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New Job
5/9/2008 8:30:33 AM beautyispain
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One of my friend just got a new job but doesn't have a car and has some major bills to pay.  But I've heard a lot of people say that because they're getting a job, they need to open up a credit card to pay for work clothes, gas, etc... I don't think that's a smart thing to do.. wadu think? 
Sick on purpose
5/9/2008 8:36:11 AM beautyispain
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Do you know anyone that's got sick on purpose just to lose weight?  I've seen people do this a few times..  I lose weight when I have some motivation like a date or wedding, but other than that it's like Food!? Where!??? lol
RE: Drinking water?
5/9/2008 8:58:20 AM beautyispain
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My mom drinks soo much water and now she looks like she's 25 I swear.  People think she's my sister, maybe water keeps you looking young too :P
RE: deprivation of sunlight causes depression
5/9/2008 9:10:02 AM beautyispain
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I think it's called photosensitivity, but it's mostly if  you have a disease, then the sun makes you more sensitive and can increase your symptoms.  Or certain medications can make you sun sensitive.  I don't think it could actually cause depression, but if you have skin conditions related to sunlight, it could increase your chances of depression.
My mom has sunspots and can't go out during the day very much.. I don't think it affects her very much, but sometimes I'm like lets go for a walk or go to the store and she complains and has to wear a hat. 
RE: Ketamine Dangers
5/9/2008 9:23:30 AM beautyispain
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Ketamine is a very powerful tranquelizer, it's used for horses too.  If it can kill you after only a few doses, I can imagine the affects being really powerful. 
RE: Family Love
5/20/2008 3:28:30 PM beautyispain
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Lol that's pretty harsh, ususally my mom will warn me or something.  But besides everything, my moms always been really supportive, always stuck to my side no matter what.
RE: "At least they're doing it at home"
5/20/2008 4:08:20 PM beautyispain
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"Gee thanks mom, meth!  What a great present!"  Can you imagine... these poor parents don't realize the damage they're doing to their kids.  I think almost all parents would feel genuinely bad for getting their kids taken from them and it would be a wake up call for them.
Preteens
5/29/2008 2:06:08 PM beautyispain
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A study found that young children are increasingly being diagnosed with eating disorders.  Children as young as eight years old were being diagnosed with anorexia and most children being diagnosed were eleven- many of them being admitted to a hospital.  At least 50 percent of the children tested had severe issues with starvation.  They were unable to maintain a normal heart rate or blood pressure or temperature, to the point that these kids were at risk of dying from their eating disorders.  An eight year old with anorexia is scary to me... I've had problems with the way I ate in the past, but none of it started until I was at least in high school.  But I never got to the point of hospitalization.  Eight years old.. even eleven is too young to be worrying about your weight.  They're going to stunt their growth and probably have a lifelong battle with their body image.
RE: Catching a Porn Addiction Early...
6/12/2008 11:12:31 AM beautyispain
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    I think it's best to just set your standards early.  If you don't agree with pornography and don't want your boyfriend/girlfriend to be viewing it, then tell them, because your just going to end up fighting about it later on.  I remember I found out that my ex watched porn about once a week.  I didn't say anything, because it honestly didn't bother me, because I knew that he wasn't ever going to meet these girls and he would never even flirt with girls.  But then he wanted me to watch it with him, and porn absolutely doesn't do anything for me, I really don't like it.  But I would once in a while, to keep him happy, and then he wanted to have a three some.  That's when it was too much for me, I regret not telling him early on that I don't agree with that. 
    Any addiction can change someone, and porn changes people.  Sex was never a topic before, and after he started viewing it, sex was always on his mind. 
RE: Children's Weight Management Do's and Don'ts
6/12/2008 11:19:30 AM beautyispain
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Lol I was like that too, I would always be roller blading, going to the park, everything.. even at school I would play sports at recess.  The more weight you put on when you're young, the more likely you are to be overweight when you become a teenager and adult.  Every kid goes through a chunky stage, mine was in sixth grade and it was when I wasn't doing any sports,  but I changed my eating habits to make up for it.  So now I realize how important it is to teach your kids healthy eating habits when they're little so they have extra room to grow and not worry about putting on too much weight. 
RE: Hollywood to Blame
6/12/2008 2:04:41 PM beautyispain
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When I was a teenager, I always heard the saying, "Kids are resilient."  It's so true, although kids can be really impressionable, they are resilient.  They can go around thinking about and focused on this trend or celeb. and then they move on, they're able to adjust easily.  And in the media, celebs eventually get what's coming to them. There will always be celebs that are messed up, but they come and go.  The good celebs that stay out of trouble are long-lasting and ultimately make the best impression.
Some Femenism
6/12/2008 3:00:04 PM beautyispain
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Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far she might have got? If she never takes off her high-heeled shoes, how will she ever know how far she could walk or how fast she could run?

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.
RE: New Kid on the Block
6/12/2008 4:36:06 PM beautyispain
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That's sooo good that you decided to quit.  I'm glad you have a supportive family to count on.  I didn't really have the guts to come clean to my parents, instead I kept it to myself and it made things 1 million times harder for me.  I didn't have withdrawals so much, but the cravings held me back a lot.  I'm still in recovery, but a completely different person than I was a month ago.  Well, it's nice to have you here by the way!
RE: Creative Addicts
7/7/2008 8:18:32 AM beautyispain
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In some cases, what you're saying is kind of true.  Many addicts feel like drugs make them more creative.  A lot of times people use mushrooms to become more creative, and overall enjoyable.  In the long run though, drugs change your personality and everything about you.  Hardly anyone has the will power to only try a drug once. 
RE: Infant anorexia
7/7/2008 8:57:50 AM beautyispain
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I've heard about this before, it's really weird.  The disorder is basically when your baby has an unhealthy relationship with food.  Maybe you should switch the food he's eating, make sure it actually tastes good as well as healthy. Also, monitor the environment you're feeding your child in.  I can hardly eat in loud restaurants, your baby is probably the same way. 
RE: All this because of a sex addiction?
7/7/2008 9:32:59 AM beautyispain
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This has been in the media an awful lot.  And you're right, it's obvious he did it.  He was also planning on killing himself, but was too big of a coward to do it, so he fled to his parent's house in Europe.  This man had to have developed a mental disorder, he show his wife and daughter while they were sleeping in bed, how horrible!?  I hope his story can be a warning sign of what not to do for people that are experiencing a sex addiction. 
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