Archive for October, 2011

Debilitating Guilt

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, October 31st, 2011
I am 39 years old. I am successful, charitable and educated. In the 1980's when I was in my teens I found a very friendly dog in a small town several miles from where I lived. Now that I am older i realize the dog ...

Cutting, Bulimia, Suicidal Tendencies, And Maybe Schizophrenia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, October 31st, 2011
My dad is emotionally, verbally, and sometimes physically abusive to me. He has threatened to disown me and I now wish he would have. I am very afraid of him and my mother has now also became emotionally abusive to me. I cut ...

Do I Have More Than One Personality Disorder?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Sunday, October 30th, 2011
I only want to know if it's possible for someone to have more than one personality disorders, cause I think I have more than one, and I think someday I will be so desperate that the pain of dying won't bother me anymore. I left ...

Where Did My Motivation Go?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, October 30th, 2011
I have trouble connecting the need to complete a task with the physical act of completing the task. I thought about asking someone for help, but I think they would just say I'm not trying hard enough. My mind rejects things that bother me, It ...

I Hear Voices and Have Violent Dreams

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Saturday, October 29th, 2011
I have panic attacks. I tend to go into my own head and I feel like I'm outside of myself when I do that. Also I hear voices and have very violent dreams and daydreams about killing others. Can you help me? A: Please press the ...

I Cut Myself for the Smallest of Problems

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, October 29th, 2011
...and I hate myself. I have cut for a month or two. I do know why im cutting though, I REALY hate everything about myself & whenever i do something little such as miss one point on a test I want to cut. I haven't ...

Relationship Crisis

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, October 28th, 2011
I recently found some of my fiances emails that were very upsetting. He was looking on Craigslist for one night stands. I confronted him but he said he was doing it for work. He is an internet marketer and he is trying to ...

All I Want To Do Is Eat

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, October 28th, 2011
All I want to do is eat, and eat junk food. I have lived a very healthy and active lifestyle from most of my life, going to the gym 5 times a week and eating healthy balanced meals. Every now and again though I feel ...

I Have Brief Transient Complex Visual Hallucinations of People

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, October 27th, 2011
I have intermittent episodes where I see brief glimpses of people (and occasional animals), mostly out of the corner of my eye. I do not recognize any of these figures and upon turning my full attention to the illusions they are not there. This ...

I Regret Everything I Do

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, October 27th, 2011
There must be something wrong with me. I don't hate my life, in fact I have a fantastic life, and I may be the luckiest person I know. But everything I am, I want to change. As soon as I say something, I can't stop ...

Am I An Empath?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Ok, So I think Im an Empath because I looked at some signs that show if your an empath and I took quizzes and test and they all said that I am an empath so I was shocked I kinda started to cry so I ...

Mum Doesn’t Love Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
I recently split up with my boyfriend of 7 years and immediately my mum started to give he a hard time. It is only now, a few months later that I am beginning to see what some of the problem is. It is to ...