Archive for December, 2006

I want help but can’t tell anyone what’s wrong with me.

By Holly Counts, Psy.D. on Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Q: I am 13 years old soon to be 14. I was taken away from my mother because of drug and abuse problems. I live with my god mom and every day i hurt. I just don’t know what is wrong with me. My mom ...
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Depression has turned into self-abuse.

By Holly Counts, Psy.D. on Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Q: For quite a while now, over 10 years, I've felt depressed. Sometimes, periods of relief would happen, but then the depression would always come back. Lately, I think it has been agitated by my lack of self-esteem. I've never had a boyfriend and ...
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Loss of speech

By Holly Counts, Psy.D. on Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Q: My friend’s 13yr daughter was raped by 5 males. She spoke to the police after but stopped speaking after that. What is the clinical name for this? I was told it started with a P.. lol, but a lot of things do. A: ...
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Boyfriend isn’t in the mood

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, December 29th, 2006
Q: Well my boyfriend and I have been together for 6 months. At the beginning it was 2 times a day. We moved in together very quick. We still had a very healthy sex life. Out of no where it seems he just isnt interested ...
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I think my family trigers my depression

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, December 29th, 2006
Q: I have taken several online depression quiz's and they all say the same: I am severly depressed. My mother is currently on depresion pills. I was hospitalized in the late 1990's for an attempted suicide. I am over that. I want to know if ...
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What kind of doctor for baby blues?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, December 29th, 2006
Q: I had a baby in jan 06, unexpected c-section. I have always been moody and such but i am worse and getting worse not better. Anger, crying fits, hopelessness, not satified with anything, (work, home, life)pretty much hate everything and everyone but the baby. Is ...
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Could I have Bipolar Disorder?

By Holly Counts, Psy.D. on Thursday, December 28th, 2006
Q: I have recently found out that there is bipolar in my family. For the last 4 years I have had nothing but problems I have been telling my doctor that its something more wrong then. When I told him of my recent findings his reply ...
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My 6 year old boy cries a lot.

By Holly Counts, Psy.D. on Thursday, December 28th, 2006
Q: MY SIX YEAR OLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY EMOTIONAL CHILD. HE IS IN 1ST GRADE AND HIS TEACHER TELLS ME HE CRIES A LOT IN SCHOOL AND HE IS EASILY DISTRACTED. HE WAS PLAYING WITH HIS PENCILS ONE DAY AND WHEN THE ...
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I need to get out of depression.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Q: I am needing help, guidance and steps to make some life changes. I need to get out of this depression I'm in. I don't want to start taking anti-depressants as I feel they just cover up problems, not eliminate them. I also don't like ...
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12 years of guilt

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, December 24th, 2006
Q: Before I met my husband, I was engaged to another man, my first love. Our breakup was devastating to me. When he got married less than a year later, I was still hopelessly in love with him. I got married 4 ...
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Can’t get help

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 24th, 2006
Q. I have suffered from depression for years. I went to the doctor after my son was born and was diagnosed with Post Natal Depression. they said I would be able to get counselling but I would have to wait 12 months. at the time ...
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I am having trouble with what seems to be paranoia and/or hallucinations…

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 24th, 2006
Q...but am unable to tell if it may be a disorder: I am 15 and have been diagnosed with PTSD, GAD, BPD, and depression. I recently went through a move, but it went very smoothly. I am writing because of intense irrational fears. I have ...
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