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Judith Asner Have you tried recovering from Bulimia, but having great difficulty? Or maybe you just gave up completely? Or you're wondering what does it take to be successful in your recovery efforts?

When it comes to treating bulimia, there is no such thing as "it doesn't work." Yet psychotherapist and site owner of Beat Bulimia, Judith Asner, says she gets emails like that all the time from people who seem to have given up. Ms. Asner says you keep seeking, practicing, revising your plan until it works, changing this and that piece till the pieces fit.

Read the transcript from Saturday's chat with Judith Asner, MSW.

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Can't Get No Satisfaction?

You may be focusing on the wrong things, study says

You might think living in the lap of luxury with tons of money would make most people happy.

You'd be wrong, a new study says.

Instead, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia say the keys to satisfaction are the ability to choose what you do, being effective, having close relationships and self-esteem.

"Our background is in self-determination theory, which says autonomy, competence and relatedness are the three fundamentals involved with human psychological needs," says Kennon M. Sheldon, the study's lead author. "So we took those three, and compared them to others to see which one would end up on top in a head-to-head competition."

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Teens Talk About Rape Nearly 60 percent of all rape victims are under age 18. And, nearly all are raped by someone they know. The younger the victim, the more likely it is a family member. This award-winning film tells teens what they need to know about rape and why victims are never to blame for crimes of sexual violence.

What makes these mental health films different and so moving is that they describe the impact of physical and sexual violence and misperceptions on their victims. And for the most part, these stories are told in the victim's or sufferer's own words.

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Lost2 wrote:

I made an appointment to start therapy again. This time I swore to tell the truth but I am terrified. I have done the therapy thing before (a few times) but I am never totally honest. I can't seem to face the past it still hurts too much. At the same time don't know if I can face the future either. Never told a theapist about my si. What if they try to make me quit? Can I quit? Do I want to quit? I know I need to stop and I haven't been able to help myself.

I am so scared. I hope I can do it.

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Inside the Life of A Self-Injurer

"Hi i just wanted to tell everyone i was a guest on HealthyPlace.com radio show Sat. night "LIVE" talk show!!! it was great!!!!! i got to tell my story and was asked questions about SI ~when & where I started & what set me off to cut! if any of you heard me I hope i was of some help to you!!!! Love to all~ Misty "

When it comes to self-injury, a lot of people just don't get it. Why would anyone get pleasure or emotional satisfaction out of cutting or burning themselves?

Listen to "Inside the Life of A Self-Injurer" when you click here.

Surviving Rape

We have received many emails from our listeners who shared their experiences and feelings about "Surviving Rape". Here's a sample:

From Patsy:
"I sit here and I feel the memories in my being. NO one to comfort me, no one to listen to me, seems no one who cares. My husband is non-supportive, fear plays a lot into it. He has done much damage himself. I am going to therapy now."

Listen to "Surviving Rape" when you click here.

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"Controlling People"
on HealthyPlace.com Radio

Does this sound like someone you know?

Always needs to be right
Tells you who you are and what you think
Implies that you're wrong or inadequate when you don't agree
Is threatened by people different from him or herself
Feels attacked when questioned
Doesn't seem to really hear or see you

This Saturday, find out what it takes to free yourself from controlling types; the kinds of people who inflict verbal abuse, battering, stalking, harassment, hate crimes, gang violence, tyranny, terrorism, and territorial invasion. And you can call in and ask our psychiatrist what to do about your personal situation.

Join us this Saturday evening at 4 p.m. PST, 6 CST, 7 EST as we discuss this problem. You can call in and share your stories and ask our psychiatrist your personal questions.

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We had a great show last week on "The Life of One Gay Teen". You can listen to it when you visit our archives.

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Nick's Journal

Pain is Only Weakness Leaving the Body

Nick - Self Injury Community Journaler i am so pissed. ok, so i wrote about how i went out with that guy from work and it was ok, whatever. well, 8 in the morning my manager calls and is telling me that he told larry all this shit i said and of course larry told pam. larry is the biggest gossip i have ever met. but anyway it's like that game telephone line it got all distorted and pam thinks i told jordan that she's being fired and i'm taking her place and i never said anything like that. jesus, it's like i'm in elementary school again. i did tell jordan stuff like her bigger screw ups. the thing, what the hell? ok so now i'm going to play the other side. i shouldn't have said anything to him that i didn't want to get out, but i thought he was a friend and i needed to blow off steam. i was pissed at her because she keeps changing the schedule without telling me. then when i confront her about it she says she didn't do it. so anyway i was sewing the seeds of dissent, tell him don't say anything, and then he blabs to the one person you do not blab to. these people don't even seem real. they're so ridiculous i feel like it's a sitcom. there's larry the stereotypical gay gossip, jordan the goth who apparently can't be trusted, pam the slightly neurotic pathological liar with a lower self esteem than me if you can believe that, and me who tries to be the perfect employee while scratching the cuts under my work shirt. i'm beginning to wonder where all the sane people are hiding. i just want to strangle jordan. ugh. so my concert was ok. she had these horn players and they drowned her out, it sucked. oh, but then there was this girl that i went to high school with. her dad and my mom work together, so anyway she invited me to a concert on the 11th. melissa ferrick. i checked her out and her music is too folky for me, but it gets me out of the house. oh, and the girl, sonya, is gay so don't get any ideas. actually ani has a large gay following which my mother didn't know, but quickly picked up on. she's pretty homophobic. if two girls want to hold hands at a concert i don't care, but my mom gets completely disgusted. my family is pretty intolerant. i'm all pissed and stressed now, grr. i need a vacation. bye.