Author Archive for Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW

Something Socially Wrong with Me?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
I'm stable. I go to school and get good grades. I come from a traditional nuclear family, I know they love me, and I love them back even if they get on my nerves. However, lately I have very distressed about myself. I feel like ...
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Do I Have Bipolar Disorder?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
So I had been bullied all my life, have no friends, I feel like I cant talk to anyone and that I cant trust anyone. I thought I depression but then I would burst out into an episode of high self esteem, wild, impulsive, basically ...
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Do I Really Want a Sex Change?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 23rd, 2012
I want to be a Woman but I don't know about getting a Sex Change. That is extreme and I am scared. I live with my mom and her boyfriend and my mom does not let me cross-dress in public because she fears that I will ...
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Hating Myself to the Point of Closing Myself Off

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
About 2 months ago, my grandpa passed away. I was really close to him and it was the first death I ever had to deal with. (I'm 15). At first my mother understood my depression, she allowed me to be late for school, and always ...
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Frightening Sleep Disturbances

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, January 21st, 2012
This is a new problem that has just happened to me twice in the last week. What it is that I wake up and can't move. It's like my brain and body aren't connected. And during this state I feel someone climbing up on ...
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Problems with Girlfriend

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, January 20th, 2012
I dont know what to tell you really but saw your articles and needed to speak to you. I have been WEIRD since I was a kid. Never had a friend always been alone, only just got a woman at 50 an only then cos she is ...
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Severe Depression

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Hi. Not sure how to get out of this deep, dark hole I'm in. I want to cry all the time, and feel like a complete failure in all aspects of my life. I really want to give up and if I didn't have my ...
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Finding Help for Mental Health Problems

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
I wish to seek treatment for some pretty dark issues I've been having for the past several years. I am well below the poverty line, and I don't trust religious people. So, I can't go to a church and accept the ...
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Frustrated — Does This Sound Like Psychosis?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
I have a complicated history of childhood abuse and mental illness. I take antipsychotic medication and am diagnosed with Borderline PD with some contention as to whether my psychosis(?) is more psychological or biological. I don't hallucinate, my problem is mainly surrounding delusions(?) I ...
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Brother Denying Health Issue

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, January 13th, 2012
My brother is not taking care of his physical health. He has lost all his teeth and will not discuss any of is health issues with his siblings. His wife divorced him about 5 years ago. His only child 16 years old, no longer spends ...
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Depressed and Self-Help Is not Enough

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, January 12th, 2012
I think I've been depressed a long time, and providing self-therapy without knowing it, and it's not enough. I've been told that depression runs in my family, though my mother's never specifically told me who has it (and my extended family isn't close enough ...
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Want To Help Best Friend But How?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
I've already tried to contact my local crisis center for my best friend, but it isn't working out. My best friend hasn't been diagnosed with depression, but I think she is severely depressed. I contacted the crisis center, and they had a meeting with her ...
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