Archive for July, 2009

Possible Development of Bipolar Disorder

By Diana L. Walcutt, Ph.D. on Friday, July 31st, 2009
I am 23 years old and work 30 hours a week and go to school full time. I live with my fiance and have for the past two and a half years. We have been having issues that have built up over time and have ...
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Detoxing Husband

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, July 31st, 2009
My husband is almost 60 days sober from opiate addiction. It was a roller coaster ride I would not wish on anyone. While he was detoxing, he needed some psychiatric help so I made him an appt with my psychiatrist. In ...
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Was I Molested?

By Diana L. Walcutt, Ph.D. on Thursday, July 30th, 2009
when my sister and i were young we were babysat by my parents friend and would stay overnight.  i was 6 my sister was 4 and she says she remembers being frightened not being able to find "buddy bear" and I.  she finally found us ...
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Longing for family

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, July 30th, 2009
My mother married my stepdad when I was 5 years old. After pretending to like me in just to marry my mom, my stepdad changed completely. There were years of emotional, physical and verbal abuse. Now, even though I'm an adult, there is still emotional ...
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Boyfriend is becoming abusive

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
I've dated my boyfriend for almost 17 months now, and I love him to death. He means a lot to me, and I would devastated if I ever lost him, but then again, I feel like I have lost him. I'm 16 and he's ...
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Bf doesn’t understand why she doesn’t trust him

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
I have been with the father of my daughter for three and a half years. He and the female I don't trust him with do not understand why. When we started dating we built a frienship before we started having relations. It was over a ...
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Emotional/mentally abusive relationship

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, July 27th, 2009
Hello. I decided to join this to ask for some guidance. I've been in a very emotionally abusive relationship the past year. He has constantly played mind games saying he wants to be with me,communicating, have a relationship,fly or take me places etc then when ...
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should i break up with him?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, July 27th, 2009
How do i brake up with my suicidal boyfriend? i want to but he said if i do he'll 'mutilate or kill himself' i really dont know what to do and i dont want to be the result of his death :( A: This must be ...
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Is there hope for this marriage?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, July 27th, 2009
I have been in a marriage involving domestic violence for several years. My husband is now living out of the home and we are supposed to be working on our marriage. He has been out of the home for approx 2 months and has ...
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Married boyfriend won’t move forward

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, July 27th, 2009
I have been with my boyfriend for almost 5 years now and the last three we have been struggling to stay together. His adult children have caused us so much grief that I have not been allowed at his home to the last 3 ...
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Once a cheater, always a cheater?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, July 27th, 2009
Is it true that once a cheater always a cheater? I am in a relationship with a man whom cheated on me in the past and I forgave him, but last September I discovered he had been looking up adult services and personal ...
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14 and hurting

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, July 26th, 2009
I'm 14. My dad got divorced my mother, then my step mother, and is now going to marry someone again. I neeed help with how to tell my parents how i feel. I am not very comfortable with telling people how i feel. I have ...
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