Archive for March, 2006

Too Many Tears

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
Q. From a woman in Pakistan: i was engaged by birth with my cousion.then i became involve in that person.some resons make us seperated.his ankle want to marriage his with her daughter and there was many misunderstanding between us they make m alone even my ...
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Self Mutilation

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Q. I dont know where to start. Well, I am only fourteen years old and i guess i have been cutting myself since last year. I dont really know if I want to die. I can sometimes go a month whithout touching a razor, but ...
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I think I might be Bipolar II

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Q. I have had problems with my emotions and depression for quite a while, but it seems to be getting worse. I can feel so great and energetic and I will get these great ideas and then I get so depressed I don't want to ...
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Does this sound like i have an eating disorder?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Q. hello, okay i was just wondering if this sounds like an eating disorder to you: okay so on a normal day i will skip breakfast and lunch, i live home and so i am forced to eat supper, but if my parents go out ...
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The guy I am dating ex-girlfriend is pregant

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Q. Okay, I started talking to my best friends cousin when I was about 17 and he was 24, but the bad part was he had a girl friend that he had been dating for almost 3 months. Well we just hit it off well ...
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Wife Diagnosed with Bipolar disorder and I cannot take it anymore

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Q. I have been married for 12 years to a 43year old woman, who has been diagnosed with bipolar. She was diagnosed in 2003 .Most of the symptoms were present throughout our married life together. She refuses to take her medication or receive any medical ...
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Schizoaffective getting in the way of life

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Q.Im 18/female and have been diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder since December 05. For 5 years before that I have been diagnosed with various other psychiatric illnesses and spent a 4 year period in a psych hospital. I have currently been out of hospital for about ...
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Big Spender

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, March 25th, 2006
Q: I know there is something wrong with my husband, I just don't know what it is. He has a very addictive personality. Once he does something that he enjoys, he obsesses about it. He wants a brand new sports car, for example. He knows ...
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Too Much Stuff!

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Q: I have been talking to a guy on-line for a few months and have met him a few times. Last night he brought me to his home. On the way to his home he told me that I had to promise not to tell ...
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“My Step-dad is raping me.”

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, March 17th, 2006
Q: A 14 year old boy wrote to me asking what to do about his Step-father who is regularly molesting him. The boy confided in his sister who then told her mother. Sadly, his mother didn’t believe it. This boy is burdened with a ...
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Help for those with Borderline Personality Disorder

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, March 11th, 2006
Q.My wife was just diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and it explains a lot about her behavior over the years. Don't get me wrong she has not been unfaithful but she has tried to leave me several times. I went through a lot with ...
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Thinking I have OCD

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, March 9th, 2006
Q. I'm really confused. Lately I think I might have OCD, but my mom just says I'm being paranoid. I don't know, though. I've got the steriotypical signs. Like everything has to be in perfect order, or I'll explode. My dog laid on my ...
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