Archive for October, 2005

My parents and OCD

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Q. I was the person who asked the question calle "Weird Symmetry Thing". You suggested I tell my parents. Well, I've told my parents several times and they either laugh it off or tell me to chill and stop being so tense. This also happens ...

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Boyfriend won’t get help from a therapist

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, October 14th, 2005

Q. Hi, my boyfriend is suffering from depression and he refuses to get help for it. He started telling me last year that he was depressed and he would cry to me and when he drank alcohol it would get even worse. He ...

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Misdiagnosis

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, October 14th, 2005

Q. I have been seeing psychiatrist(s) for over 5 years now and feel I have progressed into other illness categories. At the time originally, I was diagnosed as Bipolar Atypical w/Psychotic fea. I was hospitalized 6 or 7 times since then with a past ...

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Why am I being stalked?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, October 7th, 2005

Q. This year has been a difficult one for me, I lost my job at a company that was bought out and sold, so now I am living on unemployment and have returned to college. Before my job ended, I took classes to be a ...

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I’m wondering if I should worried about my behavior lately

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, October 7th, 2005

Q. I recently have been completely out of character for myself. I've had alot of excess stress, but I still don't think it indicitive of how I've been acting. I'm usaully a shy and quite person. Lately I've been bouncing off the walls. I'll have ...

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Weird symmetry thing

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, October 7th, 2005

Q. I have this thing with symmetry. I NEED symmetry. If, for instance, I hit my elbow on the table, I have to hit my other elbow on the table so that it feels the same as the first one. This goes for anything ...

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A friend with a very serious dilema

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Q. My friend came to me today and told me that she has been cutting herself. I see therapist and get help for what I am going through but when she speaks to her fasther about this he tells her to just stop it ...

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What is the point, really? Is there really a point to life for every person?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Q. We're told so many times NOT to think in black-and-white terms and I think, in part, that means understanding that the "always" and "never" rarely, if ever, apply. Yet a large number of people seem to think that EVERY person should want ...

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