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SEEKING HELP - EMERGENCIES
If you are
experiencing any of the following symptoms, seek professional help
immediately: memory problems; feeling disoriented or out of touch with
reality, even temporarily; suicidal or homicidal thoughts;
self-destructive behavior, such as substance abuse or self-mutilation;
hyperventilation, extreme nausea; hemorrhaging,
uncontrollable shaking; irregular heartbeat; hallucinations
(visual or auditory), increased symptoms of a preexisting medical or
psychiatric problem; fear of being or becoming out-of-control, or any
intense, new or unexplained pain.
If you cannot contact a licensed mental health professional immediately,
call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
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