Archive for September, 2006

Sex, OCD, and Conflict

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q: I've been with my girlfriend for about three years now. We had a normal sex life up until about a year ago, when she started refusing to give oral sex, but still wanted me to give it to her. The thing that confused me ...
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Getting Over the Death of Mom

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q: My aunt has just passed away a month ago. She committed suicide and behind her she has left her husband 2 sons who are 13 and 6. The older boy had learnt to cope with the fact that is mother is no longer around ...
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Why Am I So Angry with my Stepson?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q: I recently had a blowout with my 24 yo stepson. He had come over with laundry for his mother to do and I had made some comment about why he doesn't do it himself. In truth I don't even know why it ...
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Codependent and Hurting

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q: My ex and I broke up about a month ago so she could recover from heroin addiction. She cheated on me while on drugs with a girl in another city and is keeping her on as what she calls her "rebound girl" until she ...
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OCD

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q: my gf of about a year i'm pretty sure has ocd, and it makes things between us kind of hard because i try to understand but sometimes cant. She will take her shoes off five or six times until it feels "Ok" for her. ...
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Mental Illness & Schizophrenia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q. My uncle had a mental illness and since it happened when he was around 21 and many years ago, we do not have a report from the hospital he was admitted to in order to confirm whether he had Schizophrenia or some other ...
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Raped by My Husband

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q. I was hospitalized at 17 with a drug induced psycosis for two weeks after using majic mushrooms. My whole life fell apart as it was exam time. I decided to move to the U.S.A. with my boyfriend. We were married, had two beautiful children ...
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What Happens if Borderline Disorder Goes Untreated?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q. I was engaged about 7 months ago. My ex fiance started having really bad anxiety attacks. She was failing college and all of a sudden decided it was my fault. She started calling me a month ago. Asking to see me and she ...
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My Anxiety: Unknown Mental Disorder

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q. I have had an unbalanced childhood and had to grow up fast to raise my little brother - but that is a whole book on its own. I have always had anxiety - bad anxiety. I shake from when I wake up until I ...
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I am attracted to teenage boys

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q. About 5 years ago, I had sex several times with a 17-year-old boy. I am attracted to teenage boys but that is the only time I acted on it. I worked with this boy at the time and developed a crush on him. Then ...
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Am i depressed or what is wrong with me?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q. I have had depression before it was whe i was 14. but lately i feel like i did then as far as like just crying all of the time. i feel tired, sad, i feel sick to my stomach.... i also have a lot ...
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PTSD cause of all?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, September 25th, 2006
Q. As a result of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse beyond the imagination, I have been diagnosed with PTSD since the age of 17. I have failed in school, failed in relationships (married 4x), failed at working a job, and failed my children (they were ...
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