Archive for December, 2007

Can Therapists Have Mental Health Issues?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, December 31st, 2007
Q. I have struggled with depression and anxiety for much of my life. When I was four, my mother entered me into therapy and I was later diagnosed with dsythymia and generalized anxiety disorder. I stopped therapy at the age of 14, and later ...

How Can I Deal With Paralyzing Depression and Other Symptoms?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, December 31st, 2007
Q. I am seeking advice for my present condition that I call paralyzing depression, overwhelming feelings of being watched and monitored. Also feelings of extreme helplessness and paralyzing depression. I am currently being treated at a state facility as an outpatient after being hospitalized in ...

How Can I Deal With My Brother Who Abused Me?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Q. I let my brother sexually abuse me years on i cant live with it. my brother first started when i was about 7 with a friend he made me get into bed with them they were about 9 and they tried to penatrate ...

Is it Just Depression or is it Schizophrenia?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Q. For the past couple of years I have been extremely down and suicidal. I went to a counselor when I was 15 for 3 months but had a very hard time opening up so ended up lying. It was a waste of time and ...

Do I Have Borderline Personality Disorder?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Q. I've been suffering from depression on and off since i was a freshman in college, and now I'm starting to wonder if it isn't something else. I've always had a bad temper. I chocked it up to being an only child, spoiled brat kind ...

What Kind of Disorder Does my Sister Have?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Q. My sister is 23 and always teased in school for being an outcast for the last 4 years she has become a nightmare to deal with she is very abusive verbally.She also lies allot about the most unimportant subjects.Whenever I try to speak ...

Does communication help or hurt?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, December 28th, 2007
I met this man online 4 months ago who is a divorced father of 3 kids. We hit it off. Due to the distance we have only seen each other a couple of times. We talked on the phone daily but ...

Disability is not an excuse for Infidelity.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, December 28th, 2007
6YRS AGO MY HUSBAND BECAME DISABLED(BLIND). SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS. THE WORST ARE HIS AFFAIRS. TWO YRS AGO HE MOVED IN W/HER AND ASKED FOR A DIVORCE. A MONTH LATER HE SAID HE WAS SORRY, THAT HE LOVED ME, AND ...

Can I Learn to Trust my Boyfriend?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, December 27th, 2007
I have been with my boyfriend a year and 1/2. When i met him and I asked him all about him. "How old are you?, do you have kids?, who do you live with?" the typical questions. As time went by i fell ...

Is Internet Boyfriend Worth It?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, December 27th, 2007
I started dating this guy i met over the internet for 4 months now and it seems we fight every week about the same issue. Apparently i have a problem with everything. All my ex boyfriends are still my friends because we were friends from ...

Fiance left but still says he wants me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
My fiance of 2 years recently left and decided he needed time away.He wouldnt talk to me at all but came over one night i believe for a "booty call" and made kept saying how he loved me and didnt want anyne else. I ...

Will Depressed Boyfriend Get Better?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
I am 27 years old and i have a young daughter who is 6 years old. I suffered with postnatal depression for a year after her birth and developed bad panic attacks and emetaphobia. I was put on medication and received counselling and made a ...
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