text: please be easier on yourself.  it sounds like you're into beating yourself up---emotionally.  that will not help your condition.\nin your question, you write about be obsessed with certain ideas problems, etc.  this could indicate Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  this could be an EMOTIONAL disorder, not a mental disorder.  mental disorder sounds so insulting and negative.  \nthere is help.  see a pyschiatrist ASAP.  talk therapy, combined with drug therapy can work miracles to help you to overcome this illness.  the doctor will prescribed particular medication designed to address elimination of the obsessive thoughts and actions.\ni've been there, done that!  you can't solve this condition alone and the more you ignore the situation, the worse it becomes.\nplease seek professional help.  it's 2006.  you don't need to suffer one day longer than you already have.  you have the RIGHT to llive a peaceful, content life.\ngood luck!