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• Does exercise ever actually do anything?
  

  Hmm… well getting back to your original question of what can you expect to see in as little as 2-3 weeks… my answer is not much. If you can’t even manage to fit in a nightly run of a few miles 3-4 days a week, and stick to it, you certainly don’t have the time to do exercise to the intensity you’d have to do it if you wanted visual results in such a short time. That would take 4 or 5 hours a DAY, of hard, hard work. So, I think by posting this you really wanted someone to tell you what you want to hear, which is either walking to the store will do it, or don’t bother at all ’cause it won’t matter. If you’re looking for reasons to give up, stop now and just give up anyway, save yourself the mental work of finding excuses. Your life isn’t going to improve until you get off your *** and make time to do the things you know you need to do. That’s all I got left for ya, man. Best of luck with it all.
  - written 8 months, 3 weeks ago

• 16.pregnant.options.
  

  I wouldn’t say you’re incapable…afterall, it happens everyday. You would BECOME capable, or else you’d be one of those irresponsible ****-tards of a mother but this doesn’t sound like you. In Africa I’m sure 16 yr olds have 10 kids already! But, they also don’t have opportunities for a job, travel, or much of a life at all, really, and they die a lot sooner. The case for abortion is the case for another chance at living your life for YOU. When you have a child, you devote your life to it, mainly. You don’t come first anymore. And in our society 16 is pretty darn young to be putting someone else’s life ahead of your own, you aren’t even officially an adult yet. And yes, there will always be remorse, tinges of regret, you can ‘what if’ yourself to death, but that’s simply the price you pay if you choose abortion. Don’t let that emotional trauma stop you, if you made the right descision your heart will heal. Life gets complicated the longer you live it, each new experience will color it and some will be happy and some won’t be. But it’s either You or the Baby, a mother is never the same once she’s brought life into the world. Good luck, dear.
  - written 8 months, 3 weeks ago

• I’m scared…
  

  Wow… your case is quite severe. Obviously I have no clue how you got this way, but something horrible must’ve happened, for which I’m so sorry you’ve had to endure it. Hmm… so none of the counselling has helped really? Have you tried giving up on it? I’ve found from my limited experience that the industry of mental health often makes people worse off, brainwashes them, if you will, into believing they’re vicitms and ALWAYS WILL BE, mostly to keep them coming back and paying their bills. I’d say definitly to not take drugs if you can help it, they’re largly untested and have awful side effects, and never solve the root problem.
  
  Hmm… I’m no doctor but I do know that people usually desensitize to things they do often enough. I’m sure you’ve heard all about this already. Do you have someone to leave the house with, to help you relax in case you have an ‘episode’? I really don’t have enough background info to say if any of this would help you, likely you’ve already been trying for years… if you’d like to email me privately you could, although like I said, I’m just a 25 yr. old girl who’s not ‘in the field’ and doesn’t know what it must be like to be you, but I’m a compassionate listner. :)
  - written 8 months, 3 weeks ago

• Does exercise ever actually do anything?
  

  Hmm… how’d you get depressed? I agree, sleep is more important than exercise, but still even a month isn’t long enough to see very noticiable results, especially if you’re starting at ground zero. But depression doesn’t usually come on all of a sudden like that, so that sounds suspicious to me…
  
  Well, you don’t have to wait until nighttime, unless you have other stuff you can’t get out of until then. If you must run at night wear a scarf over you mouth to breath through, it’ll help warm up the air and it won’t sting your lungs as bad. Trust me, people run MARATHONS ON THE NORTH POLE!!! It’s possible to go for a few miles in cold air without dying. As for the treadmill, I used to run without music too and yea it does get boring, but even then I stayed on that thing for at least 40 min at a time. Now that I’m up to doing 8 miles on it, sure I have music, but dude, toughen up. Promise, if you do you’ll be less likely to get depressed.
  - written 8 months, 3 weeks ago

• I developed feelings for a good guy friend of mine, really strong feelings.
  

  I see… yeah, be careful who you get too serious with now. Often people end up marrying their college sweetheart! If you don’t think he’s got hubby potential, maybe go light with things, have fun with him if you can, but don’t let it get too serious… you still have lots of time for that later (with someone with a little more balls, maybe?). This guy is afraid to fall in love. Which ultimately means he’s afraid of life. You don’t want that for a future husband. Trust me.
  - written 8 months, 3 weeks ago

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