Thanks for the replys thus far. I realize now that I have potential, but getting it to resurface is very difficult. I think i posted that i actually get sick when attempting to study or do homework. Not fun at all. However, when i read something i am interested in, this forum foe example, i cant get away from it. If i could channel that effort into doing homework, i would be set for life... As for my g-f, I do everything i can to help her, but thus far with only some success. She does smile more often now, but her memories of her past sometimes rise up and haunt her. I'm running out of ideas on how to help her, she refuses professional help, becuase she can't talk about that kinda stuff with strangers. She told me things that she hasn't told anyone else, not even the case workers who took her from her parents when they finally found out about it. I have though about hypnosis, maybe i could learn how to hypnotize her and help her that way, but I want to be really sure I'm not doing more harm than good. Again, Thanks for the replys, i hope to see more. P.S. do you have a Yahoo SN youngpr'er? I am 19 and always looking for people to share my knowledge of various things i am intersted in with. (rcwarships, electronics stuff, anything computer, mechanics of engines especially the quasiturbine engine, and many other things to chat about) Mine is hightek_redneck02@yahoo.com , and i have Y!Messenger.