Archive for January, 2006

Frequency of accepting one’s mental illness

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 23rd, 2006
Q. Have you noticed any patterns in types of schizophrenia and the afflicted person's insight into there mental illness? A. Yes. Studies estimate that approximately fifty percent of people with schizophrenia are unaware of their illness. This phenomenon has existed for many years. ...
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My boyfriend wants to be my girlfriend

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 23rd, 2006
Q. I've been dating this guy for three years and I believe we're in love. I've known since we started dating that he enjoys wearing women's clothing and has thought about becoming a girl. I'm bisexual and a very open person so these things never ...
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My husband puposely would leave his bedroom door open so my 72 year old mother…

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 23rd, 2006
Q. ... could see him masterbate if she walked by. My mother lives with my husband and me and her bedroom was at the time right next to ours. In the mornings when I would get up with the kids and the only ones ...
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I am afraid to speak with my therapist about masturbation

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 23rd, 2006
Q. Hi, I am a shy, sensitive male who never actually met any single, attractive women. Since last june, 2005, I have been seeing a female therapist who has been very kind and compassionate with me. I always thought that talking about masturbation with a ...
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Schizophrenia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 23rd, 2006
Q. My eldest daughter, 38, is ill. She shows signs of schizophrenia and I am sure she also does drugs. She is on permanent SSI. I have not talked with for a while as she swears at me and I don't need it. Especially ...
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I think im being stalked

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, January 19th, 2006
Q: I think i am being stalked but am not sure the other day i was in carytown with my mom and my little brother i was eating at a subway when a man about 30 came in and immediatly started staring at me and ...
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Whats wrong with me?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Q. Hi, ive had alot of trouble from the day i was born, my mum had a hard life before all of us were born (me, my brother,17, and my sister,20,)she was an alcoholic all my life and came ill all the time from ...
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Should diagnosis of Manic Depression/Bipolar have been Schizoaffective Disorder?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Q. Diagnosed as bipolar, age 35. Recently symtoms have worsened & become more expansive with violent episodes. With the severe depression that followed a manic period I have found it very uncomfortable to leave the house (nausia & dizziness). I am coming out of ...
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How to accept ones self and move on/ avoiding bitterness

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, January 13th, 2006
Q. I'm a 38 year old man, I'm short and occasionally laughed at by people due to the fact that they consider me kind of goofy looking like Fred Flintstone or George Wendt. I'm not that overweight but broad and short, not very appealing to ...
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Tedium/Claustrophobic Feelings

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, January 13th, 2006
Q. : I woke up a little after 4AM having feelings of anxiety from conditions caused by sinusitus/cold. Often one area of my airways is almost closed if not totally. When other complications exacerbate this condition, I have dreams or feelings of tedium and claustrophic ...
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Boyfriend has problems getting an erection or maintaining one

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, January 13th, 2006
Q. : I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for about 5 months now. On 2 or 3 occasions since we met, he has lost his erection during intercourse. He's hard when penetrating but along the way, he loses his erection. Also, when ...
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Untreatable chronic depression

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, January 13th, 2006
Q. : I have been severely depressed for over 6 years and on many medication, combinations of medications and presently on this combo of different medications. Zoloft, Cymbalta,Trazadone,Dextroamphetamine,Fioricet ( chronic pain ), synthroid and hrt. Do these medications seem a bit overboard? I am so ...
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