QUESTION:
Dear Dr. Heller,
What is wrong with me? I feel like I have no reason to try in school. I feel like no one likes me and that when I hear people laughing I always think they are laughing about me. I don't do any homework from school. I'm failing school. I feel like I have no friends even though I do. I don't get out of my house except for school. I'm very shy. I don't like talking. I'm always mad at someone. I get annoyed very easily. I'm afraid of rejection. I freeze up around people and don't know what to say. Sometimes when I feel really down I feel suicidal - because the rest of my life will be miserable because I'm going to fail school. Do you have any idea what might be wrong with me?
ANSWER:
You likely have a number of diagnoses, very possibly the BPD. People like you are who I
wrote "Biological Unhappiness" for. The first step is treating the medically
treatable diagnoses found on my
screening test. After the
medications are right, counseling and retraining the brain are necessary.
There is no reason you can't have a happy, fulfilling and successful life.
