Archive for February, 2010

Are laxatives a form of purging?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Are laxatives a form of purging? I don't think I have bulimia, but my therapist says he does. Could he be right? I used to throw up, but that got too hard. I binge eat very fast, then take laxatives to help ...
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An irreconcilable problem?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, February 28th, 2010
I"m in my 50's and I want to feel compassion for my husband's need for relationships with other women I'm basing this question on Love and Stosny's work (saving your marriage without talking about it). I think their theory about women experiencing more fear ...
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My girlfriend doesn’t feel the way she used to.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, February 27th, 2010
My girfriend and I have been together for 6 years and have had a happy relationship. But, in october of last year, my girlfriend told me that she was unhappy and didn't know what she wanted. She has admitted to being attracted to this other ...
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Losing my pastors; losing my anchors

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, February 27th, 2010
This is probably a stupid question, so thank you so much for being willing to use your time to read it if you do. I used to hurt myself. I mainly bit or pinched myself until I started trying to stop and found way more ...
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Could I have an eating disorder?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, February 26th, 2010
I'm 15 years old and I am 5'7 and I weight 105 pound I know it sounds bad but I think anything that is over 110 is fat. I'm not too sure when my eating problems began but in the 2nd is when I ...
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Her ex beat her

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, February 26th, 2010
I'm asking this question under the influence of alcohol. I do not mean to be disrespectful. It's just, I found this site at this time. Recently, I had a traumatic event happen..My boyfriend, now ex, beat me. It was horrible for me. I ...
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stressful dreams

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
I have been having a reoccurring dream for the past two or three years that I am driving/at work/at school (always something important) and that I cannot see; I am never 100% blind but cant see well enough to function. Also I have a dream ...
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My partner is grieving

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
My partner's mom died over 5 mos ago from an accidental overdose. She cried and cried for the first two weeks and seemed to get a little better everyday after that. The last month she has been distant and depressed and says she's just ...
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End of a longterm relationship

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
I was in a long term relationship friendship for 10 years it wasn't the healthiest but recently my partner told me that he wanted to take time to figure out who he was. We lived together but he moved out to stay with his ...
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Should I stay with my boyfriend?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
I've been a single mom since i was 16 years old. i grad high school but me and my first born son's father split up after about 4 yrs together. i had no support from the father so me and my son moved with ...
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I can’t get over my ex husband

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
I was married for 22 years. During this time my husband would tell me that he wouldn't touch me because I was too fat to turn him on. (even when I was 51kg). I also caught him on the phone whispering to another ...
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Why is my sister acting this way?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
In February of this year, I moved out of my dads house. He is a crackhead and once when he was high he had physically and verbally abused me, and I left. It had happened before, but never like this. When I tried calling for ...
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