enough courage to tell him how I felt, and when I did, I just said that I really liked him, and had for a while, and hoped this wouldn't make this awkward between us. I caught him by surprise, and he just mumbled an "Ok". I left mortified, but he never did say anything more to me, so I am still unsure how he feels. However, we are still really good friends, and there isn't awkardness between us.

BUT

I've noticed a few interesting things. The reason why I finally told him, was because I thought maybe he liked me( always concerned about me, asked me to prom and when something came up and he couldn't go to prom, he took me to dinner and made me brownies.) This was all before I told him. The first few weeks after I told him, it was a bit awkward, we were more reserved, but now it's fine. But he still does things for me or towards me that he doesn't with our other female friends. Just always more kind to, he always makes eye contact even though he doesn't with anyone else, always looks towards me etc. I've noticed he also mirrors my movements a lot. If I sit one way, he'll mimick me. If I move, so does he. I simply thought nothing of it until today. Today I was talking to him after class, when a freshman knocked into me(i'm a senior) . It was odd because there was plenty of space around us, but when the freshman did, he just completely glared at him.

I'm a 17 year old female, who has suffered from anxiety since I was about 7 (then it was separation anxiety, now it is social and general anxiety with panic attacks). I was sexual abused when I was 12 by a cousin, and my extended family denied it ever happened, even to this day. Anyway, last October I began to kind of feel down a lot, just not myself. I felt sad a lot and repressed a lot of things, I merely shrugged it off, and thought nothing of it. But around April, I began to feel really sad, and empty and numb a lot. I talked with one of my friends (who suffers from depression) and realized what I was feeling is how she felt when she was depressed. However, I didn't ask for any help, and consequently started to self harm. I stopped a few months ago, but I still catch myself absent mindely running pen caps, scissors etc across my wrist. I don't do it consciously, but when I realize what I am doing, I quickly stop and put the object down. I'm not as depressed as before (there's an online test I found on APA, that I take every few weeks. I have gone from the "severely" depressed category to the "moderate severe" category). I'm not suicidal or self-harm, but I still feel really empty, numb, sad and wish I would die sometimes (I won't do anything to kill myself though). I just generally have lost interest in things i used to like; the last few days it's gotten pretty bad, that my friends have noticed.

My question is am I attention seeking in any way? I mean sometimes I

How do you deal with an attention seeker and give them help? I hang out with a group of about 15 people (I'm a senior in high school), and there is this one girl who is always attention seeking and being dramatic. For example, last year she refused to eat. Now let me say, I don't doubt that she had an eating issue, but she was not quiet about it. She would go around and tell all of our friends how she didn't eat breakfast, or how she only ate cereal the day before. Some friends intervened and started to try and give her food, and when that didn't work they told her parents( both her parents are at home a lot, and she has a good home life). I have known people who have an eating disorder, and they are quiet about it, whereas she would be super loud about it and make comments like "Oh I didn't eat today" constantly. After the whole eating thing was over, she would constantly stir up drama between different people (like starting rumors, playing the he/she said game etc). Earlier this year she went through a period of depression, but same thing, she was super attention seeking about it. She would always mope around, and cry and complain about how sad she was. The thing is, probably half of my friends, myself included, suffer from depression. But not a single one of us was outspoken and self-pitying about it.She would constantly be rude to people & whine about how sad and how much her life sucked. I feel for her, I have depression too, but I've NEVER met a depressed person who

I will occasionally get cystic acne along my jawline, or at my temple. I usually put a sulfur based spot treatment on for a few days over night, and use hot compresses, and usually within a week it's gone.

However, I got a spot a few weeks ago at my temple. Using a hot compress, I was able to get out the gunk. However, it turned right back around into another huge cystic spot, and refuses to go away. I've been using spot treatments, lotions etc, and it's stuck there. I'm at a loss of what to do. I can't really go to a dermatologist right now. Is there anything I can do to get it to go away?

What is social anxiety? How does it differ from other anxiety disorders? I was wondering, because I'm 17 , and I've never been outgoing and I've always been super shy. I always thought it was just shyness, but talking to other shy friends, I realized mine is extreme and causes me physical symptoms that don't go away For example, whenever I have to eat food in public or ask for something I get super nervous and panicky and won't eat food. I had to order food yesterday, and I knew what I wanted but when I went up to order I panicked and instead only got water. Also, if I'm around a lot of people I freak out. I had to be in a room today with a lot of people, and it was so overwhelming that I couldn't breathe, my heart started to race, I got sweaty and I had to leave and wasn't able to go back in.

I'm a 17 year old female with depression (runs in the family and I fit with a lot of the signs). I'm not on anything currently, though my mom knows, and she is looking into alternative supplements besides anti-depressants. One thing I notice is that I'll be feeling depressed (it's not major depression, more of dysthymic disorder, aka constant state of low mood but not as severe) for several days to a few weeks, (ie not wanting to get up, feeling hopeless, just sitting and doing nothing, loosing enjoyment in my hobbies) then I'll have any where from 1-3 days of happiness then sink right back into depression. It's not bipolar, I don't get extreme happiness, more of I feel like I'll be ok. Then the happiness goes away and I feel depressed again. Is this normal? Sometimes I'll wake up feeling like everything is ok, and I'll even have a really good day, but by evening thoughts creep back into my mind.

I've really liked one of my guy friends for a long time (I'm 17) and told him a month ago. Unfortunately he never gave me an answer back. I was surprised he didn't answer, because he had invited me to prom, paid for my movie tickets etc, and done other sweet things a normal friend wouldn't. However, I just assumed maybe I was reading into it, and we have continued to be friends, and nothing is awkward between us. I've noticed though,he still is doing really sweet things though, not that I'm complaining, but he doesn't do the same things for our female friends. For example he will always make eye contact and stand super close, when he doesn't for anyone else. Or since I usually look down a lot, he'll nudge my shoe to get my attention or tap my shoulder and then grin when I look up( a few other friends look down too but he doesn't do the same, he'll just say their name and not make physical contact). And today one of our female friends tried to sit next to me in class (we were changing seats) and he told her to move because he's been sitting by me since the beginning of the year. And it wasn't that he didn't have any other friends in the class, he has several. I've also caught him staring at me at church and at school, then if I look over he sheepishly smiles at me.

I'm not really sure what to think, I'm trying to not over think it, and just accept we are friends, however his actions are confusing, and I want to be sure I don't act in some way that'll make things awkward.

I noticed whenever I ingest any type of mint: peppermint, mint, spearmint etc, I get really bad stomach aches. However if I chew mint gum nothing happens. I only get stomach aches if I eat mint or any type of mint candy or tea (methol as well, I get stomach aches from cough drops as well) Am I allergic to mint? Or is it I'm just sensitive to it? My mom says I'm not allergic to it if I'm able to chew it, but when I ingest it I get stomach aches.

I have pretty bad social anxiety and moderate general anxiety along with a bit of depression. While it's not under control, it's pretty manageable. I was at a friend's house the other night, and I was just sitting on her floor waiting for her to get out of the shower. While doing that, my mind was wondering, but I wasn't thinking about anything upsetting. Suddenly I couldn't breathe and my heart started racing and my palms got really sweating. It felt like I was going to die, I couldn't even move or yell out for help. Scared me half to death. But after 5 minutes it went away and nothing happened the rest of the night. What was that? Was it a panic attack? i've never had one, I've had anxiety attacks where I can't breathe, but that's because something is giving me anxiety, whereas this time I was just hanging out.

I have pretty bad social anxiety and moderate general anxiety along with a bit of depression. While it's not under control, it's pretty manageable. I was at a friend's house the other night, and I was just sitting on her floor waiting for her to get out of the shower. While doing that, my mind was wondering, but I wasn't thinking about anything upsetting. Suddenly I couldn't breathe and my heart started racing and my palms got really sweating. It felt like I was going to die, I couldn't even move or yell out for help. Scared me half to death. But after 5 minutes it went away and nothing happened the rest of the night. What was that? Was it a panic attack? i've never had one, I've had anxiety attacks where I can't breathe, but that's because something is giving me anxiety, whereas this time I was just hanging out.

I have been raised Catholic my whole life (I'm 17). My family never went to church much, only on Eastern and Christmas, but in the last year, I started going back to church and got confirmed and remain going to church every Sunday.

I know some of the big differences between Catholics and Protestants. But I was wondering the beliefs of Protestants vs. Catholic beliefs. I'm not looking to hate, I'm just curious, as I have many Protestant friends as well as many Catholic friends.

1. Catholics believe in transubstantiation but Protestants don't. Why do Protestants believe in consubstantiation?

2. Catholics pray to saints. I know Protestants don't, but do Protestants believe in saints or no? Someone told me Protestants regard all those following Jesus as saints, but I find that hard to believe (correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't sound like a Protestant belief)

3. Catholics believe in salvation by grace, meaning you are saved if you do corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Protestants believe it's by faith alone, why?

4. How do Protestants regard Mary?

5. How do Protestants regard the Pope? I know they don't follow him, but I was curious the view point

6. Do Protestants believe in limbo and purgatory?

7. Are there any sacraments in Protestantism?

8. In general non denomination Christianity, are there any certain things that are done at every service?

So I've really liked one of my guy friends for a long time, and told him so last Sunday. Well since he was driving me back to my car, and I said it right before I got out, he didn't answer me because he was shocked. He's been gone all week, but I probably won't see him until Sunday, so I won't know until then.

My question is if he says he likes me as a friend, how should I answer then act?

I'm okay if we are just friends, but we are really close friends, and we have a more caring relationship. Like he has other friends who are girls, but he doesn't care about them as much. Not trying to be self absorbed or anything, it's just we are really close friends.

What I mean by close friends is he always makes sure I'm comfortable (like movie night at his house with a bunch of friends, I was on the floor with other girl friends, but he only kept making sure I was comfortable). Or he sits by me at church when I'm alone, asks about my day, teases me etc.

Every one of my friends think it'll go well, but I want to be prepared if it doesn't. They also agree we are super close, and I don't want to ruin our friendship if the romantic feelings aren't returned.

I finally got the nerve to tell one of my guy friends that I really like him. (I'm super shy). I have a few questions:)

1. We went to go see a movie, but when we were buying tickets he paid for mine. Same when we bought snacks. Was he being nice as a friend or more? And during the movie, he kept leaning against me, but this was before I told him.

2. We went in his truck, then after the movie, he drove me back to my car (parked at our church). I wanted to chicken out, but when he parked his truck, I stammered out "I don't want to ruin our friendship, but I really like you, and have for a while. I hope this doesn't make things awkward and we can still be friends either way it goes." I caught him off guard, because he said, "Oh ok". I literally got out as fast as I could, and when I was leaving he said "Goodnight". He didn't sound angry, quite the opposite, he sounded kind of happy.

My question is that was last night, and I haven't heard anything. If a guy didn't like you back, would they say so right away? He knew I was embarrassed, my voice said everything. I'm just unsure what to do, but am leaving it for the moment. I didn't wait for his response. I was just really red and trying to get out of there. Would he text or call me to talk? I'm just so unsure what to do! He is gone until Friday at a camp thing, so he won't answer me until then, but he had time to last night but didn't.

I finally got the nerve to tell one of my guy friends that I really like him. (I'm super shy). I have a few questions:)

1. We went to go see a movie, but when we were buying tickets he paid for mine. Same when we bought snacks. Was he being nice as a friend or more? And during the movie, he kept leaning against me, but this was before I told him.

2. We went in his truck, then after the movie, he drove me back to my car (parked at our church). I wanted to chicken out, but when he parked his truck, I stammered out "I don't want to ruin our friendship, but I really like you, and have for a while. I hope this doesn't make things awkward and we can still be friends." I caught him off guard, because he said, "Oh ok". I literally got out as fast as I could, and when I was leaving he said "Goodnight". He didn't sound angry, quite the opposite, he sounded kind of happy.

My question is that was about 2 hours ago, and I haven't heard anything. If a guy didn't like you back, would they say so right away? He knew I was embarrassed, my voice said everything. I'm just unsure what to do, but am leaving it for the moment.

I've really liked one of my guy friends for over a year, and finally am going to tell him how I feel on Sunday. I'm super shy so I'm kinda freaking out. I'm thinking of saying something like "I don't want to ruin our friendship, but I really like you, and have for a long time. I don't want to make things awkward, and want to remain friends either way." What do I do if he says he doesn't return the feelings? I'm afraid it'll be awkward if he doesn't like me and knows I do. Or what do I do if he does like me? Any help is appreciated! I'm really nervous!

Let me also say I'm 17, and he'd be my first boyfriend, and we are both super shy. I'm shy and nervous because I have really bad social anxiety.

I've really liked one of my guy friends for over a year, and finally am going to tell him how I feel on Sunday. I'm super shy so I'm kinda freaking out. I'm thinking of saying something like "I don't want to ruin our friendship, but I really like you, and have for a long time. I don't want to make things awkward, and want to remain friends either way." What do I do if he says he doesn't return the feelings? I'm afraid it'll be awkward if he doesn't like me and knows I do. Or what do I do if he does like me? Any help is appreciated! I'm really nervous!

Ok, so I've really liked one of my guy friends for a very long time, but am too shy to say anything or jeopardize the friendship. I think he might like me back, but I'm not sure. Ways to hint I like him? (We flirt a lot already)

Things he does

-I go to church alone, and he always sits next to me. But when my bestie came, even though he knows her, he didn't sit by us

- In mass when we join hands to sing, he always holds mine tight, and so our arms and shoulders are touching, and lingers when he lets go

- When we do signs of peace, he gives me hug, but lingers but does the pat on the back hug

- He finds any excuse to talk to me

-He mimics me. If I cross my arms he does the same. Or if we are in church and I move my legs he does too

-He watches out for me. Not sure if its as friends, but I had to usher at church and he explained everything but still whisper when to do stuff. Then when we were walking to come back, he kept checking to make sure I was next to him.

- We've gone to the drive in together. Although we aren't dating, we shared blankets, and he was obsessive with making sure I was warm enough, to the point of giving me extra blankets and offering his sweatshirt

-I went to dinner with his family, and his mom kept looking at us knowingly. When his younger sister spilt his mom's wine, it landed on me, and he got super pissed and kept checking to see if I was ok after it spilt