Archive for March, 2010

Object Relations?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Thursday, March 25th, 2010
When I look at an object, I come with only the most basic relations - how it tastes, smells, etc. - but beyond such direct imagery, I seem to have to make a real effort to get to any other thought about an object - ...
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Meeting my father for the first time.

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
My biological father has never been a part of my life. He divorced my mom when me and my brother were babies and left the country. He has never contacted me or given my mother any child support money. We grew up very poor, but ...
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Depression from moving towns

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Hi, i recently moved to a new town, at first i was up for the adventure because i had lived in the same town all my life,but when i got there and started school i started getting depressed, i miss every thing about my old ...
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Fear of Sex? Or Tocophobia?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
This is a very, very, very long-winded story. I'm going to keep it as short and sweet as possible. My girlfriend and I have been dating for 2.5 years and we love each other very very much. In the beginning of our relationship, we participated ...
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I need to be needy

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
I am very heavily emotionally invested in maintaining my self-image as a needy, immature, unworthy child instead of a confident, mature, attractive adult woman. The very idea that I am actually an middle-aged adult woman has been upsetting, as I've never thought of myself as ...
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Lying to men in order to get them

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, March 22nd, 2010
I am engaged to a man that i would consider to be my ideal match. Although he is great to me I feel the need to go on the internet and find other men. When I meet other men we start by just ...
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Tactile Hallucinations or Something Else?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 22nd, 2010
About five years ago I was being treated for schizophrenia, other secondary functional psychosis, anxities, and ADHD. A little longer than a year ago my neurologist suggested I stop taking my meds, which I did. After about five months, the medicine finally got out of ...
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Return To Therapy?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Hey I would really appreciate your help for this problem. I was in therapy during the last 4 months, because I have family issues (my father died when I was ten and my mum has been depressed since he died) and because I'm having hard ...
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Down and out in Texas

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, March 21st, 2010
I've been dealing with a lot of issues lately that have been building up a weight on my shoulders and I don't know how much more I can take before I crumble from the stress. Every time It feels like I'm making progress in ...
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I can’t get over what my ex did

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, March 20th, 2010
When i was 15 i met this guy, he was 17 and he was amazing and he was so different from the other jerks id dated before, i know you think at 15 it would just be a childish relationship, but it wasnt it was ...
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Family History of Schizophrenia: Am I Next?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Like I said I have a long family history of mental disorders: suicide, depression, schizophrenia and psychosis. Recently, well the last year, I have been experencing some very scary things happening to me (hearing voices, thoughs of suicide, adam and sarah stuff...) but I ...
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Hallucinations?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, March 19th, 2010
On rare occasions I will see things that i know are not real, well, maybe for a couple of seconds it startles me, but then it disappears. I very quickly feel like its amazing how my mind can play this trick. but, on one occasion ...
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