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Old Jul 17, 2009, 12:28 PM
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Hey, not sure where this would go, but...

My name is Cassandra, I'm 20, and I live with my parents and younger brother. About 6-7 months ago, we started taking care of someone else's kids because their mother had DFACS called on her (for a minor thing), and now I think I might be going crazy or something. I used to be able to handle stress well, but now it feels like something in my head snapped, and I can barely go through one day without crying. I know it shouldn't be this bad, but even using techniques I learned from pulling myself out of depression at 15 aren't helping. Breathing techniques don't work, mental exercises don't work anymore, it just feels like I can't control my emotions at all. My parents are stressing about me and the kids, and I want to be a help, not a hinderance. It just feels like something is very, very wrong, and I don't know what it could be, and it's scaring me to death.

I'm being treated for depression and ADHD, and other than the above, I don't feel depressed most of the time.
I'm just scared by what it might mean.

If you have any advice/input, my thanks in advance.

Baruch HaShem,
Cassandra
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